An Overview of Antiretroviral Agents for Treating HIV Infection in Paediatric Population.

abstract：:Prothymosin alpha (ProTα) is a highly acidic polypeptide, ubiquitously expressed in almost all mammalian cells and tissues and consisting of 109 amino acids in humans. ProTα is known to act both, intracellularly, as an anti-apoptotic and proliferation mediator, and extracellularly, as a biologic response modifier medi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Karachaliou CE,Kalbacher H,Voelter W,Tsitsilonis OE,Livaniou E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) are first-line treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Since response is often inadequate, in recent years researchers investigated whether combining CBT and SRIs, either ab initio or sequentially, results in a grea...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Albert U,Di Salvo G,Solia F,Rosso G,Maina G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is characterized by reduced bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue leading to enhanced bone fragility and a consequent increase in fracture risk. Bone loss further increases in postmenopausal women when the ovaries stop making estrogens. Women undergoing treatment for osteoporosis require l...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bitto A,Polito F,Squadrito F,Marini H,D'Anna R,Irrera N,Minutoli L,Granese R,Altavilla D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of pancreatic cancer (PC) is rising in parallel with the deaths caused by this malignant disease largely due to limited improvement in current treatment strategies. In spite of aggressive PC research, for the past three decades, there has been no significant improvement in the five-year surviva...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mohammed A,Janakiram NB,Madka V,Li M,Asch AS,Rao CV

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress or heat shock proteins (Hsps) Hsp90, Hsp70 and Hsp27 are chaperones that assist the proteins in their folding, stability, assembly into multi-protein complexes and transport across cellular membranes. The expression of some of them is highly induced in response to a wide variety of physiological and environment...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Didelot C,Lanneau D,Brunet M,Joly AL,De Thonel A,Chiosis G,Garrido C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leukotrienes (LTs) constitute a bioactive group of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolites molded by the enzymatic activity of lipoxygenase (LO) and have a pivotal role in inflammation and allergy. Evidence is accumulating both by in vitro cell culture experiments and animal tumor model studies in supp...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mahboubi-Rabbani M,Zarghi A

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement plays a vital role in our innate immune defense against invasive microorganisms. Excessive complement activation or insufficient control of activation on host cells, however, is associated with several chronic disorders. Essential to the activation and amplification of the Alternative Pathway (AP) of comple...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wiles JA,Galvan MD,Podos SD,Geffner M,Huang M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similarly to a series of chronic diseases, essential arterial hypertension (HTN) may be manifested during childhood as a blood pressure (BP) reading which repeatedly rises above the 95(th) percentile of population-specific standards. Since BP tends to track along the same percentiles throughout life, children with hig...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bassareo PP,Bassareo V,Iacovidou N,Mercuro G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correct QSAR analysis requires reliable measured or calculated logP values, being logP the most frequently utilized and most important physico-chemical parameter in such studies. Since the publication of theoretical fundamentals of logP prediction, many commercial software solutions are available. These programs are a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Eros D,Kövesdi I,Orfi L,Takács-Novák K,Acsády G,Kéri G

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a common disorder in psychiatric practice and drugs are widely used in its treatment, targeting symptom clusters, such as affective dysregulation, impulsive-behavioural dyscontrol, and cognitive-perceptual symptoms. In last period, a growing number of studies on pharmacological...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bellino S,Rinaldi C,Bozzatello P,Bogetto F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombomodulin (TM) is a membrane protein mainly expressed by endothelial cells. It is part of the anticoagulant protein C system but recently several effects were discovered which occur independently of protein C activation. TM binds thrombin and promotes the cleavage of protein C and the thrombin activatable fibrino...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wenzel J,Assmann JC,Schwaninger M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary amyloidogenic transthyretin (TTR) (ATTR) amyloidosis is an autosomal dominant form of fatal hereditary amyloidosis. Owing to progress in biochemical and molecular genetic analyses, this disease is now believed to occur worldwide. As of today, reports of about 120 different points of single or double mutatio...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ando Y,Ueda M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitotic cell cycle is a tightly regulated process that ensures the correct division of one cell into two daughter cells. Progress along the different phases of the cell cycle is positively regulated by the sequential activation of a family of serine-threonine kinases called CDKs (Cyclin Dependent Kinases). Their a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Belletti B,Nicoloso MS,Schiappacassi M,Chimienti E,Berton S,Lovat F,Colombatti A,Baldassarre G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioma is a heterogeneous, highly complicated central nervous system (CNS) tumor with uncertain mechanism of initiation and progression, resulting in an unfavorable outcome. An extended network of cytokines is recognized as a major regulator of glioma pathogenesis, either promoting or inhibiting glioma progr...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kosmopoulos M,Christofides A,Drekolias D,Zavras PD,Gargalionis AN,Piperi C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) impedes the influx of intravascular compounds from the blood to the brain. The elements composing the BBB are endothelial cells, pericytes and the end-feet of astrocytes. Among them, the endothelial cell barrier line is the most critical for preventing toxic substances from entering the b...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ueno M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various human tumors preferentially metastasize by lymphatic route and lymphovascular invasion predicts lymph node metastasis. In this review article, we will summarize recent literature data concerning lymphangiogenesis, focusing on tumor lymphangiogenesis. In detail, we try to answer some important questions related...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Raica M,Ribatti D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisynthetase syndrome is a group of closely related rare diseases which clinically manifest with inflammatory myopathies, interstitial lung disease, inflammatory arthritis, skin hyperkeratosis (mechanic’s hands) and Raynaud phenomenon. The pathophysiology of antisynthetase syndrome is not entirely understood, but ge...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mirrakhimov AE

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance is found in all microorganisms and has become one of the biggest threats to global health. New antimicrobials with different action mechanisms are effective weapons to fight against antibiotic-resistance. OBJECTIVE:This review aims to find potential drugs which can be further develo...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Yi L,Lü X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) suffer from increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The ankle brachial index has been widely used as an easy tool to identify and stratify patients with PAD, however its predictive value remains limited. Higher levels of inflammatory and prothrombotic biomarker...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Charakida M,Masi S,Tousoulis D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholesterol efflux as a key event in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is considered now as both diagnostic tool and a promising target for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Radioactive in vitro cholesterol efflux assay (CEA) is the gold standard for determination of efflux at cellular level. Fluorescent t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Litvinov DY,Savushkin EV,Garaeva EA,Dergunov AD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) is a membrane-bound binuclear zinc metallopeptidase with the highest expression levels found in the nervous and prostatic tissue. Throughout the nervous system, glia-bound GCPII is intimately involved in the neuron-neuron and neuron-glia signaling via the hydrolysis of N-acetylasp...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bařinka C,Rojas C,Slusher B,Pomper M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its discovery, peroxynitrite has been known as a potent oxidant in biological systems, and a rapidly growing body of literature has characterized its biochemistry and role in the pathophysiology of various conditions. Either directly or by inducing free radical pathways, peroxynitrite damages vital biomolecules ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Stadler K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential oils constituents are a diverse family of low molecular weight organic compounds with comprehensive biological activity. According to their chemical structure, these active compounds can be divided into four major groups: terpenes, terpenoids, phenylpropenes, and "others". In addition, they may contain diver...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Burčul F,Blažević I,Radan M,Politeo O

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile formation is an osmotic process driven by the vectorial transport of actively transferred biliary components across the basolateral (sinusoidal) and apical (canalicular) hepatocyte membranes, the latter being the rate-limiting step of the overall blood-to-bile transfer. The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Crocenzi FA,Mottino AD,Roma MG

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular system distributes oxygen and nutrients to all tissues in the body. Additionally, the vascular system also functions in hosting and instructing tissue-specific stem and progenitor cells. Both cell- or blood-derived signals from the vascular system regulate stem cell properties in health and disease. Studi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schildge S,Bohrer C,Pfurr S,Mammadzada K,Schachtrup K,Schachtrup C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcin J25 (MccJ25) is a plasmid-encoded peptide of 21 L-amino acids (G1-G-A-G-H5-V-P-E-Y-F10-V-G-I-G-T15-P-I-S-F-Y20-G), excreted to the medium by an Escherichia coli strain. MccJ25 is active on Gram-negative bacteria related to the producer strain, including some pathogenic strains. The four-plasmid genes mcjABCD,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vincent PA,Morero RD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onychomycosis (fungal nail infections) is very common worldwide but is fortunately not often lethal. Several powerful drugs have been introduced into clinical practice in recent years, but these infections remain difficult to cure primarily due to the difficulty of penetration of drug to the site of the infection in t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Basha A,Basha F,Ali SK,Hanson PR,Oakley BR,Hajovsky H,Mitscher LA

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last century, many studies have demonstrated that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is a key risk factor of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) related to atherosclerosis. Thus, for these CVD patients, LDL lowering agents are commonly used in the clinic to reduce the risk for CVD. LDL, upon modification, will develop d...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schnitzler JG,Dallinga-Thie GM,Kroon J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of anandamide as an endogenous ligand for the cannabinoid receptors has led to a resurgence of interest in the fatty acid amides. However, N-palmitoylethanolamine (PEA), a shorter and fully saturated analogue of anandamide, has been known since the fifties. This endogenous compound is a member of the N-a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lambert DM,Vandevoorde S,Jonsson KO,Fowler CJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an insulinotropic hormone secreted from endocrine cells in the gut mucosa in response to meal ingestion. It is an important incretin hormone; mice with a null mutation in the GLP-1 receptor gene develop glucose intolerance. In addition, it inhibits gastrointestinal secretion and moti...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Holst JJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00