Astragaloside IV attenuates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats via inhibition of calcium-sensing receptor-mediated apoptotic signaling pathways.

abstract：AIM:To study the neurotoxicity and toxicokinetics of norfloxacin (NFLX) in freely moving rats. METHODS:Rats were assigned randomly to four treatment groups that received a single iv dose of 50, 100, 200 mg/kg of NFLX and 0.9 % saline, respectively. Electroencephalogram (EEG) was continuously recorded with a computeriz...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Zhang LR,Wang YM,Chen BY,Cheng NN

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a cell self-digestion process via lysosomes that clears "cellular waste", including aberrantly modified proteins or protein aggregates and damaged organelles. Therefore, autophagy is considered a protein and organelle quality control mechanism that maintains normal cellular homeostasis. Dysfunctional auto...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： He LQ,Lu JH,Yue ZY

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the effects of β3-adrenoceptor (β3-AR) activation on atherosclerotic plaque development in ApoE(-/-) mice. METHODS:Thirty six week-old male ApoE(-/-) mice on a high-fat diet were treated with atorvastatin (10 mg·kg(-1)·d(-1), po), BRL37344 (β3-AR agonist, 1.65 or 3.30 μg/kg, ip, twice a week) or SR52390...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Wang ZH,Li YF,Guo YQ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Chinese medicine CGA formula consists of polysaccharide from Cordyceps sinensis mycelia (CS-PS), gypenosides and amygdalin, which is derived from Fuzheng Huayu (FZHY) capsule for treating liver fibrosis. In this study we attempted to confirm the therapeutic effects of CGA formula in dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induce...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Li XM,Peng JH,Sun ZL,Tian HJ,Duan XH,Liu L,Ma X,Feng Q,Liu P,Hu YY

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of cases of herb-induced liver injury (HILI) have been reported, presenting new clinical challenges. In this study, taking Polygonum multiflorum Thunb (PmT) as an example, we proposed a computational systems toxicology approach to explore the molecular mechanisms of HILI. First, the chemical compo...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Wang YY,Li J,Wu ZR,Zhang B,Yang HB,Wang Q,Cai YC,Liu GX,Li WH,Tang Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of Huangqi Jianzhong Tang in reducing fatigue improvement in athletes. METHODS:Twelve athletes were randomly separated into a control group, whose members were administered with placebos, and the experimental group, whose members were administered with Huangqi Jianzhong Tang. During the eight w...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Chen KT,Su CH,Hsin LH,Su YC,Su YP,Lin JG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the present study was to explore the mechanism for the Ca2+- dependent inactivation of the canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) 7 channel expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. METHOD:The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was used in the study. RESULTS:With Ca2+-free external solution, ...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Zhang H,Inoue R,Shi J,Jin XH,Li YQ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the most powerful antigen-presenting cell type, dendritic cells (DCs) can induce potent antigen-specific immune responses in vivo, hence becoming optimal cell population for vaccination purposes. DCs can be derived ex vivo in quantity and manipulated extensively to be endowed with adequate immune-stimulating capaci...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Gu YZ,Zhao X,Song XR

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma ) activation on the growth of rat hepatic stellate cells (HSC) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta)-induced connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression. METHODS:After being treated with various amounts of the ...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Sun K,Wang Q,Huang XH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Although considerable progress has been made in the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of CVD, there is still a critical need for novel diagnostic biomarkers and new therapeutic interventions to decrease the incidence of this ...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Zhou SS,Jin JP,Wang JQ,Zhang ZG,Freedman JH,Zheng Y,Cai L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of pravastatin, a potent 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, on impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), the major component of oxidized low-density lipoprotein, in rat thoracic aorta. METHODS:Both the endotheliu...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Deng HF,Xiong Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the possible association of different polymorphic forms of human alpha-estrogen receptor (ER-alpha) and aryl hydrocarbon receptor gene (Ahr) with the risk to senile dementia in farmers in Shanghai suburb. METHODS:Senile dementia patients (n=52) were examined for ER-alpha and Ahr gene polymorphism genoty...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Lin GF,Ma QW,Zhang DS,Zha YL,Lou KJ,Shen JH

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ether-a-go-go related gene (hERG) potassium (K(+)) channels play a critical role in cardiac action potential repolarization. Mutations that reduce hERG conductance or surface expression may cause congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS). However, the channels can be inhibited by structurally diverse small molecules, r...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Zhou PZ,Babcock J,Liu LQ,Li M,Gao ZB

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the antidepressant-like effects of a novel 5-HT3 receptor antagonist N-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-3-methoxyquinoxalin-2-carboxamide (6z) in acute and chronic murine models of depression. METHODS:5-HT3 receptor antagonism was examined in guinea pig ileum in vitro. A tail suspension test (TST) was used as...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Gupta D,Radhakrishnan M,Kurhe Y,Thangaraj D,Prabhakar V,Kanade P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the active ingredient of Niuchangchih (Antrodia camphorata) responsible for its anti-inflammatory effects and the relevant molecular mechanisms. METHODS:Five major antcins (A, B, C, H, and K) were isolated from fruiting bodies of Niuchangchih. Structural similarity between the antcins and 2 glucocorti...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Chen YC,Liu YL,Li FY,Chang CI,Wang SY,Lee KY,Li SL,Chen YP,Jinn TR,Tzen JT

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence shows that raddeanin A (RA), an oleanane-type triterpenoid saponin extracted from Anemone raddeana Regel, exerts remarkable cytotoxicity against cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. In addition, RA has also been found to activate autophagy in human gastric cancer cells. In this study, we investigated the...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Guan YD,Jiang SL,Yu P,Wen M,Zhang Y,Xiao SS,Xu XJ,Cheng Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether IL-12p40 plays a crucial role in regulating islet allograft rejection in a streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mouse model. METHODS:C57BL/6 and IL-12p40 gene knockout mice were selected as recipient mice, to which the diabetes was induced with a treatment of STZ (150-200 mg/kg) by a single...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Bi EG,Shi W,Zou J,Hao ZH,Li ZH,Cai D,Zhang HQ,Sun B

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) isozymes are involved in different functions, depending on their patterns of distribution in the brain. The PDE4 subtypes are distributed in different inflammatory cells, and appear to be important regulators of inflammatory processes. In this study we examined the effects of ferulic acid...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Huang H,Hong Q,Tan HL,Xiao CR,Gao Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of gum mastic, a natural resin, on the proliferation of androgen-independent prostate cancer PC-3 cells, and further investigate the mechanisms involved in this regulatory system, taking nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) signal as the target. METHODS:3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltet...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： He ML,Li A,Xu CS,Wang SL,Zhang MJ,Gu H,Yang YQ,Tao HH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the therapeutic effects of gamichunggantang (GCT) on hyperlipidemia through high cholesterol diet model. GCT is an Oriental herbal medication, which has been used for the treatment of fatty liver, hyperlipidemia or alcoholic liver disease in Daejeon University Oriental Hospital, Korea since 1999. METHO...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Son CG,Choi WJ,Shin JW,Han SH,Cho JH,Song KC,Cho CK

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the pharmacokinetic interactions between theophylline and antofloxacin in vivo and in vitro. METHODS:A randomized, 5-day treatment and 3-way crossover design was documented in 12 healthy subjects. The subjects were orally administered with antofloxacin (400 mg on d 1 and 200 mg on d 2 to 5), theophylli...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Liu L,Pan X,Liu HY,Liu XD,Yang HW,Xie L,Cheng JL,Fan HW,Xiao DW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our previous study demonstrated an siRNA-mediated, allele-specific silencing of mutant genes that cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. To improve siRNA design for better therapeutic use of RNA interference, we systematically tested the base-pairing mismatch strategy in the design of asymmetric siRNA. METHODS:A nat...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Geng CM,Ding HL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of Ginkgolide B (GB) on action potential (AP), delayed rectifier potassium current (IK), and L-type calcium current (I(Ca-L)) in guinea pig ventricular myocytes. METHODS:Single ventricular myocytes were isolated by an enzymatic dissociation method. AP, IK, I(Ca-L) were recorded by whole-c...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Qi XY,Zhang ZX,Xu YQ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Abrus agglutinin (AGG) from the seeds of Indian medicinal plant Abrus precatorius belongs to the class II ribosome inactivating protein family. In this study we investigated the anticancer effects of AGG against human hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:Cell proliferation, DNA fragmentation, Ann...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Mukhopadhyay S,Panda PK,Das DN,Sinha N,Behera B,Maiti TK,Bhutia SK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Airway hyperresponsiveness is a constant feature of asthma. The aim of the present study was to investigate airway hyperreactivity mediated by contractile and dilative receptors in an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced model of rat asthma. METHODS:Asthmatic E3 rats were prepared by intraperitoneal injection with OVA/aluminum...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Long JW,Yang XD,Cao L,Lu SM,Cao YX

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral edema is a pathological hallmark of various central nervous system (CNS) insults, including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and excitotoxic injury such as stroke. Due to the rigidity of the skull, edema-induced increase of intracranial fluid significantly complicates severe CNS injuries by raising intracranial p...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Luo ZW,Ovcjak A,Wong R,Yang BX,Feng ZP,Sun HS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:High mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB1) and receptor for the advanced glycation end product (RAGE) play pivotal roles in vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to determine whether the HMGB1-RAGE axis was involved in the actions of simvastatin on vascular inflammation and atheroscler...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Liu M,Yu Y,Jiang H,Zhang L,Zhang PP,Yu P,Jia JG,Chen RZ,Zou YZ,Ge JB

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of adenovirus5-mediated human hepatocyte growth factor (Ad(5)-HGF) transfer on post-infarct heart failure in a swine model. METHODS:Twelve young Suzhong swine were randomly divided into 2 groups: the Ad(5)-HGF group (n=6) and the null-Ad(5) group (n=6). Four weeks after left anterior descending...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Wang W,Yang ZJ,Ma DC,Wang LS,Xu SL,Zhang YR,Cao KJ,Zhang FM,Ma WZ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase (SGK) family has been implicated in the regulation of many cellular processes downstream of the PI3K pathway. It plays a crucial role in PI3K-mediated tumorigenesis, making it a potential therapeutic target for cancer. SGK family consists of three isoforms (SGK1, SGK2, and...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Gong GQ,Wang K,Dai XC,Zhou Y,Basnet R,Chen Y,Yang DH,Lee WJ,Buchanan CM,Flanagan JU,Shepherd PR,Chen Y,Wang MW

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugated polymer nanomaterials (CPNs), as optically and electronically active materials, hold promise for biomedical imaging and drug delivery applications. This review highlights the recent advances in the utilization of CPNs in theranostics. Specifically, CPN-based in vivo imaging techniques, including near-infrar...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Qian CG,Chen YL,Feng PJ,Xiao XZ,Dong M,Yu JC,Hu QY,Shen QD,Gu Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00