Novel GLP-1 receptor agonists for diabetes.

abstract：:The interaction between the urokinase receptor (uPAR) and its ligand urokinase (uPA) mediates phenomena such as tissue remodelling, chemotaxis, tumour invasion, dissemination, proliferation, and angiogenesis. The broad-spectrum of biological processes that the uPA/uPAR interaction plays a role in has led researchers t...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Weidle UH,König B

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:AEG 35156 is an antisense oligonucleotide to X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP). Overexpression of XIAP is common in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other cancers and is thought to cause resistance to cancer therapy. Effective treatment options for patients with relapsed or refractory AML are ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Katragadda L,Carter BZ,Borthakur G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is enhanced and has been demonstrated to be a prognostic marker in patients with advanced stages of heart failure, acute ischaemic syndromes, myocardial infarction and pulmonary hypertension. Activation of the endothelin (ET) system is associated with adverse haemodynamic consequences in patients w...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Neunteufl T,Berger R,Pacher R

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite exciting progress and growth in the understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms of chronic pain, osteoarthritis (OA) pain remains a challenging clinical entity to treat. There is an emerging diversity of algogenic mechanisms suggesting heterogeneity in pain aetiology in the OA patient populati...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Read SJ,Dray A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Currently, there is no cure available for the hereditary neurodegenerative disease proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which is the number one genetic killer in early childhood. However, growing knowledge of SMA pathophysiology has opened new avenues for potential therapeutic interventions. AREAS COVE...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Kaczmarek A,Schneider S,Wirth B,Riessland M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transfer technology is under exploration to find therapies for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. The technology of genetic transfer can also be used as a neurobiological tool to understand the role of various genes in animal models of neurodegeneration. We describe t...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Frim DM,Kang UJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most countries the last two decades have seen a very substantial rise in the prevalence of heart failure, and in a majority of patients hypertension is both an antecedent condition and a contributing cause. Heart failure is also a major cause of hospital admissions; its amelioration and, as far as possible, prevent...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Funder JW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Contrasting with the broad activation of the PI3K/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) survival pathway in most cancer, activity of rapalogues appears to be restricted to a few tumor types. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW:The analysis of molecular activity of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway and resi...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Albert S,Serova M,Dreyer C,Sablin MP,Faivre S,Raymond E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sorafenib is an oral multikinase inhibitor with anti-angiogenic and anti-proliferative activity that is indicated for use in hepatocellular and renal cell carcinomas. Sorafenib is being developed in a number of solid tumors, including breast cancer (BC). AREAS COVERED:A series of four randomized, double-b...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Gradishar WJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Psychostimulants are first-line treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but their tolerability profiles and individual response variability fuel a continuing search for alternative medications. The observation that nicotinic agents improve cognition has led pharmaceutical companies ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Fleisher C,McGough J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Studies in vitro and in vivo have identified several peptides that are potentially useful in treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The rationale for their use lies in the cost-effective production, high potency, target selectivity, low toxicity, and a peculiar mechanism of action that is mainly base...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Talotta R,Atzeni F,Laska MJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial protection through pharmacological approaches represents a large therapeutic challenge and is an important therapeutic strategy in patients with coronary artery disease, particularly after myocardial infarction. Extensive animal experiments have repeatedly demonstrated the efficacy of sodium-hydrogen exchan...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Karmazyn M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects > 14 million individuals worldwide. Although 90% of patients with AMD have the dry form, neovascular AMD accounts for the vast majority of patients who develop legal blindness. Until recently, few treatment options existed for treatment of neovascular AMD. The a...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Dixon JA,Oliver SC,Olson JL,Mandava N

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) serves as a critical facilitator for oncogene addiction. There has been augmenting enthusiasm in pursuing HSP90 as an anticancer strategy. In fact, since the initial serendipitous discovery that geldanamycin (GM) inhibits HSP90, the field has rapidly moved from proof-of-concep...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Jhaveri K,Ochiana SO,Dunphy MP,Gerecitano JF,Corben AD,Peter RI,Janjigian YY,Gomes-DaGama EM,Koren J 3rd,Modi S,Chiosis G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasopressin system is complex and interacts with the central nervous, cardiovascular, renal, and hematological systems. Vasopressin plays an important role in the control of blood osmolarity and vascular tone, but is also involved in many other physiological events, which are mediated mainly via three types of vas...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Favory R,Salgado DR,Vincent JL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor, tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), is the only endogenous inhibitor of the tissue factor (TF)-mediated coagulation pathway that plays a dominant role in normal haemostasis. TFPI exerts its action by binding to factor Xa (FXa) forming a TFPI-FXa complex that then, in a second ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Kaiser B,Hoppensteadt DH,Fareed J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has undergone significant changes over the past 3 years after a long period of relative stagnation. A better understanding of the biology of the tumor led to the discovery of molecular targeted therapies resulting in significant improvement in outcome for this...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Vakkalanka BK,Bukowski RM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing understanding of the central role that platelets play in coronary artery disease. The glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor has recently been identified as the final common pathway for platelet aggregation and hence has been the focus of many clinical trials to influence various aspects of coronary artery ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Salam AM,Suwaidi JA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are diseases of the airways with an underlying inflammatory component. The prevalence and healthcare burden of asthma and COPD is still rising and is predicted to continue to rise in the current century. The beta-agonists and corticosteroids form the basis of the...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Hele DJ,Belvisi MG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tremendous increase in the global prevalence of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its conglomeration of metabolic disorders has dramatically intensified the search for innovative therapies to fight this emerging epidemic. Over the last decade, the family of nuclear receptors, especially the peroxisome proliferator-activat...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Savkur RS,Miller AR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many peptides are synthesised and released from the gastrointestinal tract. Although their roles in the regulation of gastrointestinal function have been known for some time, it has become increasingly evident that they also influence eating behaviour. Peptide YY (PYY) is released postprandially from gastrointestinal ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Small CJ,Bloom SR

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory auto-immune disease that can lead to permanent disability and deformity. Despite current treatment modalities, many patients are still unable to reach remission. Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK-4) inhibitors are novel agents designed to s...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Wiese MD,Manning-Bennett AT,Abuhelwa AY

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of cutaneous malignancies displaying a substantial mortality rate among the various forms of skin cancers. The management of patients with advanced melanoma poses a significant challenge considering that the disease is refractory to most conventional therapies. ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Bhatia S,Emdad L,Das SK,Hamed H,Dent P,Sarkar D,Fisher PB

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a rare and difficult to treat malignancy. Efforts to utilize targeted therapy have been ongoing for the last decade and have resulted in the approval of pazopanib for treatment of advanced disease. Although several other agents have been investigated, the inability to predict...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Mohindra N,Agulnik M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restenosis, the re-narrowing of the lumen of the coronary artery, in the months following a successful percutaneous balloon angioplasty or stenting, remains the main limitation to percutaneous coronary revascularisation. Serial intravascular ultrasound studies have shown that restenosis after conventional balloon angi...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Gruberg L,Waksman R,Satler LF,Pichard AD,Kent KM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immune mechanisms respond rapidly to bacterial infection. A key cellular component of the innate immune response is the neutrophil, whose cytoplasmic granules contain a variety of antimicrobial proteins and peptides. Among these is the bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), a cationic 55 kDa protei...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Levy O

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Today, propofol or 2,6-diisopropylphenol is the anesthetic mainly used for monitored anesthetic care sedation and during intravenous anesthesia. The formulation, a lipid macroemulsion, shows several disadvantages. Therefore, during the past years considerable scientific effort has been undertaken to find eit...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Fechner J,Ihmsen H,Jeleazcov C,Schüttler J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Potent new drugs against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, namely Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. and pan-drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, which constitute an increasing medical threat, are almost absent from the future pharmaceutical pipeline. OBJECTIVE:This drug evaluation foc...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Poulakou G,Giamarellou H

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overactive bladder (OAB) is a chronic distressing condition characterised by urinary urgency with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency (voiding at least eight times daily) and nocturia. It affects millions of people worldwide independent of age, sex and race. The prevalence increases with age and is re...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Tiwari A,Naruganahalli KS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dasatinib is a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor with activity against the Src family kinases. The Src pathway is active in breast cancer and has been shown to promote cell proliferation, invasiveness, and metastases. Preclinical data support the use of dasatinib to inhibit breast cancer cell growth, modulat...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Scher KS,Somlo G

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00