Combined use of Genetic Polymorphisms and Elastographic Techniques in NAFLD: Fact or Fiction?

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:KRAS-mutant colorectal cancers (CRC) are tumors that are associated with poor prognosis. However, no effective treatments are available to target them. Therefore, we designed and synthesized novel chalcone analogs, small organic molecules, to investigate their effects on KRAS-mutant CRC cells. MET...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mahmoud A,Elkhalifa D,Alali F,Al Moustafa AE,Khalil A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally accepted that mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress are related to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Mitochondria use substrates from lipid and glucose metabolism in order to generate ATP, and when mitochondrial O2 consumption is decreased due to an altered metabolism th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rocha M,Diaz-Morales N,Rovira-Llopis S,Escribano-Lopez I,Bañuls C,Hernandez-Mijares A,Diamanti-Kandarakis E,Victor VM

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:The mechanisms and factors causing or influencing degenerative diseases require tailor-made solutions. Natural polysaccharides are among the most versatile building units of the novel drug delivery systems. Their properties can be easily tailored to specific needs because they depend not only on the first-order struct...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Karewicz A,Bielska D,Nowakowska M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that lead to abnormalities in transepithelial ion transport in the airways of affected patients. Lung disease is the major contributor to morbidity and mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis but recommende...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ratjen F,Grasemann H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstantial evidence has been provided of a role of the plasminogen/plasmin system in a variety of biological phenomena, including thrombolysis, vascular stenosis, reproduction, embryogenesis, cell invasion, angiogenesis, brain function and chronic lung or kidney inflammatory disorders. Inhibition of the system occ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Matsuno H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last two decades since the identification and characterization of T cell potassium channels great advances have been made in the understanding of the role of these channels in T cell functions, especially in antigen-induced activation. Their limited tissue distribution and the recent discovery that differen...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Panyi G,Possani LD,Rodríguez de la Vega RC,Gáspár R,Varga Z

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain is characterized by complicated combination of positive (e.g., hyperalgesia and allodynia) and negative (e.g., hypoesthesia and hypoalgesia) symptoms, and is often refractory to conventional pharmacological agents, including morphine. Although the molecular mechanisms for positive symptoms are extensi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ueda H,Uchida H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein reviewed the mechanism underlying the gastric hyperemic response following barrier disruption, with a focus on cyclooxygenase (COX) isozymes, prostaglandin (PG) E2, and capsaicin-sensitive afferent neurons. Mucosal damage was induced by exposing the stomach to 20 mM taurocholate (TC) with 50 mM HCl. The TC t...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Takeuchi K,Takeeda M,Amagase K,Nakashima M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease with substantial unmet clinical need. Understanding the immunopathogenesis is likely to provide insights into potential novel therapies. To date researchers have focussed primarily at a single scale for example genome, cell or whole organ physiology. In this review we s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Brightling CE,Gupta S,Hollins F,Sutcliffe A,Amrani Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing novel treatments to help cancer patients live longer and have better lives remains one of the biggest challenges of the pharmaceutical industry. Today much is known about the molecular and genetic causes of cancers thus facilitating the development of novel targeted cancer drugs with improved risk-benefit ra...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Frieden M,Ørum H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a complications standpoint, diabetes mellitus is a disease of the vasculature. Diabetics face a considerably higher risk of developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Both large and small blood vessels are susceptible to alterations from diabetes. Endothelial cell dysfunction associated with small ve...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Huber JD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:High prevalence of Dental and periodontal problems during the gestation period may have a negative effect on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in pregnant women. This systematic review aimed to perform a quality assessment and provide a critical overview of the current research available on OHRQoL ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fakheran O,Saied-Moallemi Z,Khademi A,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Nowadays, the world is facing a common problem that the population aging process is accelerating. How to delay metabolic disorders in middle-aged and elderly people, has become a hot scientific and social issue worthy of attention. The liver plays an important role in lipid metabolism, and abnormal li...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Su H,Liu D,Shao J,Li Y,Wang X,Gao Q

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic patients are considered as high risk for development of atherosclerotic disease. Cholesterol treatment is of paramount importance in order to optimise cardiovascular outcomes in this subset of patients. Although statins are regarded as the mainstay of treatment, these may not be tolerated or as efficacious as...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Felekos I,Karamasis GV,Pavlidis AN

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction strategies of blood pressure, as a modifiable cardiovascular risk, are currently based on office assessment of brachial artery blood pressure. However, antihypertensive treatment based on brachial BP values reduces cardiovascular risk but cannot completely reverse the hypertension-induced risk of morbidity e...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rinaldi ER,Yannoutsos A,Borghi C,Safar ME,Blacher J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe vascular complication of connective tissue diseases. In the context of systemic sclerosis (SSc), PAH is a devastating disease with a dramatic impact on prognosis and survival. Despite advances in early diagnosis and the development of new targeted treatments, SSc-relat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dimitroulas T,Giannakoulas G,Karvounis H,Settas L,Kitas GD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein stability of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)alpha subunits is regulated by the oxygen-sensing prolyl-4-hydroxylase domain (PHD) enzymes. Under oxygen-limited conditions, HIFalpha subunits are stabilized and form active HIF transcription factors that induce a large number of genes involved in adaptation to hypox...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wenger RH,Camenisch G,Stiehl DP,Katschinski DM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plants of the Colchicum family were known during the archaic period in Greece for their deleterious properties. Later on, they were used for the treatment of podagra. The treatment was introduced by the ancient Greek physicians and passed on to the Byzantine and Arabian physicians to endure until nowadays. The fir...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tsoucalas G,Papaioannou T,Panayiotakopoulos G,Saridaki Z,Vrachatis DA,Karamanou M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drugs acting on the cardiovascular and central nervous system often display relatively fast clinical responses, which may differ in neonates compared to children and adults. Introduction of bedside monitoring tools might be of additional value in the pharmacodynamic (PD) assessment of such drugs in neonates....

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Smits A,Thewissen L,Dereymaeker A,Dempsey E,Caicedo A,Naulaers G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia among elderly. Currently, no effective treatment is available for AD. Analysis of transgenic mouse models of AD has facilitated our understanding of disease mechanisms and provided valuable tools for evaluating potential therapeutic strategies. In this review, we...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kitazawa M,Medeiros R,Laferla FM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to productively infect a host, viruses must enter the cell and force host cell replication mechanisms to produce new infectious virus particles. The success of this process unfortunately results in disease progression and, in the case of infection with many viral species, may cause mortality. The discoveries ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Skoreński M,Sieńczyk M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a phenomenon through which tumor cells develop resistance against the cytotoxic effects of various structurally and mechanistically unrelated chemotherapeutic agents. The most consistent feature in MDR is overexpression and/or overactivity of ATP-dependent drug efflux transporters. Other ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ghandadi M,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ultrasound contrast agents involving a therapeutic drug applied during enhanced imaging can be used for targeted therapy. The preparation of contrast agents is a precondition and basis for the use of multifunctional contrast agents in molecular imaging. METHODS:This study uses thin-film hydration-mechanical vi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yang F,Li Y,Liufu C,Wang Y,Chen Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Runx2/Cbfa/AML3 is a member of the runt homology domain family of transcription factors, essential for osteoblast differentiation and bone formation. Defining the molecular mechanisms by which Runx2 can function as a master regulatory gene for activating the program of osteoblastogenesis has provided novel insights fo...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lian JB,Stein GS

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Lowering low density lipoprotein (LDL) - cholesterol is one of the key issues in modern preventive cardiology by which we are able to interact with the natural course of atherosclerosis. Diet and healthy life style are mandatory for the treatment of CAD high risk patients. Numerous lipid lowering trials confirmed the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schaefer JR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid-base balance of cells is related to the concentration of free H⁺ ions. These are highly reactive, and their intracellular concentration must be regulated to avoid detrimental effects to the cell. H⁺ ion dynamics are influenced by binding to chelator substances ('buffering'), and by the production, diffusion a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hulikova A,Harris AL,Vaughan-Jones RD,Swietach P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last several years, it has become increasingly clear that dendritic cells (DC) are not only critical for the initiation of T cell immunity, but these cells also determine the course of the subsequent immune response (i.e. tolerance vs. immunity, Th1 vs. Th2). However, the mechanisms by which DC can influence ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wan Y,Bramson J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing sugars can react non-enzymatically with amino groups of proteins and lipids to form irreversibly cross-linked macroprotein derivatives called as advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Cross-linking modification of extracellular matrix proteins by AGEs deteriorate their tertiary structural integrity and funct...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yamagishi SI,Matsui T,Ishibashi Y,Isami F,Abe Y,Sakaguchi T,Higashimoto Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00