Osthole Alleviates Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis via Modulating Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2/Angiotensin-(1-7) Axis and Decreasing Inflammation Responses in Rats.

abstract：:The roles of OmpC and OmpF in acidic resistance (AR) were examined. When ompC and ompF were deleted, AR was decreased. The decreased level of AR seen in the mutant that was deficient in ompC and ompF was elevated by the addition of glutamate, but not by the addition of arginine or lysine. The expression levels of adiA...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Bekhit A,Fukamachi T,Saito H,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liposome, a closed phospholipid bilayered vesicular system, has received considerable attention as a pharmaceutical carrier of great potential over the past 30 years. The ability of liposomes to encapsulate both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs, coupled with their biocompatibility and biodegradability, make lipos...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Abu Lila AS,Ishida T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that monkey embryonic stem cells (ESCs) were differentiated into hepatocytes by formation of embryoid bodies (EBs). However, this EB formation method is not always efficient for assays using a large number of samples simultaneously. A dispersion culture system, one of the differentiation methods...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Maruyama J,Matsunaga T,Yamaori S,Sakamoto S,Kamada N,Nakamura K,Kikuchi S,Ohmori S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent studies examining the expression of leukotrienes (LTs) and their receptors in nociceptive pathways, and their crucial roles in pathological pain conditions. LTs belong to a large family of lipid mediators, termed eicosanoids, which are derived from arachidonic acid...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Noguchi K,Okubo M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothioneins (MTs) occur throughout the animal kingdom and they are induced in vivo by metals, hormones, cytotoxic agents, and some kind of stress. It is well known that various stresses such as starvation and immobilization can induce MT synthesis in animal tissues, but the influence of dietary restriction is unk...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shinogi M,Sakaridani M,Yokoyama I

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) are the first lymph nodes (LN) where cancer cells metastasize from the primary tumor. We designed fluorophore-quencher-based activatable nanoparticles for SLN imaging. We selected TAMRA as a fluorophore and BHQ2 or QSY7 as a quencher. Ternary anionic complexes were constructed with generatio...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hagimori M,Hatabe E,Sano K,Miyazaki H,Sasaki H,Saji H,Mukai T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant phenolic compounds isolated from a 70% aqueous acetone extract of the leaves of Malus doumeri A. CHEV. var. formosana (KAWAK. & KOIDZ.) S. S. YING, a type of Taiwanese indigenous plant, were evaluated for potential application in the field of skin care. A phytochemical investigation of the active fractions resul...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Leu SJ,Lin YP,Lin RD,Wen CL,Cheng KT,Hsu FL,Lee MH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four lavandulyl flavanones, (2S)-2'-methoxykurarinone (1), sophoraflavanone G (2), leachianone A (3), and (-)-kurarinone (4), which are isolated from the roots of Sophora flavescens have been tested for in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum. Compounds 1-3 showed moderate antimalarial activities ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim YC,Kim HS,Wataya Y,Sohn DH,Kang TH,Kim MS,Kim YM,Lee GM,Chang JD,Park H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Cu, Zn-superoxide disumutase (SOD) delivered by genetically modified skin fibroblasts on cold-induced skin edema were studied in rats. Cold-induced skin edema was induced on the dorsal skin following transplantation of ILSOD cells, genetically modified skin fibroblasts which release secretable SOD prote...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nishiguchi K,Komada F,Tanigawara Y,Sakai Y,Iwakawa S,Okumura K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homoeriodictyol-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (HEDT-Glu) was isolated from Viscum coloratum and identified by MS, 1H- and 13C-NMR. A HPLC method was developed for determination of HEDT-Glu in rat plasma and tissues. All biological samples were pretreated by protein precipitation with acetone. Vanillin was selected as int...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhao Y,Wang X,Zhao Y,Gao X,Bi K,Yu Z

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bee pollen consists of floral pollen mixed with bee secretions and nectar. It has been considered as a functional food and has different kinds of biologically active ingredients, such as flavonoids, polyphenols, phytosterols and minerals. However, its function in cognition has yet been investigated. In the present stu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Liao Y,Bae HJ,Zhang J,Kwon Y,Koo B,Jung IH,Kim HM,Park JH,Lew JH,Ryu JH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In brain ischemia, cell destructive necrosis occurs in the core, which in turn links to cell death expansion in the vicinity. Apoptosis, on the other hand, occurs in the surroundings of the core, called the penumbra, several days later. As cells showing apoptosis disappear by microglial phagocytosis in the brain, cell...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueda H,Fujita R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are expected to offer a means of treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because they allow the specific silencing of genes related to RA pathogenesis. In our previous study, we reported that the siRNA targeted against RelA (anti-RelA siRNA), an important nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) subdom...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kanazawa T,Tamano K,Sogabe K,Endo T,Ibaraki H,Takashima Y,Seta Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major physiologic effect of thyroid hormone is thought to be initiated by the binding of T3 to the DNA binding thyroid hormone receptor (TR). The aim of this study has been to characterize the organ specific expression of thyroid hormone receptor mRNA, as well as its protein distribution and molecular weight in ma...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shahrara S,Drvota V,Sylvén C

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The improvement of diabetic complications such as lipid lowering and anti-oxidative potential of Hydrangea Dulcis Folium (HDF) was studied in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 3 groups after induction of streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetes: normal control; diabetic control; dia...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim HK,Kim MJ,Lyu ES,Shin DH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma hyaluronan-binding protein (PHBP), a serine protease that can activate coagulation factor VII and prourokinase, circulates in a single-chain form (pro-PHBP) and autoproteolytically converts to an active two-chain form with the aid of an effector such as spermidine and heparin. It has been postulated that PHBP p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamamoto E,Nishimura N,Okada K,Sekido C,Yamamichi S,Hasumi K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the action mechanism of oleanolic acid 3-O-monodesmoside, momordin Ic (1), and oleanolic acid 3-O-glucuronide (2) for the inhibitory effect on the increase in serum glucose levels in oral glucose-loaded rats. Although 1 and 2 dose-dependently inhibited the increase in serum glucose levels in oral glucose-l...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuda H,Murakami T,Shimada H,Matsumura N,Yoshikawa M,Yamahara J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Madecassoside (MA), one of the principle terpenoids in Centella asiatica, has shown protect effect on isolated rat hearts and isolated cardiomyocytes against reperfusion injury in our previous studies. The aim of this study is to investigate if MA also protected against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo. ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Bian GX,Li GG,Yang Y,Liu RT,Ren JP,Wen LQ,Guo SM,Lu QJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether peripherally administered aconitine increases spontaneous acetylcholine (ACh) release from the frontal cerebral cortex in freely moving rats using in vivo microdialysis, as it relates to aconitine-induced bradycardia estimated by a tail-artery cuff technique in unilateral anterior hypothalamus ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kimura I,Takada M,Nojima H,Kimura M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since grape extract (GE) contains oligomeric proanthocyanidins and numerous polyphenols, dietary GE supplements may exert protective effects against various diseases. The present study investigated the pharmacological effects of GE derived from Chardonnay in vitro and in vivo. GE (100 µg/mL) completely inhibited tumor...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohkita M,Hayashi H,Ito K,Shigematsu N,Tanaka R,Tsutsui H,Matsumura Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel constituent, shamimicin, 1"', 1"'-bis-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-3,7-dihydroxy-5-O-xylopyranosyloxy-2H-1-benzopyran along with lupeol, which possesses potent hypotensive activity, has been isolated from Bombax ceiba stem bark. BCBMM--one of the most active hypotensive fractions has revealed its advers...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Saleem R,Ahmad SI,Ahmed M,Faizi Z,Zikr-ur-Rehman S,Ali M,Faizi S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were performed to characterize the opioid receptors in guinea pig brain using the radiolabeled opioid antagonists, [3H]naloxone and [3H]diprenorphine and the kappa-agonist [3H]U-69593. The binding of [3H]U-69593 to guinea pig cerebellar membranes was reduced by NaCl, guanyl-5'yl-imidodiphosphate (GppNHp) and N...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ishige K,Makimura M,Ito Y,Murakoshi Y

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to test the efficacy of eugenol, a compound obtained from the essential oil of cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), a well characterized murine model of rheumatoid arthritis. Macroscopic clinical evidence of CIA manifests first as periarticular erythema and edema in...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Grespan R,Paludo M,Lemos Hde P,Barbosa CP,Bersani-Amado CA,Dalalio MM,Cuman RK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gas phase of cigarette smoke is important from the viewpoint of human health, because it can pass through alveolar epithelium and enter the circulation. There is no standard method for the preparation of a gas phase extract of cigarette smoke (CSE), although CSE is widely used for research instead of whole cigaret...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Higashi T,Mai Y,Mazaki Y,Horinouchi T,Miwa S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of pulsed output ultrasound (1 MHz) with on/off ratios of 1:2, 1:4 and 1:9 on transdermal absorption of indomethacin from an ointment was studied in rats. Ultrasound energy was supplied for between 10 and 19 min at a range of intensities (1.0-2.5 W.cm-2), energy levels commonly used for therapeutic purposes...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Asano J,Suisha F,Takada M,Kawasaki N,Miyazaki S

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed binary and ternary complexes based on polymers and liposomes for safe and effective delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA). Anti-luciferase siRNA was used as a model of nucleic acid medicine. The binary complexes of siRNA were prepared with cationic polymers and cationic liposomes such as polyethylenim...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kodama Y,Harauchi S,Kawanabe S,Ichikawa N,Nakagawa H,Muro T,Higuchi N,Nakamura T,Kitahara T,Sasaki H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the anti-allergic effect of tea-leaf saponin (TLS), which was a mixture of saponins separated from the leaves of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis, in guinea pigs and rats. TLS (20-100 mg/kg) dose-dependently inhibited experimentally-induced asthma, and ID50 was 61.7 mg/kg. TLS (20-100 mg/kg) dose-depend...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Akagi M,Fukuishi N,Kan T,Sagesaka YM,Akagi R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There may be cardio-renal interactions in rats of isoproterenol-induced heart failure, which may be associated with renal fibrosis and endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). Since its discovery, relaxin (RLX) which was regarded as a reproductive hormone for a long time, is recently considered an effective anti...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zheng G,Cai J,Chen X,Chen L,Ge W,Zhou X,Zhou H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the pathogenicity and the pathogenic factors of Candida tropicalis strains, five strains, IFO 0199, IFO 0587, IFO 0589, IFO 1400, and IFO 1647, of C. tropicalis were tested for their lethality to mice, adherence to Hela cells, hydrophobicity, cell growth under acidic conditions (pH 2.0-5.9), and sucrose ass...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okawa Y,Miyauchi M,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work aimed to investigate the vasorelaxant effect of isotirumalin, a dihydroflavonol isolated from Derris urucu (Leguminosae). The vasorelaxant effect of isotirumalin was investigated in the rat aorta, in the presence and in the absence of a functional endothelium. The production of nitric oxide (NO) induc...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mendes LJ,Capettini LS,Lôbo LT,da Silva GA,Arruda MS,Lemos VS,Côrtes SF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00