Herb-Drug Interactions and Hepatotoxicity.

abstract：:Modern biologics are biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals. They are mostly used for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of serious and chronic diseases. Today, therapeutic biologics range from traditional biologics like blood and blood components, fractionated blood products, and antitoxins to modern biologics such a...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Baumann A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it was found that mutations in the binding cavity of drug-metabolizing Cytochrome P450 BM3 mutants can result in major changes in regioselectivity in testosterone (TES) hydroxylation. In the current work, we report the intrinsic reactivity of TES' C-H bonds and our attempts to rationalize experimentally obse...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： de Beer SB,van Bergen LA,Keijzer K,Rea V,Venkataraman H,Guerra CF,Bickelhaupt FM,Vermeulen NP,Commandeur JN,Geerke DP

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Bioequivalence studies are a vital part of drug development. The average bioequivalence approach is the standard method of assessment to conclude whether the generic product is bioequivalent to the innovator product. Of late, debates are on whether the average bioequivalence approach adequately addresses dru...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Micheal F,Sayana M,Prasad R,Motilal BM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pressing need for targeting, detecting, monitoring, and treating diseased cells concomitantly gives rise to multi-functional nanomedicines, especially those that can combine diagnostic and therapeutic abilities, which are referred to as nanotheranostics. Recently, nanotheranostics are of significant clinical inter...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Han N,Yang YY,Wang S,Zheng S,Fan W

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochromes P450 of the liver are involved in maintenance of lipid homeostasis (cholesterol, vitamin D, oxysterol and bile acid metabolism) and in detoxification processes of endogenous compounds (i. e. bile acids) and xenochemicals (drugs). This review describes the roles of various CYPs in production of cholesterol ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Hafner M,Rezen T,Rozman D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses primarily on the mammalian medium and long-chain fatty acid coenzyme A ligases that have been implicated in the metabolism of xenobiotic carboxylic acids such as pesticides, arylpropionate non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the hypolipidaemic clofibrate and its congeners. Evidence of multipl...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Knights KM,Drogemuller CJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Gold nanoparticles have been exploited for nanobiotechnology applications for the last two decades. New insights of the nanomaterials as promising agent for cancer diagnosis and therapy have just started to emerge. Due to the size- and shape-dependent optical, electrical and thermal properties, gold nanopart...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Ning L,Zhu B,Gao T

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Maternal antenatal therapy with glucocorticoids (GC) is routinely used to prevent lung immaturity. The potential harmful effects on other organs, including in particular the central nervous system (CNS), are still controversial. In the present review we aimed to investigate: i) the beneficial and detrimental effects o...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Gazzolo D,Serpero LD,Frigiola A,Abella R,Dro Giamberti A,Li Volti G,Michetti F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain, the centre of the nervous system and an integral part the body, is protected by two anatomical and physiological barriers- Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) and Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier (BCSFB). Blood-Brain Barrier is a very complex and highly organized multicellular structure that shields the brain from harmf...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Sarkar A,Fatima I,Jamal QMS,Sayeed U,Khan MKA,Akhtar S,Kamal MA,Farooqui A,Siddiqui MH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge regarding cytochrome P450 (P450) is crucial to the fields of drug therapy and drug development, as well as in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the metabolic activation of potentially toxic and carcinogenic compounds. Escherichia coli is the most extensively utilized host in the production of re...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Yun CH,Yim SK,Kim DH,Ahn T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decarboxylation, reduction and hydrolysis can yield active metabolites from the parent drug. Major therapeutic indications and metabolic routes of these drugs are reviewed. Changes in the logP values (determined and calculated) from the parent drug to the active metabolite show certain characteristics in comparison to...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Hartyánszky I,Kalász H,Adeghate E,Gulyás Z,Hasan MY,Tekes K,Adem A,Sótonyi P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucuronidation represents a major pathway which enhances the elimination of many lipophilic xenobiotics and endobiotics to more water-soluble compounds. The UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) family catalyzes the glucuronidation of the glycosyl group of a nucleotide sugar to an acceptor compound (aglycone) at a nucleo...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： King CD,Rios GR,Green MD,Tephly TR

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The M2 proton channel is translated by the M gene segment of influenza viruses, and has been adopted as an attractive target for influenza A viruses, on which a series of adamantane-based drugs act. However, recently epidemic influenza viruses have had strong resistant effects against the adamantane-based drugs. In th...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Yu Y,Li X,Hao P,Wang JF,Chou KC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The metabolic/biotransformation pathways of atypical antipsychotics (aripiprazole, clozapine, iloperidone, olanzapine, paliperidone, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone) have been characterized and reviewed. However, comparisons of excretory pathways remain unexplored. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the excretio...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Sheehan JJ,Sliwa JK,Amatniek JC,Grinspan A,Canuso CM

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:When used at a high dose, many anticancer drugs produce undesirable side effects including hepatotoxicity. Transdermal delivery bypasses first-pass metabolism, allowing the use of a lower dose of drug while decreasing systemic toxicity. In this review, we summarize various advanced technologies for improving anticance...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Fang JY,Liu PF,Huang CM

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Talin is an intracellular cytoskeletal protein and one of the major components of the focal adhesion complex. It mainly acts as an interlink between transmembrane integrin receptors and cytosolic F-actin. Apart from integrins and actin, it also interacts with various other proteins in the adhesion complex to regulate ...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Malla RR,Vempati RK

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug metabolite identification and metabolic characteristics analysis play a crucial role in new drug research and development, because they can lead to varied efficacy, severe adverse reactions, and even toxicity. Classical methodologies for metabolite identification have mainly been based on mass spectrometry (MS) c...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Lu W,Xu Y,Zhao Y,Cen X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prolonged circulation time of nanoparticles in the blood is a prerequisite to realize a controlled and targeted (passive or active targeting) release of the encapsulated gene/drug at the desired site of action. The most popular method to mask or camouflage nanoparticles is the adsorbed, grafted or conjug...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Hu J,Sheng Y,Shi J,Yu B,Yu Z,Liao G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatotoxicity related to antidepressive pharmacotherapy is a major safety concern, particularly considering that severe forms of hepatic failure with fatal outcome have been reported. Severe hepatotoxic adverse drug reactions were also reported for agomelatine (AGM), an antidepressive agent, which was approved for th...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Gahr M,Kratzer W,Fuchs M,Connemann BJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-induced cholestasis is a risk factor in the progression of drug candidates, and poses a serious health hazard if not detected before going into a human. Intrahepatic accumulation of Bile Acids (BAs) represents a characteristic phenomenon associated with drug-induced cholestasis. METHODS:This review wil...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Chatterjee S,Annaert P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thiopurine antimetabolites are important agents for the treatment of severe diseases, such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia and inflammatory bowel disease. Their pharmacological actions depend on biotransformation into active thioguanine-nucleotides; intracellular metabolism is mediated by enzymes of the salv...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Pelin M,De Iudicibus S,Londero M,Spizzo R,Dei Rossi S,Martelossi S,Ventura A,Decorti G,Stocco G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work on human immortalized cell lines is not considered research on human subjects, but does involve biohazards. It has also been estimated that about 80% of human cell lines are the kind of cells that they are expected. Cells that are cultured directly from a subject are referred to as primary cells. Clonetics is the...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Gomase VS,Tagore S,Changbhale SS,Kale KV

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since conventional therapeutic approaches in cancer are highly invasive they hardly prolong patient survival for more than few months. Having the ability to stimulate both cellular and humoural immune responses, immunisation with naked plasmid DNA encoding tumour-associated antigens or tumour-specific antigens has rec...

journal_title：Current drug metabolism

authors： Chiarella P,Fazio VM,Signori E

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00