The Trials and Tribulations of Structure Assisted Design of KCa Channel Activators.

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：:The exponential growth of the Internet of Things and the global popularity and remarkable decline in cost of the mobile phone is driving the digital transformation of medical practice. The rapidly maturing digital, non-medical world of mobile (wireless) devices, cloud computing and social networking is coalescing with...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Loizou GD

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cucurbitacin C (CuC), a novel analogue of triterpenoids cucurbitacins, confers a bitter taste in cucumber. Genes and signaling pathways responsive for biosynthesis of CuC have been identified in the recent years. In the present study, we explored the anti-cancer effects of CuC against human cancers in vitro and in viv...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wu D,Wang Z,Lin M,Shang Y,Wang F,Zhou J,Wang F,Zhang X,Luo X,Huang W

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 19 has been shown to be capable of maintaining bile acid (BA) homeostasis and thus hold promise to be a potential therapeutic agent for cholestasis liver disease. However, whether paracrine FGFs possess this BA regulatory activity remains to be determined. In our study, we iden...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lin H,Zhou C,Hou Y,Li Q,Qiao G,Wang Y,Huang Z,Niu J

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (GIONFH) is a frequently occurring type of nontraumatic osteonecrosis. A failure of the timely treatment can eventually result in the collapse of the subchondral bone structure. Luteolin (Lut), a compound extracted from Rhizoma Drynariae, is reported to possess ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yan Z,Zhan J,Qi W,Lin J,Huang Y,Xue X,Pan X

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Xueshuantong Lyophilized Powder (XST), consisting of a series of saponins extracted from Panax notoginseng, is widely applied to treat acute cerebral infarction, stroke, and coronary heart disease in China. However, most adverse drug reactions (ADR) in clinic are caused by quality problems of XST. In this study, six b...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang ZR,Wang ZH,Tang JF,Yan Y,Yue SJ,Feng WW,Shi ZY,Meng XT,Peng C,Wang CY,Meng DL,Yan D

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Inhibiting proliferation and inducing apoptosis of myofibroblasts is becoming one of the promising and effective ways to treat hypertrophic scar. ABT-263, as an orally bioavailable BCL-2 family inhibitor, has showed great antitumor characteristics by targeting tumor cell apoptosis. The objective of this st...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang X,Xiao Y,Zhong C,Shu F,Xiao S,Zheng Y,Xia Z

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims and Hypothesis: NEDD9 is highly expressed in gastric cancer and has a significant involvement in its pathogenesis. However, the mechanism behind hypoxia-promoted cancer cell migration and its regulation because of NEDD9 is still unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate the involvement of NEDD9 in gastric ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhao S,Min P,Liu L,Zhang L,Zhang Y,Wang Y,Zhao X,Ma Y,Xie H,Zhu C,Jiang H,Du J,Gu L

更新日期：2019-04-04 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：:Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent male cancers in western world. Radiation therapy (RT) is commonly used to treat PCa patients. However, a certain proportion of patients develop radioresistant PCa cells, which results in metastatic disease. Statins, which inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Chen YA,Shih HW,Lin YC,Hsu HY,Wu TF,Tsai CH,Wu CL,Wu HY,Hsieh JT,Tang CH,Lai CH

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The entactogen MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine, "Ecstasy") exerts its psychotropic effects acting primarily as a substrate of the serotonin transporter (SERT) to induce a non-exocytotic release of serotonin. Nevertheless, the roles of specific positions of the aromatic ring of MDMA associated with the modulat...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Sáez-Briones P,Castro-Castillo V,Díaz-Véliz G,Valladares L,Barra R,Hernández A,Cassels BK

更新日期：2019-02-28 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：:Cholesterol is essential for development, growth, and maintenance of organisms. Mutations in cholesterol biosynthetic genes are embryonic lethal and few polymorphisms have been so far associated with pathologies in humans. Previous analyses show that lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51A1) from the late part of cholester...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Režen T,Ogris I,Sever M,Merzel F,Golic Grdadolnik S,Rozman D

更新日期：2017-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to characterize phytochemicals in an infusion of the aerial parts of tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography diode array detector electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry UHPLC-DAD-ESI-MS/MS method, as well as an evaluation of its effects ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Majdan M,Kiss AK,Hałasa R,Granica S,Osińska E,Czerwińska ME

更新日期：2020-08-13 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：:This review describes artificial modular nanotransporters (MNTs) delivering their cargos into target cells and then into the nuclei - the most vulnerable cell compartment for most anticancer agents and especially for radionuclides emitting short-range particles. The MNT strategy uses natural subcellular transport proc...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Sobolev AS

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatosteatosis (HS), a clinical feature of fatty liver with the excessive intracellular accumulation of triglyceride in hepatocytes, is manifested by perturbation of the maintenance of liver lipid homeostasis. Samjunghwan (SJH) is an herbal formula used mostly in Korean traditional medicine that is effective against ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ansari A,Bose S,Patra JK,Shin NR,Lim DW,Kim KW,Wang JH,Kim YM,Chin YW,Kim H

更新日期：2018-06-19 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：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：:Skeletal dysplasias represent a large and diverse group of rare conditions affecting collagen and bone. They can be clinically classified based on radiographic and physical features, and many can be further defined at a molecular level (Bonafe et al., 2015). Early diagnosis is critical to proper medical management inc...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Jelin AC,O'Hare E,Blakemore K,Jelin EB,Valle D,Hoover-Fong J

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tim-3-galectin-9 secretory pathway is known to protect various types of cancer cells against host immune surveillance. We found that pharmacologically induced mitochondrial dysfunction leads to a reduced galectin-9 expression/exocytosis in human colorectal cancer cells and re-distribution of this protein (the effe...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Sakhnevych SS,Yasinska IM,Fasler-Kan E,Sumbayev VV

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Trepibutone was widely used for cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, biliary tract dyskinesia, cholecystectomy syndrome, and chronic pancreatitis in clinic. However, few investigations on trepibutone have been conducted. In this study, an accurate, sensitive, and selective analytical method was developed and successfully ap...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Sun Z,Yang J,Liu L,Xu Y,Zhou L,Jia Q,Shi Y,Du X,Kang J,Zuo L

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Literature is scarce on acute ischemia after intra-arterial injection of crushed tablets and no effective medical treatment against the progression of lesions is reported. The only factor able to modify the outcome is the delay between injection and management by a specialized vascular team. Moreover the risk of necro...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Détriché G,Goudot G,Khider L,Galloula A,Guillet M,Lillo-Le Louët A,Messas E,Mirault T

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Among factors influencing the higher risk of developing unknown or rare adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among children and adolescents, there is the frequent off-label use of drugs that seems to be very common in pediatric oncological patients. Our study aim to collect and evaluate data on the safety profile o...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Mascolo A,Scavone C,Bertini M,Brusco S,Punzo F,Pota E,Di Martino M,Di Pinto D,Rossi F

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to our interest in the chemical space of organic dyes to identify potential small-molecule inhibitors (SMIs) for protein-protein interactions (PPIs), we initiated a screen of such compounds to assess their inhibitory activity against the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its cognate receptor ACE2, w...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bojadzic D,Alcazar O,Buchwald P

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Scoring functions play an important role in structure-based virtual screening. It has been widely accepted that target-specific scoring functions (TSSFs) may achieve better performance compared with universal scoring functions in actual drug research and development processes. A method that can effectively construct T...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang D,Cui C,Ding X,Xiong Z,Zheng M,Luo X,Jiang H,Chen K

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Clopidogrel is an essential antiplatelet drug used to prevent thrombosis complications associated with atherosclerosis. However, hepatotoxicity is a potential adverse effect related to clopidogrel therapy. Exosome-derived miRNAs may be useful for improved monitoring of drug response and hepatotoxicity risk. In the pre...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： de Freitas RCC,Bortolin RH,Lopes MB,Tamborlin L,Meneguello L,Silbiger VN,Hirata RDC,Hirata MH,Luchessi AD,Luchessi AD

更新日期：2017-12-12 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：: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：: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