Thermosensitive polymeric hydrogels as drug delivery systems.

abstract：:Obesity is a chronic disease characterized by the accumulation of excess adipose tissue associated with an increased risk of multiple morbidities and mortality. At the present time, only three drugs have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of obesity. Agonists and antagonists of s...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rivera G,Bocanegra-García V,Galiano S,Cirauqui N,Ceras J,Pérez S,Aldana I,Monge A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of pancreatic cancer (PC) is rising in parallel with the deaths caused by this malignant disease largely due to limited improvement in current treatment strategies. In spite of aggressive PC research, for the past three decades, there has been no significant improvement in the five-year surviva...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mohammed A,Janakiram NB,Madka V,Li M,Asch AS,Rao CV

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is one of the most misunderstood aspects of human health. People have been encouraged to eat foods that have a high antioxidant capacity, and in vitro tests for total antioxidant capacity emerged. They were based on measuring the destruction of oxidized test compounds in direct reactions with th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Smith RE

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), previously known only as a toxic agent, in the last decades has been recognized as an important endogenous gasotransmitter, playing a key role in the homeostasis of the cardiovascular system. In the last years, the growing evidence about a protective role exhibited by H2S against myocardial isc...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Citi V,Piragine E,Testai L,Breschi MC,Calderone V,Martelli A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Aryl-β-amino acids constitute very useful scaffolds able to lead, via various intra-molecular cyclisation reactions, to a great diversity of cyclic derivatives with numerous biological and therapeutic properties. The present article aims at reporting an exhaustive overview of these ring-closure sequences and their a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rochais C,Rault S,Dallemagne P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease is one of the most important endemic diseases in Latin America, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. The drugs used for the treatment of this disease, nifurtimox and benznidazole, are toxic and present severe side effects. The need of effective drugs, without adverse effects, has stimulated the search for new c...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Salas CO,Faúndez M,Morello A,Maya JD,Tapia RA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is an initial response of the body to a harmful stimuli and it is achieved by the increased movement of leukocytes (especially granulocytes) from blood into injured tissues. It is required for healing wounds and infections. Despite their indispensable role in microbial killing, the inflammation reactions ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Soubhye J,Aldib I,Delporte C,Prévost M,Dufrasne F,Antwerpen PV

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Steroid hormones belong to a group of low-molecular weight compounds which are responsible for maintenance of various body functions, thus, their accurate assessment is crucial for evaluation of biosynthetic defects. The development of reliable methods allowing disease diagnosis is essential to improve early...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kotłowska A,Szefer P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last century, many studies have demonstrated that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is a key risk factor of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) related to atherosclerosis. Thus, for these CVD patients, LDL lowering agents are commonly used in the clinic to reduce the risk for CVD. LDL, upon modification, will develop d...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schnitzler JG,Dallinga-Thie GM,Kroon J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histone deacetylases (HDAC) are an important class of enzymes that play a pivotal role in epigenetic regulation of gene expression that modifies the terminal of core histones leading to remodelling of chromatin topology and thereby controlling gene expression. HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) counter this action and ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Sultana F,Manasa KL,Shaik SP,Bonam SR,Kamal A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA mutation is a very important step in carcinogenesis and elevated levels of oxidative DNA damage have been monitored in a variety of tumors. The discovery of the role of free radicals in cancer has led to a new medical approach. Minimizing oxidative damage may be a significant advance in the prevention or treatment...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Tekiner-Gulbas B,Westwell AD,Suzen S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm labour is a major cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity. However, during the past 40 years of clinical studies and despite the use of multiple therapeutic agents, the rate of preterm birth has not drastically declined. In 1991, it was estimated that in the US approximately 116,000 women admitted with acut...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schwarz MK,Page P

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) are first-line treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Since response is often inadequate, in recent years researchers investigated whether combining CBT and SRIs, either ab initio or sequentially, results in a grea...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Albert U,Di Salvo G,Solia F,Rosso G,Maina G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection commonly results in a myriad of comorbid conditions secondary to immune deficiency. Infection also affects broad organ system function. Although current antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces disease morbidity and mortality through effective control of peripheral viral load, ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Edagwa BJ,Zhou T,McMillan JM,Liu XM,Gendelman HE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with diabetes mellitus have an increased risk of mortality due to cardiovascular complications. Supplementation with specific sulphur-containing amino acids is rapidly emerging as a possible therapeutic adjuvant for diabetes and associated cardiovascular complications. OBSERVATIONS:It is well-known...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Tappia PS,Adameova A,Dhalla NS

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, the long-term usage of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) in HIVAIDS patients eventually leads to the development of drug resistance and severe side effect. Therefore, it is imperative to look for the novel NNRTIs with potent and broad spectrum anti-mutant activity that are also safe a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhan P,Liu X,Li Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Akuammiline alkaloids are a family of monoterpene indole alkaloids of renewed medicinal interest. These bases act as ligands for a heterogeneous group of molecular targets and, consequently, display a wide variety of pharmacological activities. For example, pseudoakuammigine (2) exhibits opioid activity in vivo, echit...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ramírez A,García-Rubio S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic, degenerative diseases are often characterized by inflammation and aberrant angiogenesis. For these pathologies, including rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, current therapies have limited efficacy. OBJECTIVES:The validation of novel (chemo)p...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Albini A,Bassani B,Baci D,Dallaglio K,Gallazzi M,Corradino P,Bruno A,Noonan DM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signalling lipids are known to control a wide array of cellular processes, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and energy metabolism. Fatty acids and their derivatives, eicosanoids, phosphoinositides, sphingolipids, some cannabinoid-like molecules bind and activate nuclear receptors, including peroxiso...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fidaleo M,Fanelli F,Ceru MP,Moreno S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the understanding the pathophysiology of atherogenesis and atherosclerosis progression has been one of the major goals of cardiovascular research during the last decades, the precise mechanisms underlying plaque destabilization are still unknown. The disruption of the plaque and the thrombosis in the lumen th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cominacini L,Garbin U,Mozzini C,Stranieri C,Pasini A,Solani E,Tinelli IA,Pasini AF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balance between excitatory glutamate and inhibitory GABA neurotransmitter is essential and critical for proper development and functioning of brain. GABAergic (gamma aminobutyric acid) and glutamatergic interneurons maintain excitability, integrity and synaptic plasticity. Several evidences implicated relative loss of...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Purkayastha P,Malapati A,Yogeeswari P,Sriram D

更新日期：2015-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent results using animal models of inflammatory skin conditions have shown that blockers of the voltage-gated potassium channel, Kv1.3 hold great promise for clinical utility. Kv1.3 blockers act as immunosuppressants by modulating the various subsets of inflammatory T and B cells involved in autoimmune disorders. W...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Nguyen W,Howard BL,Neale DS,Thompson PE,White PJ,Wulff H,Manallack DT

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein Kinase Inhibitors (PKIs) and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors (HDACIs) are two important classes of anticancer agents and have provided a variety of small molecule drugs for the treatment of various types of human cancers. However, malignant tumors are of a multifactorial nature that can hardly be "cured" by tar...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ling Y,Liu J,Qian J,Meng C,Guo J,Gao W,Xiong B,Ling C,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of defense maintain the surface integrity of the delicate airway epithelium which is regularly subjected to severe trauma. These defense mechanisms include protection by the mucus layer, rapid repair by restitution (cell migration) and regeneration via proliferation and differentiation. Luminal surveilla...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hoffmann W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease are a heterogeneous group of disorders with the progressive and severe loss of neurons. There are no full proof cures for these diseases, and only medicines are available that can alleviate some of the symptoms. D...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Volcho KP,Laev SS,Ashraf GM,Aliev G,Salakhutdinov NF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cinnamic acid and its phenolic analogues are natural substances. Chemically, in cinnamic acids the 3-phenyl acrylic acid functionality offers three main reactive sites; substitution at the phenyl ring, addition at the α,β- unsaturation and the reactions of the carboxylic acid functionality. Owing to these chemical asp...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： De P,Baltas M,Bedos-Belval F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungi play an important role in terrestrial ecosystems interacting positively or negatively with plants. These interactions are complex and the outcomes are different depending on the fungal lifestyles, saprotrophic, mutualistic or pathogenic. Furthermore, fungi are well known for producing secondary metabol...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Masi M,Maddau L,Linaldeddu BT,Scanu B,Evidente A,Cimmino A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main challenge of cancer treatment is multidrug resistance during chemotherapy. Cancer cell can evade cell death during every round of orthodox chemotherapy drugs, consequently being resistant after several rounds of standard drug treatment. One of the regimens to address this multidrug resistance problem is by dr...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lou JS,Yao P,Tsim KWK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of children in the autism spectrum disorder suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) conditions, such as constipation and diarrhea. Clostridium bolteae is a part of a set of pathogens being regularly detected in the stool samples of hosts affected by GI and autism symptoms. Accompanying studies have pointed ou...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Pequegnat B,Monteiro MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than 20 years there has been increasing interest in the development of novel therapies to raise levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). However, well publicized failures of recent clinical trials of agents that raise HDL-C levels have stimulated considerable controversy with regard to the pote...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Duong M,Nicholls SJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00