Decline in the expression of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase in the kidney of rats with endotoxic shock: effects of the superoxide anion radical scavenger, tempol, on organ injury.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Metformin, a small molecule, antihyperglycaemic agent, is a well-known activator of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and protects against cardiac fibrosis. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. TGFβ1 is a key cytokine mediating cardiac fibrosis. Here, we investigated the effects o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen R,Feng Y,Wu J,Song Y,Li H,Shen Q,Li D,Zhang J,Lu Z,Xiao H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is increasing evidence that potassium channels are involved in the cardiovascular dysfunction of sepsis. This evidence was obtained after the systemic inflammation, cardiovascular dysfunction and organ damage had developed. Here we have studied the consequences of early interference with po...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sordi R,Fernandes D,Heckert BT,Assreuy J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Previous findings suggest that the growth and differentiation factor midkine (Mdk) is a negative regulator of osteoblast activity and bone formation, thereby raising the possibility that a specific Mdk antagonist might improve bone formation during fracture healing. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:In the ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Haffner-Luntzer M,Heilmann A,Rapp AE,Roessler R,Schinke T,Amling M,Ignatius A,Liedert A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The pharmacology of the slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) was studied in cultured rat hippocampal pyramidal neurones. 2. Clotrimazole, its in vivo metabolite, 2-chlorophenyl-bisphenyl-methanol (CBM) and the novel analogues, UCL 1880 and UCL 2027, inhibited the sI(AHP) with similar IC50s (1-2 microM). 3. Clotrimazo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shah MM,Miscony Z,Javadzadeh-Tabatabaie M,Ganellin CR,Haylett DG

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The rat isolated superior mesenteric bed, perfused with Krebs-Henseleit solution containing 10 microM indomethacin and precontracted with 100 microM methoxamine, was used to study the vasorelaxation produced by some fragments of endothelin-1, by two alanyl-substituted analogues, and by human and porcine proendothel...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Douglas SA,Hiley CR

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:K(v)11.1 channels are involved in regulating cellular excitability in various tissues including brain, heart and smooth muscle. In these tissues, at least two isoforms, K(v)11.1a and K(v)11.1b, with different kinetics, are expressed. K(v)11.1 activators are potential therapeutic agents, but their...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Larsen AP,Bentzen BH,Grunnet M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effect of phenoxybenzamine on the efflux of [3H]-noradrenaline and the mechanical response to single pulse excitation of superfused guinea-pig vas deferens was determined to examine the validity of the currently accepted hypothesis of a presynaptic negative feedback system on adrenergic nerve terminals. 2 The ad...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Changes induced in the electrocorticogram by the bilateral perfusion of (+)-amphetamine into the mesencephalic reticular formation (MRF) have been studied in cat encéphale isolé preparations. 2. (+)-Amphetamine, applied for 5 min in the MRF, mimicked the electrocortical desynchronization induced by the perfusion of...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Candy JM,Key BJ

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Intracellular recordings were made from neurones in vitro in the rat substantia nigra zona compacta and ventral tegmental area; the neurones had the characteristic properties of dopamine-containing cells, and fired action potentials spontaneously. 2. Cocaine (1-10 microM) inhibited spontaneous firing, hyperpolarize...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lacey MG,Mercuri NB,North RA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system plays a major role in threat recognition and in orchestrating responses to microbial intruders and accumulating debris. This immune surveillance is largely driven by lectins that sense carbohydrate signatures on foreign, diseased and healthy host cells and act as complement activators, regulators...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hevey R,Pouw RB,Harris C,Ricklin D

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Recent studies have shown antagonists at the NK1 subtype of receptor for tachykinins are antiemetics and suggested that this may result from blockade of tachykinin-mediated synaptic transmission at a central site in the emetic reflex. 2. We have used intracellular recording in vitro to study the pharmacology of tac...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Maubach KA,Jones RS

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Human formyl peptide-receptor-like-1 (FPRL-1) is a promiscuous G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), and belongs to a chemoattractant receptor family protein. This receptor has been reported to interact with various host-derived peptides and lipids involved in inflammatory responses. We described here, a novel role fo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Elagoz A,Henderson D,Babu PS,Salter S,Grahames C,Bowers L,Roy MO,Laplante P,Grazzini E,Ahmad S,Lembo PM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a degenerative disease with irreversible and progressive dilation of the artery. But there are few options for efficacious treatment except for traditional surgery. Probucol has been widely applied to treat hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis in clinic, but whet...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen C,Wang Y,Cao Y,Wang Q,Anwaier G,Zhang Q,Qi R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition (DSI) and excitation (DSE) are two forms of cannabinoid CB(1) receptor-mediated inhibition of synaptic transmission, whose durations are regulated by endocannabinoid (eCB) degradation. We have recently shown that in cultured hippocampal neurons mon...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Straiker A,Wager-Miller J,Hu SS,Blankman JL,Cravatt BF,Mackie K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Conventional microelectrode techniques were used for intracellular recordings of the transmembrane electrical potentials, the effects of berberine were studied on canine cardiac Purkinje and ventricular muscle fibres and on rabbit atrial fibres. 2. Berberine (3-30 microM) increased in a concentration-dependent mann...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Riccioppo Neto F

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Preclinical cardiovascular safety studies (CVS) have been compared between facilities with respect to their sensitivity to detect drug-induced QTc prolongation (ΔQTc). Little is known about the consistency of quantitative ΔQTc predictions that are relevant for translation to humans. EXPERIMENTAL...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gotta V,Cools F,van Ammel K,Gallacher DJ,Visser SA,Sannajust F,Morissette P,Danhof M,van der Graaf PH

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of bradykinin (BK) B(1) and B(2) receptors in a model of type III hypersensitivity, the reverse passive Arthus reaction (RPA), in wild-type mice and transgenic B(2) knockout littermates. BK (10 microg mouse(-1)) or bovine serum albumin (0.5 mg mouse(-1))...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Samadfam R,Teixeira C,Bkaily G,Sirois P,de Brum-Fernandes A,D'Orleans-Juste P

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigated the role of endothelin (ET) and the ET receptor subtypes ET(A) and ET(B) in mediating longitudinal contraction in the mouse proximal and distal colon. Cumulative concentration-response curves to a range of ET agonists (ET-1, ET-2, ET-3, (Ala(1,3,11,13)) ET and IRL 1620) were established by admin...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Khan H,Naylor RJ,Tuladhar BR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Pyrazole derivatives have recently been suggested as selective blockers of transient receptor potential cation (TRPC) channels but their ability to distinguish between the TRPC and Orai pore complexes is ill-defined. This study was designed to characterize a series of pyrazole derivatives in term...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schleifer H,Doleschal B,Lichtenegger M,Oppenrieder R,Derler I,Frischauf I,Glasnov TN,Kappe CO,Romanin C,Groschner K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was undertaken to investigate the 5-HT receptor mediating the inhibitory effect of 5-HT on peristalsis in the guinea-pig isolated ileum. The facilitatory and inhibitory effects were measured as the decrease and increase, respectively, in the intraluminal pressure required to trigger peristalsis. In the prese...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tuladhar BR,Ge L,Naylor RJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Sodium nitroprusside, S-nitroso-N-acetyl-D,L-penicillamine, Spermine NONOate and DEA NONOate raised cyclic GMP levels in bovine chromaffin cells in a time and concentration dependent manner with different potencies, the most potent being DEA/NO with an EC50 value of 0.38 +/- 0.02 microM. 2. Measurements of NO relea...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ferrero R,Rodríguez-Pascual F,Miras-Portugal MT,Torres M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of several metabotropic ligands and di- or tripeptides were tested on the binding of [3H]-L(+)-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid ([3H]-L-AP4) on rat mGlu4 receptor. For selected compounds, the functional activity was determined on this receptor using the guanosine-5'[gamma-35S]-thiotriphosphate [gamma-35S]...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Monastyrskaia K,Lundstrom K,Plahl D,Acuna G,Schweitzer C,Malherbe P,Mutel V

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Action potentials from guinea-pig single ventricular myocytes were interrupted by application of a 300 ms voltage clamp to -40 mV in order to evoke the Ca-activated tail current which is thought to be carried by Na:Ca exchange. Stimulation frequency was 1 Hz and temperature 36 degrees C. 2. The actions of ryanodine...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： White E,Terrar DA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Subcutaneous administration of glucagon (1 and 0.5 mg/kg) 30 min before the injection of carrageenin or dextran into the rat's paw reduced oedema and the local exudation of Evans blue previously given intravenously. 2 The effect persisted after removal of the adrenal medulla but not after adrenalectomy. 3 When gluca...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Garcia Leme J,Morato M,Souza MZ

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Impairment of nitric oxide (NO)/cyclic GMP production and/or increased activities of thromboxane A2 (TXA2) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) have been associated with pulmonary hypertension. We have analysed the interactions of noradrenaline (NA), the TXA2-mimetic U46619 and ET-1 with the relaxation induced via cyclic GMP in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pérez-Vizcaíno F,Villamor E,Duarte J,Tamargo J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of the putative 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor antagonists, methysergide, mianserin and methergoline, the dopamine receptor antagonists, haloperidol, thioridazine and clozapine, and the noradrenaline (NA) receptor antagonists, phentolamine, phenoxybenzamine and propranolol on the behavioural respons...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dourish CT

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The processes underpinning post-developmental neurogenesis in the mammalian brain continue to be defined. Such processes involve the proliferation of neural stem cells and neural progenitor cells (NPCs), neuronal migration, differentiation and integration into a network of functional synapses within the brain. Both in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Prenderville JA,Kelly ÁM,Downer EJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of the nitric oxide/cGMP pathway was the basis for our understanding of many normal physiological functions and the pathophysiology of several diseases. Since the discovery and introduction of sildenafil, inhibitors of PDE5 have been the first-line therapy for erectile dysfunction (ED). The success of si...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Andersson KE

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The psychoactive cannabinoids (-)-delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol ((-)-delta 9-THC) and the 1,1-dimethyl-heptyl homologue of (-)-11-hydroxy-delta 8-tetrahydrocannabinol ((-)-DMH) both inhibited electrically-evoked contractions of the mouse isolated vas deferens and the myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle preparation ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pertwee RG,Stevenson LA,Elrick DB,Mechoulam R,Corbett AD

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to examine whether ramipril induces delayed myocardial protection against free radical injuries ex vivo and to determine the possible role of the bradykinin B2-nitric oxide (NO) pathway, prostaglandins(PGs) and protein synthesis in this delayed adaptive response. 2. Rats were pretre...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jin ZQ,Chen X

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00