Serum uric acid and diabetes: from pathophysiology to cardiovascular disease.

abstract：:Free energy perturbation (FEP) theory coupled to molecular dynamics (MD) or Monte Carlo (MC) statistical mechanics offers a theoretically precise method for determining the free energy differences of related biological inhibitors. Traditionally requiring extensive computational resources and expertise, it is only rece...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Acevedo O,Ambrose Z,Flaherty PT,Aamer H,Jain P,Sambasivarao SV

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syncytin-1 is a protein coded by a human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) gene of the HERV-W family (HERVWE1). Syncytin- 1 mediates formation of syncytiotrophoblasts through fusion of cytotrophoblasts, a hallmark of terminal differentiation of placental trophoblast linage. Syncytin-1 also possesses nonfusogenic functions ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zhuang XW,Li J,Brost BC,Xia XY,Chen HB,Wang CX,Jiang SW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrin family of cell surface receptors were principally thought to be involved in cell adhesion. Intense study has shown that these glycoproteins also regulate a diverse range of physiological processes. Inappropriate activation of integrins has been implicated in many pathological processes. Recent studies hav...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Robertson JH,Iga AM,Sales KM,Winslet MC,Seifalian AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Strontium ranelate is composed of an organic moiety (ranelic acid) and of two atoms of stable non-radioactive strontium. In vitro, strontium ranelate increases collagen and non-collagenic proteins synthesis by mature osteoblast enriched cells. The effects of strontium ranelate on bone formation were confirmed as stron...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Reginster JY

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrhythmias remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Antiarrhythmic drug therapy was traditionally the mainstay of cardiac arrhythmia treatment; however, drug therapy of cardiac arrhythmias has been plagued by incomplete efficacy and by potentially serious adverse reactions, of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Hesketh JC,Herrera D,Zicha S,Nattel S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Academy of Pediatrics has proposed guidelines for treating term/near term infants with hyperbilirubinemia based primarily on maintaining the total serum bilirubin concentration (TSB) below a "critical" level of 25 mg/dL (426 micromol/L). We estimated the sensitivity and specificity of this critical TSB us...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wennberg RP,Ahlfors CE,Aravkin AY

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is characterized by vessel alterations such as dilatation of postcapillary venules and arterio-venous communications, which account for the major clinical manifestations of the disease. Two types of HHT have been characterized HHT-1 and HHT-2, respectively, depending the for...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Jirillo E,Amati L,Suppressa P,Cirimele D,Guastamacchia E,Covelli V,Tafaro E,Sabbà C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since antibiotics use is currently limited due to undesired side effects and the increasing antibiotic resistance of various bacteria strains, there is a pressing need to develop new strategies and methods preventing epidemic outbreaks. The virulent potency of bacteria relies on a number of different extracellularly s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Burchacka E,Sieńczyk M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cardinal features of tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity and postural instability. In addition to the motor symptoms patients experience cognitive decline eventually resulting in severe disability. Pathologically PD is characterized by neurode...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Thomas M,Le WD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxylic acids are an important natural component as a final product or intermediates for syntheses. They are produced in plants, animals and also as products from biotechnological processes. This review presents the use of single hydroxide particles and layered double hydroxides as alternative adsorbents to remove ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rodriguez LEG,Bail A,Castillo RO,Arízaga GGC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin has been one of the most widely used medications since its first synthesis more than 100 years ago. In addition to short-term use for pain and fever relief, regular use of aspirin has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases and strokes. The issue of regular aspirin use in cancer prevention is ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Huang WK,Tu HT,See LC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-sensitive K+ channels, termed K(ATP) channels, provide a link between cellular metabolism and membrane electrical activity in a variety of tissues. Channel isoforms have been identified and are targets for compounds that both stimulate and inhibit their activity resulting in membrane hyperpolarization and depolari...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bryan J,Crane A,Vila-Carriles WH,Babenko AP,Aguilar-Bryan L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last years, mass spectrometry has revolutionised protein biochemistry and has advanced to a superior tool for the identification and detailed analysis of peptides and proteins. The high throughput allowed by some mass spectrometry platforms has enabled the important step from analysis of individual proteins...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Pusch W,Kostrzewa M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum albumin (HSA) is one of the major carrier proteins in the body and constitutes approximately half of the protein found in blood plasma. It plays an important role in lipid metabolism, and its ability to reversibly bind a large variety of pharmaceutical compounds makes it a crucial determinant of drug pharm...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Abou-Zied OK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy, currently, represents one of the new therapies that have emerged for the treatment of different diseases. Between the different approaches that can be chosen concerning this therapy, gene delivery with non-viral systems has focused the attention during the past decades, because of the reduced toxicity co...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Urbiola K,Blanco-Fernandez L,de Ilarduya CT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multi-drug resistant infections are a growing worldwide health concern. There is an urgent need to produce alternative antimicrobial agents. OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to design a new hybrid antimicrobial peptide, and to evaluate its antimicrobial activity alone and in combination with traditional antibiotic...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tall YA,Al-Rawashdeh B,Abualhaijaa A,Almaaytah A,Masadeh M,Alzoubi KH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclodextrins (CDs), as one type of the novel pharmaceutical excipients, have been widely used in drug delivery and pharmaceutical industry. Over the past decades, a large amount of molecular modeling studies in CDs were reported for profound understanding of structural, dynamic and energetic features of CDs...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zhao Q,Zhang W,Wang R,Wang Y,Ouyang D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early life stress is considered a risk factor for the development of many diseases in both adolescence and adulthood. It has been reported that chronic stress (for instance, due to maternal separation during breast feeding), causes damage to the central nervous system at the level of neurons and glial cells, which are...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Duenas Z,Caicedo-Mera JC,Torner L

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects an estimated 170 million people globally and persistent infection within the liver is the usual outcome of infection. The resulting liver disease leads to substantial morbidity and to date no vaccine exists. Furthermore the treatments available are frequently ineffective. A minority of ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fitzmaurice K,Klenerman P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell therapy heralds a new chapter in cardiovascular regenerative medicine. Cardiovascular implants are often used in both surgery and interventional cardiology. Cardiovascular stents are utilized in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), and are classified as either bare metal stents (BMS) or drug-eluting st...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tan A,Sumpio BE,Lee S,Seifalian AM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal agents for systemic mycoses are only a few in number. Among them amphotericin-B is still the most widely used drug, but substantial side effects including nephrotoxicity limits its clinical usefulness. Efforts to lower the toxicity are synthesis of AMPH-B analogues such as AMPH-B esters and encapsulatio...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Maesaki S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis (HSP) or Strumpell-Lorrain disease is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease of the spinal cord. It is genetically transmitted and characterized by a progressive muscle weakness, spasticity of the lower limbs and awkward gain. There is no specific pharmacological treatment. The ph...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Riccardo M,Angela L,Angela D,Vita P,Giulio L,Pietroq F,Giancarlo I,Marisa M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the cause of Crohn's disease remains unknown considerable progress has been made in recent years to unravel the pathogenesis of the inflammatory processes seen in chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Th-1 lymphocytes seem to orchestrate the inflammation through the production of pro-inflammat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： D'Haens G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroanatomical abnormalities, including cingulate cortex volume abnormalities, are a common feature in psychosis. However, the extent to which these are related to a vulnerability to psychosis, as opposed to the disorder per se, is less certain. AIM UND HYPOTHESES: The aim of the present study is to compare...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Röthlisberger M,Riecher-Rössler A,Aston J,Fusar-Poli P,Radü EW,Borgwardt S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrimidine nucleotides, including UTP, UDP and UDP-glucose, are important signaling molecules which activate G protein-coupled membrane receptors of the P2Y family. Four distinct pyrimidine nucleotide-sensitive P2Y receptor subtypes have been cloned, P2Y(2), P2Y(4), P2Y(6) and P2Y(14). Pharmacological experiments indi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Müller CE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychoneuroimmunology is a relatively young field of research that investigates interactions between central nervous and immune system. The brain modulates the immune system by the endocrine and autonomic nervous system. Vice versa, the immune system modulates brain activity including sleep and body temperature. Based...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ziemssen T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonergic system is involved in pathomechanisms of both epilepsy and neuropathic pain. So far, participation in the epileptogenesis and maintenance of epilepsy was proved for 5-HT1A, 5-HT2C, 5-HT3, 5-HT4 and 5-HT7 receptors as well as 5-HTT serotonin transporter. Depending on the receptor type or its localizati...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Panczyk K,Golda S,Waszkielewicz A,Zelaszczyk D,Gunia-Krzyzak A,Marona H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe sepsis leading to shock is the principal cause of death in intensive care units. It is a systemic inflammatory response caused by excessive secretion of pro-inflammatory mediators, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) and reactive oxygen species (ROS), mainly induced by endotoxin (a major component of...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Victor VM,Rocha M,Esplugues JV,De la Fuente M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain is a complex, regulated organ with a highly controlled access mechanism: The Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). The selectivity of this barrier is a double-edged sword, being both its greatest strength and weakness. This weakness is evident when trying to target therapeutics against diseases within the brain. Diseas...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： McCully M,Sanchez-Navarro M,Teixido M,Giralt E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00