A practical approach to communicating benefit-risk decisions of medicines to stakeholders.

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：:Sigma-1 receptors (S1R) and sigma-2 receptors (S2R) may modulate nociception without the liabilities of opioids, offering a promising therapeutic target to treat pain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vivo analgesic and anti-allodynic activity of two novel sigma receptor antagonists, the S1R-selecti...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Cirino TJ,Eans SO,Medina JM,Wilson LL,Mottinelli M,Intagliata S,McCurdy CR,McLaughlin JP

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Brazilian patients have legal right to access unlicensed medicines undergoing clinical research, if there is evidence of efficacy and safety. This study investigated the occurrence of serious adverse events related to very high-cost medicines from clinical studies, expanded access and compassionate use progr...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： da Silva RE,Lima EDC,Novaes MRCG,Osorio-de-Castro CGS

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-resolving inflammation is the main mechanism of morbidity and mortality among patients suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common life-threatening human genetic disease. Resolution of inflammation is an active process timely controlled by endogenous specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPMs) produc...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Recchiuti A,Mattoscio D,Isopi E

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the regulatory function of the non-coding microRNA-155 (miR-155) and suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1) in alcoholic hepatitis (AH) and its potential mechanism associated with the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. Levels of alanine aminotransfer...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Liu D,Han P,Gao C,Gao W,Yao X,Liu S

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients have a similar mortality rate. In this study, we sought to determine the short- and long-term outcome of TTS patients as compared to ACS patients both treated with beta-blockers. Objectives:In the present study we described the data of 5 ye...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kummer M,El-Battrawy I,Gietzen T,Ansari U,Behnes M,Lang S,Zhou X,Borggrefe M,Akin I

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Objective: Idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) is characterized by early pubertal changes, the acceleration of growth velocity, and rapid bone maturation that often results in reduced adult height. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) is currently considered to be an effective therap...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yu HK,Liu X,Chen JK,Wang S,Quan XY

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive bone resorption conducted by osteoclasts is considered as the main cause of osteoclast-related bone diseases such as osteoporosis. Therefore, the suppression of excessive osteoclast formation and function is one of the strategies to treat osteoclast-related bone diseases. Fumitremorgin C (Fum) is a mycotoxin...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yuan Y,Chen K,Chen X,Wang C,Qiu H,Cao Z,Song D,Sun Y,Guo J,Tickner J,Xu J,Zou J

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Random-pattern skin flap replantation is commonly used to repair skin defects during plastic and reconstructive surgery. However, flap necrosis due to ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury limits clinical applications. Betulinic acid, a plant-derived pentacyclic triterpene, may facilitate flap survival. In the pres...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li J,Bao G,ALyafeai E,Ding J,Li S,Sheng S,Shen Z,Jia Z,Lin C,Zhang C,Lou Z,Xu H,Gao W,Zhou K

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) is a potential drug target for treatment of obesity, anxiety, depression, and sexual dysfunction. Crystal structures for MC4R are not yet available, which has hindered successful structure-based drug design. Using microsecond-scale molecular-dynamics simulations, we have investigated...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Saleh N,Kleinau G,Heyder N,Clark T,Hildebrand PW,Scheerer P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik. (Malvaceae) is a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat some kidney diseases. To date, the detailed mechanisms by which A. manihot improves some kinds of renal disease are not fully understood. In this study, we established Adriamycin-induced NRK-52E cells, the normal rat ki...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li W,He W,Xia P,Sun W,Shi M,Zhou Y,Zhu W,Zhang L,Liu B,Zhu J,Zhu Y,Zhou E,Sun M,Gao K

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of individuals worldwide. So far, no disease-modifying drug is available to treat patients, making the search for effective drugs an urgent need. Neurodegeneration is triggered by the activation of several cellular processes, including oxidative stress, mitochondrial impairme...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： de Souza JM,Goncalves BDC,Gomez MV,Vieira LB,Ribeiro FM

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension-induced cardiac apoptosis is a major contributor to early-stage heart-failure. Our previous studies have found that p53-mediated mitochondrial fission is involved in aldosterone-induced podocyte apoptosis. However, it is not clear that whether p53-induced mitochondrial fission is critical for hypertensive...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Qi J,Wang F,Yang P,Wang X,Xu R,Chen J,Yuan Y,Lu Z,Duan J

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is an important micro-environmental characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF) are key transcriptional factors that are highly expressed in RA synovium to regulate the adaptive responses to this hypoxic milieu. Accumulating evidence supports hypoxia and HIFs in regulating a nu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Hua S,Dias TH

更新日期：2016-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with the pathogenic bacterium Clostridioides (C.) difficile are coming more into focus, in particular in hospitalized patients after antibiotic treatment. C. difficile produces the exotoxins TcdA and TcdB. Since some years, hypervirulent strains are described, which produce in addition the binary actin ADP-...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Korbmacher M,Fischer S,Landenberger M,Papatheodorou P,Aktories K,Barth H

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: We previously have proved that sodium tanshinone II-A sulfonate (DS-201), a derivative of traditional Chinese medicinal herb Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza), is an opener and vasodilator of BKCa channel in the vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Vascular tension is closely associated with Ca2+ dynamics and...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhang XD,He CX,Cheng J,Wen J,Li PY,Wang N,Li G,Zeng XR,Cao JM,Yang Y

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Urothelial cells, myofibroblasts, and smooth muscle cells are important cell types contributing to bladder function. Multiple receptors including muscarinic (M3/M5), tachykinin (NK1/NK2), and purinergic (P2X1/P2Y6) receptors are involved in bladder motor and sensory actions. Using female pig bladder, our aim was to di...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bahadory F,Moore KH,Liu L,Burcher E

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mint [Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson] is an aromatic plant that belongs to Lamiaceae family. It is traditionally used as herbal tea in Europe, Australia and North Africa and shows numerous pharmacological effects, such as spasmolytic, antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-hemolytic. Recently, its antiproliferative role h...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Patti F,Palmioli A,Vitalini S,Bertazza L,Redaelli M,Zorzan M,Rubin B,Mian C,Bertolini C,Iacobone M,Armanini D,Barollo S,Airoldi C,Iriti M,Pezzani R

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-CoV-2 is a positive sense RNA coronavirus that constitutes a new threat for the global community and economy. While vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are being developed, the mechanisms through which this virus takes control of an infected cell to replicate remains poorly understood. Upon infection, viruses completely ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Gatti P,Ilamathi HS,Todkar K,Germain M

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the years chemotherapy failure has been a vital research topic as researchers have been striving to discover reasons behind it. The extensive studies carried out on chemotherapeutic agents confirm that resistance to chemotherapy is a major reason for treatment failure. "Resistance to chemotherapy," however, is a ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： El-Awady R,Saleh E,Hashim A,Soliman N,Dallah A,Elrasheed A,Elakraa G

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: The aim of this study is to conduct an analysis on the regulation and application of managed entry agreements (MEA) for oncology drugs across different European countries. Methods: Literature search and document analysis were performed between September 2015 and June 2016 to collect information on the regu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Pauwels K,Huys I,Vogler S,Casteels M,Simoens S

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Background/Aims: Previous studies have suggested that myricetin (Myr) could promote the expression and nuclear translocation of nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like (Nrf2). This study aimed to investigate whether Myr could attenuate diabetes-associated kidney injuries and dysfunction in wild-type (WT) and Nrf2 kn...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang ZJ,Wang HR,Wang YI,Zhai ZH,Wang LW,Li L,Zhang C,Tang L

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ayahuasca ingestion modulates brain activity, neurotransmission, gene expression and epigenetic regulation. N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT, one of the alkaloids in Ayahuasca) activates sigma 1 receptor (SIGMAR1) and others. SIGMAR1 is a multi-faceted stress-responsive receptor which promotes cell survival, neuroprotectio...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Inserra A

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA testing has grown from contentious beginnings into a global industry, by providing a wide range of personal genomic information directly to its clients. These companies, typified by the well-established 23andMe, generally carry out a gene-chip analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (S...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Chua EW,Kennedy MA

更新日期：2012-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Aseptic loosening induced by periprosthetic osteolysis (PPO) is the leading complication of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) and results in patients having to receive revision surgery. However, there is still no efficient drug to prevent or even slow the pathological process. Herein, we report novel dual-targeted, curcu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li J,Niu C,Jiang Z,Zhang Z,Pan Y,Xing Q,Guo Q,An S,Hu Y,Wang L

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The mTOR signaling pathway is abnormally activated in pancreatic cancer and is related to tumor glucose metabolism. However, its specific regulation mechanism is still unclear. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether Sestrin2 affects the glucose metabolism of pancreatic cancer by modulating mTOR signal and t...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Guo Y,Zhu H,Weng M,Zhang H,Wang C,Sun L

更新日期：2020-11-11 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：Background and Aim:Platycodon grandiflorum (PG) has been widely used for treating chronic bronchitis (CB). However, the material basis and underlying mechanism of action of PG against CB have not yet been elucidated. Methods:To analyze the ingredients in PG, ultraperformance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-fl...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Deng Y,Ren H,Ye X,Xia L,Liu M,Liu Y,Yang M,Yang S,Ye X,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:To investigate the variations and the frequencies of the SLCO1B1 gene in the Thai population. Methods:Collected samples were categorized into five regions of Thailand. DNA samples were genotyped for two variants, c.388A>G and c.521T>C of the SLCO1B1, using TaqMan® real-time PCR. Results:The minor allele frequenci...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Na Nakorn C,Waisayarat J,Dejthevaporn C,Srisawasdi P,Wongwaisayawan S,Sukasem C

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin, as the first-line anti-tumor agent, is widely used for treatment of a variety of malignancies including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the acquired resistance has been a major obstacle for the clinical application. Scutellarin is a active flavone extracted from Erigeron breviscapus Hand-Mazz t...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Sun CY,Zhu Y,Li XF,Wang XQ,Tang LP,Su ZQ,Li CY,Zheng GJ,Feng B

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00