Tumor cell death induced by topoisomerase-targeting drugs.

abstract：:The recent advances made in elucidating the processes of nociception have altered the way that chronic pain therapy and analgesic drug development are approached. Recent studies have highlighted new targets for drug discovery, including inhibition of inflammatory mediators (kinins, growth factors), newly expressed pro...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Dray A,Urban L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition that the wall tone of most arteries and veins can change in response to shear stress has several implications for our understanding of the effects of drugs on the circulation. By a primary action on the heart and vasculature, drugs can cause changes in cardiac output and blood pressure that lead to cha...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Bevan JA,Henrion D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Risk Assessment Committee of the European Chemicals Agency issued an opinion on classifying titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a suspected human carcinogen upon inhalation. Recent animal studies indicate that TiO2 may be carcinogenic through the oral route. There is considerable uncertainty on the carcinogenicity of TiO2,...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Braakhuis HM,Gosens I,Heringa MB,Oomen AG,Vandebriel RJ,Groenewold M,Cassee FR

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Conflicting views abound on the peripheral neurotransmitter and neuromodulator roles of purine compounds. Substantial organ- and species-related variations have become apparent. There is, however, a body of compelling evidence for such roles, if not so broad and ubiquitous as those envisioned (7) for the central nervo...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Su C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral consequences of low-level lead (Pb) exposure include impairments in learning processes and in Fixed-Interval schedule-controlled operant behavior. Although the neurobiological bases of these effects remain undetermined, current evidence suggests that inhibitory effects of Pb on the NMDA receptor complex may...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Cory-Slechta DA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroglial cells of the central nervous system include the astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia. Their counterparts in the peripheral nervous system are the Schwann cells. The term neuroglia comes from an erroneous concept originally coined by Virchow (1850), in which he envisioned the neurons to be embedded in...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Aschner M,Allen JW,Kimelberg HK,LoPachin RM,Streit WJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major advances in scientific discovery and insights can result from the development and use of new techniques, as exemplified by the work of Solomon Snyder, who writes a prefatory article in this volume. The Editors have chosen "New Methods and Novel Therapeutic Approaches in Pharmacology and Toxicology" as the Theme ...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Insel PA,Amara SG,Blaschke TF,Meyer UA

更新日期：2017-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is one of the most important systems in cardiovascular control and in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, it is already a very successful drug target for the therapy of these diseases. However, angiotensins are generated not only in the plasma but also local...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Bader M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphorus insecticide self-poisoning is a major global health problem, killing over 100,000 people annually. It is a complex multi-organ condition, involving the inhibition of cholinesterases, and perhaps other enzymes, and the effects of large doses of ingested solvents. Variability between organophosphorus in...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Eddleston M

更新日期：2019-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial tone is coordinated among vessel segments to optimize nutrient transport and organ function. Coordinated vasomotor activity is remarkable to observe and depends on stimuli, sparsely generated in tissue, eliciting electrical responses that conduct lengthwise among electrically coupled vascular cells. The condu...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Welsh DG,Tran CHT,Hald BO,Sancho M

更新日期：2018-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylamines and heterocyclic arylamines (HAAs) are of particular interest because of demonstrated carcinogenicity in animals and humans and the broad exposure to many of these compounds. The activation of these, and also some arylamine drugs, involves N-hydroxylation, usually by cytochrome P450 (P450). P450 1A2 plays a...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Kim D,Guengerich FP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The realization that there exists a multimembered family of cation channels with structural similarity to Drosophila's Trp channel emerged during the second half of the 1990s. In mammals, depending on the species, the TRP family counts 29 or 30 members which has been subdivided into 6 subfamilies on the basis of seque...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Birnbaumer L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent a major class of proteins in the genome of many species, including humans. In addition to the mapping of a number of human disorders to regions of the genome containing GPCRs, a growing body of literature has documented frequently occurring variations (i.e. polymorphisms) ...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Rana BK,Shiina T,Insel PA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone acetylation is a prominent epigenetic modification of the central nervous system that is unequivocally associated with an increase in the rate of gene transcription. Because gene transcription, in turn, plays an important role in long-lasting forms of memory, histone acetylation generally favors long-term memo...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Gräff J,Tsai LH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphosphonates (BPs) are pyrophosphate analogs in which the oxygen bridge has been replaced by carbon and diverse carbon side chains have generated a large family of compounds. Several are potent inhibitors of bone destruction (resorption) and are in clinical use for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis, Page...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Rodan GA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Secretases are a group of widely expressed, intramembrane-cleaving proteases involved in many physiological processes. Their clinical relevance comes from their involvement in Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and other disorders. A clinical trial with the wide-spectrum γ-secretase inhibitor semagacestat has, however, de...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： De Strooper B,Chávez Gutiérrez L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the potential toxicity of compounds early in the drug discovery process can be extremely beneficial in terms of both time and money conservation. Because of the speed of modern chemical synthesis and screening, to accurately evaluate the large number of compounds being produced, toxicology assays must have...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Waring JF,Ulrich RG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay is an account of the author's experience in trying to interpret the action of drugs as seen in in vitro bioassays. The central theme is how the development of simple mathematical models has assisted in the interpretation of drug actions. Starting from encounters with partial agonists, the essay describes th...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Black J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotides (ONs) can interfere with biomolecules representing the entire extended central dogma. Antisense gapmer, steric block, splice-switching ONs, and short interfering RNA drugs have been successfully developed. Moreover, antagomirs (antimicroRNAs), microRNA mimics, aptamers, DNA decoys, DNAzymes, synthetic...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Smith CIE,Zain R

更新日期：2019-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Billions of US dollars are invested every year by the pharmaceutical industry in drug development, with the aim of introducing new drugs that are effective and have minimal side effects. Thirty percent of in-pipeline drugs are excluded in an early phase of preclinical and clinical screening owing to cardiovascular saf...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Magdy T,Schuldt AJT,Wu JC,Bernstein D,Burridge PW

更新日期：2018-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic rodent models for measuring mutations provide a tool for assessing tissue-specific mutations following in vivo treatment. These systems are based on the insertion into the rodent genome Escherichia coli lacI (lac repressor) or lacZ (beta-galactosidase) genes that serve as targets for mutations. Following in...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Mirsalis JC,Monforte JA,Winegar RA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are a potential replacement tissue source for degenerative diseases. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a blinding disease triggered by degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a monolayer tissue that functionally supports retinal photoreceptors. Recently published cli...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Sharma R,Bose D,Maminishkis A,Bharti K

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) is a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase kinase of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 MAPK pathways. ASK1 is preferentially activated by various cytotoxic stressors and plays pivotal roles in a wide variety of cellular response to them. Recent analyses of A...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Takeda K,Noguchi T,Naguro I,Ichijo H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors are the primary targets of endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids). These G protein-coupled receptors play an important role in many processes, including metabolic regulation, craving, pain, anxiety, bone growth, and immune function. Cannabinoid receptors can be engaged directly by...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Mackie K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of rapid methods currently used for screening discovery drug candidates for metabolism and pharmacokinetic characteristics is discussed. General considerations are given for screening in this context, including the criteria for good screens, the use of counterscreens, the proper sequencing of screens, ...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： White RE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous lines of evidence demonstrate that calpains, a family of 14 Ca(2+)-activated neutral cysteine proteases, are involved in oncotic cell death in a variety of models. At this time, the biochemistry of most calpains and the specific roles of different calpains in physiology and pathology remain to be determined. ...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Liu X,Van Vleet T,Schnellmann RG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV protease inhibitors, as components of combination antiretroviral drug regimens, have substantially reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV infection. They selectively block the action of the virus-encoded protease and stop the virus from replicating. In general, these drugs have poor systemic bioav...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Flexner C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major concepts presented in this review can be summarized as follows: 1. There is a multidirectional continuum of anesthetic states--some represented by CNS excitation and others by depression. 2. The reticular activating system is influenced by all anesthetics; some inhibit its action (stage III) and some hyperex...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Winters WD

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, disabling neurodegenerative disorder that begins in mid to late life and is characterized by motor impairment, autonomic dysfunction, and, in many, psychological and cognitive changes. Recent advances have helped delineate pathogenetic mechanisms, yet the cause of PD...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Goldman SM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human syndromes and mouse mutants that exhibit accelerated but bona fide aging in multiple organs and tissues have been invaluable for the identification of nine denominators of aging: telomere attrition, genome instability, epigenetic alterations, mitochondrial dysfunction, deregulated nutrient sensing, altered inter...

journal_title：Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology

authors： Vermeij WP,Hoeijmakers JH,Pothof J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00