GqPCR-mediated signalling in the spotlight: from visualization towards dissection and quantification.

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), a form of adult stem cells, are known to have a self-renewing property and the potential to specialize into a multitude of cells and tissues such as adipocytes, cartilage cells, and fibroblasts. MSCs can migrate and home to the desired target zone where inflammation is present. The uniqu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Saeedi M,Nezhad MS,Mehranfar F,Golpour M,Esakandari MA,Rashmeie Z,Ghorbani M,Nasimi F,Hoseinian SN

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Elaborate repair pathways counteract the deleterious effects of DNA damage by mechanisms that are understood in reasonable detail. In contrast, repair of damaged RNA has not been widely explored. This may be because aberrant RNAs are generally assumed to be degraded rather than repaired. The reason for this view is we...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Feyzi E,Sundheim O,Westbye MP,Aas PA,Vågbø CB,Otterlei M,Slupphaug G,Krokan HE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Three clones of Cabernet Franc (Nos. 02, 010 and 012) were selected in the last phase of clonal selection in Serbia. Wines made from each clone were assessed for quality parameters and taste during five consecutive vintages (2008-2012) and compared to the standard. The wine quality was determined based on th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Popovic-Djordjevic J,Pejin B,Dramicanin A,Jovic S,Vujovic D,Zunic D,Ristic R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 80% of all cancers are caused by solid malignancies. More than 90% of these tumours are of epithelial origin. The main principles in tumour treatment are surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or combinations of these. Complete surgical removal of the tumour is the most effective therapy for solid malignancies....

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Mauerer R,Gruber R

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-β isoforms (TGF-β1, -β2, and -β3) are secreted signaling ligands that stimulate the expression of protein components of the extracellular matrix, regulate the growth and differentiation of epithelial cells, modulate immune cell function, and play roles in the development of several essential organs, including the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Hinck AP,O'Connor-McCourt MD

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review article is to describe the history of photodynamic therapy (PDT), its current medical applications, the mechanism of action, contraindications of the method, and different types of photosensitizers used. The second part of the article deals with applications for gastrointestinal diseases. Th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wiedmann MW,Caca K

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to 25% of diabetic patients will develop a diabetic foot ulcer. Chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers often fail to heal with conventional therapies. In recent years, it has been identified that chronic wounds are usually associated with elevated level of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Doxycyclin...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Xu DH,Zhu Z,Fang Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is widely used to promote tissue repair and accelerate osteogenesis, but there is no agreement about its mechanism of action. We characterized the modulatory effect of PRP on the in vitro osteoblast model SaOS-2, by using cell motility/chemoattraction and osteogenesis/mineralization assays, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Martinotti S,Mazzucco L,Balbo V,Patrone M,Mozzati M,Ranzato E,Burlando B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using gene knockout mice of particular genes is one of the most effective methods in conducting successful study on the mode of action of target gene products in targeted organs. So called the knockout technology is now a powerful tool that can lead us to find clear understanding on difficult questions such as the eff...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Miyamoto N,Namiki K,Tokuhara N,Uesugi M,Takahashi E,Kuromitsu J,Kasuya Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most challenging and fruitful biomedical research endeavor of this decade will be the mapping of cell signaling systems and establishing their linkages to normal and disease-related processes. Amongst other things, the Human Genome Sequencing Project has greatly facilitated MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry identificati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Pelech S

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:The metastatic cascade and colonization remains a major challenge in clinical therapeutics. The formation of metastasis has many rate limiting steps. The expression of metastases initiation genes in primary tumors is driven by the need for cell motility, invasiveness, handling the shear stress in the vasculature and l...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Gueron G,De Siervi A,Vazquez E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes microbial transformation studies of natural drugs, its importance in correlating them with the corresponding metabolism (biotransformation) in animal system and in the structural modification of complex drug molecules, which are difficult to obtain synthetically. Emphasis is laid on the potential...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Venisetty RK,Ciddi V

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recently, spinel structures (AB2O4) nanoparticles (NPs) having binary and ternary mixtures of metal oxides were established as promising redox catalysts. Due to the presence of two mixed valence metal cations transport of electrons takes place easily between multiple transition-metal cations with relatively ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Patel AR,Sereda G,Banerjee S

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitrate and nitrite can get into the body through the consumption of contaminated water either directly or indirectly. The accumulation of these compounds in the body, in the long run, leads to health problems, for example, digestive disorders, cancers, and even death threats in children. The aim of this rev...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Marhamati M,Afshari A,Kiani B,Jannat B,Hashemi M

更新日期：2020-12-03 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：:Understanding and consequently treating neuropathic pain effectively is a challenge for modern medicine, as unlike inflammation, which can be controlled relatively well, chronic pain due to nerve injury is refractory to most current therapeutics. Here we define a target pathway for a new class of analgesics, tetrahydr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Latremoliere A,Costigan M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylitol is an important polyalcohol suitable for use in odontological, medical and pharmaceutical products and as an additive in food. The first studies on the efficacy of xylitol in the control and treatment of infections started in the late 1970s and it is still applied for this purpose, with safety and very little ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Ferreira AS,Silva-Paes-Leme AF,Raposo NR,da Silva SS

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：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

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the third cause of cancer-related death. Because HCC is multi-centric with time, excluding the few transplanted patients, sooner or later it becomes untreatable with loco-regional therapies and, until some years ago, it was not responsive to systemic therapies. In 2005 a rando...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Livraghi T,Ceriani R,Palmisano A,Pedicini V,Pich MG,Tommasini MA,Torzilli G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a leading causative agent in sepsis, endocarditis, and pneumonia. An emerging concept is that prognosis worsens when the infecting S. aureus strain has the capacity to not only colonize tissue as an extracellular pathogen, but to invade host cells and establish intracellular bacterial populati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Cordero D,Fullenkamp CR,Pelly RR,Reed KM,Caffo LM,Zahrt AN,Newman M,Komanapalli S,Niemeier EM,Bishop DL,Bruns HA,Haynes MK,Sklar LA,Sammelson RE,McDowell SA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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：:There is a growing trend of herbal medicines in India as well as other parts of the world. The use of herbal medicines alone or alongside prescription drugs for disease management is quite common now. We hereby carry out a review of dominant species of Selinum mainly S. vaginatum C.B. Clarke and S. wallichianum (DC.) ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Srivastava RP,Dixit P,Singh L,Verma PC,Saxena G

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：: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：:Several of the 28 mammalian transient receptor potential (TRP) channel subunits are expressed throughout the alimentary canal where they play important roles in taste, chemo- and mechanosensation, thermoregulation, pain and hyperalgesia, mucosal function and homeostasis, control of motility by neurons, interstitial ce...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Holzer P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanogenesis is simply defined as production of melanin in melanosomes by melanocytes through a complex process. Melanin, a pigment derived from L-tyrosine, comes into two forms, namely eumelanin (brownish to black) and pheomelanin (red to yellow). Melanin synthesis starts via the hydroxylation of L-tyrosine to L-3,4...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Orhan IE,Deniz FSS

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00