Proteasome inhibition for the treatment of glioblastoma.

abstract：:Transcription factors are proteins that regulate gene transcription and expression. In many cases of acute leukaemia chromosomal aberrations are translocations of transcription factors which change their expression and induce the leukaemic phenotype. These abnormal transcription factors are tumour-specific and can be ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Douer D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin (ET) is a pivotal physiological regulator of blood pressure through its effects on blood vessels, heart, lung and kidneys, and the ET system can be overactive in disorders such as pulmonary hypertension, heart failure and renal disease. Such observations stimulated interest among scientists and pharmaceutic...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Benigni A,Perico N,Remuzzi G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a worldwide health problem. Response rates to current standard of treatment (pegylated IFNs and ribavirin) are low in patients with the prevailing genotype 1. OBJECTIVE:To review papers published or presented at recent international meetings showing the results o...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Vento S,Cainelli F,Temesgen Z

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：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：:Helicobacter pylori infection causes peptic ulcer disease and must be regarded as a serious infectious disease. Over the past two decades treatment of the infection has been a controversial issue. Treatment is purely empirical and based on combinations of two, three or four existing drugs. Antimicrobial resistance is ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： de Boer WA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carvedilol is a beta-blocker with ancillary properties. Pilot clinical studies with carvedilol, added to the standard therapy of digoxin, diuretics and ACE inhibitors, showed beneficial effects in mild, moderate and severe heart failure. Patients consistently showed improvement in LV ejection fraction and NYHA functio...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Doggrell SA

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Subjects with atrial fibrillation are at risk of thromboembolic events. The vitamin K antagonists (e.g., warfarin) are useful at preventing coagulation in atrial fibrillation, but are difficult to use. One of the FXa inhibitors, oral apixaban, has been tested as an anticoagulant in atrial fibrillation. AR...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Doggrell SA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimmunophilin ligands are a class of compounds that hold great promise for the treatment of nerve injuries and neurological disease. In contrast to neurotrophins (e.g., nerve growth factor), these compounds readily cross the blood-brain barrier, being orally effective in a variety of animal models of ischaemia, tr...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Gold BG

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Through well-designed clinical trials, advances have been made in the treatment of localised and advanced colorectal cancer. It has been established that 6 months of 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy will improve overall survival in patients with stage III...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Mulcahy MF,Benson AB 3rd

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Currently, there is no cure available for the hereditary neurodegenerative disease proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which is the number one genetic killer in early childhood. However, growing knowledge of SMA pathophysiology has opened new avenues for potential therapeutic interventions. AREAS COVE...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Kaczmarek A,Schneider S,Wirth B,Riessland M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The significant proportion of gout patients not reaching serum urate levels below 6.0 mg/dL and the debated pathogenicity of hyperuricemia (HU) itself motivate investigators to develop new drugs to decrease uricemia. AREAS COVERED:This review discusses the drugs considered to be in active development from...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Pascart T,Richette P

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite recent advances, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a devastating disease which harbors a poor prognosis. Novel therapeutic approaches directly targeting pulmonary vascular remodeling are warranted. AREAS COVERED:This review delineates the current limitations in the management of PAH an...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： ten Freyhaus H,Dumitrescu D,Berghausen E,Vantler M,Caglayan E,Rosenkranz S

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Treatments of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) that have so far proven efficacious are all based on the restoration of endothelium control of pulmonary vascular tone and structure, by administration of prostacyclins, endothelin receptor antagonists and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors. Howeve...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Dewachter L,Dewachter C,Naeije R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nerve growth factor in stimulating cholinergic function, loss of which is a cardinal feature in Alzheimer's disease, has been documented for many years from preclinical animal model studies. This anabolic growth factor has been delivered into the forebrain of patients with mild Alzheimer's disease using tr...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Braddock M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The fast actions of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate are mediated by glutamate-gated ion channels (ionotropic Glu receptors). Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlus) are coupled to second messenger pathways via G proteins and modulate glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission. Of the eight di...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Raber J,Duvoisin RM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory disease involving the skin and often other organs and systems, mainly respiratory. A definitive general consensus on the AD pathogenesis has not yet been established, however several lines of evidence suggest that T-cells play a crucial role in priming AD early-stage les...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Mastrandrea F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the past years the bone seeking radiopharmaceutical samarium lexidronam ((153)Sm-EDTMP) has been increasingly used alone or in conjunction with chemotherapy and/or bisphosphonates for the treatment of painful bone metastasis. OBJECTIVE:Its use has been explored in different solid tumours. In this report ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Abruzzese E,Iuliano F,Trawinska MM,Di Maio M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of HIV-1 protease inhibitors in 1995 ushered in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. For the first time, inhibition of two key enzymes responsible for HIV replication, reverse transcriptase and protease, was possible. The combination of two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors with ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Piliero PJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical studies suggest that the brain corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) systems mediate anxiety-like behavioural and somatic responses through actions at the CRF1 receptor. CRF1 antagonists block the anxiogenic-like effects of CRF and stress in animal models. Cerebrospinal fluid levels of CRF are elevated in s...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Zorrilla EP,Koob GF

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the Western world for those patients aged 50 years or older. Neovascular AMD, a subtype characterized by the growth of new, pathologic blood vessels, results in most of the cases of severe and rapid vision loss associated with AMD. A critical ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Barakat MR,Kaiser PK

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and the leading cause of adult neurological disability. Despite advances in stroke unit care, and increasing use of thrombolysis, there remains an urgent need for safe and effective treatments for acute ischaemic stroke. However, this is against a backd...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Smith CJ,Denes A,Tyrrell PJ,Di Napoli M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Today, propofol or 2,6-diisopropylphenol is the anesthetic mainly used for monitored anesthetic care sedation and during intravenous anesthesia. The formulation, a lipid macroemulsion, shows several disadvantages. Therefore, during the past years considerable scientific effort has been undertaken to find eit...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Fechner J,Ihmsen H,Jeleazcov C,Schüttler J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pro-protein [corrected] convertase subtilisin kexin (PCSK)-9 is a newly discovered protein involved in intracellular and extracellular regulation of low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) expression. Autosomal dominant activating mutations in PCSK-9 cause familial hypercholesterolaemia whereas inactivatin...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Wierzbicki AS,Hardman TC,Viljoen A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Armodafinil is a wake-promoting agent developed by Cephalon that was approved in mid-2007 for the treatment of excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea and shift work disorder. It is the R-enantiomer of the compound modafinil. Like modafinil, the mechanism of action for armoda...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Lankford DA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chagas disease treatment relies on the lengthy administration of benznidazole and/or nifurtimox, which have frequent toxicity associated. The disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is mostly diagnosed at its chronic phase when life-threatening symptomatology manifest in approximately 30% of tho...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Martínez-Peinado N,Cortes-Serra N,Losada-Galvan I,Alonso-Vega C,Urbina JA,Rodríguez A,VandeBerg JL,Pinazo MJ,Gascon J,Alonso-Padilla J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since the discovery of the activating V617F mutation in Janus kinase 2 (JAK2), a number of pharmacologic inhibitors of JAK2 have entered clinical trials for patients with myelofibrosis. However, ruxolitinib, approved in 2011, remains the only one currently available for treatment of myelofibrosis, with man...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Bose P,Abou Zahr A,Verstovsek S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diabetic macular edema (DME) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) are the two complications of diabetes that cause visual loss and blindness. Laser photo-coagulation in the past was used to prevent progression of disease to these advanced stages. Advances in pathophysiologic understanding of DME an...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Tolentino MS,Tolentino AJ,Tolentino MJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to improve therapy and increase the quality of life for diabetic patients, it has been of significant interest to develop rapid-acting insulin preparations that mimic the physiological meal-time profile of insulin more closely than soluble human insulin. Insulin aspart (B28Asp human insulin) is a novel rapid-...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Gammeltoft S,Hansen BF,Dideriksen L,Lindholm A,Schäffer L,Trüb T,Dayan A,Kurtzhals P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00