Hypertension to heart failure: new developmental strategies do not cross a clinical and therapeutic divide.

abstract：:Catheter ablation for rhythm control in atrial fibrillation has been recognized as an established treatment. Patients with atrial fibrillation suffer from an increased risk of thromboembolic events. Long-term stroke risk and mortality have been shown to be reduced after catheter ablation, still the procedure per se is...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Vrachatis DA,Giannopoulos G,Kossyvakis C,Panagopoulou V,Vavuranakis M,Papaioannou TG,Pagoni S,Pyrgakis VN,Cleman MW,Deftereos SG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioma is the most common human central nervous system tumour with a high degree of malignancy. Some Rab GTPases have significant effects on glioma. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the effect of Rab3b (Rab GTPase3b) on human glioma cell proliferation and apoptosis by silencing Rab3b and to initial...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Luo Q,Liu Y,Yuan Z,Huang L,Diao B

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that develops after experiencing trauma. Actual therapies do not help majority of patients with PTSD. Moreover, extinguished fear memories usually reappear in the individuals when exposed to trauma cues. New drugs to reduce the impact of conditioned cues in ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Barreto GE,Yarkov A,Avila-Rodriguez M,Aliev G,Echeverria V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic transmission through descending motor pathways to lumbar motoneurons and then to leg muscles is essential for walking in humans and rats. Spinal cord injury (SCI), even when incomplete, results in diminished transmission to motoneurons and very limited recovery of motor function. Neurotrophins have emerged as...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Arvanian V

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Androgen receptor (AR) is a steroid hormone receptor that is activated by endogenous androgens, mainly testosterone and 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (5alpha-DHT). AR is also an important drug target, and AR antagonists (antiandrogens) have been widely used for prostate cancer therapy. Antiandrogens currently available o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gao W

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Fusion proteins have been well-studied and widely applied in biopharmaceutics. Albumin fusion proteins are simple to construct, easy to purify, and stable to formulate. One main application of fusion protein is to extend the plasma half-life of therapeutic proteins and peptides. Albiglutide for diabetes treatment is t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rogers B,Dong D,Li Z,Li Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is often considered as a causative factor in carcinogenesis. In addition, current knowledge recognizes oxidative stress as a mechanism by which various cancer therapies act against cancer. To ameliorate the side effects of cancer therapy, many of the patients suffering from cancer are subject to adjuv...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Milkovic L,Siems W,Siems R,Zarkovic N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac ischemia, followed by reperfusion, often results in the development of cardiac contractile dysfunction that limits the recovery prognosis of patients. The current goal of pharmacological therapy in the course of ischemic heart disease is to improve the oxygen supply/demand ratio for the heart. Cardiac contract...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sawicki G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that heat shock proteins (HSPs) are induced by various stressors in order to confer protection against such stressors. Since stressor-induced tissue damage is involved in various diseases, especially gastrointestinal diseases, such as gastric ulcer, it has been thought that HSPs are protective against...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mizushima T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular uptake of therapeutic oligonucleotides and subsequent intracellular trafficking to their target sites represents the major technical hurdle for the biological effectiveness of these potential drugs. Accordingly, laboratories worldwide focus on the development of suitable delivery systems. Among the different ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Laufer SD,Restle T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is now recognised as an important modulator of various central nervous system processes. More recently, an increasing body of evidence has accumulated to suggest antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective roles of ECS. In this review we discuss the role and therapeutic potentia...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Velayudhan L,Van Diepen E,Marudkar M,Hands O,Suribhatla S,Prettyman R,Murray J,Baillon S,Bhattacharyya S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a global epidemic involving 20-40% of the general population. NAFLD is rapidly becoming the leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide. Knowledge about NAFLD-HCC peculiar features is needed to understand this emerging disease better. OBJECTIVE:To r...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tovoli F,Ferri S,Piscaglia F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No-reflow, i.e., the lack of distal myocardial perfusion to fully recover following recanalization of an acutely occluded coronary artery, is not only a mere consequence of ischemic injury, as substantial microvascular alterations may also develop subsequently, after initial restoration of perfusion. Since part of per...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tritto I,Zuchi C,Vitale S,Ambrosio G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative disorders are one of the most critical public health concerns of our times. Regrettably, therapeutic interventions currently available have shown only partial benefits to patients affected by one of these disorders. Although the important advances made during the last decades, several questions regar...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bastias-Candia S,Garrido A N,Zolezzi JM,Inestrosa NC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate and adaptive immunity has been shown to be critically involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In particular, immune suppression mediated by regulatory T cells (Tregs) or tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs) serves as a vital mechanism for regulating pathogenic chronic inflammation in atherogensis, suggest...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sasaki N,Yamashita T,Kasahara K,Takeda M,Hirata K

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) despite the advances in medical management keeps on as the primary cause of morbidity and mortality for both genders in Western societies. Sex differences though modify the clinical picture as well as the effectiveness of treatment. METHODS AND RESULTS:In this literature review ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Oikonomou E,Tsigkou V,Lazaros G,Papamikroulis GA,Papaioannou S,Siasos G,Tousoulis D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever since pure molecular entities have been adapted as drug, varied manifestations other than elimination of infections are frequently been acknowledged as side effects. Contemporary drug research focuses on these issues besides developing new molecules for the restoration of unnatural functional deviations in variou...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dutta RC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of aquired hematopoietic disorders characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis, and increased risk of progression of acute myeloid leukemia. For a long period of time, the standard therapy for MDS was hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, however DNA methyltransferase inhi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tsujioka T,Matsuoka A,Tohyama Y,Tohyama K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is an autosomal-dominant genetic disease and represents the most common genetic disorder: heterozygous 1/250 births, homozygous 1/300, 000 births. FH is characterized by high to very high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which is the main cause of increased inc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Viigimaa M,Heinsar S,Lovic D,Katsimardou A,Piperidou A,Duishvili D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The failing heart is characterized by a depleted metabolic energy reserve and the upregulation of several molecular mechanisms leading to cardiac hypertrophy, inflammation, fibrosis, angiogenesis, and apoptosis. Dietary or non-dietary supplementation of vitamins could potentially benefit energy balance. OBJ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Georgiopoulos G,Chrysohoou C,Vogiatzi G,Magkas N,Bournelis I,Bampali S,Gruson D,Tousoulis D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a vital role in the onset and development of many diseases, including cancers. Emerging evidence shows that numerous miRNAs have the potential to be used as diagnostic biomarkers for cancers, and miRNA-based therapy may be a promising therapy for the treatment of malignant neoplasm. MicroRNA-14...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ma Y,Cao X,Shi G,Shi T

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune complexes are major pathogenic factors contributing to tissue injury in a number of autoimmune diseases. Immune complexes consist of autoantibodies to self-antigens, which initiate an inflammatory response through binding to immunoglobulin Fc receptors (FcRs) or via complement components. The significance of Fc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kleinau S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a plausible role for cytokines, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and their interaction in major depressive disorder's (MDD) etiology. This review includes (i) briefly defining cytokines, (ii) a discussion of theories for why they may affect brain function, (iii) cross-sectional associations between c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lotrich F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant tumors aberrantly overexpress various embryonic genes and proto-oncogenes, including a variety of cancer-testis antigens (CTAs). CTAs belong to a class of testis-derived proteins which are only expressed in germ cells in the male testis, and the expression of CTA genes is entirely silenced in the adult somat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yang P,Huo Z,Liao H,Zhou Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed patients with fatality rates ranging from 30 % to 80 % in neutropenic patients. This results at least partly in difficulties obtaining a reliable and early diagnosis, followed by the fact that clinical symptoms are unspecific a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lackner M,Lass-Flörl C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyphenols widely distributed in plants, fruits and vegetables have received considerable attention on account of their physiological functions, including their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Some antioxidant components of cacao liquor prepared from fermented and roasted cacao beans, which is...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Natsume M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of individual cells must be tightly coordinated in order to build and maintain complex 3- dimensional body structures during embryogenesis and regeneration. Thus, one way to view cancer is within systems biology as a network disorder affecting the ability of cells to properly interact with a morphodynam...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tuszynski J,Tilli TM,Levin M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00