Involvement of both endoplasmic reticulum- and mitochondria-dependent pathways in cardiotoxin III-induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells.

abstract：:1. The present study was designed to examine the cardiovascular effects of intravenously administered pcDNA3.1AM, a recombinant non-virus vector carrying a rat adrenomedullin (AM) gene translation fragment, in rats with chronic cardiac dysfunction induced by ligation of the left descending coronary artery. 2. Haemodyn...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang XF,Shao Y,Chen SW,Tian DZ,Huang GY,Huang Y,Yao T,Lu LM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of taurine on the development of atherosclerotic lesions were investigated in apolipoprotein (apo) E-deficient mice, an animal model with severe hypercholesterolaemia and extensive atherosclerosis. These mice were fed a normal laboratory chow containing 2% taurine for 12 weeks. 2. Serum total cholestero...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kondo Y,Toda Y,Kitajima H,Oda H,Nagate T,Kameo K,Murakami S

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Mechanisms involved in the plasma extravasation observed following thermal injury of rat dorsal skin were investigated. 2. Heat applied to the dorsal skin of anaesthetized rats by a temperature-controlled skin heater (1 cm diameter) for 5 min induced temperature-dependent plasma protein extravasation at 48-48.5 deg...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Waller J,Siney L,Hoult JR,Brain SD

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Ion gradients across the cell membrane are important for proper cellular communication and homeostasis. With the exception of erythrocytes, chloride (Cl), one of the most important free anions in animal cells, is not distributed at thermodynamic equilibrium across the plasma membrane. The K-Cl cotransporter (COT), ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gagnon KB,Fyffe RE,Adragna NC,Lauf PK

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. It has been demonstrated that blood pressure variability (BPV) is increased in hypertension and related to organ damage. It will be important to lower BPV in the treatment of hypertension. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of ketanserin, a 5-HT2A receptor antagonist with a weak alpha1-adrenoc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Miao CY,Xie HH,Yu H,Chu ZX,Su DF

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantaviruses are enveloped negative (-) single-stranded RNA viruses belongs to Hantaviridae family, hosted by small rodents and entering into the human body through inhalation, causing haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) also known as hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrom...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Munir N,Jahangeer M,Hussain S,Mahmood Z,Ashiq M,Ehsan F,Akram M,Ali Shah SM,Riaz M,Sana A

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Triiodothyronine (T3; 1.0 mg/kg per day subcutaneously) was administered to 10 dogs for 14 days; 10 saline-treated dogs served as controls. T3-treated dogs showed the expected physiological responses of hyperthyroidism; further, chronotropic responses to isoprenaline in vivo were significantly increased in T3-treat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hoey A,Brown L,Marchant C,Atwell R,Sernia C

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In the present study, we used a low dose of propofol (5 mg/kg per h) to investigate its effects on the pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-10) and changes in nitric oxide (NO) following lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for a period of 12 h in conscious rats. 2. Expe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hsu BG,Yang FL,Lee RP,Peng TC,Chen HI

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor diclofenac sodium has been compared with a placebo in the treatment of primary nocturnal enuresis in a double-blind crossover trial. Twenty patients were entered: 14 female, six male; age range 6-17 years. The results showed that diclofenac sodium was significantly more effective ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Al-Waili NS

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study aimed to determine the feasibility of conducting a 5 year cardiovascular outcome trial of the treatment of 6000 elderly hypertensive patients in Australian general practices. 2. General practitioners (GPs) were invited to participate by mail and personal follow-up. Patient records were reviewed to...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Reid CM,Nelson M,Beckinsale P,Ryan P,Wing LM,Beilin LJ,Brown MA,Jennings GL,Johnston CI,Marley J,McNeil JJ,Morgan TO,Shaw J,Steven ID,West MJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The acute effects of captopril on blood pressure, renin, angiotensin, bradykinin and catecholamines were examined in patients with essential (n = 10, Group 1), accelerated (n = 6, Group 2) and renal hypertension (n = 14, Group 3). 2. Blood pressure showed little change in Group 1, fell significantly in Group 2, wit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： McGrath BP,Matthews PG,Johnston CI

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become a major disease that threatens human health. Neurotransmitters and the amygdala are found to be critical in the development and maintenance of PTSD. We aim to investigate the role of glycyrrhizin in treating PTSD. Contextual fear extinction and elevated plus maze test w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lai S,Shi L,Jiang Z,Lin Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. There is evidence that different aetiologies of heart failure, especially ischaemic vs dilated cardiomyopathy (ICM and DCM, respectively), may influence the prognosis of patients with this disease. Patients with ICM have a worse prognosis than those with DCM; the mechanisms underlying this difference have not yet b...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lee S,Lu R,Müller-Ehmsen J,Schwinger RH,Brixius K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate whether the difference in the SA gene expression in the kidneys is causally related to the pathogenesis of hypertension, we reassessed the expression of the SA gene in the kidneys of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), its stroke-prone substrain (SHRSP) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat from different...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ishinaga Y,Nabika T,Shimada T,Hiraoka J,Nara Y,Yamori Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoid inverse agonists possess antidepressant-like properties, but the mechanism of this action is unknown. Numerous studies have reported the interaction between opioid and cannabinoid pathways. In this study, acute foot-shock stress was used in mice to investigate the involvement of the opioid pathway in the a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ostadhadi S,Haj-Mirzaian A,Nikoui V,Kordjazy N,Dehpour AR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) factors are a family of transcription factors that mediate intracellular signalling initiated at cytokine cell surface receptors and transmitted to the nucleus. In the present study, we determined the global changes in STAT gene expression in the hippocampus...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Sun SL,Li TJ,Yang PY,Qiu Y,Rui YC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a strong genetic predisposition towards abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), but it is unknown whether persons without AAA but with first-degree relatives who are AAA patients have a generalized dilating diathesis, defect arterial wall mechanics, or increased cardiovascular risk. The aim of the study was to inves...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： De Basso R,Sandgren T,Ahlgren ÅR,Länne T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is strongly associated with atherosclerosis, and is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The pathogenic mechanisms that underlie atherosclerosis and AMI are undefined at present. The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is a member of the superfamily of G-prote...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Guo J,Li HZ,Zhang WH,Wang LC,Wang LN,Zhang L,Li GW,Li HX,Yang BF,Wu L,Wang R,Xu CQ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of prostaglandin (PG) E1 on hypoxia/re-oxygenation (H/R) apoptosis and the expression of bcl-2 and bax in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. The H/R model was made using the first generation of cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Hypoxia/re-oxygenation ap...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ma XQ,Fu RF,Feng GQ,Wang ZJ,Ma SG,Weng SA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanism underlying biochanin A-induced relaxation of the aorta in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). 2. The tension in isolated ring preparations of thoracic aortas from normotensive (Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats) and SHR at 5 and 10 weeks of age was measured iso...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang HP,Gao Q,Mei RH,Zhao MH,Lu Y,Li XY,Bruce IC,Xia Q

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ageing is associated with increased prevalences of both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, reflecting disruption of the normal sequence of ion channel activation and inactivation generating the propagated cardiac action potential. Experimental models with specific ion channel genetic modifications have helped clarify...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jeevaratnam K,Chadda KR,Salvage SC,Valli H,Ahmad S,Grace AA,Huang CL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Interactions between autacoids may play important roles in the regulation of blood flow in the foetal placenta. In order to investigate this aspect of placental haemodynamics, human normal-term placentae were perfused in vitro and the responses of the foetal vessels to various combinations of vasoactive agents were...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gude NM,King RG,Brennecke SP

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In the present study, we attempted to clarify whether the antidiabetic drug miglitol, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, has a protective effect against anginal ischaemia. We had reported previously that miglitol reduces myocardial infarct size through inhibition of glycogenolysis during ischaemia in rabbits. However,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Uno Y,Minatoguchi S,Arai M,Wang N,Chen XH,Hashimoto K,Lu C,Takemura G,Fujiwara H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The ethyl acetate (EtOAc) extract and 3-O-galloyl-4,6-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-d-glucose (3OG46HG) of Euphorbia thymifolia Linnea have been shown to exhibit anti-herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 activity in vitro. In the present study, we investigated the mode of action of these two compounds in suppressing HSV-2 multi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Yang CM,Cheng HY,Lin TC,Chiang LC,Lin CC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary 1. The non-selective K(+) channel blocker 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) has shown clinical efficacy in the treatment of neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis. The clinical usefulness of 4-AP is hampered by its ability to produce seizures. Nerispirdine, an analogue of 4-AP, is currently under clinical inve...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Smith C,Kongsamut S,Wang H,Ji J,Kang J,Rampe D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of enalapril on handling of an Na load and on body Na during 96 h of zero Na intake was measured in hypertensive rats (GH and SHR) and their normotensive controls (N and WKY) by a whole body counting method. 2. Enalapril treatment led to a greater fall in body Na in the first 24 h after the Na load (as e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ledingham JM,Simpson FO

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Animal and human studies indicate that female sex hormones are protective against the development of coronary atherosclerosis. 2. Experiments on vascular smooth muscle cells suggest a direct effect of oestrogen on vascular tissue. Although oestrogen receptors (ER) in vascular tissues and an association between ER s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Baysal K,Losordo DW

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the pharmacological effects of T-1095, this novel derivative of phlorizin was administered to GK rats for 8 weeks. T-1095 treatment significantly lowered plasma glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, but did not significantly affect bodyweight. 2. T-1095 treatment did not affect 3.3 mmo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Nunoi K,Yasuda K,Adachi T,Okamoto Y,Shihara N,Uno M,Tamon A,Suzuki N,Oku A,Tsuda K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Insulin-liposomes of four different lipid combinations were given intragastrically to normal rats on twenty occasions and to diabetic rats on 164 occasions. 2. Normal rats showed no hypoglycaemic response to either sonicated or unsonicated liposomes. 3. Diabetic rats failed to respond to sonicated liposomes but six...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Shenfield GM,Hill JC

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Nineteen-day old rats were fed an essential fatty acid deficient diet for 37 weeks, thereby making them essential fatty acid deficient for at least 24 weeks. The weights of their brains were 33% less than those of rats on control diets. 2. When the deficient rats were rehabilitated for ten weeks on a diet containin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Odutuga AA

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00