Methylene Blue Inhibits the SARS-CoV-2 Spike-ACE2 Protein-Protein Interaction-a Mechanism that can Contribute to its Antiviral Activity Against COVID-19.

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the main causes of renal fibrosis and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapy has a long history of usage in a clinical setting and its usage is increasing. ErHuang Formula (EHF), a Chinese herbal compound, has been clinically used...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Shen YL,Jiang YP,Li XQ,Wang SJ,Ma MH,Zhang CY,Zhu JY,Rahman K,Zhang LJ,Luan X,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Shexiang Baoxin Pill (SBP) is a well-known composite formula of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which is commonly used today in treating cardiovascular diseases. SBP consists of seven materials thereof, including Moschus, extract of Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Bovis Calculus Artifactus, Cinnamomi Cortex,...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Xu ML,Zheng ZY,Xia YJ,Liu EY,Chan SK,Hu WH,Duan R,Dong TT,Zhan CS,Shang XH,Tsim KW

更新日期：2019-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingolimod is used for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and targets receptors for the bioactive sphingolipid sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P). Whether fingolimod or other MS therapies conversely affect plasma concentrations of sphingolipids has, however, not yet been analyzed. Herein, we quantified 15 representat...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Ottenlinger FM,Mayer CA,Ferreirós N,Schreiber Y,Schwiebs A,Schmidt KG,Ackermann H,Pfeilschifter JM,Radeke HH

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AdMSCs) on atopic dermatitis (AD) in the BALB/c mouse model. The AdMSCs attenuated clinical symptoms associated with AD, decreased numbers of degranulated mast cells (MCs), IgE level, amount of histamine r...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Kim M,Lee SH,Kim Y,Kwon Y,Park Y,Lee HK,Jung HS,Jeoung D

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Calcium dobesilate (CaD), an effective drug for the treatment of diabetic microvascular complications, especially diabetic retinopathy, is widely used in the clinic. Interestingly, several studies have indicated that CaD is therapeutic for diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Recently, evidence has indicated that...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang Y,Lu YH,Tang C,Xue M,Li XY,Chang YP,Cheng Y,Li T,Yu XC,Sun B,Li CJ,Chen LM

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Etiology of colorectal cancer (CRC) is related, at least in part, with nutritional profile and epidemiological data indicating a key role of dietary fat on CRC pathogenesis. Moreover, inflammation and eicosanoids produced from arachidonic acid might have a pivotal role in CRC development. However, the effect of specif...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Storniolo CE,Cabral M,Busquets MA,Martín-Venegas R,Moreno JJ

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginsenoside is a major active component of ginseng, which exhibits various pharmacological properties such as hepatoprotection, tumor suppression and diabetes resistance. In this study, the anti-diabetic effects of protopanaxadiol (PPD) and protopanaxatriol (PPT)-type saponins were explored and compared in high-fat di...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Deng J,Liu Y,Duan Z,Zhu C,Hui J,Mi Y,Ma P,Ma X,Fan D,Yang H

更新日期：2017-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:As an oxidative stress sensor, transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2) channel is involved in many physiological and pathological processes including warmth sensing, ischemia injury, inflammatory diseases and diabetes. Intracellular calcium is critical for TRPM2 channel activation and the IQ-like motif in th...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Luo Y,Yu X,Ma C,Luo J,Yang W

更新日期：2018-06-04 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：:The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) is a potential drug target for treatment of obesity, anxiety, depression, and sexual dysfunction. Crystal structures for MC4R are not yet available, which has hindered successful structure-based drug design. Using microsecond-scale molecular-dynamics simulations, we have investigated...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Saleh N,Kleinau G,Heyder N,Clark T,Hildebrand PW,Scheerer P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoids exhibit anti-inflammatory and antitumorigenic properties. Contrary to most cannabinoids present in the Cannabis plant, some, such as O-1602 and abnormal cannabidiol, have no or only little affinity to the CB1 or CB2 cannabinoid receptors and instead exert their effects through other receptors. Here, we in...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Tomko A,O'Leary L,Trask H,Achenbach JC,Hall SR,Goralski KB,Ellis LD,Dupré DJ

更新日期：2019-09-27 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：:Interest is increasing in the development of non-animal methods for toxicological evaluations. These methods are however, particularly challenging for complex toxicological endpoints such as repeated dose toxicity. European Legislation, e.g., the European Union's Cosmetic Directive and REACH, demands the use of altern...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Batke M,Gütlein M,Partosch F,Gundert-Remy U,Helma C,Kramer S,Maunz A,Seeland M,Bitsch A

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the role of miR-3188 on the proliferation of non-small cell lung cancer cells and its relationship to FOXO1-modulated feedback loop. Two non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines A549 and H1299 were used. RNA silencing was achieved by lentiviral transfection. Cell proliferation was assessed...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang C,Liu E,Li W,Cui J,Li T

更新日期：2018-12-11 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：:[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

abstract：:Objective: To investigate the effects of Suo Quan Wan (SQW), a traditional Chinese herbal formula, on the overactive bladder (OAB) of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) mouse models, particularly on its function of mediating the gene and protein expression levels of myosin Va and SLC17A9. Materials and Methods: After 4 w...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang J,Lian DW,Yang XF,Xu YF,Chen FJ,Lin WJ,Wang R,Tang LY,Ren WK,Fu LJ,Huang P,Cao HY

更新日期：2019-05-24 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：:Impaired homeostasis of the carboxylic acids oxalate and citrate, dramatically increases the risk for the formation of Ca2+-oxalate kidney stones, which is the most common form of kidney stones in humans. Renal homeostasis of oxalate and citrate is controlled by complex mechanisms including epithelial transport protei...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Shimshilashvili L,Aharon S,Moe OW,Ohana E

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of emotional arousal can impair spatial memory mediated by the hippocampus, and enhance stimulus-response (S-R) habit memory mediated by the dorsolateral striatum (DLS). The present study was conducted to determine whether these memory systems may be similarly affected in an animal model of post-traumatic ...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Goodman J,McIntyre CK

更新日期：2017-09-22 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：AIMS:Myocardial ischemia can result in marked mitochondrial damage leading to cardiac dysfunction, as such identifying novel mechanisms to limit mitochondrial injury is important. This study investigated the hypothesis that inhibiting soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), responsible for converting epoxyeicosatrienoic acids...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Akhnokh MK,Yang FH,Samokhvalov V,Jamieson KL,Cho WJ,Wagg C,Takawale A,Wang X,Lopaschuk GD,Hammock BD,Kassiri Z,Seubert JM

更新日期：2016-06-07 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：:Various isoforms of myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) have been shown to play a role in the activation of rat hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) in culture. The signals that regulate MEF2 in HSCs are unknown. In addition, whether MEF2s regulate the activation of human HSCs (H-HSCs) is unclear. Here, we studied the expressio...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Zhang W,Ping J,Zhou Y,Chen G,Xu L

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:MaZiRenWan (MZRW, also known as Hemp Seed Pill) is a Chinese Herbal Medicine which has been demonstrated to safely and effectively alleviate functional constipation (FC) in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study with 120 subjects. However, the underlying pharmacological actions of MZRW for FC, are still large...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Huang T,Ning Z,Hu D,Zhang M,Zhao L,Lin C,Zhong LLD,Yang Z,Xu H,Bian Z

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein allosteric modulation is a pillar of metabolic regulatory mechanisms; this concept has been extended to include ion channel regulation. P2XRs are ligand-gated channels activated by extracellular ATP, sensitive to trace metals and other chemicals. By combining in silico calculations with electrophysiological re...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Latapiat V,Rodríguez FE,Godoy F,Montenegro FA,Barrera NP,Huidobro-Toro JP

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Health Improvement Network UK primary care database was used to identify a cohort of 38 077 individuals aged 50-84 years with a first prescription of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA; 75-300 mg/day) for secondary prevention of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events during 2000-2007. From this cohort, 169 incid...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Cea Soriano L,Rodríguez LA

更新日期：2010-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Particulate matter poses health risk to developing organisms. To investigate particulate matters with a diameter smaller than 2.5 um (PM2.5)-induced developmental cardiotoxicity, fertile chicken eggs were exposed to PM2.5 via air cell injection at doses of 0.05, 0.2, 0.5, 2, and 5 mg/egg kg. Morphological changes in t...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Jiang Q,Zhang C,Chen S,Shi L,Li DC,Lv N,Cui L,Chen Y,Zheng Y

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is one of the most hazardous mycotoxins contamination in food and feed products, which leads to hepatocellular carcinoma in humans and animals. In the present study, we isolated and characterized an AFB1 degrading bacteria CG1061 from chicken cecum, exhibited an 93.7% AFB1 degradation rate by HPLC....

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Wang L,Wu J,Liu Z,Shi Y,Liu J,Xu X,Hao S,Mu P,Deng F,Deng Y

更新日期：2019-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of therapeutic peptides in various inflammatory diseases and autoimmune disorders has received considerable attention; however, the identification of anti-inflammatory peptides (AIPs) through wet-lab experimentation is expensive and often time consuming. Therefore, the development of novel computational method...

journal_title：Frontiers in pharmacology

authors： Manavalan B,Shin TH,Kim MO,Lee G

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00