Nanoparticles in Ocular Drug Delivery Systems for Topical Administration: Promises and Challenges.

abstract：:Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (PHH) is caused by solitary benign insulinoma or hyperplasia of pancreatic beta cells. In infants, PHH is caused by functionally defective hyperplastic beta cells, which are either diffusely or focally distributed in the pancreas. In adults, insulinoma is the most common cause ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kauhanen S,Seppänen M,Minn H,Nuutila P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain is characterized by complicated combination of positive (e.g., hyperalgesia and allodynia) and negative (e.g., hypoesthesia and hypoalgesia) symptoms, and is often refractory to conventional pharmacological agents, including morphine. Although the molecular mechanisms for positive symptoms are extensi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ueda H,Uchida H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are a huge family of ATP-dependent transmembrane proteins whose main function is exporting or importing substances or molecules through the cell membranes, plasma cell membrane, or inner membranes in organelles. They fulfill these functions by maintaining cell integrity, metabol...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Benadiba M,Maor Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-agent therapy with molecularly targeted agents has shown limited success in tumor growth control, mainly because escape or resistance mechanisms are activated once a signalling molecule is inhibited. Rational combinations of target-specific agents could counteract this response providing a useful strategy in ca...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Porcelli L,Quatrale AE,Mantuano P,Silvestris N,Rolland JF,Biancolillo L,Paradiso A,Azzariti A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Natural products remain the best resources of drugs and drug leads. Recently, there is growing recognition that identifying new small molecules to promote bone regeneration is a laudable translational goal. In fact, new approaches for bone repair and regeneration that involve inexpensive naturally-derived compounds wo...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Awale G,Wong E,Rajpura K,W-H Lo K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia among elderly. Currently, no effective treatment is available for AD. Analysis of transgenic mouse models of AD has facilitated our understanding of disease mechanisms and provided valuable tools for evaluating potential therapeutic strategies. In this review, we...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kitazawa M,Medeiros R,Laferla FM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune demyelinating disorder in Western countries and can lead to permanent disability. Over the past decades remarkable progress has been made in providing new therapeutic strategies to tackle the burden of the disease. Oral drugs and monoclonal antibodies are the main ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sanvito L,Constantinescu CS,Gran B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While pharmacological blockade of dopamine D2 receptor can effectively suppress the psychotic or positive symptoms of schizophrenia, there is no satisfactory medication for the negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia in spite of the proliferation of second generation antipsychotic drugs. Excitements over a ne...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Singer P,Dubroqua S,Yee BK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most fatal human malignancies. Though a relatively rare malignancy, it remains one of the deadliest tumors, with an extremely high mortality rate. The prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer remains poor; only patients with small tumors and complete resection have a chance of a com...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Liu H,Ma Q,Xu Q,Lei J,Li X,Wang Z,Wu E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population studies have identified diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for cardiac and vascular events, with a common association with hypertension. Observational studies have consistently demonstrated blood glucose as a continuous cardiovascular risk factor. Experimental studies suggest that elevated blood glucose, th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lim HS,MacFadyen RJ,Bakris G,Lip GY

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation, a major regulator of epigenetic modifications has been shown to alter the expression of genes that are involved in aspects of glucose metabolism such as glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, β-cell dysfunction and other conditions, and it ultimately leads to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mell...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Alam F,Islam MA,Gan SH,Mohamed M,Sasongko TH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is characterized by vessel alterations such as dilatation of postcapillary venules and arterio-venous communications, which account for the major clinical manifestations of the disease. Two types of HHT have been characterized HHT-1 and HHT-2, respectively, depending the for...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Jirillo E,Amati L,Suppressa P,Cirimele D,Guastamacchia E,Covelli V,Tafaro E,Sabbà C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) are metalloenzymes which catalyze CO(2) hydration to bicarbonate and protons. Five genetically distinct classes are known, which represent an excellent example of convergent evolution. Inhibition of α-CAs from vertebrates, including humans, with sulfonamides was exploited clinical...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Supuran CT

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Cancer disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with approximately 14 million new cases and around 8 million cancer-related deaths yearly. Estimates expect to increase these figures over the next few years. Therefore, it is very important to develop more effective and targeted therapi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Caro C,Pozo D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrative synthesis of concepts and an explosion of experimental and epidemiological findings allow new insights as to how the interactions of genetic, environmental, dietary, cultural (social, psychological, economic) factors can influence the aging and diseases of aging processes. Although the net effect of the...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Trosko JE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor cell growth inhibitory activities (log 1/GI(50)) of 166 anticancer agents studied at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in vitro anticancer screening program have allowed us to analyze the relative importance of physicochemical parameters in influencing the inhibitory activities. Increased molecular weight,...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ren SS,Lien EJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enhancing a compound's biological activity is the central task for lead optimization in small molecules drug discovery. However, it is laborious to perform many iterative rounds of compound synthesis and bioactivity tests. To address the issue, it is highly demanding to develop high quality in silico bioacti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ding X,Cui C,Wang D,Zhao J,Zheng M,Luo X,Jiang H,Chen K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic plasticity is now known to occur at glutamate synapses throughout the brain, including the neocortex, and to play a role in neurodevelopment as well as in a broad spectrum of adult neural functions. Here the hypothesis that synaptic plasticity, specifically long term depression, is the neural substrate that m...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Selemon LD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a frequent female reproductive endocrine disease. It has been associated with a number of severe reproductive and metabolic abnormalities. However, there are still open questions especially regarding the best long-term management. METHODS:We summarized the literature focu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ruan X,Li M,Mueck AO

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Utilization of macroalgae has gained much attention in the field of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, food and bioenergy. Macroalgae has been widely consumed in Asian countries as food from ancient days and proved that it has potential bioactive compounds which are responsible for its nutritional properties. ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Venkatesan J,Anil S,Rao S,Bhatnagar I,Kim SK

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our current understanding of cancer suggests that every tumour has individual features. Approaches to cancer treatment require thorough comprehension of the mechanisms triggering genomic instability and protecting cancer cells from therapeutic treatments. Base excision repair (BER) is a frontline DNA repair system tha...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Poletto M,Legrand AJ,Dianov GL

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Chronic pain is a widespread healthcare problem affecting not only the patient but in many ways all the society. Chronic pain is a disease itself that endures for a long period of time and it is resistant to the majority of medical treatments that provide modest improvements in pain and minimum improvements in physica...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Del Bufalo A,Cesario A,Salinaro G,Fini M,Russo P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity, a chronic low-grade inflammation disorder characterized by an expansion in adipose tissue mass, is rapidly expanding worldwide leading to an increase in the incidence of comorbidities such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. This has led to a renewed interest in the adipose tis...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Landini L,Honka MJ,Ferrannini E,Nuutila P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of evidence has accumulated indicating involvement of oxidative stress (OS) in the mode of action of various bioactive substances, including those of the immune system. The data for anticancer drugs (main and miscellaneous) are summarized herein. Although diverse origins pertain, reactive oxygen species (...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kovacic P,Osuna JA Jr

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：: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：:Oxidative and nitrosative stress triggers DNA strand breakage, which then activates the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). One of the key triggers of DNA single strand breakage in pathophysiological conditions is peroxynitrite, a reactive species produced from the reaction of nitric oxide and superoxid...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gero D,Szabó C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00