Difficulties in describing allergic disease modulation by pre-, pro- and synbiotics.

abstract：:We herein reviewed the mechanism underlying the gastric hyperemic response following barrier disruption, with a focus on cyclooxygenase (COX) isozymes, prostaglandin (PG) E2, and capsaicin-sensitive afferent neurons. Mucosal damage was induced by exposing the stomach to 20 mM taurocholate (TC) with 50 mM HCl. The TC t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Takeuchi K,Takeeda M,Amagase K,Nakashima M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet has a high relevance in health. Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and has an important impact on public health, and consequently on countries economy. Scientific research gathered strong evidence about the role of several dietary factors either in etiology or in treatment/prevention ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Marques C,Amorim MM,Pereira JO,Pintado ME,Moura D,Calhau C,Pinheiro H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracerebral hemorrhage is one of the most common injuries in vehicle accidents. The aim of this paper is to survey the injury mechanism of intracerebral hemorrhage in vehicle accidents, including contusion, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), subdural hematoma (SDH) and diffuse axonal injury (DAI). METHODS:A c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Li F,Li H,Xiao Z,Lu R,Zhang Z,Zhu H,Ren L

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cell-cell adhesion is essential in maintaining the structure and function of an organ. Several adhesion molecules have recently been identified as associated with heroin dependence in both genetic and peripheral plasma studies. METHODS AND RESULTS:We reviewed literature concerning studies on adhesion molecu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Liu YL,Kuo HW,Fang CP,Tsung JH,Chen ACH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin has been one of the most widely used medications since its first synthesis more than 100 years ago. In addition to short-term use for pain and fever relief, regular use of aspirin has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases and strokes. The issue of regular aspirin use in cancer prevention is ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Huang WK,Tu HT,See LC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our current understanding of cancer suggests that every tumour has individual features. Approaches to cancer treatment require thorough comprehension of the mechanisms triggering genomic instability and protecting cancer cells from therapeutic treatments. Base excision repair (BER) is a frontline DNA repair system tha...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Poletto M,Legrand AJ,Dianov GL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of adrenal hyperandrogenism (AH), as defined by increased circulating dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS) levels, ranges from 15 to 45% in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS:The aim of this review is to update the pathogenesis and consequences of AH in PCOS, from molecula...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Luque-Ramírez M,Escobar-Morreale HF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood flow assessment is essential to fully understand cardiovascular function in disease pathologies and for identification of individuals at long-term risk of cardiovascular disease development. Qualitative and quantitative assessments of blood flow by imaging modalities have been limited, and much of the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lewandowski AJ,Raman B,Banerjee R,Milanesi M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvements in our understanding of the intrinsic aberrancies in cancer cells have enabled the design and development of novel therapeutics that specifically target these changes. Among the many complex cellular pathways and mechanisms which have been unveiled by new molecular techniques, RAS-mediated signal transduc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nottage M,Siu LL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is a stage of life of all living organisms. According to the free-radical theory, aging cells gradually become unable to maintain cellular homeostasis due to the adverse effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS can cause irreversible DNA mutations, protein and lipid damage which are increasingly accumulated...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tezil T,Basaga H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention, improved screening, and better treatment regimens have improved cancer incidence and mortality in the last decade. Chemoradiation continues to cause high morbidity in patients undergoing treatment. DNA therapeutics have the potential to modify the genes that cause tumor progression in order to produce a re...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Coppelli FM,Grandis JR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews evidence that hyperpolarization-activated, cation nonselective (HCN) channels, the molecular basis of the Ih current, potentially represent valid targets for novel analgesic agents. Ih is a prominent current in many peripheral sensory nerves, with highest current density typically found in large d...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wickenden AD,Maher MP,Chaplan SR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally occurring abietane diterpenoids have been studied over the years and have shown to display a wide range of biological activities. This review covers three main aspects of the abietane-type diterpenoids with hydroxy-p-quinone C ring, designated as royleanones. An overview of 1) the naturally occurrence, 2) ch...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ladeiras D,Monteiro CM,Pereira F,Reis CP,Afonso CA,Rijo P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, Aβ aggregation prevention, one of the most concerned strategies in drug development has been carefully assessed to treat Alzheimer's disease. Aβ peptides can transform structurally from random coil monomer into β-stranded protofibril via multiple oligomeric states. Among the various Aβ species, the id...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tran L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease featured by insulin deprivation caused by pancreatic β-cell loss, followed by hyperglycaemia. OBJECTIVE:Currently, there is no cure for this disease in clinical treatment, and patients have to accept a lifelong injection of insulin. The exploration of potentia...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang R,Zhou Y,Zhang Y,Li S,Pan R,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Human tryptase is a structurally unique and mast cell specific trypsin-like serine protease. Recent biological and immunological investigations have implicated tryptase as a mediator in the pathology of numerous allergic and inflammatory conditions including rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and most notably asthma. A growing...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rice KD,Tanaka RD,Katz BA,Numerof RP,Moore WR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) has quickly proven to be an immensely useful tool for studying gene function and validation of potential drug targets in almost all organisms that possess the required set of proteins of the interference pathway. In protozoan parasites like Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Entamoeba, Giardia, Trypanosom...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mueller AK,Hammerschmidt-Kamper C,Kaiser A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evasion of apoptosis, the cell's intrinsic death program, is a hallmark of human cancers including neuroblastoma. Also, failure to undergo apoptosis may cause treatment resistance, since the cytotoxic activity of anticancer therapies commonly used in the clinic, e.g. chemotherapy, gamma-irradiation or immunotherapy, i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fulda S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is based on carriers of natural origin such as polysaccharides, proteins, and cell derived entities which have been used for delivery of siRNA. To realize the therapeutic potential of a delivery system, the role of the carrier is of utmost importance. Historical aspects of viral vectors, the first carriers...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Karunaratne DN,Jafari M,Ranatunga RJ,Siriwardhana A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many therapeutically active medications have significant side effects, some of which can compromise the intended therapeutic goal. The development of plasma lipid abnormalities or a dyslipidemia as the result of a medication intended for an unrelated effect has been reported. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infecti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Whayne TF,Mukherjee D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although medications should only be prescribed in pregnancy if benefits to the mother outweigh the risk to the fetus, drug use in pregnancy especially prescribed and over-the-counter analgesics, is very common. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this review is to present an update on known changes in analgesic disp...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Price HR,Collier AC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erectile dysfunction (ED) is an evolving health problem in the aging male population. Chronic low-grade inflammation is a critical component of ED pathogenesis and a probable intermediate stage of endothelial dysfunction, especially in metabolic diseases, with the inclusion of obesity, metabolic syndrome, an...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kaya-Sezginer E,Gur S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. Some viruses, such as the respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses, are acquired from the healthcare or community in the midst of or after HSCT. Other viruses, such as the herpes-virus family, esta...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Anderson EJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyphenols widely distributed in plants, fruits and vegetables have received considerable attention on account of their physiological functions, including their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Some antioxidant components of cacao liquor prepared from fermented and roasted cacao beans, which is...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Natsume M

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:With a 2030 projection of 23.6 million deaths per year the prevalence and severity of cardiovascular disease is at an astounding high. Thus, a definitive need for the identification of novel compounds with potential to prevent or treat the disease and associated states. Moreover, there is also an ever-increasing need ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Houacine C,Khan I,Yousaf SS

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their proposal in 1976, sigma (σ) receptors have been increasingly implicated in the pathophysiology of virtually all major central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and drug addiction. Due to their involvement in motor function and higher cognitive function,σ recepto...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Banister SD,Kassiou M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyphenols are bioactive compounds that can be found mostly in foods like fruits, cereals, vegetables, dry legumes, chocolate and beverages such as coffee, tea and wine. They are extensively used in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) providing protection against many chronic illnes...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Giglio RV,Patti AM,Cicero AFG,Lippi G,Rizzo M,Toth PP,Banach M

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