Potential options to treat hypertriglyceridaemia.

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. In developed countries, its mortality remains high, yet the prevalence has established owing to effective screening programs; however due to the westernization of lifestyle, the incidences in many other countries have increased. Although the treatmen...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Bartoszek A,Fichna J,Tarasiuk A,Binienda A,Fabisiak A,Krajewska JB,Mosińska P,Niewinna K,Salaga M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of databases devoted to biological information opened the possibility to integrate, query and analyze biological data obtained from several sources that otherwise would be scattered through the web. Several issues arise in the handling of biological information, mainly due to the diversity of biologica...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Timmers LF,Pauli I,Barcellos GB,Rocha KB,Caceres RA,de Azevedo WF Jr,Soares MB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal healing has been incorporated in the assessment of treatment efficacy in ulcerative colitis, but in Crohn's disease this concept has only emerged after biological therapies have been evaluated in clinical trials. Systemic steroids don't induce mucosal healing in Crohn's disease, but purine analogues and anti T...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： van Assche G,Vermeire S,Rutgeerts P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various herpes- and poxviruses contain DNA sequences encoding proteins with homology to cellular chemokine receptors, which belong to the family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Since GPCRs play a crucial role in cellular communication and chemokine receptors play a prominent role in the immune system, the vira...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Smit MJ,Vink C,Verzijl D,Casarosa P,Bruggeman CA,Leurs R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family C of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) from humans is constituted by eight metabotropic glutamate (mGlu(1-8)) receptors, two heterodimeric gamma-aminobutyric acid(B) (GABA(B)) receptors, a calcium-sensing receptor (CaR), three taste (T1R) receptors, a promiscuous L-alpha-amino acid receptor (GPRC6A), and five...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Bräuner-Osborne H,Wellendorph P,Jensen AA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five programmed death-1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors are currently approved for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and the upper urinary tract. Following the FDA and EMA restrictions of first-line treatment with Atezolizumab and Pembrolizumab in platinum...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Gevaert T,Cimadamore A,Montironi R,Eckstein M

更新日期：2020-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelium plays an important role in health and disease. Endothelial dysfunction contributes to sepsis pathophysiology. An important goal is to develop novel therapies that reverse endothelial dysfunction in sepsis. This review will consider the role of the endothelium in sepsis and will highlight its untapped t...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Aird WC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine is one of the most abused substances worldwide and can cause several harmful effects on health. One of the harmful effects, which is often ignored, is osteoporosis. Smoking has been shown to cause a decrease in bone mineral density in humans. Animal studies have proven that nicotine exerts negative effects on...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Mohamed N,Muhammad N,Shuid AN,Soelaiman IN

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticancer peptide (ACP) is a kind of small peptides that can kill cancer cells without damaging normal cells. In recent years, ACP has been pre-clinically used for cancer treatment. Therefore, accurate identification of ACPs will promote their clinical applications. In contrast to labor-intensive experimental techniq...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Feng P,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomedical science is currently undergoing an epoch-marking transition from its classical phase to the post-genome era. The outstanding success of world-wide genome sequencing efforts, evidenced by the recent publication of the draft of the human genome, together with the completion of several genomes of eukaryotic mo...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Nagl SB

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature provides science and society with a virtually unlimited supply of structurally diverse and biologically active molecules; the natural products. While some are directly useful in commercial applications, others are valuable for studying and understanding biological phenomena at the molecular level. An example is...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Nilsson J,Sterner O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) is an inducible enzyme involved in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin and other eicosanoids. Molecular pathology studies have revealed that Cox-2 is over-expressed in cancer and stroma cells during tumor progression, and anti-cancer chemo-radiotherapies induce expression of Co...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Khan Z,Khan N,Tiwari RP,Sah NK,Prasad GB,Bisen PS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baculoviruses have adapted novel tactics to transcribe their genes during the late stages of replication. These include a DNA-directed RNA polymerase which is evolutionarily divergent from cellular polymerases. The viral RNA polymerase is a multisubunit and multifunctional RNA polymerase that has the ability to recogn...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Passarelli AL,Guarino LA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) metabolizes heme to generate carbon monoxide (CO), biliverdin, and iron. Biliverdin is subsequently metabolized to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase. HO-1 has recently emerged as a promising therapeutic target in the treatment of vascular disease. Pharmacological induction or gene transfer of H...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Durante W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the most common and second most lethal cancer in men. The majority of prostate cancers are histologically similar to acinar adenocarcinomas and rely on androgen-dependent signaling for their development and progression. Androgen deprivation therapy is a mainstay of treatment regimens and we discuss ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Fisher KW,Montironi R,Lopez Beltran A,Moch H,Wang L,Scarpelli M,Williamson SR,Koch MO,Cheng L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to interfere with the initiation and promotion of breast and other cancers by endocrine manipulation are not new. It is of obvious benefit to cancer patients to administer substances that combine minimal general toxicity with maximal oestrogen inhibition. Raloxifene is a relatively recent addition to a group o...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Kellen JA

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival are regulated by a number of extracellular hormones, growth factors, and cytokines in complex organisms. The transduction of the signals by these factors from the outside to the nucleus often requires the presence of small intracellular proteins (i.e. ras and other sma...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Caraglia M,Budillon A,Tagliaferri P,Marra M,Abbruzzese A,Caponigro F

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by a combination of clinical features consisted of thrombotic or pregnancy-related events and autoimmune antiphospholipid antibodies. In the 1998 International Consensus Preliminary Criteria, APS is defined by the concomitant presence of these clinical features and labo...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Nishiguchi T,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is becoming the major health issue in recent human history with thousands of deaths and millions of cases worldwide. Newer research and old experience with other corona-viruses highlighted a probable underlying mechanism of disturbance of the renin-angiotensin system (...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Vieira C,Nery L,Martins L,Jabour L,Dias R,Simões E Silva AC

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Saponins are plant glycosides that consist of a steroid, steroid alkaloid or triterpenoid aglycone and one or more sugar chains that are covalently linked by glycosidic binding to the aglycone. Glucose, galactose, glucuronic acid, xylose and rhamnose are commonly bound monosaccharides. Saponins are found in all organs...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Fuchs H,Bachran D,Panjideh H,Schellmann N,Weng A,Melzig MF,Sutherland M,Bachran C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memories associated with substance use disorders, or substance-associated cues increase the likelihood of craving and relapse during abstinence. There is a growing consensus that manipulation of synaptic plasticity may reduce the strength of substance abuse-related memories. On the biological front, there are new insi...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Mohamed RMP,Kumar J,Yap E,Mohamed IN,Sidi H,Adam RL,Das S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicinal plants and mushrooms have alwaysfascinated the world as an attractive source of natural compounds for cancer therapy. From ancient times, they have been valued as gourmet food and folk medicine in Oriental practice. For over 40 years, world has witnessed the overwhelming interest of western scientific frater...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Varghese R,Dalvi YB

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes, which has dramatically increased during the last decade normally results from a combination of pancreatic beta cell dysfunction and insulin resistance. One of the most recent risk factors identified for type 2 diabetes is a sub-optimal fetal and neonatal environment. Numerous human epidemiological stu...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Reusens B,Ozanne SE,Remacle C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Because stroke is a multifactorial disease with a short therapeutic window many clinical stroke trials have failed and the only currently approved therapy is thrombolysis. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are endogenously expressed noncoding short single-stranded...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Ouyang YB,Stary CM,Yang GY,Giffard R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of proteases to developmental, physiological and pathological processes has been well accepted. Cleavage of matrix proteins is a key requirement for cell migration and remodeling of the extracellular environment. The constant process of matrix turnover is dependent on the delicate balance between degr...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Iruela-Arispe ML

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the skin has emerged as a potential alternative route for non-invasive delivery of vaccine. It has been recognized as a highly immune-reactive tissue containing an abundance of antigen presenting cells, especially within the epidermis. Transcutaneous immunization, introduction of antigen through topical appl...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Gupta PN,Vyas SP

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While breast cancer (BC) is commonest malignancy among female with highest death rate, male breast cancer (MBC) is very rare but exhibits highest cancer specific death in men and the incidences of MBCs are rising rapidly. Due to rarity of the disease, no detail information about biomarkers and drug targets available a...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Barh D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen and androgen receptor (AR) play a critical role in the development of prostate cancer. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has become the therapeutic mainstay for patients with metastatic prostate cancer. ADT can reduce the serum testosterone level from the normal range between 500 and 600 ng/dl to the castrat...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Hara N,Nishiyama T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) is widely used for assessing vitamin D status. There has been a dramatic increase in 25-OHD requests over recent years prompting many laboratories to consider the use of automated immunoassays. To achieve higher throughput, these methods have abandoned the traditional solven...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Carter GD

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human proteins are subjected to more than 200 known post-translational modifications (PTMs) (e.g., phosphorylation, glycosylation, ubiquitination, S-nitrosylation, methylation, Nacetylation, and citrullination) and these PTMs can alter protein structure and function with consequent effects on the multitude of pathways...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Witalison EE,Thompson PR,Hofseth LJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00