Hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media.

abstract：:The intracellular hydric balance is an essential process of mammalian cells. The water movement across cell membranes is driven by osmotic and hydrostatic forces and the speed of this process is dependent on the presence of specific aquaporin water channels. Since the molecular identification of the first water channe...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Frigeri A,Nicchia GP,Svelto M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is one of the most important arboviral infections worldwide, infecting up to 390 million people and causing 25,000 deaths annually. Although a licensed dengue vaccine is available, it is not efficacious against dengue serotypes that infect people living in South East Asia, where dengue is an endemic disease. He...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Reginald K,Chan Y,Plebanski M,Poh CL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a complex pathology characterized by the occurrence of a variety of symptoms classified as positive, negative and cognitive. Although the exact etiopathogenesis of this disorder has not been unraveled yet, many theories have been endorsed during the last years. Among these, the neurochemical theories ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mhillaj E,Morgese MG,Trabace L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are glycoproteins that serve as chemical messengers between cells. They assist in the regulation of cell growth and repair and also have immune modulating properties. Cytokines play a role in diverse clinical processes and phenomena such as fatigue, fever, sleep, pain, stress and aching. A review of the fibr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wallace DJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small but increasing number of gene expression based biomarkers are becoming available for routine clinical use, principally in oncology and transplantation. These underscore the potential of gene expression arrays and RNA sequencing for biomarker development, but this potential has not yet been fully realized and m...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Flint SM,McKinney EF,Lyons PA,Smith KG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) transduces stress signals from the plasma membrane to the nucleus but has recently also been identified in mitochondria. Inhibition of cardiomyocyte mitochondrial STAT3 with the STAT3-specific inhibitor Stattic decreases ADP-stimulated respiration and enha...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Boengler K,Ungefug E,Heusch G,Schulz R

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:From the evidence of failed injection-based growth factor therapies, it has been proposed that a naturally triggered uninterrupted blood circulation of the growth factors would be superior. OBJECTIVE:We seek to stimulate discussions and more research about the possibility of using the already available grow...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Muresanu C,Somasundaram SG,Vissarionov SV,Gavryushova LV,Nikolenko VN,Mikhaleva LM,Kirkland CE,Aliev G

更新日期：2020-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The HERC family contains six members from HERC1 to HERC6 that are featured with the HECT domains that exerts ubiquitin ligase activity and the RCC1-like domains that are involved in cell cycle regulation. Although identified as early as 1990s, their biological functions are extensively studied in recent year...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mao X,Sethi G,Zhang Z,Wang Q

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Many of the most debilitating symptoms for psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia remain poorly treated. As such, the development of novel treatments is urgently needed. Unfortunately, the costs associated with high failure rates for investigational compounds as they enter clinical trials has led to pharmaceutica...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wylie KP,Smucny J,Legget KT,Tregellas JR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three opioid receptors, mu, delta and kappa all mediate analgesia, and knockout mice with opioid receptor deletion have proven unique tools to investigate in vivo opioid pharmacology. Since a few years, a number of new mouse lines have been engineered, with several distinct mutations of the mu receptor, to assess ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gavériaux-Ruff C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as reactive nitrogen species (RNS) play either harmful or beneficial role in biological systems. Beneficial effects of ROS include physiological roles in cellular responses against infectious agents and in several cellular signalling pathways. Harmful effects are due to high conc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Balsano C,Alisi A

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Sulfur mustard (SM)-induced airway injuries and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterized by chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract and share some similarities regarding the cellular and molecular mechanisms orchestrating airway destruction. Since available data regarding the immu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Panahi Y,Jadidi-Niaragh F,Jamalkandi SA,Ghanei M,Pedone C,Nikravanfard N,Nikravesh F,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 50 peptides, and a similar number of peptide receptors, are known to be present in the gut and this amount is likely to rise significantly over the next few years. While there has been a massive research effort to define their functions and their anatomical distribution in the central nervous system (CNS), the u...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Motilva V,Talero E,Calvo JR,Villegas I,Alarcón-de-la-Lastra C,Sánchez-Fidalgo S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The state-of-the-art in the investigation of drugs release from Silica-based ordered Mesoporous Materials (SMMs) is reviewed. First, the SMM systems used like host matrixes are described. Then, the model drugs studied until now, including their pharmacological action, structure and the mesoporous matrix employed for e...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Doadrio AL,Salinas AJ,Sánchez-Montero JM,Vallet-Regí M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain is characterized by complicated combination of positive (e.g., hyperalgesia and allodynia) and negative (e.g., hypoesthesia and hypoalgesia) symptoms, and is often refractory to conventional pharmacological agents, including morphine. Although the molecular mechanisms for positive symptoms are extensi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ueda H,Uchida H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants have been used to treat health disorders and prevent diseases since antiquity in all civilizations including the Indian and Chinse civilizations. Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia L.) is one of the most important medicinal plants in Indian folk medicine and is commonly known as the "Heart-leaved Moonseed" o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Verma DK,Goyal K,Kumar P,El-Shazly M

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide is a ubiquitous molecule involved in a variety of biological processes. The specific action of NO depends on its enzymatic sources namely neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), endothelial NOS (eNOS) and inducible NOS (iNOS) and all three isoforms have been localized in the gastrointestinal tract. Constit...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Barrachina MD,Panés J,Esplugues JV

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of essential oils is receiving increasing attention worldwide, as these oils are good sources of several bioactive compounds. Nowadays essential oils are preferred over synthetic preservatives thanks to their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Several studies highlight the beneficial effect of...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ferrentino G,Morozova K,Horn C,Scampicchio M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer in the United States and many other countries. Each year, there are enormous research efforts on its pathogenesis, prevention and treatment led by scientists worldwide. One of the most significant research areas is the impact and mechanisms of existing or new cardio...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Jamaluddin MS,Liang Z,Lu JM,Yao Q,Chen C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites, such as those responsible for malaria and African Sleeping Sickness, represent a huge burden to the developing world. Current chemotherapy to combat these diseases is inadequate: antiquated, toxic and increasingly ineffective due to drug resistance. In this article, the potential usefulness of tar...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Grant KM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronavirus Disease-2019 belongs to the family of viruses which cause a serious pneumonia along with fever, breathing issues and infection of lungs for the first time in China and later spread worldwide. OBJECTIVE:Several studies and clinical trials have been conducted to identify potential drugs and vaccin...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bibi S,Sarfraz A,Mustafa G,Ahmed Z,Zeb MA,Wang YB,Khan T,Khan MS,Kamal MA,Yu H

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protective effect of pretreatment with ghrelin against different forms of acute pancreatitis (AP) has been recently reported. Moreover, the healing properties of this peptide have been proved in AP evoked by cerulein. However, no studies have investigated whether the administration of ghrelin affects the cou...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bukowczan J,Warzecha Z,Ceranowicz P,Kusnierz-Cabala B,Tomaszewska R,Dembinski A

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Infections are the most common inflammatory triggers and acute and chronic infections have been associated with the development and progression of atherosclerotic disease raising interest in the infectious hypothesis of atherosclerosis. Pathogens have been identified in atherosclerotic plaques and large epidemiologica...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Charakida M,Tousoulis D

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：:Cytokines are known to play a key role in regulation of gastric functions. Interferon-alpha (IFN-α) has been published to impair gastric motility. Aims of this study were to clarify effect of IFN-α on gastric acid secretion (GAS) and determine role of nitric oxide (NO) in the process. Both subcutaneous (1000, 10000, 1...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Czimmer J,Király Á,Szabó IL,Mózsik G,Sütő G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:High prevalence of Dental and periodontal problems during the gestation period may have a negative effect on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in pregnant women. This systematic review aimed to perform a quality assessment and provide a critical overview of the current research available on OHRQoL ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fakheran O,Saied-Moallemi Z,Khademi A,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00