The utilization of gene targeting models during in preclinical study of drug discovery process--example of phenotypic and functional analysis of Cacna1beta gene product.

abstract：:Over the last 50 years, evidence for central involvement of glutamatergic neurotransmission in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia has accumulated. Recent advances in neuroimaging technology now allow several components of glutamatergic neurotransmission to be assessed in the living human brain. Positron emission tom...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Egerton A,Stone JM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioethical and juridical debate on the status of frozen embryos sometimes adds new issues arising from new scientific evidence or by accidental occurrences that bring to the attention of the scientific community the need for new practical solutions. Within this scenario, there have been, in recent years, episodes ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Busardò FP,Vergallo GM,Turillazzi E,Bolino G,Vullo A,Frati P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to determine the regulation of apoptosis by paclitaxel-induced and understand cancer dynamics to treatment targets for HeLa cells by identifying decrease/increase genes expression on HeLa cells. In this study, the anti-tumor effects of Paclitaxel (PAC) on HeLa cells have been studied in order to determine the c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Serbes U,Ozsoylemez OD,Ozcan G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor type that starts in bone and occurs most frequently in adolescents. Traditional techniques are insufficient, especially for metastatic ones. As alternative treatment techniques, natural products are worthy to examine due to being safe and innovative. Essential polyunsaturate...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Sahin D

更新日期：2020-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Candida species is the common cause of opportunistic fungal infections all over the world with increased mortality and morbidity especially in immunosuppressed patients. Fluconazole is the first line therapy for candidiasis. The antifungal resistance pattern in high-risk patients is a major concern. The present st...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Paul S,Mohanram K,Kannan I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data obtained through high-throughput technologies have gradually revealed that a unique stratified epithelial architecture of human skin along with the antioxidant-response pathways provided vital defensive mechanisms against UV radiation. However, it is noteworthy that skin is a major target for toxic insult by UV r...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Farooqi AA,Li RN,Huang HW,Ismail M,Yuan SS,Wang HM,Liu JR,Tang JY,Chang HW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:L2-based Human Papillomavirus (HPV) prophylactic vaccines, containing epitopes from HPV minor capsid proteins, are under investigation as second-generation HPV vaccines. No such vaccine has passed clinical trials yet, mainly due to the low immunogenicity of peptide vaccines; so efforts are being continued. A...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Negahdaripour M,Nezafat N,Heidari R,Erfani N,Hajighahramani N,Ghoshoon MB,Shoolian E,Rahbar MR,Najafipour S,Dehshahri A,Morowvat MH,Ghasemi Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spirulina, a filamentous cyanobacterium, possesses diverse biological activities and nutritional significance due to high concentration of natural nutrients, having bio-modulatory and immuno-modulatory functions. Different Spirulina preparations influence immune system viz. increase phagocytic activity of macrophages,...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Khan Z,Bhadouria P,Bisen PS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charged-hydrophobic mixed mode chromatography methods have been applied to antibody purification for decades and have focused more recently on the specific task of aggregate removal. They exploit various combinations of alkyl and aromatic hydrophobic groups with positively and/or negatively charged residues. Charge an...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Gagnon P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribotoxins constitute a family of toxic extracellular fungal RNases that exert a highly specific activity on a conserved region of the larger molecule of rRNA, known as the sarcin-ricin loop. This cleavage of a single phosphodiester bond inactivates the ribosome and leads to protein synthesis inhibition and cell death...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Carreras-Sangrà N,Alvarez-García E,Herrero-Galán E,Tomé J,Lacadena J,Alegre-Cebollada J,Oñaderra M,Gavilanes JG,Martínez-Del-Pozo A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the improvements in living standards, height is getting more attention. Malnutrition is one of the main causes of children's short stature, therefore nutritional intervention in adolescence is the key to prevent short stature. The peptides from Antarctic krill (AKPs), the ideal protein model, act in bon...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Dai Y,Li Z,Fu M,Li Y,Xue C,Wang J

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most common complications of polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). It is always progressive and does not respond to conventional immunosuppressive agent treatment. Biologics are commonly used in treatment of rheumatic diseases. They are also used in polymyositis and ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Sun Y,He Y,Liu Y,Shi G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This mini-review describes how single-molecule sensitive fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and photoinduced electron transfer (PET) reactions can be successfully applied to monitor conformational dynamics in biopolymers. Single-pair FRET experiments are ideally suited to study conformational dynamics occur...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Neuweiler H,Sauer M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, a range of dental products have appeared which make advertising claims around preventing mineral loss or repairing mineral loss. This review examines the requirements for effective protection of tooth structure, and the evidence around technologies now available for preventing tooth structure loss ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Walsh LJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical applications of ultrasound were first investigated about seventy years ago. It has rapidly evolved since then, becoming an essential tool in medical imaging. Ultrasound ability to provide real time images with frame rates exceeding several hundred frames per second allows one to view rapid anatomical changes a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Azhari H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elaboration of the structure of TRPV1 and its functional relationship with channel activity is a work in progress, with much remaining to be done before the structure-function relationship of TRPV1 is comprehensively elicited. The result is that the present state of knowledge can reasonably be described as a patch-wor...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Urban L,White JP,Nagy I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cationic peptides with antimicrobial properties have been isolated from bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. These peptides vary in molecular size, potency and spectra of activities. This report surveyed the literature to highlight the peptides that have antifungal activity and greatest potential for development...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Desbois AP,Tschörner D,Coote PJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and accounts for approximately 8 million deaths per year worldwide. Although there is an increasing number of therapeutic options available for patients with cancer, their efficacy is time-limited and non-curative. Approximately 50-60% cancer patients i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Gutheil WG,Reed G,Ray A,Anant S,Dhar A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ivermectin is a broad spectrum antiparasitic veterinary drug introduced in human medicine in 1987. It is considered the drug of choice in onchocerciasis and strongyloidiasis infections, and remains as a therapeutic option for mass treatment in lymphatic filariasis, for which it has widely proved its efficacy. While re...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： González P,González FA,Ueno K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has shown that the endogenous gas hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a signalling molecule of considerable biological potential and has been suggested to be involved in a vast number of physiological processes. In the vascular system, H2S is synthesized from cysteine by cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE) in smooth mu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Skovgaard N,Gouliaev A,Aalling M,Simonsen U

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are a diverse groups of lymphoid neoplasms that collectively rank fifth in cancer incidence and mortality. Conventional treatment for patients with newly-diagnosed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) includes radiation or chemotherapy. In addition, those with asymptomatic low-grade disease may fol...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Multani P,White CA,Grillo-López A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frequent administrations for DPPIV-resistant GLP-1 analogs are necessary to maintain the blood concentrations due to the short half-life of less than 5 minutes. However, most delivery systems that possess the ability of sustainable release of GLP-1 have drawbacks such as low yield, high cost and undesirable s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Fan L,Fan Y,Fan H,Huang K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present limitations related to the ocular administration of antifungal drugs for the treatment of fungal keratitis include poor ocular bioavailability, limited retention time, and low ocular tissues penetration. METHODS:This study aimed to prepare a novel ophthalmic voriconazole-loaded nanosuspension ba...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Qin T,Dai Z,Xu X,Zhang Z,You X,Sun H,Liu M,Zhu H

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pentoxifylline (PTX) is a drug commonly used in the treatment of intermittent claudication. However, numerous research groups report that PTX also may potentially be used in the anticancer therapy following one of the main trends in the nowadays medicine - combined anticancer therapy. SCOPE OF REVIEW:The re...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Golunski G,Woziwodzka A,Piosik J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenols are a widely distributed group of natural products found in fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, stems and flowers. Such compounds, especially dietary flavonoids and tannins, have been shown to exert antioxidant, antiinflammatory, anti-cancer and antibacterial effects and may have beneficial effects on human h...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Coppo E,Marchese A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary liver cancer with high mortality. Paeoniflorin is a pinane monoterpene picroside with anti-tumor effect isolated from Chinese peony root and white peony root. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the underlying mechanism of paeoniflorin (PF) regulating hepatocellular carcinom...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Zhou Y,Liu X,Gao Y,Tan R,Wu Z,Zhong Q,Zeng F

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Powdery drugs such as cocaine and heroin are frequently adulterated or diluted predominantly to obtain more doses and to increase the drug dealer's profits, but also to enhance, to modify or to oppose drug effects. The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the recent scientific literature on medici...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Solimini R,Rotolo MC,Pellegrini M,Minutillo A,Pacifici R,Busardò FP,Zaami S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Blum K,Baron D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncogene-driven proliferative signaling in tumor cells requires comprehensive upregulation of cellular energy metabolism and macromolecule syntheses. These alterations are now known to include not only upregulated glycolysis, but also increased fatty acid metabolism, glutaminolysis, deregulated mitochondrial function ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Shoshan MC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Connexin (Cx) proteins are the building blocks of gap junctions. Among these, Cx37 and Cx40 are expressed on vascular system and reported to have cardioprotective role. Linking polymorphisms in genes coding for Cx and coronary artery disease (CAD) risk showed conflicting results in different populations. Non...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： El Tahry FA,Hashad IM,Abdel Rahman MF,Gad MZ

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00