Potential application of antimicrobial peptides in the treatment of bacterial biofilm infections.

abstract：:The antifungal agents for systemic mycoses are only a few in number. Among them amphotericin-B is still the most widely used drug, but substantial side effects including nephrotoxicity limits its clinical usefulness. Efforts to lower the toxicity are synthesis of AMPH-B analogues such as AMPH-B esters and encapsulatio...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Maesaki S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells, traditionally regarded as effector cells of the immune system, have more recently been demonstrated to be key figures in initiating, developing and sustaining complex pathophysiological processes underlying asthma and other allergic diseases. Asthma is characterised by airway inflammation alongside a distu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Carter RJ,Bradding P

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cyclodextrins (CDs), as one type of the novel pharmaceutical excipients, have been widely used in drug delivery and pharmaceutical industry. Over the past decades, a large amount of molecular modeling studies in CDs were reported for profound understanding of structural, dynamic and energetic features of CDs...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zhao Q,Zhang W,Wang R,Wang Y,Ouyang D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrin family of cell surface receptors were principally thought to be involved in cell adhesion. Intense study has shown that these glycoproteins also regulate a diverse range of physiological processes. Inappropriate activation of integrins has been implicated in many pathological processes. Recent studies hav...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Robertson JH,Iga AM,Sales KM,Winslet MC,Seifalian AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Aberrant expression of chemokines and their receptors play causative roles in the pathophysiology of numerous autoimmune and inflammatory disease processes. Moreover, an integral step in HIV infection involves binding to chemokine receptors, and hence chemokines are intimately linked to HIV-related diseases. Therefore...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rajarathnam K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) isoforms present in the eyes (CA I, II, IV and XII), with sulfonamides such as acetazolamide, methazolamide, ethoxzolamide and dichlorophenamide, is still widely used for the systemic treatment of glaucoma. The mechanism of action of these drugs consists in inhibition ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mincione F,Scozzafava A,Supuran CT

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Pro-rich antimicrobial peptides are a group of linear peptides of innate immunity isolated from mammals and invertebrates, and characterised by a high content of proline residues (up to 50%). Members of this group are predominantly active against Gram-negative bacterial species which they kill by a non-lytic mechanism...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gennaro R,Zanetti M,Benincasa M,Podda E,Miani M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free energy perturbation (FEP) theory coupled to molecular dynamics (MD) or Monte Carlo (MC) statistical mechanics offers a theoretically precise method for determining the free energy differences of related biological inhibitors. Traditionally requiring extensive computational resources and expertise, it is only rece...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Acevedo O,Ambrose Z,Flaherty PT,Aamer H,Jain P,Sambasivarao SV

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade, the number of health economic evaluations has increased substantially in the field of child psychiatry. The objective of the present paper is to offer an overview of economic evaluations of child psychiatric drug treatment. Major electronic databases, as well as abstract booklets from international cl...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schlander M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokine tumor necrosis factor(alpha) (TNF(alpha)) is associated with a constellation of physiological and behavioral characteristics that follow in response to infection such as fever, fatigue, listlessness, loss of appetite, malaise, and tactile hypersensitivity. These responses are examples of central nervous s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hermann GE,Holmes GM,Rogers RC

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:A severe atypical pneumonia designated as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) by The World Health Organization broke out in China and menaced to more than other 30 countries between the end of the year 2002 and June of the year 2003. A novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-C...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Chen S,Luo H,Chen L,Chen J,Shen J,Zhu W,Chen K,Shen X,Jiang H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine plants, animals and microorganisms display steady growth in the ocean and are abundant carbohydrate resources. Specifically, natural polysaccharides obtained from brown algae have been drawing increasing attention owing to their great potential in pharmaceutical applications. This review describes the structura...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Li J,Cai C,Yang C,Li J,Sun T,Yu G

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Aneuploidy is a pathological condition that affects 35% of human spontaneous abortions and 0.3% of livebirths. In spite of the increasing knowledge about molecular mechanisms of meiosis and chromosome segregation, maternal age remains the only ascertained aetiological factor. Genetically modified mouse models have bee...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Pacchierotti F,Ranaldi R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erectile dysfunction (ED) has multifactor pathogenesis, with neurological, vascular, endocrinological and psychogenic components described. However, about 50-85% of ED population report the presence of one or more comorbidities i.e. hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia which all impair endothel...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Aversa A,Bruzziches R,Pili M,Spera G

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：:We estimated the frequency of detection of different human papillomavirus (HPV) types in women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) or low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) cytology in a population-based primary screening programme. 247 liquid-based cytology (LBC) samples with A...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Andersson S,Mints M,Weiderpass E,Johansson B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary diseases are the third leading cause of morbidity worldwide, however treatment and diagnosis of these diseases continue to be challenging due to the complex anatomical structure as well as physiological processes in the lungs. METHODS:3D printing is progressively finding new avenues in the medical...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Haque S,Md S,Whittaker M,Kaminskas LM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) and histone deacetylase are key enzymes mediating the epigenetic regulation of gene expression. DNA hypermethylation and/or histone deacetylation in promoter regions is often associated with downregulation or silencing of transcription. Epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes plays ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Xu S,Ren J,Chen HB,Wang Y,Liu Q,Zhang R,Jiang SW,Li J

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:DARPins (designed ankyrin repeat proteins), new kinds of binding proteins, have the potential to overcome the defects of monoclonal antibodies, and hence may become the alternatives to antibodies and generate a novel therapeutic approach. DARPins can be selected to bind any given target proteins with high affinity and...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wu X,Shi Y,Ren P,Wang D,Li G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotoxins (ITs) are protein-based drugs combining a target-specific binding domain (usually derived from an antibody) and a cytotoxic domain to kill target cells. They are among the most promising new therapeutic tools to fight cancer, and several clinical trials have been completed with encouraging results. Althou...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hetzel C,Bachran C,Tur MK,Fuchs H,Stöcker M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of individual cells must be tightly coordinated in order to build and maintain complex 3- dimensional body structures during embryogenesis and regeneration. Thus, one way to view cancer is within systems biology as a network disorder affecting the ability of cells to properly interact with a morphodynam...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tuszynski J,Tilli TM,Levin M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin as a human natural hormone is involved in fundamental regulatory processes of eating and energy balance. Ghrelin signals the nutrient availability from the gastrointestinal tract to the central nervous system, up-regulates food intake and lowers energy expenditure mainly through hypothalamic mediators acting b...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Strasser F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol dependence is a major disease burden of adults in modern society worldwide. There is no cure for alcohol dependence. In this study, we have examined the molecular targets of ethanol-induced toxicity in humans based on a systematic review of literature data and then discussed current and potential therapeutic t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang LL,Yang AK,He SM,Liang J,Zhou ZW,Li Y,Zhou SF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00