Mitochondria as Potential Targets in Alzheimer Disease Therapy: An Update.

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive autoimmune disease specific to synovial joints; it causes joint damage and other systemic abnormalities, thereby leading to physical disability and early mortality. Marine sponge-derived fungi, Pestalotiopsis sp., secrete immunosuppressive compounds in the culture broth. In t...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lee JY,Kim GJ,Choi JK,Choi YA,Jeong NH,Park PH,Choi H,Kim SH

更新日期：2018-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing use of antibiotics is being driven by factors such as the aging of the population, increased occurrence of infections, and greater prevalence of chronic diseases that require antimicrobial treatment. The excessive and unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans has led to the emergence of bacteria resistan...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lima R,Del Fiol FS,Balcão VM

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Acoustic cluster therapy (ACT) comprises co-administration of a formulation containing microbubble/microdroplet clusters (PS101), together with a regular medicinal drug (e.g., a chemotherapeutic) and local ultrasound (US) insonation of the targeted pathological tissue (e.g., the tumor). PS101 is confined t...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bush N,Healey A,Shah A,Box G,Kirkin V,Eccles S,Sontum PC,Kotopoulis S,Kvåle S,van Wamel A,Davies CL,Bamber J

更新日期：2020-02-20 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：:Neutrophil killing of bacteria is mediated by oxidative and non-oxidative mechanisms. Oxidants are generated through the NADPH oxidase complex, whereas antimicrobial proteins and peptides rank amongst non-oxidative host defenses. Mucus hypersecretion, deficient hydration and poor clearance from the airways are promine...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Cantin AM,Ouellet C,Cloutier A,McDonald PP

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is affecting the social and economic developments in developing countries like Sri Lanka. Siddha Medicine (Tamil Medicine) is mostly practiced in the Eastern and Northern Provinces of Sri Lanka. Our recent review of Sri Lankan Siddha historical documents identified 171 plant species used to prepare anti-diabe...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Sathasivampillai SV,Rajamanoharan PRS,Heinrich M

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Product mislabeling and/or species fraud in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) not only decrease TCM quality, but also pose a potential health issue to the end user. Up to now, methods to control TCM quality have been developed to detect specific metabolites or identify the original species. However, species quantific...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhao B,Xiong C,Li J,Zhang D,Shi Y,Sun W,Duan X

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously discovered a synergistically therapeutic combination of two Toll-like receptor ligands, an oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) and Pam2CSK4. Aerosolization of these ligands stimulates innate immunity within the lungs to prevent pneumonia from bacterial and viral pathogens. Here we examined the safety and tol...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Alfaro VY,Goldblatt DL,Valverde GR,Munsell MF,Quinton LJ,Walker AK,Dantzer R,Varadhachary A,Scott BL,Evans SE,Tuvim MJ,Dickey BF

更新日期：2014-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in molecular pathology have changed the landscape of oncology. The ability to interrogate tissue samples for oncogene amplification, driver mutations, and other molecular alterations provides clinicians with an enormous level of detail about their patient's cancer. In some cases, this information informs trea...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kersh AE,Sasaki M,Cooper LA,Kissick HT,Pollack BP

更新日期：2016-09-26 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：:Although initially described as an anti-tumor mediator, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) is generally considered as the master pro-inflammatory cytokine. It plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory bowel disease, ankylosing spondylitis (AS), an...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li P,Zheng Y,Chen X

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Salvianolate, a compound mainly composed of salvia magnesium acetate, is extracted from the Chinese herb Salvia miltiorrhiza. Because of its biological activity, easy quality control and certain efficacy, salvianolate is widely used in treating ischemic cardiocerebral vascular disease, liver damage, renal in...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Shen Y,Wang S,Liu Y,Ge L,Xia L,Zhang X,Miao Y,Shen J,Zhou Q

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Little is known regarding the relationship between use of oral corticosteroids and hip fracture in the elderly in Taiwan. The aim of the study was to examine this issue. Methods: A retrospective population-based case-control study using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program (2000-2013) was ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lai SW,Lin CL,Liao KF

更新日期：2017-09-11 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

abstract：:Orientin is a flavonoid extracted from Chinese traditional herb, Polygonum orientale L. Previous study has reported that orientin protected myocardial from ischemia reperfusion injury. However, whether orientin could protect against cardiac remodeling after myocardial injury remains unclear. The aim of our study is to...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li F,Zong J,Zhang H,Zhang P,Xu L,Liang K,Yang L,Yong H,Qian W

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal theta activity is related to spatial information processing, and high-frequency theta activity, in particular, has been linked to efficient spatial memory performance. Theta activity is regulated by the synchronizing ascending system (SAS), which includes mesencephalic and diencephalic relays. The supramam...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Hernández-Pérez JJ,Gutiérrez-Guzmán BE,López-Vázquez MÁ,Olvera-Cortés ME

更新日期：2015-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Dolutegravir (DTG) is a second-generation integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) and INSTIs are the latest class of potent anti-HIV drugs. Compared to the first generation INSTIs, raltegravir, and elvitegravir, DTG shows a limited cross-resistance profile. More interestingly, clinical resistance mutations to DTG ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wainberg MA,Han YS

更新日期：2015-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Clozapine, an antipsychotic used in treatment-resistant schizophrenia, has adverse gastrointestinal effects with significant associated morbidity and mortality. However, its effects on defined patterns of colonic contractile activity have not been assessed. Method: We used novel radial and longitudinal spa...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Every-Palmer S,Lentle RG,Reynolds G,Hulls C,Chambers P,Dunn H,Ellis PM

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:As a major opportunistic pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa can produce various virulence factors and form biofilms. These processes are controlled by the quorum sensing (QS) system. Sodium new houttuyfonate (SNH) is an adduct of houttuyfonate, the main component of the common Chinese medicine plant Houttuynia cordata, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhao Y,Mei L,Si Y,Wu J,Shao J,Wang T,Yan G,Wang C,Wu D

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Yixinshu Capsules (YXSC) are widely used in Chinese medicine for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. However, the therapeutic mechanisms of action are not well understood. Method: In this study, a metabonomic approach based on integrated UPLC-Q/TOF-MS technique and MALDI-MS was utilized to explore po...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Xu J,Li X,Zhang F,Tang L,Wei J,Lei X,Wang H,Zhang Y,Li D,Tang X,Li G,Tang S,Wu H,Yang H

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability of traditional Chinese medicine injection (TCMI) is an important issue related with its clinical application. TCMI is composed of multi-components, therefore, when evaluating TCMI stability, several marker compounds cannot represent global components or biological activities of TCMI. Till now, when evaluatin...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li JP,Liu Y,Guo JM,Shang EX,Zhu ZH,Zhu KY,Tang YP,Zhao BC,Tang ZS,Duan JA

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This article highlights several refractory oral diseases, such as stomatitis, burning mouth syndrome (BMS), glossalgia, atypical facial pain (AFP), oral cancer, dry mouth, and Sjögren's syndrome (SJS), in which use of Japanese herbal medicines, Kampo medicines (KM), on the basis of Kampo theory could exert the maximum...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yamaguchi K

更新日期：2015-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Local people in the Sudhnoti district of Pakistan share a rich practice of traditional medicine for the treatment of a variety of ailments. We selected nine plants from the Sudhnoti ethnopharmacological tradition used for the treatment of infectious and inflammatory disease. Our aim was to evaluate the in vitro anti-i...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Khan MF,Tang H,Lyles JT,Pineau R,Mashwani ZU,Quave CL

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To evaluate the hemostasis and coagulation effect of Hemocoagulase Bothrops Atrox in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients undergoing transurethral bipolar plasmakinetic prostatectomy (TUPKP). Methods: This study adopted a multicenter, prospective, and real world design. BPH patients undergoing TUPKP ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li BH,Yu ZJ,Wang CY,Zi H,Li XD,Wang XH,Ren XY,Liu TZ,Zheng H

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodent models of human disease can be valuable for understanding the mechanisms of a disease and for identifying novel therapies. However, it is critical that these models be vetted prior to committing resources to developing novel therapeutics. Failure to confirm the model can lead to significant losses in time and r...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Caudle RM,Caudle SL,Flenor ND,Rohrs EL,Neubert JK

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Erectile dysfunction (ED) occurs more frequently and causes a worse response to the first-line therapies in diabetics compared with nondiabetic men. Corpus cavernosum vascular dysfunction plays a pivotal role in the occurrence of diabetes mellitus ED (DMED). The aim of this study was to investigate the prote...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yuan P,Ma D,Gao X,Wang J,Li R,Liu Z,Wang T,Wang S,Liu J,Liu X

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent investigations of the treatment for hematologic neoplasms have focused on targeting epigenetic regulators. The DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5-azacytidine (AZA) has produced good results in the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. The mechanism underlying its pharmacological activity involves...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Imanishi S,Umezu T,Kobayashi C,Ohta T,Ohyashiki K,Ohyashiki JH

更新日期：2018-10-16 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：:Platinum derivatives used as chemotherapeutic drugs such as cisplatin and oxaliplatin have a potent antitumor activity. However, severe side effects such as nephro-, oto-, and neurotoxicity are associated with their use. Effects and side effects of platinum-based drugs are in part caused by their transporter-mediated ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Harrach S,Ciarimboli G

更新日期：2015-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermaseptins are a group of α-helical shaped polycationic peptides isolated from the Hylid frogs, with antimicrobial effects against bacteria, parasites, protozoa, viruses in vitro. Besides, anti-tumor effects have been demonstrated. However, few animal experiments and no clinical trials have been conducted thus far. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bartels EJH,Dekker D,Amiche M

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00