Anticholinergic action of clonidine in rats with sinoaortic denervation.

abstract：:It is well known that type 2 diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with vascular dysfunction and an elevated systemic blood pressure, yet the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. We previously reported that in mesenteric arteries from established type 2 diabetic Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty (...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Matsumoto T,Ishida K,Nakayama N,Taguchi K,Kobayashi T,Kamata K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated that any beneficial effects of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins), of which simvastatin (Merck Sharp & Dohme) is an example, on coronary events are linked to their hypocholesterolemic properties. The in vivo effects of simvastatin treatment ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Pioruńska-Stolzmann M,Pioruńska-Mikołajczak A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation plays a key role in tumor promotion and development. Indeed, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression is strongly associated with different types of cancer. An emerging class of compounds with significant anti-inflammatory properties is the hydrogen sulfide-releasing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (H2S-...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： De Cicco P,Panza E,Ercolano G,Armogida C,Sessa G,Pirozzi G,Cirino G,Wallace JL,Ianaro A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumour and immunosuppressive activities of spermine dialdehyde (SDA), a synthetic, oxidized form of spermine, were examined using L1210 cell lines and murine bone marrow cells. SDA acted as a high affinity substrate for aldehyde dehydrogenase (ADH) derived from different sources, with kinetic profiles similar ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Kazmi SM,Li D,Koop K,Conant J,Lau CY

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is one of the most common skin disorders characterized by erythematous plaques that result from hyperproliferative keratinocytes and infiltration of inflammatory leukocytes into dermis and epidermis. Recent studies suggest that IL-23/IL-17A/IL-22 cytokine axis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of p...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Nadeem A,Al-Harbi NO,Al-Harbi MM,El-Sherbeeny AM,Ahmad SF,Siddiqui N,Ansari MA,Zoheir KM,Attia SM,Al-Hosaini KA,Al-Sharary SD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced endotoxemia model, the effects of 3-aminobenzamide (3-AB), a poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase (PARS) inhibitor, on ileal apoptosis were evaluated by light microscopy and M30 cell death staining. Moreover, the relationship between Bcl-2, iNOS expression, and serum nitrate (NO(3)(-)) ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Cinel I,Buyukafsar K,Cinel L,Polat A,Atici S,Tamer L,Oral U

更新日期：2002-08-01 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

abstract：:The Notch pathway represents a highly conserved signaling network with essential roles in regulation of key cellular processes and functions, many of which are critical for development. Accumulating evidence indicates that it is also essential for fibrosis and thus the pathogenesis of chronic fibroproliferative diseas...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Hu B,Phan SH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer, the most prevalent cancer in women, remains the second in the list of cancer mortality, the majority of these fatalities resulted from estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) positive disease. ERα is well known for its function on breast cancer initiation and development and has become the most successful biomark...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Zhao Y,Zhao C,Lu J,Wu J,Li C,Hu Z,Tian W,Yang L,Xiang J,Zhou H,Deng Z,Huang J,Hong K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to elucidate whether the effect of cilostazol to suppress apoptotic cell death is directly coupled to cAMP-dependent protein kinase activation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). After exposure of HUVECs to LPS (1 microgml(-1)) for 18 h, the endothelial cells irregularly aggregated wit...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Kim MJ,Lee JH,Park SY,Hong KW,Kim CD,Kim KY,Lee WS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of doxycycline hydrochloride (DoxHcl) at a dose of 5 mg kg-1 BW was studied after an intravenous (i.v.) bolus and intramuscular (i.m.) injections in non lactating goats. A microbiological assay employing Bacillus subtilis as the test organism was used to measure its concentrations in serum and uri...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Abd El-Aty AM,Goudah A,Zhou HH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with a crude case fatality rate of about 0.5-10 % depending on locality. A few clinically approved drugs, such as remdesivir, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, nafamostat, camostat, and ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Yuan S,Chan JFW,Chik KKH,Chan CCY,Tsang JOL,Liang R,Cao J,Tang K,Chen LL,Wen K,Cai JP,Ye ZW,Lu G,Chu H,Jin DY,Yuen KY

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:In this study, we evaluated anti-hyperglycemic effect and body weight reduction activity of Gymnema yunnanense extract in obese ob/ob and diabetic db/db mice. Animals received daily intraperitoneal injections of the extract 100 mg/kg for 12 days. On Day 5, the extract-treated ob/ob mice had significantly lower fasting...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Xie JT,Wang A,Mehendale S,Wu J,Aung HH,Dey L,Qiu S,Yuan CS

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The vasorelaxant effect of 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) has been well characterised in animals. 2-AG is present in human vascular cells and is up-regulated in cardiovascular pathophysiology. However, the acute vascular actions of 2-AG have not been explored in humans. APPROACH:Mesenteric arteries were obtai...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Stanley CP,O'Sullivan SE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid peroxidation increased both in the liver homogenates and in the hepatic mitochondrial fraction of bile duct ligated (BDL)-rats. Although mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity did not change in the liver, glutathione (GSH) levels and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity decreased in hepatic mitoch...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Alptekin N,Mehmetçik G,Uysal M,Aykaç-toker G

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenously produced signaling molecule synthesized by cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE), cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3-MST). Given that H2S exerts significant effects on bioenergetics and metabolism, the goal of the current study was to determine th...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Katsouda A,Szabo C,Papapetropoulos A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of M(1)-M(4) receptors in guinea-pig gallbladder smooth muscle cells has been reported recently. The majority of these receptors are said to be of M(2) subtype. However, there are controversial reports about the functional muscarinic receptors that mediate contraction in this tissue. Similar to gallbladde...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Akici A,Karaalp A,Skender E,El-Fakahany EE,Oktay S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer immunotherapy has come of age with the advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors. In this article we review how agonists for receptors of the innate immune system, the Toll-like receptors and the RIG-I-like receptors, impact anticancer immune responses. Treatment with these agonists enhances the activity of antica...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Bourquin C,Pommier A,Hotz C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overexpression of heat shock proteins (Hsps) is associated to myocardial protection and it has been suggested that they could be a marker of cardiac preservation in conditions such as extracorporeal circulation. Aim of this study was to evaluate if cardioplegic arrest can modify the expression of Hsps in the...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Giannessi D,Caselli C,Vitale RL,Crucean A,Murzi B,Del Ry S,Vanini V,Biagini A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kindling represents an accepted model of human epileptogenesis. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that kindled rats show a diminished learning performance in an active avoidance task. In our study we administered different nootropic drugs to kindled rats to test their effects on learning a two-way active avoidance...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Becker A,Grecksch G

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion of all mammalian heart muscle except hamster with Ca(2+)-free Tyrode and thereafter reperfusion with normal Tyrode causes irreversible damage, the calcium paradox. Our study aims at deciphering the role of creatine kinase, high energy phosphates and Ca(2+)influx in the genesis of myocardial injury in the rat...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Ray M,Roy R,Chowdhury PD,Srivastava S,Dubey MP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have implied that diabetes mellitus (DM) will become an epidemic accompany with metabolic and endocrine disorders worldwide. Most of DM patients are affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with insulin resistance and insulin secretion defect. Generally, the strategies to treat T2DM are diet...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Xu L,Li Y,Dai Y,Peng J

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Nebivolol, a third generation selective beta(1)-adrenoceptor (beta(1)-AR) antagonist, has been reported to reduce intracellular oxidative stress and to induce the release of nitric oxide (NO) from the endothelium. Nebivolol is also subjected to a complex metabolic process where glucuronidation, aromatic and alicyclic ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Evangelista S,Garbin U,Pasini AF,Stranieri C,Boccioletti V,Cominacini L

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia are associated with an increased risk of ischemic cardiovascular disease. Positive effects of a nutraceutical combination comprising red yeast rice, berberine, policosanol, astaxanthin, coenzyme Q10 and folic acid (NComb) on plasma lipid and glucose levels have been reported in some but ...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Pirro M,Mannarino MR,Bianconi V,Simental-Mendía LE,Bagaglia F,Mannarino E,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal damage following cerebral ischemia is mediated by various mechanisms, among which nitrosative stress plays an important role. Peroxynitrite, a powerful oxidant, contributes heavily to the neuronal damage in cerebral ischemic-reperfusion (IR) injury. In the present study, we have investigated the neuroprotecti...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Sharma SS,Dhar A,Kaundal RK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrhythmia can be a serious complication during general anaesthesia of patients suffering from cardiac arrhythmias and using antiarrhythmic drugs. The aim of the present experiments was to establish the way in which lidocaine and verapamil influence haemodynamic parameters of rabbits after midazolam anaesthesi...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Wiktorowska A,Owczarek J,Orszulak-Michalak D

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdosteine was introduced in the market as a mucolytic agent for chronic pulmonary diseases more than 10 years ago. The drug contains two blocked sulphydryl groups one of which, after hepatic metabolization and opening of the thiolactone ring, becomes available both for the mucolytic and free radical scavenging and an...

journal_title：Pharmacological research

authors： Moretti M,Marchioni CF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00