Enkephalin degrading enzymes: metalloproteases with high potential for drug development.

abstract：:Neurodegenerative disorders are one of the most critical public health concerns of our times. Regrettably, therapeutic interventions currently available have shown only partial benefits to patients affected by one of these disorders. Although the important advances made during the last decades, several questions regar...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bastias-Candia S,Garrido A N,Zolezzi JM,Inestrosa NC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection of the brain is strengthened by active transport and ABC transporters. P-glycoprotein (P-gp) at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) functions as an active efflux pump by extruding a substrate from the brain, which is important for maintaining loco-regional homeostasis in the brain and protection against toxic com...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bartels AL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical biomarkers are important candidates for the diagnosis and prognosis of neurological diseases of autoimmune etiology, since they may reflect the presence, nature and intensity of certain immune responses caused by both genetic and environmental processes. Different body fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid (C...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tumani H,Brettschneider J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first description of putative progenitor endothelial cells mobilized from bone marrow by stimuli like ischemia and cytokines, several studies in animals have confirmed their role in neovascularization of ischemic organs. In ischemic myocardium endothelial progenitor cells can prevent cardiomyocyte apoptosis,...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Balbarini A,Barsotti MC,Di Stefano R,Leone A,Santoni T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease of the skin with lapsing episodes of hyperkeratosis, irritation and inflammation. Numerous methodologies and utilization of different antipsoriatic drugs with various activity methods and routes of administration have been investigated to treat this terrifying sickness. In ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dadwal A,Mishra N,Narang RK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substantial morbidity and mortality associated with invasive fungal infections constitute undisputed tokens of their severity. The continued expansion of susceptible population groups (such as immunocompromised individuals, patients undergoing extensive surgery, and those hospitalized with serious underlying disea...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Anastassopoulou CG,Fuchs BB,Mylonakis E

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The tumor cell growth inhibitory activities (log 1/GI(50)) of 166 anticancer agents studied at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in vitro anticancer screening program have allowed us to analyze the relative importance of physicochemical parameters in influencing the inhibitory activities. Increased molecular weight,...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ren SS,Lien EJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdialysis is a technique for sampling the chemistry of the interstitial fluid of tissues and organs in animal and man. It is minimally invasive and simple to perform in a clinical setting. Although microdialysis samples essentially all small molecular substances present in the interstitial fluid the use of microdi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ungerstedt U,Rostami E

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Carbon dioxide (CO2) exists in nature around us. In the middle of the 20th century, the intraluminal injection of CO2 demonstrated similar results to those of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) with an iodinated contrast agent (ICA). Since then, the technology behind CO2 DSA has developed significantly. ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Patelis N,Doulaptsis M,Kykalos S,Spartalis E,Maskanakis A,Georgopoulos S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphosphonates are widely use for pathologies such as osteoporosis, Paget's disease or bone metastasis. However, their potent antiresorptive properties open new therapeutic opportunities for other conditions associated with an increased focal or systemic bone remodelling. Moreover, apart from their antiresorptive act...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Le Goff B,Berthelot JM,Maugars Y,Romas E

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) isoforms present in the eyes (CA I, II, IV and XII), with sulfonamides such as acetazolamide, methazolamide, ethoxzolamide and dichlorophenamide, is still widely used for the systemic treatment of glaucoma. The mechanism of action of these drugs consists in inhibition ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mincione F,Scozzafava A,Supuran CT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent cardiac arrhythmia. It is a common major cause of serious diseases and is an increasing health-care burden. AF is associated with an excess amount of reactive oxygen species. In this review, we summarize several possible reactive oxygen species pathways that induce AF based on at...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ren X,Wang X,Yuan M,Tian C,Li H,Yang X,Li X,Li Y,Yang Y,Liu N,Shang H,Gao Y,Xing Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) respond to arterial wall injury by intimal proliferation and play a key role in atherogenesis by proliferating and migrating excessively in response to repeated injury, such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. In contrast, fully differentiated, quiescent VSMC allow arterial vasodil...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Isenović ER,Soskić S,Trpković A,Dobutović B,Popović M,Gluvić Z,Putniković B,Marche P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anticoagulation in patients with pulmonary embolism. OBJECTIVE:To identify how non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants are associated with multiple outcomes in patients with pulmonary embolism. METHODS:We performed a systematic search of systematic reviews via multiple electronic databases from incept...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Doundoulakis I,Antza C,Karvounis H,Giannakoulas G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection causes progressive damage to gastric mucosa and results in serious disease such as peptic ulcer disease, MALT lymphoma, or gastric adenocarcinoma in 20% to 30% of patients. The current approach is to make a firm diagnosis, give combination antibiotic and antisecretory therapy, and confirm...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Graham DY,Qureshi WA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lou Gehrig's disease, a synonym of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is an adult-onset lethal neurodegenerative disorder. Irrespective of extensive efforts to elucidate the pathogenesis of the disease and searches for therapies, no favorable pharmacotherapeutic strategies have yet to be proposed. In a popular rodent mode...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ono SI

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last two decades since the identification and characterization of T cell potassium channels great advances have been made in the understanding of the role of these channels in T cell functions, especially in antigen-induced activation. Their limited tissue distribution and the recent discovery that differen...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Panyi G,Possani LD,Rodríguez de la Vega RC,Gáspár R,Varga Z

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ulinastatin (UTI) plays the beneficial roles in modifying cerebral ischemic injury evoked by cardiac arrest (CA). XueBiJing (XBJ), comprised of extracts from Chinese herbals, has been used for the treatment of sepsis and ischemic disorders linked to multiple organ dysfunction syndromes. The current study was...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ma C,Han DF,Jin H,Cheng YY,Hu HX,Wang X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol (2, 6-diisopropylphenol) is a potent intravenous hypnotic agent which is widely used for the induction and maintenance of anesthesia and for sedation in the intensive care unit. Propofol is an oil at room temperature and insoluble in aqueous solution. Present formulations consists of 1% or 2% (w/v) propofol, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Marik PE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotoxins (ITs) are protein-based drugs combining a target-specific binding domain (usually derived from an antibody) and a cytotoxic domain to kill target cells. They are among the most promising new therapeutic tools to fight cancer, and several clinical trials have been completed with encouraging results. Althou...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hetzel C,Bachran C,Tur MK,Fuchs H,Stöcker M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper understanding of blood-brain barrier (BBB) regulation is crucial to reduce/prevent its disruption during injury. Since high brain complexity makes interpretation of in vivo data challenging BBB studies are frequently performed using simplified in vitro models. Although such models represent an important and fre...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ogunshola OO

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin (AVP) secretion and release are regulated by a number of central nervous system sites that receive peripheral signals from the osmoreceptors and baroreceptors. Aim of this paper is to review anatomical pathways and neurotransmitters involved as well as drugs affecting AVP secretion. ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Iovino M,Guastamacchia E,Giagulli VA,Licchelli B,Triggiani V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles have gained ground in several fields. However, it is important to consider their potentially hazardous effects on humans, flora, and fauna. Human exposure to nanomaterials can occur unintentionally in daily life or in industrial settings, and the continuous exposure of the biological components (cells, r...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mitarotonda R,Giorgi E,Desimone MF,De Marzi MC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug development for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a challenge, not only due to the cellular molecular mechanisms involved, but also because of the inherent difficulty of most molecules to cross the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). A promising approach to overcome these drawbacks is developi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gomes B,Loureiro JA,Coelho MA,Pereira Mdo C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By updating John Littleton's work published 15 years ago this review summarizes recent work on pharmacodynamic aspects of acamprosate and the perspective for future developments. In addition to insights into the role of glutamatergic receptor systems, craving and relapse inspired by acamprosate, clinical research poin...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kiefer F,Mann K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease with substantial unmet clinical need. Understanding the immunopathogenesis is likely to provide insights into potential novel therapies. To date researchers have focussed primarily at a single scale for example genome, cell or whole organ physiology. In this review we s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Brightling CE,Gupta S,Hollins F,Sutcliffe A,Amrani Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) are associated with a substantially increased risk of coronary disease and cardiovascular events. Furthermore, numerous studies have suggested that HDL may exert several potentially important antiatherosclerotic and endothelial-protective effects. In particu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Besler C,Heinrich K,Riwanto M,Lüscher TF,Landmesser U

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00