Rosuvastatin inhibits TIMP-2 and promotes myocardial angiogenesis.

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the antidepressant activity of various antidepressants using the learned helplessness test (LH) or the forced swimming test (FS) in rats. Repeated treatment of the tricyclic antidepressants imipramine (10 mg/kg, p.o.), clomipramine (0.625 mg/kg, p.o.), amitriptyline (10 mg/kg, p.o.)...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Takamori K,Yoshida S,Okuyama S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicenter, placebo-controlled, double-dummy, randomized, parallel-group, double-blind study was conducted to verify the hypothesis of noninferiority for single-dose administration of zaltoprofen 160 mg, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, compared with loxoprofen sodium 60 mg (loxoprofen), in terms of antipyret...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Azuma A,Kudoh S,Nakashima M,Nagatake T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We studied the effect of the combined treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (ramipril) and eplerenone compared with ramipril alone in streptozocin-induced diabetic rats. METHODS:Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups: nondiabetic controls, streptozocin-treated diabetic rats (5...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Mavrakanas TA,Cheva A,Kallaras K,Karkavelas G,Mironidou-Tzouveleki M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate potential stereoselective effects of single barbiturate isomers, we compared the inhibitory potency of single thiopentone enantiomers, two isomer-enriched mixtures of methohexitone and racemic mixtures of both barbiturates on the fMLP-induced neutrophil oxidative response. A suppression of the response to...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Wittmann S,Daniels S,Ittner KP,Fröhlich D

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wood creosote, a mixture of phenolic compounds, suppresses in vitro contractions of rat intestine. To identify a compound in wood creosote able to inhibit intestinal motility, we screened its constituent phenolic compounds and found 4-ethylguaiacol (4-EG) as an active compound. It suppressed the spontaneous phasic (IC...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Toyoda M,Ogata N,Shibata T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of schisandrin B enantiomer ((+)Sch B and (-)Sch B) treatment on the reduced cellular glutathione (GSH) level and susceptibility to menadione-induced toxicity were investigated and compared in AML12 hepatocytes. (+)Sch B or (-)Sch B treatment at 6.25 micromol/l produced a time-dependent change in cellular GSH ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Chiu PY,Leung HY,Poon MK,Mak DH,Ko KM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA; 0.1-10 mg/kg), indomethacin (IND; 0.1-1.0 mg/kg), and tartrazine (TZ; 0.1-2.0 mg/kg), given intravenously induced dose-dependent increases in carotid-sinus nerve (CSN) activity, accompanied by increases in mean arterial blood pressure (MABP), but only the IND-induced MABP increases were dose...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： D'Souza SJ,Biggs DF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and calcium-dependent protein kinase (PKC) modulators on secretagogue-stimulated gastric acid secretion were studied in the continuously perfused stomach of the anesthetized rat. Intravenous histamine (0.25 mg/kg/h) and pentagastrin (2 microg...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Rotker JD,Strapko A,Nandi J,Bosche MC,Levine RA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of alpha-adrenergic agonists on 45Ca efflux from slices of rat liver were studied and the results compared to earlier studies on the rabbit aorta. Norepinephrine and phenylephrine (PE) cause a stimulation of 45Ca efflux which was due to alpha 1-receptor activation. The mitochondrial uncoupler dinitrophenol...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Lynch CJ,Deth RC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequent resistance of malignant tumors to chemotherapy documents the fact that numerous patients are uselessly traumatized by highly toxic drugs. Investigations into this resistance have shown that many different mechanisms exist which can abolish the antitumor action of chemotherapeutics. So far, no safe method ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Lippert TH,Ruoff HJ,Volm M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sodium rhein on contractile activity and fluid flow in the rat complete large intestine was studied in vitro. Contractile activity was recorded using serosal strain gauges and volume transducers recorded distal fluid flow from the segment. Luminal sodium rhein (1 mM) produced a protracted increase in cae...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Rumsey RD,Squires PE,Read NW

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study whether rosiglitazone prevents the development of diabetic nephropathy through reduction of reactive oxygen species and its downstream signal transduction pathways. METHODS:The rats were intraperitoneally injected with streptozotocin to induce diabetes, meanwhile the rats in the therapeutic groups were gi...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Bao Y,Jia RH,Yuan J,Li J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide has been shown to decrease myocardial contractility and O2 consumption. This study was designed to evaluate the hypothesis that nitric oxide-mediated increases in cyclic GMP require elevated cyclic AMP to produce cardiac depression. Using isolated, Langendorff-perfused rat hearts, we determined the effect...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Weiss HR,Sadoff JD,Scholz PM,Klabunde RE

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are reports regarding harmful effect of long-term use of beta2-agonist drugs on asthma severity and airway responsiveness. In the present study, the responses of guinea pig trachea with intact and denuded epithelium (groups 1 and 2, n = 10) to methacholine as EC50 were measured in tissues nonincubated or incubat...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Boskabady MH,Aslani MR,Tabatabaei A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding a thiamin-deficient diet to male and female rats for 3 weeks alters the mixed function oxidases responsible for metabolizing benzo(a)pyrene and enhances the response of these enzymes to induction by phenobarbital or 3-methylcholanthrene. The caloric restriction observed in thiamin deprivation may be partially ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Wade AE,Bunce OR,Harley W,Baker MT,Holmes D

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historical evidence has verified the multifaceted antiviral efficacy of polyoxometalates (PMs). METHODS:We carried out a study to investigate the antimicrobial effects of each of the 5 substances comprising virus block (VB): 3 PMs that have antibacterial and antiviral activity, an antibiotic agent, and an a...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Dan K,Katoh N,Matsuoka T,Fujinami K

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastase, a serine proteinase released by activated human neutrophils, can degrade a wide variety of biomacromolecules including elastin, and is considered a marker of inflammatory diseases. As the logical strategy to protect tissue is to inhibit excessive elastase activity, experimental and clinical researches have c...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Braga PC,Dal Sasso M,Culici M,Bianchi T,Bordoni L,Marabini L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intraperitoneal pretreatment, 48 h beforehand, with zinc sulphate (22, 44 or 88 mg/kg) were studied on gastric ulceration, gastric secretion and changes in stomach wall mast cell counts induced after 4 h by reserpine (5 mg/kg) given intraperitoneally to intact (unoperated for pylorus occlusion) or pylor...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Ogle CW,Cho CH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various stressful stimuli cause mast cell degranulation. Hemorrhagic shock is one such stressful stimulus which may cause mast cell degranulation and histamine release. Histamine may be involved in the pathophysiology of hemorrhage. It was reported that there are large amounts of histamine in the anterior and posterio...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Tikiz H,Tunçel N,Gürer F,Baycu C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of two structurally dissimilar aldose reductase inhibitors, Zopolrestat and Sorbinil, were investigated on the sodium-dependent, myo-inositol (MI) cotransporter in rat lenses maintained in either normal (5.5 mmol/l) or high sugar medium (35.5 mmol/l glucose or 30 mmol/l galactose). MI influx was compared t...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Beyer-Mears A,Diecke FP,Mistry K,Cruz E

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) has been used for the management of renal anemia. Recent studies suggest the pleiotropic properties of EPO in various tissues such as brain, kidney and vasculature. Diabetes mellitus is a major risk for development of vascular impairment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the hypothe...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Wang J,Toba H,Morita Y,Nakashima K,Noda K,Tian W,Kobara M,Nakata T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) plays a pivotal role in the mechanism by which aging contributes to osteoarthritis (OA). In the present study, we examined the effect of curcumin, a pharmacologically safe phytochemical agent, on AGE-induced tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and matrix metallopr...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Yang Q,Wu S,Mao X,Wang W,Tai H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tacrine (THA) selectively modulates binding of M1 ligands in an allosteric fashion causing positive cooperativity. The binding affinity of THA to M1 and M2 cholinoceptors is similar. It is therefore proposed that the allosteric selectivity of THA is a function of the binding site and not of THA itself. Its interaction...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Szilagyi M,Lau WM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess the population pharmacokinetics of phenytoin in Saudi patients and identify factors affecting therapeutic parameters. METHOD:A retrospective chart review was performed at King Saud University Medical City on patients treated with oral phenytoin. We used Monolix 4.4. for population ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Alqahtani S,Alzaidi T,Alotaibi M,Alsultan A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic lipid accumulation and apoptosis is elevated in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and is closely associated with severity. Saturated fatty acid palmitate stimulates lipid accumulation and apoptosis in hepatocytes. In the present study, we examined bee-bee tree oil (BO)-mediated protective effects on ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Jung TW,Kim SY,Kim DS,Shin EC,Park YB,Lee KT

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary aim of the present investigation was to determine and compare the pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of inorganic phosphate in serum and urine after intravenous administration of sodium glycerophosphate and inorganic sodium phosphate. Additionally, study product safety profiles were evaluated. SUBJECT...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Topp H,Hochfeld O,Bark S,Grossmann M,Joukhadar C,Westphal M,Straatsma H,Rothenburger M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA) at concentrations over 10(-3) mol/l produced a concentration-dependent contraction in the isolated canine coronary artery. We investigated mechanisms of the contractile response and the effects of various vasodilators on the contraction. While phentolamine, propranolol, guanethidine, ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Nishio M,Kigoshi S,Muramatsu I

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cinnamedrine is an active ingredient in preparations used to relieve dysmenorrhea. It has been reported to have local anesthetic properties in nerve. This property prompted us to evaluate the effects of cinnamedrine on the cardiac action potential. Cinnamedrine (10-35 microM) significantly reduced the overshoot and ma...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Arena JP,McArdle JJ,Argentieri TM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diastereomeric glucuronic acid conjugates are major metabolites of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug fenoprofen (FEN). Glucuronidation of FEN enantiomers was investigated with liver microsomal preparations from different species (sheep, rabbit, rat and human). The formed R- and S-FEN conjugates can be separa...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Volland C,Benet LZ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihypertensive effect of chronic administration of L-tyrosine (Tyr) was investigated in a two-part study. In the first experiment, adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to 1 of 4 treatment groups: control diet plus unilateral nephrectomy (Nphx) and 0.15 M NaCl (Sal) as the sole drinking solution (C-CTRL);...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Henley WN,Fregly MJ,Wilson KM,Hathaway S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00