Advanced glycation end products and insulin resistance.

abstract：:Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can exist in different polymorphic forms as well as in amorphous state. Polymorphic and amorphous forms of APIs can differ in physicochemical properties which in turn can significantly influence their therapeutic safety and effectiveness of the treatment. This review focuses on...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Talaczynska A,Dzitko J,Cielecka-Piontek J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of evidence has accumulated indicating involvement of oxidative stress (OS) in the mode of action of various bioactive substances, including those of the immune system. The data for anticancer drugs (main and miscellaneous) are summarized herein. Although diverse origins pertain, reactive oxygen species (...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kovacic P,Osuna JA Jr

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary surfactant, a complex of lipids and proteins, functions to keep alveoli from collapsing at expiration. Surfactant proteins A (SP-A) and D (SP-D) belong to the collectin family and play pivotal roles in the innate immunity of the lung. Pulmonary collectins directly bind with broad specificities to a variety o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Takahashi H,Sano H,Chiba H,Kuroki Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart is a sophisticated endocrine gland synthesizing a family of peptide hormones by three different genes. These cardiac hormones are stored as 3 prohormones, i.e. atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) prohormones. Within the ANP prohormones are 4 ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Vesely DL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have significantly improved the treatment options for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease by decreasing rates of acute vessel closure and restenosis after percutaneous coronary revascularization procedures. However, early enthusiasm was temperd by reports of lat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Vorpahl M,Yazdani SK,Nakano M,Ladich E,Kolodgie FD,Finn AV,Virmani R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) are metalloenzymes which catalyze CO(2) hydration to bicarbonate and protons. Five genetically distinct classes are known, which represent an excellent example of convergent evolution. Inhibition of α-CAs from vertebrates, including humans, with sulfonamides was exploited clinical...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Supuran CT

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:KRAS-mutant colorectal cancers (CRC) are tumors that are associated with poor prognosis. However, no effective treatments are available to target them. Therefore, we designed and synthesized novel chalcone analogs, small organic molecules, to investigate their effects on KRAS-mutant CRC cells. MET...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mahmoud A,Elkhalifa D,Alali F,Al Moustafa AE,Khalil A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After years of pre-clinical and clinical testing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) finally offer new therapeutic choices for patients with haematological and solid malignancies both as unconjugated antibody and as vectors to target radionuclides in radioimmunotherapy (RIT). In recent years some of the most exciting clinica...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Illidge TM,Brock S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disappointing results in long-term survival of patients affected by non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) may be attributed, at least in part, to the lack of knowledge on the way by which genetic characteristics in normal and neoplastic cells affect responsiveness as well as metabolism of chemotherapy and new targete...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Galvani E,Toffalorio F,Peters GJ,De Pas T,Giovannetti E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneuploidy is a pathological condition that affects 35% of human spontaneous abortions and 0.3% of livebirths. In spite of the increasing knowledge about molecular mechanisms of meiosis and chromosome segregation, maternal age remains the only ascertained aetiological factor. Genetically modified mouse models have bee...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Pacchierotti F,Ranaldi R

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The population with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been increasing and is currently estimated to be 1 in 58 births. The increased prevalence of ASD together with the lack of knowledge on the processes of aging in this population, the support needed at this stage of life, and the associated risk factors, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ruggieri V,Gómez JLC,Martínez MM,Arberas C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) has quickly proven to be an immensely useful tool for studying gene function and validation of potential drug targets in almost all organisms that possess the required set of proteins of the interference pathway. In protozoan parasites like Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Entamoeba, Giardia, Trypanosom...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mueller AK,Hammerschmidt-Kamper C,Kaiser A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug discovery is generally considered as a costly affair and it takes approximately 15 years to reach a new chemical entity into the market. Among the recent potent drug molecules with most effective pharmacological properties, very few reached for Phase I clinical trial in humans. Unfortunately, the historical avera...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Paudwal G,Rawat N,Gupta R,Baldi A,Singh G,Gupta PN

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA-34a (miR-34a) promotes apoptosis via down-regulating many anti-apoptotic proteins. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is an anti-apoptotic enzyme whose activity decline associates with myocardial injury. We tested hypothesis that miR-34a might play a pro-apoptotic role in myocardial infarction (MI) by down-regu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fan F,Sun A,Zhao H,Liu X,Zhang W,Jin X,Wang C,Ma X,Shen C,Zou Y,Hu K,Ge J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:In recent years, the simple paradigm of adipose tissue as merely a fat store is rapidly evolving into a complex paradigm of this tissue as multipotential secretory organ, partitioned into a few large depots, including visceral and subcutaneous location, and many small depots, associated with a variety of organs in the...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Chaldakov GN,Stankulov IS,Hristova M,Ghenev PI

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenic eye disease is among the most common causes of blindness worldwide. Current treatment approaches are insufficiently effective and partially associated with significant adverse effects. From an investigational view, the eye provides an ideal setting to observe real-time and serial observations of angiogenesi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wegewitz U,Göhring I,Spranger J

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Diabetic patients are considered as high risk for development of atherosclerotic disease. Cholesterol treatment is of paramount importance in order to optimise cardiovascular outcomes in this subset of patients. Although statins are regarded as the mainstay of treatment, these may not be tolerated or as efficacious as...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Felekos I,Karamasis GV,Pavlidis AN

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Transpeptidation reactions result in the formation of new peptide bonds and this can occur between two separate peptides or within the one peptide. These reactions are catalyzed by enzymes and when the N- and C-terminus of the one peptide are joined it results in the formation of cyclic proteins. Cyclization via head-...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Conlan BF,Anderson MA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D exerts multiple pleiotropic effects beyond its role in calcium-phosphate metabolism. Growing evidence suggests an association between hypovitaminosis D and sleep disorders, thus increasing the interest in the role of this vitamin in the regulatory mechanisms of the sleep-wake cycle. OBJECTIVE:The ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Romano F,Muscogiuri G,Di Benedetto E,Zhukouskaya VV,Barrea L,Savastano S,Colao A,Di Somma C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews evidence that hyperpolarization-activated, cation nonselective (HCN) channels, the molecular basis of the Ih current, potentially represent valid targets for novel analgesic agents. Ih is a prominent current in many peripheral sensory nerves, with highest current density typically found in large d...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wickenden AD,Maher MP,Chaplan SR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin is the cornerstone of treatment in patients with coronary artery disease. However, several studies investigating the in vitro response of platelets to the administration of aspirin showed this response to be variable, with some patients exhibiting non-responsiveness or resistance. Aspirin resistance may be cat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Papathanasiou A,Goudevenos J,Tselepis AD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the stomach, pre-absorptive perception of food constituents is of particular importance in maintaining secretion and motility that matches the quantity and quality of nutrients. Products of food protein hydrolysis, free amino acids and short peptides, are the most potent chemical stimulants of the gastric phase of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zolotarev VA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A mobile health application is an exciting, fast-paced domain that is likely to improve prenatal care. METHODS:In this narrative review, we summarise the use of mobile health applications in this setting with a special emphasis on both the benefits of remote monitoring devices and the potential pitfalls of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gyselaers W,Lanssens D,Perry H,Khalil A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in DNA sequencing has made it possible to accurately decipher the entire genetic complement of a probiotic bacterium. Increases in sequencing capabilities have been enhanced through improved computer software that can annotate, or identify, the majority of genes encoded by the sequence. The availabilit...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Callanan M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytoestrogens are plant-derived compounds with estrogen-like activities. Certain foods such as soy-derived products are known to have high levels of phytoestrogens, and about 25% of commercial infant formulas used in the United States are soy-based. One of the most important phytoestrogens is the isoflavone genistein...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： You L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present review, associations between traditional vascular risk factors (VRFs) and carotid intimamedial thickness progression (C-IMTp) as well as the effects of therapies for VRFs control on C-IMTp were appraised to infer causality between each VRF and C-IMTp. Cohort studies indicate that smoking, binge drinking...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Frigerio B,Werba JP,Amato M,Ravani A,Sansaro D,Coggi D,Vigo L,Tremoli E,Baldassarre D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction of flow cytometric technique to the research on basophil activation has led to significant achievements in allergy diagnosis in vitro. Most of the studies employing the flow cytometry used CD63 as a marker of basophil activation and only some of them used CD203c. Recently discovered basophil activation ma...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wolanczyk-Medrala A,Barg W,Medrala W

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00