Imaging the glutamate system in humans: relevance to drug discovery for schizophrenia.

abstract：:We illustrate the use of quantitative proteomics, namely isotope-coded affinity tag labelling and tandem mass spectrometry, to assess the targets and effects of the blockade of matrix metalloproteinases by an inhibitor drug in a breast cancer cell culture system. Treatment of MT1-MMP-transfected MDA-MB-231 cells with ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Butler GS,Overall CM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) are effective and widely used to prevent and treat thromboembolic diseases, but the response to NOACs differs according to ABCB1 genotypes. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the effects of ABCB1 genotypes on the pharmacokinetics and clinical outcomes of NOACs. METHODS:We searched Pu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Xie Q,Xiang Q,Mu G,Ma L,Chen S,Zhou S,Hu K,Zhang Z,Cui Y,Jiang J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unhealthy diet and alcohol are serious health problems, especially in adolescents and young adults. "Binge" is defined as the excessive and uncontrolled consumption of food (binge eating) and alcohol (binge drinking). Both behaviors are frequent among young people and have a highly negative impact on health and qualit...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Escrivá-Martínez T,Herrero R,Molinari G,Rodríguez-Arias M,Verdejo-García A,Baños RM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the efficacy of pemafibrate (PF) and fenofibrate (FF) in treating dyslipidemia. METHODS:A comprehensive search was performed on the public database to identify relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which compared the effects of PF and FF treatment in lipid parameters among patients with dyslipi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang H,Li H,Zhou Y,Liu J,Wang F,Zhao Q

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is characterized by vessel alterations such as dilatation of postcapillary venules and arterio-venous communications, which account for the major clinical manifestations of the disease. Two types of HHT have been characterized HHT-1 and HHT-2, respectively, depending the for...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Jirillo E,Amati L,Suppressa P,Cirimele D,Guastamacchia E,Covelli V,Tafaro E,Sabbà C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioids constitute the basis for pharmacological treatment of moderate to severe pain in cancer pain and non-cancer pain patients. Their action is mediated by the activation of opioid receptors, which integrates the pain modulation system with other effects in the central nervous system including cognition resulting i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Højsted J,Kurita GP,Kendall S,Lundorff L,de Mattos Pimenta CA,Sjøgren P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrhythmias remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Antiarrhythmic drug therapy was traditionally the mainstay of cardiac arrhythmia treatment; however, drug therapy of cardiac arrhythmias has been plagued by incomplete efficacy and by potentially serious adverse reactions, of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hesketh JC,Herrera D,Zicha S,Nattel S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are a family of lipids including some subgroups identified by the position of the last double bond in their structure. PUFA n-3 include alpha linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), while PUFA n-6 include linoleic acid (LA) and arachidonic a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zuliani G,Galvani M,Leitersdorf E,Volpato S,Cavalieri M,Fellin R

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Protein kinases are potential targets of drugs to treat many human diseases. Intensive efforts have been made to develop protein kinase inhibitors, but a major challenge is achieving specificity. Exploiting regulatory elements outside the ATP binding pocket, such as the substrate binding site, may provide an alternati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Licht-Murava A,Eldar-Finkelman H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrative synthesis of concepts and an explosion of experimental and epidemiological findings allow new insights as to how the interactions of genetic, environmental, dietary, cultural (social, psychological, economic) factors can influence the aging and diseases of aging processes. Although the net effect of the...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Trosko JE

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Tissue engineering (TE) is a promising solution for orthopaedic diseases such as bone or cartilage defects and bone metastasis. Cell culture in vitro and scaffold fabrication are two main parts of TE, but these two methods both have their own limitations. The static cell culture medium is unable to achieve m...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang L,Jiang D,Wang Q,Wang Q,Hu H,Jia W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing sugars can react non-enzymatically with amino groups of proteins and lipids to form irreversibly cross-linked macroprotein derivatives called as advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Cross-linking modification of extracellular matrix proteins by AGEs deteriorate their tertiary structural integrity and funct...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yamagishi SI,Matsui T,Ishibashi Y,Isami F,Abe Y,Sakaguchi T,Higashimoto Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Bevacizumab (BVZ) is a recombinant humanized antibody that inhibits the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and is used for the treatment of various types of cancer. BVZ is primarily given by the intravenous drip (I.V.), which often leads to low efficacy and various side effects. There...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Jiang X,Zhang QL,Liu TG,Zhao WP,Yang M,Wang LN,Sun WL,Pan L,Luo AP,Huang JC,Gu XH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaginal infections caused by non-albicans species have become common in women of all age groups. The resistance of species such as Candida parapsilosis to the various antifungal agents is a risk factor attributed to these types of infections, which instigates the search for new sources of active compounds in...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： C de Lima L,A S Ramos M,Toledo LG,Rodero CF,Hilário F,Dos Santos LC,Chorilli M,Bauab TM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of blood serum atherogenicity was described as the ability of human serum to induce lipid accumulation in cultured cells. The results of recent two-year prospective study in asymptomatic men provided the evidence for association between the changes in serum atherogenicity and dynamics of carotid intima-...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sobenin IA,Myasoedova VA,Anisimova EV,Pavlova XN,Möhlenkamp S,Schmermund A,Seibel R,Berenbein S,Lehmann N,Moebus S,Jöckel K,Orekhov AN,Erbel R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradable particles have important applications in Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) of protein/peptide drugs. And recently, particle systems have also showed to be powerful for vaccine delivery (adjuvant) in order to solve the difficulties when conventional Alum adjuvant was used. However, in above applications, the pr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang L,Yang T,Ma G

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:We conducted a systematic review on resting state cerebral blood flow activities found in first-episode psychosis (FEP) and during acute effects of cannabinoids and opioids, mental states that can be profoundly different from normal functioning. The main goal was to identify connections of cerebral blood flow measure ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Denier N,Walter M,Bendfeldt K,Lang U,Borgwardt S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient left ventricular dysfunction in patients under emotional stress, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, has been recognized as a distinct clinical entity. Recent studies have supported the concept notion that the cardiovascular system is regulated by cortical modulation. A network consisting of the insular ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nagai M,Dote K,Kato M,Sasaki S,Oda N,Kagawa E,Nakano Y,Yamane A,Higashihara T,Miyauchi S,Tsuchiya A,Harada W,Kario K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative and nitrosative stress triggers DNA strand breakage, which then activates the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). One of the key triggers of DNA single strand breakage in pathophysiological conditions is peroxynitrite, a reactive species produced from the reaction of nitric oxide and superoxid...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gero D,Szabó C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DAP12 is a novel immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAM)-bearing transmembrane adapter molecule. This molecule, together with its partner receptor complex molecules including the killer cell activating receptors (KARs), myeloid DAP12 associating lectin-1 (MDL-1), triggering receptor expressed on myeloid...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Aoki N,Kimura S,Xing Z

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skin is often introduced as the largest organ of the human body which - being uniquely exposed to external stress - faces several types of challenges, from physical, chemical, biological, and immunological origin. Therefore, the skin is also a site where inflammation, oxidative stress and cellular damage occurs re...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Szabo IL,Kenyeres A,Szegedi A,Szollosi AG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of chemokines and their receptors play causative roles in the pathophysiology of numerous autoimmune and inflammatory disease processes. Moreover, an integral step in HIV infection involves binding to chemokine receptors, and hence chemokines are intimately linked to HIV-related diseases. Therefore...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rajarathnam K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin (PG) D(2), the major cyclooxygenase metabolite generated from immunologically stimulated mast cells, is thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of allergic diseases due to its various inflammatory effects. However, the lack of PGD(2) (DP) receptor antagonists has limited the study of its essential role...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mitsumori S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed patients with fatality rates ranging from 30 % to 80 % in neutropenic patients. This results at least partly in difficulties obtaining a reliable and early diagnosis, followed by the fact that clinical symptoms are unspecific a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lackner M,Lass-Flörl C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) for ultrasound-based applications have resulted in novel ways of approaching diagnostic and therapeutic techniques beyond what is possible with microbubble contrast agents and liquid emulsions. When subjected to sufficient pressures delivered by an ultrasound transducer, stabilized...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sheeran PS,Dayton PA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro effects of goat's milk from different sources (Jonica, Saanen, and Priska breeds plus a commercial preparation) on healthy human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were evaluated in terms of nitric oxide (NO) and cytokine release. According to the incubation time (24 h or 48 h) used all milks coul...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Jirillo F,Martemucci G,D'Alessandro AG,Panaro MA,Cianciulli A,Superbo M,Jirillo E,Magrone T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) was first discovered as a caspase-independent apoptosis effector that promoted cell death upon release from the mitochondria (triggered by pro-apoptotic stimuli) and relocalization into the nucleus, where it promotes chromatin condensation and DNA fragmentation. AIF is a mammalian m...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ferreira P,Villanueva R,Cabon L,Susín SA,Medina M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00