To Inhibit or Enhance? Is There a Benefit to Positive Allosteric Modulation of P2X Receptors?

abstract：:Using pharmacogenetics in guiding drug therapy experiences a steady increase in uptake, although still leads to discussions as to its clinical use. Psychiatry constitutes a field where pharmacogenomic testing might help in guiding drug therapy. To address current challenges, this minireview provides an update regardin...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： van Schaik RHN,Müller DJ,Serretti A,Ingelman-Sundberg M

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:ORY-1001, an inhibitor of covalent lysine (K)-specific demethylase 1A (KDM1A), has been used as a therapy for the treatment of acute leukemia. However, the underlying mechanisms of anticancer are still not fully elucidated. Here, we report that KDM1A is highly expressed in lung cancers, where it appears to drive aggre...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lu Z,Guo Y,Zhang X,Li J,Li L,Zhang S,Shan C

更新日期：2018-12-04 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：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：:Tumor-targeting nanomaterial-based chemotherapeutic drug delivery systems have been shown to represent an efficacious approach for the treatment of cancer because of their stability in blood circulation and predictable delivery patterns, enhanced tumor-selective drug accumulation, and decreased toxicity to normal tiss...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yu T,Li Y,Gu X,Li Q

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolvaptan (TLV), an oral non-peptide antagonist of vasopressin V2 receptor, has been increasingly used for managements in patients with hyponatremia and/or syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion. However, none of the studies have thus far been investigated with regard to its possible perturbations on...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lu TL,Chang WT,Chan CH,Wu SN

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The dried root of Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (PLP) is a classical Chinese herbal medicine that has been used to treat hepatic disease for 1000s of years. Our previous work suggested that PLP can be used to treat hepatitis with severe cholestasis. This study explored the mechanism by which PLP affects ANIT-indu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ma X,Chi YH,Niu M,Zhu Y,Zhao YL,Chen Z,Wang JB,Zhang CE,Li JY,Wang LF,Gong M,Wei SZ,Chen C,Zhang L,Wu MQ,Xiao XH

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Lapses in the graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis and side effects of current standard care following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) call for novel regimens. Traditional approaches targeting T cells showed limited success in preventing acute GVHD (aGVHD). System medicine showed pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Lyu M,Zhou Z,Wang X,Lv H,Wang M,Pan G,Wang Y,Fan G,Gao X,Feng Y,Zhu Y

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury remains the leading risk factor of disability and mortality worldwide. In this study, the myocardial protective effect of eriodictyol (EDT) and the underlying mechanism in an ex vivo model of global myocardial I/R was investigated. After treatment with different concentrati...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li D,Lu N,Han J,Chen X,Hao W,Xu W,Liu X,Ye L,Zheng Q

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the effects of serotonin on memory formation in the chick revealed an action on at least two 5-HT receptors. Serotonin injected intracerebrally produced a biphasic effect on memory consolidation with enhancement at low doses and inhibition at higher doses. The non-selective 5-HT receptor antagonist me...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Gibbs ME,Hertz L

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive impairment is a central feature of schizophrenia and has shown to play a crucial role in the psychosocial function of the disorder. Over the past few years, several cognitive remediation (CR) interventions have been developed for schizophrenia, whose effectiveness has also been widely demonstrated by systema...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Barlati S,Deste G,Galluzzo A,Perin AP,Valsecchi P,Turrina C,Vita A

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that is primarily characterized by synovial inflammation. In this study, we found that a traditional Chinese decoction, Juanbi-Tang (JBT), JBT attenuated the symptoms of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mice and in tumor necrosis factor transgenic (TNF-Tg) mice...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang T,Jia Q,Chen T,Yin H,Tian X,Lin X,Liu Y,Zhao Y,Wang Y,Shi Q,Huang C,Xu H,Liang Q

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Impetigo is the most common childhood skin infection in the world. There are two patterns of impetigo: nonbullous (or impetigo contagiosa) and bullous. The nonbullous type is due to Staphylococcus aureus and group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus and occurs in 70% of impetigo cases. Impetigo is often a self-limited dis...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Davino G,D'Alvano T,Esposito S

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In human uveal melanoma (UM), tumor enlargement is associated with increases in aqueous humor vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) content that induce neovascularization. 3-Iodothyronamine (3-T1AM), an endogenous thyroid hormone metabolite, activates TRP melastatin 8 (TRPM8), which blunts TRP vanilloid 1 (TRP...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Walcher L,Budde C,Böhm A,Reinach PS,Dhandapani P,Ljubojevic N,Schweiger MW,von der Waydbrink H,Reimers I,Köhrle J,Mergler S

更新日期：2018-11-13 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：:Late-life depression is associated with significant cognitive impairment. Meta-analyses showed that depression is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and it might be an etiological factor for AD. Since late-life depression is often connected with cognitive impairment and dementia is usually ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Linnemann C,Lang UE

更新日期：2020-03-13 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：:The response to pazopanib in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) has been found to differ in Western and Eastern populations. Here, we analyzed the efficacy and side effects of pazopanib as first-line therapy in 31 consecutive patients with mRCC who were treated at a single Chinese center. Thirty-one ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang B,Song JW,Chen HQ

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive alcohol consumption is the cause of several diseases and thus is of a major concern for society. Worldwide alcohol consumption has increased by many folds over the past decades. This urgently calls for intervention and relapse counteract measures. Modern pharmacological solutions induce complete alcohol self...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Singh L,Joshi T,Tewari D,Echeverría J,Mocan A,Sah AN,Parvanov E,Tzvetkov NT,Ma ZF,Lee YY,Poznański P,Huminiecki L,Sacharczuk M,Jóźwik A,Horbańczuk JO,Feder-Kubis J,Atanasov AG

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we propose DeCoST (Drug Repurposing from Control System Theory) framework to apply control system paradigm for drug repurposing purpose. Drug repurposing has become one of the most active areas in pharmacology since the last decade. Compared to traditional drug development, drug repurposing may provide ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Nguyen TM,Muhammad SA,Ibrahim S,Ma L,Guo J,Bai B,Zeng B

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Emerging evidence indicates an excess risk of late occurring cardiovascular diseases, especially atherosclerosis, after thoracic cancer radiotherapy. Ionizing radiation (IR) induces cellular effects which may induce endothelial cell dysfunction, an early marker for atherosclerosis. In addition, intercellular...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ramadan R,Vromans E,Anang DC,Goetschalckx I,Hoorelbeke D,Decrock E,Baatout S,Leybaert L,Aerts A

更新日期：2020-03-05 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：:Cerebral energy deficiency is a key pathophysiologic cascade that results in neuronal injury and necrosis after ischemic stroke. Shengui Sansheng San (SSS) has been used to treat stroke for more than 300 years. In present study, we investigated the therapeutic efficacy and mechanism of SSS extraction on cerebral energ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Luo C,Bian X,Zhang Q,Xia Z,Liu B,Chen Q,Ke C,Wu JL,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive links have been found between periodontitis and numerous diseases in humans via persistent inflammation throughout the body. However, the main factors responsible for maintaining this pro-inflammatory condition are poorly understood. The spleen, the largest secondary immune organ, is a central hub regulating ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Dekita M,Wu Z,Ni J,Zhang X,Liu Y,Yan X,Nakanishi H,Takahashi I

更新日期：2017-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system is complex and pervasive as it functions to prevent or limit infections in the human body. In a healthy organism, the immune system and the redox balance of immune cells maintain homeostasis within the body. The failure to maintain the balance may lead to impaired immune response and either over acti...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Arshad L,Jantan I,Bukhari SN,Haque MA

更新日期：2017-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiform (GBM) is the most common primary glial tumor resulting in very low patient survival despite current extensive therapeutic efforts. Emerging evidence suggests that more effective treatments are required to overcome tumor heterogeneity, drug resistance and a complex tumor-supporting microenvironme...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Colapietro A,Yang P,Rossetti A,Mancini A,Vitale F,Martellucci S,Conway TL,Chakraborty S,Marampon F,Mattei V,Gravina GL,Biordi AL,Wei D,Newman RA,Festuccia C

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) commonly exhibit comorbid symptoms such as aggression, hyperactivity and anxiety. Several studies are being conducted worldwide on cannabidiol use in ASD; however, these studies are still ongoing, and data on the effects of its use is very limited. In this study ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Barchel D,Stolar O,De-Haan T,Ziv-Baran T,Saban N,Fuchs DO,Koren G,Berkovitch M

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Icariin is a main component of the Chinese medicinal plant Epimedium brevicornu Maxim, exhibits potent activity against inflammatory diseases. Our previous data demonstrated the valid bioactivity of icariin on mitigating rodent asthma. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway were involv...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Liu J,Liu L,Sun J,Luo Q,Yan C,Zhang H,Liu F,Wei Y,Dong J

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a prevalent, complex, and polygenic cardiovascular disease, which is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Across the world, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constituted by herbal medicine and non-pharmacological therapies is used to assist blood pressure management. Though widely accept...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang M,Lao L

更新日期：2019-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis is one of the most common chronic health conditions associated with pain and disability. Advanced therapies based on mesenchymal stem cells have become valuable options for the treatment of these pathologies. Conditioned serum (CS, "Orthokine") has been used intra-articularly for osteoarthritic patients...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Blázquez R,Sánchez-Margallo FM,Reinecke J,Álvarez V,López E,Marinaro F,Casado JG

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00