A Rare Class of New Dimeric Naphthoquinones from Diospyros lotus have Multidrug Reversal and Antiproliferative Effects.

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journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang H,Liu B,Tang Y,Chang P,Yao L,Huang B,Lodato RF,Liu Z

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In-depth research on processing can promote the globalization of processed herbs. The purpose of this study is to propose an improved strategy for processing effect investigation. Frankincense and processed frankincense were used as research subjects. First, high-speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC) and prepara...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ning Z,Wang C,Liu Y,Song Z,Ma X,Liang D,Liu Z,Lu A

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein allosteric modulation is a pillar of metabolic regulatory mechanisms; this concept has been extended to include ion channel regulation. P2XRs are ligand-gated channels activated by extracellular ATP, sensitive to trace metals and other chemicals. By combining in silico calculations with electrophysiological re...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Latapiat V,Rodríguez FE,Godoy F,Montenegro FA,Barrera NP,Huidobro-Toro JP

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Current prevention and/or treatment options for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are limited as no vaccine is available. Prophylaxis with palivizumab is very expensive and requires multiple intramuscular injections over the RSV season. Here we present proof-of-concept data using nebulized palivizu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Rajapaksa AE,Do LAH,Suryawijaya Ong D,Sourial M,Veysey D,Beare R,Hughes W,Yang W,Bischof RJ,McDonnell A,Eu P,Yeo LY,Licciardi PV,Mulholland EK

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pickering emulsion, a kind of emulsion stabilized only by solid particles locating at oil-water interface, has been discovered a century ago, while being extensively studied in recent decades. Substituting solid particles for traditional surfactants, Pickering emulsions are more stable against coalescence and can obta...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang Y,Fang Z,Chen X,Zhang W,Xie Y,Chen Y,Liu Z,Yuan W

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A Chinese herbal decoction, Zishen Jiangtang Pill (ZJP), has been clinically prescribed to diabetic patients to prevent excessive blood sugar levels for decades. However, the potential mechanisms of this action have not been well investigated. The purpose of this study was to explore the metabolic variations in respon...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Chen J,Zheng L,Hu Z,Wang F,Huang S,Li Z,Zheng P,Zhang S,Yi T,Li H

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The family of ligand-gated ion channels known as P2X receptors were discovered several decades ago. Since the cloning of the seven P2X receptors (P2X1-P2X7), a huge research effort has elucidated their roles in regulating a range of physiological and pathophysiological processes. Transgenic animals have been influenti...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Stokes L,Bidula S,Bibič L,Allum E

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer decreases survival time and quality of life because of drug resistance and peripheral neuropathy during conventional treatment. This study was undertaken to investigate whether αvβ3 integrin receptor antagonist compounds NDAT and XT199 can suppress the development of cisplatin resistance and cisplati...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Debreli Coskun M,Sudha T,Bharali DJ,Celikler S,Davis PJ,Mousa SA

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Objectives: Although the relationship between the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Taiwan published in 2014. Due to just only one article and not enough comprehensively, we explore this issue. Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study to identify ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Cheng KC,Liao KF,Lin CL,Lai SW

更新日期：2017-07-19 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：:Chinese formulas have been paid increasing attention in cancer multidisciplinary therapy due to their multi-targets and multi-substances property. Here, we aim to investigate the anti-breast cancer and chemosensitizing function of Ai Du Qing (ADQ) formula made up of Hedyotis diffusa, Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Rosc.,...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang N,Yang B,Zhang X,Wang S,Zheng Y,Li X,Liu S,Pan H,Li Y,Huang Z,Zhang F,Wang Z

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The research into bioactive natural products of medicinal plants has a long tradition, but ethnopharmacology as a well-defined field of research has a relatively short history, only dating back 50 years. Aims: With the fast development of this field and its global importance especially in the fast developi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yeung AWK,Heinrich M,Atanasov AG

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hydrogen is a proven novel antioxidant that selectively reduces hydroxyl radicals. In this study, we investigated the effects of hydrogen-rich saline solution on the prevention of renal injury induced by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) and on renal function recovery. METHODS:A rat model of renal I/R injury was indu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li J,Hong Z,Liu H,Zhou J,Cui L,Yuan S,Chu X,Yu P

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Saponins are natural compounds and possess the most promising anti-cancer function. Here, a saponin gleditsia saponin C (GSC), extracted from gleditsiae fructus abnormalis, could induce apoptosis of lung tumor cell line A549 via caspase dependent cascade and this effect could be prevented by the caspase inhibitors. In...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Cheng Y,He W,He Y

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer that affects women, mainly through human papilloma virus (HPV) infection with high-risk HPV16 and HPV18. The present study investigated the in vitro anticancer activity and mechanism of action of a proanthocyanidin polymer-rich fraction of Stryphnodendron adstringens (F...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kaplum V,Ramos AC,Consolaro MEL,Fernandez MA,Ueda-Nakamura T,Dias-Filho BP,Silva SO,de Mello JCP,Nakamura CV

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of apoptosis is therapeutically effective in cardiomyocytes damage. Calenduloside E (CE), a naturally occurring triterpenoid saponin, is a potent anti-apoptotic agent. However, little is known about its synthetic analogues on the protective effects in apoptosis of cardiomyocytes. The present research was pe...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Tian Y,Du YY,Shang H,Wang M,Sun ZH,Wang BQ,Deng D,Wang S,Xu XD,Sun GB,Sun XB

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanistic basis for temozolomide (TMZ)-induced glioma resistance is an important obstacle in developing an effective form of chemotherapy for this type of tumor. Glycogenolysis is known to play an essential role in cellular proliferation and potassium homeostasis and involves the glycogen phosphory...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Xu J,Zhang Y,Guo X,Sun T

更新日期：2018-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Prevalence of osteoporosis in Chinese postmenopausal women has significantly increased over the past decade and oral bisphosphonates are the most potent antiresorptive drugs. The purpose of the present research was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of oral alendronate for individuals with osteoporosis. We ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： You R,Liu Z

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) was implicated in a widespread outbreak of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) across the Asia Pacific area since 1997 and has also been reported sporadically in patients with brain stem encephalitis. Neurogenic shock with pulmonary edema (PE) is a fatal complication of EV71 infection. Among inotr...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang SM

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A detannified methanolic extract of Scrophularia lucida L. attenuated the formation of cancer cell-induced circular chemorepellent induced defects (CCIDs) in the lymph endothelial cell barrier, which resemble entry ports for the intravasating tumor into the vasculature as a prerequisite for lymph node metastasis. Ther...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lewenhofer V,Schweighofer L,Ledermüller T,Eichsteininger J,Kählig H,Zehl M,Nguyen CH,Krupitza G,Özmen A,Krenn L

更新日期：2018-04-03 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：:For the treatment of malignancy, many therapeutic agents, including small molecules, photosensitizers, immunomodulators, proteins and genes, and so forth, have been loaded into nanocarriers for controllable cancer therapy. Among these nanocarriers, polymeric micelles have been considered as one of the most promising n...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang J,Li S,Han Y,Guan J,Chung S,Wang C,Li D

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by increasing osseous fragility and fracture due to the reduced bone mass and microstructural degradation. Primary pharmacological strategies for the treatment of osteoporosis, hormone replacement treatment (HRT), and alendronate therapies may produce adverse side-effects a...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： He J,Li X,Wang Z,Bennett S,Chen K,Xiao Z,Zhan J,Chen S,Hou Y,Chen J,Wang S,Xu J,Lin D

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies proved that among all α1-adrenoceptors, cardiac myocytes functionally express only α1A- and α1B-subtype. Scientists indicated that α1A-subtype blockade might be beneficial in restoring normal heart rhythm. Therefore, we aimed to determine the role of α1-adrenoceptors subtypes (i.e., α1A and α1B) in antiarrhyth...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Pytka K,Lustyk K,Żmudzka E,Kotańska M,Siwek A,Zygmunt M,Dziedziczak A,Śniecikowska J,Olczyk A,Gałuszka A,Śmieja J,Waszkielewicz AM,Marona H,Filipek B,Sapa J,Mogilski S

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in biomedicine has evolved intensely in the recent years due to the multiple applications of these nanomaterials, mainly in domains like cancer. The aim of the present study was: (i) to develop biocompatible colloidal suspensions based on magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles a...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Coricovac DE,Moacă EA,Pinzaru I,Cîtu C,Soica C,Mihali CV,Păcurariu C,Tutelyan VA,Tsatsakis A,Dehelean CA

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChE-I) are recommended for the treatment of cognitive symptoms but also of behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia. They are widely used not only in Alzheimer's disease, but also in other forms of dementia. Efficacy of treatment might depend on serum concentration ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ortner M,Stange M,Schneider H,Schroeder C,Buerger K,Müller C,Dorn B,Goldhardt O,Diehl-Schmid J,Förstl H,Steimer W,Grimmer T

更新日期：2020-05-21 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：INTRODUCTION:Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are present in the cerebral white matter (WM). We hypothesized that WM response to nicotine can be detected by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); and that such responses may be associated with nicotine-led cognitive enhancement in sustained attention. METHODS:A randomized, n...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kochunov P,Du X,Moran LV,Sampath H,Wijtenburg SA,Yang Y,Rowland LM,Stein EA,Hong LE

更新日期：2013-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycoengineering approach is used to improve biophysical properties of protein-based drugs, but its direct impact on binding affinity and kinetic properties for the glycoengineered protein and its binding partner interaction is unclear. Type I interferon (IFN) receptors, composed of IFNAR1 and IFNAR2, have differe...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lee S,Son WS,Yang HB,Rajasekaran N,Kim SS,Hong S,Choi JS,Choi JY,Song K,Shin YK

更新日期：2019-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tacrolimus (Tac) is a profoundly effective immunosuppressant that reduces the risk of rejection after solid organ transplantation. However, its use is hampered by its narrow therapeutic window along with its highly variable pharmacological (pharmacokinetic [PK] and pharmacodynamic [PD]) profile. Part of this variabili...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Woillard JB,Mourad M,Neely M,Capron A,van Schaik RH,van Gelder T,Lloberas N,Hesselink DA,Marquet P,Haufroid V,Elens L

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00