Therapeutic targets and early stage clinical trials for pulmonary fibrosis.

abstract：:Neonatal chronic lung disease (CLD) is a persistent complication, primarily of premature infants. Postnatal glucocorticoid therapy is widely used in the treatment and prevention of CLD. Most studies reveal acute improvement in the pulmonary status of infants treated with postnatal glucocorticoid therapy. Recent studie...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Cole CH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are secreted by the heart and play important roles in the compensation of congestive heart failure with their vasodilating, natriuretic, antiproliferative, lusitropic and neurohumoral-modulating properties. Based on these beneficial properties, exog...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Boerrigter G,Burnett JC Jr

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based partially on encouraging findings from preclinical models, interest has grown in therapeutic inhibition of NF-kappaB to limit inflammatory injury during sepsis. However, NF-kappaB also regulates protective responses, and predicting the net survival effects of such inhibition may be difficult. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Li X,Su J,Cui X,Li Y,Barochia A,Eichacker PQ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that adversely affects both the quality and longevity of life. The disease is characterised by elevated blood glucose (hyperglycaemia) that is associated with microvascular complications and increased macrovascular risk. Existing oral agents, either alone or in combinatio...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Coghlan M,Leighton B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of cutaneous malignancies displaying a substantial mortality rate among the various forms of skin cancers. The management of patients with advanced melanoma poses a significant challenge considering that the disease is refractory to most conventional therapies. ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Bhatia S,Emdad L,Das SK,Hamed H,Dent P,Sarkar D,Fisher PB

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) controls a key signaling pathway in the development of many malignant diseases. Several genetic studies have proven its central role in the regulation of apoptosis, proliferation, angiogenesis and immune responses making it an attractive target for...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Mankan AK,Greten FR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Advanced melanoma historically had a very poor outcome but targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors (IC) have changed the course of the disease and made durable responses possible. However, most patients will develop progressive disease, so further strategies to overcome treatment resistance a...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Boos LA,Leslie I,Larkin J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors has been dramatically improved by therapy with imatinib mesilate (imatinib mesylate), a KIT and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Unfortunately, the majority of patients eventually experience disease progression due to drug re...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Sankhala KK,Papadopoulos KP

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Due to improvements in our understanding of the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), several target drugs have been and are being developed. One of the possible targets in SLE is co-stimulation between antigen-presenting cells and T cells. Abatacept is a co-stimulation moderator approved for...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Pimentel-Quiroz VR,Ugarte-Gil MF,Alarcón GS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TNP-470, an analogue of fumagillin, has been shown to inhibit angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. In 1992, TNP-470 entered clinical development for cancer as an anti-angiogenic agent. It is currently in Phase I/II trials in Kaposi's sarcoma, renal cell carcinoma, brain cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer and prostat...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Kruger EA,Figg WD

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presentations at the William Harvey Research Conference on PDE Inhibitors described the molecular biology, biochemical regulation. pharmacology, and therapeutic utility of inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs). Most of the talks focused on PDE4 and PDE5. two members of the 11-member PDE family that...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： O'Donnell

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Molecules isolated from animals, insects, plants or microorganisms can provide prototypes for design of biopharmaceutical products. Some venom toxins and their derivatives are used in medicine, while others provide templates for development of new drugs. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW:The mild to...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Kerkis I,Silva Fde S,Pereira A,Kerkis A,Rádis-Baptista G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the last decade, concerns have been raised around the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) and intravenous iron in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, especially when given at high doses. Moreover, treatment with ESA is expensive. AREAS COVERED:We searched PubMed for original articles, re...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Del Vecchio L,Locatelli F

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prinomastat (formerly AG3340, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) is a potent, selective oral inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-2, -9, -13 and -14. This peculiar selectivity should represent an advantage for prinomastat in terms of efficacy/tolerability. The drug has been shown to inhibit tumour growth and angiogenesis...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Scatena R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a manifestation, and marker of severity, of a generalized atherosclerotic process. Antiplatelet therapy is recommended to prevent cardiovascular events but much of the evidence to support this is drawn from studies on older drugs. AREAS COVERED:In this review, the auth...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Chong AY,So DY

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is constitutively expressed in the central nervous system, and is thought to have an important functional role therein. COX-2 interacts with neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and glutamate but is also involved in the regulation of the central nervous system immune sy...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Müller N,Strassnig M,Schwarz MJ,Ulmschneider M,Riedel M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disintegrin and metalloproteases (ADAMs) are zinc-dependent trans-membrane metalloproteases that shed the extracellular domains of membrane-bound growth factors, cytokines and receptors. Key functions of ADAMs have emerged in ErbB signalling pathways as being sheddases for multiple ErbB ligands. As the ErbB pathway ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Zhou BB,Fridman JS,Liu X,Friedman SM,Newton RC,Scherle PA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With 170 million people infected worldwide and an inadequate current standard of care, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection represents a major unmet medical need. Multiple companies are working on the discovery and development of specific HCV antiviral drugs, including inhibitors of HCV polymerase, protease and...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Koev G,Kati W

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Available drugs partially attenuate the hyperglycemia characteristic of diabetes. However, successful approaches to treat the root cause or to cure or prevent diabetes remain elusive. Drug discovery and development programs continue to focus on mechanisms that impact specific symptoms of diabetes. In 2014,...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Colca JR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Basal-like breast cancer is characterized by being triple negative and aggressive. Defects in DNA repair is a promising therapeutic target as BRCA alterations are found in 11 to 42% of these tumors, with a frequency varying according to family history and ethnicity. The oral PARP inhibitors exploit this de...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Robert M,Frenel JS,Gourmelon C,Patsouris A,Augereau P,Campone M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous antihypertensive agents are used in clinical situations in which the immediate, precise control of blood pressure is a clinical necessity. Clevidipine is a new, vascular-selective, dihyrdopyridine Ca(2+) channel blocker, which exerts its hemodynamic effects through selective arterial vasodilation without e...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Gradman AH,Vivas Y

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder characterised by inflammation producing red, thickened areas with a flaky white build-up. Efalizumab is a humanised monoclonal IgG1 antibody that inhibits the binding of T lymphocytes to endothelial cells and their subsequent migration. In patients suffering from plaque psoriasis, ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Doggrell SA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polidocanol is a liquid surfactant having endothelial cell lytic properties. In the form of a controlled, dispensed microfoam it is administered endovenously as a sclerosing agent in the treatment of varicose veins. OBJECTIVE:This review summarizes efficacy of polidocanol endovenous microfoam sclerotherapy ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Eckmann DM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has a dismal prognosis. With the emergence of monoclonal antibodies and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), several drugs were developed and tested in HNSCC. To date, the monoclonal...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Elicin O,Ozsahin M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Migraine is an episodic, substantially inherited brain disorder affecting 15% of adults in Western Europe and North America, and is one of the commonest reasons for patients to see their physicians. While the World Health Organization considers that severe migraine can be as disabling as quadrip...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Marin JC,Goadsby PJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Compounds that inhibit or modulate γ-secretase, the pivotal enzyme which generates β-amyloid (Aβ), are potential therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (AD). AREAS COVERED:This article briefly reviews the profile of γ-secretase inhibitors that have reached the clinic and discusses the clinical issues surrou...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Imbimbo BP,Panza F,Frisardi V,Solfrizzi V,D'Onofrio G,Logroscino G,Seripa D,Pilotto A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs) are key regulators of the cell division cycle, whose various checkpoints proliferating cells must traverse. Since CDK deregulation, either through direct or indirect means, is found in most cancer cells, pharmacological CDK inhibition has become an attractive strategy towards me...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Fischer PM,Gianella-Borradori A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Asthma is a major disease burden worldwide. Treatment with steroids and long acting β-agonists effectively manage symptoms in many patients but do not treat the underlying cause of disease and have serious side effects when used long term and in children. Therapies targeting the underlying causes of asthma...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Hansbro PM,Scott GV,Essilfie AT,Kim RY,Starkey MR,Nguyen DH,Allen PD,Kaiko GE,Yang M,Horvat JC,Foster PS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aripiprazole has made a significant contribution to the treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders with an improved safety and tolerability profile, which has been attributed to its unique pharmacological profile. It has been claimed that partial agonism of the dopamine D(2) and 5-HT(1A) receptors and antagonism...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Wood M,Reavill C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor receptor is a cell membrane growth factor receptor that plays a key role in cancer development and progression. Epidermal growth factor receptor-activated signalling pathways control cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis and metastatic spread in the majority of human epithelial cancer...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Ciardiello F,Tortora G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00