A redox pathway leading to the alkylation of nucleic acids by doxorubicin and related anthracyclines: application to the design of antitumor drugs for resistant cancer.

abstract：:Arrhythmias in left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT) comprise sustained or non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) (n=135), atrial fibrillation (AF) (n=96) AV block (n=55) and QT prolongation (n=47). The prevalence differs between children and adults. In children most frequent are WPW-syndrome (n...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Stöllberger C,Finsterer J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aging phenomenon is intrinsically responsible for diseases and lifestyle-associated conditions afflicting the aging male. In particular, male infertility seems to result from deleterious lifestyle choices. However, the aging effect at the individual gene/protein level is poorly discussed and valuable information i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bastos P,Freitas MJ,Gomes A,Vitorino R,Fardilha M

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial and long-lasting process in humans. Therefore, animal models where more rapid changes occur can be useful for the study of this process. Among such models are the apolipoprotein (apo) E knock out mice. Apo E deficient mice show impaired clearing of plasma lipoproteins and they devel...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kolovou G,Anagnostopoulou K,Mikhailidis DP,Cokkinos DV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of hypertension has evolved steadily through 25 years of major clinical trials results modifying both the definition of hypertension and clinical management strategies. Trials experience in heart failure is much less extensive given the far smaller therapeutic market and traditionally often followed on the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： MacFadyen RJ,Lip GY,Davis R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Capsinoids (CSN), the novel non-pungent capsaicin analogs have been reported to promote metabolic health and exercise tolerance. However, the effect of CSN on fat oxidation and changes in skeletal muscle glycogen levels during post-exercise recovery has not been investigated in humans. Purpose:We examined t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Liao SF,Korivi M,Tsao JP,Huang CC,Chang CC,Cheng IS

更新日期：2020-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Conventional treatment has a limitation of very narrow therapeutic time window and its devastating nature necessitate a novel regenerative approach. Transplanted stem cells resulted in functional recovery through multiple mechanisms including neuroprotection...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kwak KA,Kwon HB,Lee JW,Park YS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unhealthy diet and alcohol are serious health problems, especially in adolescents and young adults. "Binge" is defined as the excessive and uncontrolled consumption of food (binge eating) and alcohol (binge drinking). Both behaviors are frequent among young people and have a highly negative impact on health and qualit...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Escrivá-Martínez T,Herrero R,Molinari G,Rodríguez-Arias M,Verdejo-García A,Baños RM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory and infectious diseases include many different clinical conditions not often well recognised and characterized with conventional radiology and biochemical tests. Radiological techniques (TC, MRI, US) show anatomical changes that usually occur in chronic stages of the disease leading to a delayed diagnosis...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Signore A,Lauri C,Galli F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:siRNA-induced RNA Interference (RNAi) responses have great potential to treat human disease; however, siRNAs are highly charged macromolecules with no ability to enter cells and require a delivery agent. Peptide Transduction Domains (PTDs), also called Cell Penetrating Peptides (CPPs), are delivery peptides with the p...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Presente A,Dowdy SF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex-dependent differences are frequently observed in the biological and behavioural effects of substances of abuse, including cannabis. We recently demonstrated a modulating effect of sex and oestrous cycle on cannabinoid-taking and seeking behaviours. Here, we investigated the influence of sex and oestrogen in the re...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Castelli MP,Fadda P,Casu A,Spano MS,Casti A,Fratta W,Fattore L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding of the roles of RNAs within the cell has changed and expanded dramatically during the past few years. Based on fundamentally new insights it is now increasingly possible to employ RNAs as highly valuable tools in molecular biology and medicine. At present, the most important therapeutic strategies are ba...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Poller W,Fechner H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes is associated with substantially increased cardiovascular mortality. The need to reduce the progression of atherosclerosis alongside lowering blood glucose levels is now well established. Ideally, pharmaceutical treatment should address both of these needs. This review summarises current evidence of th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Papanas N,Maltezos E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is still the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in Western countries and although a significant progress has been made in the understanding of its pathophysiology, the determinants of atherosclerotic plaque instability are still poorly understood. The endothelium plays a pivotal role for the de...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Versari D,Lerman LO,Lerman A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulant use disorders are an unrelenting public health concern worldwide. Agonist replacement therapy is among the most effective strategies for managing substance use disorders including nicotine and opioid dependence. The present paper reviewed clinical data from human laboratory self-administration studies and cl...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Stoops WW,Rush CR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are well recognized for playing a dual role as both deleterious and beneficial species. ROS are products of normal cellular metabolism and under physiological conditions, participate in maintenance of cellular 'redox homeostasis. Overproduction of ROS, results in oxidative stress. Oxidati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rosanna DP,Salvatore C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop an effective pharmacological treatment for obesity, an endogenous factor that promotes a positive energy balance by increasing appetite and decreasing fat oxidation could represent the drug target scientists have been looking for. The recently discovered gastric endocrine agent ghrelin, which appea...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Horvath TL,Castañeda T,Tang-Christensen M,Pagotto U,Tschöp MH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new controlled delivery system has been developed for ropinirole (RP) for the treatment of Parkinson´s Disease (PD) consisting in PLGA microparticles (MPs) which exhibited in vitro constant release of RP (78.23 µg/day/10 mg MPs) for 19 days. The neuroprotective effects of RP released from MPs were evaluated in SKN-A...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Negro S,Boeva L,Slowing K,Fernandez-Carballido A,Garcia-García L,Barcia E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is hallmarked by aggressive biology and extreme lethality and very high mortality rates. The underlying molecular mechanism of its rapid development and progression is unclear, however. Recent identification and functional validation of nitric oxide (NO) production in pancreatic cancer suggest a role...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang L,Xie K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dioxygen (O2) is an exogenously supplied gas with a number of properties that make it valuable as a biological source of energy and as a result much of life has become dependent on this molecule. Nitric oxide (NO), carbon dioxide (CO) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) are small molecules that are sometimes in a gaseous state...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fukuto JM,Collins MD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular hydric balance is an essential process of mammalian cells. The water movement across cell membranes is driven by osmotic and hydrostatic forces and the speed of this process is dependent on the presence of specific aquaporin water channels. Since the molecular identification of the first water channe...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Frigeri A,Nicchia GP,Svelto M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) comprise a recently discovered class of non-coding RNAs with regulatory functions in post-transcriptional gene expression control. Many miRNAs are located in genomic regions that are frequently deleted in cancer, or are subject to epigenetic and transcriptional deregulation in cancer cells. The miRN...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schmid CA,Craig VJ,Müller A,Flori M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of natural sources such as plants, microorganisms and marine organisms has developed interest among the scientific community in recent years for their extensive and diverse chemical composition and consequent biological potential. The search for antitumor compounds is among the lead causes that justify phyto...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Garcia C,Teodósio C,Oliveira C,Oliveira C,Díaz-Lanza A,Reis C,Duarte N,Rijo P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Buccal delivery is an alluring course of organization for fundamental medication conveyance and it leads direct access to the systemic flow through the interior jugular vein sidesteps drugs from the hepatic first-pass digestion gives high bioavailability. OBJECTIVE:This article aims at buccal medication con...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Targhotra M,Chauhan MK

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of cellular redox balances is important for the homeostasis of human health. Thus, many important human diseases, such as inflammation, diabetes, glaucoma, cancers, ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases, have been investigated in the field of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress. To overcome...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Noda M,Fujita K,Lee CH,Yoshioka T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial effect of antihypertensive treatment on the risk of major vascular events is well established. Several trials comparing older and newer drugs in the treatment of primary hypertension suggested that it is the blood pressure achieved, rather than choice of the drug that determines most of the primary outc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Karagiannis A,Mikhailidis DP,Kakafika AI,Tziomalos K,Athyros VG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in women worldwide. Breast cancer tends to metastasize to bone. Around 70% of the breast cancer patients eventually develop bone metastasis. After the bone invasion, metastatic cells disrupt the balance between osteoblastic and osteoclastic activities...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Irshad I,Varamini P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischaemic stroke of the brain accounts for about one third of all deaths in industrialized countries. Many of the patients who survive are severily impaired. Thus, there is an enormous need for pharmacotherapy for the treatment of ischaemic stroke. Why is such a treatment not available yet? Are the pathophysiological ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Weiser T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More and more evidences are still accumulating rapidly on the G-protein-coupled-receptors (GPCRs) dimerization/oligomerization. Such common feature of GPCRs has called extensive attention to both pharmacologists and medicinal chemists for illustration of the pharmacological functions and therapeutic utilities of such ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Liu Z,Zhang J,Zhang A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum albumin (HSA) is one of the major carrier proteins in the body and constitutes approximately half of the protein found in blood plasma. It plays an important role in lipid metabolism, and its ability to reversibly bind a large variety of pharmaceutical compounds makes it a crucial determinant of drug pharm...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Abou-Zied OK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term endozepines designates a family of astroglia-secreted proteins including the diazepambinding inhibitor (DBI) and its processing products, which have been originally isolated and characterized as endogenous ligands of benzodiazepine receptors. It is now clearly established that the octadecaneuropeptide ODN (DB...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Masmoudi-Kouki O,Hamdi Y,Ghouili I,Bahdoudi S,Kaddour H,Leprince J,Castel H,Vaudry H,Amri M,Vaudry D,Tonon MC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00