Identification of a Potential Inhibitor Targeting MurC Ligase of the Drug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain through Structure-Based Virtual Screening Approach and In Vitro Assay.

abstract：:3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy) is a worldwide illegally used amphetamine-derived designer drug known to be hepatotoxic to humans. Jaundice, hepatomegaly, centrilobular necrosis, hepatitis and fibrosis represent some of the adverse effects caused by MDMA in the liver. Although there is irrefutable ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Carvalho M,Pontes H,Remião F,Bastos ML,Carvalho F

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful and rapidly developing area of molecular imaging that is used to study and visualize human physiology by the detection of positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. Information about metabolism, receptor/enzyme function, and biochemical mechanisms in living tissue can be o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wu Z,Kandeel F

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid nanocapsules with their unique composition represent a promising biocompatible drug delivery platform in nanometer range with narrow size distribution. They are highly stable in comparison to other nano-vectors and were found to impart very desirable characteristics to the therapeutic molecule being delivered wi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Nasr M,Abdel-Hamid S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of global concern. About one third of the world population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Every year, approximately 8 million people get the disease and 2 million die of TB. The currently available vaccine against TB is the attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, Bacillus...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Mustafa AS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants are rich in a wide variety of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial properties. Phytochemistry studies on the plants extracts in general, and on essential oils (EOs) in particular are focused on the isolation and identification of the components of complex mixtures, in order to determine structure - activity...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Saviuc CM,Drumea V,Olariu L,Chifiriuc MC,Bezirtzoglou E,Lazăr V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burn is still an important global public health challenge. Wound colonization of antibiotic resistant bacteria such as Acinetobacter baumannii can lead to high morbidity and mortality in burn patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the inhibitory effect of tazobactam on efflux pump, which can cause a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Azimi L,Tahbaz SV,Alaghehbandan R,Alinejad F,Lari AR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliposomes are phospholipid based drug delivery systems that are finding important applications in the field of pharmaceutics. Proliposomes have been extensively studied as a potential carrier for oral delivery of drugs with poor bioavailability, but the mechanism of absorption and cellular uptake pathways has not y...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Nekkanti V,Venkatesan N,Betageri GV

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB), which impedes drug penetration into the central nervous system, is composed of specific structures formed by brain capillary endothelial cells and sheathed by astrocytic end-feet through basement membrane. Many brain drug delivery strategies have focused on adsorptive-mediated transcytos...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Lu W

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The work was performed to investigate the feasibility of preparing ocular inserts loaded with Poly-ε-Caprolactone (PCL) nanoparticles as a sustained ocular delivery system. METHODS:First, Atorvastatin Calcium-Poly-ε-Caprolactone (ATC-PCL) nanoparticles were prepared and characterized. Then, the optimized nanop...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Girgis GNS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Active principles from natural sources, in the form of extracts and natural compounds, provide an infinite number of bioactive compounds with consummate disposal of chemical diversity. These compounds and active principles are of utmost importance in the discovery of drugs of biological origin particularly, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Das G,Patra JK,Kang SS,Shin HS

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioethical and juridical debate on the status of frozen embryos sometimes adds new issues arising from new scientific evidence or by accidental occurrences that bring to the attention of the scientific community the need for new practical solutions. Within this scenario, there have been, in recent years, episodes ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Busardò FP,Vergallo GM,Turillazzi E,Bolino G,Vullo A,Frati P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IMiDs represent a new proprietary class of thalidomide analogues that possess greater potency and less toxicity than the parent compound. As a group, these agents share the pharmacologic property of modulating cellular response to ligand activation, the precise biologic effect of which is cell lineage and stimulan...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Kale V,List AF

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calendula officinalis of family Asteraceae, also known as marigold, has been widely used from time immemorial in Indian and Arabic cultures as an anti-inflammatory agent to treat minor skin wound and infections, burns, bee stings, sunburn and cancer. At a relatively high dose, calendula can lower blood pressure and ch...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Ray D,Mukherjee S,Falchi M,Bertelli A,Das DK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized as a heterogeneous disease where the patients are sub grouped according to several classification systems and mutational analyses. Diagnosis of AML is based on identification of the specific myeloid cell initiating the disease, quantification of immature blasts in bone mar...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Forthun RB,Hinrichs C,Dowling TH,Bruserud Ø,Selheim F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study aims to determine the antimicrobial efficacy of Alphonsea madraspatana leaves extract against selected uropathogens. BACKGROUND:The plant Alphonsea madraspatana is an endangered species, reported to exhibit high antimicrobial activity due to the presence of phenolic compounds. Prevalence of high...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Sahu A,Ghosh G,Rath G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recombinant monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are useful in research, diagnosis, and therapy. The increased demands of recombinant mAbs require efficient production systems. A variety of expression vectors have been developed for stable or transient production of mAbs in mammalian cells. Although a few commercial...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Zhang G,Liu J,Fan W,Chen Q,Shi B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS disorders are the third major problem of health in developed countries, with approximately 10% of direct costs associated with a pharmacological treatment of doubtful cost-effectiveness. There is an alarming abuse of psychotropic drugs worldwide and only 20-30% of patients with CNS disorders appropriately respond ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Cacabelos R,Martinez-Bouza R,Carril JC,Fernandez-Novoa L,Lombardi V,Carrera I,Corzo L,McKay A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Saudi Arabia, the incidence and mortality rates of breast cancer are high. Although current treatments are effective, breast cancer cells develop resistance to these treatments. Numerous studies have demonstrated that active compounds in plant extracts, such as the phenolic compound Rosmarinic Acid (RA), ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Albogami S,Darwish H,Abdelmigid HM,Alotaibi S,El-Deen AN,Alnefaie A,Alattas A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein M (apoM) has been suggested to play a role in reverse cholesterol transport. Here we studied the influence of liver X-receptor (LXR) agonist on the transcriptional regulation of apoM. Studies were performed in murine liver and intestinal mucosal cells in vivo and in human intestinal Caco-2 cells in vitr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Calayir E,Becker TM,Kratzer A,Ebner B,Panzenböck U,Stefujl J,Kostner GM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the main cause of fatal diarrhea in piglets during the first week of life and over the time of weaning. Pathogenesis of ETEC-causing diarrhea involves intestinal colonization mediated by fimbriae. Although, both IgY and egg yolk phosvitin (PV) possess antimicrobial ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Gujral N,Yoo H,Bamdad F,Lee KY,Suh JW,Sunwoo H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Powdery drugs such as cocaine and heroin are frequently adulterated or diluted predominantly to obtain more doses and to increase the drug dealer's profits, but also to enhance, to modify or to oppose drug effects. The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the recent scientific literature on medici...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Solimini R,Rotolo MC,Pellegrini M,Minutillo A,Pacifici R,Busardò FP,Zaami S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:RA is one of autoimmune diseases, has drawn great attention of the world. Currently, the anti- IL-1β monoclonal antibody Canakinumab (ACZ885) for treatment of RA has entered into clinical trials. However, Full length antibody has large molecular weight, and is difficult to penetrate the tissue or the nidus. I...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Li T,Xu L,Ren G,Yin C,Zhou B,Ye X,Li Q,Li N,Li D

更新日期：2013-01-01 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:Nanotechnology involves the synthesis of materials that are in nanometre sizes (1 to 100 nm). Nanotechnology has appeared as a new area of fundamental science and is getting worldwide consideration due to its extensive applications. They have exceptional physicochemical properties due to their unique size, s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Roy A

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Large-scale population studies showed that the SNP rs1764391 of Connexin37 gene also known as Cx37 gene may play a pivotal role in the occurrence and development of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Published results, however, are highly controversial. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine the association ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Li J,Qin R,Wang W,Huang Z,Huang DL,Li T,Wang F,Zeng XT,Sun ZY,Liu XF,Huang F,Guo T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Momordica balsamina, African pumpkin (Cucurbitaceae), is a tendril-bearing, wild climber containing wide spectrum of medicinal and nutritional values and has been used as a traditional folk medicine in many countries. The leaves, fruits, seeds, and bark of the plant contains resins, alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Thakur GS,Bag M,Sanodiya BS,Bhadouriya P,Debnath M,Prasad GB,Bisen PS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of VEGF signaling is an intense objective of pre-clinical and clinical studies in HCC disease with steadily increasing clinical application. Despite its emerging role, several aspects of anti-VEGF based treatments are poorly investigated, like the impact on tumor cells themselves, such as the effect on intrace...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Raskopf E,Vogt A,Decker G,Hirt S,Daskalow K,Cramer T,Standop J,Gonzalez-Carmona MA,Sauerbruch T,Schmitz V

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder, characterized by a complex symptomatology and a chronic relapsing course, leading to a more or less intensive residual syndrome. The disorder has strong consequences on social functioning and on the patients' quality of life and is associated with a huge economical burden for...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Moller HJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) is the collection of vessels of blood with special properties of permeability that allow a limited range of drug and compounds to pass through it. The BBB plays a vital role in maintaining balance between intracellular and extracellular environment for brain. Brain Capillary Endothelial Cells...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Saxena D,Sharma A,Siddiqui MH,Kumar R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac Disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy, generally of the proximal intestine, that occurs in genetically susceptible individuals triggered by the ingestion of gluten. The incidence and frequency of CD are increasing, and it is predicted that CD affects approximately 1% of the people worldwide. The common...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Azimi T,Nasser A,Shariati A,Shiadeh SMJ,Safari H,Alizade-Sani M,Taghipour A,Dehghan A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00