Safety Profile of the Newest Antiepileptic Drugs: A Curated Literature Review.

abstract：:Evasion of apoptosis, the cell's intrinsic death program, is a hallmark of human cancers including neuroblastoma. Also, failure to undergo apoptosis may cause treatment resistance, since the cytotoxic activity of anticancer therapies commonly used in the clinic, e.g. chemotherapy, gamma-irradiation or immunotherapy, i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fulda S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The review examines the multifaceted interactions between cholinergic transmission and beta-amyloid suggesting a continuum in the action of the peptide that at low concentrations (picomolar-low nanomolar) may directly stimulate nicotinic cholinergic receptor while desensitizing them at increasing concentrations (high ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Govoni S,Mura E,Preda S,Racchi M,Lanni C,Grilli M,Zappettini S,Salamone A,Olivero G,Pittaluga A,Marchi M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for methods to control physiological levels of carbon monoxide (CO), a vasoactive molecule, and bilibrubin, an antioxidant, have improved our understanding of the protective role of heme oxygenase (HO) against oxidative injury. HO activity can assist other antioxidant systems in diminishing the overall prod...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Abraham NG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the brain, acetylcholine (ACh) is regarded as one of the major neurotransmitters. During the advancement of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cholinergic deficits occur and this can lead to extensive cognitive dysfunction and decline. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) remains a highly feasible target for the symptomatic improveme...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kabir MT,Uddin MS,Begum MM,Thangapandiyan S,Rahman MS,Aleya L,Mathew B,Ahmed M,Barreto GE,Ashraf GM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The large conduit arteries of the thorax and abdomen are elastic while those in the arms and legs are muscular. Alterations in wall properties of elastic arteries occur over time and are usually permanent in nature; acute changes can, however, occur is response to a change in transmural pressure. Chronic alterations i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Nichols WW,Epstein BJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer is a set of diseases formed by abnormal growth of cells leading to the formation of the tumor. The diagnosis can be made through symptoms' evaluation or imaging tests, however, the techniques are limited and the tumor detection may be late. Thus, pharmaceutical nanotechnology has emerged to optimize t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： do Nascimento T,Tavares M,Monteiro MSSB,Santos-Oliveira R,Todeschini AR,de Souza VT,Ricci-Júnior E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy is one of the most frequently employed and reliable treatment options for the management of a variety of cancers. Taxanes (paclitaxel, docetaxel and cabazitaxel) are frequently prescribed to treat breast cancer, hormone refractory prostate cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and ovarian cancer. Most of the...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kumar P,Raza K,Kaushik L,Malik R,Arora S,Katare OP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat shock proteins are powerful endogenous cytoprotective proteins which help cells to survive recurrent cellular stress events. Identifying the underlying molecular mechanisms and molecular targets is especially interesting since it may help to develop new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of diseas...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Golenhofen N,Bartelt-Kirbach B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic macular edema (DME) represents the most common cause of vision loss in patients affected by diabetes mellitus. Although the pathophysiology of DME is not wholly understood, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been identified as a key contributor to the development of DME. In addition, latest informa...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bandello F,Cicinelli MV,Parodi MB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regeneration of bone requires the coordinated processes of angiogenesis and osteogenesis. These repair mechanisms are closely linked through both direct cell-cell contact and indirect paracrine signaling among osteoblasts, endothelial cells, and other cell types. The vasculature provides a source of nutrients, oxygen,...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Segar CE,Ogle ME,Botchwey EA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuregulin1 proteins (NRG1s) are epidermal growth factor (EGF) family members which are ligands for the ErbB receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). A decade of research has revealed that the NRG1-ErbB signaling is essential for the cardiac development and pivotal for maintaining the physiological function of the adult hear...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yan X,Morgan JP

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Unlike other neuroinflammatory disorders, like Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and multiple sclerosis, little is still known of the role of the endocannabinoid system in Alzheimer's disease (AD). This is partly due to the poor availability of animal models that are really relevant to the human disease, and t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bisogno T,Di Marzo V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A wide class of human diseases and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, is due to the failure of a specific peptide or protein to keep its native functional conformational state and to undergo a conformational change into a misfolded state, triggering the formation of fibrillar cross-β s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ruggeri FS,Habchi J,Cerreta A,Dietler G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes is associated with substantially increased cardiovascular mortality. The need to reduce the progression of atherosclerosis alongside lowering blood glucose levels is now well established. Ideally, pharmaceutical treatment should address both of these needs. This review summarises current evidence of th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Papanas N,Maltezos E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in the receptors and other intracellular targets that mediate the pharmacodynamic effects of drugs can affect therapeutic outcomes. However, at present greater knowledge is available concerning the extent of gene variation in drug metabolizing enzymes that determine drug pharmacokinetics and, in turn...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Crettol S,Petrovic N,Murray M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop an effective pharmacological treatment for obesity, an endogenous factor that promotes a positive energy balance by increasing appetite and decreasing fat oxidation could represent the drug target scientists have been looking for. The recently discovered gastric endocrine agent ghrelin, which appea...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Horvath TL,Castañeda T,Tang-Christensen M,Pagotto U,Tschöp MH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strontium ranelate is composed of an organic moiety (ranelic acid) and of two atoms of stable non-radioactive strontium. In vitro, strontium ranelate increases collagen and non-collagenic proteins synthesis by mature osteoblast enriched cells. The effects of strontium ranelate on bone formation were confirmed as stron...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Reginster JY

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:The maintenance and regulation of cellular NAD(P)(H) content and its influence on cell function involves many metabolic pathways, some of which remain poorly understood. Niacin deficiency in humans, which leads to low NAD status, causes sun sensitivity in skin, indicative of deficiencies in responding to UV damage. An...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Benavente CA,Jacobson MK,Jacobson EL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of liposomes, nanoparticle micelles, and related systems by mixtures of drugs and/or surfactants is of major relevance for the design of drug delivery systems. We can design new systems using different compounds. Traditionally these systems are created by trial and error using experimental data. However,...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Messina PV,Besada-Porto JM,Rial R,González-Díaz H,Ruso JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) respond to arterial wall injury by intimal proliferation and play a key role in atherogenesis by proliferating and migrating excessively in response to repeated injury, such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. In contrast, fully differentiated, quiescent VSMC allow arterial vasodil...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Isenović ER,Soskić S,Trpković A,Dobutović B,Popović M,Gluvić Z,Putniković B,Marche P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drug discovery process in general is a very resource intensive undertaking that has existed for a very long time. In the last two decades, performing molecular simulations that determine the level of interaction between a protein and ligand have been refined to the point where they are now an essential part of the...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Haga JH,Ichikawa K,Date S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular uptake of therapeutic oligonucleotides and subsequent intracellular trafficking to their target sites represents the major technical hurdle for the biological effectiveness of these potential drugs. Accordingly, laboratories worldwide focus on the development of suitable delivery systems. Among the different ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Laufer SD,Restle T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is characterised by positive, negative, cognitive, depressive and anxiety symptoms. Over the last decades a number of novel treatment strategies with better clinical efficacy and scope, but with lower side-effect profiles have been developed. These have significantly improved the management and prognosis...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： McCreary AC,Newman-Tancredi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiopurines are widely used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, in clinical practice azathioprine (AZA) or 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) are not effective in one-third of patients and up to one-fifth of patients discontinue thiopurine therapy due to adverse reactions. The observed interindividual ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Derijks LJ,Wong DR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD1 molecules are a family of non-polymorphic, class I antigen-presenting glycoproteins, which bind and present amphiphilic lipid antigens for recognition to T cells. Two groups of CD1 molecules are involved in presentation of self and foreign lipid antigens: group 1 (CD1a, CD1b and CD1c) and group 2 (CD1d). Crystal s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schiefner A,Wilson IA

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders characterised by chronic relapsing inflammation of the small intestine and colon. IBD manifests as either ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease and increases the risk of developing colorectal cancer. METHODS:Here, we have reviewed current t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Perera AP,Kunde D,Eri R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00