Evaluation of beta-endorphin/beta-lipotropin immunoreactivity content in the CSF of patients affected by deafferentation pain syndromes.

abstract：:In the present study, we have investigated the effects of centrally administered ginsenoside Rc and Rg1 on the modulation of the NMDA receptor and GABA(A)receptor binding in rat brain. The NMDA receptor binding was analysed by quantitative autoradiography using [(3)H]MK-801 binding, and the GABA(A)receptor bindings we...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Kim HS,Hwang SL,Nah SY,Oh S

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lupeol is a natural triterpenoid that widely exists in edible fruits and vegetables, and medicinal plants. In the last decade, a plethora of studies on the pharmacological activities of lupeol have been conducted and have demonstrated that lupeol possesses an extensive range of pharmacological activities such as antic...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Liu K,Zhang X,Xie L,Deng M,Chen H,Song J,Long J,Li X,Luo J

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that a higher consumption of green tea leads to a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms in elderly individuals. However, no studies have explored the antidepressant-like effect of green tea in preclinical models of depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the antidepressant-like...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Zhu WL,Shi HS,Wei YM,Wang SJ,Sun CY,Ding ZB,Lu L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX may play a role in the treatment of dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus. An ALA thermosetting gel Pluronic F-127) was developed and evaluated in an in vivo mouse model for potential use in PDT of Barrett's mucosa. In vitro studies of th...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Bourre L,Thibaut S,Briffaud A,Lajat Y,Patrice T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), which are ubiquitously expressed in hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells, are critical for regulating cell proliferation as well as differentiation in the physiology of multicellular organisms. PTPs regulate the intracellular signaling mechanism of immune cells via dephosphor...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Lee C,Rhee I

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovering effective agents to slow or stop neurodegeneration is a challenging task. Over decades, only a few drugs were approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and most ended in failure. The lessons learned have switched the strategy of drug discovery from designing highly selective ligands to a network pharm...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Huang L,Wang S,Ma F,Zhang Y,Peng Y,Xing C,Feng Y,Wang X,Peng Y

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical evaluations of the effects of the sulfhydryl-containing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (captopril) on the nephrotoxicity induced by doxorubicin in normal rats were carried out. A single dose of doxorubicin (15 mg kg-1) which caused nephrotoxicity was manifested biochemically by the elevation of se...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Mansour MA,El-Kashef HA,Al-Shabanah OA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although calcimimetics were developed to block parathyroid hormone synthesis, some reports suggest that they may also reduce blood pressure by unknown mechanisms. Calcimimetic-induced changes in the synthesis of endothelial vasoactive factors could be involved. Wistar rats were treated with the calcimimetic R-568, and...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Martínez-Miguel P,Medrano-Andrés D,Lopes-Martín V,Arribas-Gómez I,Rodríguez-Puyol M,Rodríguez-Puyol D,López-Ongil S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol abuse and addiction are serious global health problems. Tackling these disorders requires an understanding of how ethanol produces its effects. Early cell culture studies implicated the protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine-threonine kinases in mediating both acute and chronic responses to ethanol exposure. ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Newton PM,Ron D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels were evaluated in 27 adults with essential hypertension at four different periods during a 12-month treatment with doxazosin. Mean plasma total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDLC), triglyceride (TG), very low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (VLDLC) and the L...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Ahaneku JE,Taylor GO,Agbedana EO,Walker O,Salako LA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed in order to investigate the cholinomimetic response of seminal vesicles isolated from rats treated with hydrocortisone acetate during perinatal life. At the adult phase, the body weight and the wet weight of the seminal vesicle of these animals were unchanged. However, these male rats exhibite...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Pereira OC,Yasuhara F,Arena AC

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:The aim of this review is to underline the redundancy of down-regulation pathways for p53, at the light of the two more important degradative systems: calpains and ubiquitin-dependent pathways. The MDM2 feed-back loop is also illustrated, as well as the phosphorylative/dephosphorylative regulation of the latent and ac...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Cinelli M,Magnelli L,Chiarugi V

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's is the neurodegenerative disease affecting the largest number of patients in the world. In spite of the intense research of the last decades, progress about its knowledge and therapy was limited. In particular, various cytotoxic processes remained debated, while the few drugs approved for therapy were of o...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Meldolesi J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate recovery at 1min (HRR1) is a strong predictor of all-cause mortality. The effects of statins on the autonomic nervous system may account for their beneficial effects in survival. Our aim was to determine if statin therapy improves heart rate recovery in hypercholesterolemic patients with type 2 diabetes mel...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Tekin G,Tekin A,Canatar T,Sipahi I,Unsal A,Katircibaşi T,Koçum T,Erol T,Yiğit F,Demircan S,Ermiş N,Sezgin AT,Müderrisoğlu H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myriocin, a potent inhibitor of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), has been shown to reduce plasma sphingolipids, cholesterol and triglycerides in hyperlipidemic apolipoprotein E knockout (apoE KO) mice. We hypothesized that the inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis modulates the composition of atherosclerotic plaqu...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Park TS,Rosebury W,Kindt EK,Kowala MC,Panek RL

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Iron is an essential element for virtually all organisms. It facilitates cell proliferation and growth but also contributes to major hallmarks of cancer such as tumor initiation, growth, and metastasis. Often, iron handling of tumor cells is disturbed, with altered iron acquisition, efflux, and storage. Targeting pert...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Jung M,Mertens C,Bauer R,Rehwald C,Brüne B

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:The accident to the nuclear power plant of Chernobyl (in April 1986) caused a radioactive contamination in large areas of the majority of European countries. During the first transient time the fall-out phenomenon was the most important method of contamination, particularly from 131I whose relative isotopic abundance ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Curini M,Rosati O,Borio R,Saetta DM,Cicioni R,Forini N,Rongoni A,Dipilato AC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions (GJ) mediate electrical coupling between cardiac myocytes, allowing the spreading of the electrical wave responsible for synchronized contraction. GJ function can be regulated by modulation of connexon densities on membranes, connexin (Cx) phosphorylation, trafficking and degradation. Recent studies have...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Del Ry S,Moscato S,Bianchi F,Morales MA,Dolfi A,Burchielli S,Cabiati M,Mattii L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ataxin-2 binding protein 1 (A2BP1) gene is reported to be one of the susceptibility genes in schizophrenia, autism, and obesity. The aim of this study was to explore the association of A2BP1 gene polymorphisms with antipsychotic induced weight gain (AIWG) in Chinese Han population. Three hundred and twenty-eight p...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Dong L,Yan H,Huang X,Hu X,Yang Y,Ma C,Du B,Lu T,Jin C,Wang L,Yu H,Dong Z,Li W,Ruan Y,Zhang H,Zhang H,Mi W,Ma W,Li K,Lv L,Zhang D,Yue W

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) drug development faces significant difficulties that translate into high rates of failure and lack of innovation. The pathophysiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders often results in the breakdown of blood-CNS barriers, disturbing the CNS microenvironment and worsening disease pr...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Bicker J,Alves G,Fonseca C,Falcão A,Fortuna A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetyl penicillamine (NAP), a derivative of penicillamine and copper chelator has been employed as a potential protector of host stress organ injury during Plasmodium berghei infection in mice. Intramuscular injection of NAP (60 mg kg-1 body wt for 10 days) to P. berghei mice was able to restrict the hepato- and spl...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Srivastava P,Arif AJ,Singh C,Pandey VC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia are associated with an increased risk of ischemic cardiovascular disease. Positive effects of a nutraceutical combination comprising red yeast rice, berberine, policosanol, astaxanthin, coenzyme Q10 and folic acid (NComb) on plasma lipid and glucose levels have been reported in some but ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Pirro M,Mannarino MR,Bianconi V,Simental-Mendía LE,Bagaglia F,Mannarino E,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic autosomal dominant disorder caused by an impaired receptor-mediated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) removal from the circulation, mainly due to disruptive autosomal co-dominant mutations in the LDL receptor (LDLr) gene, but also less frequently in the apolipoprotein B100 (...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Hajighasemi S,Mahdavi Gorabi A,Bianconi V,Pirro M,Banach M,Ahmadi Tafti H,Reiner Ž,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:QiShenYiQi Pills (QSYQ) is a compound Chinese medicine widely used in China for treatment of cardiovascular disease. However, limited data are available regarding the anti-fibrotic role of QSYQ after ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. This study aimed to investigate the effect of post-treatment with QSYQ on myocardial...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Zheng QN,Wei XH,Pan CS,Li Q,Liu YY,Fan JY,Han JY

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis caused by aging and menopause had become an emerging threat to human health. The reduction of osteoblast differentiation has been considered to be an essential cause of osteoporosis. Osteoblast differentiation could be regulated by LncRNAs, and increasing evidences have proved that LncRNAs may be adopted ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Yin C,Tian Y,Yu Y,Li D,Miao Z,Su P,Zhao Y,Wang X,Pei J,Zhang K,Qian A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the use of combined radioreceptor binding and autoradiographic techniques we attempted to analyse the biochemical characteristics and the anatomical localization of GABA-B receptors in sections of rat circle of Willis and pialarachnoid arteries. 3H-GABA in the presence of 40 microM isoguvacine and 2.5 mM CaCl2 was ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Napoleone P,Ferrante F,Amenta F

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New quick-acting blood schizontocides are needed to contain the spread of multiple drug resistant strains of P. falciparum and for the treatment of the cerebral malaria cases. A multiple drug resistant strain of P. yoelii nigeriensis resistant to mefloquine (128 mg/kg x 6 days), quinine (300 mg/kg x 7 days) and chloro...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Dutta GP,Bajpai R,Vishwakarma RA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00