Vasopressin secretion control: central neural pathways, neurotransmitters and effects of drugs.

abstract：:Cancer therapies through ionizing radiation or chemotherapeutic treatment may result in DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) in cell. DNA-PK has emerged as an attractive target for drug discovery efforts toward DSBs repair and in V(D)J recombination. Hence, the search for potent and selective DNA-PK inhibitors has received...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Cao R,Zeng H,Zhang H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart is a sophisticated endocrine gland synthesizing a family of peptide hormones by three different genes. These cardiac hormones are stored as 3 prohormones, i.e. atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) prohormones. Within the ANP prohormones are 4 ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Vesely DL

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：Background:Capsinoids (CSN), the novel non-pungent capsaicin analogs have been reported to promote metabolic health and exercise tolerance. However, the effect of CSN on fat oxidation and changes in skeletal muscle glycogen levels during post-exercise recovery has not been investigated in humans. Purpose:We examined t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Liao SF,Korivi M,Tsao JP,Huang CC,Chang CC,Cheng IS

更新日期：2020-08-23 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：: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：BACKGROUND:In the field of forensic toxicology, the quality of analytical methods is of great importance to ensure the reliability of results and to avoid unjustified legal consequences. A key to high quality analytical methods is a thorough method development. METHODS:The presented article will provide an overview on...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Peters FT,Wissenbach DK,Busardo FP,Marchei E,Pichini S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate if low-dose lithium may counteract the microstructural and metabolic brain changes proposed to occur in individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis. METHODS:Hippocampal T2 relaxation time (HT2RT) and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) measurements were performed prior to...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Berger GE,Wood SJ,Ross M,Hamer CA,Wellard RM,Pell G,Phillips L,Nelson B,Amminger GP,Yung AR,Jackson G,Velakoulis D,Pantelis C,Manji H,McGorry PD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early 1980s, an "atypical" beta-adrenergic receptor was discovered and subsequently called the beta (3)-adrenoceptor (beta(3)-AR). Agonists of the beta(3)-AR were observed to simultaneously increase lipolysis, fat oxidation, energy expenditure and insulin action leading to the belief that this receptor might se...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： de Souza CJ,Burkey BF

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid peptides showing selectivity for delta receptor have been isolated from enzymatic digests of plant proteins. Five peptides were derived from wheat gluten, and named gluten exorphins A5, A4, B5, B4 and C. Two opioid peptides were also released from spinach ribulose-bisphosphate-carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco), a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yoshikawa M,Takahashi M,Yang S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The so-called demographic transition has changed the age structure of the population worldwide, with profound effects on societal organization. The growing number and percentage of old and very old people has compelled the scientific community to focus on age related diseases and peculiar consequences of aging itself ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Paganelli R,Di Iorio A,Cherubini A,Lauretani F,Mussi C,Volpato S,Abate M,Abate G,Ferrucci L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites, such as those responsible for malaria and African Sleeping Sickness, represent a huge burden to the developing world. Current chemotherapy to combat these diseases is inadequate: antiquated, toxic and increasingly ineffective due to drug resistance. In this article, the potential usefulness of tar...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Grant KM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained rhythm disturbance, increasing prevalence with age, in particular in patients with cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, a subset of patients with AF being <60 years old and no evidence of underlying cardiovascular disease, and laboratory tests including thyro...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tello-Montoliu A,Hernández-Romero D,Sanchez-Martínez M,Valdes M,Marín F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablation has become an important treatment for many pediatric patients with common supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs). Many multicenter studies have documented that radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation is a safe and effective procedure for treatment of a large variety of SVTs in children and adults with a high succ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： De Santis A,Fazio G,Silvetti MS,Drago F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, nanosuspensions have been accepted as a valuable drug delivery system for poorly water-soluble drugs. Topdown and bottom-up technologies are the two main approaches for generating nanosuspensions. Several products manufactured by the top-down technologies have been successfully commercialized demonstr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zhang X,Li LC,Mao S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug design based on the structure of specific enzymes playing a role in carcinogenesis, e.g. tyrosine kinases, has been successful at identifying novel effective anticancer drugs. In contrast, no success has been achieved in drug design attempts, in which transcription factors or DNA-transcription factor complexes in...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： D'Incalci M,Brunelli D,Marangon E,Simone M,Tavecchio M,Gescher A,Mantovani R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-enzymatic modification of proteins by reducing sugars, a process that is also known as Maillard reaction, leads to the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in vivo. There is a growing body of evidence that formation and accumulation of AGEs progress during normal aging, and at an extremely accelerat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Unoki H,Yamagishi S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past five decades, the pharmacological treatment of depression has been based on the pathophysiological hypothesis of a deficiency in monoamines, mainly serotonin and noradrenaline. Antidepressant prescribed today, all of them designed to enhance central monoaminergic tone, present several important limitatio...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Vidal R,Pilar-Cuéllar F,dos Anjos S,Linge R,Treceño B,Vargas VI,Rodriguez-Gaztelumendi A,Mostany R,Castro E,Diaz A,Valdizán EM,Pazos A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:High prevalence of Dental and periodontal problems during the gestation period may have a negative effect on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in pregnant women. This systematic review aimed to perform a quality assessment and provide a critical overview of the current research available on OHRQoL ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fakheran O,Saied-Moallemi Z,Khademi A,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epicardial adipose tissue is not only a specific adipose tissue depot but also an active endocrine organ producing numerous substances with an important role in the development of obesity-related heart diseases. It is located between myocardium and visceral pericardium and consists predominantly of adipocytes, immunoc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Matloch Z,Cinkajzlova A,Mraz M,Haluzik M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective blood pressure control with a large arsenal of conventional antihypertensive drugs, such as diuretics, beta-adrenergic blockers, and calcium channel blockers, significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease. However, blood pressure control with these drugs does not red...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Igic R,Behnia R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The octapeptide angiotensin II (Ang II) plays a homeostatic role in the regulation of blood pressure and water and electrolyte balance, and also contributes to the progression of cardiovascular remodeling. Ang II activates Ang II type 1 (AT1) receptor and type 2 (AT2) receptor, both of which belong to the seven-transm...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Akazawa H,Yano M,Yabumoto C,Kudo-Sakamoto Y,Komuro I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine acetylation plays an essential role in metabolism. Five individual studies have identified that a large number of cellular proteins are potentially acetylated. Notably, almost every enzyme involved in central metabolic pathways such as glycolysis, the TCA cycle, fat acid metabolism, urea cycle and glycogen meta...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lin R,Zhou X,Huang W,Zhao D,Lv L,Xiong Y,Guan KL,Lei QY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an increasing interest from the pharmaceutical and food industry in natural antioxidant and bioactive compounds derived from plants as substitutes for synthetic compounds. The genus Allium is one of the largest genera, with more than 900 species, including important cultivated and wild species, havi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Petropoulos SA,Di Gioia F,Polyzos N,Tzortzakis N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nuts have been an indispensable component of the human diet for hundreds because of their unique nutrient composition and are thought to play a beneficial part in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the extent, validity and presence of evidence for studies investigating the impa...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schwingshackl L,Hoffmann G,Missbach B,Stelmach-Mardas M,Boeing H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaginal infections caused by non-albicans species have become common in women of all age groups. The resistance of species such as Candida parapsilosis to the various antifungal agents is a risk factor attributed to these types of infections, which instigates the search for new sources of active compounds in...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： C de Lima L,A S Ramos M,Toledo LG,Rodero CF,Hilário F,Dos Santos LC,Chorilli M,Bauab TM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low density lipoproteins (LDL) and high density lipoproteins (HDL) are independent risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD); decreasing LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels with statin therapy represents the primary goal in the management of cardiovascular disease. However, despite the efficacy of statins in reducing c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Pirillo A,Norata GD,Catapano AL

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Asthma is an allergy-mediated inflammatory disease characterised by infiltration of the airway with mast cells, lymphocytes, and eosinophils. The disease is induced by co-ordination of T-helper cell type 2 (Th2) cytokines and inflammatory signal molecules. Fruits and vegetables are a rich source of polyphenolic bioact...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nyanhanda T,Gould EM,Hurst RD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of systematic approach for the analysis of mechanism of action of drugs at different levels of biological organization of organisms is an important task in experimental and clinical pharmacology for drug designing and increasing the efficacy and safety of drugs. The analysis of published data on pharmacologica...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tarasov VV,Kudryashov NV,Chubarev VN,Kalinina TS,Barreto GE,Ashraf GM,Aliev G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00