Carbon nanomaterials and amyloid-beta interactions: potentials for the detection and treatment of Alzheimer's disease?

abstract：:Erectile function is a widely accepted indicator of systemic endothelial activity since from a clinical standpoint erectile dysfunction (ED) often precedes cardiovascular events. Recently it has been described a potential role for β3 adrenoceptor in cardiovascular diseases emphasizing a possible development of new dru...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Mitidieri E,Tramontano T,Gurgone D,Imbimbo C,Mirone V,Fusco F,Cirino G,d'Emmanuele di Villa Bianca R,Sorrentino R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifertility activity of a triterpenoid glycoside, DSS, isolated from the root of Dalbergia saxatilis was investigated in female Wistar rats of breeding age. When administered by gastric intubation at a dose rate of 200 mg kg(-1)body weight at the premating period, conception was inhibited in 71.4% of the treated ani...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Uchendu CN,Kamalu TN,Asuzu IU

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have revolutionized the primary and secondary prevention of patients with ventricular arrhythmias. However, the adverse effects of appropriate or inappropriate shocks may require the adjunctive use of anti-arrhythmic drugs (AADs). Beta blockers are the cornerstone of phar...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： AlTurki A,Proietti R,Russo V,Dhanjal T,Banerjee P,Essebag V

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-inflammatory effect of glucocorticoids depends, at least in part, on the induction of two regulatory proteins, lipocortin and vasocortin, both preventing the release of inflammatory mediators. Lipocortin inhibits phospholipase A2 (PLA2) and therefore reduces arachidonic acid metabolites formation. Vasocortin ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Sautebin L,Carnuccio R,Ialenti A,Di Rosa M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is the prototype of the neurotrophin family and promotes the survival of specific populations of neurons, stimulates their morphological differentiation and regulates neuronal gene expression. Since its discovery, NGF attracted clinicians for its potential application in the treatment of neur...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Lambiase A,Coassin M,Sposato V,Micera A,Sacchetti M,Bonini S,Aloe L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy has dramatically increased survival rates and substantially modified the course of HIV infection, which has now become a chronic disease both in adults and in children. Treatment strategies in paediatric patients have to face with specific challenges associated with...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Viganò A,Manfredini V,Penagini F,Giacomet V,Zuccotti GV

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poorly managed gestational diabetes can lead to severe complications for mother and child including fetal overgrowth, neonatal hypoglycemia and increased autism risk. Use of metformin to control it is relatively new and promising. Yet safety concerns regarding gestational metformin use remain, as its long-term effects...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Garbarino VR,Santos TA,Nelson AR,Zhang WQ,Smolik CM,Javors MA,Daws LC,Gould GG

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic and primary bone cancers are usually accompanied by severe pain that is difficult to manage. In light of the adverse side effects of opioids, manipulation of the endocannabinoid system may provide an effective alternative for the treatment of cancer pain. The present study determined that a local, periphera...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Khasabova IA,Chandiramani A,Harding-Rose C,Simone DA,Seybold VS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a new sensitive gas chromatographic method with electron capture detector to assay estazolam in human plasma, which has been developed and validated for pharmacokinetic purposes. The drug and the internal standard (triazolam) were extracted from plasma buffered at pH 9.0 into toluene and analysed ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Dal Bo L,Verga F,Marzo A,La Commare P,De Vito ML

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreak and pandemic of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in 2019/2020 will challenge global health for the future. Because a vaccine against the virus will not be available in the near future, we herein try to offer a pharmacological strategy to combat the virus. There exists a number of candidate drugs that may inhibit infect...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： McKee DL,Sternberg A,Stange U,Laufer S,Naujokat C

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiepileptic drug vigabatrin (GVG) is known to decrease significantly the serum concentration of concurrently administered phenytoin (PHT) in epileptic patients. To assess a possible mechanism for this interaction, the effect of GVG on the intestinal absorption of PHT was investigated by means of circulation expe...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Tonini M,Gatti G,Manzo L,Olibet G,Coccini T,Perucca E

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-drug interactions (DDI) potentially occurring between medications used in the course of COVID-19 infection and medications prescribed for the management of underlying comorbidities may cause adverse drug reactions (ADRs) contributing to worsening of the clinical outcome in affected patients. First, we conducted a...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Awortwe C,Cascorbi I

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ethanol (EEP) and water (WSD) extracts of propolis collected from north China on blood glucose, blood lipid and free radicals in rats with diabetes mellitus were studied. The results show that EEP and WSD led to decreased levels of blood glucose (FBG), fructosamine (FRU), malonaldehyde (MDA), nitric oxi...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Fuliang HU,Hepburn HR,Xuan H,Chen M,Daya S,Radloff SE

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoids have emerged as promising neuroprotective agents due to their capability to activate specific targets, which are involved in the control of neuronal homeostasis and survival. Specifically, those ligands that selectively target and activate the CB2 receptor may be useful for their anti-inflammatory and neu...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Gómez-Cañas M,Morales P,García-Toscano L,Navarrete C,Muñoz E,Jagerovic N,Fernández-Ruiz J,García-Arencibia M,Pazos MR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs: leucine, isoleucine, and valine) are essential amino acids for humans and play an important role as the building blocks of proteins. Recent studies have disclosed that free BCAAs in the tissue amino acid pool function not only as substrates for protein synthesis, but also as regulato...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Shimomura Y,Kitaura Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baroreflex plays a crucial role in regulation of arterial blood pressure (BP). Recently, Piezo1 and Piezo2, the mechanically-activated (MA) ion channels, have been identified as baroreceptors. However, the underlying molecular mechanism for regulating these baroreceptors in hypertension remains unknown. In this study,...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Huo L,Gao Y,Zhang D,Wang S,Han Y,Men H,Yang Z,Qin X,Wang R,Kong D,Bai H,Zhang H,Zhang W,Jia Z

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Felbamate (FBM) is a relatively novel anticonvulsant agent which has been reported to exert its antiepileptic effects by blockade of the glycine recognition site on the N-methyl-D-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptor and potentiation at the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A receptor. An increasing number of ant...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Fraser CM,Sills GJ,Forrest G,Thompson GG,Brodie MJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perioperative period is supposed to be a vulnerable period for cancer progression. Results of clinical studies indicate that the use of regional anesthesia can influence and improve oncological outcome of cancer patients. Uncontrolled cell proliferation and resistance to apoptotic cell death are important characte...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Bundscherer A,Malsy M,Gebhardt K,Metterlein T,Plank C,Wiese CH,Gruber M,Graf BM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid technological advances in genetics have created conceptual chaos regarding the genetics of drug response. Terms for differing concepts are used interchangeably: pharmacogenetics with pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine with personalized prescription. Biomarker has many definitions. The author prefers the con...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： de Leon J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's is the neurodegenerative disease affecting the largest number of patients in the world. In spite of the intense research of the last decades, progress about its knowledge and therapy was limited. In particular, various cytotoxic processes remained debated, while the few drugs approved for therapy were of o...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Meldolesi J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major focus of contemporary drug screening strategies is the identification of novel anticancer compounds, which often results in underutilization of resources. Current drug evaluation involves in vivo tumor (xenograft) regression as proof-of-principle for cytotoxicity (POC). However, this end-point lacks any assess...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Naik RR,Luo T,Kohandel M,Bapat SA

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies support an inverse correlation between HDL-C and cardiovascular disease. However, low HDL-C levels do not always segregate with premature disease. These include, LCAT deficiency and the apolipoproteinA-IMilano (AIM) variant. AIM has a cysteine for arginine at position 173 in the otherwise cyste...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Bisgaier CL,Ackermann R,Rea T,Rodrigueza WV,Hartman D

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DB-67 and its lactone homolog DB-91 are derivatives of topoisomerase I inhibitor camptothecin (CPT) with silyl moiety, which may exhibit a slower inactivation process by changed kinetics of protein binding and/or hydrolysis of its lactone ring and result in increased antitumor activity and decreased toxicity. Pharmaco...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Yeh TK,Li CM,Chen CP,Chuu JJ,Huang CL,Wang HS,Shen CC,Lee TY,Chang CY,Chang CM,Chao YS,Lin CT,Chang JY,Chen CT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential drug-to-drug interaction between darunavir and raltegravir in the setting of HIV infection is a highly debated issue still unresolved. In the present study we have evaluated the pharmacokinetics of darunavir and ritonavir in 53 HIV-1 infected patients with or without concomitant raltegravir administratio...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Cattaneo D,Gervasoni C,Cozzi V,Baldelli S,Fucile S,Meraviglia P,Landonio S,Boreggio G,Rizzardini G,Clementi E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing size of trials on primary and secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes characterised by very broad inclusion criteria may seem logical to 'trialists', who reason that the the broader the inclusion criteria, the easier it is to recruit large numbers of patients in a short period of time and the more...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Monaco C,Cianflone D,Summaria F,Maseri A,Crea F

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the potential role of vasoactive cardiac eicosanoids in the modulation of coronary flow, we measure thromboxane(TX)B2, 6-keto-prostaglandin(PG)F1 alpha, PGE2 and sulphido-peptide leukotrienes (LTC4, D4, E4) in the coronary effluent of isolated perfused rat heart in both baseline and post-ischaemic conditions...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Giannessi D,Lazzerini G,Sicari R,DeCaterina R

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to establish the requirement of β3 adrenoceptor (β3Adr) for green tea (GT) effects on the energy metabolism of obese mice. This study was carried out in wild-type (WT) and β3Adr knockout (KO) male mice fed with a standard diet or a high-fat diet (HFD/16 weeks) treated or not with GT (0.5 g/kg of body weig...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Sousa-Filho CPB,Faria HOF,Esposito JC,Melo A,Ribeiro MO,Otton R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cell mutations can be identified by genomic and transcriptomic techniques. However, they are not sufficient to understand the full complexity of cancer heterogeneity. Analyses of proteins expressed in cancers and their modification profiles show how these mutations could be translated at the functional level. P...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Boulos JC,Yousof Idres MR,Efferth T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (VEGFR-1) is a tyrosine kinase receptor for VEGF-A, VEGF-B, and placental growth factor (PlGF) ligands that is expressed in endothelial, myelomonocytic and tumor cells. VEGF-B and PlGF exclusively bind to VEGFR-1, whereas VEGF-A also binds to VEGFR-2. At variance with ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Lacal PM,Graziani G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A favourable option to management symptoms during menopausal transition is menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) but relation among MHT and risk of melanoma is controversial. This study aims to identify, analyse and present the evidence surrounding post-menopausal exogenous hormone therapy and the risk for melanoma in wome...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Tang X,Zhang H,Cui Y,Wang L,Wang Z,Zhang Y,Huo J,Cai J,Rinaldi G,Bhagavathula AS,Xiaopeng Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00