Synergistic Effect of Tazobactam on Amikacin MIC in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from Burn Patients in Tehran, Iran.

abstract：:Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are part of the microbiota of human skin and rarely linked with soft tissue infections. In recent years, CoNS species considered as one of the major nosocomial pathogens and can cause several infections such as catheter-acquired sepsis, skin infection, urinary tract infection, e...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Noshak MA,Rezaee MA,Hasani A,Mirzaii M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a tooth extraction both hard and soft tissues undergo dimensional changes. The use of a ridge preservation technique at the moment of the tooth extraction could help could help to prevent the volume loss, thus simplifying the subsequent prosthetic and/or implant therapy. Some studies were conducted in order to e...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Alfonsi F,Borgia V,Iezzi G,Piattelli A,Covani U,Tonelli P,Barone A

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) were designed more than 15 years ago to deliver lipophilic drugs to cells with non toxic excipients by mimicking lipoproteins. During the last 5 years these promising nanocarriers were re-designed to deliver nucleic acids to cancer cells. This short review sums up the features of LNCs and des...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Lagarce F,Passirani C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better understanding of protein higher order structures (HOS) is of major interest to researchers in the field of biotechnology and biopharmaceutics. Monitoring a protein's HOS is crucial towards understanding the impact of molecular conformation on the biotechnological application. In addition, maintaining the HOS is...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Nagarkar RP,Murphy BM,Yu X,Manning MC,Al-Azzam WA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanogenesis is simply defined as production of melanin in melanosomes by melanocytes through a complex process. Melanin, a pigment derived from L-tyrosine, comes into two forms, namely eumelanin (brownish to black) and pheomelanin (red to yellow). Melanin synthesis starts via the hydroxylation of L-tyrosine to L-3,4...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Orhan IE,Deniz FSS

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the third cause of cancer-related death. Because HCC is multi-centric with time, excluding the few transplanted patients, sooner or later it becomes untreatable with loco-regional therapies and, until some years ago, it was not responsive to systemic therapies. In 2005 a rando...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Livraghi T,Ceriani R,Palmisano A,Pedicini V,Pich MG,Tommasini MA,Torzilli G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond their originally sole mechanical function, current drug-eluting stents (DES) implement the concept of local drug delivery for the re-opening of stenotic arterial vessels, and for prevention of in-stent restenosis as one of the major limitations of conventional bare metal stents (BMS). Current DES consist of a p...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Sternberg K,Grabow N,Petersen S,Weitschies W,Harder C,Ince H,Kroemer HK,Schmitz KP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic metallothionein (MT) expression, with various isoforms, and varying cellular localizations is a useful marker for clinico-pathogenesis of liver diseases. In acute liver toxicity caused by cadmium, carbon tetrachloride, or acetaminophen, MT plays a protective role, via the scavenging of radical species. In chro...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Nagamine T,Nakajima K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vancomycin is used mostly to overcome infections caused by methicillinresistant microorganisms. There are no well-established administration protocols for neonates and infants, so the leak of a specific administration regime in that population may lead to serum concentrations beyond the specified range. OBJ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Bidu NS,Fernandes BJD,Dias EJC,Filho JNC,Bastos REA,Godoy ALPC,Azeredo FJ,Pedreira JNR,Couto RD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With eleven therapeutic antibodies approved worldwide and many more in clinical trials, research on antibody engineering has continued to escalate and expand. This review covers recent progress in generation of antibodies by ex vivo methods, systems for screening these, and the quest for higher affinity, more stable, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Presta LG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential oils have increased interest as promising ingredients for novel pharmaceutical dosage forms. These oils are reported to provide synergistic effects of their active ingredients, in parallel with their biodegradable properties. In addition, essential oils may also have therapeutic effects in diabetes, inflamma...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Severino P,Andreani T,Chaud MV,Benites CI,Pinho SC,Souto EB

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) and its major protein component, apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, are strongly inversely correlated to risk of atherosclerosis and other vascular diseases. A number of properties of apo A-I may contribute to this protection, including removal of cholesterol from peripheral tissues to ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Garber DW,Handattu SP,Datta G,Mishra VK,Gupta H,White CR,Anantharamaiah GM

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) still represents one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide. Since this condition affects the posterior segment of the eye, topical application of ophthalmic medicines is of limited benefit, considering that they seldom reach therapeutic levels in the affected tissues. Systemic medica...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Yilmaz T,Cordero-Coma M,Lavaque AJ,Gallagher MJ,Padula WV

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review article is to describe the history of photodynamic therapy (PDT), its current medical applications, the mechanism of action, contraindications of the method, and different types of photosensitizers used. The second part of the article deals with applications for gastrointestinal diseases. Th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wiedmann MW,Caca K

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:A novel steroidal oxime (SO) was synthesized using an economic method and then characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). When dispersed in pure water, SO can self-assemble into a nano-scale circular structure which was verified by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and tra...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Chou TH,Chen CW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (also known as statins) are drugs active in the blockade of cholesterol synthesis and thus lowering cholesterol serum levels. Since their discovery, experimental evidence showed that statins strongly reduced atherogenesis and the risk of acute ischem...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Montecucco F,Quercioli A,Mirabelli-Badenier M,Viviani GL,Mach F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE:Pseudomonas aeruginosa shows resistance to a large number of antibiotics, including carbapenems and third generation cephalosporin. According to the World Health Organization global report published in February 2017, Pseudomonas aeruginosa is on the priority list among resistant bacteria, for whi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Messaoudi A,Zoghlami M,Basharat Z,Sadfi-Zouaoui N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a leading causative agent in sepsis, endocarditis, and pneumonia. An emerging concept is that prognosis worsens when the infecting S. aureus strain has the capacity to not only colonize tissue as an extracellular pathogen, but to invade host cells and establish intracellular bacterial populati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Cordero D,Fullenkamp CR,Pelly RR,Reed KM,Caffo LM,Zahrt AN,Newman M,Komanapalli S,Niemeier EM,Bishop DL,Bruns HA,Haynes MK,Sklar LA,Sammelson RE,McDowell SA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-CoV 2 is a novel virus strain of Coronavirus, reported in China in late December 2019. Its highly contagious nature in humans has prompted WHO to designate the ongoing pandemic as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. At this moment, there is no specific treatment and the therapeutic strategies to d...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Adithya J,Nair B,Aishwarya S,Nath LR

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of methods including penetrating enhancers, enzyme inhibitors, as well as cargo mediated drug delivery have been explored to improve the intolerance of parenteral administrated insulin, but little success has been achieved so far. Under this background, cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), with their ability to...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Liu E,Sheng J,Ye J,Wang Y,Gong J,Yang VC,Wang J,He H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fractalkine (FKN) in its free and membrane bound-forms and its receptor CX3CR1are reported to have an atherosclerotic effect. The relationship of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in FKN and CX3CR1genes with the Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) risk showed conflicting results in different populations. The ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Hassan DS,Hashad IM,Abdel Rahman MF,Abdel-Maksoud SM

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Until recently, most research efforts aimed at developing anti-cancer tools were focusing on small molecules. Alternative compounds are now being increasingly assessed for their potential anti-cancer properties, including peptides and their derivatives. One earlier limitation to the use of peptides was their limited c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Barras D,Widmann C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most challenging and fruitful biomedical research endeavor of this decade will be the mapping of cell signaling systems and establishing their linkages to normal and disease-related processes. Amongst other things, the Human Genome Sequencing Project has greatly facilitated MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry identificati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Pelech S

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone is among the most common locations of metastasis and therefore represents an important clinical target for diagnostic follow-up in cancer patients. In the pathogenesis of bone metastases, disseminated tumor cells proliferating in bone interact with the local microenvironment stimulating or inhibiting osteoclast a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Bauerle T,Komljenovic D,Semmler W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, many systems biology approaches have been used with various cancers. The materials described here can be used to build bases to discover novel cancer therapy targets in connection with computer-aided drug design (CADD). A deeper understanding of the mechanisms of cancer will provide more choices and c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wong YH,Chiu CC,Lin CL,Chen TS,Jheng BR,Lee YC,Chen J,Chen BS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00