abstract：:Understanding and consequently treating neuropathic pain effectively is a challenge for modern medicine, as unlike inflammation, which can be controlled relatively well, chronic pain due to nerve injury is refractory to most current therapeutics. Here we define a target pathway for a new class of analgesics, tetrahydr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Latremoliere A,Costigan M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cancer patients will experience moderate to severe pain and/or neuropathy during the course of their disease. Recent improvements in the primary treatment of cancer have increased the life span of cancer patients, but not necessarily their quality of life (QoL). The pain and suffering cancer patients experience m...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Knopp KL,Nisenbaum ES,Arneric SP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term increase of blood pressure represents one of the most important risk factors triggering many cardiovascular diseases, and via counter-regulatory mechanisms it is itself modulated by them. Adequate perfusion of the respective areas with nutrients requires appropriate production of vasodilatory and vasoconstri...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Kristek F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) participates in the control of the cardiovascular system where two constitutive isoforms of NO-synthase were discovered: endothelial and neuronal. Both isoforms were observed in various cells, however, endothelial NO-synthase is predominantly present in the endothelium. Injury of the endothelium dist...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Cacanyiova S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has shown that the endogenous gas hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a signalling molecule of considerable biological potential and has been suggested to be involved in a vast number of physiological processes. In the vascular system, H2S is synthesized from cysteine by cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE) in smooth mu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Skovgaard N,Gouliaev A,Aalling M,Simonsen U

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary fibrosis is an unremitting degenerative lung disease that has an associated high mortality. The major pathological features include the growth of fibroblasts, emergence of myofibroblasts and their production of extracellular matrix that distorts the peripheral lung tissue and impairs respiratory function. Ef...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Glasser SW,Senft AP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, most research efforts aimed at developing anti-cancer tools were focusing on small molecules. Alternative compounds are now being increasingly assessed for their potential anti-cancer properties, including peptides and their derivatives. One earlier limitation to the use of peptides was their limited c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Barras D,Widmann C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cationic peptides with antimicrobial properties have been isolated from bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. These peptides vary in molecular size, potency and spectra of activities. This report surveyed the literature to highlight the peptides that have antifungal activity and greatest potential for development...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Desbois AP,Tschörner D,Coote PJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive analytical technologies are rapidly becoming a cornerstone of modern nutritional sciences. Two of these technologies, mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), have proven highly informative for the global analysis of metabolites, commonly referred to as metabolomics. Metabolomics prov...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Zulyniak MA,Mutch DM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present article was to review the role of the placenta function in the transfer of immunosuppressants and monoclonal antibodies used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, as well as the available data regarding the safety of these therapies during pregnancy. Methotrexate can cause congenital ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Chaparro M,Gisbert JP

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors, which also have antiangiogenic properties. Dual-energy CT (DECT) allows to acquire semi-quantitative iodine images which might correlate with blood pool and tumor vascularity. In this feasibility-study, we correlated ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Schramm N,Schlemmer M,Englhart E,Hittinger M,Becker C,Reiser M,Berger F

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biliary secretion of bile acids is critical for multiple liver functions including digesting fatty nutrients and driving bile flow. When this process is impaired, the accumulating bile acids cause inflammatory liver injury. Multiple ABC transporters in the liver are key players to safeguard the hepatocyte and avoi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wang R,Sheps JA,Ling V

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) still represents one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide. Since this condition affects the posterior segment of the eye, topical application of ophthalmic medicines is of limited benefit, considering that they seldom reach therapeutic levels in the affected tissues. Systemic medica...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Yilmaz T,Cordero-Coma M,Lavaque AJ,Gallagher MJ,Padula WV

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the third cause of cancer-related death. Because HCC is multi-centric with time, excluding the few transplanted patients, sooner or later it becomes untreatable with loco-regional therapies and, until some years ago, it was not responsive to systemic therapies. In 2005 a rando...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Livraghi T,Ceriani R,Palmisano A,Pedicini V,Pich MG,Tommasini MA,Torzilli G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea of cancer stem cell (CSC) has recently moved to the forefront of cancer research. There is still a lack of a widespread consensus on their description and definition. ,The increasing literature on CSCs has compelled researchers worldwide to rewrite the natural history of cancer including those cells as princi...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Albini A,Cesana E,Noonan DM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:To assess tramadol and O-desmethyltramadol (M1) concentrations and their correlations with analgesia in patients with cancer pain. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty opioid-naive patients with nociceptive pain intensity on VAS (visual analogue scale) > 40 received controlled-release tramadol as the first (15...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Leppert W,Mikolajczak P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elaboration of the structure of TRPV1 and its functional relationship with channel activity is a work in progress, with much remaining to be done before the structure-function relationship of TRPV1 is comprehensively elicited. The result is that the present state of knowledge can reasonably be described as a patch-wor...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Urban L,White JP,Nagy I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several of the 28 mammalian transient receptor potential (TRP) channel subunits are expressed throughout the alimentary canal where they play important roles in taste, chemo- and mechanosensation, thermoregulation, pain and hyperalgesia, mucosal function and homeostasis, control of motility by neurons, interstitial ce...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Holzer P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress increase with advancing age and appear to be involved in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. There is a need for animal models that reflect the increases in pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative damage observed during aging in h...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Schiborr C,Eckert GP,Weissenberger J,Müller WE,Schwamm D,Grune T,Rimbach G,Frank J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calendula officinalis of family Asteraceae, also known as marigold, has been widely used from time immemorial in Indian and Arabic cultures as an anti-inflammatory agent to treat minor skin wound and infections, burns, bee stings, sunburn and cancer. At a relatively high dose, calendula can lower blood pressure and ch...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Ray D,Mukherjee S,Falchi M,Bertelli A,Das DK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prospect of mobilizing the power of the immune system in the fight against cancer has fascinated generations of immunologists. After decades of sporadic successes scattered amongst frequent failures, the field of tumor immunology is now poised to take advantage of a greatly improved understanding of the molecular ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Rabinovich BA,Radu CG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful and rapidly developing area of molecular imaging that is used to study and visualize human physiology by the detection of positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. Information about metabolism, receptor/enzyme function, and biochemical mechanisms in living tissue can be o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wu Z,Kandeel F

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy) is a worldwide illegally used amphetamine-derived designer drug known to be hepatotoxic to humans. Jaundice, hepatomegaly, centrilobular necrosis, hepatitis and fibrosis represent some of the adverse effects caused by MDMA in the liver. Although there is irrefutable ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Carvalho M,Pontes H,Remião F,Bastos ML,Carvalho F

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell bio-chips for functional sensing integrate living cells on miniaturized platforms made by micro-system-technologies (MST). The cells are integrated, deposited or immersed in a media which is in contact with the chip. The cells behavior is monitored via electrical, electrochemical or optical methods. In this...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Shacham-Diamand Y,Belkin S,Rishpon J,Elad T,Melamed S,Biran A,Yagur-Kroll S,Almog R,Daniel R,Ben-Yoav H,Rabner A,Vernick S,Elman N,Popovtzer R

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a high-pH, pH-shift refolding "Ph-Fold technology", both for academic research and industrial protein drug development applications. Using this technology, we were able to refold some "difficult-to-refold" proteins, some of which are proven important drug targets and protein drug candidates. The tech...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Lin X,Umetsu T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cell lines are important host cells for the industrial production of pharmaceutical proteins owing to their capacity for correct folding, assembly and post-translational modification. In particular, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the most dependable host cells for the industrial production of therapeu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Omasa T,Onitsuka M,Kim WD

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of technologies can be used in the detection of contagious pathogens. In the early stage of an outbreak of a new infectious disease, rtPCR is advantageous over many other assays. The rtPCR can be developed either using low fidelity DNA polymerase or high fidelity DNA polymerase. The application of high fidel...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Li K,Xiao L,Liu C,Zhang J,Sirois P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional biochemical assays are performed via an averaging procedure with the lysate of a large number of target cells; however, the averaged data lose information regarding the heterogeneity of individual cells. For quantitative assay of single cells, it is necessary to isolate single cells, extract cellular comp...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Sasaki A,Sakata H,Kinjo M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Momordica balsamina, African pumpkin (Cucurbitaceae), is a tendril-bearing, wild climber containing wide spectrum of medicinal and nutritional values and has been used as a traditional folk medicine in many countries. The leaves, fruits, seeds, and bark of the plant contains resins, alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Thakur GS,Bag M,Sanodiya BS,Bhadouriya P,Debnath M,Prasad GB,Bisen PS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryparedoxin peroxidase (TryP) is a key enzyme of the trypanothione-dependent metabolism for removal of oxidative stress in leishmania. These enzymes function as antioxidants through their peroxidase and peroxynitrite reductase activities. Inhibitors of this enzyme are presumed to be antilesihmania drugs and structura...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Singh BK,Dubey VK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biophysical applications ranging from fluorescence microassays to single-molecule microscopy are increasingly dependent on automated nanoscale positional control and stability. A whirlwind of motion-industry innovation has resulted in an array of new motion options offering significant improvements in application perf...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Jordan SC,Anthony PC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of immunogenicity is a major aspect in evaluating the safety of biological therapeutic proteins. It is important to evaluate the immunogenic potential of the biologics in an appropriate fashion using clearly defined strategy and clinical trials. The studies must include the appropriate risk assessment proce...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Kaliyaperumal A,Jing S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charged-hydrophobic mixed mode chromatography methods have been applied to antibody purification for decades and have focused more recently on the specific task of aggregate removal. They exploit various combinations of alkyl and aromatic hydrophobic groups with positively and/or negatively charged residues. Charge an...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Gagnon P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR), a member of family C of the G protein-coupled receptors, is expressed most abundantly in the parathyroid glands and kidney. It plays key role in these two organs because it senses changes in extracellular calcium and regulates PTH secretion and calcium reabsorption to suit the extracel...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Vezzoli G,Soldati L,Gambaro G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence shows that the interaction between neoplastic cells and the surrounding stroma is a critical factor in solid tumor growth. The tumor stroma is made up of diverse cellular populations including macrophages, lymphocytes, vascular cells, and carcinoma-associated fibroblasts. The complex interactions b...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Anton K,Glod J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using gene knockout mice of particular genes is one of the most effective methods in conducting successful study on the mode of action of target gene products in targeted organs. So called the knockout technology is now a powerful tool that can lead us to find clear understanding on difficult questions such as the eff...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Miyamoto N,Namiki K,Tokuhara N,Uesugi M,Takahashi E,Kuromitsu J,Kasuya Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacilli are common microorganisms in diverse vegetables and meat products and several of these are also indigenous inhabitants in the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract of humans and animals where they are believed to have health promoting effects on the host. One of the highly appreciated probiotic effects is their ab...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Diep DB,Mathiesen G,Eijsink VG,Nes IF

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein M (apoM) has been suggested to play a role in reverse cholesterol transport. Here we studied the influence of liver X-receptor (LXR) agonist on the transcriptional regulation of apoM. Studies were performed in murine liver and intestinal mucosal cells in vivo and in human intestinal Caco-2 cells in vitr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Calayir E,Becker TM,Kratzer A,Ebner B,Panzenböck U,Stefujl J,Kostner GM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now widely believed that tumors originate from normal cells as a result of accumulated genetic/epigenetic changes. These alterations affect the signaling pathways at transcriptional and post-transcriptional level that drive cells into uncontrolled cell division, growth, and migration. Recent advancement of molec...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Yamashita T,Honda M,Kaneko S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silkworm pupae protein is a good source of high quality protein. The hydrolyzates of silkworm pupae protein catalyzed by neutrase, pepsin, acidic protease (Asperqiius usamii NO. 537), flavourzyme, alcalase, and trypsin with inhibitory activity on angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) were identified by HPLC. The hydro...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical biotechnology

authors： Wang W,Shen S,Chen Q,Tanga B,He G,Ruan H,Das UN

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00