Trans-resveratrol inhibits early blood vessel formation (vasculogenesis) without impairment of embryonic growth.

abstract：:IAP antagonists increased the antitumor efficacy of X-irradiation in some types of cancers, but their effects on hypoxic cancer cells remain unclarified. We aims to investigate the radiosensitizing effect of an IAP inhibitor AT-406 on cervical cancer cell lines under both normoxia and hypoxia conditions. Hela and Siha...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Lu J,Qin Q,Zhan LL,Liu J,Zhu HC,Yang X,Zhang C,Xu LP,Liu ZM,Wang D,Cui HQ,Meng CC,Cai J,Cheng HY,Sun XC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GbaSM-4 cells, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) derived from brain basilar arteries, were shown to migrate toward d-nicotine by augmenting the actin cytoskeleton in their cell bodies and lamellipodia, and expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (alpha7-nAChR) was detected in GbaSM-4 cells. Their chemotaxis ...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Li S,Zhao T,Xin H,Ye LH,Zhang X,Tanaka H,Nakamura A,Kohama K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dioxins are ubiquitous environmental pollutants and activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a ligand-activated transcription factor. It has been reported that testosterone represses 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced transcription of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) ...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Sanada N,Gotoh Y,Shimazawa R,Klinge CM,Kizu R

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supraspinal and spinal antinociceptive effects of several kappa-opioid receptor agonists were examined in diabetic and non-diabetic mice using the tail-flick assay. The antinociception induced by intrathecal (i.t.), but not intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.), CI-977, a highly selective kappa(1)-opioid receptor agoni...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Ohsawa M,Kamei J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF). Rivaroxaban, a coagulation factor Xa inhibitor, has recently been reported to show pleiotropic effects. This study investigated the influence of rivaroxaban on cardiac remodeling caused by intermittent hypoxia (IH). Male C5...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Imano H,Kato R,Tanikawa S,Yoshimura F,Nomura A,Ijiri Y,Yamaguchi T,Izumi Y,Yoshiyama M,Hayashi T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Butyrate is widely accepted as a proliferation inhibitor in colon cancer but less thoroughly characterized in the colonic epithelium of objects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The present study investigated the regulatory effect of butyrate on proliferation, the related molecule high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and th...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Wang SY,Li JY,Xu JH,Xia ZS,Cheng D,Zhong W,Lai Y,Yu T,Chen QK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) controls the expression of critical genes in bile acid and cholesterol homeostasis. To study FXR and to develop a regulator of cholesterol, some non-steroidal and steroidal ligands have been found in addition to endogenous ligands for FXR. In this study, we discovered five bile acid derivati...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Suzuki T,Tamehiro N,Sato Y,Kobayashi T,Ishii-Watabe A,Shinozaki Y,Nishimaki-Mogami T,Hashimoto T,Asakawa Y,Inoue K,Ohno Y,Yamaguchi T,Kawanishi T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) form the largest and the most versatile superfamily that share a seven-transmembrane-spanning architecture. GPCR-signaling is involved in vision, taste, olfaction, sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous functions, metabolism, and immune regulation, indicating that GPCRs are extreme...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Miyano K,Sudo Y,Yokoyama A,Hisaoka-Nakashima K,Morioka N,Takebayashi M,Nakata Y,Higami Y,Uezono Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf Spleen Extractive Injection (CSEI), a small peptides enriched extraction, performs immunomodulatory activity on cancer patients suffering from radiotherapy or chemotherapy. The present study aims to investigate the anti-hepatocellular carcinoma effects of CSEI in cells and tumor-xenografted mouse models. In HepG2...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Jia D,Lu W,Zhang X,Cai G,Teng L,Wang X,Zhang M,Zeng Y,Liang C,Wang D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are important public health problems. The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus is 8.8%. Interventional diabetology and obesitology have been recently advocated as treatment options for T2D and obesity. The roles of metabolic surgery such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrecto...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Syu YF,Inui A,Chen CY

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) has been suggested to modulate functions of glial cells including microglial cells. To reveal the regulatory role of DA in microglial function, in the present study, we investigated the effect of DA on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in murine microglial cell line BV-2. Pret...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Yoshioka Y,Sugino Y,Tozawa A,Yamamuro A,Kasai A,Ishimaru Y,Maeda S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical efficacy of allergen-specific Immunotherapy (AIT) towards Japanese cedar (JC) pollen allergy is firmly established but JC pollen-specific biomarker assays are lacking. Treatment-related increase of allergen-specific antibodies is a robust biomarker of successful AIT. Allergen-specific non-IgE antibo...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Fukano C,Ohashi-Doi K,Lund K,Nakao A,Masuyama K,Matsuoka T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors, in particular, Ca(2+)-mobilizing G(q)-coupled receptors have been reported to be targets for anesthetics. Opioids are commonly used analgesics in clinical practice, but the effects of anesthetics on the opioid mu-receptors (muOR) have not been systematically examined. We report here an ele...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Minami K,Sudo Y,Shiraishi S,Seo M,Uezono Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), the simplest of the water-soluble phospholipids, can evoke various biological responses. The present study examined the activity of LPA to induce plasma exudation and histamine release in mice. Plasma exudation was assessed by extravasation of Evans blue. Subcutaneous administration of LPA...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Hashimoto T,Ohata H,Honda K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphangiogenesis is related to the growth of endometriosis. Here, we examined whether vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 1 (VEGFR1) signaling plays a role in lymphangiogenesis during endometriosis. Endometrial fragments from wild-type (WT) mice transplanted into the peritoneal wall of host WT mice (WT...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Hattori K,Ito Y,Honda M,Sekiguchi K,Hosono K,Shibuya M,Unno N,Majima M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently developed a novel cognitive enhancer, ST101 (spiro[imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3,2-indan]-2(3H)-one), that activates T-type voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs). Here, we address whether T-type VGCC activation with ST101 mediates its cognitive effects in vivo and the relevance of T-type VGCC activation to ace...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Yamamoto Y,Shioda N,Han F,Moriguchi S,Fukunaga K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cimetidine is known to suppress the growth of several tumors, including gastrointestinal cancer, in humans and animals. Nonetheless, whether other histamine H(2)-receptor antagonists exert such tumor suppressive effects remains unclear. The effect of roxatidine acetate hydrochloride (roxatidine), an H(2)-receptor anta...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Tomita K,Izumi K,Okabe S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidilic acid (polyI:C) is a synthetic analog that elicits viral-like immune responses in mammals. We have recently found that polyI:C treatment in neonatal mice induced abnormalities of emotional, cognitive, and sensorimotor gating and dysfunction of glutamatergic neurotransmission in adulth...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Nagai T,Yu J,Kitahara Y,Nabeshima T,Yamada K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are macrophage-like phagocytic cells in the brain parenchyma. However, microglial function after neurodegeneration is not fully understood. In this study, occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) and reperfusion caused massive neuronal loss in the rat cerebral cortex and striatum after 3 days. When exog...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Kitamura Y,Takata K,Inden M,Tsuchiya D,Yanagisawa D,Nakata J,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional dyspepsia (FD) is thought to be mainly based on gastric motility dysfunction and chronic hypersensitivity, yet FD animal models has been reported a few. We studied to establish the mouse model of impaired gastric motility induced by a pungent ingredient of wasabi allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), which is reliab...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Hashimoto K,Tashima K,Imai T,Matsumoto K,Horie S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probucol has antioxidant effects and inhibits inflammation. Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a nuclear receptor that regulates autophagy, which is regarded as the key cause of the activation of hepatic stellate cell (HSC). In this study, the effects of probucol on HSC activation and autophagy in vitro and vivo and the ro...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Yang R,Hu Z,Zhang P,Wu S,Song Z,Shen X,Wei Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 (CYP) catalyzes the oxidation of many endogenous and xenobiotic compounds. The expression of CYP isozymes are modulated by endogenous hormones and xenobiotics. We found that, although CYP2C11 and CYP3A2 are adult male-specific isozymes, they are also expressed in prepubertal female Sprague Dawley (SD) ...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Ishii T,Nishimura K,Nishimura M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the Na+ current in the automaticity of the pulmonary vein myocardium was examined in isolated guinea pig pulmonary vein cardiomyocytes and tissue preparations. Tetrodotoxin inhibited the automaticity of pulmonary vein tissue preparations by suppressing the diastolic depolarization of the action potential. ...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Irie M,Hiiro H,Hamaguchi S,Namekata I,Tanaka H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and lethal lung disease characterized by inflammation, multifocal fibrotic lesions and excessive collagen deposition with limited therapies. As a major bioactive compound in garlic, S-allyl-l-cysteine (SAC) is a neuroprotective drug candidate to prevent cognitive de...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Nie Y,Yu K,Li B,Hu Y,Zhang H,Xin R,Xiong Y,Zhao P,Chai G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to identify transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels responsible for receptor-operated Ca(2+) entry (ROCE) triggered by activation of endothelin type A receptor (ET(A)R) and to clarify the importance of calmodulin (CaM) / inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptor binding ...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Horinouchi T,Terada K,Higa T,Aoyagi H,Nishiya T,Suzuki H,Miwa S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schisandra chinensis is a hepatoprotective herb that has been used for centuries in China. Polysaccharide is one of the major active components in S. chinensis, which has been reported to improve liver injuries induced by carbon tetrachloride, alcohol, or high-fat diet. In this study, we observed the effects and corre...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Che J,Yang S,Qiao Z,Li H,Sun J,Zhuang W,Chen J,Wang C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 (CYP)-mediated drug interactions caused by Kampo medicine have not been investigated sufficiently. The current study was conducted to reveal the effect of anchusan, a commonly used Kampo formula for gastrointestinal disease, on CYP3A-mediated drug metabolism in rats. The pharmacokinetics of midazolam (...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Saito Y,Nishimura Y,Kurata N,Iwase M,Aoki K,Yasuhara H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we provide evidence of critical changes in the expression of non-selective cation currents (NSCC) during culture in rat aortic myocytes. A selective TRPV4 agonist, 4alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (4alphaPDD), had little effect on membrane currents and intracellular Ca(2+) (Ca(2+)(i)) in freshly isolate...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Tanaka R,Muraki K,Ohya S,Yamamura H,Hatano N,Itoh Y,Imaizumi Y

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an evolving cancer treatment with promising results in treating malignant tumors by photoactivation of a photosensitizer with a specific wavelength. The second generation photosensitizer mono-L-aspartyl chlorin e6 (NPe6) was reported to have significant efficacy in killing cancer cells in...

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Wong TW,Aizawa K,Sheyhedin I,Wushur C,Kato H

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electropharmacological effect of the antipsychotic and antiemetic drug prochlorperazine was assessed using the halothane-anesthetized in vivo canine model (n = 5). Up to 10 times higher than the clinically relevant doses of prochlorperazine (< or = 3 mg/kg, i.v.) did not induce cardiohemodynamic collapse in the model....

journal_title：Journal of pharmacological sciences

authors： Satoh Y,Sugiyama A,Takahara A,Ando K,Wang K,Honsho S,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00