Amelioration of cardiac function in chronic myocardial infarcted rats following administration of vector pcDNA3.1AM.

abstract：:Cardiotoxin (CTX) III, a basic polypeptide with 60 amino acid residues isolated from Naja naja atra venom, has been reported to have anticancer activity. In the present study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the anticancer activity of CTX III in human leukaemia (HL-60 cells). Cardiotoxin III activated the en...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chien CM,Yang SH,Chang LS,Lin SR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Carbachol (CCh)-induced desensitization to CCh was interrupted by a transient resensitization during its early stage, with concomitant changes at the muscarinic receptor/G-protein level in smooth muscle of guinea-pig taenia caeci. To assess whether such a peculiar desensitizing process may heterologously regulate s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hishinuma S,Matsumoto Y,Sato R,Saito M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of the alpha-beta-adrenergic antagonist labetalol on the activation of human platelets by adrenaline and other aggregating stimuli have been investigated. 2. Labetalol inhibited platelet aggregation and secretion induced by collagen and the second phase of aggregation caused by ADP, platelet activating ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Anfossi G,Trovati M,Lanzio M,Mularoni E,Massucco P,Emanuelli G

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:1. In the present study we have examined the effects of angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition and nitric oxide (NO) synthesis inhibition on bradykinin (BK) depressor responses in pregnancy in both Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). 2. Ramipril (10 mg/kg, i.v.) significantly reduce...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chu ZM,Beilin LJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of reserpine pretreatment on neurotransmission in the guinea-pig vas deferens have been re-examined with a view to study the role of noradrenaline (NA) in mediating postjunctional electrical responses and, in particular, excitatory junction potentials (EJP). 2. Reserpine (5 mg/kg, i.p.) caused almost to...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Cunnane TC,Manchanda R

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the potent efficacy of β-D-Mannuronic acid in a breast cancer murine model, we evaluated the efficacy of this novel non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug in breast cancer patients in the present clinical trial. The study was an 8-week randomized, controlled, phase II clinical trial (IRCT: 2017012213739N7 (in ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kashefi S,Omranipour R,Mahmoodzadeh H,Ahmadi H,Alikhassi A,Hosseini M,Cuzzocrea S,Rehm BHA,Matsuo H,Mirshafiey A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Arterial baroreceptor denervation produces acute hypertension, but chronically denervated animals have an average arterial pressure that is similar to that of baroreceptor intact animals. 2. Although cardiopulmonary baroreceptors and renal compensations have been suggested to mediate the restoration of a normal ave...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Sved AF,Schreihofer AM,Kost CK Jr

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Rabbits were treated with the antiparasitic drug ivermectin at subcutaneous doses of 0.2, 1 and 2.5 mg/kg and blood collected weekly for 4 weeks thereafter for measuring some blood parameters. At a dose of 0.2 or 1 mg/kg the drug had no significant effect on any of the parameters measured. At a dose of 2.5 mg/kg, t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ali BH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In a recent review article, the problem of making false-positive inferences as a result of making multiple comparisons between groups of experimental units or between experimental outcomes was addressed. 2. It was concluded that the most universally applicable solution was to use the Ryan-Holm step-down Bonferroni ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ludbrook J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transthyretin (TTR) is a binding protein for the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4 ), retinol and β-amyloid peptide. TTR aids the transfer of T4 from the blood to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), but also prevents T4 loss from the blood-CSF barrier. It is, however, unclear whether TTR affects the clearance of β-amyloid from...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chen R,Chen CP,Preston JE

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Activation of peripheral chemoreceptors with KCN in the working heart-brainstem preparation from young male Wistar rats (70-90 g) increases phrenic (PNA; +105 +/- 18%) and thoracic (tSNA; +44 +/- 6%) sympathetic nerve activity compared with baseline and reduces heart rate (HR; from 377 +/- 27 to 83 +/- 6 b.p.m.). 2...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Antunes VR,Braga VA,Machado BH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The distribution of intrarenal blood flow has been measured using the 133Xe-washout technique in thirteen baboons 2 weeks after ligation of the common bile duct. 2. In comparison with eight sham-operated baboons, there was a signifigant decrease in the percentage distribution of blood to the cortex, although the ra...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Bloom DS,Bomzon L,Rosendorff C,Kew MC

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Low-voltage electrical stimulation (LVES) in skeletal muscle at a level far below the threshold of muscle contraction has been reported to promote local angiogenesis. However, the mechanism underlying the promotion of local angiogenesis by LVES has not been fully elucidated. In the present study, we evaluated wheth...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Nagasaka M,Kohzuki M,Fujii T,Kanno S,Kawamura T,Onodera H,Itoyama Y,Ichie M,Sato Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of variation in dietary sodium intake on biochemical indices of sympathetic activity were investigated in normal subjects. Sodium restriction for 7 days (mean urinary sodium excretion 21 mmol/day, s.e.m. = 4) increased supine plasma noradrenaline concentration significantly (1.78 nmol/l, s.e.m. = 0.23) com...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Watson RD,Esler MD,Leonard P,Korner PI

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Sulfur dioxide (SO(2) ) has recently been found to have various biological effects on the cardiovascular system. The present study was designed to explore the effects of SO(2) derivatives on the L-type calcium current (I (Ca, L) ) in isolated rat ventricular cardiomyocytes. 2. A Langendorf system was used to dissoc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhang RY,Du JB,Sun Y,Chen S,Tsai HJ,Yuan L,Li L,Tang CS,Jin HF

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance of breast cancer cells to drugs is a major obstacle to effective cancer chemotherapy. Here, we study the function mechanisms of long non-coding RNA XIST in chemoresistance of breast cancer to doxorubicin. We examined the 50% inhibitive concentration of doxorubicin to MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-231/ADM cells,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhang M,Wang F,Xiang Z,Huang T,Zhou WB

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Measurements were made on blood pH, PCO2 and PO2 in mice after a single injection and following five weeks continuous clonidine hydrochloride treatment. 2. A single injection of clonidine hydrochloride exerts no effect on blood pH, PCO2 and PO2 but five weeks of continuous clonidine hydrochloride treatment lowers t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gan EK,Abdul Sattar MZ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the effects of parecoxib, a novel cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor, on spontaneous and prostaglandin-induced contractions of uterine smooth muscle. 2. Non-pregnant adult Wistar rats were decapitated and dissected to isolate myometrial strips. The tissue was mounted in ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ayar A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Metformin is one of the most commonly used drugs for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Accumulating evidence suggests that metformin also has cardioprotective effects. In the present study, we investigated the cardioprotective effects of metformin and the mechanisms involved. 2. A rat model of chronic heart failure...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang XF,Zhang JY,Li L,Zhao XY,Tao HL,Zhang L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The serotonin transporter (SERT) is strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients and animal models. Inhibitors of SERT have been reported to attenuate or reverse experimental PAH, which makes them potential therapeutic options for the treatment of PAH in humans. Howev...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhu SP,Mao ZF,Huang J,Wang JY

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Amino acid neurotransmitters are critical for controlling the activity of most central neurons, including sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN), the spinal cord neurons involved in controlling blood pressure and other autonomic functions. 2. In studies reviewed here, SPN were identified either by retrograde traci...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Llewellyn-Smith IJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia is a complication affecting pregnant women worldwide, which leads to maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of ferulic acid (FA) on an Nω -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME) induced rat model of preeclampsia. L-NAME was administered to pregna...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gong W,Wan J,Yuan Q,Man Q,Zhang X

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We set out to investigate whether the administration of naloxone alone, naloxone plus vasopressin (AVP) or naloxone plus alprazolam to patients with Cushing's syndrome would result in a blunted dynamic response of the pituitary-adrenal axis compared with normal volunteers. Cushing's syndrome is often difficult to d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jackson RV,Hockings GI,Torpy DJ,Grice JE,Crosbie GV,Walters MM,Strakosch CR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of the Class I anti-arrhythmic drugs quinidine, procainamide, lidocaine, phenytoin and tocainide on mitochondrial lactate dehydrogenase activity were compared in guinea-pig heart preparations. 2. All the tested drugs inhibited the enzyme activity in a concentration-dependent fashion, exhibiting varying ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Dzimiri N,Almotrefi AA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to identify the differential proteins that synchronously change in urine and glomeruli and could be used to monitor glomerular lesions of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). The proteomes of urine and glomeruli from four IgAN patients who were graded III/IV according to the grading system of L...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ning X,Yin Z,Li Z,Xu J,Wang L,Shen W,Lu Y,Cai G,Zhang X,Chen X

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitors and Paf antagonists abrogate hypotension in septic shock. The latter may act by blocking intracellular transduction mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle cells and inflammatory cells. We examined the effect of Paf antagonists on expression of inducible NO synthase. 2. A murine m...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Arthur JF,Shahin S,Dusting GJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The antitumour effect of orally administered cordycepin, a component isolated from water extracts of Cordyceps sinensis, was examined in mice inoculated with B16 melanoma (B16-BL6) cells. 2. B16-BL6 (1 x 10(6)) cells were inoculated subcutaneously into the right footpad of mice. At 2 weeks after the cell inoculatio...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Yoshikawa N,Nakamura K,Yamaguchi Y,Kagota S,Shinozuka K,Kunitomo M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Ion gradients across the cell membrane are important for proper cellular communication and homeostasis. With the exception of erythrocytes, chloride (Cl), one of the most important free anions in animal cells, is not distributed at thermodynamic equilibrium across the plasma membrane. The K-Cl cotransporter (COT), ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gagnon KB,Fyffe RE,Adragna NC,Lauf PK

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The transport of taurocholic acid from portal blood to bile was studied in the anaesthetized rat by injecting a radiolabelled pulse of bile acid. 2. The transport process was very rapid, 50% of the dose being secreted within 5 min, and the total dose within 15 min. 3. The transport process had a large capacity. The...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Iser JH,Packer JS,Smallwood RA,Hoffman NE

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00