Effects of modafinil on cognitive performance and alertness during sleep deprivation.

abstract：:Quinone based bioreductive drugs have, potentially, a very versatile use in cancer chemotherapy. They can be activated by DT-diaphorase and hence can be used to target tumour types rich in this (O2)-independent reductase enzyme. Small molecular modifications can substantially reduce specificity for DT-diaphorase and u...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： McNally VA,Patterson AV,Williams KJ,Cowen RL,Stratford IJ,Jaffar M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour resistance to anticancer agents remains a challenge in oncological practice, because it results in exposure to toxicities, unnecessary costs and, most importantly, delay of a potentially more effective treatment. Drug uptake by tumours may be impaired by several resistance pathways. Reasons for primary resistan...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： van der Veldt AA,Luurtsema G,Lubberink M,Lammertsma AA,Hendrikse NH

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Periodontal diseases are common inflammatory conditions of the supporting apparatus of the teeth which lead to early tooth loss. This review discusses the evidence for a role of reactive oxygen species in inducing periodontal tissue damage and focuses on recent evidence showing increased local and systemic alterations...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nibali L,Donos N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) are associated with a substantially increased risk of coronary disease and cardiovascular events. Furthermore, numerous studies have suggested that HDL may exert several potentially important antiatherosclerotic and endothelial-protective effects. In particu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Besler C,Heinrich K,Riwanto M,Lüscher TF,Landmesser U

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple molecular, cellular, structural and functional changes occur in the brain during aging. Neural cells may respond to these changes adaptively by employing multiple mechanisms in order to maintain the integrity of nerve cell circuits and to facilitate responses to environmental demands. Otherwise, they may succ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lanni C,Stanga S,Racchi M,Govoni S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is the process by which new blood vessels are formed from preexisting microvasculature. To ensure an adequate blood supply, tumor cells release angiogenic factors that are capable of promoting nearby blood vessels to extend vascular branches to the tumor. In addition, larger tumors have been shown to rele...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gourley M,Williamson JS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multi-drug resistant infections are a growing worldwide health concern. There is an urgent need to produce alternative antimicrobial agents. OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to design a new hybrid antimicrobial peptide, and to evaluate its antimicrobial activity alone and in combination with traditional antibiotic...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tall YA,Al-Rawashdeh B,Abualhaijaa A,Almaaytah A,Masadeh M,Alzoubi KH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DARPins (designed ankyrin repeat proteins), new kinds of binding proteins, have the potential to overcome the defects of monoclonal antibodies, and hence may become the alternatives to antibodies and generate a novel therapeutic approach. DARPins can be selected to bind any given target proteins with high affinity and...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wu X,Shi Y,Ren P,Wang D,Li G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are important enzymes that effect post-translational modifications of proteins by altering the acetylation state of lysine residues. HDACs control epigenetic changes that trigger cell transformation and proliferation of transformed cells associated with many diseases. These enzymes are val...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Andrews KT,Tran TN,Fairlie DP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loss of olfaction can cause noticeable reduction in general quality of life. Only a small portion of patients with olfactory loss respond to current medications. Thus, development of novel therapeutic strategies seems to be necessary. Looking into traditional medical knowledge can be of great value in addres...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sinaei F,Emami SA,Sahebkar A,Javadi B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reversible cholinesterase inhibitors, when given prophylactically before exposure to organophosphates, are able to decrease organophosphate-induced mortality. However, the efficacy of pyridostigmine, the only pre-treatment substance approved by the US Federal Drug Administration, is unsatisfactory. METHODS:...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lorke DE,Nurulain SM,Hasan MY,Kuca K,Petroianu GA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) ranks as the leading cause of death in the Western world. The most widely used therapeutics utilized for the treatment of CAD are the lipid-lowering drugs, which lower plasma cholesterol. However lowering cholesterol alone may not be sufficient to provide benefit to all patient population...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Arad Y,Saxena U

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High molecular weight kininogen (HK) is a plasma protein that is cleaved by plasma kallikrein in the clinical settings of sepsis and chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. This proteolytic event results in a nonapeptide, bradykinin (BK), and a kinin-free derivative of HK, namel...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Colman RW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (PHH) is caused by solitary benign insulinoma or hyperplasia of pancreatic beta cells. In infants, PHH is caused by functionally defective hyperplastic beta cells, which are either diffusely or focally distributed in the pancreas. In adults, insulinoma is the most common cause ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kauhanen S,Seppänen M,Minn H,Nuutila P

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Inflammation is part of an important mechanism triggered by the innate immune response that rapidly responds to invading microorganisms and tissue injury. One important elicitor of the inflammatory response is the Gram-negative bacteria component lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which induces the activation of innate immune ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： de Almeida OP Jr,Toledo TR,Rossi D,Rossetto Dde B,Watanabe TF,Galvão FC,Medeiros AI,Zanelli CF,Valentini SR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the limited evidence about the effect of micronutrient supplementation on the semen quality, many micronutrient supplements have been used to improve male fertility. Approximately, 40%-50% of male infertility cases in general and up to 80% in men with idiopathic infertility cases are caused by oxidat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dimitriadis F,Tsounapi P,Zachariou A,Kaltsas A,Sokolakis I,Hatzichristodoulou G,Symeonidis EN,Kotsiris D,Gabales MR,Vlachopoulou E,Takenaka A,Sofikitis N

更新日期：2020-04-15 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：:The targeting of drugs to skeletal muscle is an emerging area of research. Driven by the need for new therapies to treat a range of muscle-associated diseases, these strategies aim to provide improved drug exposure at the site of action in skeletal muscle with reduced concentration in other tissues where unwanted side...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ebner DC,Bialek P,El-Kattan AF,Ambler CM,Tu M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular Mechanics (MM) force fields are the methods of choice for protein simulations, which are essential in the study of conformational flexibility. Given the importance of protein flexibility in drug binding, MM is involved in most if not all Computational Structure-Based Drug Discovery (CSBDD) projects. This pap...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Vanommeslaeghe K,Guvench O,MacKerell AD Jr

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of beneficial preventive and therapeutic effects achieved by traditional and complementary medicine are currently being deciphered in molecular medicine. Curcumin, a yellow-colored polyphenol derived from the rhizome of turmeric (Curcuma longa), influences a wide variety of cellular processes through th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Troselj KG,Kujundzic RN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential nature of rapid radiotracer synthesis very early in drug discovery programs has driven the need for better and more varied tritium incorporation methods. This review presents a summary of recent advances for tritium introduction via tritiated water, tritium gas, complex tritides, and a range of recently ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Saljoughian M,Williams PG

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript provides an overview for analysts, medical and scientific investigators, and laboratory administrators, the range of factors that should be considered to implement best practice forensic toxicology. These include laboratory influence over the collection of specimens, their proper transport and chain-of...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Drummer OH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic complication of pregnancy. Universal guidelines on gestational diabetes have been impeded by the long-term controversies on its definition and screening strategies. The prevalence of gestational diabetes is rising all over the world, is significantly influenced by et...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kousta E,Kontogeorgi A,Robinson S,Johnston DG

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are well recognized for playing a dual role as both deleterious and beneficial species. ROS are products of normal cellular metabolism and under physiological conditions, participate in maintenance of cellular 'redox homeostasis. Overproduction of ROS, results in oxidative stress. Oxidati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rosanna DP,Salvatore C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Origanum vulgare is used in Armenian cuisine as well as in folk medicine. The aim of this investigation was to determine the peculiarities of the chemical composition of Armenian flora's oregano essential oil (EO) and ethanol extract (EE) and to characterize mainly antioxidant and antibacterial properties in...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Moghrovyan A,Sahakyan N,Babayan A,Chichoyan N,Petrosyan M,Trchounian A

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Pro-rich antimicrobial peptides are a group of linear peptides of innate immunity isolated from mammals and invertebrates, and characterised by a high content of proline residues (up to 50%). Members of this group are predominantly active against Gram-negative bacterial species which they kill by a non-lytic mechanism...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gennaro R,Zanetti M,Benincasa M,Podda E,Miani M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ultrasound contrast agents involving a therapeutic drug applied during enhanced imaging can be used for targeted therapy. The preparation of contrast agents is a precondition and basis for the use of multifunctional contrast agents in molecular imaging. METHODS:This study uses thin-film hydration-mechanical vi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yang F,Li Y,Liufu C,Wang Y,Chen Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00