The Role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in the Management of Gastrointestinal Carcinomas: Present Status and Future Perspectives.

abstract：:A growing body of evidence shows that gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is an addictive substance. Its precursors gammabutyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) show the same properties and may pose even more risks due to different pharmacokinetics. There are indications that problematic GHB use is increasing in t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Brunt TM,van Amsterdam JG,van den Brink W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as reactive nitrogen species (RNS) play either harmful or beneficial role in biological systems. Beneficial effects of ROS include physiological roles in cellular responses against infectious agents and in several cellular signalling pathways. Harmful effects are due to high conc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Balsano C,Alisi A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise and sports activity are beneficial both physically and psychologically but excessive exercise may have adverse physiological and psychological effects. There are methodological issues in the definition, diagnosis and etiology of exercise addiction. Several questionnaires and diagnostic tools have been develop...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Weinstein A,Weinstein Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the classical renin angiotensin system (RAS), angiotensin II Ang IIplays many important roles in cardiovascular disease and in kidney, brain, and other organs via the Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1). The RAS consists of many angiotensin peptides, including Ang (1-7), Ang (1-9), Ang (2-8), and Ang IV. Ang (1-7), produc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ohishi M,Yamamoto K,Rakugi H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current antiretroviral therapy has had a significant impact on HIV associated morbidity and mortality. Despite these positive outcomes current antiretroviral regimens have significant deficiencies which include multiple drug-drug interactions, high pill burdens, and considerable financial expense. Perhaps the greatest...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Romanelli F,Hoven AD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Synuclein aggregation is centrally implicated in Parkinson's disease (PD). It involves multi-step nucleated polymerization process via the formation of dimers, soluble toxic oligomers and insoluble fibrils. In the present study, we synthesized a novel compound viz., Curcumin-glucoside (Curc-gluc), a modified form of...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gadad BS,Subramanya PK,Pullabhatla S,Shantharam IS,Rao KS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) was first discovered as a caspase-independent apoptosis effector that promoted cell death upon release from the mitochondria (triggered by pro-apoptotic stimuli) and relocalization into the nucleus, where it promotes chromatin condensation and DNA fragmentation. AIF is a mammalian m...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ferreira P,Villanueva R,Cabon L,Susín SA,Medina M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No-reflow, i.e., the lack of distal myocardial perfusion to fully recover following recanalization of an acutely occluded coronary artery, is not only a mere consequence of ischemic injury, as substantial microvascular alterations may also develop subsequently, after initial restoration of perfusion. Since part of per...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tritto I,Zuchi C,Vitale S,Ambrosio G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years several new drugs (oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, topiramate, gabapentin, zonisamide, tiagabine, fosphenytoin, vigabatrin and felbamate) have been added to the therapeutic armamentarium against epilepsy. Some of these represent structural modifications of pre-existing compounds, others were developed with...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gatti G,Bonomi I,Jannuzzi G,Perucca E

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head and neck cancer refers to a group of malignancies that affects the epithelium of the upper aereodigestive tract, primarily the lip and mouth, pharynx and larynx. Head and neck cancer is strongly associated with tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and betel nut chewing, and indeed a reduction in the exposure to t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Forster M,Mendes R,Fedele S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is based on carriers of natural origin such as polysaccharides, proteins, and cell derived entities which have been used for delivery of siRNA. To realize the therapeutic potential of a delivery system, the role of the carrier is of utmost importance. Historical aspects of viral vectors, the first carriers...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Karunaratne DN,Jafari M,Ranatunga RJ,Siriwardhana A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes are phospholipid bilayer-enclosed membrane vesicles derived and constitutively secreted by various metabolically active cells. They are capable of mediating hetero- and homotypic intercellular communication by transferring multiple cargos from donor cells to recipient cells. Nowadays, non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs)...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tu C,He J,Chen R,Li Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carbon dioxide (CO2) exists in nature around us. In the middle of the 20th century, the intraluminal injection of CO2 demonstrated similar results to those of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) with an iodinated contrast agent (ICA). Since then, the technology behind CO2 DSA has developed significantly. ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Patelis N,Doulaptsis M,Kykalos S,Spartalis E,Maskanakis A,Georgopoulos S

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Mitochondria are cellular organelles responsible for energy production, calcium handling, controlled synthesis of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and regulation of apoptosis. All these functions are crucial for cardiac homeostasis, and may be impaired in chronic heart failure (CHF). Therefore, mitochondrial d...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Aimo A,Borrelli C,Vergaro G,Piepoli MF,Caterina AR,Mirizzi G,Valleggi A,Raglianti V,Passino C,Emdin M,Giannoni A

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Bisphosphonates are widely use for pathologies such as osteoporosis, Paget's disease or bone metastasis. However, their potent antiresorptive properties open new therapeutic opportunities for other conditions associated with an increased focal or systemic bone remodelling. Moreover, apart from their antiresorptive act...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Le Goff B,Berthelot JM,Maugars Y,Romas E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance- and alertness-sustaining/restoring effects of modafinil during sleep deprivation in normal, healthy adults were reviewed. Results indicate that modafinil is efficacious for sustaining/restoring objective performance and alertness during sleep deprivation with few adverse effects. At appropriate dosage...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wesensten NJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philosophers have been trying to solve the mind-body problem for hundreds of years. Consciousness is the core of this problem: How do subjective conscious sensations, perceptions, feelings, and thoughts arise out of objective physical brain activities? How is this subjective conscious world in causal interaction with ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Långsjo JW,Revonsuo A,Scheinin H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In spite of considerable efforts of researchers the cancer deseases remain to be incurable and a percentage of cancer deseases in the structure of mortality increases every year. At that, high systemic toxicity of antitumor drugs hampers their effective use. Because of this fact, the development of nanosyste...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Grushevskaya HV,Krylova NG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), hypertension is common. The type of ACS and severity of hypertension would determine the treatment algorithm. In ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI), time to reperfusion is essential whereas in malignant hypertension the reduction of blood pressure to prevent end or...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kühl M,Lip GY,Varma C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder caused by degeneration of the nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and the resultant deficiency in the neurotransmitter DA at the nerve terminals in the striatum. We and other investigators found increased levels of pro-inflammatory c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nagatsu T,Sawada M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxynitrite, the product of the reaction between nitric oxide and superoxide, is spontaneouly formed within most mammalian cells under physiological conditions. Initial work addressing the pathophysiology of peroxynitrite afforded the generally accepted notion that this compound would be the long-term neurotoxic nit...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bolanos JP,García-Nogales P,Almeida A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the major lifestyle associated disorders and leading causes of death worldwide. The incidence of CVD in diabetic patients has increased up to 3 folds and it became the major risk for diabetes associated morbidity and mortality. Insulin resistance and oxidative stress both play a ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bagul PK,Banerjee SK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agomelatine markedly differs from other classes of antidepressant drugs: its primary molecular targets in vivo are the melatonin MT(1) and MT(2) receptors, where it acts as a potent agonist, and the 5-HT(2C) receptors, where it exerts clear-cut antagonist properties. Agomelatine across a wide range of clinical trials ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bourin M,Prica C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase-change contrast agents (PCCAs) for ultrasound-based applications have resulted in novel ways of approaching diagnostic and therapeutic techniques beyond what is possible with microbubble contrast agents and liquid emulsions. When subjected to sufficient pressures delivered by an ultrasound transducer, stabilized...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sheeran PS,Dayton PA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various growth factors such as the platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) transduce their mitogenic signals through the activation of tyrosine kinase receptors (RTKs). Since en...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gouni-Berthold I,Sachinidis A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reversible cholinesterase inhibitors, when given prophylactically before exposure to organophosphates, are able to decrease organophosphate-induced mortality. However, the efficacy of pyridostigmine, the only pre-treatment substance approved by the US Federal Drug Administration, is unsatisfactory. METHODS:...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lorke DE,Nurulain SM,Hasan MY,Kuca K,Petroianu GA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to identify and characterize vulnerable atherosclerotic lesions in humans has lead to the development of various animal models of plaque vulnerability. In this review, current concepts of the vulnerable plaque as it leads to an acute coronary event are described, such as plaque rupture, erosion, intraplaque h...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schapira K,Heeneman S,Daemen MJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a regulated process leading to cell death, which is implicated both in normal development and in various pathologies including heart failure, stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Caspase-3, a key enzyme of the apoptotic pathway, is considered as a major target for the treatment of abnormal cell death. M...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Seaborn T,Masmoudi-Kouli O,Fournier A,Vaudry H,Vaudry D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00