Use of transgenic mouse models to understand the origins of familial pulmonary fibrosis.

abstract：:The IMiDs represent a new proprietary class of thalidomide analogues that possess greater potency and less toxicity than the parent compound. As a group, these agents share the pharmacologic property of modulating cellular response to ligand activation, the precise biologic effect of which is cell lineage and stimulan...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Kale V,List AF

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (also known as statins) are drugs active in the blockade of cholesterol synthesis and thus lowering cholesterol serum levels. Since their discovery, experimental evidence showed that statins strongly reduced atherogenesis and the risk of acute ischem...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Montecucco F,Quercioli A,Mirabelli-Badenier M,Viviani GL,Mach F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: CME-1 is a polysaccharide purified from the mycelia of medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinensis, its molecular weight was determined to be 27.6 kDa by using nuclear magnetic resonance and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The initiation of arterial thromboses is relevant to various cardiovascular diseases ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Chang YI,Hsu WH,Lu WJ,Jayakumar T,Liao JC,Lin MJ,Wang SH,Geraldine P,Lin KH,Sheu JR

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Signals relayed through G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) play pivotal roles in human physiology and are important drug targets. About 40% of all GPCRs couple to the heterotrimeric G protein Gq. Biochemical studies as well as crystallography have improved our understanding of GqPCRs and their downstream partners. Her...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Jalink K,Adjobo-Hermans MJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac Disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy, generally of the proximal intestine, that occurs in genetically susceptible individuals triggered by the ingestion of gluten. The incidence and frequency of CD are increasing, and it is predicted that CD affects approximately 1% of the people worldwide. The common...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Azimi T,Nasser A,Shariati A,Shiadeh SMJ,Safari H,Alizade-Sani M,Taghipour A,Dehghan A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses a considerable threat to tuberculosis control programmes in Nigeria. There is an increase in the prevalence of MDR-TB worldwide both among new tuberculosis cases as well as previously-treated ones. There is also a rise in transmission of resi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Oyedeji GJ,Adeyemo C,Dissou A,Abiodun T,Alli OAT,Onaolapo OJ,Onaolapo AY,Adesiji Y,Olowe OA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:RA is one of autoimmune diseases, has drawn great attention of the world. Currently, the anti- IL-1β monoclonal antibody Canakinumab (ACZ885) for treatment of RA has entered into clinical trials. However, Full length antibody has large molecular weight, and is difficult to penetrate the tissue or the nidus. I...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Li T,Xu L,Ren G,Yin C,Zhou B,Ye X,Li Q,Li N,Li D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide, the progress in reducing neonatal mortality has been very slow. The rate of preterm birth has increased over the last 20 years in low-income and middle-income countries. Its association with increased mortality and morbidity is based on experimental studies and neonatal outcomes from countries wit...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Muñoz-Pérez VM,Ortiz MI,Cariño-Cortés R,Fernández-Martínez E,Rocha-Zavaleta L,Bautista-Ávila M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy) is a worldwide illegally used amphetamine-derived designer drug known to be hepatotoxic to humans. Jaundice, hepatomegaly, centrilobular necrosis, hepatitis and fibrosis represent some of the adverse effects caused by MDMA in the liver. Although there is irrefutable ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Carvalho M,Pontes H,Remião F,Bastos ML,Carvalho F

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calendula officinalis of family Asteraceae, also known as marigold, has been widely used from time immemorial in Indian and Arabic cultures as an anti-inflammatory agent to treat minor skin wound and infections, burns, bee stings, sunburn and cancer. At a relatively high dose, calendula can lower blood pressure and ch...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Ray D,Mukherjee S,Falchi M,Bertelli A,Das DK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of VEGF signaling is an intense objective of pre-clinical and clinical studies in HCC disease with steadily increasing clinical application. Despite its emerging role, several aspects of anti-VEGF based treatments are poorly investigated, like the impact on tumor cells themselves, such as the effect on intrace...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Raskopf E,Vogt A,Decker G,Hirt S,Daskalow K,Cramer T,Standop J,Gonzalez-Carmona MA,Sauerbruch T,Schmitz V

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Bacteriophages are viruses, which are obligate parasites of specific bacteria for the completion of their lifecycle. Bacteriophages could be the possible alternative to antibioticresistant bacterial diseases. With this objective, extensive research in different fields is published which are discussed in this...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Adhikari N,Acharya KP

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:In recent years, many systems biology approaches have been used with various cancers. The materials described here can be used to build bases to discover novel cancer therapy targets in connection with computer-aided drug design (CADD). A deeper understanding of the mechanisms of cancer will provide more choices and c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wong YH,Chiu CC,Lin CL,Chen TS,Jheng BR,Lee YC,Chen J,Chen BS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cell lines are important host cells for the industrial production of pharmaceutical proteins owing to their capacity for correct folding, assembly and post-translational modification. In particular, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the most dependable host cells for the industrial production of therapeu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Omasa T,Onitsuka M,Kim WD

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic neural functions are important to regulate vital functions in the living body. There are different methods to evaluate indirectly and directly autonomic, sympathetic and parasympathetic, neural functions of human body. Among various methods, microneurography is a technique to evaluate directly sympathetic ne...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Mano T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease, cancer and other diseases. Thus, antioxidant strategies may be important in immune regulation and in limiting inflammation. Surprisingly, large clini...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Spychalowicz A,Wilk G,Śliwa T,Ludew D,Guzik TJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goals of this study were to observe how luteolin protects endothelial cells (ECs) from injury stimulated by Angiotensin II (Ang II), investigate the role of vascular endothelial dysfunction in vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration in vitro and investigate its primary mechanism of action....

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Ding H,Li D,Zhang Y,Zhang T,Zhu H,Xu T,Luo Y,Wang C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the work was to evaluate the effect of moderate physical exercise on the response of circulating phagocytes to the antineoplastic drug NSC 631570. METHODS:Eight healthy adult men aged 23 ± 2 years were recruited to participate in the study; NSC 631570 was administered i.v. in a single therapeutic ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Skivka LM,Fedorchuk OG,Susak YM,Susak MY,Malanchuk OM,Rudyk MP,Nowicky YW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants are rich in a wide variety of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial properties. Phytochemistry studies on the plants extracts in general, and on essential oils (EOs) in particular are focused on the isolation and identification of the components of complex mixtures, in order to determine structure - activity...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Saviuc CM,Drumea V,Olariu L,Chifiriuc MC,Bezirtzoglou E,Lazăr V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent technological advances in NMR methods and instrumentation are having a significant impact in structural biology. These innovations are also impacting pharmaceutical biotechnology as it is now possible to use NMR spectroscopy to rapidly characterize a growing number of prospective protein drugs and protein drug ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wishart D

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：: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：:Active or passive immunotherapy is expected to slow or stop the pathological process of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Immunotherapy for AD has demonstrated that targeting beta-amyloid (Aβ) or tau protein with vaccines or antibodies can reduce AD pathologies. Active anti-Aβ immunization for AD includes using AN1792 and sec...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Yang C,Xiao S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a molecular reprogramming that leads to an increased ability to migrate, which can promote invasion and metastasis. EMT can be initiated in response to the activity of signaling pathways such as Wnt as well as miRNAs. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Zmarzły N,Hermyt E,Kruszniewska-Rajs C,Gola J,Witek A,Mazurek U,Ostenda A,Boroń D

更新日期：2020-12-18 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：:Carbon nanotubes are nano sized cylindrical chicken wire like structures made of carbon atoms. Carbon nanotubes have applications in electronics, energy storage, electromagnetic devices, environmental remediation and in medicine as well. The biomedical applications of carbon nanotubes can be owed to features like low ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wani TU,Mohi-Ud-Din R,Wani TA,Hassan R,Itoo AM,Sheikh FA,Khan NA,Pottoo FH

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most surprising aspects of neural development is that cells do not remain in their birthplace but actively migrate along a variety of routes to their final destinations. This review traces past, present, and future techniques used to analyze progenitor cell migration in the brain, and also discusses their r...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Comte I,Tran PB,Szele FG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful and rapidly developing area of molecular imaging that is used to study and visualize human physiology by the detection of positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. Information about metabolism, receptor/enzyme function, and biochemical mechanisms in living tissue can be o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wu Z,Kandeel F

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00