Pharmacological management of acutely agitated schizophrenic patients.

abstract：:The influence of mitochondrial dysfunction on pathological states involving inflammatory and/or oxidative stress in tissues that do not show frank cellular apoptosis or necrosis has been rather difficult to unravel, and the literature is replete with contradictory information. Although such discrepancies have many pot...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Suliman HB,Piantadosi CA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin is a natural polyphenol product derived from the rhizome of the Curcuma longa. In vivo and in vitro studies have uncovered many important bioactivities of curcumin, such as antioxidant activity, inducing cell apoptosis, inhibiting cell proliferation, anti-cell adhesion and motility, anti-angiogenesis and anti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fan X,Zhang C,Liu DB,Yan J,Liang HP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase produces ATP in cells and is found on the inner membrane of mitochondria or the cell plasma membrane (ectopic ATP synthase). Here, we summarize the functions of ectopic ATP synthase in vascular endothelial cells (ECs). Ectopic ATP synthase is involved in adenosine metabolism on th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fu Y,Zhu Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a heterogeneous and progressive neurodegenerative disease which in Western society mainly accounts for clinical dementia. Inflammation plays a key role in AD and dissecting the genetics of inflammation may provide an answer to the possible treatment. Hence, the better understanding of diffe...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Balistreri CR,Grimaldi MP,Chiappelli M,Licastro F,Castiglia L,Listì F,Vasto S,Lio D,Caruso C,Candore G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid markers are well established predictors of vascular disease. The most frequently measured lipid variables are total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides. In this review we consider the predictive value of these variables and other more specialis...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Milionis HJ,Daskalopoulou SS,Elisaf M,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins effectively reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. However, even after low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment there is a residual CVD risk. To reduce this risk, combining statins with drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) was investigated. The GREek Atorvastatin ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Athyros VG,Katsiki N,Karagiannis A,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder caused by degeneration of the nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and the resultant deficiency in the neurotransmitter DA at the nerve terminals in the striatum. We and other investigators found increased levels of pro-inflammatory c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nagatsu T,Sawada M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever of Unknown Origin, or FUO, is a challenging condition for patients and clinicians. In up to 50% of cases, no diagnosis is established. Patient workup begins with comprehensive history, physical examination and laboratory tests. Radionuclide imaging has been a second-line procedure. Gallium-67 citrate, which accu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Palestro CJ,Love C

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:At sufficient sun exposure, humans can synthesize vitamin D3 endogenously in their skin, but today's lifestyle makes the secosteroid a true vitamin that needs to be taken up by diet or supplementation with pills. The vitamin D3 metabolite 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 acts as a nuclear hormone activating the tra...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Carlberg C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is characterised by positive, negative, cognitive, depressive and anxiety symptoms. Over the last decades a number of novel treatment strategies with better clinical efficacy and scope, but with lower side-effect profiles have been developed. These have significantly improved the management and prognosis...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： McCreary AC,Newman-Tancredi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have emerged as critical players in immunity. They are capable of sensing organisms ranging from protozoa to bacteria, fungi or viruses upon detection of the pathogen as well as recognizing endogenous ligands, and triggering transduction pathways. Following activation of the innate immune sy...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： de la Barrera S,Alemán M,Sasiain Mdel C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept that the gut microbiota plays a major role in the development of pouchitis in ulcerative colitis patients after restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, is widely accepted and supported by a widespread use of some antibiotics (metronidazole and/or ciprofloxacin, rifaximin) to treat th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Guslandi M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discovery and development of BCS class 1 drugs through high throughput screening is one of the biggest challenge faced by formulation scientist. METHODS:There are a number of approaches that have been exploited to enhance the solubility and permeability of drugs. Among them, development of nanosuspension ha...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Arora D,Khurana B,Rath G,Nanda S,Goyal AK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although acute renal graft rejection rate has declined in the last years, and because an adequate therapy can improve graft outcome, its therapy remains as one of the most significant challenges for pharmacists and physicians taking care of transplant patients. Due to the lack of evidence highlighted by the available ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rodrigo E,Chedid MF,Segundo DS,Millán JCRS,López-Hoyos M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinic resting heart rate (RHR), is one of the cardiovascular parameters more easily measurable. In the general population RHR has been associated with total and cardiovascular mortality and higher rate of vascular events. OBJECTIVE:The case of essential hypertension is in some ways peculiar: in the past de...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Di Raimondo D,Musiari G,Grova M,Miceli G,Tuttolomondo A,Pinto A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune demyelinating disorder in Western countries and can lead to permanent disability. Over the past decades remarkable progress has been made in providing new therapeutic strategies to tackle the burden of the disease. Oral drugs and monoclonal antibodies are the main ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sanvito L,Constantinescu CS,Gran B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHD is one of the most common serious chronic conditions in postmenopausal women and leads to extremely high risk for recurrent myocardial infarction and death. On the basis of the currently available randomized clinical-trial results the role of conventional HRT for treatment and prevention of CHD is rapidly evolving...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Francucci CM,Camilletti A,Boscaro M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation is well recognized as a potentially effective mechanism for controlling glycemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). However, a direct targeting of inhibition of the intramitochondrial beta-oxidation pathway or an indirect modulation of fatty acid oxidation by inhibit...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Anderson RC

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a strong rationale for usage of anti-angiogenic agents in epithelial ovarian cancer. Bevacizumab is the most widely investigated anti-VEGF agent and has shown promising results in recent clinical trials. OBJECTIVE:To review the rationale and usage of bevacizumab in advanced epithelial ovarian cance...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kroep JR,Nortier JW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-engineered oral mucosal equivalents have been developed for in vitro studies for a few years now. However, the usefulness of currently available models is still limited by many factors, mainly the lack of a physiological extracellular matrix (ECM) and the use of cell populations that do not reflect the properly...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bucchieri F,Fucarino A,Marino Gammazza A,Pitruzzella A,Marciano V,Paderni C,De Caro V,Siragusa MG,Lo Muzio L,Holgate ST,Davies DE,Farina F,Zummo G,Kudo Y,Giannola IL,Campisi G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the fabrication, characterization and application of micro- and nano-particles that possess a non-uniform internal structure are reviewed. The particle structures include core-shell particles, particles with multiple cores or a multi-layered structure, porous particles with both regular and random p...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Čejková J,Štêpánek F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A substantial part of literature has been centered on sex differences in the clinical aspects of ischemic heart disease (IHD). Many reports have documented differences in the presentation and risk profile between women and men. Such differences drive sex-related inequalities in the referral and treatment of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Cenko E,Bugiardini R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike other neuroinflammatory disorders, like Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and multiple sclerosis, little is still known of the role of the endocannabinoid system in Alzheimer's disease (AD). This is partly due to the poor availability of animal models that are really relevant to the human disease, and t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bisogno T,Di Marzo V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topiramate is one of the currently most promising compounds in the field of addiction medicine. This paper discusses its potential utility related to a phase model of addiction development, focusing on the assumption that addiction is a continuous process involving different neurobiological pathways, depending on the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Thorens G,Billieux J,Manghi R,Khan R,Khazaal Y,Zullino DF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to apply Quality by Design (QbD) principles on process parameter optimization for the development of hybrid delivery system (combination of (SLNs) and In-situ gelling system) for hydrophilic drug Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride (MOX) to achieve its controlled delivery, which otherw...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Khurana LK,Singh R,Singh H,Sharma M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is one of the most common endocrine non-communicable metabolic disorders which is mainly caused either due to insufficient insulin or inefficient insulin or both together and is characterized by hyperglycemia. Diabetes emerged as a serious health issue in the industrialized and developing country especially i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Prabhakar PK,Sivakumar PM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years several new drugs (oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, topiramate, gabapentin, zonisamide, tiagabine, fosphenytoin, vigabatrin and felbamate) have been added to the therapeutic armamentarium against epilepsy. Some of these represent structural modifications of pre-existing compounds, others were developed with...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gatti G,Bonomi I,Jannuzzi G,Perucca E

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylyl cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a neuropeptide with great neuroprotective effects and remarkable therapeutic potential. PACAP activates several cellular pathways to exert its protective effects. Emerging evidence shows that PACAP can modify the levels and activity of cell cycle components ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Polanco MJ,Pennuto M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00