Silencing of astrocyte elevated gene-1 inhibits proliferation and migration of melanoma cells and induces apoptosis.

abstract：:Summary 1. The non-selective K(+) channel blocker 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) has shown clinical efficacy in the treatment of neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis. The clinical usefulness of 4-AP is hampered by its ability to produce seizures. Nerispirdine, an analogue of 4-AP, is currently under clinical inve...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Smith C,Kongsamut S,Wang H,Ji J,Kang J,Rampe D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In the present study, we used a low dose of propofol (5 mg/kg per h) to investigate its effects on the pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-10) and changes in nitric oxide (NO) following lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for a period of 12 h in conscious rats. 2. Expe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hsu BG,Yang FL,Lee RP,Peng TC,Chen HI

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. By selectively modifying adenosine metabolism via adenosine deaminase or adenosine kinase inhibitors, it may be possible to enhance the receptor-mediated protective actions of adenosine in a site- and event-specific fashion. 2. We characterized cardioprotective actions of the adenosine deaminase inhibitor erythro-2...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Willems L,Headrick JP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study was designed to examine the cardiovascular effects of intravenously administered pcDNA3.1AM, a recombinant non-virus vector carrying a rat adrenomedullin (AM) gene translation fragment, in rats with chronic cardiac dysfunction induced by ligation of the left descending coronary artery. 2. Haemodyn...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang XF,Shao Y,Chen SW,Tian DZ,Huang GY,Huang Y,Yao T,Lu LM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Endogenous polyamines play a key role in mediating cellular growth and differentiation. Hypertension is associated with structural modifications of the circulatory system, a process that may be facilitated by polyamines. In this study, we examined whether there are elevated polyamine concentrations in the cardiovas...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ibrahim J,Hughes AD,Schachter M,Sever PS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responses of the toad isolated rectus abdominis muscle to cumulative doses of carbachol were recorded in the absence or presence of varying concentrations of cimetidine or ranitidine. The corresponding cumulative log concentration-response curves for carbachol were then plotted for each antagonist studied. Cimetidine ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gwee MC,Cheah LS,Shoon ML

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleocytoplasmic protein shuttling is integral to the transmission of signals between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. The nuclear/cytoplasmic distribution of proteins of interest can be determined via fluorescence microscopy, following labelling of the target protein with fluorophore-conjugated antibodies (immunofluor...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Molenaar C,Weeks KL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We set out to investigate whether the administration of naloxone alone, naloxone plus vasopressin (AVP) or naloxone plus alprazolam to patients with Cushing's syndrome would result in a blunted dynamic response of the pituitary-adrenal axis compared with normal volunteers. Cushing's syndrome is often difficult to d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jackson RV,Hockings GI,Torpy DJ,Grice JE,Crosbie GV,Walters MM,Strakosch CR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. RNA interference in vivo has tremendous potential, both with respect to the elucidation of protein function in animals and as a therapeutic platform in humans. In vitro, short interfering RNA (siRNA) has been shown to completely silence gene expression in mammalian cells at low picomolar concentrations. 2. Although...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： White PJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present paper reviews the toxic dinoflagellates found in Singapore waters that produce toxins that can accumulate through marine food chains to cause seafood poisonings. 2. Singapore waters contain dinoflagellate species linked to three types of seafood poisoning: paralytic shellfish poisoning, diarrhetic shell...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Holmes MJ,Teo SL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. beta(3)-Adrenoceptors (AR) have been reported to be present in numerous species, where they mediate multiple responses. 2. The aim of the present study was to determine whether beta(3)-AR are present in intact rat heart and the functional implications of beta(3)-AR stimulation. The response to the cardiac beta(3)-A...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Barbier J,Mouas C,Rannou-Bekono F,Carré F

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a rapid loss of kidney function resulting in accumulation of end metabolic products and associated abnormalities in fluid, electrolyte and acid-base homeostasis. The pathophysiology of AKI is complex and multifactorial involving numerous vascular, tubular and inflammatory pathways. Neurohu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hering D,Winklewski PJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Structural changes in resistance vessels were studied sequentially (a) by hindquarter perfusion and (b) by planimetry of renal arterioles less than or equal to 20 micrometers radius, for 10 weeks during development of DOCA (deoxycorticosterone acetate)/salt hypertension in uninephrectomized rats and 5 weeks after c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Vial JH,Yong AC,Boyd GW

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The in vitro effects of histamine, some other H1- and H2-receptor agonists and some antagonists were studied on the specific activities and kinetics of rat liver alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), and cytoplasmic and mitochondrial liver aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). 2. Histamine (H1- and H2-agonist) non-competitively in...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Messiha FS,Hughes MJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental growth factor (PlGF) is decreased in early gestation of pregnant women who subsequently develop pre-eclampsia. In this study, pre-emptive treatment with PlGF to prevent pre-eclampsia was evaluated in an in vivo rodent model of experimental pre-eclampsia (EPE) induced by TNF-α and in an in vitro model of huma...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chau K,Bobek G,Xu B,Stait-Gardner T,Price W,Hennessy A,Makris A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Pre- and postjunctional effects of endothelin (1-10 nmol/L) have been studied in the rabbit isolated ear artery and in rat isolated atria. 2. Endothelin produced concentration-dependent increases in arterial perfusion pressure, and had positive chronotropic and inotropic effects in rat atria. 3. Vasoconstrictor res...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wong-Dusting HK,Reid JJ,Rand MJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. It has been proposed that hypertension alters the respiratory and cardiovascular responses to chemoreceptor stimulation. However, in studies of human hypertension or in genetic animal models of hypertension it has been difficult to unequivocally attribute the changes to hypertension per se, rather than to a genetic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Groom AS,Malpas SC

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The angiotensin type 1 (AT1) receptor antagonist, losartan (10 mg/kg) was infused intravenously into nine chronically catheterized fetal sheep (125-132 days gestation). Losartan reduced the fetal systolic (P <0.01) and diastolic (P <0.01) pressor response to 5 microg angiotensin II (AngII) i.v. from 27.4 +/- 1.5 to...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Stevenson KM,Gibson KJ,Lumbers ER

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) and nuclear receptor related-1 (Nurr1) play pivotal roles in the development and survival of dopaminergic neurons, and deficiencies in these genes may be involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis. Recently, anthelminthic benzimidazoles were shown to promote HIF-1α tran...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kandil EA,Sayed RH,Ahmed LA,Abd El Fattah MA,El-Sayeh BM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension leads to electrophysiological changes in the heart. Chronic exercise induced by a treadmill-running programme (TRP) is considered a potential non-pharmacological treatment for hypertension and may have implications in heart remodelling. However, it is not known whether the TRP is able to improve the elect...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Roman-Campos D,Carneiro-Júnior MA,Prímola-Gomes TN,Silva KA,Quintão-Júnior JF,Gondim AN,Duarte HL,Cruz JS,Natali AJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Neutrophil function was studied in 10 males presenting with acute myocardial infarction (MI) within 6 h of onset and in 10 normal males. Neutrophil production of platelet-activating factor (PAF), determined by bioassay, that of leukotriene B4 by HPLC, and the activity of an enzyme involved in the synthesis of PAF, ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Strahan ME,Graham RM,Eccleston DS,Sturm MJ,Taylor RR

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in the control of glomerular haemodynamics and is synthesized from the amino acid L-arginine by a family of enzymes, NO synthase (NOS). 2. Nitric oxide synthase is present in the endothelium and also in the macula densa, a plaque of specialized tubular epithelial cells. End...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ito S,Carretero OA,Abe K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Taurine and homocysteine are metabolites of methionine. Hyperhomocysteinaemia is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Although taurine may be a cardiovascular cytoprotective substance, we hypothesized that it may antagonize the effects of homocysteine on myocardial mitochondrial function. 2. We studi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chang L,Zhao J,Xu J,Jiang W,Tang CS,Qi YF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of inactive renin during incubation of human plasma with puff adder venom at pH 7.4 was found to be a complex process. Gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 indicated that the venom contains a major peak of caseinolytic and renin-activating activity of low molecular weight. This enzyme was a metalloproteina...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Morris BJ,Lawrence CH,Catanzaro DF

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become a major disease that threatens human health. Neurotransmitters and the amygdala are found to be critical in the development and maintenance of PTSD. We aim to investigate the role of glycyrrhizin in treating PTSD. Contextual fear extinction and elevated plus maze test w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lai S,Shi L,Jiang Z,Lin Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Treatment with heparin has beneficial effects in diabetic nephropathy. The occurrence of increased urinary albumin excretion in diabetic patients reflects general vascular dysfunction, including increased transcapillary permeability of macromolecules. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of hepa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Oturai PS

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KISS1 and KISS1R, a novel pair of metastasis suppressors, are likely to be associated with the prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC). Here, a meta-analysis was performed to study the role of KISS1 and KISS1R in CRC. Heterogeneity, stability and publication bias were all estimated. Six publications describing a total of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang XQ,Fang PF,Zhang C,Xu YY,Song XB,Liang J,Xia QR

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. There has been interest in the suggestion that enzyme-inducing drugs, such as anticonvulsants, may produce beneficial changes in lipoprotein levels, in particular a rise in the ratio of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to total cholesterol. 2. This controlled study observed the effects of diets of charcoal or o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Heller RF,Henry DA,Brent PJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is one of the active principles contained in Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (Umbelliferae), a herb that has been used widely in China to treat vascular disorders. 2. In an attempt to elucidate the possible mechanisms of action of TMP, the effect of TMP on intracellular calcium concentrations ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wong KL,Chan P,Huang WC,Yang TL,Liu IM,Lai TY,Tsai CC,Cheng JT

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, tramadol hydrochloride is frequently used as a pain reliever, and for the treatment of premature ejaculation. Decreased semen quality was noted in chronic tramadol users. The present study aimed to elucidate the effects of tramadol on the testicular functions of adult male rats. A total of 40 albino adult ma...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ahmed MA,Kurkar A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00