Cardiac gap junction channels are upregulated by metoprolol: an unexpected effect of beta-blockers.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of once-a day trazodone tablets (Trittico Prolong® 300 mg) in patients with moderate to severe depression in routine clinical practice. METHODS:Men and women ≥18 years old with Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) scores...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Češková E,Šedová M,Kellnerová R,Starobová O

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc acexamate (NAS-501), an anti-ulcer agent, has been reported to prevent various acute experimental gastric mucosal lesions and duodenal ulcers in rats. In order to clarify the mechanisms by which NAS-501 exhibits the anti-ulcer effects, we investigated the anti-oxidative effects of NAS-501 in vitro and in vivo. NA...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Tsutsui Y,Nakamura Y,Yamaguchi S,Kawanaka N,Sato M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metformin is a widely used antidiabetic agent that is generally considered safe. However, metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA), though not common, occurs from time to time and results in significantly high mortality. A series of 23 MALA cases in a local major hospital in Hong Kong is reported in this article to...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Yeung CW,Chung HY,Fong BM,Tsai NW,Chan WM,Siu TS,Tam S,Tsui SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption into the systemic circulation of compounds administered intraperitoneally in large volumes was investigated in the rat. The influence on absorption of molecular weight, lipid-water partition coefficient (K), and dissociation constant (pKa) was studied. Nine neutral compounds ranging in molecular weight ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Torres IJ,Litterst CL,Guarino AM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Bronchial asthma continues to be a big challenge to therapy. Mast cells play an important role in allergic asthma. Histamine and leukotrienes are established mast cell mediators, but antihistamines currently play no role in asthma therapy. METHODS:Human bronchial strips were exposed to the mast cell ac...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Benko R,Molnar TF,Szombati V,Benkö I,Bartho L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional cerebral metabolic rates of glucose (rCMRglu) were measured in conscious rats grouped according to three treatments: control, bicuculline (5.5 mg/kg s.c.), and intracerebroventricular arginine vasopressin (0.5 micrograms/5 microliter). Rats in the latter group were pre-exposed to the peptide 48 h earlier to r...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Wurpel JN,Dundore RL,Bryan RM Jr,Keil LC,Severs WB

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium channel antagonist, nifedipine (0.1 microM), only slightly inhibited the response to the full alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist, (-)-norepinephrine, in rat aorta, but nearly completely inhibited the response to the partial alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist, (-)-dobutamine, indicating that (-)-norepinephrine primaril...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Oriowo MA,Ruffolo RR Jr

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA; 0.1-10 mg/kg), indomethacin (IND; 0.1-1.0 mg/kg), and tartrazine (TZ; 0.1-2.0 mg/kg), given intravenously induced dose-dependent increases in carotid-sinus nerve (CSN) activity, accompanied by increases in mean arterial blood pressure (MABP), but only the IND-induced MABP increases were dose...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： D'Souza SJ,Biggs DF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We studied the effect of the combined treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (ramipril) and eplerenone compared with ramipril alone in streptozocin-induced diabetic rats. METHODS:Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups: nondiabetic controls, streptozocin-treated diabetic rats (5...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Mavrakanas TA,Cheva A,Kallaras K,Karkavelas G,Mironidou-Tzouveleki M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Perception of risk of adverse drug events (ADEs) is different between health and nonhealth professionals, but these differences have not been investigated sufficiently in the general population. Women are more affected by ADEs. With the aim to investigate ADE risk perception in a sample of nonhealth prof...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Salvo F,Miroddi M,Alibrandi A,Calapai F,Cafeo V,Mancari F,Gangemi S,Caputi AP,Calapai G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of cefpiramide (CPM) and other beta-lactam antimicrobial agents to 2(3)-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (BHA)-induced liver glutathione (GSH) S-transferases (EC 2.5.1.18) from CD-1 mice was studied. A marked induction of hepatic GSH S-transferase from mice fed BHA was observed. Gel chromatography of liver cytosol ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Nishiya H,Haga T,Nozue N,Komatsu T,Baba M,Ueda Y,Ono Y,Kunii O

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pregnane X receptor (PXR/NR1I2) gene is a master regulator for a number of cytochrome P450s (CYPs) and drug transporters. This study aimed to detect the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the PXR gene in Han Chinese (n = 186) and to compare the frequencies of polymorphisms of the PXR gene with those in Cauc...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Wang XD,Deng XY,Chen J,Li JL,Chen X,Zhao LZ,Lu Y,Chowbay B,Su QB,Huang M,Zhou SF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery plays a significant role in the comprehensive treatment of breast cancer, and opioids are often the first-choice analgesics in the perioperative period. However, recent studies showed that opioids may enhance the angiogenesis of breast cancer and the recurrence and metastasis of tumor cells. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Cheng S,Guo M,Liu Z,Fu Y,Wu H,Wang C,Cao M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present study were to investigate the pharmacological effects induced by Tityus serrulatus venom (TsV) and its fractions and to compare with the effects induced by pure alpha (TsTX-V) and beta (TsTX-I) toxins isolated from TsV on rat retractor penis muscle (RPM). TsV, fractions X, XI, XIIa, XIIb (0.01-...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Bomfim JH,de Godoy MA,Giglio JR,de Oliveira AM,Arantes EC

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic administration of epinephrine to adult male rats resulted in a significant increase in the rate of ethanol elimination, when given alone or together with the beta-adrenergic blocker alprenolol. This effect was observed concomitantly with an increased hepatic oxygen utilization and no changes in mitochondrial r...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Petermann M,Bravo M,Videla L,Ugarte G

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha), a member of the PAS superfamily, is a global regulator of cellular and systemic O(2) homeostasis as well as embryonic development. As the activity of HIF-1alpha is increased by a lowered oxygen tension in vivo and in vitro, we established a cell line producing high amo...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Meissner U,Allabauer I,Repp R,Rascher W,Dötsch J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal smoking during pregnancy causes reduction of fetal breathing movements, an effect attributed to nicotine in fetal blood. Nicotine is metabolized to cotinine which has a long plasma half-life and exhibits slow clearance across membrane barriers. It is also known to activate placental phospholipase-A2-like enzy...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Sastry BV,Chance MB,Hemontolor ME,Goddijn-Wessel TA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of alpha-tocopherol, ascorbic acid and rutin on peroxidative processes were studied in xanthine-xanthine oxidase system, linoleic acid ufasomes and human erythrocyte membranes. In these three systems, tested compounds scavenge superoxide anion radicals or inhibit lipid peroxidation in a concentration-depen...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Nègre-Salvayre A,Affany A,Hariton C,Salvayre R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dietary taurine on lipid secretion and ketone body production were examined in the livers of Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats fed high-cholesterol diets. The weight gain of the Sprague-Dawley rats tended to be higher than that of the Wistar rats, although food intake was comparable between the strains. Th...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Yamamoto K,Yoshitama A,Sakono M,Nasu T,Murakami S,Fukuda N

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The H2-antagonist tiotidine inhibited the H2-receptor-mediated, histamine-induced increase in cyclic AMP in dispersed mucosal cells from guinea pig stomach (Ki, 4 X 10(-8) M). The radiolabeled [3H]-tiotidine bound specifically and reversibly to the same cells with a half-maximal binding occurring at 5 X 10(-7) M tioti...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Batzri S,Harmon JW

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of fenfluramine, administered orally in a daily dose of 1 mg/kg for 40 days, on the disposition and rate of elimination of antipyrine was studied in 15 obese patients. Although the plasma half-life of antipyrine was unchanged, the apparent volume of distribution (1/kg) fell by 11.6% (p less than 0.001) and ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： O'Malley K,Stevenson IH,West M

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination therapy with antiretroviral drugs is used for the treatment of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. To achieve optimal drug concentrations for viral suppression and avoidance of drug toxicity, monitoring of drug levels has been considered essential. We set up an analytical procedure for...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Donnerer J,Kronawetter M,Kapper A,Haas I,Kessler HH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary aim of the present investigation was to determine and compare the pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of inorganic phosphate in serum and urine after intravenous administration of sodium glycerophosphate and inorganic sodium phosphate. Additionally, study product safety profiles were evaluated. SUBJECT...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Topp H,Hochfeld O,Bark S,Grossmann M,Joukhadar C,Westphal M,Straatsma H,Rothenburger M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that structurally dissimilar serotonin2 (5HT2) antagonists can protect globally ischemic/reperfused reperfused rat hearts. We therefore determined if the 5HT2 antagonist cinanserin can protect the ischemic myocardium in two models of pacing-induced ischemia in anesthetized dogs. In one ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Grover GJ,Parham CS,Youssef S,Ogletree ML

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the effects of hypercholesterolemia on basal vascular tone and vascular responses to pharmacologic agents in hindquarter resistance vessels. Blood pressure and hindquarter blood flow were measured in conscious rabbits fed a high cholesterol diet (1%) for 17 weeks (HC) compa...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Fitch R,Da Cunha V,Kauser K,Dole W,Parkinson J,Vergona R,Sullivan ME,Wang YX

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces intestinal dysmotility by alteration of smooth muscle and enteric neuronal activities. However, there is no report on the modulatory effects of LPS on the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs). We investigated the effect of LPS and its signal transduction in ICCs. M...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Zuo DC,Choi S,Shahi PK,Kim MY,Park CG,Kim YD,Lee J,Chang IY,Lee HS,Yeom SC,Moon HJ,Seong SY,So I,Jun JY

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rabbit, intracerebroventricular administration of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (DBC) produces fever which is selectively antagonised by phenoxybenzamine. This indicates the involvement of central alpha-adrenoceptors in DBC-induced fever. The decrease in DBC hyperthermia after 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OH-DA) supports the vi...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Kandasamy SB

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a 1- or 24-hour pretreatment regimen with monophosphoryl lipid A (MLA, 35 micrograms/kg i.v.) on myocardial stunning produced by repetitive coronary occlusions were studied in barbital-anesthetized dogs. Regional segment function (%SS) and myocardial blood flow were measured by sonomicrometry and the ra...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Yao Z,Elliott GT,Gross GJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of endogenous superoxide anion stress by the use of the superoxide dismutase inhibitor diethylthiocarbamate (DETCA; 10 mmol/l) produced a potent inhibition of the ATP (0.3-10 mmol/l) and diadenosine tetraphosphate (AP(4)A) contractile activity in the isolated vas deferens by 29-92 and 24-90%, respectively. P...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Al-Rawi MB,Aleisa AM,Khattab MM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three carcinogens with different requirements for activation were used to generate sister chromatid exchange (SCE) in cultured lymphocytes from 22 untreated patients with solid tumors. These data were compared to SCEs produced by incubating lymphocytes, from 44 normal persons, with the same carcinogens. In vitro treat...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Wiencke JK,Vosika J,Johnson P,Wang N,Garry VF

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00