Deubiquitinating enzymes as promising drug targets for infectious diseases.

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：:Pyrimidine nucleotides, including UTP, UDP and UDP-glucose, are important signaling molecules which activate G protein-coupled membrane receptors of the P2Y family. Four distinct pyrimidine nucleotide-sensitive P2Y receptor subtypes have been cloned, P2Y(2), P2Y(4), P2Y(6) and P2Y(14). Pharmacological experiments indi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Müller CE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many, if not all, chronic medical, neurodegenerative and neuroprogressive illnesses are characterised by chronic immune activation, oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS) and systemic inflammation. These factors, notably elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines, activate indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) leading to an upr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Morris G,Carvalho AF,Anderson G,Galecki P,Maes M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among pediatric patients, preterm neonates and newborns are the most vulnerable subpopulation. Rapid developmental changes of physiological factors affecting the pharmacokinetics of drug substances in newborns require extreme care in dose and dose regimen decisions. These decisions could be supported by in silico meth...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Claassen K,Thelen K,Coboeken K,Gaub T,Lippert J,Allegaert K,Willmann S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension is closely related with right ventricular function. During the progression of right ventricular remodeling, energetic metabolism shifts from oxidative mitochondrial metabolism to glycolysis. In normal physiological conditions, cardiomyocytes use major sourc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zhang R,Jing ZC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradable particles have important applications in Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) of protein/peptide drugs. And recently, particle systems have also showed to be powerful for vaccine delivery (adjuvant) in order to solve the difficulties when conventional Alum adjuvant was used. However, in above applications, the pr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang L,Yang T,Ma G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the third millennium preventive medicine is becoming a corner stone in our concept of health. Colorectal cancer (CRC) fits the criteria of a disease suitable for prevention interventions. It is a prevalent disease that is associated with considerable mortality and morbidity rates, with more than 1,000,000 new cases...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Boursi B,Arber N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A better knowledge of the mechanisms underlying hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) growth and spread is essential to improve the available treatment options. So far, the only therapies available for HCC are mainly based on tumor-destructive approaches, whereas no therapies are available to consolidate these invasive thera...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Antonaci S,Giannelli G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants have been used to treat health disorders and prevent diseases since antiquity in all civilizations including the Indian and Chinse civilizations. Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia L.) is one of the most important medicinal plants in Indian folk medicine and is commonly known as the "Heart-leaved Moonseed" o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Verma DK,Goyal K,Kumar P,El-Shazly M

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are a serious viral health problem globally, causing liver cirrhosis and inflammation that can develop to hepatocellular carcinoma and death. Since the HCV NS3/4A protease complex cleaves the scissile peptide bond in the viral encoded polypeptide to release the non-structural protein...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Meeprasert A,Rungrotmongkol T,Li MS,Hannongbua S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter ablation for rhythm control in atrial fibrillation has been recognized as an established treatment. Patients with atrial fibrillation suffer from an increased risk of thromboembolic events. Long-term stroke risk and mortality have been shown to be reduced after catheter ablation, still the procedure per se is...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Vrachatis DA,Giannopoulos G,Kossyvakis C,Panagopoulou V,Vavuranakis M,Papaioannou TG,Pagoni S,Pyrgakis VN,Cleman MW,Deftereos SG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comorbid prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) with obesity and type II diabetes mellitus reflects the existence of a subset of individuals with a complex common pathophysiology and overlapping risk factors. Such comorbid disease presentations imply a number of difficulties, including: decreased treatment ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Slyepchenko A,Maes M,Machado-Vieira R,Anderson G,Solmi M,Sanz Y,Berk M,Köhler CA,Carvalho AF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A substantial part of literature has been centered on sex differences in the clinical aspects of ischemic heart disease (IHD). Many reports have documented differences in the presentation and risk profile between women and men. Such differences drive sex-related inequalities in the referral and treatment of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Cenko E,Bugiardini R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever since pure molecular entities have been adapted as drug, varied manifestations other than elimination of infections are frequently been acknowledged as side effects. Contemporary drug research focuses on these issues besides developing new molecules for the restoration of unnatural functional deviations in variou...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dutta RC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last two decades a tremendous development has been noticed in our understanding of the purinergic system, consisting of heterogeneously expressed purinoceptor subtypes and its classical agonists: e.g., adenosine triphosphate, uridine triphosphate or complex dinucleoside polyphosphates. These agonists exert mult...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schuchardt M,Tölle M,van der Giet M

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Current antiretroviral therapy has had a significant impact on HIV associated morbidity and mortality. Despite these positive outcomes current antiretroviral regimens have significant deficiencies which include multiple drug-drug interactions, high pill burdens, and considerable financial expense. Perhaps the greatest...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Romanelli F,Hoven AD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyphenols are a family of natural antioxidants that in recent years have been studied and tested for their potential benefits towards cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this review is to focus the attention on the presumed lipid-lowering and atheroprotective effects of polyphenols, administered...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Cicero AFG,Colletti A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 15 years, the use of various biological therapies has largely improved the way we manage patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBDs). Blockade of cytokine synthesis and/or activity is at the forefront of this new era with the success of inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α. These therapies ar...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： De Nitto D,Sarra M,Cupi ML,Pallone F,Monteleone G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dioxygen (O2) is an exogenously supplied gas with a number of properties that make it valuable as a biological source of energy and as a result much of life has become dependent on this molecule. Nitric oxide (NO), carbon dioxide (CO) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) are small molecules that are sometimes in a gaseous state...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fukuto JM,Collins MD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the 1950's, herpes simplex viruses (HSV) have played prominent roles in the development of antivirals. The first efficacious antivirals, as well as the first safe for systemic use, were developed against HSV. It was only in 1995 when the first antiviral against a target not validated first with HSV was approved ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schang LM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers which damage the human skeleton include multiple myeloma, where the primary tumour colonises bone directly, or breast and prostate cancer, where malignant cells travel from the primary tumour to form clonal outgrowths within the bone. Owing to the interaction of tumour cells with those normally found in the bo...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Buckle CH,Neville-Webbe HL,Croucher PI,Lawson MA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrine (RST), known as FangJi (Pinyin name) in Chinese, is the dried root of Stephania tetrandra S.Moore, and has been prescribed in combination with other herbs to treat cardiovascular diseases and breast cancer in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical trials. OBJECTIVE:The aim ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Guo Y,Chen B,Pei X,Zhang D

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among postmenopausal women in western societies. There are still no specific and highly efficient methods of preservation of women's vascular health in modern preventive medicine. For many years physicians have assumed that hormone replacement...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sobenin IA,Myasoedova VA,Orekhov AN

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Human arylamine N-acetyltransferases 1 and 2 (NAT1 and NAT2) are polymorphic phase II xenobiotic-metabolising enzymes (XME) that acetylate arylamine compounds. They therefore play an important role in the detoxication and/or metabolic activation of certain therapeutic drugs, occupational chemicals and carcinogens. Alt...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rodrigues-Lima F,Dupret JM

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:There is a high rate of benzodiazepine use in the population. Benzodiazepines are used for multiple indications (anxiety, seizures, alcohol withdrawal, muscular relaxation and anesthesia). Benzodiazepines are also addictive substances and a non-negligible fraction of regular users will develop dependence. There is cur...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sabioni P,Bertram J,Le Foll B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00