Serotonergic system and its role in epilepsy and neuropathic pain treatment: a review based on receptor ligands.

abstract：:Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is an emerging alternative to antibiotics motivated by growing problems with multi-drug resistant pathogens. aPDT uses non-toxic dyes or photosensitizers (PS) in combination with harmless visible of the correct wavelength to be absorbed by the PS. The excited state PS can form...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sharma SK,Dai T,Kharkwal GB,Huang YY,Huang L,De Arce VJ,Tegos GP,Hamblin MR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) proteins have a predominant role in the protein ectodomain shedding of membrane-bound molecules. ADAMs have emerged as critical regulators of cell-cell signaling during development and homeostasis, and are believed to contribute to pathologies, such as cancer, where their reg...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Peduto L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent meta-analysis showed that the mean age of onset of psychosis among cannabis users was almost three years earlier than that of non-cannabis users. However, because cannabis users usually smoke tobacco, the use of tobacco might independently contribute to the earlier onset of psychosis. We aimed to use meta-ana...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Myles N,Newall H,Nielssen O,Large M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenic eye disease is among the most common causes of blindness worldwide. Current treatment approaches are insufficiently effective and partially associated with significant adverse effects. From an investigational view, the eye provides an ideal setting to observe real-time and serial observations of angiogenesi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wegewitz U,Göhring I,Spranger J

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：:Adenosine A(2A)-dopamine D(2) receptor interactions play a very important role in striatal function. A(2A)-D(2) receptor interactions provide an example of the capabilities of information processing by just two different G protein-coupled receptors. Thus, there is evidence for the coexistence of two reciprocal antagon...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ferré S,Quiroz C,Woods AS,Cunha R,Popoli P,Ciruela F,Lluis C,Franco R,Azdad K,Schiffmann SN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinases are potential targets of drugs to treat many human diseases. Intensive efforts have been made to develop protein kinase inhibitors, but a major challenge is achieving specificity. Exploiting regulatory elements outside the ATP binding pocket, such as the substrate binding site, may provide an alternati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Licht-Murava A,Eldar-Finkelman H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug development for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a challenge, not only due to the cellular molecular mechanisms involved, but also because of the inherent difficulty of most molecules to cross the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). A promising approach to overcome these drawbacks is developi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gomes B,Loureiro JA,Coelho MA,Pereira Mdo C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1, 2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-Poly(ethylene glycol) (DSPE- PEG) is a widely used phospholipids-polymer conjugate in drug delivery applications. It is a biocompatible, biodegradable and amphiphilic material which can also be functionalized with various biomolecules for specific functions. With the em...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Che J,Okeke CI,Hu ZB,Xu J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is the most common medical disorder during pregnancy. Approximately 70 percent of women diagnosed with hypertension during pregnancy will have gestational hypertension-preeclampsia. The term gestational hypertension-preeclampsia is used to describe a wide spectrum of patients who may have only mild elevat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Coppage KH,Sibai BM

更新日期：2005-01-01 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:Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are a novel category of oral antidiabetic drugs that inhibit renal glucose reabsorption and increase renal glucose excretion, thus lowering plasma glucose levels. This unique mechanism of SGLT2i action is insulin independent, thus improving glycemic control ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Katsiki N,Mikhailidis DP,Theodorakis MJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disease characterized by cartilage degeneration. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been associated with inflammatory diseases, including OA. Here, we investigated the potential molecular role of lncRNAs in OA pathogenesis. METHODS:ATDC5 cells were treated with lipopol...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Li L,Zhang L,Zhang Y,Jiang D,Xu W,Zhao H,Huang L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Packaging small-molecule drugs into nanoparticles improves their bio-availability, bio-compatibility and safety profiles. Multifunctional particles carrying large drug payloads for targeted transport, immune evasion and favourable drug release kinetics at the target site, require a certain minimum size usually 30-300 ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Debbage P

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders associated with conformational conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) into an isoform designated PrP(Sc). The pathogenic mechanism that links this conformational distortion with the development of prion diseases is unknown. PrP(C) is a GPI-anchored cell s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Varela-Nallar L,González A,Inestrosa NC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In various metabolic diseases, both the coronary circulation and cardiac metabolism are altered. Here we summarize the effects of a condition called hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) - which can develop due to genetic and/or environmental causes - on the function of coronary microvessels and heart. This metabolic disease is...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Koller A,Szenasi A,Dornyei G,Kovacs N,Lelbach A,Kovacs I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrhythmias remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Antiarrhythmic drug therapy was traditionally the mainstay of cardiac arrhythmia treatment; however, drug therapy of cardiac arrhythmias has been plagued by incomplete efficacy and by potentially serious adverse reactions, of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hesketh JC,Herrera D,Zicha S,Nattel S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane disrupting lytic peptides are abundant in nature and serve insects, invertebrates, vertebrates and humans as defense molecules. Initially, these peptides attracted attention as antimicrobial agents; later, the sensitivity of tumor cells to lytic peptides was discovered. In the last decade intensive research h...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Leuschner C,Hansel W

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is one of the leading cancers in women in the Western world. Cancer treatment, especially chemotherapy, is often associated with physical and psychosocial side effects. OBJECTIVE:To improve the quality of life and manage side effects, a new integrative mind-body-medicine group concept for brea...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Haller H,Choi KE,Lange S,Kümmel S,Paul A,Cramer H,Dobos G,Voiss P

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein stability of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)alpha subunits is regulated by the oxygen-sensing prolyl-4-hydroxylase domain (PHD) enzymes. Under oxygen-limited conditions, HIFalpha subunits are stabilized and form active HIF transcription factors that induce a large number of genes involved in adaptation to hypox...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wenger RH,Camenisch G,Stiehl DP,Katschinski DM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products have served humankind as drug leads for thousands of years. In the last century natural products have not only served as drugs but have inspired the generation of countless synthetic drugs and drug-leads around natural product pharmacophores. There are no disease targets for which natural products hav...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hamann MT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in transfused hosts and like other causes of acute lung injury, there is no effective pharmacologic treatment. The pathophysiology of TRALI is still being defined, but neutrophils have a major role in the pathogenesis of both hum...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Caudrillier A,Looney MR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of depression on physical disability is undisputed. There is convincing evidence that depression increases the subsequent risk for physical disability and, in turn, physical disability results in increased depressive symptoms. Moreover, depression affects also the earlier stages of the disablement process (...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Milaneschi Y,Penninx BW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyphenols are bioactive compounds that can be found mostly in foods like fruits, cereals, vegetables, dry legumes, chocolate and beverages such as coffee, tea and wine. They are extensively used in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) providing protection against many chronic illnes...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Giglio RV,Patti AM,Cicero AFG,Lippi G,Rizzo M,Toth PP,Banach M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is the process by which new blood vessels are formed from preexisting microvasculature. To ensure an adequate blood supply, tumor cells release angiogenic factors that are capable of promoting nearby blood vessels to extend vascular branches to the tumor. In addition, larger tumors have been shown to rele...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gourley M,Williamson JS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The population with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been increasing and is currently estimated to be 1 in 58 births. The increased prevalence of ASD together with the lack of knowledge on the processes of aging in this population, the support needed at this stage of life, and the associated risk factors, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ruggieri V,Gómez JLC,Martínez MM,Arberas C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Origanum vulgare is used in Armenian cuisine as well as in folk medicine. The aim of this investigation was to determine the peculiarities of the chemical composition of Armenian flora's oregano essential oil (EO) and ethanol extract (EE) and to characterize mainly antioxidant and antibacterial properties in...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Moghrovyan A,Sahakyan N,Babayan A,Chichoyan N,Petrosyan M,Trchounian A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of disorders characterized by chronic inflammation within the gastrointestinal tract. It is a multifactorial disease associated with immune-cell mediated oxidative damage to the intestinal mucosa. There is no cure for IBD, but anti-cytokine therapy can limit target inflammat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dostie KE,Thees AV,Lynes MA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CCN family of growth factors is composed of six structurally related proteins including the cysteine-rich 61 (Cyr61), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), nephroblastoma overexpressed (NOV), Wnt-1 induced secreted protein-1 (WISP-1), WISP-2 and WISP-3. Each family member consists of four conserved cysteine rich...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Desnoyers L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00