A leap into the chemical space of protein-protein interaction inhibitors.

abstract：:In recent years, combination of different types of therapies using nanoparticles has emerged as an advanced strategy for cancer treatment. Most of all, combination of chemotherapeutic drug and siRNA in nanoformulation has shown a great potential, because siRNA-mediated specific gene silencing can compensate for the in...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yhee JY,Son S,Lee H,Kim K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the introduction of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), the quality of life and therapeutic response for patients with epilepsy remain unsatisfactory. In addition, whilst several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have been approved and consequently marketed in recent years, little is known about their long-term...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Palleria C,Cozza G,Khengar R,Libri V,De Sarro G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diatomic molecule of oxygen contains two uncoupled electrons and can therefore undergo reduction, yielding several different oxygen metabolites, which are collectively called Reactive Oxygen Species or ROS. They are invariably produced in aerobic environments through a variety of mechanisms, which include electron...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bergamini CM,Gambetti S,Dondi A,Cervellati C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of natural sources such as plants, microorganisms and marine organisms has developed interest among the scientific community in recent years for their extensive and diverse chemical composition and consequent biological potential. The search for antitumor compounds is among the lead causes that justify phyto...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Garcia C,Teodósio C,Oliveira C,Oliveira C,Díaz-Lanza A,Reis C,Duarte N,Rijo P

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Over the last two decades, SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) and especially PET (positron emission tomography) have proven increasingly effective imaging modalities in the study of human psychopharmacology. Abusing populations can be studied at multiple times after abstinence begins, to give informati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gatley SJ,Volkow ND,Wang GJ,Fowler JS,Logan J,Ding YS,Gerasimov M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and the less understood aspect of the disease. Its recognition and treatment continue to represent a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Due to the lack of co...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sanna G,Bertolaccini ML,Khamashta MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acidic amino acid L-glutamate acts as both a primary excitatory neurotransmitter and a potential neurotoxin within the mammalian central nervous system. Functionally juxtaposed between these neurophysiological and pathological actions are an assorted group of integral membrane transporter proteins that rapidly and...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bridges RJ,Kavanaugh MP,Chamberlin AR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive age-related neurodegenerative disorder with distinct neuropathological features. Extracellular plaques, consisting of aggregated amyloid peptides of 39-43 amino acids are one of the most prominent pathological hallmarks of this disease. Although the exact neurochemical effecto...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hajieva P,Behl C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is one of the most common psychiatric conditions affecting numerous individuals in the world. However, the currently available antidepressant medication shows low response and remission rates. Thus, new antidepressants need to be discovered or developed. Aiming to describe the current neurobiological hypoth...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kern N,Sheldrick AJ,Schmidt FM,Minkwitz J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicinal inorganic chemistry plays an important role in exploring the properties of metal ions for the designing of new drugs. The field has been stimulated by the success of cis-platin, the world best selling anticancer drug and platinum complexes with reduced toxicity, oral activity and activity against resistant t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sirajuddin M,Ali S

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:In the classical renin angiotensin system (RAS), angiotensin II Ang IIplays many important roles in cardiovascular disease and in kidney, brain, and other organs via the Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1). The RAS consists of many angiotensin peptides, including Ang (1-7), Ang (1-9), Ang (2-8), and Ang IV. Ang (1-7), produc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ohishi M,Yamamoto K,Rakugi H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid-base balance of cells is related to the concentration of free H⁺ ions. These are highly reactive, and their intracellular concentration must be regulated to avoid detrimental effects to the cell. H⁺ ion dynamics are influenced by binding to chelator substances ('buffering'), and by the production, diffusion a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hulikova A,Harris AL,Vaughan-Jones RD,Swietach P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uveitis is a sight threatening intraocular inflammation accounting for approximately 10% of blindness worldwide. On the basis of aetiology, disease can be classified as infectious or non-infectious; and by anatomical localization of inflammation as anterior, posterior and panuveitis. Non-infectious uveitis is believed...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Klaska IP,Forrester JV

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria fulfill a number of essential cellular functions, being recognized that the strict regulation of the structure, function and turnover of these organelles is an immutable control node for the maintenance of neuronal integrity and homeostasis. Many lines of evidence posit that mitochondria constitute a conv...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Correia SC,Cardoso S,Santos RX,Carvalho C,Santos MS,Perry G,Smith MA,Moreira PI

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is initial evidence, at least in cardiac surgery, that total intra-venous anesthesia (usually a propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia) is associated with an increased mortality when compared to an anesthetic plan including a halogenated anesthetics. The cardiac protective properties of halogenated agents (...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Landoni G,Pasin L,Borghi G,Zangrillo A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19 virus) is a worldwide pandemic pathogen infecting 210 territories. It belongs to the family coronaviriadae and the order Nidovirales. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA enveloped virus that includes spike proteins projecti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ahmed H,Sayed A,Munir M,Elberry MH,Sayed IM,Kamal MA,Negida A,Ebada MA,Bahbah EI

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have emerged as critical players in immunity. They are capable of sensing organisms ranging from protozoa to bacteria, fungi or viruses upon detection of the pathogen as well as recognizing endogenous ligands, and triggering transduction pathways. Following activation of the innate immune sy...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： de la Barrera S,Alemán M,Sasiain Mdel C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety disorders are common and disabling conditions. Current drug treatment methods have limitations including resistance, delayed efficacy and side effects. The advent of sophisticated imaging techniques and the production of highly selective receptor ligands have increased our knowledge of the biological mechanism...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Christmas D,Hood S,Nutt D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical loading provides an anabolic stimulus for bone. More importantly, the mechanosensing apparatus in bone directs osteogenesis to where it is most needed for improving bone strength. The biological processes involved in bone mechanotransduction are poorly understood and further investigation of the molecular m...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Turner CH,Robling AG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-agent therapy with molecularly targeted agents has shown limited success in tumor growth control, mainly because escape or resistance mechanisms are activated once a signalling molecule is inhibited. Rational combinations of target-specific agents could counteract this response providing a useful strategy in ca...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Porcelli L,Quatrale AE,Mantuano P,Silvestris N,Rolland JF,Biancolillo L,Paradiso A,Azzariti A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors, each one individually associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. Treatment of all components of MetS is expected to result in reduced risk. Treatment of MetS mainly includes lifestyle changes. In addition, drug therapy may be considered, especially co...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Florentin M,Elisaf MS,Mikhailidis DP,Liberopoulos EN

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrates are widely prescribed lipid-lowering drug in the treatment of dyslipidemia. Their main clinical effects, mediated by peroxisome proliferative activated receptor (PPAR) alpha activation, are a moderate reduction in total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, a marked reduction in ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ansquer JC,Foucher C,Aubonnet P,Le Malicot K

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe vascular complication of connective tissue diseases. In the context of systemic sclerosis (SSc), PAH is a devastating disease with a dramatic impact on prognosis and survival. Despite advances in early diagnosis and the development of new targeted treatments, SSc-relat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dimitroulas T,Giannakoulas G,Karvounis H,Settas L,Kitas GD

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Lipid markers are well established predictors of vascular disease. The most frequently measured lipid variables are total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides. In this review we consider the predictive value of these variables and other more specialis...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Milionis HJ,Daskalopoulou SS,Elisaf M,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 (LFA-1, alphaLbeta2, CD11a/CD18) has emerged as an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of multiple inflammatory diseases. Its established role in the trafficking and activation of leukocytes coupled with the recent elucidation of the global con...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Giblin PA,Lemieux RM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The state-of-the-art in the investigation of drugs release from Silica-based ordered Mesoporous Materials (SMMs) is reviewed. First, the SMM systems used like host matrixes are described. Then, the model drugs studied until now, including their pharmacological action, structure and the mesoporous matrix employed for e...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Doadrio AL,Salinas AJ,Sánchez-Montero JM,Vallet-Regí M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00