Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like proteins in cardiac disease and protection.

abstract：:Trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) is a recently described condition which traditionally has been diagnosed by the common coagulation tests (CCTs) such as prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), platelet count, and fibrinogen levels. The varying sensitivit...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Walsh M,Fritz S,Hake D,Son M,Greve S,Jbara M,Chitta S,Fritz B,Miller A,Bader MK,McCollester J,Binz S,Liew-Spilger A,Thomas S,Crepinsek A,Shariff F,Ploplis V,Castellino FJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adenosine pathway is a powerful evolutionarily selected mechanism aimed at a fine modulation of inflammatory responses and protection of tissues from injuries. Adenosine exerts its modulatory effects via interaction with G protein-coupled receptors, designated as A(1), A(2A), A(2B) and A(3). In this regard, extrac...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Antonioli L,Colucci R,La Motta C,Tuccori M,Awwad O,Da Settimo F,Blandizzi C,Fornai M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral myocarditis is a cardiac disease caused by Group B Coxsackie virus of Enterovirus genus in the Picorna viridae family. It causes heart failure in children, young and adults. Ten Percent (10%) of acute heart failure and 12% of sudden deaths in young and adults who are less than 40 years is due to this viral myoca...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Daba TM,Zhao Y,Pan Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease diagnostic and management algorithms continue to rapidly evolve. This is partly driven by advanced radiologic techniques that provide objective, non-invasive evaluations. The realms of information provided by radiology and endoscopy continue to be intertwined. This has led to the question of...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Bruining DH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial respiratory infections are the main reason of morbidity and mortality among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. In early childhood, the respiratory infections are due to Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae. In older CF patients, pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria like Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Burkh...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Velikova N,Wells JM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of OA disease, NF-kappaB transcription factors can be triggered by a host of stress-related stimuli including pro-inflammatory cytokines, excessive mechanical stress and ECM degradation products. Activated NF-kappaB regulates the expression of many cytokines and chemokines, adhesion molecules, inflammat...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Marcu KB,Otero M,Olivotto E,Borzi RM,Goldring MB

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease characterized by bone micro-architecture degradation contributing to fragility fractures. Currently, determining bone mineral density (BMD) via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the most reliable form of diagnosing osteoporosis and managing pharmacological treat...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Kwon S,Wang AH,Sadowski CA,Yuksel N,Doschak MR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelia are the layers of cells that form barriers between external milieu and underlying tissues and thus, are important components of most organs of the body. Epithelial layers of organs, such as the lung, are exposed to various challenges resulting in frequent injury. Epithelial wound healing represents an import...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Allahverdian S,Patchell BJ,Dorscheid DR

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a risk factor for cancer development in several tissues. In the colorectum, inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) is a longstanding inflammatory disease with increased risk for colorectal cancer (CRC). Several molecular events involving in chronic inflammatory process cont...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Tanaka T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombus formation at a site of arterial injury (eg, rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque in a carotid artery), a crucial step in the pathogenesis of cerebral ischemia, is initiated by the adhesion of platelets to the arterial wall. In vivo, activated platelets release adenosine diphosphate (ADP), whose binding to the...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Giossi A,Pezzini A,Del Zotto E,Volonghi I,Costa P,Ferrari D,Padovani A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch signaling plays a key role in cell differentiation, survival, and proliferation through diverse mechanisms. Thus, alterations of the Notch signaling can lead to a variety of disorders including human malignancies. Of considerable interest, recent evidence indicates that there is a significant cross-talk betw...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Mo YY,Tang H,Miele L

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:The complexity of the central nervous system (CNS) exposes it to a number of different diseases, often caused by only small variations in gene sequence or expression level. Antisense oligonucleotides and RNA interference-mediated therapies hold great promise for the treatment of CNS diseases in which neurodegeneration...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Forte A,Cipollaro M,Cascino A,Galderisi U

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt signaling pathway has important functions in development, tissue homeostasis, and regeneration. Deregulation of canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling is frequently found in various human cancers, particularly in colorectal cancer, and non-canonical Wnt signaling pathways also have been implicated in neoplasia. ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Qi J,Zhu YQ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As early as 1940, Abraham and Chain described "an enzyme able to destroy penicillin". In the late 1940's, penicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were found to be a clinical problem. They produced a penicillinase that could hydrolyze the amide bond in the β-lactam ring. Later, an enzyme mediated by an R-...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Frère JM,Sauvage E,Kerff F

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:With the development of modern assisted reproductive technology(ART), the treatment of infertility and the pregnant outcome by ART have been significantly improved. However, implantation failure, particularly the unexplained repeated implantation failure (RIF), is still the unsolved and principal problem to affect the...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Li J,Liang X,Chen Z

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecularly targeting signaling pathways that are involved in the pathogenesis of hematopoietic malignancies may lead to more specific and efficacious therapies. Activation of the RAS signal transduction cascade is a common feature in the molecular pathogenesis of hematologic malignancies. A number of novel agents tar...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Morgan MA,Ganser A,Reuter CW

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical chronobiology deals with the way body's rhythm influences a person's health and disease states. To match body rhythms, deliberate alteration of drug concentration is done to optimize therapeutic outcomes and minimize size effects and this approach is known as Chronotherapeutics. In general the concept of homeo...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Das R,Mehta DK

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：: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：:A major focus has developed for the discovery of proregenerative and neuroprotective therapeutic agents to help the millions of Americans who receive a CNS injury annually. Tribulations have been encountered along the way due to the complicated set of pathways that are initiated post-injury. To target this complicated...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Yonutas HM,Sullivan PG

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), killing about two million people worldwide each year. An increase in the prevalence of drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis in the past decades has renewed focus on the development of new drugs that can...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Xiong X,Xu Z,Yang Z,Liu Y,Wang D,Dong M,Parker EJ,Zhu W

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：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：:Cancer cells produce high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that lead to a state of increased basal oxidative stress. Since this state of oxidative stress makes cancer cells vulnerable to agents that further augment ROS levels, the use of pro-oxidant agents is emerging as an exciting strategy to selectively targ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Martin-Cordero C,Leon-Gonzalez AJ,Calderon-Montano JM,Burgos-Moron E,Lopez-Lazaro M

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:One approach to identify new drugs with antimicrobial activities is to screen large libraries of molecules directly for their capacity to block the growth of bacterial or fungal monocultures. A more relevant way to assess both a product's efficacy and its potential cytotoxicity is undoubtedly to use an in vivo infecti...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Squiban B,Kurz CL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The plant milk thistle and silymarin has been traditionally used as a natural remedy for the treatment of various ailments including neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and cerebral ischemia for over 2000 years. OBJECTIVE:In this article we review the neuroprotective effects o...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Devi KP,Malar DS,Braidy N,Nabavi SM,Nabavi SF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00