Possible involvement of oxidative stress in 5-fluorouracil-mediated myelosuppression in mice.

abstract：:Megestrol acetate, an appetite stimulant with low bioavailability, shows increased bioavailability when taken together with food. However, the pharmacokinetic characteristics of megestrol acetate and its relation with food are not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the food effect on the pharmacokinetics...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Guk J,Son H,Chae DW,Park K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine-methadone interactions have been studied in human beings and in various experimental settings regarding addiction, reward and pain. Most methadone maintenance treatment patients are smokers, and methadone administration has been shown to increase cigarette smoking. Previous in vitro studies have shown that me...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Talka R,Salminen O,Tuominen RK

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and animal studies show that small changes in the developmental environment can induce phenotypic changes affecting an individual's responses to their later environment. These may alter the risk of chronic disease such as metabolic syndrome or cardiovascular disease. Recent research shows that animals ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Hanson MA,Gluckman PD

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this MiniReview, we provide general considerations for the planning and conduct of pharmacoepidemiological studies of associations between drug use and cancer development. We address data sources, study design, assessment of drug exposure, ascertainment of cancer outcomes, confounder adjustment and future perspecti...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Pottegård A,Friis S,Stürmer T,Hallas J,Bahmanyar S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D metabolism was studied in primary human dermal fibroblasts with focus on drug-mediated gene regulation related to adverse side effects of antiretroviral drugs used in HIV therapy. The fibroblasts expressed mRNA for cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes catalysing bioactivating (CYP2R1, CYP27A1 and CYP27B1) and catab...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Norlin M,Lundqvist J,Ellfolk M,Hellström Pigg M,Gustafsson J,Wikvall K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural dietary antioxidants are extensively studied for their ability to protect cells from miscellaneous damages. Origanum majorana L., Lamiaceae, is a potent antioxidant. The effect of administration of O. majorana (volatile oil, alcoholic and aqueous extracts) on oral administration of lead acetate in the diet of ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： el-Ashmawy IM,el-Nahas AF,Salama OM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) has been found to elicit enhanced contractile effects in some vascular disorders. The present study was designed to examine if vascular 5-HT2A receptors are up-regulated during organ culture and if the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) pathways are involved. Compared...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Cao YX,He LC,Xu CB,Luo GG,Edvinsson L

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time that Paracelsus coined his famous dictum, 'What is there that is not poison? All things are poison and nothing is without poison. Solely the dose determines that a thing is not a poison', embryonic toxicology was a fairly focused discipline that mainly dealt with occupational poisonings and side effects of...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Grandjean P

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin is an important and effective anticancer drug widely used for the treatment of various types of cancer but its clinical use is limited by dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. Elevated tissue levels of cellular superoxide anion/oxidative stress are a mechanism by which doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Selected...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Wattanapitayakul SK,Chularojmontri L,Herunsalee A,Charuchongkolwongse S,Niumsakul S,Bauer JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapamycin is a macrocyclic lactone currently used for the treatment of cancer and for the prevention of transplant rejection. The primary pharmacological mode of action of rapamycin occurs through the inhibition (blocking) of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). By doing so, rapamycin interferes with the phosphoi...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Fagone P,Donia M,Mangano K,Quattrocchi C,Mammana S,Coco M,Libra M,McCubrey JA,Nicoletti F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the hepatoprotective effects of salvianolic acid A, a novel antioxidant, against oxidative stress and acute liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) in rats, and the mechanisms underlying its protective effects. Administration of CCl(4) to rats caused severe hepatic d...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Wu ZM,Wen T,Tan YF,Liu Y,Ren F,Wu H

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:δ-Containing GABAA receptors are located extrasynaptically and mediate tonic inhibition. Their involvement in brain physiology positions them as interesting drug targets. There is thus a continued interest in establishing reliable recombinant expression systems for δ-containing GABAA receptors. Inconveniently, the rec...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Falk-Petersen CB,Søgaard R,Madsen KL,Klein AB,Frølund B,Wellendorph P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in the physiological control of blood pressure and inflammation. Insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the gene for ACE was investigated in relation to cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases. The purpose of the present...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Nacak M,Erbagci Z,Buyukafsar K,Yurtsever AS,Tiftik RN

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radial artery frequently develops spasm and requires vasodilator therapy during coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Levosimendan was recently shown to oppose 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced contraction of radial artery (RA) grafts. The aim of the present study was to explore whether levosimendan retains its vasod...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Ambrus N,Szolnoky J,Pollesello P,Kun A,Varró A,Papp JG,Pataricza J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vincristine (VCR) induces peripheral neuropathy. We aimed to assess the efficacy of modafinil on VCR-induced neuropathy in rats. Neuropathy was induced by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of VCR (0.1 mg/kg). Neuropathic groups received modafinil (5, 25 and 50 mg/kg); gabapentin (20 mg/kg); and a combination of modafi...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Amirkhanloo F,Karimi G,Yousefi-Manesh H,Abdollahi A,Roohbakhsh A,Dehpour AR

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenic therapy is one of the new treatments of ischaemic heart disease. Oestrogen has angiogenic properties under hypoxic condition, and if oestrogen also induces angiogenesis under normoxic condition, it could be used in combination with other angiogenic therapies in the treatment of ischaemic heart disease. In t...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Nematbakhsh M,Ghadesi M,Hosseinbalam M,Khazaei M,Gharagozloo M,Dashti G,Rajabi P,Rafieian S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms influence the metabolism of ethanol and methanol, but the potential effects of genetic predisposition on the clinical course, outcome and short-term health sequelae of acute methanol poisoning are unknown. To evaluate the role of the MEOS system in methanol poisoning, we analysed the effect of th...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Hubacek JA,Pelclova D,Seidl Z,Vaneckova M,Klempir J,Ruzicka E,Ridzon P,Urban P,Fenclova Z,Petrik V,Diblik P,Kuthan P,Miovsky M,Janikova B,Adamkova V,Zakharov S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a feared complication of using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or aspirin. Studies predicting the incidence rate for individuals with a given set of characteristics are lacking. The aim of this study was to develop a risk model to predict the incidence rate of upper ga...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Petersen J,Møller Hansen J,de Muckadell OBS,Dall M,Hallas J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivating and therapeutic efficacy of three original bispyridinium oximes (K727, K733 and K203) and one currently available oxime (trimedoxime) was evaluated in tabun-poisoned rats and mice. The oxime-induced reactivation of tabun-inhibited acetylcholinesterase was measured in diaphragm and brain of tabun-poiso...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Kassa J,Sepsova V,Tumova M,Horova A,Musilek K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenols are ubiquitous substances in human diet. Their antioxidative, antiinflammatory and antiviral effects are of interest for human health, and polyphenols such as luteolin are used at high concentrations in food supplements. Luteolin is metabolized to glucuronides, but also to methylated derivatives. For examp...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Michels G,Mohamed GA,Weber N,Chovolou Y,Kampkötter A,Wätjen W,Proksch P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of Nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) has lately been implicated in stress and depression as an initiator mechanism required for the production of interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18. Agmatine, an endogenous polyamine widely distributed in mammalian brain, is a novel neurotransmitter/neuromodulator, with ant...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Sahin C,Albayrak O,Akdeniz TF,Akbulut Z,Yanikkaya Demirel G,Aricioglu F

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the influence of single or repeated low-level sarin inhalation exposure on immune functions, inbred BALB/c mice were exposed to low clinically asymptomatic concentrations of sarin for 60 min. in the inhalation chamber. The evaluation of immune functions was carried out using phenotyping of CD3 (T-lymphocytes)...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Kassa J,Krocová Z,Sevelová L,Sheshko V,Kasalová I,Neubauerová V

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although commonly associated with obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is also present in the lean population representing a unique disease phenotype. Affecting 25% of the world's population, NAFLD is associated with increased mortality especially when progressed to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Ipsen DH,Rolin B,Rakipovski G,Skovsted GF,Madsen A,Kolstrup S,Schou-Pedersen AM,Skat-Rørdam J,Lykkesfeldt J,Tveden-Nyborg P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II and simplified acute physiology score (SAPS) II in poisoned patients admitted to the poisoning ICU and compare them to see which is a more sensitive and specific system for prognostication of the mortality and complications in these p...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Alizadeh AM,Hassanian-Moghaddam H,Shadnia S,Zamani N,Mehrpour O

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are ionotropic glutamate receptors widely distributed in the central nervous system, and have been extensively investigated for their roles in embryonic development, synaptic plasticity and neuroexcitoxicity. Their functions in the peripheral nervous system and non-neural tissues ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Shen L,Li L,She H,Yue S,Li C,Luo Z

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signalling molecule that has been suggested to be a key molecule for induction and maintenance of migraine attacks based on clinical studies, animal experimental studies and the expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) immunoreactivity within the trigeminovascular system. Sensitisati...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Jansen-Olesen I,Zhou M,Zinck T,Xu CB,Edvinsson L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eudesmols are naturally occurring sesquiterpenoid alcohols that present cytotoxic effect to cancer cells. Herein, all eudesmol isomers displayed cytotoxicity to different tumour cell lines. α-Eudesmol showed IC₅₀ values ranging from 5.38 ± 1.10 to 10.60 ± 1.33 μg/mL for B16-F10 and K562 cell lines, β-eudesmol showed I...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Bomfim DS,Ferraz RP,Carvalho NC,Soares MB,Pinheiro ML,Costa EV,Bezerra DP

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most steroid hormones are produced from cholesterol contained in low-density lipoproteins, which is uptaken by the gonads and adrenal cortex, and used as a substrate for steroidogenesis. Theoretically, in states associated with very low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, cholesterol conversion to steroid ho...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Krysiak R,Okopien B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of medium to high-throughput in vitro screening of ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion) properties has been the reply to higher demands on drug metabolism scientists to cope with progress in chemistry and biology. Two areas will be discussed here, namely screens for oral absorption an...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： van de Waterbeemd H

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly developed acetylcholinesterase reactivators K117 [1,5-bis(4-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium)-3-oxapentane dichloride] and K127 [(1-(4-hydroxyiminomethylpyridinium)-5-(4-carbamoylpyridinium)-3-oxapentane dibromide)] were tested for their potency to reactivate tabun-inhibited human brain cholinesterases. Pralidoxime ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Kuca K,Cabal J,Jung YS,Musilek K,Soukup O,Jun D,Pohanka M,Musilova L,Karasová J,Novotný L,Hrabinova M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00