Epigenetic histone modulations of PPARγ and related pathways contribute to olanzapine-induced metabolic disorders.

abstract：:Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), mainly including acetate, propionate, and butyrate, are metabolites produced during the bacterial fermentation of dietary fiber in the intestinal tract. They are believed to be essential factors affecting host health. Most in vitro and ex vivo studies have shown that SCFAs affect the r...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Liu P,Wang Y,Yang G,Zhang Q,Meng L,Xin Y,Jiang X

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective effect of L-carnitine or coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) against high magnetic field (20 mT) induced testicular toxicity in mice were evaluated. Animals were injected with L-carnitine (200 mg kg(-1), i.p.) or CoQ10 (200 mg kg(-1), p.o.) 1h before exposure to fractionated doses (30 min per day, three times per week...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Ramadan LA,Abd-Allah AR,Aly HA,Saad-el-Din AA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ozone has been used as a therapeutical agent and beneficial effects have been observed. However so far only a few biochemical and pharmacodynamic mechanisms have been elucidated. We demonstrate that controlled ozone administration may promote an oxidative preconditioning or adaptation to oxidative stress, preventing t...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Al-Dalain SM,Martínez G,Candelario-Jalil E,Menéndez S,Re L,Giuliani A,León OS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretion of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) by macrophages and smooth muscle cells (SMC) may impair atherosclerotic cap integrity leading to atherosclerosis complications. Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) have favourable impact on plasma lipid levels, but their role in the prevention of atherosclerosis...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Bellosta S,Baetta R,Canavesi M,Comparato C,Granata A,Monetti M,Cairoli F,Eberini I,Puglisi L,Corsini A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteamine, a potent somatostatin depletor, was used in the present study to investigate the role of endogenous somatostatin in acute peripheral inflammation. The acute inflammation was induced by intraplantar injection of carrageenan (1%), histamine (5 micromol), or formalin (2.5%) in the rat hind paw. The induced in...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Salam OM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the protective abilities of Mangifera indica L. stem bark extract (Vimang) 50-250 mgkg(-1), mangiferin 50 mgkg(-1), vitamin C 100 mgkg(-1), vitamin E 100 mgkg(-1)and beta -carotene 50 mgkg(-1)against the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced oxidative damage in serum, liver, brain as well as i...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Sánchez GM,Re L,Giuliani A,Núñez-Sellés AJ,Davison GP,León-Fernández OS

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were designed to evaluate the mechanisms of propofol and adenosine in rat atrial muscle. Atria were suspended in the isolated organ bath system for isometric tension recording and response to propofol and adenosine were tested in the absence and presence of glibenclamide, N(G)-nitro-arginine-methyl-ester (...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Cinel I,Gür S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short single-stranded RNAs that have pivotal roles in disease pathophysiology through transcriptional and translational modulation of important genes. It has been implicated in the development of many diseases, such as stroke, cardiovascular conditions, cancers and inflammatory airway diseases. ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Tan BWQ,Sim WL,Cheong JK,Kuan WS,Tran T,Lim HF

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor monopril and the angiotensin II receptor blocker losartan on serum glucose, protein levels and some serum lipid components were compared in normal and diabetic rats receiving oral antidiabetic drugs 'repaglinide or gliclazide'. The two antihypertensive a...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： el-Batran SA,el-Shenawy SM,Nofal SM,Abdel-Salam OM,Arbid MS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this investigation we have examined the effects of indomethacin, an inhibitor of the cyclooxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid, upon the kinetics of the release of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF) and of the expression of TNF gene by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human blood monocytes (BM). Following stimu...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Spatafora M,Chiappara G,D'Amico D,Volpes D,Melis M,Pace E,Merendino A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) have revolutionised the way in which we treat disease. From cancer to autoimmunity, antibody therapy has been responsible for some of the most impressive clinical responses observed in the last 2 decades. A key component of this success has been their generally low levels of toxicity, and u...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Vaughan AT,Cragg MS,Beers SA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed in order to investigate the cholinomimetic response of seminal vesicles isolated from rats treated with hydrocortisone acetate during perinatal life. At the adult phase, the body weight and the wet weight of the seminal vesicle of these animals were unchanged. However, these male rats exhibite...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Pereira OC,Yasuhara F,Arena AC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-binding protein (HBP; CAP37/azurocidin) is secreted from neutrophil leukocytes early during inflammation and plays a central role in early capillary leakage and extravasation of neutrophils. Furthermore, HBP is chemotactic towards monocytes and lymphocytes and protects against stress-induced apoptosis, e.g. in...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Lauritzen B,Lykkesfeldt J,Djurup R,Flodgaard H,Svendsen O

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovering effective agents to slow or stop neurodegeneration is a challenging task. Over decades, only a few drugs were approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and most ended in failure. The lessons learned have switched the strategy of drug discovery from designing highly selective ligands to a network pharm...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Huang L,Wang S,Ma F,Zhang Y,Peng Y,Xing C,Feng Y,Wang X,Peng Y

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, hyperglycaemia was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (65 mg/kg). Treatment with glibenclamide (GB) in a dose of 0.45 or 0.9 mg/kg significantly decreased plasma glucose level in a dose-related manner. Administration of nadolol (ND) in a dose of 5 or 10 mg/kg did not affect pl...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Abdel Aziz AH,Moustafa AM,Abd Ellah MF,el-Mazar MA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many data suggest an involvement of toxic oxygen radicals in the termination of endurance to muscle fatigue. Being reduced glutathione (GSH), an efficient intracellular physiological antioxidant, experiments have been performed to discover whether exogenous GSH modifies endurance to exhaustive swimming in mice. GSH wa...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Novelli GP,Falsini S,Bracciotti G

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a first-in-patient study of vamorolone, a first-in-class dissociative steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This 2-week, open-label Phase IIa multiple ascending dose study (0.25, 0.75, 2.0, and 6.0 mg/kg/day) enrolled 48 boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (4 to <7 years), with ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Conklin LS,Damsker JM,Hoffman EP,Jusko WJ,Mavroudis PD,Schwartz BD,Mengle-Gaw LJ,Smith EC,Mah JK,Guglieri M,Nevo Y,Kuntz N,McDonald CM,Tulinius M,Ryan MM,Webster R,Castro D,Finkel RS,Smith AL,Morgenroth LP,Arrieta

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderate wine consumption has been shown to reduce cardiovascular (CV) risk, due to alcohol and polyphenolic compounds, such as resveratrol. We investigated the associations between total urinary resveratrol metabolites (TRMs) as biomarkers of wine and resveratrol consumption and CV risk factors in a large cross-secti...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Zamora-Ros R,Urpi-Sarda M,Lamuela-Raventós RM,Martínez-González MÁ,Salas-Salvadó J,Arós F,Fitó M,Lapetra J,Estruch R,Andres-Lacueva C,PREDIMED Study Investigators.

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was carried out relating to the anticholinergic action of clonidine on the cardiovascular responses to i.c.v. injection of neostigmine, a quaternary anticholinesterase, in conscious sham-operated animals and rats with sinoaortic denervation, 7 days after the corresponding operation. Neostigmine (0.1-1 microgra...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Taira CA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosimilars started receiving the marketing authorization by European Medicine Agency since 2006. The development of biosimilars follows a well-defined step-wise approach, the so-called comparability exercise, which aims to compare non-clinical (mainly quality features and biological activity) and clinical (efficacy a...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Scavone C,Rafaniello C,Berrino L,Rossi F,Capuano A

更新日期：2017-12-01 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 aim of this review is to underline the redundancy of down-regulation pathways for p53, at the light of the two more important degradative systems: calpains and ubiquitin-dependent pathways. The MDM2 feed-back loop is also illustrated, as well as the phosphorylative/dephosphorylative regulation of the latent and ac...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Cinelli M,Magnelli L,Chiarugi V

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma and COPD make up the majority of obstructive airways diseases (OADs), which affects ∼11 % of the population. The main drugs used to treat OADs have not changed in the past five decades, with advancements mainly comprising variations on existing treatments. The recent biologics are beneficial to only specific su...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Chapman DG,King GG,Robinson PD,Farah CS,Thamrin C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eltanolone is the lipid emulsion formulation, for intravenous use, of the steroid anaesthetic 5-beta-pregnanolone. We have screened this agent in malignant hyperthermia susceptible (MHS) Landrace swine to assess its potential to trigger the Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) syndrome in MHS subjects or to influence halothane...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Harrison GG,Dyer RA,Llewellyn RL,James MF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokine thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is involved in the development and the progression of allergic diseases. It is mainly released by epithelial cells at barriers such as skin and gut in response to danger signals. Overexpression of TSLP in keratinocytes (KC) can provoke the development of a type 2 inflam...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Schaper K,Rossbach K,Köther B,Stark H,Kietzmann M,Werfel T,Gutzmer R

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:Pulsatilla Decoction (Bai-Tou-Weng-Tang) has been used medically in China for thousands of years for the treatment of diseases caused by bacteria. In recent decades, Pulsatilla Decoction is becoming a well-known formula prescription used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis in traditional Chinese medicine. Pulsatil...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Li YH,Zou M,Han Q,Deng LR,Weinshilboum RM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the impact of benzodiazepine receptor agonist, midazolam and antagonist, flumazenil, on the rat frontal cortex slices oxygen consumption (QO(2)), in presence and absence of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). QO(2) was polarographically determined, using the biological oxygen monitor. As it was pre...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Obradović DI,Savić MM,Andjelković DS,Ugresić ND,Bokonjić DR

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most serious side effects of the immunosuppressive agent, cyclosporin A (CsA), is drug-related hypertension. As it is generally accepted, the sympathetic nervous system may play an important role in the development or maintenance of this abnormal pathophysiological situation. This study is aimed at assessin...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Reis F,Tavares P,Teixeira F

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cells are commonly employed in screening assays to identify active compounds that could potentially affect the progression of different human diseases including retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a class of inherited diseases causing retinal degeneration with compromised vision. Using transcriptome analysis, we comp...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Chen Y,Brooks MJ,Gieser L,Swaroop A,Palczewski K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00