Arterial calcification and stiffness in chronic kidney disease.

abstract：:1. Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major factor associated with morbidity and mortality in patients with severe head injury. Identifying the mechanisms responsible for raised ICP may be difficult and, as a result, treatment prescribed may be non-specific and often ineffective. 2. Research aimed at obtaining mo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lewis SB

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is a type of peripheral neuropathic pain that develops as a consequence of prolonged hyperglycaemia-induced injury to the long nerves. Apart from pain, PDN is also characterized by morphine hyposensitivity. Intriguingly, in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats exhibiting marked ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Huang L,Wyse BD,Williams CM,Smith MT

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-receptor stimulant effects of Sm220Cl, dl-N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-phenylpropyl)-2-hydroxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, and (-)-isoprenaline have been compared in isolated atrial (beta1) and tracheal (beta2) preparations from guinea-pigs and cats. 2. The compounds were also tested for their ability t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Bohmer K,Raper C

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Inflammation, particularly the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor (TNF), increases necrosis of skeletal muscle. Depletion of inflammatory cells, such as neutrophils, cromolyn blockade of mast cell degranulation or pharmacological blockade of TNF reduces necrosis of dystrophic myofibres in the mdx mous...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Grounds MD,Radley HG,Gebski BL,Bogoyevitch MA,Shavlakadze T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a complex chronic inflammatory disease that remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. A previous study reported that glaucocalyxin A (GLA), a natural ent-Kaurane diterpenoid triptolide, exhibits anti-atherosclerotic activity. However, the underlying molecular mechanism has...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhu S,Zhang J,Lv Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To assess the effect of dietary phytosterol on stroke and the lifespan of salt-loaded stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP), we investigated the effects of the addition of phytosterol to soybean oil (phytosterol content: 0.3%) on stroke onset, lifespan following onset of stroke and overall lifespan c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ogawa H,Yamamoto K,Kamisako T,Meguro T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The diffusional permeability of collecting ducts to 22Na+ and 36Cl- was measured in rat papillae in vitro. 2. The permeability of the collecting duct to 36Cl- was 0.72 (s.e.m. = 0.01; n = 356) microns/sec which was significantly higher than the value of 0.51 (s.e.m. = 0.01; n = 356) microns/sec measured for 22Na+. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Morgan T,Ray C

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Pretreatment with intravenous WEB-2086 (0.5 mg/kg; an antagonist of the actions of platelet activating factor; PAF) with or without indomethacin (2 mg/kg) failed to prevent or modify the fall in blood pressure following unclipping of the renal artery of anaesthetized two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats. 2. The s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Smith AJ,Gerkens JF,Dosen P

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases) are a conserved group of enzymes that catalyse the conversion between cis and trans conformations of proline imidic peptide bonds. These enzymes play critical roles in regulatory mechanisms of cellular function and pathophysiology of disease. There are three different cla...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Rostam MA,Piva TJ,Rezaei HB,Kamato D,Little PJ,Zheng W,Osman N

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. beta(3)-Adrenoceptors (AR) have been reported to be present in numerous species, where they mediate multiple responses. 2. The aim of the present study was to determine whether beta(3)-AR are present in intact rat heart and the functional implications of beta(3)-AR stimulation. The response to the cardiac beta(3)-A...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Barbier J,Mouas C,Rannou-Bekono F,Carré F

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present review focuses on some of the processes producing rhythms in sympathetic nerves influencing cardiovascular functions and considers their potential relevance to nervous integration. 2. Two mechanisms are considered that may account for rhythmic sympathetic discharges. First, neuronal elements of peripher...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gilbey MP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of αB-crystallin (CryαB), a small heat shock protein abundantly expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscles, are known to cause desmin-related myopathies. The CryαB R120G allele has been linked to a familial desminopathy and, in transgenic mice, causes a sudden death at about 28 weeks of age. To investigate th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jiao Q,Sanbe A,Zhang X,Liu JP,Minamisawa S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Triiodothyronine (T3; 1.0 mg/kg per day subcutaneously) was administered to 10 dogs for 14 days; 10 saline-treated dogs served as controls. T3-treated dogs showed the expected physiological responses of hyperthyroidism; further, chronotropic responses to isoprenaline in vivo were significantly increased in T3-treat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hoey A,Brown L,Marchant C,Atwell R,Sernia C

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The Type 2C protein phosphatases (PP2C) represent a highly conserved gene family in the mammalian genome. Recent studies have revealed that PP2C isoforms possess unique patterns of tissue and subcellular distribution associated with diverse functionalities. 2. The functional importance of PP2C isoforms has been sho...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lu G,Wang Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become a major disease that threatens human health. Neurotransmitters and the amygdala are found to be critical in the development and maintenance of PTSD. We aim to investigate the role of glycyrrhizin in treating PTSD. Contextual fear extinction and elevated plus maze test w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lai S,Shi L,Jiang Z,Lin Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In rats, inhibition of type IV phosphodiesterase (PDE4) attenuates acute renal failure and early (hours) mortality induced by high-dose endotoxin. Because it is unlikely that protection of renal function accounts for improved early survivability, most likely PDE4 inhibition exerts multiple beneficial effects in end...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tofovic SP,Zacharia LC,Carcillo JA,Jackson EK

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In order to further characterize the adenosine binding sites that we previously purified and termed P3 purinergic receptor-like protein (P3LP), a reliable binding assay method was developed using [3H]-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA) as a radioligand and the newly developed high-affinity selective ligand 9-(6,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Yoshioka K,Matsuda A,Nakata H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The worldwide epidemic of obesity in adults has been mirrored in children in developed and developing countries. 2. Central obesity appears to be driving a cluster of abnormalities often referred to as the metabolic syndrome. 3. The definition of the metabolic syndrome in children is not suited to arbitrary cut-off...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Beilin L,Huang RC

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have studied the role of kallikrein (KK) in the maintenance of renal function in chronic hypoxic rats (high altitude; HA), compared with control rats kept at sea level (SL). Hypoxia was induced by placing female Wistar rats (198-290 g) in an altitude chamber (5500 m) 15 h/day for 4 weeks. Experiments were also c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chen CF,Chen LW,Chien CT,Wu MS,Tsai TJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to investigate the structural requirements for the inhibition of 6-methyl-hydroxylation of the antitumour agent 5,6-dimethyl-xanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA) by acridine analogues and use a CYP1A2 homology model to provide some insight into this interaction. 2. Concentrations causin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Paxton JW,Kestell P,Chiang D,Zhou S,Lewis DF

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR) is a reliable index of myocardial supply-workload balance. This study sought to investigate whether overweight/obese children and adolescents have altered SEVR and to identify which are the associated factors. This cross-sectional study involved 789 individuals. Central haemodynam...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zaniqueli D,Alvim RO,Baldo MP,Luiz SG,Cunha RS,Mill JG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Accumulating animal and human data suggest that nitric oxide (NO) is important for both coronary and peripheral haemodynamic control and metabolic regulation during performance of exercise. 2. While still controversial, NO of endothelial origin is thought to potentiate exercise-induced hyperaemia, both in the perip...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kingwell BA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 5% of hospitalized patients and in 50% of sepsis patients with acute renal dysfunction. However, there have been no safe and effective therapeutic strategies. The hypoxia condition is closely related to renal injury and function under AKI. As hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) is ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang H,Liu N,Li R,Tian J,Hu W,Zhang J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study was performed to test the hypothesis that the reactive oxygen species (ROS)-angiotensinogen (AGT)-renin angiotensin system (RAS) axis is sequentially activated in the development of diabetic nephropathy in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) obese rats. 2. Genetic pairs of male ZDF obese and control ZDF l...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Miyata K,Ohashi N,Suzaki Y,Katsurada A,Kobori H

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating reports have demonstrated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in the occurrence and metastasis of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). LncRNA myocardial infarction associated transcript (MIAT) has been widely reported in hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic cancer and colorectal cancer, but the r...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chang W,Wang Y,Li W,Geng Z

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis is a major form of inflammatory bowel disease and increases the risk of the development of colorectal carcinoma. The anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) make them promising tools for treating immune-mediated and inflammatory diseases. However, the lack o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lin Y,Lin L,Wang Q,Jin Y,Zhang Y,Cao Y,Zheng C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present review describes the actions of sensory neuropeptides on the contractility of the rat and guinea-pig prostate gland and discusses the differences in sensitivity of the smooth muscle of the prostates taken from these species to these neuropeptides. 2. Nerve fibres immunoreactive for the tachykinins subst...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ventura S,Lau WA,Buljubasich S,Pennefather JN

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. There is evidence that different aetiologies of heart failure, especially ischaemic vs dilated cardiomyopathy (ICM and DCM, respectively), may influence the prognosis of patients with this disease. Patients with ICM have a worse prognosis than those with DCM; the mechanisms underlying this difference have not yet b...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lee S,Lu R,Müller-Ehmsen J,Schwinger RH,Brixius K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Administration of 2-thiophenecarboxylic acid to rats maintained on a low calcium diet resulted in a significant depression in the serum levels of total and ionized calcium and inorganic phosphate. 2. The serum magnesium levels were not altered by the drug. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Raman A,Chong YK

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study was carried out to determine whether rilmenidine, a recently introduced antihypertensive agent which acts on alpha 2-adrenoceptors, has partial agonist activity on prejunctional alpha 2-adrenoceptors in guinea-pig atria. 2. Isolated preparations of guinea-pig atria were incubated with [3H]-noradre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Li CG,Rand MJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00