Barriers to successful delivery of short interfering RNA after systemic administration.

abstract：:Azithromycin (AZM) has been used for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, the effects and underlying mechanisms of AZM remain largely unknown. The effects of AZM on airway smooth muscles (ASMs) and the underlying mechanisms were studied using isometric muscle force measure...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang Q,Yu MF,Zhang WJ,Liu BB,Zhao QY,Luo X,Xu H,She YS,Zang DA,Qiu JY,Shen J,Peng YB,Zhao P,Xue L,Chen W,Ma LQ,Nie X,Shen C,Chen S,Chen S,Liu Q,Dai J,Qin G,Zheng YM,Wang YX,ZhuGe R,Chen J,Liu QH

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Heparan sulfate proteoglycan in the basal lamina of smooth muscle cells is important in the maintenance of the 'contractile', high volume fraction of myofilaments (Vvmyo) phenotype. The mechanism by which this occurs may involve the continuous internalization of heparan sulfate by the smooth muscle cells themselves...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Campbell JH,Campbell GR

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of streptokinase as an intracoronary thrombolytic agent is well-recognized. The effect of streptokinase, distinct from its thrombolytic action, on ischaemic myocardium distal to an area of coronary artery occlusion when reperfusion occurs has not been well-defined. In order to do this, myocardial creatine...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Mickelson JK,Carlson CJ,Margaretten W,Rapaport E

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacological actions of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-(3-hydroxy-2-spiropentylpropyl)-phenol (BSPP), a putative presynaptic GABA(B) receptor modulator, were examined in electrically stimulated rat neocortical brain slices preloaded with [3H]-GABA or [3H]-glutamic acid. At 10 mmol/L, BSPP inhibited the release of [3H]-GAB...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Parker DA,Marino V,Ong J,Puspawati NM,Prager RH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Ionic channels appear to play an important role in contractile responses of the cerebral arteries and, thereby, contribute to the regulation of cerebral circulation. In the present study, we investigated the role of large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ (BK(Ca)) channels in the regulation of cerebral arterial tone ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kamouchi M,Kitazono T,Nagao T,Fujishima M,Ibayashi S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diets rich in saturated fats and cholesterol contribute to the incidence of hyperlipidaemia. An altered lipid profile is a major factor responsible for the development of CVD. Male Wistar rats were fed with a high-fat diet (HFD) (suspension (w/v) of 0.5% cholesterol, 3% coconut oil and 0.25% cholic acid for 30 days) t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kumar R,Akhtar F,Rizvi SI

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to assess the protective effect of Sargassum polycystum (sulphated polysaccharide) extract against paracetamol-induced DNA strand breaks and modulation of membrane-bound phosphatases, protein thiols and inorganic cations during toxic hepatitis. 2. Seaweed extract (200 mg/kg per day ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Raghavendran HB,Sathivel A,Yogeeta RS,Devaki T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular senescence is a state of irreversible cell growth arrest. Increasing evidence suggests that cellular senescence contribute to tumour suppression in vivo. However, only a few anti-cancer drugs have been discovered to induce cellular senescence. Searching for new compounds which can inhibit cancer cell growth b...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Shang D,Wu Y,Ding Y,Lu Z,Shen Y,Zhu F,Liu H,Zhu C,Tu Z

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Patients were grouped into categories of 'no airways disease', 'obstructive airways disease without response to bronchodilator' and 'obstructive airways disease with bronchodilator responsiveness'. 2. Cyclic nucleotides were assayed in specimens of lung tissue that were excised during surgery. 3. Reduced levels of ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Krzanowski JJ,Polson JB,Goldman AL,Ebel TA,Szentivanyi A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Infusion of increasing doses of angiotensin II (AII) in normal subjects sequentially increased blood pressure, aldosterone and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels. 2. The slope of ANP response to AII was positively correlated with basal ANP and with the slope of blood pressure response to AII (pressor slope) bu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Finn WL,Tunny TJ,Klemm SA,Ryan SJ,Gordon RD

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Emotional stress is one of the aetiologies of cardiac accidents, but the precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated. In the present study we used the immobilization stress model in rats to investigate electrocardiographic (ECG) changes. 2. A rapid elevation of the ST segment at the II, III, aVF and precordial leads...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ueyama T,Yoshida K,Senba E

更新日期：2000-05-01 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

abstract：:1. Measurements were made on blood pH, PCO2 and PO2 in mice after a single injection and following five weeks continuous clonidine hydrochloride treatment. 2. A single injection of clonidine hydrochloride exerts no effect on blood pH, PCO2 and PO2 but five weeks of continuous clonidine hydrochloride treatment lowers t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gan EK,Abdul Sattar MZ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The renal medulla plays an important role in regulating body sodium and fluid balance and blood pressure homeostasis through its unique structural relationships and interactions between renomedullary interstitial cells (RMIC), renal tubules and medullary vasculature. 2. Several endocrine and/or paracrine factors, i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhuo JL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In rats, inhibition of type IV phosphodiesterase (PDE4) attenuates acute renal failure and early (hours) mortality induced by high-dose endotoxin. Because it is unlikely that protection of renal function accounts for improved early survivability, most likely PDE4 inhibition exerts multiple beneficial effects in end...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tofovic SP,Zacharia LC,Carcillo JA,Jackson EK

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Accumulating animal and human data suggest that nitric oxide (NO) is important for both coronary and peripheral haemodynamic control and metabolic regulation during performance of exercise. 2. While still controversial, NO of endothelial origin is thought to potentiate exercise-induced hyperaemia, both in the perip...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kingwell BA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases) are a conserved group of enzymes that catalyse the conversion between cis and trans conformations of proline imidic peptide bonds. These enzymes play critical roles in regulatory mechanisms of cellular function and pathophysiology of disease. There are three different cla...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Rostam MA,Piva TJ,Rezaei HB,Kamato D,Little PJ,Zheng W,Osman N

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of the Class I anti-arrhythmic drugs quinidine, procainamide, lidocaine, phenytoin and tocainide on mitochondrial lactate dehydrogenase activity were compared in guinea-pig heart preparations. 2. All the tested drugs inhibited the enzyme activity in a concentration-dependent fashion, exhibiting varying ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Dzimiri N,Almotrefi AA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2X7 receptor is a ligand-gated purinergic receptor activated by extracellular ATP. The receptor is highly expressed in immune cells and in the brain, and, upon activation, the P2X7 receptor allows a cation flux, leading to the distinct activation of intracellular signalling pathways as the secretion of pro-inflam...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Guerra Martinez C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In an isolated right atrial preparation, an increase in right atrial pressure (RAP) produces an increase in atrial rate. This rate response is larger and occurs faster when there is background vagal or muscarinic stimulation. 2. We hypothesized that in the latter situation, an increase in RAP antagonizes the effect...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Han S,Wilson SJ,Bolter CP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR) is a reliable index of myocardial supply-workload balance. This study sought to investigate whether overweight/obese children and adolescents have altered SEVR and to identify which are the associated factors. This cross-sectional study involved 789 individuals. Central haemodynam...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zaniqueli D,Alvim RO,Baldo MP,Luiz SG,Cunha RS,Mill JG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study hypothesized that different types of anaesthesia management would result in similar postoperative sleep quality. In this prospective single-blind investigation, 219 patients undergoing elective thoracic surgery were randomized into three arms: general anaesthesia, as the control group (group C); general ana...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tan WF,Guo B,Ma H,Li XQ,Fang B,Lv HW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of dopamine (DA) in the hypotensive and renal effects of L-arginine during extracellular fluid volume expansion (10% bodyweight). 2. Animals were randomized to non-expanded and expanded groups. Both groups received different treatments: L-arginine (250 mg/kg,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Costa Mde L,Loria A,Marchetti M,Balaszczuk AM,Arranz CT

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present review describes the actions of sensory neuropeptides on the contractility of the rat and guinea-pig prostate gland and discusses the differences in sensitivity of the smooth muscle of the prostates taken from these species to these neuropeptides. 2. Nerve fibres immunoreactive for the tachykinins subst...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ventura S,Lau WA,Buljubasich S,Pennefather JN

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrast media are considered to cause acute kidney injury by activating various factors that induce renal vasoconstriction. We analysed the renal microvascular haemodynamic response using the Doppler flow wire method. Then changes in urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding protein levels following contrast medium admin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kurihara O,Seino Y,Shibata Y,Matsushita M,Komiyama H,Kato K,Murakami D,Munakata R,Takano M,Miyauchi Y,Hata N,Shimizu W

更新日期：2016-11-01 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. Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2), present in capsaicin-sensitive sensory neurons, induces gastric mucus secretion and mucosal cytoprotection. 2. We studied the possible cross-talk between PAR2 and vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1). The VR1 antagonist capsazepine partially inhibited the PAR2-mediated increase in gastri...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kawabata A,Kinoshita M,Kuroda R,Kakehi K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Glucuronidation is the major route of metabolism of dihydrocodeine (DHC) and accounts for 25-30% of an oral dose in urine. The kinetics of DHC-6-glucuronide formation in liver microsomes from five human donors and the effect of a number of potential inhibitor drugs were examined using a newly developed and validate...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kirkwood LC,Nation RL,Somogyi AA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The hepatic reticulo-endothelial cell population is generally assumed to increase in size, along with the liver, during ageing in rats. However, this has not been rigorously established. 2. Using electron microscopy and stereological techniques, the present study has shown that the volume densities of hepatocytes a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Martin G,Sewell RB,Yeomans ND,Smallwood RA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of endothelin-1 on the release of adrenal catecholamines was examined in anaesthetized dogs. 2. Splanchnic nerve stimulation (SNS) at 1 and 3 Hz was applied before and after the intravenous injection of endothelin-1. 3. Endothelin-1 (0.1 and 0.3 micrograms/kg) significantly enhanced the release of adrena...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Takeuchi A,Kimura T,Satoh S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00