Abstract:
:Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting 1-3% of the general population. Among psoriatic patients, 5-40% are affected by psoriatic arthritis. Due to the chronic nature of the disease, patients suffer from substantial psychological and financial burdens, thus adding to a significantly impaired quality of life. Traditional systemic therapies for psoriasis, such as methotrexate, cyclosporin A, retinoids or PUVA therapy, have a potential for long-term toxicity and may not always provide sufficient improvement of the disease. The development of novel therapies targeting key steps in the pathogenesis of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis now provide new and efficient treatment options. Biological therapies for the treatment of psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis are defined by their mode of action and can be classified into three categories: the T-cell modulating agents (alefacept and efalizumab), the inhibitors of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha blockers, e.g. adalimumab, certolizumab, etanercept, golimumab and infliximab) and the inhibitors of interleukin (IL) 12 and IL-23 (e.g. ustekinumab and briakinumab). This article provides a brief overview of the currently approved biological agents in the European Union and of some newer agents, such as briakinumab, certolizumab and golimumab.
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Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Weger Wdoi
10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00702.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-06-01 00:00:00pages
810-20issue
4eissn
0007-1188issn
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160pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Alcohol exposure in utero may lead to a wide range of long-lasting morphological and behavioural deficiencies known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), associated with a higher risk of later developing neuropsychiatric disorders. However, little is known about the long-term consequences o...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.14901
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. To determine the role of G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) in the regulation of endogenous secretin receptor responsiveness, we have transiently overexpressed both wild-type (WT) and dominant negative mutant (DNM) GRKs in NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells and investigated the effects of...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0705101
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. In a rat model of experimental ileus, the effect of blockade of adrenergic and nitrergic neurotransmission was studied on the intestinal transit of Evans blue. 2. Ether anaesthesia and skin incision had no influence on the transit. Laparotomy significantly inhibited the transit of Evans blue. This inhibition was ev...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0700913
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Microfluorimetry techniques with fura-2 were used to characterize the effects of efaroxan (200 microM), phenotolamine (200-500 microM) and idazoxan (200-500 microM) on the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in mouse isolated islets of Langerhans. 2. The imidazoline receptor agonists efaroxan and phento...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15759.x
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Photoactivated mechanical responses that resulted from exposure to 3-NO2-1,4-dihydropyridines (3-NO2-DHP5) or NO-donors were examined in rat isolated oesophageal smooth muscle with a view to determining the role of calcium and cyclic GMP. 2. Isometric contractile force was recorded in preparations bathed in normal ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb15138.x
更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The effects of (-)-isoprenaline and the new beta-adrenoceptor agonist, MJ-9184-1, on the lungs, on the cardiovascular system, and on slow contracting skeletal muscle have been compared in cats under chloralose anaesthesia.2. Both amines reduced the increases in airways resistance produced by 5-HT, depressed incompl...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1972.tb08134.x
更新日期:1972-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is believed to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of migraine via activation of CGRP receptors in the trigeminovascular system. The CGRP receptor antagonist, BIBN4096BS, has proven efficacy in the acute treatment of migraine attacks and represents a new therapeutic principle...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0705966
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, type 1 pulmonary hypertension) has a 3-year survival of ~50% and is in need of new, effective therapies. In PAH, remodelling of the pulmonary artery (PA) increases pulmonary vascular resistance and can result in right heart dysfunction and failure. Genetic mu...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.15074
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.1111/bph.13778
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::If one drug, B, antagonizes another, A, by producing the opposite physiological effect, the antagonist concentration-effect curves should be affected by the recording system, which limits the range of agonist responses. With pieces of isolated guinea-pig ileum taken from adjacent parts of the same animal, one recorded...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704169
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nociceptive tail flick latencies (TFL) were recorded in response to noxious thermal stimuli applied to lightly anaesthetized rats. The effects of intrathecally administered dopamine receptor agonists alone and combined with dopamine receptor antagonists were examined upon the TFL. Experiments were repeated on animals ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1987.tb16820.x
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Current treatments of schizophrenia are compromised by their inability to treat all symptoms of the disease and their side-effects. Whilst existing antipsychotic drugs are effective against positive symptoms, they have negligible efficacy against the prefrontal cortex (PFC)-associated cognitive deficits and negative s...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/bjp.2008.24
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a degenerative disease with irreversible and progressive dilation of the artery. But there are few options for efficacious treatment except for traditional surgery. Probucol has been widely applied to treat hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis in clinic, but whet...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.14857
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:K(v)11.1 channels are involved in regulating cellular excitability in various tissues including brain, heart and smooth muscle. In these tissues, at least two isoforms, K(v)11.1a and K(v)11.1b, with different kinetics, are expressed. K(v)11.1 activators are potential therapeutic agents, but their...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00897.x
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The aim of the present experiments was to investigate the pharmacological action of a toxin from the spider Phoneutria nigriventer, Tx3-3, on the function of calcium channels that control exocytosis of synaptic vesicles. 2. Tx3-3, in confirmation of previous work, diminished the intracellular calcium increase induc...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0701381
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Sarcoplasmic reticular (SR) Ca(2+) -ATPase (SERCA2a) is central to cardiac electrophysiological and mechanical function. It ensures full diastolic relaxation minimizing delayed after-potentials that would otherwise compromise membrane electrophysiological stability, and optimizes SR Ca(2+) refilling and syst...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.12288
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The present study was designed to investigate tolerance to several pharmacological effects of apomorphine. 2. Changes in blood pressure, heart rate, plasma noradrenaline levels, rectal temperature, respiratory rate and retching plus vomiting were compared after administration of apomorphine (200 micrograms kg-1, i....
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15260.x
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::1 In the isolated kidney of the rabbit perfused with oxygenated Tyrode solution, we studied the effect of bradykinin on the vasoconstriction evoked by sympathetic nerve stimulation (3Hz, 1 ms) and by injections of noradrenaline (50 to 75 ng) in the presence and in the absence of indomethacin (1 microgram/ml), an inhib...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1979.tb08676.x
更新日期:1979-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Diabetes is a risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease but it is not known whether the functions of endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) in coronary arteries are altered in the early stage of diabetes. Such alterations and t...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00348.x
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. In the anaesthetized dog bombesin had a potent antidiuretic effect, and sometimes arrested urine flow completely. Threshold doses, by i.v. infusion, were of the order of 0.5-1 (ng/kg)/minute. Antidiuresis was the result of a reduction in glomerular filtration rate provoked by a fall in intraglomerular hydrostatic p...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1973.tb08352.x
更新日期:1973-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids) in the periaqueductal grey (PAG) play a vital role in mediating stress-induced analgesia. This analgesic effect of endocannabinoids is enhanced by pharmacological inhibition of their degradative enzymes. However, the specific effects of endocannabinoids ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.12839
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fresh human erythrocytes were washed and incubated at 37 degrees C in physiological saline buffered with Tris, containing calcium and either neuraminidase or trypsin or both enzymes together. Each enzyme alone, as well as both together, released similar amounts of sialic acids without haemolysis, apparently therefore ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1983.tb11022.x
更新日期:1983-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The presence of an endogenous digitalis-like factor (EDLF) in the plasma of both normal and volume expanded animals is well documented. In this study we have used ouabain and bufalin as pharmacological analogues to mimic the renal effects of EDLF and to investigate whether any interaction occurs between atrial natr...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb12852.x
更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The response to vasoactive agents of microvessels of the rat was tested in vivo by direct microscopic observation of the exteriorized mesentery and assessment of cutaneous vascular permeability changes with Evans blue. The constrictor response to a standard amount of noradrenaline in mesenteric microvessels was fully ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1984.tb16217.x
更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Mouse islets were used to define the characteristics and study the mechanisms of the stimulation of insulin release by compound AZ-DF 265, 4-[[N-(alpha-phenyl-2-piperidino-benzyl) carbamoyl]methyl] benzoic acid, a substituted benzoic acid with an asymmetric carbon atom. 2. At a non-stimulatory concentration of gluc...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11405.x
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Histamine release by compound 48/80 was substantially reduced in a time-dependent manner (maximum at 30 min) by pre-incubating mast cells in calcium-free medium at 37 degrees C but not at 2 degrees C. This effect was optimal at pH 7.0 to 7.5. 2. The re-introduction of calcium (0.1 to 3 mmol/l) restored histamine re...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1979.tb07871.x
更新日期:1979-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A dispersed rat anterior pituitary cell system has been used to investigate the effects of cyproheptadine and metergoline on prolactin secretion. Both drugs were potent inhibitors of prolactin secretion. However, the inhibition was not antagonized by either 5-hydroxytryptamine or a variety of dopamine antagonists. We ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb10896.x
更新日期:1980-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. We investigated the mechanism of action of two novel nonsulphonylurea ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP)) inhibitors, PNU-99963 and PNU-37883A, on four types of cloned K(ATP) channels. 2. Whole-cell currents were recorded in a symmetrical potassium (140 mM) gradient in HEK-293 cells stably expressing Kir6.2/SU...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0705228
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Des-Arg9 bradykinin (DAB), a classical B1-kinin receptor agonist was without effect when applied to the basolateral surface of rat isolated colon epithelium. Three hours after tissues were isolated DAB caused, after a delay of up to 2 min, a maintained increase of short circuit current (SCC). 2. The SCC increase in...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0701225
更新日期:1997-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Inhalation of cyclopropane in dogs, by the closed circuit method, for a fixed period, produced an emetic response during recovery from anaesthesia. Bilateral surgical ablation of the emetic chemoreceptor trigger zone of the area postrema rendered the dogs refractory to several times (3-6) the threshold emetic dose of ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1971.tb07174.x
更新日期:1971-09-01 00:00:00