Structures Illuminate Cardiac Ion Channel Functions in Health and in Long QT Syndrome.

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 Our recent review of Sri Lankan Siddha historical documents identified 171 plant species used to prepare anti-diabe...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：:In iron overload disorders a significant fraction of the total iron circulates in the plasma as low molecular weight complexes not bound to transferrin, known as non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI). By catalyzing the formation of free radicals, NTBI accumulation results in oxidative stress and cellular damage, being a m...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Pinto JP,Arezes J,Dias V,Oliveira S,Vieira I,Costa M,Vos M,Carlsson A,Rikers Y,Rangel M,Porto G

更新日期：2014-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive malignancies. Bufalin, a traditional Chinese medicine, has been used to treat pancreatic cancer as an antitumor agent although the mechanism by which it exerts its effects is still unclear. c-Myc has been found to be overexpressed in more than half of human can...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Liu X,Zhou Y,Peng J,Xie B,Shou Q,Wang J

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Li-Ru-Kang (LRK), a formula of eight traditional Chinese medicines (TCM), has been used to treat hyperplasia of mammary gland (HMG) in TCM clinics. However, how LRK works in HMG patients is unclear. To explore the possible mechanisms of LRK against HMG, the network pharmacology was used to screen the potential targets...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang Y,Wei S,Gao T,Yang Y,Lu X,Zhou X,Li H,Wang T,Qian L,Zhao Y,Zou W

更新日期：2018-11-20 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：:Endothelial cells play a critical role in the process of angiogenesis during skin wound healing. The migration and proliferation of endothelial cells are processes that are initiated by the hypoxic microenvironment in a wound, but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we identified a novel role for m...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhang J,Li L,Zhang Q,Yang X,Zhang C,Zhang X,Zhang D,Lv Y,Song H,Chen B,Liu Y,Hu J,Huang Y

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies have shown that Selank had an anxiolytic effect comparable to that of classical benzodiazepine drugs, which can enhance the inhibitory effect of GABA by allosteric modulation of GABAA receptors. These data suggest that the molecular mechanism of the effect of Selank may also be related to its ability ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Filatova E,Kasian A,Kolomin T,Rybalkina E,Alieva A,Andreeva L,Limborska S,Myasoedov N,Pavlova G,Slominsky P,Shadrina M

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of colorectal cancer (CRC) cases have increased gradually year by year. In fact, CRC is one of the most widely diagnosed cancer in men and women today. This disease is usually diagnosed at a later stage of the development, and by then, the chance of survival has declined significantly. Even though substanti...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Hon KW,Abu N,Ab Mutalib NS,Jamal R

更新日期：2017-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic anion transporter 2 (OAT2) is likely important for renal and hepatic drug elimination. Three variants of the OAT2 peptide sequence have been described - OAT2 transcript variant 1 (OAT2-tv1), OAT2 transcript variant 2 (OAT2-tv2), and OAT2 transcript variant 3 (OAT2-tv3). Early studies helping to define the liga...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Hotchkiss AG,Berrigan L,Pelis RM

更新日期：2015-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a severe, toxic side effect that frequently occurs in anticancer treatment and may result in discontinuation of treatment as well as a serious reduction in life quality. The CIPN incidence rate is as high as 85-90%. Unfortunately, there is currently no standard evid...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Meng J,Zhang Q,Yang C,Xiao L,Xue Z,Zhu J

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last years, many clinical studies have revealed that some cisplatin-treated cancer survivors have a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events, being cisplatin-induced cardiovascular toxicity an increasing concern. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the cardiovascular alterations induced by ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Herradón E,González C,Uranga JA,Abalo R,Martín MI,López-Miranda V

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine leiomyomas are the most common benign neoplasms in women of reproductive age. However, non-surgical treatments for uterine myomas have not been fully evaluated. In Korea and China, Gyejibongnyeong-hwan (GBH) is widely used to treat gynecological diseases. Thus, we investigated the effects of GBH in human uteri...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lee SM,Choi ES,Ha E,Ji KY,Shin SJ,Jung J

更新日期：2019-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeat expansion mutations in the C9ORF72 gene are the most common genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Repeat-associated non-AUG translation of this expansion produces dipeptide repeat proteins (DRPs). The arginine containing DRPs, polyGR and polyPR, are consistently...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Premasiri AS,Gill AL,Vieira FG

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins are most potent of all toxins. Their N-terminal light chain domain (Lc) translocates into peripheral cholinergic neurons to exert its endoproteolytic action leading to muscle paralysis. Therapeutic development against these toxins is a major challenge due to their in vitro and in vivo structural ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Toth S,Brueggmann EE,Oyler GA,Smith LA,Hines HB,Ahmed SA

更新日期：2012-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, a member of the Lamiaceae family, is valued in traditional Chinese Medicine. Its dried root (named Danshen) has been used for hundreds of years, primarily for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Tanshinones are the main active ingredients in S. miltiorrhiza and exhi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Jiang Z,Gao W,Huang L

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataract is the leading reason of blindness worldwide and is defined by the presence of any lens opacities or loss of transparency. The most common symptoms of cataract are impaired vision, decreased contrast sensitivity, color disturbance, and glare. Oxidative stress is among the main mechanisms involved in the devel...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Tewari D,Samoilă O,Gocan D,Mocan A,Moldovan C,Devkota HP,Atanasov AG,Zengin G,Echeverría J,Vodnar D,Szabo B,Crişan G

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug scheduling within the international system of drug control and national legislation has been recently criticized as having insufficient footing in scientific evidence. The legal harms related to non-medical uses of certain drugs (e.g., cannabis) have arguably exceeded their physiological and social harmfulness co...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Dubljević V

更新日期：2018-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous data showed that neuropathic pain induced by mechanical lesion of peripheral nerves has specific characteristics and responds differently to alleviating drugs at cephalic versus extracephalic level. This is especially true for tricyclic antidepressants currently used for alleviating neuropathic pain in humans...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： M'Dahoma S,Poitevin M,Dabala E,Payan H,Gabriel C,Mocaër E,Bourgoin S,Hamon M

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The abscisic acid (ABA) is a phytohormone involved in plant growth, development and environmental stress response. Recent study showed ABA can also be detected in other organisms, including mammals. And it has been reported that ABA can improve learning and memory in rats. In this study, we attempted to investigate th...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Liu J,Gu X,Zou R,Nan W,Yang S,Wang HL,Chen XT

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomaterials with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) have exquisite optical properties, which allow a wide range of applications. Non-stoichiometric copper sulfides with active LSPR have drawn great attention, because its LSPR peak falls in the NIR region that is suitable for deep bioimaging and photothermal ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wan X,Liu M,Ma M,Chen D,Wu N,Li L,Li Z,Lin G,Wang X,Xu G

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecto-5'-nucleotidase (ecto-5'NT/CD73) represents a crucial enzyme for endogenous adenosine generation. Several findings have shown that CD73 plays an important role in regulating vascular permeability and immune cell function. Adenosine 5'-(α,β-methylene)diphosphate (APCP) is a CD73 inhibitor, widely used as pharm...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Caiazzo E,Morello S,Carnuccio R,Ialenti A,Cicala C

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is a common digestive tract tumor and the second most prevalent cancer. The prognosis of advanced gastric cancer is poor. Conversion therapy can reduce tumor burden, downgrade tumor, and increase the possibility of complete resection, thus prolonging the survival time of patients with gastric cancer. In...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Jiang D,Xu Y,Chen Y,Jiang J,Wang M,Yang M,Chen Z,Yang L

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiome maintains local gut integrity and systemic host homeostasis, where optimal control of intestinal lipopolysaccharides (LPS) activity may play an important role. LPS mainly produced from gut microbiota are a group of lipid-polysaccharide chemical complexes existing in the outer membrane of Gram-negative b...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lin TL,Shu CC,Chen YM,Lu JJ,Wu TS,Lai WF,Tzeng CM,Lai HC,Lu CC

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamithromycin is approved for the treatment and prevention of bovine respiratory disease (BRD), which is caused mainly by Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni, and Mycoplasma species. In this study, multiple dosage regimens were administered to the neutropenic mouse lung infection model in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang Q,Liu X,Zhang C,Yong K,Clifton AC,Ding H,Liu Y

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Effect of peripheral cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R) blockade by AM6545 in the monosodium glutamate (MSG)-induced hypometabolic and hypothalamic obesity was observed, and the impact on intraperitoneal adipose tissue and adipokines was investigated. The MSG mice is characterized by excessive abdominal obesity, and combin...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ma H,Zhang G,Mou C,Fu X,Chen Y

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: This study aimed to explore the intellectual landscape of the studies investigating the clinical application of enteral nutrition (EN) in patients with ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), and to identify thematic development trends and research frontiers in this area. Methods: Scientometric research was...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Chen S,Bie R,Lai Y,Shi H,Ung COL,Hu H

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of liposomes to assist drug delivery has already had a major impact on many biomedical areas. They have been shown to be beneficial for stabilizing therapeutic compounds, overcoming obstacles to cellular and tissue uptake, and improving biodistribution of compounds to target sites in vivo. This enables...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Sercombe L,Veerati T,Moheimani F,Wu SY,Sood AK,Hua S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Reliable and precise measurement of patient adherence to medications is feasible by incorporating a microcircuitry into pharmaceutical packages of various designs, such that the maneuvers needed to remove a dose of drug are detected, time-stamped, and stored. The principle is called "electronic medication ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Arnet I,Walter PN,Hersberger KE

更新日期：2013-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The casein kinase 2 (CK2) protein kinase is a pro-survival kinase and therapeutic target in treatment of various human cancers. CK2 overexpression has been demonstrated in hematological malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia,...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Chon HJ,Bae KJ,Lee Y,Kim J

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), which branches from glycolysis, is correlated with cancer cell proliferation, survival and senescence. In this study, differences in the metabolic profile of the PPP and the redox status of human lung carcinoma A549 cells and cisplatin-induced multidrug-resistant A549/DDP cells wer...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Hong W,Cai P,Xu C,Cao D,Yu W,Zhao Z,Huang M,Jin J

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00