Ocular disposition, pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety of nanoparticle-formulated ophthalmic drugs.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The administration of multiple drugs for the treatment of diseases is an integral aspect of modern medicine. Though its purpose is to create the intended therapeutic effect, the unintended consequences of drug interactions can cause severe side effects and subsequent economic losses. Likewise, herbal extract...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Goon CP,Wang LZ,Wong FC,Thuya WL,Ho PC,Goh BC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NAT) are xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes responsible for the acetylation of many aromatic arylamine and heterocyclic amines, thereby playing an important role in both detoxification and activation of numerous drugs and carcinogens. Two closely related isoforms (NAT1 and NAT2) have been ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Rodrigues-Lima F,Dairou J,Dupret JM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several epidemiological studies throughout the years have suggested that polyphenols from fruits and vegetables promote health and reduce the risk of certain chronic and neurodegenerative diseases. Yet, it has been proved to be extremely difficult to quantitatively establish the benefit afforded by polyphenols, princi...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Rubió L,Macià A,Motilva MJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor networks that regulate basal and xenobiotic-modulated expression of the hepatic sulfotransferases affect the dynamics of xenobiotic detoxication, carcinogen bioactivation and metabolic homeostasis. Emerging evidence suggests that liver-enriched transcription factors, the aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Runge-Morris M,Kocarek TA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Painful peripheral neuropathy is a dose-limiting adverse effect of the antitumor drug oxaliplatin. The main symptoms of neuropathy: tactile allodynia and cold hyperalgesia, appear in more than 80% of patients on oxaliplatin therapy and are due to the overexpression of neuronal sodium channels (Navs) and neur...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Furgała-Wojas A,Kowalska M,Nowaczyk A,Fijałkowski Ł,Sałat K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well known that ethanol can cause significant morbidity and mortality, and much of the related toxic effects can be explained by its metabolic profile. OBJECTIVE:This work performs a complete review of the metabolism of ethanol focusing on both major and minor metabolites. METHOD:An exhaustive litera...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Dinis-Oliveira RJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane transporters play an important role in intestinal absorption, distribution and clearance of drugs. Additionally transporters along with enzymes regulate tissue exposures (e.g. liver, kidney and brain), which are important for safety and efficacy considerations. Early identification of transporters involved gu...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Taskar KS,Harada I,Alluri RV

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transporters for organic anions and organic cations in kidney, liver, intestine, brain, and placenta play essential roles in drug disposition. The cloning and characterization of these transporters have significantly advanced our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the drug disposition process. T...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： You G

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-induced cholestasis is a risk factor in the progression of drug candidates, and poses a serious health hazard if not detected before going into a human. Intrahepatic accumulation of Bile Acids (BAs) represents a characteristic phenomenon associated with drug-induced cholestasis. METHODS:This review wil...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Chatterjee S,Annaert P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have attracted a lot of interest due to their widespread diagnostic and therapeutic applications in neuro-oncology. Functinalization of the particles surface with targeting molecules that recognize tumor receptors might be exploited for the specific brain tumor targe...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Shevtsov MA

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolic compounds are commonly found in natural sources like plant-based foods and beverages. These compounds have received much attention due to their unique biological properties. Polyphenols possess a significant binding affinity for serum albumins which are known to be principal extracellular proteins with a high...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Jaldappagari S,Balakrishnan S,Hegde AH,Teradal NL,Narayan PS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioavailability of orally administered drugs can be influenced by a number of factors including release from the formulation, dissolution, stability in the gastrointestinal (GI) environment, permeability through the gut wall and first-pass gut wall and hepatic metabolism. Although there are various enzymes in the gut ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Darwich AS,Neuhoff S,Jamei M,Rostami-Hodjegan A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Wei JF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When used at a high dose, many anticancer drugs produce undesirable side effects including hepatotoxicity. Transdermal delivery bypasses first-pass metabolism, allowing the use of a lower dose of drug while decreasing systemic toxicity. In this review, we summarize various advanced technologies for improving anticance...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Fang JY,Liu PF,Huang CM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to develop and improve methods for phenotyping of CYP2E1, an important enzyme in the biotransformation of many industrial chemicals, therapeutic drugs and endogenous substances. The possibility to measure CYP2E1 activity in lymphocytes by using p-nitrophenol as a substrate and CYP2E1 p...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Ernstgård L,Johanson G,Karlsson AS,Warholm M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders is strongly limited by the poor access of many therapeutic agent to the target tissues. This is mainly due to the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), formed by a complex interplay of endothelial cells, astrocyte and pericytes, through which only se...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： De Rosa G,Salzano G,Caraglia M,Abbruzzese A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatotoxicity related to antidepressive pharmacotherapy is a major safety concern, particularly considering that severe forms of hepatic failure with fatal outcome have been reported. Severe hepatotoxic adverse drug reactions were also reported for agomelatine (AGM), an antidepressive agent, which was approved for th...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Gahr M,Kratzer W,Fuchs M,Connemann BJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in high-throughput technologies to measure genome-scale changes of genes, proteins, and other biomolecular components ('omics') in complex biological systems have dramatically revolutionized biomedical research. However, the benefits of utilizing omics information in drug development have not yet been fully r...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Fang H,Wang K,Zhang J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of culture duration on the gene expression of P450 isoforms, uptake transporters and efflux transporters in human hepatocyte cultured in the absence and presence of the prototypical proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6). Primary collagen-matrigel sandwi...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Yang Q,Doshi U,Li N,Li AP

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical studies during pregnancy are rare due to ethical and practical limitations. Giving pregnant females the same dosing regimen used in adult males or nonpregnant females is inappropriate. Pregnancy physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling is a powerful tool that can be used to refine pharmacother...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Alsmadi MM,Idkaidek N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part I of this article published in the previous issue of Current Drug Metabolism discussed the substrate specificity, inhibitor selectivity and structure-activity relationship (SAR) of human CYP2C9. The features of CYP2C9 pharmacophore and SAR models have been elaborated. Part II of this article will address the homo...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Mo SL,Zhou ZW,Yang LP,Wei MQ,Zhou SF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses primarily on the mammalian medium and long-chain fatty acid coenzyme A ligases that have been implicated in the metabolism of xenobiotic carboxylic acids such as pesticides, arylpropionate non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the hypolipidaemic clofibrate and its congeners. Evidence of multipl...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Knights KM,Drogemuller CJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucuronidation represents a major pathway which enhances the elimination of many lipophilic xenobiotics and endobiotics to more water-soluble compounds. The UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) family catalyzes the glucuronidation of the glycosyl group of a nucleotide sugar to an acceptor compound (aglycone) at a nucleo...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： King CD,Rios GR,Green MD,Tephly TR

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiopurines such as azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine and 6-thioguanine are antimetabolites that have been used for several decades in the treatment of several diseases including inflammatory bowel diseases. Additional anti-inflammatory properties of these thiopurines have been discovered in recent years. Thiopurine meta...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Van Asseldonk DP,de Boer NK,Peters GJ,Veldkamp AI,Mulder CJ,Van Bodegraven AA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thiopurine antimetabolites are important agents for the treatment of severe diseases, such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia and inflammatory bowel disease. Their pharmacological actions depend on biotransformation into active thioguanine-nucleotides; intracellular metabolism is mediated by enzymes of the salv...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Pelin M,De Iudicibus S,Londero M,Spizzo R,Dei Rossi S,Martelossi S,Ventura A,Decorti G,Stocco G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major advances in the recent history of the treatment of HIV infections has been the development of different classes of effective antiretroviral drugs. In particular, the reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors still represent the majority of the clinically used anti-HIV drugs and constitute the main backbon...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Locatelli GA,Cancio R,Spadari S,Maga G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the recent advancement in nanoscience and nanotechnology, there is a growing demand for assessment of the toxicological effects of nano materials to humans and other biological systems. And a predictive toxicology approach that uses in vitro screening assays in conjunction with in vivo study results are widely em...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Suma RN,Mohanan PV

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolism of xenobiotics is often seen as an exclusive function of the liver, but some current findings support the notion that the lungs, kidneys and intestine may contribute considerably. After the establishment of the use of liver slices as a useful in vitro model to study metabolism and toxicity of xenobiotics, t...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： de Kanter R,Monshouwer M,Meijer DK,Groothuis GM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gold nanoparticles have been exploited for nanobiotechnology applications for the last two decades. New insights of the nanomaterials as promising agent for cancer diagnosis and therapy have just started to emerge. Due to the size- and shape-dependent optical, electrical and thermal properties, gold nanopart...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Ning L,Zhu B,Gao T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene possesses a wide range of potential biomedical applications because of the unique physical and chemical properties. However, the side effects of grapheme and its derivatives on a number of biological models even on human body are still not very clear. Therefore, to properly assess the potential risk of graphe...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Xu C,Wang J,Xu Y,Shang G,Wang R,Lin Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00