Drug Delivery: Enabling Technology for Drug Discovery and Development. iPRECIO Micro Infusion Pump: Programmable, Refillable, and Implantable.

abstract：:Background: Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA), a lipophilic constituent from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, has shown a promising cardioprotective effect including anti-atherosclerosis. This study aims at exploring Tan IIA's anti-inflammatory and immune-regulating roles in stabilizing vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque in ApoE-defi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Chen Z,Gao X,Jiao Y,Qiu Y,Wang A,Yu M,Che F,Li S,Liu J,Li J,Zhang H,Yu C,Li G,Gao Y,Pan L,Sun W,Guo J,Cao B,Zhu Y,Xu H

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic vessels, as an important part of the lymphatic system, form a fine vascular system in humans and play an important role in regulating fluid homeostasis, assisting immune surveillance and transporting dietary lipids. Dysfunction of lymphatic vessels can cause many diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular di...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Peng L,Dong Y,Fan H,Cao M,Wu Q,Wang Y,Zhou C,Li S,Zhao C,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex disease is a cascade process which is associated with functional abnormalities in multiple proteins and protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks. One drug one target has not been able to perfectly intervene complex diseases. Increasing evidences show that Chinese herb formula usually treats complex diseases ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Gao Y,Wang KX,Wang P,Li X,Chen JJ,Zhou BY,Tian JS,Guan DG,Qin XM,Lu AP

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) triggers activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) and then enhancing the synthesis of prostaglandin (PG) in inflammatory diseases. However, the detailed mechanisms of TNF-α induced cPLA2 expression were not fully defined in human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells (HPAEpiCs). W...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lin CC,Lin WN,Cho RL,Wang CY,Hsiao LD,Yang CM

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral cancers refer to malignant tumors associated with high morbidity and mortality, and oral squamous cell carcinoma accounts for the majority of cases. It is an important part of head and neck, and oral cancer is one of the six most common cancers in the world. At present, the traditional treatment methods for oral ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhao Z,Li D,Wu Z,Wang Q,Ma Z,Zhang C

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we discuss the consensus view on the use of qualifying biomarkers in drug safety, raised within the frame of the XXIV meeting of the Spanish Society of Clinical Pharmacology held in Málaga (Spain) in October, 2011. The widespread use of biomarkers as surrogate endpoints is a goal that scientists have lon...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Agúndez JA,Del Barrio J,Padró T,Stephens C,Farré M,Andrade RJ,Badimon L,García-Martín E,Vilahur G,Lucena MI

更新日期：2012-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:With the highest cancer incidence rate, lung cancer, especially non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), is the leading cause of cancer death in the world. Tea (leaves of Camellia sinensis) has been widely used as a traditional beverage beneficial to human health, including anti-NSCLC activity. Theabrownin (TB) is one majo...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wu F,Zhou L,Jin W,Yang W,Wang Y,Yan B,Du W,Zhang Q,Zhang L,Guo Y,Zhang J,Shan L,Efferth T

更新日期：2016-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing use of antibiotics is being driven by factors such as the aging of the population, increased occurrence of infections, and greater prevalence of chronic diseases that require antimicrobial treatment. The excessive and unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans has led to the emergence of bacteria resistan...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lima R,Del Fiol FS,Balcão VM

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) commonly exhibit comorbid symptoms such as aggression, hyperactivity and anxiety. Several studies are being conducted worldwide on cannabidiol use in ASD; however, these studies are still ongoing, and data on the effects of its use is very limited. In this study ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Barchel D,Stolar O,De-Haan T,Ziv-Baran T,Saban N,Fuchs DO,Koren G,Berkovitch M

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorder of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is closely related to the pathogenesis of various autoimmune diseases (ADs). Catecholamine triggered beta2-adrenergic receptor (β2-AR) signaling is important in creating a bidirectional response in the progression of ADs due to factors including diverse expression patte...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wu L,Tai Y,Hu S,Zhang M,Wang R,Zhou W,Tao J,Han Y,Wang Q,Wei W

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the major public health problem and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality on a global basis. Wenxin Keli (WXKL), a formally classical Chinese patent medicine with obvious efficacy and favorable safety, plays a great role in the management of patients with CVDs. Accumulating evid...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Tian G,Sun Y,Liu S,Li C,Chen S,Qiu R,Zhang X,Li Y,Li M,Shang H

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that is primarily characterized by synovial inflammation. In this study, we found that a traditional Chinese decoction, Juanbi-Tang (JBT), JBT attenuated the symptoms of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mice and in tumor necrosis factor transgenic (TNF-Tg) mice...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang T,Jia Q,Chen T,Yin H,Tian X,Lin X,Liu Y,Zhao Y,Wang Y,Shi Q,Huang C,Xu H,Liang Q

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Classically, the endocannabinoid system (ECS) consists of endogenous lipids, of which the best known are anandamide (AEA) and 2 arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), their enzyme machinery for synthesis and degradation and their specific receptors, cannabinoid receptor one (CB1) and cannabinoid receptor two (CB2). However, end...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Riquelme-Sandoval A,de Sá-Ferreira CO,Miyakoshi LM,Hedin-Pereira C

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most widespread form of dementia, affecting about 45 million people worldwide. Although the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) remains the most acknowledged culprit of AD, the multiple failures of Aβ-centric therapies call for alternative therapeutic approaches. Conceivably, the complexity of the A...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Balducci C,Forloni G

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in molecular pathology have changed the landscape of oncology. The ability to interrogate tissue samples for oncogene amplification, driver mutations, and other molecular alterations provides clinicians with an enormous level of detail about their patient's cancer. In some cases, this information informs trea...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kersh AE,Sasaki M,Cooper LA,Kissick HT,Pollack BP

更新日期：2016-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:MaZiRenWan (MZRW, also known as Hemp Seed Pill) is a Chinese Herbal Medicine which has been demonstrated to safely and effectively alleviate functional constipation (FC) in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study with 120 subjects. However, the underlying pharmacological actions of MZRW for FC, are still large...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Huang T,Ning Z,Hu D,Zhang M,Zhao L,Lin C,Zhong LLD,Yang Z,Xu H,Bian Z

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) is expressed by dopaminergic neurons, but the precise influence of trace amines upon their functional activity remains to be fully characterized. Here, we examined the regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) by tyramine and beta-phenylethylamine (β-PEA) compared to 3-iodot...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhang X,Mantas I,Alvarsson A,Yoshitake T,Shariatgorji M,Pereira M,Nilsson A,Kehr J,Andrén PE,Millan MJ,Chergui K,Svenningsson P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 402 in vol. 7, PMID: 27877128.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhang C,Sun PP,Guo HT,Liu Y,Li J,He XJ,Lu AP

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of current neuroleptics was largely aiming to decrease excessive dopaminergic signaling in the striatum. However, the notion that abnormal dopamine creates psychotic symptoms by causing an aberrant assignment of salience that drives maladaptive learning chronically during disease development suggests a...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kätzel D,Wolff AR,Bygrave AM,Bannerman DM

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest is increasing in the development of non-animal methods for toxicological evaluations. These methods are however, particularly challenging for complex toxicological endpoints such as repeated dose toxicity. European Legislation, e.g., the European Union's Cosmetic Directive and REACH, demands the use of altern...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Batke M,Gütlein M,Partosch F,Gundert-Remy U,Helma C,Kramer S,Maunz A,Seeland M,Bitsch A

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver is not only involved in metabolism and detoxification, but also participate in innate immune function and thus exposed to frequent target Thus, they are the frequent target of physical injury. Interestingly, liver has the unique ability to regenerate and completely recoup from most acute, non-iterative situa...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Saha P,Talukdar AD,Nath R,Sarker SD,Nahar L,Sahu J,Choudhury MD

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataract is the leading reason of blindness worldwide and is defined by the presence of any lens opacities or loss of transparency. The most common symptoms of cataract are impaired vision, decreased contrast sensitivity, color disturbance, and glare. Oxidative stress is among the main mechanisms involved in the devel...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Tewari D,Samoilă O,Gocan D,Mocan A,Moldovan C,Devkota HP,Atanasov AG,Zengin G,Echeverría J,Vodnar D,Szabo B,Crişan G

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The conjugate 8 was obtained as a result of condensation of 3-hydroxyiminooleanolic acid morfolide (7) and aspirin in dioxane. Analgesic effect of OAO-ASA (8) for the range of doses 0.3-300.0 mg/kg (p.o.) was performed in mice using a hot-plate test. Anti-inflammatory activity was assessed on carrageenan-induced paw e...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bednarczyk-Cwynar B,Wachowiak N,Szulc M,Kamińska E,Bogacz A,Bartkowiak-Wieczorek J,Zaprutko L,Mikolajczak PL

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Field independence (FI) has been found to correlate with a wide range of cognitive processes requiring cognitive restructuring. Cognitive restructuring, that is going beyond the information given by the setting, is pivotal in creating stable mental representations of the environment, the so-called "cognitive maps," an...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Boccia M,Vecchione F,Piccardi L,Guariglia C

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Health technology assessment (HTA) is the systematic evaluation of the properties and impacts of health technologies and interventions. In this article, we presented a discussion of HTA and its evolution in Brazil, as well as a description of secondary data sources available in Brazil with potential applications to ge...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ali MS,Ichihara MY,Lopes LC,Barbosa GCG,Pita R,Carreiro RP,Dos Santos DB,Ramos D,Bispo N,Raynal F,Canuto V,de Araujo Almeida B,Fiaccone RL,Barreto ME,Smeeth L,Barreto ML

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent male cancers in western world. Radiation therapy (RT) is commonly used to treat PCa patients. However, a certain proportion of patients develop radioresistant PCa cells, which results in metastatic disease. Statins, which inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Chen YA,Shih HW,Lin YC,Hsu HY,Wu TF,Tsai CH,Wu CL,Wu HY,Hsieh JT,Tang CH,Lai CH

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a widespread transmittable disease with a diagnosed prevalence of 2.0%. Fortunately, it is now curable in most patients. Sales of medicines to treat HCV infection grew 2.7% per year between 2004 and 2011, enhanced by the launch of the protease inhibitors (PIs) bo...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： de Bruijn W,Ibáñez C,Frisk P,Bak Pedersen H,Alkan A,Vella Bonanno P,Brkičić LS,Bucsics A,Dedet G,Eriksen J,Fadare JO,Fürst J,Gallego G,Godói IP,Guerra Júnior AA,Gürsöz H,Jan S,Jones J,Joppi R,Kerman S,Laius O,Ma

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Indigenous Latin American populations have used extracts from Calophyllum brasiliense, a native hardwood, to treat gastrointestinal symptoms for generations. The hexane extract of Calophyllum brasiliense stem bark (HECb) protects against ethanol-mediated gastric ulceration in Swiss-Webster mice. We investi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lemos LM,Miyajima F,Castilho GR,Martins DT,Pritchard DM,Burkitt MD

更新日期：2017-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk assessment of environmental chemicals and drugs is undergoing a paradigm shift in approach which seeks the full replacement of animal testing with high throughput, mechanistic, in vitro systems. This new approach will be reliant on the measurement in vitro, of concentration-dependent responses where prolonged...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： McNally K,Loizou GD

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Emerging evidence indicates an excess risk of late occurring cardiovascular diseases, especially atherosclerosis, after thoracic cancer radiotherapy. Ionizing radiation (IR) induces cellular effects which may induce endothelial cell dysfunction, an early marker for atherosclerosis. In addition, intercellular...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ramadan R,Vromans E,Anang DC,Goetschalckx I,Hoorelbeke D,Decrock E,Baatout S,Leybaert L,Aerts A

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00