Inflammation, serotonin and major depression.

abstract：:The hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels play an important role in the generation of pacemaker activity of cardiac sinoatrial node cells and immature cardiomyocytes. HCN channels are also present in adult atrial and ventricular cardiomyocytes, where the physiological role is currently und...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Sartiani L,Romanelli MN,Mugelli A,Cerbai E

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:According to international guidelines, treatment of cervical cancer (CC) consists of surgery in early stages and of chemoradiation in locally advanced disease. Metastatic disease is usually treated with palliative chemotherapeutic regimens, but cytostatic drugs present significant side effects and show limited activit...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Tomao F,Di Tucci C,Imperiale L,Boccia SM,Marchetti C,Palaia I,Muzii L,Panici PB

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is identified in approximately 25- 30% of breast cancers and indicates a poor prognosis. Trastuzumab, the anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody (mAb), has shown significant clinical effects selectively in HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer (MBC) w...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Huang Y,Fu P,Fan W

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among females worldwide. It signifies a shift from the previous decade during which the most common cause of cancer death was cervical cancer. Current treatment modalities, including surgery, radiotherapy, and adjuvant chemotherapy or hormone therapy, have not be...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Sinha D,Biswas J,Sung B,Aggarwal BB,Bishayee A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FOXO transcription factors control proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation and metabolic processes. Loss of FOXO function has been identified in several human cancers, and results in increased cellular survival and a predisposition to neoplasia, especially in epithelial cancer. FOXO factors are therefore bona fide t...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Monsalve M,Olmos Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It becomes increasingly evident that the SARS-CoV-2 infection is not limited to the respiratory system. In addition to being a target of the virus, the kidney also seems to have a substantial influence on the outcomes of the disease. METHODS:Data was obtained by a comprehensive and non-systematic search in ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Bitencourt L,Pedrosa AL,de Brito SBCS,Fróes ACF,de Carvalho ST,Fonseca GG,Ferreira GC,Fradico PF,Simões E Silva AC

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with anti-cancer agents in most cases ultimately results in apoptotic cell death of the target tumor cells. Unfortunately, tumor cells can develop multidrug resistance, e.g., by a reduced propensity to engage in apoptosis by which they become insensitive to multiple chemotherapeutics. Ceramide. the central m...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Kok JW,Sietsma H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipose tissue plays a role in the storage of excess energy as triglycerides (TGs). Excess fat accumulation causes various metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. It has been reported that ectopic fat deposition and excess TG accumulation in non-adipose tissue might be important predictors of cardiometabolic ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Kugo H,Moriyama T,Zaima N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV-1 transactivator Tat protein plays a key role in AIDS pathogenesis. Besides the Tat role as activator of HIV-1 transcription, it exerts several important functions on infected and uninfected cells. In fact, HIV-1 Tat is released by infected cells and is taken up by neighboring cells. In this way it regulates e...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Chiozzini C,Toschi E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombomodulin (TM) is a type 1 membrane bound glycoprotein that has a C-type lectin domain at its Nterminus, 6 copies of the epidermal growth factor-like (EGF) motif and serine/threonine rich domain carrying a glycosoaminoglycan external to the membrane. TM binds thrombin changing thrombin's substrate specificity fro...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Morser J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are chromene analogues abundantly found in plants. It is always of curiosity to discover natural flavonoid structures, since living things, including human, are routinely exposed to these compounds through many dietaries. Indeed, numerous studies conducted so far on flavonoids to display their diverse biolo...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Gulcan HO,Orhan IE

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past years, there was an explosion in the knowledge of the protein target and molecular mechanism associated with various disease types and in the new research of drugs of natural origin. The key idea is to evaluate bioactive natural products interacting with protein domains of different genetic origin but st...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Braca A,Dal Piaz F,Marzocco S,Autore G,Vassallo A,De Tommasi N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous opioid peptides have been studied extensively as potential therapeutics for the treatment of pain. The major problems of using natural opioid peptides as drug candidates are their poor receptor specificity, metabolic instability and inability to reach the brain after systemic administration. A lot of synthe...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Piekielna J,Perlikowska R,Gach K,Janecka A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become linked to inflammation and metal biology. Metals (copper, zinc and iron) and inflammatory cytokines are significant factors that increase the onset of sporadic late onset forms of the dementia. The genetic discovery that alleles in the hemochromatosis gene accelerate the onset of di...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Rogers JT,Lahiri DK

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infiltrating inflammatory cells into the kidney mediate the initiation and progression of damage by direct cytotoxicity, the secretion of soluble factors such as cytokines and proteases, or by the subsequent induction of further immune response. Before leukocytes can exert their effects on renal damage or repair, they...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Panzer U,Steinmetz OM,Stahl RA,Wolf G

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Oxysterols are pleiotropic messengers interacting with multiple receptor systems. One of the cognate receptors for oxysterols is EBI2, a G protein-coupled receptor highly expressed in the cells of the immune system. Here we discuss the receptor's role in the adapted immunity and inflammation as well as the receptor's ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Rutkowska A,Dev KK,Sailer AW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hedgehog signal transduction network is a critical regulator of metazoan development. Inappropriate activation of this network is implicated in several different cancers, including breast. Genetic evidence in mice as well as molecular biological studies in human cells clearly indicate that activated signaling can ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Visbal AP,Lewis MT

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is the most common pathology in many orthopedic diseases, such as: rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA) and other reasons caused osteolysis. The leading factor of inflammation was considered as the differentiation of monocyte and the polarization of macrophage. However, cytokines and different c...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Liu Y,Cao Y,Smith W,He B,Yan L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune-based inflammatory diseases involve immune related dysregulation in different sites of body, which includes rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, atherosclerosis, etc. Advancements in molecular research have facilitated investigation of their pathogenesis that is involved in infl...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Rahman M,Beg S,Verma A,Kazmi I,Patel DK,Anwar F,Al Abbasi FA,Kumar V

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At one time, atherosclerosis was thought to be a simple lipid storage disease. However, it is now recognized as a chronic and progressive inflammation of the arterial wall. Gene deletion experiments in murine models of atherosclerosis that reduce the inflammatory process also reduce disease severity. Identifying the i...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Curtiss LK,Tobias PS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytometabolites are functional elements derived from plants and most of them exhibit therapeutic characteristics such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. Phytometabolites exert their anti-cancer effect by targeting multiple signaling pathways. One of the remarkable phenomena targeted by phytom...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Hasanpourghadi M,Looi CY,Pandurangan AK,Sethi G,Wong WF,Mustafa MR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-1 (Gal1) was the first identified member of the galectin family of beta-galactosidase-binding proteins. Gal1 has important roles in processes fundamental to growth and survival of an organism, including cell adhesion, cell proliferation and apoptosis, and is expressed in many tissues, including the nervous sy...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Gaudet AD,Steeves JD,Tetzlaff W,Ramer MS

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:The aim of the present article is to review the indications, the monitoring and the complications of sedation in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU). In this setting, sedation is often an unwanted side effect of anaesthetic drugs that delay discharge, however it could be specifically indicated. Such indications incl...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： De Gaudio AR,Rinaldi S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Programmed cell death, commonly associated with the term apoptosis, is an integrated intracellular program that plays a critical role in lymphoid tissue homeostasis. Alterations in this highly regulated process is a common feature of most lymphoid malignancies, thus facilitating tumor escape from traditional chemother...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Saborit-Villarroya I,Roué G,López-Guerra M,Alonso R,Xargay-Torrent S,Rosich L,Colomer D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and mortality of malignant tumors are on the rise, which has become the second leading cause of death in the world. At present, anti-tumor drugs are one of the most common methods for treating cancer. In recent years, with the in-depth study of tumor biology and related disciplines, it has been gradually...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Wang S,Zhou D,Xu Z,Song J,Qian X,Lv X,Luan J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00