Inhibition of Neutrophil Functions and Antibacterial Effects of Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) Infusion-Phytochemical Characterization.

abstract：:Novel alternatives to traditional antibiotics are now of great demand for the successful treatment of microbial infections. Here, we present the engineering and properties of new oligonucleotide inhibitors of RNase P, an essential bacterial enzyme. The series of 2'-O-methyl RNA (2'-OMe-RNA) and phosphoryl guanidine ol...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Novopashina D,Vorobyeva M,Nazarov A,Davydova A,Danilin N,Koroleva L,Matveev A,Bardasheva A,Tikunova N,Kupryushkin M,Pyshnyi D,Altman S,Venyaminova A

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The glutamine transporter ASCT2 (SLC1A5) is actively investigated as an oncological target, but the field lacks efficient ASCT2 inhibitors. A new group of ASCT2 inhibitors, 2-amino-4-bis(aryloxybenzyl)aminobutanoic acids (AABA), were developed recently and shown to suppress tumor growth in preclinical in vivo models. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Bröer A,Fairweather S,Bröer S

更新日期：2018-07-19 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：:Background: Satisfaction of patients for pharmaceutical services reflects their preferences and expectations, and the realities of care. It is critical to understand the extent of dissatisfaction for pharmaceutical services and its associated factors in order to optimize the required quality of the services provided. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Nigussie S,Edessa D

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting metabolic enzymes is believed to provide new therapeutic opportunities for cancer therapy. Phosphoglycerate mutase 1 (PGAM1) is a glycolytic enzyme that importantly coordinates glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) flux and serine biosynthesis in cancer cells and hence gains increasing interest of inhi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Li X,Tang S,Wang QQ,Leung EL,Jin H,Huang Y,Liu J,Geng M,Huang M,Yuan S,Yao XJ,Ding J

更新日期：2017-05-30 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：:Cell penetrating peptides have been regarded as promising vectors to deliver hydrophilic molecules inside cells. Although they are great tools for research and have high potential as drug delivery systems, their application as drugs is impaired by their low stability in serum. Cyclotides, cyclic disulfide-rich peptide...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Huang YH,Chaousis S,Cheneval O,Craik DJ,Henriques ST

更新日期：2015-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Several aldo-keto reductase (AKR) enzymes from subfamilies 1B and 1C show retinaldehyde reductase activity, having low K(m) and k(cat) values. Only AKR1B10 and 1B12, with all-trans-retinaldehyde, and AKR1C3, with 9-cis-retinaldehyde, display high catalytic efficiency. Major structural determinants for retinaldehyde is...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ruiz FX,Porté S,Parés X,Farrés J

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients have a similar mortality rate. In this study, we sought to determine the short- and long-term outcome of TTS patients as compared to ACS patients both treated with beta-blockers. Objectives:In the present study we described the data of 5 ye...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kummer M,El-Battrawy I,Gietzen T,Ansari U,Behnes M,Lang S,Zhou X,Borggrefe M,Akin I

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mint [Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson] is an aromatic plant that belongs to Lamiaceae family. It is traditionally used as herbal tea in Europe, Australia and North Africa and shows numerous pharmacological effects, such as spasmolytic, antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-hemolytic. Recently, its antiproliferative role h...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Patti F,Palmioli A,Vitalini S,Bertazza L,Redaelli M,Zorzan M,Rubin B,Mian C,Bertolini C,Iacobone M,Armanini D,Barollo S,Airoldi C,Iriti M,Pezzani R

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and management of pain is an everyday occurrence in dentistry, and its effective control is essential to ensure the wellbeing of patients. Most tooth-associated pain originates from the dental pulp, a highly vascularized and innervated tissue, which is encased within mineralized dentin. It plays a crucia...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Schuh CMAP,Benso B,Aguayo S

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress induced by high ammonia, which leads to astrocyte edema, is the key to acute hepatic encephalopathy (AHE). Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) has been implicated in oxidative stress, but the mechanism of NRF2 against ammonia-induced astrocytes edema has not been fully studied. We confi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Jia W,Liu J,Hu R,Hu A,Tang W,Li L,Li J

更新日期：2020-04-16 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：:Phospholamban (PLN) is a phosphoprotein in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) that is a reversible regulator of the Ca(2) (+)-ATPase (SERCA2a) activity and cardiac contractility. Dephosphorylated PLN inhibits SERCA2a and PLN phosphorylation, at either Ser(16) by PKA or Thr(17) by Ca(2) (+)-calmodulin-dependent protei...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Mattiazzi A,Kranias EG

更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolysis can improve the tolerance of tissue cells to hypoxia, and its intermediates provide raw materials for the synthesis and metabolism of the tumor cells. If it can inhibit the activity of glycolysis-related enzymes and control the energy metabolism of tumor, it can be targeted for the treatment of malignant tu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wu ST,Liu B,Ai ZZ,Hong ZC,You PT,Wu HZ,Yang YF

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To explore the role of pharmacists and innovation of pharmacy interventions for COVID-19 patients in China. Methods:We comprehensively searched PubMed and Chinese databases Sinomed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure to identify articles reporting pharmacist interventions and pharmacy services for COVID...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yi ZM,Hu Y,Wang GR,Zhao RS

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and purpose: As an herbal medicine, adzuki bean has been practiced since the Tang Dynasty of China to maintain health and control weight; this practice is still very popular in China nowadays. However, it is still lack of sufficient scientific basis to explain scientific principle of this popular civil prac...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Liu R,Zheng Y,Cai Z,Xu B

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the clinical use of digitalis as the first pharmacological therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) 235 years ago in 1785, antiarrhythmic drug therapy has advanced considerably and become a cornerstone of AF clinical management. Yet, a preventive or curative panacea for sustained AF does not exist despite the rise o...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Geng M,Lin A,Nguyen TP

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury greatly influences the therapeutic effect and remains an urgent challenge in clinical therapy. Polypharmacology opens a new therapeutic opportunity to design drugs with a specific target for improving the efficacy. In this study, we first forecasted that Rosmarinic acid (R...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Han J,Wang D,Ye L,Li P,Hao W,Chen X,Ma J,Wang B,Shang J,Li D,Zheng Q

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) induces exhaustions of cytotoxic lymphocytes in the tumor microenvironment, which facilitates tumor immune evasion. PD-1/PD-L1 blockade therapy, which prevents the receptors and ligands from binding to each ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang J,He X,Lv Q,Jing J,Shi H

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) plays a key role in pain modulation in the brain. There are high expressions of CGRP and CGRP receptor in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), an important brain structure in pain modulation. The present study explored the role and mechanisms of CGRP and CGRP recepto...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Hou KS,Wang LL,Wang HB,Fu FH,Yu LC

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, we are experiencing the big data era with the emerging challenge of single data interpretation. Although the advent of high-throughput technologies as well as chemo- and bio-informatics tools presents pan-omics data as the way forward to precision medicine, personalized health care and tailored-made therapeu...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Balasopoulou A,Patrinos GP,Katsila T

更新日期：2016-10-27 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：:Pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) is severe, variable, and inadequately comprehended. The β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) is critical in mediating neurotransmitter response in the sympathetic nervous system. In this association study, we examined 16 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) covering 5'-UTR and coding regi...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Jhun EH,Sadhu N,Hu X,Yao Y,He Y,Wilkie DJ,Molokie RE,Wang ZJ

更新日期：2019-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Background/Aims: Previous studies have suggested that myricetin (Myr) could promote the expression and nuclear translocation of nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like (Nrf2). This study aimed to investigate whether Myr could attenuate diabetes-associated kidney injuries and dysfunction in wild-type (WT) and Nrf2 kn...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Yang ZJ,Wang HR,Wang YI,Zhai ZH,Wang LW,Li L,Zhang C,Tang L

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy initiated by placental insufficiency and chronic ischemia. In response, several pathways activated in the placenta are responsible for the maternal syndrome, including increased production of the anti-angiogenic protein, sFlt-1, and inflammatory cytokines, especial...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： George EM,Stout JM,Stec DE,Granger JP

更新日期：2015-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioids are broad spectrum analgesics that are an integral part of the therapeutic armamentarium to combat pain in the clinical practice. Unfortunately, together with analgesia, a number of adverse effects can occur such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, gastrointestinal alterations and cognitive impairments. Naltrex...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Micheli L,Di Cesare Mannelli L,Lucarini E,Parisio C,Toti A,Fiorentino B,Rigamonti MA,Calosi L,Ghelardini C

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive malignancy with poor survival. Research has indicated the association of few genetic aberrations with pancreatic cancer. The data regarding the prevalence of microsatellite instability in pancreatic cancer is diverse and controversial. However, it could be an actionable target in pan...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kamatham S,Shahjehan F,Kasi PM

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, several studies demonstrated that prenylation of flavonoids enhances various biological activities as compared to the respective nonprenylated compounds. In line with this, the natural prenylated isoflavonoid alpinumisoflavone (AIF) has been explored for a number of biological and pharmacological...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ateba SB,Mvondo MA,Djiogue S,Zingué S,Krenn L,Njamen D

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Objectives: Although the relationship between the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Taiwan published in 2014. Due to just only one article and not enough comprehensively, we explore this issue. Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study to identify ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Cheng KC,Liao KF,Lin CL,Lai SW

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00