Esterase comparison in neuroblastoma cells of human and rodent origin.

abstract：:1. The effects of DL-tetrahydropalmatine (DL-THP) on cardio-vascular function and hypothalamic release of monoamines were assessed in rats under urethane anaesthesia. 2. Intravenous administration of DL-THP (1-10 mg/kg) produced hypotension, bradycardia, a decrease in hypothalamic serotonin and noradrenaline release a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lin MT,Chueh FY,Hsieh MT,Chen CF

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To determine the effects of an acute oral dose of glibenclamide on blood pressure (BP), basal forearm vascular resistance (FVR) and FVR responses to the K+(ATP) channel activating vasodilator diazoxide, a placebo-controlled, double-blind cross-over study was performed in eight male volunteers with non-insulin-depen...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Sundaresan P,Lykos D,Daher A,Morris R,Diamond T,Howes LG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The ethyl acetate (EtOAc) extract and 3-O-galloyl-4,6-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-d-glucose (3OG46HG) of Euphorbia thymifolia Linnea have been shown to exhibit anti-herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 activity in vitro. In the present study, we investigated the mode of action of these two compounds in suppressing HSV-2 multi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Yang CM,Cheng HY,Lin TC,Chiang LC,Lin CC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct evidence is limited for the association between heart rate variability (HRV) indices and ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTAs). While galectin-3 (Gal-3) is regarded as a causal factor for cardiac remodelling and a biomarker for arrhythmias, its regulation on VTAs and HVR is unknown. Using aged transgenic (TG) mic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： He M,Zhao WB,Nguyen MN,Kiriazis H,Li YQ,Hu H,Du XJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The therapeutic effect of green tea extract (GTE) on the aortic collagen content and its characteristics were investigated in streptozotocin diabetic rats. 2. Diabetes was induced in rats by a single intra peritoneal injection of streptozotocin (60 mg/kg bodyweight). Six weeks after diabetes induction, GTE was admi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Babu PV,Sabitha KE,Shyamaladevi CS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study was designed to test the haemodynamic and renal effects in sheep of dihydrocyclosporin D (dCyD), an immunosuppressant agent derived from the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum Gams. 2. dCyD was infused for 5 days at 12 mg/kg per day. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) was elevated after 24 h, but thereafter returne...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tresham JJ,Whitworth JA,de Lima JJ,McDougall JG,Scoggins BA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Rabbits were treated with the antiparasitic drug ivermectin at subcutaneous doses of 0.2, 1 and 2.5 mg/kg and blood collected weekly for 4 weeks thereafter for measuring some blood parameters. At a dose of 0.2 or 1 mg/kg the drug had no significant effect on any of the parameters measured. At a dose of 2.5 mg/kg, t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ali BH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Mechanical stretch leads to cardiac hypertrophy and may ultimately cause heart failure. However, the effect of mechanical stretch on gene induction in cardiomyocytes remains to be determined. 2. In the present study, we compared transcript profiles of mechanically stretched neonatal rat cardiomyocytes with those of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Cheng TH,Chen JJ,Shih NL,Lin JW,Liu JC,Chen YL,Chen CH,Chen JJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Synthetic human endothelin was injected intravenously over the range 1.5-50 micrograms to examine its cardiovascular actions in conscious sheep. 2. Mean arterial pressure increased by 9-21 mmHg within 30-120 s over the range 5-50 micrograms endothelin. The increase in blood pressure was associated with increased ca...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Scoggins BA,Spence CD,Parkes DG,McDonald M,Wade JD,Coghlan JP

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Intermittent bursts of activity are a robust feature of the discharges of sympathetic nerves. There are at least two major mechanisms producing such discharges: (i) phasic inputs influencing sympathetic circuits; and (ii) oscillators embedded within sympathetic networks. The functional significance of patterned and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gilbey MP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Renomedullary interstitial cells (RMIC), abundant throughout the medulla of the kidney, have been demonstrated to have binding sites for many vasoactive peptides, including atrial natriuretic peptide, endothelin, angiotensin II and bradykinin (BK). These observations would support the hypothesis that interactions b...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Dean R,Maric C,Aldred GP,Casley D,Zhuo J,Harris P,Alcorn D,Mendelsohn FA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The renal medulla plays an important role in regulating body sodium and fluid balance and blood pressure homeostasis through its unique structural relationships and interactions between renomedullary interstitial cells (RMIC), renal tubules and medullary vasculature. 2. Several endocrine and/or paracrine factors, i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhuo JL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study investigated the effect of progesterone, which, under certain circumstances, can antagonize both the mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid activities of steroid hormones, on the development and maintenance of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)-induced hypertension in conscious sheep. 2. Progesterone (500...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Spence CD,Reid AF,Coghlan JP,Mills EH,Whitworth JA,Scoggins BA

更新日期：1989-08-01 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 effects of endogenous and exogenous acetylcholine (ACh) on nitrergic relaxations elicited by electrical field stimulation (EFS) were studied in guinea-pig endothelium-denuded basilar artery preparations precontracted with 1 mumol/L prostaglandin F2 alpha and a possible role of K+ channels in mediating the effec...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jiang F,Li CG,Rand MJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Landrace swine were identified as malignant hyperpyrexia susceptible (MHS) or control by the contracture responses of gracilis muscle fibre bundles to 3% halothane, 2 mmol/l caffeine and 80 mmol/l KCl. The effects of calmodulin-antagonist drugs on the contractile behaviour of control and MHS preparations were inves...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Collins SP,White MD,Denborough MA

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Medullary blood flow (MBF) is important in the long-term control of arterial pressure. However, it is unclear which vascular elements regulate MBF. 2. Exogenous endothelin (ET)-1 decreases cortical more than medullary blood flow. We hypothesized that ET-1 would therefore constrict afferent (AA) and efferent arterio...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Denton KM,Shweta A,Finkelstein L,Flower RL,Evans RG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To assess the effect of dietary phytosterol on stroke and the lifespan of salt-loaded stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP), we investigated the effects of the addition of phytosterol to soybean oil (phytosterol content: 0.3%) on stroke onset, lifespan following onset of stroke and overall lifespan c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ogawa H,Yamamoto K,Kamisako T,Meguro T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. There was no significant difference between the systolic blood pressure (SBP) of offspring derived from SHRSP mother and WKY father and the SBP of offspring derived from WKY mother and SHRSP father at the developing stage (5-13 weeks of age). 2. The degree of genetic determinations of SBP in stroke-prone spontaneou...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ikeda K,Nara Y,Nabica T,Fujimoto A,Endo J,Ishino H,Yamori Y

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study examined the cytosolic Ca(2+) regulatory machinery involved in the vasorelaxation produced by petasin, a sesquiterpene isolated from Petasites formosanus. 2. Aortic rings isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to petasin (0.01-100 micromol/L) to elucidate its vascular effects on isometric ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang GJ,Lin YL,Chen CH,Wu XC,Liao JF,Ren J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urapidil had blocking activity on alpha 1-adrenoceptors in the rat isolated caudal artery (pA2 congruent to 7) and in the anaesthetized rat. Urapidil had no clonidine like agonistic activity on alpha 2-adrenoceptors in preparations of the guinea-pig ileum (prejunctional) or dog saphenous vein (post-junctional). Urapid...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Verberne AJ,Rand MJ

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. CYP2C19 is a polymorphism of cytochrome P450, which is responsible for the metabolism of many drugs. The genetic polymorphism shows interethnic variation and it has been demonstrated that the frequency of poor metabolizers (PM) and the distribution of alleles of CYP2C19 vary among Chinese ethnic nationalities. The ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang JH,Li PQ,Fu QY,Li QX,Cai WW

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of dopamine (DA) in the hypotensive and renal effects of L-arginine during extracellular fluid volume expansion (10% bodyweight). 2. Animals were randomized to non-expanded and expanded groups. Both groups received different treatments: L-arginine (250 mg/kg,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Costa Mde L,Loria A,Marchetti M,Balaszczuk AM,Arranz CT

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circulating miRNAs are dysregulated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and have great promise for clinical diagnosis. The aim of this study was to screen and evaluate the reliability and diagnostic efficiency of candidate serum miRNAs for NSCLC diagnosis. We found that miR-21 and let-7a were significantly dysre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang X,Jia Z,Shi H,Pan C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is the most common non-hematological primary bony malignancy in children and young adults with tumor metastasis being a common event at diagnosis. Understanding the pathogenesis of metastatic osteosarcoma may help identify potential therapeutic targets. In this study, we found that the level of microRNA-6...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jiao GJ,Zhang SJ,Li Y,Wu WL,Liu HC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Glucuronidation is the major route of metabolism of dihydrocodeine (DHC) and accounts for 25-30% of an oral dose in urine. The kinetics of DHC-6-glucuronide formation in liver microsomes from five human donors and the effect of a number of potential inhibitor drugs were examined using a newly developed and validate...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kirkwood LC,Nation RL,Somogyi AA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Despite the array of sophisticated imaging techniques available for biological applications, none of the standard biomedical techniques adequately provides the capability to measure motion and flow. Those techniques currently in use are particularly lacking in spatial and temporal resolution. 2. Herein, we introduc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Fouras A,Dusting J,Sheridan J,Kawahashi M,Hirahara H,Hourigan K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. At any one instant, most receptors are now recognized to be able to stimulate multiple signal transduction pathways in a cell when activated by an appropriate hormone. These different signalling pathways appear to allow for distinct cellular responses, such as cell proliferation, differentiation, and shape change. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Crouch MF,Frew IJ,Simson L,Davy DA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Using a nested case-control study of 661 non-institutionalized elderly (> or = 60 years) residents of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, the aim of this study is to determine whether the A1166C polymorphism of the angiotensin II type I (AT1) receptor gene is associated with hypertension in the elderly. 2. Individua...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Liyou N,Davis D,James K,Simons L,Friedlander Y,Simons J,McCallum J,Johnson A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The acute effects of captopril on blood pressure, renin, angiotensin, bradykinin and catecholamines were examined in patients with essential (n = 10, Group 1), accelerated (n = 6, Group 2) and renal hypertension (n = 14, Group 3). 2. Blood pressure showed little change in Group 1, fell significantly in Group 2, wit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： McGrath BP,Matthews PG,Johnston CI

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00