Evolution of Ethical Principles in the Practice of Pharmaceutical Medicine From a UK Perspective.

abstract：:Pulmonary fibrosis is closely associated with the recruitment of fibroblasts from capillary vessels with damaged endothelial cells, the epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) of type II alveolar epithelial cells, and the transformation of fibroblasts to myofibroblasts. Recent studies suggest that EMT is a key factor ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Xie L,Zeng Y

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a major clinical problem where natural compounds hold promise for its abrogation. Khaya grandifoliola (Meliaceae) is used in Cameroonian traditional medicine for the treatment of liver related diseases and has been studied for its hepatoprotective properties. Till date, reports show...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kouam AF,Yuan F,Njayou FN,He H,Tsayem RF,Oladejo BO,Song F,Moundipa PF,Gao GF

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1 levels and activity are known to increase during metabolic syndrome and obesity. In addition, previous studies have implicated PAI-1 in adipose tissue (AT) expansion while also contributing to insulin resistance. As inflammation is also known to occur in AT during ob...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang L,Chen L,Liu Z,Liu Y,Luo M,Chen N,Deng X,Luo Y,He J,Zhang L,Hill MA,Li R,Wu J

更新日期：2018-09-26 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：:Shuxuening injection (SXNI) is a widely prescribed herbal medicine of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGB) for cerebral and cardiovascular diseases in China. However, its curative effects on ischemic stroke and heart diseases and the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Taking an integrated approach of RNA-seq and network pha...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lyu M,Cui Y,Zhao T,Ning Z,Ren J,Jin X,Fan G,Zhu Y

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of current neuroleptics was largely aiming to decrease excessive dopaminergic signaling in the striatum. However, the notion that abnormal dopamine creates psychotic symptoms by causing an aberrant assignment of salience that drives maladaptive learning chronically during disease development suggests a...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kätzel D,Wolff AR,Bygrave AM,Bannerman DM

更新日期：2020-10-16 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

abstract：:Gap junctions are comprised of connexins that form cell-to-cell channels which couple neighboring cells to accommodate the exchange of information. The need for communication does, however, change over time and therefore must be tightly controlled. Although the regulation of connexin protein expression by transcriptio...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Axelsen LN,Calloe K,Holstein-Rathlou NH,Nielsen MS

更新日期：2013-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the abuse potential of modafinil, a psychostimulant-like drug used to treat narcolepsy, are still controversial. While some studies claim no potential for abuse, increasing evidence suggests that modafinil induces abuse-related effects, including rapid-onset behavioral sensitization (i.e., a type of sensiti...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wuo-Silva R,Fukushiro-Lopes DF,Fialho BP,Hollais AW,Santos-Baldaia R,Marinho EAV,Mári-Kawamoto E,Yokoyama TS,Lopes-Silva LB,Berro LF,Frussa-Filho R,Longo BM

更新日期：2019-03-11 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：:Reports in the last decade have suggested that the role of platelets in atherosclerosis and its thrombotic complications may be mediated, in part, by local secretion of platelet-derived microvesicles (pMVs), small cell blebs released during the platelet activation process. MVs are the most abundant cell-derived microv...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Badimon L,Suades R,Fuentes E,Palomo I,Padró T

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between T cell and dendritic cells (DCs) that leads to T cell activation affects the progression of the immune response including autoimmune diseases. Antigen presentation on immune cell surface, formation of an immunological synapse (IS), and specific identification of complex by T cells including two...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Tai Y,Wang Q,Korner H,Zhang L,Wei W

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCAR), such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), are idiosyncratic and unpredictable drug-hypersensitivity reactions with a high-mortality rate ranging from 10% to over 30%, thus causing a...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Chang CJ,Chen CB,Hung SI,Ji C,Chung WH

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the current project was to explore the pharmacotherapeutic role of Lavandula stoechas (L) for the management of dementia. Dementia is considered a global challenge of current century seeking special attention of pharmacologists to explore its best remedies. Methanolic extract of aerial parts of L. sto...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Mushtaq A,Anwar R,Ahmad M

更新日期：2018-11-23 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：:In studies comparing regular versus on-demand treatment for patients with mild persistent asthma, on-demand treatment seems to have a similar efficacy on clinical and functional outcomes, but it does not suppress chronic airway inflammation or airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) associated with asthma. Data on the effic...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Montuschi P

更新日期：2011-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Doxorubicin (Dox) can induce endotheliotoxicity and damage the vascular endothelium (VE). The most principle mechanism might be excess reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Nevertheless, the characteristics of ROS generation, downstream mechanisms, and target organelles in Dox-induced endotheliotoxicit...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： He H,Wang L,Qiao Y,Zhou Q,Li H,Chen S,Yin D,Huang Q,He M

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The effects of drug treatment on veterans, who have a high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are not clear, and the guidelines are different from the recommendations of the recent meta-analysis. Our goal was to find the efficacy and frequencies of complications of drugs that can treat PTSD in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhao YF,Huang ZD,Gu HY,Guo GL,Yuan RX,Zhang C

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Hachimijiogan (HJG) is a traditional herbal medicine that improves anxiety disorders in patients with dementia. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that HJG exerts neurotrophic factor-like effects to ameliorate memory impairment in Alzheimer disease (AD) model rats. First, we describe that HJG acts to induce neuri...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kubota K,Fukue H,Sato H,Hashimoto K,Fujikane A,Moriyama H,Watanabe T,Katsurabayashi S,Kainuma M,Iwasaki K

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Aim:Platycodon grandiflorum (PG) has been widely used for treating chronic bronchitis (CB). However, the material basis and underlying mechanism of action of PG against CB have not yet been elucidated. Methods:To analyze the ingredients in PG, ultraperformance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-fl...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Deng Y,Ren H,Ye X,Xia L,Liu M,Liu Y,Yang M,Yang S,Ye X,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatotoxicity induced by Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata (PM) has aroused great concern throughout the world. Hence, it is worthwhile to perform studies on the detoxification with the combined use of medicinal herbs based on the compatibility theory of traditional Chinese medicine. In this work, the rat mode...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Gao D,Pang JY,Zhang CE,Li CY,Tu C,Zhang HZ,Niu M,Xiong Y,Xiao XH,Zhao KJ,Gao WW,Wang JB

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Field independence (FI) has been found to correlate with a wide range of cognitive processes requiring cognitive restructuring. Cognitive restructuring, that is going beyond the information given by the setting, is pivotal in creating stable mental representations of the environment, the so-called "cognitive maps," an...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Boccia M,Vecchione F,Piccardi L,Guariglia C

更新日期：2017-07-25 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：: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：:Over the past several decades, natural products with poly-pharmacological profiles have demonstrated promise as novel therapeutics for various complex diseases, including cancer. Berberine (PubChem CID: 2353), a soliloquies quaternary alkaloid, has been validated to exert powerful effects in many cancers. However, the...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Guo P,Cai C,Wu X,Fan X,Huang W,Zhou J,Wu Q,Huang Y,Zhao W,Zhang F,Wang Q,Zhang Y,Fang J

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertility issues are common amongst women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), known key players in RA pathogenesis, have been associated with reproductive disorders. This study investigates the role of these cytokines in decreased fertility in women with active ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bongenaar M,Smeele HTW,Lubberts E,Dolhain RJEM

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-activated K+ channels constitute attractive targets for the treatment of neurological and cardiovascular diseases. To explain why certain 2-aminobenzothiazole/oxazole-type KCa activators (SKAs) are KCa3.1 selective we previously generated homology models of the C-terminal calmodulin-binding domain (CaM-BD) of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Shim H,Brown BM,Singh L,Singh V,Fettinger JC,Yarov-Yarovoy V,Wulff H

更新日期：2019-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:It is currently thought that the dementia of Alzheimer's disease is due to the neurotoxicity of the deposits or aggregates of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the extracellular space of the cerebral cortex. This model has been widely criticized because there is a poor correlation between deposits and dementia. Others have questioned...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Holtzman JL

更新日期：2013-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and the presence of Lewy bodies (LBs) in the surviving SNc neurons. LBs formation is caused by the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) or phosphorylated α-syn at serine-129 (pSer129-α-syn), wh...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li T,Feng Y,Yang R,Wu L,Li R,Huang L,Yang Q,Chen J

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 161 in vol. 3, PMID: 22993507.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Villalba-Galea CA

更新日期：2015-05-29 00:00:00