Inhibition of prostaglandin biosynthesis in human endotoxin-stimulated peripheral blood monocytes: effects of caffeine.

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare the cardioprotective properties of long-acting calcium channel antagonist pranidipine with amlodipine in rat model of heart failure induced by autoimmune myocarditis. Twenty-eight days after immunization the surviving rats were randomized for the oral administration of low-d...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Veeraveedu PT,Watanabe K,Ma M,Gurusamy N,Palaniyandi SS,Wen J,Prakash P,Wahed MI,Kamal FA,Mito S,Kunisaki M,Kodama M,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasodepressor responses to intravenous injections of arachidonic acid, and the formation of its metabolites, were studied in rats made diabetic 1 or 2 weeks after a 1-dose alloxan treatment. Arachidonic acid dose-dependently decreased the diastolic blood pressure in normal animals, but this hypotensive effect was ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Hui SC,Ogle CW,Wang Z,An Y,Hu YH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a major Ca(2+) source for muscle contraction, the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of skeletal muscle maintains its Ca(2+) content by uptake of myoplasmic Ca(2+) and by replenishment with extracellular Ca(2+). Since transection of motor nerve alters the functions of SR Ca(2+) pump and sarcolemma ion channels, this study...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Hong SJ,Liang HC,Shen CJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although proton pump inhibitors (PPI) are generally well tolerated, with most adverse effects being minor and self-limiting, there are singular reports on hypersensitivity immune reactions triggered by a PPI or its metabolites. Here we report a case of acute drug-induced fever with leukocytosis and a transient increas...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Schiller D,Maieron A,Schöfl R,Donnerer J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the contribution of neuropeptides to antigen-induced contractions of isolated bronchi and tracheae of passively sensitized guinea pigs using CP-96345 and SR 48968, specific antagonists of NK(1) and NK(2) receptors, respectively, in combination with treatment by an antihistaminic and a cysteinyl leukotrien...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Tanpo T,Nabe T,Yasui K,Kamiki T,Kohno S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antinociceptive effect in mice (hot-plate test) of caerulein (0.15 mg/kg s.c.) was many times more resistant to naloxone than that of morphine (2 mg/kg s.c., equipotent with the caerulein dose). The ED50 (mg/kg s.c.) of naloxone (given simultaneously with an agonist) was with morphine 0.01 and with caerulein 0.07....

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Zetler G

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Stent thrombosis is a serious complication after percutaneous coronary intervention and femoropopliteal endovascular intervention. The aim of this study was to determine the antithrombotic effects of a direct factor Xa inhibitor edoxaban alone or in combination with antiplatelet agents in a rat model of...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Morishima Y,Honda Y,Kamisato C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:morphine is known to inhibit cholinergic contractions of the guinea pig small intestine. This has been compared to the human small intestinal innervated longitudinal muscle in the current study. METHODS:cholinergic primary contractions of human small intestinal longitudinal strips were evoked by electr...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Benko R,Molnár Z,Nemes D,Dékány A,Kelemen D,Illényi L,Cseke L,Papp A,Varga G,Bartho L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the inhibitory effects of papaverine on twitches directly elicited by electrical stimulation of the mouse diaphragm. Papaverine (3-100 μM) inhibited twitches in a dose-dependent manner. Papaverine increased the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) but not cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) cont...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Kaneda T,Hayasaka R,Nagai Y,Tajima T,Urakawa N,Nakajyo S,Shimizu K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tramadol, a central analgesic acting on serotonin neurotransmission, is often co-used with ondansetron, a 5-HT(3) antagonist, for the management of postoperative pain to decrease nausea and vomiting. The aim of the study is to test the hypothesis that this drug combination raises tramadol requirement by patient-contro...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Vale C,Oliveira F,Assunção J,Fontes-Ribeiro C,Pereira F

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 cardioprotective effects of (2S,3R,4S)-N'-benzyl- N"-cyano-N-(3,4-dihydro-2-dimethoxymethyl-3-hydro- xy-2-methyl-6-nitro-2H-benzopyran-4-yl)-guanidine (KR-31372) were evaluated against ischemic/reperfusion injury in isolated rat hearts in vitro and in anesthetized rats and dogs in vivo. In isolated perfused rat he...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Lee BH,Seo HW,Yoo SE

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the total urinary kallikrein levels, left-ventricular wall thickness and mean arterial blood pressure of nontreated and captopril-treated diabetic and nondiabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats. The mean arterial blood pressure was significantly elevated in diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats as ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Sharma JN,Kesavarao U

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors are cooxygenated during arachidonic acid peroxidation catalyzed by rat renal medulla prostaglandin synthetase or soybean lipoxygenase. Phenylbutazone, aminopyrine, 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran, paracetamol, p-aminophenol, p-phenetidine and other o- and m-substituted aminop...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Baumann J,von Bruchhausen F,Wurm G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of aspirin and suprofen on gastrointestinal blood loss were compared in a double-blind, crossover study of 20 healthy male subjects. Fecal blood loss was measured by 51Cr-labeled red cells. Subjects treated with aspirin (2,600 mg/day) experienced a mean fecal blood loss of 4.2 ml/day, compared with subject...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Arnold JD,Berger AE

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Both acute and chronic oral administration (1-20 mg/kg) of FCE 22716, a new ergoline derivative, resulted in a dose-related fall of arterial blood pressure lasting for more than 6 h. Tachycardia was observed only at high dosages. Yohimbine, propranolol and indometacin did not modify its antihypertensive effect; on the...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Salvati P,Bondiolotti GP,Caccia C,Vaghi F,Bianchi G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the contribution of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) in maintaining the blood pressure and in regulating the cardiac function during and after carvedilol administration in rats with heart failure (group F). Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, percent functional shortening, and rates of intrave...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Abe Y,Watanabe K,Sato S,Nagai Y,Kamal FA,Wahed MI,Wen J,Narasimman G,Ma M,Suresh P,Takahashi T,Tachikawa H,Kashimura T,Tanabe N,Kodama M,Aizawa Y,Yamaguchi K,Miyazaki M,Kakemi M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain and mental status were assessed in a series of 35 consecutive hospitalized patients with metastatic cancer receiving narcotics for pain that was difficult to control. Forty-five episodes of mental status impairment were detected in 27 of these patients. Fifteen patients had dose-related oversedation or organic br...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Leipzig RM,Goodman H,Gray G,Erle H,Reidenberg MM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Isoniazid (ISO) has been reported to inhibit the hepatic aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) and to cause a disulfiram (DIS)-like reaction, albeit there are no reports demonstrating increased blood acetaldehyde levels after co-administration of ISO with alcohol. The aim of our study was to clarify whether the...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Karamanakos PN,Pappas P,Boumba V,Vougiouklakis T,Marselos M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type-1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1R) was initially identified as the neuronal target of Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major psychoactive substance of marijuana. This receptor is one of the most abundant G-protein-coupled receptors in the adult brain, the target of endocannabinoid ligands and a well-characteri...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Gaffuri AL,Ladarre D,Lenkei Z

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of melatonin (MLT) in promoting fracture healing has been demonstrated in previous studies. However, the molecular mechanism underlying therapeutic effects of MLT is not entirely clear. In this study, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were isolated from rat bone marrow and identified by flow cytometry. We fou...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Dong P,Gu X,Zhu G,Li M,Ma B,Zi Y

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：:Supplementation of antioxidants such as vitamin E and vitamin C as health promotion food is popular recently. Epidemiological studies supported the beneficial effect of these antioxidants because oxygen free radicals have been linked to the process of diseases and aging. The present study evaluated the effect of alpha...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Huang W,Chan P,Chen Y,Chen C,Liao S,Chin W,Cheng J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-affinity (104 +/- 18 pmol/l) and high-density (204 +/- 25 fmol/mg) angiotensin II (AII) binding sites have been identified in Xenopus laevis heart membranes. Competition binding of [125I]Sar1,Ile8 angiotensin (SIA) to these receptors by peptide analogs selective for the mammalian AII receptor subtypes AT1 and AT2...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Aiyar N,Baker E,Pullen M,Nuthulaganti P,Bergsma DJ,Kumar C,Nambi P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess whether moderate hypoxia affects the disposition of diltiazem. Six male beagle dogs received diltiazem (0.6 mg/kg) on three occasions: (1) while breathing air, i.e. during normoxia; (2) 1 h after initiating exposure to a FiO2 of 0.08, a FiCO2 of 0.035 and a FiN2 of 0.885, i.e. durin...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： du Souich P,Hartemann D,Saunier C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of myocardial adenylate cyclase from two age groups (10-11 and 18-19 weeks old, respectively) of male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and their age-matched normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) was examined. Stimulation of the enzyme by isoproterenol and 5'-guanylyl-imidodiphosphate (GMP-PNP) was dec...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Chiu TH

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulatory action exerted on receptors by acebutolol, a cardioselective beta-blocker containing intrinsic sympathomimetic activity, has been investigated. beta-Adrenoceptor affinity and density of human mononuclear leukocytes were assayed in hypertensive patients before and after treatment with 400 mg/day acebutol...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Basso A,Piantanelli L,Cognini G,Giunta S,Andreoni A,Paciaroni E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of two synthetic heme analogues, zinc mesoporphyrin (ZnMP) and tin mesoporphyrin (SnMP), on in vivo hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization and in vitro hematopoiesis were examined in rabbit bone marrow. Rabbits received granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) for 7 days in order to mobilize inc...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Lutton JD,Jiang S,Drummond GS,Abraham NG,Kappas A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:The effect of isocaloric diets and sibutramine on dietary behaviour and TNF-alpha is poorly understood. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of isocaloric diets and sibutramine on food intake, body mass variation and serum TNF-alpha in free-feeding rats. METHODS:Three groups of male Wista...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Trapali M,Liapi C,Perelas A,Perrea D,Stroubini T,Dontas I,Couvari E,Mavri M,Galanopoulou P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00