Biochemical and hematological side effects of clofazimine in leprosy patients.

abstract：:At the moment, little treatment options are available for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The absence of the dystrophin protein leads to a complex cascade of pathogenic events in myofibres, including chronic inflammation and oxidative stress as well as altered metabolism. The attention towards dietary supplements i...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Boccanegra B,Verhaart IEC,Cappellari O,Vroom E,De Luca A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of betel leaf extract (0.10, 0.40, 0.80 and 2.0 g kg-1 day-1 for 15 days) on the alterations in thyroid hormone concentrations. lipid peroxidation (LPO) and on the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were investigated in male Swiss mice. Administration of betel leaf extract exhibite...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Panda S,Kar A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of fluvoxamine (FLV) a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor agent was studied on ouabain-induced arrhythmia in spontaneously beating isolated guinea-pig atria. FLV (8-64 microM) caused a dose-dependent decrease in the rate of contractions (7-52%) and in the contractile force (11-57%). Ouabain alone (2 mic...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Pousti A,Deemyad T,Brumand K,Bakhtiarian A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were treated with furosemide at intraperitoneal doses of 10, 20, and 30 mg kg(-1)day(-1)for 21 days, and some indices of thiamin status (liver, blood and urine thiamin concentrations, erythrocyte transketolase (TK) activity, and thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) effect, which refers to the increase in TK activity in a ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Ali BH,Al-Qarawi AA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide through person-to-person contact, causing a public health emergency of international concern. At present, there is no specific antiviral treatment recommended for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Liu Shen capsule (LS), a traditional Chinese medicin...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Ma Q,Pan W,Li R,Liu B,Li C,Xie Y,Wang Z,Zhao J,Jiang H,Huang J,Shi Y,Dai J,Zheng K,Li X,Yang Z

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress plays an important role in the occurrence of chronic diseases. Zinc supplementation is also known to be an antioxidant agent. While, there is no review on the effects of zinc supplementation on oxidative stress, this study aimed to systematically summarize randomized clinical trials (RCTs) w...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Mousavi SM,Hajishafiee M,Clark CCT,Borges do Nascimento IJ,Milajerdi A,Amini MR,Esmaillzadeh A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effect of acute trazodone (3--20 mg kg(-1)) and quipazine (1--3 mg kg(-1)) treatment on the apomorphine-induced (1 mg kg(-1), once daily over 2 weeks) aggressive behaviour in male Wistar rats. All doses of trazodone and quipazine tested attenuated the aggressiveness as evidenced by the abolished in...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Rudissaar R,Pruus K,Vaarmann A,Pannel P,Skrebuhhova-Malmros T,Allikmets L,Matto V

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Swiss Webster mice exhibited antinociception, hypothermia and Straub tail 3h following a 75mg morphine pellet implantation. These signs disappeared by 72h, and the morphine-pelleted mice were indistinguishable from placebo-pelleted ones, although brain morphine concentrations ranged from 200 to 400ng/gm. We previ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Smith FL,Javed RR,Smith PA,Dewey WL,Gabra BH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial citrate carrier (CIC) is a nuclear-encoded protein located in the inner mitochondrial membrane. By mediating efflux of citrate from the mitochondria to the cytosol, CIC links mitochondrial central carbon metabolism and cytosolic lipogenesis together. Abnormal activity or expression of CIC was found i...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Peng R,Zhang M,Wang H,Lin J,Wang H,Wang F,Liu L,Zhao Q,Liu J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, hyperglycaemia was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (65 mg/kg). Treatment with glibenclamide (GB) in a dose of 0.45 or 0.9 mg/kg significantly decreased plasma glucose level in a dose-related manner. Administration of nadolol (ND) in a dose of 5 or 10 mg/kg did not affect pl...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Abdel Aziz AH,Moustafa AM,Abd Ellah MF,el-Mazar MA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folic acid-conjugated albumin nanospheres (FA-AN) have been developed to provide an actively targetable drug delivery system for improved drug targeting of cancer cells with reduced side effects. The nanospheres were prepared by conjugating folic acid onto the surface of albumin nanospheres using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethyl...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Shen Z,Li Y,Kohama K,Oneill B,Bi J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile function is a widely accepted indicator of systemic endothelial activity since from a clinical standpoint erectile dysfunction (ED) often precedes cardiovascular events. Recently it has been described a potential role for β3 adrenoceptor in cardiovascular diseases emphasizing a possible development of new dru...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Mitidieri E,Tramontano T,Gurgone D,Imbimbo C,Mirone V,Fusco F,Cirino G,d'Emmanuele di Villa Bianca R,Sorrentino R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is a highly invasive and metastatic cancer with high mortality rates and chemoresistance. Around 50% of melanomas are driven by activating mutations in BRAF that has led to the development of potent anti-BRAF inhibitors. However resistance to anti-BRAF therapy usually develops within a few months and conseque...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Oliveira ÉA,Lima DS,Cardozo LE,Souza GF,de Souza N,Alves-Fernandes DK,Faião-Flores F,Quincoces JAP,Barros SBM,Nakaya HI,Monteiro G,Maria-Engler SS

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have addressed the pharmacogenomic basis of the response of gastrointestinal tumors to six anticancer drugs using a panel of fifteen cell lines derived from pancreatic, stomach and biliary tract cancers. We determined the constitutive expression levels of 96 genes, whose encoded proteins contribute t...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Grañé-Boladeras N,Pérez-Torras S,Lozano JJ,Romero MR,Mazo A,Marín JJG,Pastor-Anglada M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the regenerative capacity of the adult mammalian heart is limited, cardiac injury leads to the formation of scar tissue and thereby increases the risk of developing compensatory heart failure. Stem cell therapy is a promising therapeutic approach but is facing problems with engraftment and clinical feasibility. ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Smits AM,Dronkers E,Goumans MJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baroreflex plays a crucial role in regulation of arterial blood pressure (BP). Recently, Piezo1 and Piezo2, the mechanically-activated (MA) ion channels, have been identified as baroreceptors. However, the underlying molecular mechanism for regulating these baroreceptors in hypertension remains unknown. In this study,...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Huo L,Gao Y,Zhang D,Wang S,Han Y,Men H,Yang Z,Qin X,Wang R,Kong D,Bai H,Zhang H,Zhang W,Jia Z

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for modulating gene expression by the use of antisense oligonucleotides has become increasingly interesting in recent years. Antisense oligonucleotides are complementary nucleic acid fragments that hybridize to target sequences within RNA to form a DNA-RNA duplex, resulting in the block of translation of...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Alama A,Barbieri F,Cagnoli M,Schettini G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a consensus view that a strategy to increase heart resistance to ischaemia-reperfusion is a warranted. Here, based on our previous study, we have hypothesized that a nicotinamide-rich diet could increase myocardial resistance to ischaemia-reperfusion. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Sukhodub A,Du Q,Jovanović S,Jovanović A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-doses of fenofibrate and dipyridamole have pleiotropic renoprotective actions in diabetic rats. This study investigated their combined effect relative to their individual treatments and lisinopril in rats with diabetic nephropathy. Streptozotocin (55mg/kg, i.p., once)-administered diabetic rats were allowed for 10...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Balakumar P,Varatharajan R,Nyo YH,Renushia R,Raaginey D,Oh AN,Akhtar SS,Rupeshkumar M,Sundram K,Dhanaraj SA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cetyl myristoleate (CM) was reported by Diehl and May [J Pharm Sci 83 (1994) 296] to block inflammation and prevent adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats. To verify this earlier work, we have synthesized pure CM and tested its anti-arthritic properties in a collagen-induced arthritis model in DBA/1LacJ mice. Multiple int...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Hunter KW Jr,Gault RA,Stehouwer JS,Tam-Chang SW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is one of the most common skin disorders characterized by erythematous plaques that result from hyperproliferative keratinocytes and infiltration of inflammatory leukocytes into dermis and epidermis. Recent studies suggest that IL-23/IL-17A/IL-22 cytokine axis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of p...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Nadeem A,Al-Harbi NO,Al-Harbi MM,El-Sherbeeny AM,Ahmad SF,Siddiqui N,Ansari MA,Zoheir KM,Attia SM,Al-Hosaini KA,Al-Sharary SD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatoprotective effects of acetylbergenin were examined against D -galactosamine (GalN)-induced liver damage in rats, compared with that of bergenin reported previously. Acetylbergenin was synthesized from acetylation of bergenin, isolated from Mallotus japonicus, to increase lipophilic and physiological activiti...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Lim HK,Kim HS,Choi HS,Oh S,Jang CG,Choi J,Kim SH,Chang MJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive alveolar damage and generally irreversible airflow limitation. Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) plays a critical role in COPD pathogenesis. Receptor-interacting protein 2 (Rip2), a 60 kDa adaptor protein, is a positive regulato...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Dong J,Liao W,Tan LH,Yong A,Peh WY,Wong WSF

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdosteine was introduced in the market as a mucolytic agent for chronic pulmonary diseases more than 10 years ago. The drug contains two blocked sulphydryl groups one of which, after hepatic metabolization and opening of the thiolactone ring, becomes available both for the mucolytic and free radical scavenging and an...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Moretti M,Marchioni CF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have investigated the vasodilator response to acetylcholine under diabetic conditions in isolated renal arteries of Wistar rats. The effect of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition on acetylcholine-induced vasodilator response was investigated. We have also examined the effects of two endothelium-de...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Yousif MH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced endotoxemia model, the effects of 3-aminobenzamide (3-AB), a poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase (PARS) inhibitor, on ileal apoptosis were evaluated by light microscopy and M30 cell death staining. Moreover, the relationship between Bcl-2, iNOS expression, and serum nitrate (NO(3)(-)) ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Cinel I,Buyukafsar K,Cinel L,Polat A,Atici S,Tamer L,Oral U

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe muscle disease of known etiology without effective, or generally applicable therapy. Mitochondria are affected by the disease in animal models but whether mitochondrial dysfunction is part of the pathogenesis in patients remains unclear. We show that primary cultures obtai...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Schiavone M,Zulian A,Menazza S,Petronilli V,Argenton F,Merlini L,Sabatelli P,Bernardi P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrasynaptically located γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors type A are often characterized by the presence of a δ subunit in the receptor complex. δ-Containing receptors respond to low ambient concentrations of GABA, or respond to spillover of GABA from the synapse, and give rise to tonic inhibitory currents. In ce...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Ahring PK,Bang LH,Jensen ML,Strøbæk D,Hartiadi LY,Chebib M,Absalom N

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurohormonal factor arginine vasopressin (AVP) produces potent systemic vasoconstriction as well as water retention in the kidneys via the V(1a) and V(2) receptors, respectively. Therefore, AVP may be considered as an aggravating factor of cardiac failure. In the present study, the effects of intravenous (i.v.) i...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Yatsu T,Kusayama T,Tomura Y,Arai Y,Aoki M,Tahara A,Wada K,Tsukada J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells take part of armamentarium immunologic for host defense against parasitic and bacterial infections. They are derived from bone marrow progenitors and can be activated by immunological and chemical stimuli in order to get its degranulation. The activation of mast cells generates a signalling cascade leaded t...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Maldonado MD,Mora-Santos M,Naji L,Carrascosa-Salmoral MP,Naranjo MC,Calvo JR

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00