Effect of squalene monohydroperoxide on cytotoxicity and cytokine release in a three-dimensional human skin model and human epidermal keratinocytes.

abstract：:The MeOH and water extracts of the Netherlands propolis were tested for their inhibitory activity toward nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated murine macrophage-like J774.1 cells. Both of the extract possessed significant NO inhibitory activity with IC(50) values of 23.8 and 51.5 microg/ml...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nagaoka T,Banskota AH,Tezuka Y,Midorikawa K,Matsushige K,Kadota S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) (also termed hypermobility type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hEDS) is a heritable connective tissue disorder that is characterized by generalized joint hypermobility, chronic pain, fatigue, and minor skin changes. Initially, it was reported that there is a small subset of patients with JH...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamada K,Watanabe A,Takeshita H,Fujita A,Miyake N,Matsumoto N,Matsumoto KI

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastric mucus is an important factor in the gastric mucosal protection from acid, pepsin and various reagents (alcohol, aspirin, etc.). MUC5AC is the mucin secreted from surface mucous cells, and belongs to the gel-forming mucin. We examined the regulation of rat MUC5AC (rMUC5AC) mRNA by glucocorticoid in vivo and...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tanaka T,Kobayashi T,Sunaga K,Tani S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carvedilol, an alpha- and beta-adrenergic blocking drug, is mainly metabolized by CYP2D6, UGT1A1, UGT2B4 and UGT2B7. This drug is administered orally as a racemic mixture of R(+)- and S(-)-enantiomers. It has been reported that CYP2D6 prefers metabolizing S-carvedilol to R-carvedilol stereoselectively. On the other ha...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takekuma Y,Takenaka T,Yamazaki K,Ueno K,Sugawara M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of compounds isolated from 70% ethanol (EtOH) extraction of Smilax china L. (SCE), a plant belonging to the family Smilacaceae on nicotine-induced endothelial dysfunction (ED) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. We isolated 10 compounds from ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fraction of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lincha VR,Zhao BT,Woo MH,Yang IJ,Shin HM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoprevention has emerged as a very effective preventive measure against carcinogenesis. Several bioactive compounds present in fruits and vegetables have revealed their cancer curative potential on benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) induced carcinogenesis. In the present study, the efficacy of quercetin on the level of lipid p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kamaraj S,Vinodhkumar R,Anandakumar P,Jagan S,Ramakrishnan G,Devaki T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of zaldaride on acetylcholine-induced colonic electrolyte secretion was examined. The short-circuit current response to acetylcholine was partially reduced by tetrodotoxin, a neuronal blocker, and was completely inhibited by atropine, an acetylcholine M receptor antagonist, in the rat colonic preparations. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aikawa N,Kishibayashi N,Karasawa A,Ohmori K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is primarily expressed in central and peripheral terminals of non-myelinated primary afferent neurons. We previously showed that AS1928370, a novel TRPV1 antagonist that can prevent ligand-induced activation but not proton-induced activation, ameliorates neuropathic pai...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Watabiki T,Kiso T,Tsukamoto M,Aoki T,Matsuoka N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shikonin, a major ingredient in the Chinese traditional herb Lithospermum erythrorhixon, exhibits multiple biological functions including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antitumor effects. In this study, we delineated the molecular mechanisms of shikonin in the apoptosis of 143B osteosarcoma cells. Shikonin redu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chang IC,Huang YJ,Chiang TI,Yeh CW,Hsu LS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) technology has revolutionized therapeutic gene editing by providing researchers with a new method to study and cure diseases previously considered untreatable. While the full range and power of CRISPR technology for t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Çiçek YA,Luther DC,Kretzmann JA,Rotello VM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aconitine and higenamine are the major cardioactive compounds obtained from processed aconite. The chronotropic interaction between these two compounds was investigated in isolated right atria of mice. Both aconitine and higenamine potentiated the action of the other. Practolol (1 nM), a selective beta 1-adrenergic an...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kimura I,Islam MA,Kimura M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baculovirus vectors (BVs) enable safe and efficient gene delivery to mammalian cells and are useful in a wide range of applications, including gene therapy and in vivo analysis of gene functions. We previously developed BVs expressing malaria sporozoite surface proteins for targeting liver cells or hepatocytes. Howeve...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kawai Y,Kawabata C,Sakaguchi M,Tamura T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 70% ethanol extract (KS-ext) from Kochiae Fructus (dried fruits of Kochia scoparia L.) was screened for its activity on nociceptive and inflammatory responses in experimental animals. Although KS-ext at an oral administration of 500 mg/kg had an antinociceptive effect on writhing responses induced by acetic acid, ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuda H,Dai Y,Ido Y,Ko S,Yoshikawa M,Kubo M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mume fruit, the Japanese apricot (Prunus mume SIEB. et ZUCC.), is popular in Japan and is mostly consumed in the pickled form called umeboshi. This fruit is known to have anti-microbial properties, but the principal constituents responsible for the antimicrobial properties have not yet been elucidated. We investigated...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mitani T,Ota K,Inaba N,Kishida K,Koyama HA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emulsion prepared with β-cyclodextrin as an emulsifier (βCDE) is considered to be a Pickering emulsion. We examined the characteristics of βCDEs using captopril (CP) as a model drug, and studied the in vitro skin permeation of CP from βCDEs through hairless mouse skin. The stability of βCDE was increased with incr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Taguchi H,Tanaka H,Hashizaki K,Saito Y,Fujii M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As one of the adverse effects of oxaliplatin, a key agent in colon cancer chemotherapy, a taste disorder is a severe issue in a clinical situation because it decreases the quality of life of patients. However, there is little information on the mechanism underlying the oxaliplatin-induced taste disorder. Here, we exam...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohishi A,Nishida K,Yamanaka Y,Miyata A,Ikukawa A,Yabu M,Miyamoto K,Bansho S,Nagasawa K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) with a high mortality rate is an incurable digestive system disease induced by abnormal bile acid regurgitation due to the biliary obstruction. Dehydrocholic acid (DA) alleviates the severity of cholestatic hepatitis related to biliary inflammation, suggesting DA is potential to develo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang X,Xin G,Li S,Wei Z,Ming Y,Yuan J,Wen E,Xing Z,Yu K,Li Y,Zhang J,Zhang B,Niu H,Huang W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein was purified from rabbit seminal plasma using preparative acrylamide disc electrophoresis, ammonium sulfate precipitation and gel filtration. The protein inhibited the in vitro fertilization of mouse ova inseminated with epididymal sperm and with capacitated sperm. The inhibition was not observed, however, w...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okabe M,Kishi Y,Ying X,Kohama Y,Mimura T,Li SS

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bis(indole) alkaloids, of the topsentin class (1-4) and hamacanthin class (5-9), isolated from the marine sponge Spongosorites sp. were investigated using several biological assays. In the evaluation of antimicrobial activity against various strains of bacteria and fungi, compounds of the hamacanthin class exhibited m...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Oh KB,Mar W,Kim S,Kim JY,Lee TH,Kim JG,Shin D,Sim CJ,Shin J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diosgenyl saponins are the most abundant steroid saponins, and exert a large variety of biological functions. In a previous report, we showed that dioscin was able to induce cytotoxicity and apoptosis in human myeloblast leukemia HL-60 cells. This study further investigated the action mechanisms underlying this effect...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Liu MJ,Wang Z,Ju Y,Zhou JB,Wang Y,Wong RN

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study using apoptosis analysis suggested that Ca(2+) release through inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors and the subsequent Ca(2+) influx through store-operated channels (SOCs) constitute a triggering signal for H2O2-induced β-cell apoptosis. In the present study, we further examined the obligato...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sato T,Kaneko YK,Sawatani T,Noguchi A,Ishikawa T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to investigate the binding affinity of a newly synthesized 5-HT2 antagonist, (N-[2-[4-(5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ylidene)-piperidino]ethyl]-1-formyl-4-piperidinecarboxamide monohydrochloride monohydrate) (AT-1015), in the rabbit platelet membrane using [3H]-ketanserin by radioligand bin...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Rashid M,Watanabe M,Nakazawa M,Nagatomo T

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to discover multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) inhibitors with neuroblastoma-selective cytotoxicity by means of fluorescence assay with a membrane-permeable fluorescent dye, Fluo-8 AM, based on our observation that gene expression of Mrp3 in neuroblastoma Neuro2a cells was re...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakamichi N,Ishimoto T,Yamauchi Y,Masuo Y,Kato Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CNS) strains are frequently associated with bacteremia and hospital-acquired infections. 293 CNS strains were isolated from 744 samples from a dialysis center in S. M. de Tucumán, Argentina, from hemocultures, catheters and urine and identified as S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： de Allori MC,Jure MA,Romero C,de Castillo ME

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucus on the nasal mucosa is translocated to the pharynx by ciliary beating, which is an important nonspecific defense mechanism called mucociliary clearance (MC). MC is one of the important factors determining the rate and extent of drug absorption after nasal application. The purpose of this study is to evaluate MC ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Inoue D,Furubayashi T,Ogawara K,Kimura T,Higaki K,Katsumi H,Sakane T,Yamamoto A,Higashi Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of carboxamidemethylated Fc fragment (CM-Fc) from human immunoglobulin G (IgG) on type II collagen (C II)-induced arthritis (CIA) in DBA/1J mice was studied. CM-Fc suppressed the development of CIA while Fc fragment did not. CM-Fc inhibited the increase in serum anti-C II IgG. CM-Fc suppressed C II-induced ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mimura T,Itoh M,Gohgi H,Suzuki N,Takeuchi K,Tsujikawa K,Kohama Y

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylripariochromene A (MRC) was isolated from the leaves of Orthosiphon aristatus (Lamiaceae) and subjected to the examination of several pharmacological actions related to antihypertensive activity. The following four findings were revealed from the present study: 1) MRC caused a continuous decrease in systolic blo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsubara T,Bohgaki T,Watarai M,Suzuki H,Ohashi K,Shibuya H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of pulsed output ultrasound (1 MHz) with on/off ratios of 1:2, 1:4 and 1:9 on transdermal absorption of indomethacin from an ointment was studied in rats. Ultrasound energy was supplied for between 10 and 19 min at a range of intensities (1.0-2.5 W.cm-2), energy levels commonly used for therapeutic purposes...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Asano J,Suisha F,Takada M,Kawasaki N,Miyazaki S

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone, thyroxine (T4) binding to glycosylated human serum albumin (G-HSA), and native human serum albumin (HSA) were studied as a function of pH using the fluorescence method. T4 binding affinity for G-HSA was remarkably reduced in an alkaline pH as compared with the native HSA. The thermodynamic parameters ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okabe N,Yoshida S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of arachidonic acid-induced peripheral vascular disease in rats. Injecting arachidonic acid (2 mg/leg) into the femoral artery caused hind limb gangrene. Histopathological examination revealed occlusive thrombi and marked vascular injury, including denud...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tanaka T,Takei M,Fukuta Y,Higashino R,Fukuda Y,Nomura Y,Ito S,Tamaki H,Kurimoto T,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00