The new antiepileptic drugs: pharmacological and clinical aspects.

abstract：:The plants of the Colchicum family were known during the archaic period in Greece for their deleterious properties. Later on, they were used for the treatment of podagra. The treatment was introduced by the ancient Greek physicians and passed on to the Byzantine and Arabian physicians to endure until nowadays. The fir...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tsoucalas G,Papaioannou T,Panayiotakopoulos G,Saridaki Z,Vrachatis DA,Karamanou M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathepsin K, a cysteine protease of the papain family, was identified by sequencing complementary DNA libraries derived from osteoclasts. Cathepsin K can cleave bone proteins such as Type I collagen, osteopontin, and osteonectin. The localization and maturation of cathepsin K in activated osteoclasts have been charact...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yamashita DS,Dodds RA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction of flow cytometric technique to the research on basophil activation has led to significant achievements in allergy diagnosis in vitro. Most of the studies employing the flow cytometry used CD63 as a marker of basophil activation and only some of them used CD203c. Recently discovered basophil activation ma...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wolanczyk-Medrala A,Barg W,Medrala W

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All common contributing factors to epilepsy such as trauma, malignancies and infections are accompanied by different levels of central nervous system inflammation that in turn have been associated with the occurrence of seizure. Emerging data from human brain tissue and experimental models of epilepsy support the prop...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lorigados Pedre L,Morales Chacón LM,Orozco Suárez S,Pavón Fuentes N,Estupiñán Díaz B,Serrano Sánchez T,García Maeso I,Rocha Arrieta L

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:The tumor cell growth inhibitory activities (log 1/GI(50)) of 166 anticancer agents studied at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in vitro anticancer screening program have allowed us to analyze the relative importance of physicochemical parameters in influencing the inhibitory activities. Increased molecular weight,...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ren SS,Lien EJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasoconstrictive and antidiuretic physiologic properties of vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone) have long been known. Until recently however, vasopressin was mostly used for diabetes insipidus and noctournal enuresis. This review summarizes the growing body of evidence regarding the perioperative use of vasopressin...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Udeh CI,Diaz-Gómez JL,Anthony D,Satyapriya A,Perez-Protto S,Hata JS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, in spite of being older than a century (born in 1911), the Pictet-Spengler two component reaction (PS-2CR) is still one of the most popular reactions, not only for the synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs), tetrahydro-β-carbolines (THBCs), or more complex structures containing these two privileged moieti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ingallina C,D'Acquarica I,Delle Monache G,Ghirga F,Quaglio D,Ghirga P,Berardozzi S,Markovic V,Botta B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a complications standpoint, diabetes mellitus is a disease of the vasculature. Diabetics face a considerably higher risk of developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Both large and small blood vessels are susceptible to alterations from diabetes. Endothelial cell dysfunction associated with small ve...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Huber JD

更新日期：2008-01-01 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 intestinal epithelium forms a barrier against the intestinal contents and the wider environment, allowing entry of selected molecules for nutrition and programming of the mucosal immune system, but excluding toxins and most microorganisms. Many receptors and signalling pathways are coupled and implicated in the ep...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Talero E,Garcia-Maurino S,Motilva V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence shows that gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is an addictive substance. Its precursors gammabutyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) show the same properties and may pose even more risks due to different pharmacokinetics. There are indications that problematic GHB use is increasing in t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Brunt TM,van Amsterdam JG,van den Brink W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the obesity epidemic is constantly expanding at very high costs for health care systems, the currently available options for the pharmacotherapy of obesity are very limited. This is not due to lack of interest or research on the subject but rather to the poor efficacy and/or safety profile of the majority of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gouni-Berthold I,Brüning JC,Berthold HK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is one of the leading causes of disability in the world. Current pharmaceutical treatment for depression remains unsatisfactory due to its limited therapeutic efficacy and undesirable side effects. There is increasing interest in looking for alternative strategies from diet for the treatment of depressive d...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang X,Zhao F,Wang X,Niu Y,Niu L,Wang C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease featured by insulin deprivation caused by pancreatic β-cell loss, followed by hyperglycaemia. OBJECTIVE:Currently, there is no cure for this disease in clinical treatment, and patients have to accept a lifelong injection of insulin. The exploration of potentia...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang R,Zhou Y,Zhang Y,Li S,Pan R,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of people who are overweight and obese are continuously increasing both in the adult and adolescent populations. Coinciding with this is the increased prevalence of health problems such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). Bariatric surgery is the only proven long-term treatment of obesity and may induce remission of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Olsen MK,Johannessen H,Ramracheya R,Zhao CM,Chen D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the main endogenous pro-angiogenic cytokines. Inhibition of the VEGF signaling pathways is an effective treatment for cancer patients. In addition, local anti- VEGF therapy was developed and established to treat proliferative diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： van der Giet M,Henkel C,Schuchardt M,Tolle M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of blood serum atherogenicity was described as the ability of human serum to induce lipid accumulation in cultured cells. The results of recent two-year prospective study in asymptomatic men provided the evidence for association between the changes in serum atherogenicity and dynamics of carotid intima-...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sobenin IA,Myasoedova VA,Anisimova EV,Pavlova XN,Möhlenkamp S,Schmermund A,Seibel R,Berenbein S,Lehmann N,Moebus S,Jöckel K,Orekhov AN,Erbel R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans have always lived with tubercle bacilli. Host susceptibility both inherited and acquired determines whether an individual infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis will eventually fall ill and develop tuberculosis (TB). After infection with M. tuberculosis, a latent TB infection may ensue reflected by immune r...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： van Altena R,Duggirala S,Gröschel MI,van der Werf TS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Academy of Pediatrics has proposed guidelines for treating term/near term infants with hyperbilirubinemia based primarily on maintaining the total serum bilirubin concentration (TSB) below a "critical" level of 25 mg/dL (426 micromol/L). We estimated the sensitivity and specificity of this critical TSB us...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wennberg RP,Ahlfors CE,Aravkin AY

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinases are potential targets of drugs to treat many human diseases. Intensive efforts have been made to develop protein kinase inhibitors, but a major challenge is achieving specificity. Exploiting regulatory elements outside the ATP binding pocket, such as the substrate binding site, may provide an alternati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Licht-Murava A,Eldar-Finkelman H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease of the skin with lapsing episodes of hyperkeratosis, irritation and inflammation. Numerous methodologies and utilization of different antipsoriatic drugs with various activity methods and routes of administration have been investigated to treat this terrifying sickness. In ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dadwal A,Mishra N,Narang RK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review discusses the mechanism of late stent thrombosis and its distinction from restenosis and summarizes the advisory note issued by FDA on the proper usage of different treatments available for atherosclerosis. In light of the latest developments, a plethora of new stents have been and continue to be de...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rastogi A,Stavchansky S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) ranks as the leading cause of death in the Western world. The most widely used therapeutics utilized for the treatment of CAD are the lipid-lowering drugs, which lower plasma cholesterol. However lowering cholesterol alone may not be sufficient to provide benefit to all patient population...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Arad Y,Saxena U

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is characterized by vessel alterations such as dilatation of postcapillary venules and arterio-venous communications, which account for the major clinical manifestations of the disease. Two types of HHT have been characterized HHT-1 and HHT-2, respectively, depending the for...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Jirillo E,Amati L,Suppressa P,Cirimele D,Guastamacchia E,Covelli V,Tafaro E,Sabbà C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), termed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization, is a newly emerging zoonotic agent that emerged in China in December 2019. No specific treatment for COVID-19 is currently available. Usual palliative treatment includes ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lovato ECW,Barboza LN,Wietzikoski S,de Souza ANV,Auth PA,Junior AG,Dos Reis Lívero FA

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes gene therapy strategies that take advantage of defective signal transduction pathways to selectively kill cancer cells without adversely affecting normal cells. The distinctive features of cancer cells currently exploited by gene therapy include mitosis, cell permissiveness to infection, specific...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Westphal EM,Melchner Hv Hv

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablation has become an important treatment for many pediatric patients with common supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs). Many multicenter studies have documented that radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation is a safe and effective procedure for treatment of a large variety of SVTs in children and adults with a high succ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： De Santis A,Fazio G,Silvetti MS,Drago F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth factors (GFs) are extracellular signaling polypeptides regulating cell proliferation, differentiation and survival. They exert a wide spectrum of biological activities selectively binding to and activating specific membrane receptors which then transfer the message to cell interior inducing specific biochemical...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： D'Andrea LD,Del Gatto A,De Rosa L,Romanelli A,Pedone C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of appropriate pharmaceutical formulations for routine neonatal practice is challenging because of the developmental characteristics and the need for it to be specifically ageappropriate. This has led to wide use of extemporaneous formulations, which lack standardized procedures that can resu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kogermann K,Lass J,Nellis G,Metsvaht T,Lutsar I

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00