Pharmacological methods to overcome IFN-beta antibody formation in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The highly divergent histological heterogeneities, aggressive invasion and extremely poor response to treatment make glioblastoma (GBM) one of the most lethal and difficult cancers in humans. Among key elements driving its behavior is epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), however, neither traditional th...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Gao Q,Lei T,Ye F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the use of the statins to lower low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, leading to major reductions in the mortality and morbidity that is associated with coronary artery disease, considerable mortality and morbidity remains. Increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels has been associated with re...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Doggrell SA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early breast carcinoma is defined as pathological stage 1 (pT1N0M0) tumour and its incidence has recently increased possibly due to the advent of mammography based mass screening. Overall survival of these patients is in general excellent, but more than 20% of them will eventually develop distant metastasis and die. T...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Sasano H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable progress has been made with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. After long and sustained efforts, several tyrosine kinase inhibitors with convincing in vivo experimental antitumour properties such as CP-358,774, ZD 1839, CEP-751 are entering Phase I clinical trials. Significant in vivo experimental antitumour act...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Lavelle F

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials showing the benefits of reducing the effects of TNF- alpha in rheumatoid arthritis have highlighted the key role of the cytokine TNF- alpha in this inflammatory condition. A new approach to reducing the effects of TNF- alpha is to decrease its synthesis by inhibiting TNF- alpha converting enzyme with G...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Doggrell SA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Because of the central role of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in the control and distribution of signals essential for mRNA translation of mitogenic genes and generation of oncogenic proteins, effective targeting of mTOR remains a major goal in medical oncology. AREAS COVERED:This articl...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Nelson V,Altman JK,Platanias LC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in persons with high-risk conditions needs to be improved. In this paper, the authors review various vaccination strategies, including repeated doses of the vaccine or the use of higher hemagglutinin (HA) content vaccines that have been shown to result in improved immunogenicity....

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Safdar A,Cox MM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors has been dramatically improved by therapy with imatinib mesilate (imatinib mesylate), a KIT and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Unfortunately, the majority of patients eventually experience disease progression due to drug re...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Sankhala KK,Papadopoulos KP

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pro-protein [corrected] convertase subtilisin kexin (PCSK)-9 is a newly discovered protein involved in intracellular and extracellular regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) expression. Autosomal dominant activating mutations in PCSK-9 cause familial hypercholesterolaemia whereas inactivatin...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Wierzbicki AS,Hardman TC,Viljoen A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to a variety of other novel agents, interest in histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) as antineoplastic drugs has recently accelerated and increasing numbers of these compounds have entered clinical trials in humans. HDACIs represent a prototype of molecularly targeted agents that perturb signal transduc...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Rosato RR,Grant S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper gives an overview of the available pharmacological and clinical data of a new class of anticancer drugs which act by binding DNA in the minor groove, comprising cyclopropylpyrrolo-indole (CC-1065) derivatives and Distamycin derivatives. The emphasis of this review is placed on the distinctive mode of action...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： D'Incalci M,Sessa C

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Thermo transient receptor potential (thermoTRP) channels are some of the most intensely pursued therapeutic targets of the past decade. They are considered promising targets of numerous diseases including chronic pain and cancer. Modulators of these proteins, in particular TRPV1-4, TRPM8 and TRPA1, have re...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Fernández-Carvajal A,González-Muñiz R,Fernández-Ballester G,Ferrer-Montiel A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dexamethasone cipecilate is a corticosteroid nasal spray whose local efficacy durability has been improved by introduction of a liposoluble functional group to its chemical structure. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of once-daily treatment with this drug in patients with perennial allergic ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Gotoh M,Okubo K,Okuda M,Hamada C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical studies suggest that the brain corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) systems mediate anxiety-like behavioural and somatic responses through actions at the CRF1 receptor. CRF1 antagonists block the anxiogenic-like effects of CRF and stress in animal models. Cerebrospinal fluid levels of CRF are elevated in s...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Zorrilla EP,Koob GF

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the clinical pharmacology, efficacy and safety of the novel antipsychotic drug aripiprazole. All published citations regarding aripiprazole were reviewed using a Medline((R)) search (completed for citations through mid-year, 2002). In addition, abstracts from recent scientific meetings presenting da...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Keck PE Jr,McElroy SL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by persistent hyperglycemia resulting from progressive deficient of insulin in patients with a background of insulin resistance. Current treatment algorithms recommended by American Diabetes Association/The European Association for the Study of D...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Tan X,Cao X,Zhou M,Zou P,Hu J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is a holoenzyme responsible for the maintenance of telomeres, the protein-nucleic acid complexes at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that serve to maintain chromosomal stability and integrity. Telomerase activity is essential for the sustained proliferation of most immortal cells, including cancer cells. ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Perry PJ,Arnold JR,Jenkins TC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by mutations in the dystrophin (DMD) gene. Most patients die from respiratory failure or cardiomyopathy. There are significant unmet needs for treatments for DMD as the standard of care is principally limited to symptom relief throu...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Sheikh O,Yokota T

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes lower respiratory tract infections and can lead to morbidity and mortality in the infant, elderly and immunocompromised. There is no vaccine and therapeutic interventions are limited. RSV disease research has yielded the development of several prophylactic and the...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Bergeron HC,Tripp RA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently available antifungal drugs for serious infections are either fungistatic and vulnerable to resistance (azoles) or fungicidal but toxic to the host (polyenes). Cell wall-acting antifungals are inherently selective and fungicidal, features that make them particularly attractive for clinical development. Three ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Georgopapadakou NH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PDE3 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases are important in cyclic AMP (cAMP) and possibly cyclic GMP-mediated signalling in cardiac and vascular smooth muscle myocytes. Drugs that inhibit these enzymes have inotropic and vasodilatory actions that have proven useful in the short-term treatment of contractile failure an...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Movsesian MA,Alharethi R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Khan A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of the immune system is of indispensable importance for graft acceptance and function. Immunological changes in the graft before and after organ harvesting, the transplantation procedure itself and the organ recipients clinical state contribute to the immune response. Leukocyte trafficking [1] into a graft is ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Behrend M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immune mechanisms respond rapidly to bacterial infection. A key cellular component of the innate immune response is the neutrophil, whose cytoplasmic granules contain a variety of antimicrobial proteins and peptides. Among these is the bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), a cationic 55 kDa protei...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Levy O

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The salivary gland (SG) in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is characterized by its lack of function (hyposalivation) and lymphocytic invasion. Small-molecule inhibitors (SMIs) are a new class of drugs, whose diminutive size permits diffusion into cells. SMIs targeting components of the immune system are e...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Pringle S,Wang X,Bootsma H,Spijkervet FKL,Vissink A,Kroese FGM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologically-based skin substitutes have developed as commercial products over the last 5 years. The first generation includes the collagen-based synthetic device, Integra, and Alloderm, which is based on devitalised and cross-linked human dermis. These are used as dermal replacements for third degree burns. Within th...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Mansbridge J

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibiting the tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has an established role in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The first-generation EGFR inhibitors erlotinib and gefitinib have been approved for treatment in the second- and third-line setting. Second-generation ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Mukherji D,Spicer J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating disease that afflicts millions of people worldwide and poor glycemic control in this disease leads to numerous microvascular and macrovascular complications. There is growing evidence that tight glycemic control prevents the development, and delays the progression, of microvascular ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Mudaliar S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an age-associated, progressive, and irreversible fatal interstitial lung disease. Although many drugs have failed in clinical trials, these failures improved the understanding of the pathogenesis of IPF. Currently, there are two drugs approved for IPF that slow the pr...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Sato S,Yanagihara T,Kolb MRJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the clinical development of the prototype broad spectrum inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), flavopiridol, now undergoing Phase II single-agent trials and Phase I combination trials (with paclitaxel and cisplatin). Preclinically, flavopiridol is a potent inhibitor of CDKs 1, 2 and 4 in...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Kelland LR

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00