Beta2-Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms and Haplotypes Associate With Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease.

abstract：:The involvement of histamine H3 receptors (H3Rs) in memory is well known, and the potential of H3R antagonists in therapeutic management of neuropsychiatric diseases, e.g., Alzheimer disease (AD) is well established. Therefore, the effects of histamine H3 receptor (H3R) antagonist E159 (2.5-10 mg/kg, i.p.) in adult ma...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Alachkar A,Łażewska D,Kieć-Kononowicz K,Sadek B

更新日期：2017-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are the most commonly used drugs for treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Their efficacy is due to their ability to bind cytoplasmic receptors (glucocorticoid receptors, GR) and other cytoplasmic proteins, thus regulating gene expression. Although GCs are potent life-saving drugs, t...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bereshchenko O,Migliorati G,Bruscoli S,Riccardi C

更新日期：2019-03-27 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：:Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase recently implicated in biochemical, physiological, and behavioral responses to ethanol. Thus, manipulation of ALK signaling may represent a novel approach to treating alcohol use disorder (AUD). Ethanol induces adaptations in glutamatergic synapses onto nu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Mangieri RA,Maier EY,Buske TR,Lasek AW,Morrisett RA

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) that target cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4, programmed cell death-1, and PD-ligand 1 have revolutionized cancer treatment, achieving unprecedented efficacy in multiple malignancies. ICIs are increasingly being used in early cancer settings and in combination with various other typ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhou YW,Zhu YJ,Wang MN,Xie Y,Chen CY,Zhang T,Xia F,Ding ZY,Liu JY

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In the intensive care unit (ICU) setting, where highly variable and insufficient drug efficacies, as well as frequent and unpredictable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) occur, pharmacogenomics (PGx) offers an opportunity to improve health outcomes. However, PGx has not been fully evaluated in the ICU, partly due to lack ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhou S,Skaar DJ,Jacobson PA,Huang RS

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The lignan-rich fraction (SWR) of Sambucus Williamsii Ramulus, a folk herbal medicine in China for treatment of bone diseases, has previously reported to exert protective effects on bone without exerting uterotrophic effects in ovariectomized (OVX) mice. The aim of the present study was to identify the potential metab...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Xiao HH,Sham TT,Chan CO,Li MH,Chen X,Wu QC,Mok DK,Yao XS,Wong MS

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A dominant area of antibody research is the extension of the use of this mighty experimental and therapeutic tool for the specific detection of molecules for diagnostics, visualization, and activity blocking. Despite the ability to raise antibodies against different proteins, numerous applications of antibodies in bas...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Slastnikova TA,Ulasov AV,Rosenkranz AA,Sobolev AS

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Blockchain systems are a fast emerging and a currently widely discussed novel strategy for a decentralized cryptographically enhanced digital ledger recording transactions among stakeholders. This perspective paper looks at its potential uses in the context of high value and mostly low volume botanical material traded...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Heinrich M,Scotti F,Booker A,Fitzgerald M,Kum KY,Löbel K

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The study aimed to conduct clinical and economic evaluation of salvianolate injection for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) in comparison to Danhong injection and alprostadil injection. Method:This was a retrospective study using National Health Insurance Data about inpatients diagnosed with CHD in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang L,Chen X,Oi Lam Ung C,Zhu H,Hu H,Han S

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-inflammatory properties of cacao, fruits of Theobroma cacao L. (Sterculiaceae), are well documented, and therapeutic applications are described for gastrointestinal, nervous, and cardiovascular abnormalities. Most, if not all of these disease conditions involve inflammation or immune activation processes. The pro...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Becker K,Geisler S,Ueberall F,Fuchs D,Gostner JM

更新日期：2013-12-12 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：: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：Background and Purpose:The exact mechanism of spontaneous pacemaking is not fully understood. Recent results suggest tight cooperation between intracellular Ca2+ handling and sarcolemmal ion channels. An important player of this crosstalk is the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX), however, direct pharmacological evidence was una...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kohajda Z,Tóth N,Szlovák J,Loewe A,Bitay G,Gazdag P,Prorok J,Jost N,Levijoki J,Pollesello P,Papp JG,Varró A,Nagy N

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Impulse generation in supraventricular tissue is inhibited by adenosine and acetylcholine via the activation of A1 and M2 receptors coupled to inwardly rectifying GIRK/KIR3.1/3.4 channels, respectively. Unlike M2 receptors, bradycardia produced by A1 receptors activation predominates over negative inotropy. Such diffe...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bragança B,Oliveira-Monteiro N,Ferreirinha F,Lima PA,Faria M,Fontes-Sousa AP,Correia-de-Sá P

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dizocilpine (MK-801) is a non-competitive NMDA antagonist that induces schizophreniclike effects. It is therefore widely used in experimental models of schizophrenia including prepulse inhibition (PPI) impairments in rodents. Nevertheless, MK-801 has never been tested in monkeys on a PPI paradigm. In order to evaluate...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Saletti PG,Maior RS,Hori E,Nishijo H,Tomaz C

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid (GC) therapy is the leading cause of secondary osteoporosis and the therapeutic and preventative drugs for GC-induced osteoporosis are limited. In this study, we investigated the protective effects of geniposide on dexamethasone (DEX)-induced osteogenic inhibition in MC3T3-E1 cells. The results showed t...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Xie B,Wu J,Li Y,Wu X,Zeng Z,Zhou C,Xu D,Wu L

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, we are experiencing the big data era with the emerging challenge of single data interpretation. Although the advent of high-throughput technologies as well as chemo- and bio-informatics tools presents pan-omics data as the way forward to precision medicine, personalized health care and tailored-made therapeu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Balasopoulou A,Patrinos GP,Katsila T

更新日期：2016-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopeptides derived from marine species have garnered significant research interest owing to their anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and anticancer activities. In our previous study, Hydrostatin-SN1, a bioactive peptide extracted from the Hydrophis cyanocinctus venom gland T7 phage display library, demonstrated anti-i...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhang C,Guo S,Wang J,Li A,Sun K,Qiu L,Li J,Wang S,Ma X,Lu Y

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene targeting strategies have become a powerful technology for elucidating mammalian gene function. The recently generated knockout (KO)-first strategy produces a KO at the RNA processing level and also allows for the generation of conditional KO alleles by combining FLP/FRT and Cre/loxP systems, thereby providing hi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Hanstein R,Negoro H,Patel NK,Charollais A,Meda P,Spray DC,Suadicani SO,Scemes E

更新日期：2013-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A leading cause of death worldwide is sepsis that develops as a dysregulated immune response to infection. Serious infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) increases the difficulty of treatment in septic patients. Host-directed therapy (HDT) is an emerging approach to bacterial infections...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li T,Qian Y,Miao Z,Zheng P,Shi T,Jiang X,Pan L,Qian F,Yang G,An H,Zheng Y

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are bioactive lipids which modulate inflammation and immunity. They gained recognition in nutritional therapy and are recommended dietary supplements. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting the usefulness of PUFAs in active therapy of various gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Michalak A,Mosińska P,Fichna J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the effects of serotonin on memory formation in the chick revealed an action on at least two 5-HT receptors. Serotonin injected intracerebrally produced a biphasic effect on memory consolidation with enhancement at low doses and inhibition at higher doses. The non-selective 5-HT receptor antagonist me...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Gibbs ME,Hertz L

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dialysis of human and mouse neutrophils in patch clamp experiments in the conventional whole-cell mode induces the emergence of a chloride (Cl-) current that appeared to be primarily regulated by cytoplasmic ionic strength. The characteristics of this current resembled that of the classical, and ubiquitous volume-...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Behe P,Foote JR,Levine AP,Platt CD,Chou J,Benavides F,Geha RS,Segal AW

更新日期：2017-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：Ethnopharmacological Relevance:Diarrhea is a major medical problem in clinical practice. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), different types of diarrhea should be treated with different TCM formulations based on the targeted medical condition. Dampness-heat diarrhea (DHD) is a serious diarrhe...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Hua YL,Ma Q,Zhang XS,Jia YQ,Peng XT,Yao WL,Ji P,Hu JJ,Wei YM

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Shenmai injection (SMI), as a patented traditional Chinese medicine, is extracted from Panax ginseng and Ophiopogon japonicus. It commonly used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease and in the control of cardiac toxicity induced by doxorubicin (DOX) treatment. However, its anti-cardiotoxicity mechanism remains un...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li L,Li J,Wang Q,Zhao X,Yang D,Niu L,Yang Y,Zheng X,Hu L,Li Y

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding of the negative impact of general anesthetics on gastrointestinal motility requires thorough knowledge of their molecular targets. In this respect the muscarinic cationic current (mICAT carried mainly via TRPC4 channels) that initiates cholinergic excitation-contraction coupling in the gut is of...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Melnyk MI,Dryn DO,Al Kury LT,Dziuba DO,Zholos AV

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Icariin is a main component of the Chinese medicinal plant Epimedium brevicornu Maxim, exhibits potent activity against inflammatory diseases. Our previous data demonstrated the valid bioactivity of icariin on mitigating rodent asthma. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway were involv...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Liu J,Liu L,Sun J,Luo Q,Yan C,Zhang H,Liu F,Wei Y,Dong J

更新日期：2020-01-31 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：:Background and Aims: Targeting inflammation is nowadays considered as a challenging pharmacological strategy to prevent or delay the development of vascular diseases. Angiotensin-(1-7) is a member of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) that binds Mas receptors and has gained growing attention in the last years as a reg...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Villalobos LA,San Hipólito-Luengo Á,Ramos-González M,Cercas E,Vallejo S,Romero A,Romacho T,Carraro R,Sánchez-Ferrer CF,Peiró C

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00