Viral diagnostics and antiviral therapy in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high dietary intake of polyphenols has been associated with a reduced cardiovascular mortality, due to their antioxidant properties. However, growing evidence suggests that counteracting oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease might also reduce sympathetic nervous system overactivity. METHODS:This arti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bruno RM,Ghiadoni L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. This is primarily driven by the global epidemic of obesity and diabetes as well as the aging of the general population. Most of the epidemiology data of NAFLD for North America are published from stud...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Arshad T,Golabi P,Henry L,Younossi ZM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein is a cAMP-regulated Cl- channel whose major function is to facilitate epithelial fluid secretion. Loss-of-function mutations in CFTR cause the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. CFTR is required for transepithelial fluid transport in certain secretor...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Verkman AS,Synder D,Tradtrantip L,Thiagarajah JR,Anderson MO

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrine (RST), known as FangJi (Pinyin name) in Chinese, is the dried root of Stephania tetrandra S.Moore, and has been prescribed in combination with other herbs to treat cardiovascular diseases and breast cancer in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical trials. OBJECTIVE:The aim ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Guo Y,Chen B,Pei X,Zhang D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is one of the most common endocrine non-communicable metabolic disorders which is mainly caused either due to insufficient insulin or inefficient insulin or both together and is characterized by hyperglycemia. Diabetes emerged as a serious health issue in the industrialized and developing country especially i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Prabhakar PK,Sivakumar PM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid advancement of computer architectures and development of mathematical algorithms offer a unique opportunity to leverage the simulation of macromolecular systems at physiologically relevant timescales. Herein, we discuss the impact of diverse structure-based and ligand-based molecular modeling techniques in d...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Samanta PN,Kar S,Leszczynski J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various growth factors such as the platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) transduce their mitogenic signals through the activation of tyrosine kinase receptors (RTKs). Since en...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gouni-Berthold I,Sachinidis A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary supplements have been widely used among the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) population not only as a form of nutrition but also for medicinal purposes. Still, the legislation regulating these supplements remains unclear due to the fact that they can be considered as foodstu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Pereira C,Barros L,Ferreira ICFR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzodiazepines (BZs) have been widely investigated in terms of clinical efficacy, factors underlying dependence, associated cognitive impairments, and interactions with psychotherapy for anxiety control. However, few studies have systematically considered manner of BZ administration in relation to these variables. St...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Westra HA,Stewart SH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical treatments are used either alone or in combination with assisted reproductive techniques for treatment of infertile patients with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. A wide range of treatment options such as gonadotropins, aromatase inhibitors (AIs), selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) and the...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kalkanli A,Akdere H,Cevik G,Salabas E,Cilesiz NC,Kadioglu A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) proteins have a predominant role in the protein ectodomain shedding of membrane-bound molecules. ADAMs have emerged as critical regulators of cell-cell signaling during development and homeostasis, and are believed to contribute to pathologies, such as cancer, where their reg...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Peduto L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Alzheimer's disease (AD), modification of astrocytic properties is a well-known and documented fact, but their involvement in pathophysiology has only been examined in recent years. One distinct hallmark of AD is reactive gliosis which are represented in microglial and astrocytic phenotype changes. This r...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yi C,Koulakoff A,Giaume C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enkephalins play a great role in management of pain, blood pressure, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Enkephalins are short-lived molecules being rapidly hydrolyzed following their synaptic release by enkephalin degrading enzymes. The inhibitors of enkephalin degrading enzymes are able to prolong the duration...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Khaket TP,Singh J,Attri P,Dhanda S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrates are widely prescribed lipid-lowering drug in the treatment of dyslipidemia. Their main clinical effects, mediated by peroxisome proliferative activated receptor (PPAR) alpha activation, are a moderate reduction in total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, a marked reduction in ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ansquer JC,Foucher C,Aubonnet P,Le Malicot K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neglected parasitic diseases are a group of infections currently considered as a worldwide concern. This fact can be attributed to the migration of these diseases to developed and developing countries, associated with therapeutic insufficiency resulted from the low investment in the research and development of new dru...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Albino SL,da Silva JM,de C Nobre MS,de M E Silva YMS,Santos MB,de Araújo RSA,do C A de Lima M,Schmitt M,de Moura RO

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of common neurodegenerative diseases, which shows motor symptoms including tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity and postural instability. It also involves non-motor symptoms such as cognitive impairment, mental manifestation, autonomic disorder and sensory disturbance. Although treatments to ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Miyazaki I,Asanuma M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 have a high prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD), as diabetes is implicated in the formation of atherosclerotic plaque. Hyperglycemia, elevated free fatty acid, increased amount of circulating end-glucosylated serum products and insulin resistance are the main mechani...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tousoulis D,Kampoli AM,Papageorgiou N,Papaoikonomou S,Antoniades C,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ras is a 21 kDa membrane-localized G protein that is coupled to receptor and non-receptor tyrosine kinase activation of downstream cytoplasmic and nuclear events. Mutated ras genes are common, and occur in a wide variety of human malignancies. These activating mutations result in constitutive signaling, thereby stimul...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Adjei AA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymulin is a thymic hormone exclusively produced by the epithelial cells of the thymus. After its discovery and initial characterization in the '70s, it was demonstrated that the production and secretion of thymulin are strongly influenced by the neuro-endocrine system. Conversely, a growing body of evidence, to be r...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Reggiani PC,Schwerdt JI,Console GM,Roggero EA,Dardenne M,Goya RG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex system of molecular communications underlying cell biochemistry and function involves numerous components including kinases, phosphatases and transcription factors, which are known to be sensitive to cellular and tissue redox changes. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), whose constitutive generation in cells an...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Leonarduzzi G,Sottero B,Testa G,Biasi F,Poli G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer causes millions of deaths and huge economic losses every year. The currently practiced methods for cancer therapy have many defects, such as side effects, low curate rate, and discomfort for patients. OBJECTIVE:Herein, we summarize the applications of gold nanorods (AuNRs) in cancer therapy based on ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Xu W,Lin Q,Yin Y,Xu D,Huang X,Xu B,Wang G

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Hypertension and insomnia are very common and often coexist. There is evidence to suggest that the increasing prevalence of arterial hypertension in the past decade might be related both to an increased prevalence of insomnia and to the decline of sleep duration due to modern lifestyle. The aim of this paper is to rec...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Palagini L,Bruno RM,Gemignani A,Baglioni C,Ghiadoni L,Riemann D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-quadruplexes have found increasing potential in applications such as molecular therapeutics, diagnostics, and sensing. As a consequence, small molecules capable of selectively detecting G-quadruplexes have received significant attention in recent literature. Our review here addresses representative advances in the d...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ma DL,Shiu-Hin Chan D,Yang H,He HZ,Leung CH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Absorption windows in particular segments of the small intestine can contribute to the development of orally administered drug formulations and can limit the bioavailability of released compounds. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate use of wireless capsule enteroscopy regarding the disintegratio...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kvetina J,Tacheci I,Nobilis M,Kopacova M,Kunes M,Bures J

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Protein stability of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)alpha subunits is regulated by the oxygen-sensing prolyl-4-hydroxylase domain (PHD) enzymes. Under oxygen-limited conditions, HIFalpha subunits are stabilized and form active HIF transcription factors that induce a large number of genes involved in adaptation to hypox...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wenger RH,Camenisch G,Stiehl DP,Katschinski DM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene delivery, a process of introducing foreign functional nucleic acids into target cells, has proven to be a very promising tool for inducing specific gene expression in host cells. Many different technologies have been developed for efficient gene delivery. Among them, electroporation has been adopted in gene deliv...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yang Z,Chang L,Chiang CL,Lee LJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke remains a major cause of death in the US and around the world. Despite major scientific advances in our understanding of stroke pathology, the only FDA-approved drug for ischemic stroke is tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). Moreover, the therapeutic window for tPA is confined to the acute phase of stroke, ther...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tajiri N,Lau T,Glover LE,Shinozuka K,Kaneko Y,van Loveren H,Borlongan CV

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drug discovery process in general is a very resource intensive undertaking that has existed for a very long time. In the last two decades, performing molecular simulations that determine the level of interaction between a protein and ligand have been refined to the point where they are now an essential part of the...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Haga JH,Ichikawa K,Date S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00