Relationship between age and nephrotoxicity following single low-dose cisplatin (CDDP) injection in rats.

abstract：:Astragali Radix (AR), is a popular herbal medicine used to treat allergic diseases in Korea, Japan and China. Our study examined the effect of an AR ethanol extract on both in vitro and in vivo murine CD4 T cells' differentiation into Th1 and Th2 subsets. CD4 T cells from Balb/c mice were activated with anti-CD3/anti-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kang H,Ahn KS,Cho C,Bae HS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA)-treated rat brain and urine, 3-methyl-6,7-methylenedioxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (3Me6,7MDTIQ) was detected as a new metabolite. The content of 3Me6,7MDTIQ in (R)-MDA-treated rat was significantly higher than that in (S)-MDA-treated brain and urine. This result suggests th...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakagawa H,Makino Y,Yoshida Y,Ohta S,Hirobe M

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of Rho kinase (ROCK) ameliorates many cardiovascular dysfunctions. The aim of the current study is to investigate the anti-inflammatory effects of fasudil, a selective ROCK inhibitor, on high cholesterol diet-induced hypercholesterolemic rats and its possible mechanisms. In hypercholesterolemic rats, we fou...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ma Z,Zhang J,Du R,Ji E,Chu L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defining a quantitative and reliable relationship between in vitro drug release and in vivo absorption is highly desired for rational development, optimization, and evaluation of controlled-release dosage forms and manufacturing process. During the development of once daily extended-release (ER) tablet of glipizide, a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ghosh A,Bhaumik UK,Bose A,Mandal U,Gowda V,Chatterjee B,Chakrabarty US,Pal TK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most species, solar light is both a DNA-damaging agent and the key entraining stimulus for the endogenous circadian clock. The zebrafish is an attractive vertebrate system in which to study the influence of light on gene expression because the DNA repair proteins and circadian oscillators in this species are light-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Osaki T,Uchida Y,Hirayama J,Nishina H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microanalytical methods were developed for measuring galactosyl-beta-cyclodextrin (Gal-betaCD) and mannosyl (Man)-betaCD in biological matrices of the rat by HPLC with pulsed amperometric detection. Then, using these methods, the absorption, distribution and excretion of intravenously and orally administered Gal-betaC...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kubota Y,Sanbe H,Koizumi K

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) has been employed to create a Parkinson's disease-like model in both rodents and primates based primarily on its ability to create a striatal dopamine deficit due to the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra compacta. The present study w...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Geng X,Song L,Pu X,Tu P

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop a method for the measurement of the cell kinetics of spleen lymphocytes using the ROSA 26 transgenic mouse ubiquitously expressing beta-galactosidase (beta-gal). Spleen lymphocytes were isolated from ROSA 26 mice and intravenously inoculated into C57BL/6 mice under normal condi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hosoya K,Takashima T,Matsuda K,Terasaki T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of asarinin on collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) and its treatment mechanism on dendritic cells (DCs) and T cells. Before the onset of arthritis, asarinin were given orally to CIA mouse. Macroscopic scoring and micrometer caliper measurement were used to assess arthritis. The occurrence of cartilage d...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Dai Q,Wang M,Li Y,Li J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor activity of fucoidan from Fucus vesiculosus was investigated in human colon carcinoma cells. The crude fucoidan, a polysaccharide composed predominantly of sulfated fucose, markedly inhibited the growth of HCT-15 cells (human colon carcinoma cells). After HCT-15 cells were treated with fucoidan, several ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hyun JH,Kim SC,Kang JI,Kim MK,Boo HJ,Kwon JM,Koh YS,Hyun JW,Park DB,Yoo ES,Kang HK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of fungichromin (FC) on the formation of Candida albicans biofilm was assessed using 2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfo-phenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide (XTT) reduction method, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Results showed that FC revealed an inhibitor...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： An D,Wang X,Li J,Jiang S,Ma X,Zhang H,Shi H,Sun H,Ye L,Li J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-directed mutagenesis was used to investigate the molecular interactions involved in sarpogrelate binding to the human 5-Hydroxytryptamine(5-HT)2C receptor. Based on molecular modeling studies, Aspartic acid (Asp)155[3.32] in transmembrane region III and Serine(Ser)361[7.46] in transmembrane region VII of the 5-HT...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Muntasir HA,Takahashi J,Rashid M,Ahmed M,Komiyama T,Hossain M,Kawakami J,Nashimoto M,Nagatomo T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability and applicability of the combination of paramagnetic nitroxyl contrast agent and T(1)-weighted gradient echo (GE)-based dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurement for redox imaging are described. The time courses of T(1)-weighted GE MRI signal intensities according to first-order paramagneti...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsumoto K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight metabolites produced by the intestinal microbiome that have been associated with health and disease as metabolites need to be constantly absorbed from the intestinal lumen and transported to intestinal epithelial cells and blood. Polyamines, especially spermidine and spermine, are bioactive chemic...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsumoto M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomacromolecules (>40 kDa) have been developed as drug delivery system (DDS) carriers of low-molecular weight drugs to promote these drugs' uptake by cancer tissues via enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effects. Human serum albumin (HSA) has been found to accumulate in cancer tissues via this EPR effect. HSA ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ishima Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A close relationship between rat liver regeneration and the concentration ratio of spermidine to spermine (spd:spm) was demonstrated by the oral administration of trans-4-methylcyclohexylamine (MCHA), a specific inhibitor of putrescine aminopropyltransferase. A decrease in recovery rate of remnant liver with MCHA, as ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kobayashi M,Takao K,Shiota Y,Sugita Y,Takahashi M,Nakae D,Samejima K

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DJ-927, currently undergoing Phase I clinical trial, is a new orally effective taxane with potent antitumor effects. The absorption, tissue distribution, and excretion of DJ-927 were investigated in mice, dogs, and monkeys after a single oral administration. After oral administration of [14C]DJ-927, radioactivity was ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ono C,Takao A,Atsumi R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the investigation of chemical constituents in antiosteoporotic active fraction, 90% ethanol fraction of water extract of the rhizomes of Dioscorea spongiosa, twenty-two glycosides were isolated and their structures were elucidated. In order to know the role of each compound played in the fraction and to find the ex...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yin J,Han N,Liu Z,Song S,Kadota S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis of Niemann-Pick diseases (NPDs) is important for better prognosis of such diseases. N-Palmitoyl-O-phosphocholine-serine (PPCS) is a new NPD biomarker possessing high sensitivity, and with its combination with sphingosylphosphocholine (SPC) it may be possible to distinguish NPD-C from NPD-A/B. In this s...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Iwahori A,Maekawa M,Narita A,Kato A,Sato T,Ogura J,Sato Y,Kikuchi M,Noguchi A,Higaki K,Okuyama T,Takahashi T,Eto Y,Mano N

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the activities of type IV collagenase and/or ectopeptidases possessed by malignant cells are related to their metastatic potentials. In the present study, we examined the activities of three aminopeptidases, two serine proteases, as well as type IV collagenase, in three kinds of cell lines o...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Funahashi T,Shimamura M,Kocha T,Fukuda T,Aoyagi T

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to discover multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) inhibitors with neuroblastoma-selective cytotoxicity by means of fluorescence assay with a membrane-permeable fluorescent dye, Fluo-8 AM, based on our observation that gene expression of Mrp3 in neuroblastoma Neuro2a cells was re...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakamichi N,Ishimoto T,Yamauchi Y,Masuo Y,Kato Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A possible evaluation technique was devised for examing timely cholesterol synthetic activity in the rat liver. The principle of the technique is to measure the incorporation rate of 14C atoms into a few target metabolites excreted in bile with time after an intraportal injection of [1,2-14C] acetate to the conscious ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okuyama M,Tsunogai M,Watanabe N,Asakura Y,Shigematsu A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of long-term Hypericum perforatum treatment on spatial learning and memory in rats. Hypericum preparation (HP) standardized to 0.3% hypericin content was administered orally for 9 weeks in doses of 4.3 and 13 microg/kg corresponding to therapeutic dosages in h...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Widy-Tyszkiewicz E,Piechal A,Joniec I,Blecharz-Klin K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides were isolated from a tryptic hydrolysate of human serum albumin (HSA). The peptides were identified by sequencing and other analyses as Ala-Trp and the nonapeptide Ala-Phe-Lys-Ala-Trp-Ala-Val-Ala-Arg (human albutensin A), corresponding to f(213-214) and f(2...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakagomi K,Ebisu H,Sadakane Y,Fujii N,Akizawa T,Tanimura T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of alkalotolerant intestinal bacteria was 1% of the total flora in humans and 0.8% of those in rats. The beta-glucosidase and beta-glucuronidase activity of these intestinal bacteria was induced by elevating the pH of the medium, but the growth was not changed. The enzyme activity in a medium of pH 7 was 5-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim DH,Kang HJ,Park SH,Kobashi K

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daiokanzoto (DKT), a Kampo medicine that includes the combination of two crude drugs (rhubarb and glycyrrhiza), is clinically effective for constipation. The aim of this study is to clarify the influence of glycyrrhiza, three glycyrrhiza constituents (glycyrrhizin, liquiritin, and liquiritin apioside), and eight antib...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsui E,Takayama K,Sato E,Okamura N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regorafenib is a small molecule inhibitor of tyrosine kinases, and has been shown to improve the outcomes of patients with advanced colorectal cancer and advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors. The transport profiles of regorafenib by various transporters were evaluated. HEK293/organic anion transporting polypeptide...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohya H,Shibayama Y,Ogura J,Narumi K,Kobayashi M,Iseki K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the role of the abnormal expression of the bile salt export pump (BSEP) and multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2) in isoniazid (INH)-induced liver injury, we assessed the liver injury induced by INH in rats and HepG2 cells in vitro. The regulatory pathways via Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and farnesoid X receptor (FXR...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Qu X,Zhang Y,Zhang S,Zhai J,Gao H,Tao L,Song Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we designed and synthesized a novel 1,5-diarylpyrazole derivative, 2-amino-N-(2-methyl-5-(1-(4-sulfamoylphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)phenyl) acetamide hydrochloride (CC06), which was intended to act as a prodrug and would exert potent anti-inflammatory activity after being converte...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yin LL,Li MH,Wang X,Zhang WY

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of low molecular weight fractionated [3H]heparin (LMWFH: 7000 Da) was examined, for comparison with that of high molecular weight fractionated [3H]heparin (HMWFH:20000 Da), in a primary culture of rat hepatocytes. The uptake of LMWFH increased almost linearly with time up to 60 min (extended uptake), althou...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Watanabe J,Urano K,Muranishi H,Haba M,Yuasa H

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00