Sleep loss and hypertension: a systematic review.

abstract：:The discovery of the delicate role of endogenous nitric oxide in the homeostasis of various cellular functions and the dynamic behaviour of the airways, has led to a new, rapidly progressing area of physiological science, that has direct bearing for our understanding of multiple airway diseases. The potentially protec...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Folkerts G,Nijkamp FP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes are phospholipid bilayer-enclosed membrane vesicles derived and constitutively secreted by various metabolically active cells. They are capable of mediating hetero- and homotypic intercellular communication by transferring multiple cargos from donor cells to recipient cells. Nowadays, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs)...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tu C,He J,Chen R,Li Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing novel treatments to help cancer patients live longer and have better lives remains one of the biggest challenges of the pharmaceutical industry. Today much is known about the molecular and genetic causes of cancers thus facilitating the development of novel targeted cancer drugs with improved risk-benefit ra...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Frieden M,Ørum H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk reduction and the attainment of good outcomes in contemporary cataract surgery depend in part on patient compliance with a postoperative regimen of topical eye drops. Topical drops are expensive and challenging to instill properly for patients. The consequences of noncompliance or poor compliance can be significa...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lindstrom RL,Galloway MS,Grzybowski A,Liegner JT

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are professional scavengers of apoptotic and necrotic cells, and hence constantly take up self antigens. Paradoxically, macrophages are also professional antigen-presenting cells, which would seem to invite autoimmune disorders. Moreover, macrophages are effector cells in the tissue-destruction phase of au...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Munn DH,Mellor AL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes liver diseases ranging from simple steatosis to progressive forms characterized by high rates of complications and mortality, namely fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Identification of patients with simple steatosis who will evolve to a more severe liv...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lombardi R,Fargion S,Fracanzani AL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary surfactant, a complex of lipids and proteins, functions to keep alveoli from collapsing at expiration. Surfactant proteins A (SP-A) and D (SP-D) belong to the collectin family and play pivotal roles in the innate immunity of the lung. Pulmonary collectins directly bind with broad specificities to a variety o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Takahashi H,Sano H,Chiba H,Kuroki Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disappointing results in long-term survival of patients affected by non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) may be attributed, at least in part, to the lack of knowledge on the way by which genetic characteristics in normal and neoplastic cells affect responsiveness as well as metabolism of chemotherapy and new targete...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Galvani E,Toffalorio F,Peters GJ,De Pas T,Giovannetti E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinically most relevant medications for lipid management are the statins, which constitute in the majority of the cases the basis of any lipid-modulating therapy. However, other agents are often needed to either reduce low-density cholesterol to target levels and/or to treat residual serum lipoprotein abnormaliti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gouni-Berthold I,Berthold HK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At sufficient sun exposure, humans can synthesize vitamin D3 endogenously in their skin, but today's lifestyle makes the secosteroid a true vitamin that needs to be taken up by diet or supplementation with pills. The vitamin D3 metabolite 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 acts as a nuclear hormone activating the tra...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Carlberg C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis (HSP) or Strumpell-Lorrain disease is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease of the spinal cord. It is genetically transmitted and characterized by a progressive muscle weakness, spasticity of the lower limbs and awkward gain. There is no specific pharmacological treatment. The ph...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Riccardo M,Angela L,Angela D,Vita P,Giulio L,Pietroq F,Giancarlo I,Marisa M

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:The present review discusses the mechanism of late stent thrombosis and its distinction from restenosis and summarizes the advisory note issued by FDA on the proper usage of different treatments available for atherosclerosis. In light of the latest developments, a plethora of new stents have been and continue to be de...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rastogi A,Stavchansky S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic patients are considered as high risk for development of atherosclerotic disease. Cholesterol treatment is of paramount importance in order to optimise cardiovascular outcomes in this subset of patients. Although statins are regarded as the mainstay of treatment, these may not be tolerated or as efficacious as...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Felekos I,Karamasis GV,Pavlidis AN

更新日期：2020-06-17 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：:The derangement of the cardiac energy substrate metabolism plays a key role in the pathogenesis of heart failure. The utilization of non-carbohydrate substrates, such as fatty acids, is the predominant metabolic pathway in the normal heart, because this provides the highest energy yield per molecule of substrate metab...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nagoshi T,Yoshimura M,Rosano GM,Lopaschuk GD,Mochizuki S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is the fourth most frequent retinal disorder in terms of prevalence. It typically occurs in young subjects and affects men more often than women. CSC is characterized by serous retinal detachment (SRD) involving mainly the macular area. The clinical course is usually se...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Iacono P,Toto L,Costanzo E,Varano M,Parravano MC

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Growth differentiation factor 5 (GDF5) is a member of the bone morphogenic protein (BMP) family and plays critical roles in organ development processes including bone, cartilage, ligament, and joint formation. GDF5 is expressed in the cartilage primordium in the early limb development, and in the interzone of joint fo...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Jin L,Li X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin is a tetradeca peptide hormone produced by many different endocrine cells throughout the body. It is also present in both the central and peripheral nervous system. The peptide has many different moods of action including inhibition of hormone secretion and influence on gastrointestinal motility. Somatost...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Janson ET,Oberg K

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syncytin-1 is a protein coded by a human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) gene of the HERV-W family (HERVWE1). Syncytin- 1 mediates formation of syncytiotrophoblasts through fusion of cytotrophoblasts, a hallmark of terminal differentiation of placental trophoblast linage. Syncytin-1 also possesses nonfusogenic functions ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zhuang XW,Li J,Brost BC,Xia XY,Chen HB,Wang CX,Jiang SW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine invertebrates, especially tunicates, are a lucrative resource for the discovery of new lead compounds for the development of clinically utilized drugs. This review describes the isolation, synthesis and biological activities of several classes of marine-derived butenolide natural products, namely rubrolides and...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bracegirdle J,Keyzers RA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-protein interactions (PPI) are involved in vital cellular processes and are therefore associated to a growing number of diseases. But working with them as therapeutic targets comes with some major hurdles that require substantial mutations from our way to design drugs on historical targets such as enzymes and ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Villoutreix BO,Labbé CM,Lagorce D,Laconde G,Sperandio O

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last several years, it has become increasingly clear that dendritic cells (DC) are not only critical for the initiation of T cell immunity, but these cells also determine the course of the subsequent immune response (i.e. tolerance vs. immunity, Th1 vs. Th2). However, the mechanisms by which DC can influence ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wan Y,Bramson J

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:In this review, the antimicrobial properties of a number of peptides are described. We first deal with helical linear peptides such as the well-known gramicidin, magainins, melittin, and other less well-known or more recently discovered peptides. Then, beta-sheet peptides (defensins isolated from insects and also from...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Duclohier H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last years a number of reports have described elevated numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells inside of tumors, in close proximity of the tumor, draining lymph nodes and also in peripheral blood of patients with solid tumors and hematologic malignancies. There is increasing evidence that Treg cells can migrate ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Beyer M,Schultze JL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is regulated by stimulators and inhibitors and involve multiple biological processes including endothelial cell proliferation, migration, cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion, assembly into tube structures as well as apoptosis. Designing and developing peptides for therapeutic application to inhibit angioge...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sulochana KN,Ge R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insight is provided herein into the novel mechanisms of cardiometabolic risk. Previous reports, including the epidemiological work of the Turkish Adult Risk Factor study, indicated that proinflammatory state and oxidative stress are crucial for evaluating cardiometabolic risk. Autoimmune pathways in the course of oxid...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Onat A,Can G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin is the cornerstone of treatment in patients with coronary artery disease. However, several studies investigating the in vitro response of platelets to the administration of aspirin showed this response to be variable, with some patients exhibiting non-responsiveness or resistance. Aspirin resistance may be cat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Papathanasiou A,Goudevenos J,Tselepis AD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00