PET imaging in clinical drug abuse research.

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：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19 virus) is a worldwide pandemic pathogen infecting 210 territories. It belongs to the family coronaviriadae and the order Nidovirales. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA enveloped virus that includes spike proteins projecti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ahmed H,Sayed A,Munir M,Elberry MH,Sayed IM,Kamal MA,Negida A,Ebada MA,Bahbah EI

更新日期：2020-12-22 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：:Many plant species and tissues have been investigated as production and delivery vehicles for recombinant pharmaceutical proteins. Examples include cultured cells, whole aquatic plants and transgenic plants expressing recombinant proteins in their leaves, seeds, fruits or tubers/roots. Each platform has unique propert...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hofbauer A,Stoger E

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:In this review we discuss the role of protonation states in receptor-ligand interactions, providing experimental evidences and computational predictions that complex formation may involve titratable groups with unusual pKa's and that protonation states frequently change from unbound to bound states. These protonation ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Petukh M,Stefl S,Alexov E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrate derivatives have a 40-year history in the management of dyslipidemia. Although this class of drugs is generally well tolerated, several safety issues have arisen from their use. In the present article we review the literature describing side effects associated with the use of fibrates except for those that are...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Florentin M,Liberopoulos EN,Mikhailidis DP,Elisaf MS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of protein 3D structures without function annotation in Protein Data Bank (PDB) has been steadily increased. Many of these proteins are relevant for Pharmaceutical Design because they may be enzymes of different classes that could become drug targets. This fact has led in turn to an increment of demand for ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Concu R,Podda G,Ubeira FM,González-Díaz H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pivotal therapeutic role of myocardial metabolic modulation in ischemic heart disease (IHD) is increasingly recognized. Among the others, inhibitors of free fatty acids (FFA) oxidation have been consistently shown to play an important role in the therapeutic strategy of IHD patients. Additionally, abnormalities of...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fragasso G,Salerno A,Spoladore R,Cera M,Montanaro C,Margonato A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural product drugs that target the tubulin/microtubule system remain an important component in the therapeutic arsenal to treat many types of malignancies. Agents such as the taxanes and vinca alkaloids bind to beta-tubulin and disrupt microtubule dynamics by inducing a potent mitotic block and subsequent cell deat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Verrills NM,Kavallaris M

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Hyperglycemia is a common feature of the critically ill in general and of patients with sepsis in particular. Even a moderate degree of hyperglycemia appears detrimental for the outcome of critically ill patients, since maintenance of normoglycemia (blood glucose levels

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Van Cromphaut SJ,Vanhorebeek I,Van den Berghe G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decades have witnessed an explosion in studies of the role of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the progress of the neurodegenerative disorder Alzheimer's disease (AD) and it is now widely accepted that Aβ is related to the pathogenesis of AD. For example, studies have shown that Aβ is neurotoxic and that the neurotoxicity o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Portelius E,Mattsson N,Andreasson U,Blennow K,Zetterberg H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicinal inorganic chemistry plays an important role in exploring the properties of metal ions for the designing of new drugs. The field has been stimulated by the success of cis-platin, the world best selling anticancer drug and platinum complexes with reduced toxicity, oral activity and activity against resistant t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sirajuddin M,Ali S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is extensive evidence that changes in immune system activation accompany the pathological changes of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but a mechanistic understanding of how the immune system actually participates in disease pathogenesis is still largely lacking. Because of the complexity of the immunological response, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nelson RB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Research focused on identifying compounds that restore cognition and memory in AD patients is a very active investigational pursuit, but unfortunately, it has been only successful in terms of developing symptomatic treatments. Aβ deposition a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Solas M,Puerta E,Ramirez MJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of autoreactive antibodies from self-reactive B cells results in the formation of immune complexes that deposit in tissue and fix complement, contributing to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Earlier mouse models emphasize the importance of autoreactive antibodies formed against "self" prot...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Low JM,Moore TL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Di Martino P

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Polyphenols are a family of natural antioxidants that in recent years have been studied and tested for their potential benefits towards cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this review is to focus the attention on the presumed lipid-lowering and atheroprotective effects of polyphenols, administered...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Cicero AFG,Colletti A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CCN family of growth factors is composed of six structurally related proteins including the cysteine-rich 61 (Cyr61), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), nephroblastoma overexpressed (NOV), Wnt-1 induced secreted protein-1 (WISP-1), WISP-2 and WISP-3. Each family member consists of four conserved cysteine rich...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Desnoyers L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More and more evidences are still accumulating rapidly on the G-protein-coupled-receptors (GPCRs) dimerization/oligomerization. Such common feature of GPCRs has called extensive attention to both pharmacologists and medicinal chemists for illustration of the pharmacological functions and therapeutic utilities of such ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Liu Z,Zhang J,Zhang A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most important glycoproteins of trypanosomatids are anchored by glycoinositolphospholipids (GIPLs) to their plasma membrane. In addition, free GIPLs have been described, for instance the lipopeptidophosphoglycan (LPPG) which is a major component of the surface of T. cruzi epimastigotes. An inositolphosphoceramide ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lederkremer RM,Bertello LE

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative processes exert a fundamental regulatory function during pregnancy. It depends on the influence of oxygen, nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species metabolic pathways upon the vascular changes in the maternal organism, as well as on the regulation of uterine and cervical tone throu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Biondi C,Pavan B,Lunghi L,Fiorini S,Vesce F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaginal infections caused by non-albicans species have become common in women of all age groups. The resistance of species such as Candida parapsilosis to the various antifungal agents is a risk factor attributed to these types of infections, which instigates the search for new sources of active compounds in...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： C de Lima L,A S Ramos M,Toledo LG,Rodero CF,Hilário F,Dos Santos LC,Chorilli M,Bauab TM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine is released in large amounts during myocardial ischemia and is capable of exerting potent cardioprotective effects in the heart. Although these observations on adenosine have been known for a long time, how adenosine acts to achieve its anti-ischemic effect remains incompletely understood. However, recent ad...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Liang BT,Jacobson KA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial and long-lasting process in humans. Therefore, animal models where more rapid changes occur can be useful for the study of this process. Among such models are the apolipoprotein (apo) E knock out mice. Apo E deficient mice show impaired clearing of plasma lipoproteins and they devel...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kolovou G,Anagnostopoulou K,Mikhailidis DP,Cokkinos DV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arterial hypertension (AH) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) frequently coincide. While significant attention is paid to AH, PAD is often underestimated. It is known that both AH and PAD present high cardiovascular risks for ischemic events. To date, the use of the most common anti-hypertensive drugs in ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Signorelli SS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular disorders, resulting from endothelial cell dysfunction, may be caused by various stimuli, including infectious pathogens, cytotoxic reagents, and pathophysiological mechanisms mediated by immune responses. Endothelial cell dysfunction characterized by apoptosis and abnormal immune activation is, at least in p...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lin YS,Lin CF,Lei HY,Liu HS,Yeh TM,Chen SH,Liu CC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MNPs find numerous important biomedical applications owing to their high biocompatibility and unique magnetic properties at the bottom level. Among several other biomedical applications, MNPs are gaining importance in treating various kinds of cancer either as a hyperthermia agent alone or as a drug/gene carrier for s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： T S A,Shalumon KT,Chen JP

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00