Personalized medicine: potential, barriers and contemporary issues.

abstract：:Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NAT) are xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes responsible for the acetylation of many aromatic arylamine and heterocyclic amines, thereby playing an important role in both detoxification and activation of numerous drugs and carcinogens. Two closely related isoforms (NAT1 and NAT2) have been ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Rodrigues-Lima F,Dairou J,Dupret JM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early understanding of the metabolic pathway and potential interaction of new drug candidates with other drugs is one of the goals of preclinical studies in the drug discovery process. Although other body organs are involved in drug biotransformation, the liver is the predominant organ of metabolism for a wide range o...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Fasinu P,Bouic PJ,Rosenkranz B

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer is the third important cause of cancer-associated deaths across the world. Hence, there is an urgent need for understanding the complete mechanism associated with colorectal cancer, which in turn can be utilized toward early detection as well as the treatment of colorectal cancer in humans....

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Gupta MK,Vadde R,Sarojamma V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the biological and analytical sciences have led to unprecedented interest in the discovery and quantitation of endogenous molecules that serve as indicators of drug safety, mechanism of action, efficacy, and disease state progression. By allowing for improved decision-making, these indicators, refer...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Ackermann BL,Hale JE,Duffin KL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is involved in MDR and in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease (PD), Alzheimer disease (AD) and epilepsy. Cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP450s) catalyze the metabolism of a wide variety of endogenous and exogenous compounds including xenobiotics, drugs, environmental toxins, steroids...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Inglese C,Perrone MG,Berardi F,Perrone R,Colabufo NA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecules exist as three dimensional structures. Therefore they can exist in symmetrical and asymmetrical forms. Molecules with an asymmetric centre are chiral. If the molecule and its mirror image are non-superimposable, the relationship between the two molecules is enantiomeric and the two stereoisomers are enantiom...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Landoni MF,Soraci A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last few years, the use of modified Carbon Nanomaterials (CNMs) for theranostics (therapeutic and diagnosis) applications is a new and rapidly growing area in pharmacy and medical fields. Owing to this, their specific physicochemical behaviors like high stability, drug loading, surface area to volume ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Gupta N,Rai DB,Jangid AK,Kulhari H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the recent decades, the use of herbal products has been rapidly growing in the Western countries. While their use in many cases causes adverse effects, to date, safety issues of herbal products have not been adequately addressed. It is rarely determined whether the non-purported bioactive constituents in the herbs ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Li N,Xia Q,Ruan J,Fu PP,Lin G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the introduction of newer drugs, the atypical antipsychotic clozapine remains the most effective drug in psychotic patients who are resistant to treatment with conventional agents. Optimal therapeutic responses to clozapine have been reported with serum concentrations between 350 microg/L and 1000 microg/L. Cl...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Chetty M,Murray M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently the major research highlights of bioengineering and medical technology are directed towards development of improved diagnostic techniques to screen complex diseases. Screening requirements are to identify the cause of illnesses, monitor improvement or progression of the state of diseases such as cancer, card...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Savaliya R,Shah D,Singh R,Kumar A,Shanker R,Dhawan A,Singh S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of in vitro inhibition and induction of the cytochrome P450 enzymes of the liver is a critical part of the drug discovery and development process in order to ensure that two or more drugs can be safely coadministered without alterations in exposure. Early assessment of potential candidates using high th...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Walsky RL,Boldt SE

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several clinically useful endoperoxides, mainly artemisinin derivatives available in market for the treatment of malaria. These are highly potent drugs, with fastest parasite reduction ratio, broadest parasite stage specificity and effectiveness against all species of plasmodium in human. Endoperoxides are c...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Gautam A,Ahmed T,Batra V,Paliwal J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transporters for organic anions and organic cations in kidney, liver, intestine, brain, and placenta play essential roles in drug disposition. The cloning and characterization of these transporters have significantly advanced our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the drug disposition process. T...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： You G

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) is one of the most vulnerable bird species in the world. Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi and considered naturally unavoidable contaminants in animal feed. Our recent survey indicated that the mycotoxins had the potential to contaminate redc...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Liu D,Wu Q,Liu H,Lu C,Gu C,Kuca K,Wu W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane transporters play an important role in intestinal absorption, distribution and clearance of drugs. Additionally transporters along with enzymes regulate tissue exposures (e.g. liver, kidney and brain), which are important for safety and efficacy considerations. Early identification of transporters involved gu...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Taskar KS,Harada I,Alluri RV

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation has become an established and successful therapy. Rejections and infections are the principal immune-related complications in the post-transplant course. A reliable and early diagnosis is necessary to prevent graft failure and patient morbidity. Despite the immunologic nature of these complications the...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Grebe SO,Mueller TF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo hepatic clearance of tanshinone IIA in the rat was predicted using microsome, cytosol and S9 fractions combined with two different cofactor systems, NADPH-regenerating and UDPGA system. Two different models, the well stirred model and the parallel-tube model, were used in predicting the in vivo clearance i...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Li P,Wang GJ,Li J,Zhang Q,Liu X,Khlentzos A,Roberts MS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Because of the high affinity of these animal neurotoxin proteins for some special target site, they were usually used as pharmacological tools and therapeutic agents in medicine to gain deep insights into the function of the nervous system. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The animal neurotoxin proteins are one of the mo...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Yu Y,Wang S,Wang Y,Cao Y,Yu C,Pan Y,Su D,Lu Q,Zuo Y,Yang L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accompanying with hot discussions on developing multi-target drugs for the therapy of multi-gene diseases, herbal medicines are receiving more and more attention worldwide in both academic and industrial fields. Pharmacokinetic and metabolic research is one of the important issues for intensive understanding of therap...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Wu L,Hao H,Wang G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicogenomics is defined as an integration of genomics (transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics) and toxicology. It is a scientific field that studies how the genome is involved in responses to environmental stressors and toxicants. It combines studies of mRNA expression, cell and tissue-wide protein expression ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Gomase VS,Tagore S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of ischemic nephropathy due to atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis has become increasingly conservative in the modern era, with current guidelines recommending optimized medical therapy as the initial step. The doubts raised by the recently published trials of revascularization strategies ha...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Rivoli L,Di Mario F,Coppolino G,Gigante A,Barbano B,Farrah TE,Rosato E,Fuiano G,Cianci R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methotrexate (MTX) is a folate analogue with high therapeutic efficiency in the treatment of cancers and autoimmune diseases. The efficacy and toxicity of MTX may be altered by genetic polymorphisms in genes involved in MTX metabolic pathway. Personalized pharmacotherapy based on gene polymorphisms enables a...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Cao M,Guo M,Wu DQ,Meng L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined treatment with anticonvulsant and antidepressant drugs is reported in both neurologic and psychiatric practice; it is, therefore, evident that the issue of managing such type of polytherapy is frequently encountered by clinicians. To review current literature on pharmacokinetic interactions between antico...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Mula M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical application of nanotechnology is termed as Nanomedicine and is widely used in healthcare industries. Nanotechnology has helped Physicians, Scientists and Technologists to understand the changes in cellular levels to develop nanomedicines and address the challenges faced by the healthcare sectors. Nan...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Ravindran S,Suthar JK,Rokade R,Deshpande P,Singh P,Pratinidhi A,Khambadkhar R,Utekar S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the empirical methods of quantitative microdialysis that have been used to interpret the results obtained from pharmacokinetic studies. The concept of extraction efficiency or recovery and the properties of recovery in vivo (variation with flow rate, time dependency and influence of the mode of admi...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Cano-Cebrián MJ,Zornoza T,Polache A,Granero L

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of culture duration on the gene expression of P450 isoforms, uptake transporters and efflux transporters in human hepatocyte cultured in the absence and presence of the prototypical proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6). Primary collagen-matrigel sandwi...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Yang Q,Doshi U,Li N,Li AP

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical activities of plant flavonoids and stilbenoids point to many health-related applications, hampered however by a low bioavailability associated with rapid metabolic modification. A possible approach to overcome this obstacle is the development of prodrugs. In this review we provide some background infor...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Biasutto L,Zoratti M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part I of this article published in the previous issue of Current Drug Metabolism discussed the substrate specificity, inhibitor selectivity and structure-activity relationship (SAR) of human CYP2C9. The features of CYP2C9 pharmacophore and SAR models have been elaborated. Part II of this article will address the homo...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Mo SL,Zhou ZW,Yang LP,Wei MQ,Zhou SF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid (AA) is metabolized by enzymes of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 4A and CYP4F subfamilies to 20- hydroxyeicosatetraeonic acid (20-HETE), which plays an important role in the cardiovascular system. In the current work, we reviewed the formation of 20-HETE in different species by different CYPs; 20-HETE meta...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Elshenawy OH,Anwar-Mohamed A,El-Kadi AO

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nanoparticles (NPs) are being used extensively owing to their increased surface area, targeted delivery and enhanced retention. NPs have the potential to be used in many disease conditions. Despite widespread use, their toxicity and clinical safety still remain a major concern. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Malaviya P,Shukal D,Vasavada AR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00