abstract：:Introduction of flow cytometric technique to the research on basophil activation has led to significant achievements in allergy diagnosis in vitro. Most of the studies employing the flow cytometry used CD63 as a marker of basophil activation and only some of them used CD203c. Recently discovered basophil activation ma...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wolanczyk-Medrala A,Barg W,Medrala W

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, much was learned about the biology of several types of stem and progenitor cells. It has become apparent that various cell sources may have the capacity to promote cardiomyogenesis and new blood vessel formation through different mechanisms, forming the rationale for cell-based therapy in patient...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Rodrigo SF,Ramshorst Jv,Beeres SL,Bax JJ,Schalij MJ,Atsma DE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical presentation of heart disease is different between men and women and this distinction is pivotal for a correct diagnosis and an adequate treatment. However, the definition of symptoms classically associated with heart disease is mainly based on the characteristics of those reported in men. Chest pain or c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Collins P,Vitale C,Spoletini I,Barbaro G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substantial morbidity and mortality associated with invasive fungal infections constitute undisputed tokens of their severity. The continued expansion of susceptible population groups (such as immunocompromised individuals, patients undergoing extensive surgery, and those hospitalized with serious underlying disea...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Anastassopoulou CG,Fuchs BB,Mylonakis E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver acts as a host to many functions hence raising the possibility that any one may be compromised by a single gene defect. Inherited or de novo mutations in these genes may result in relatively mild diseases or be so devastating that death within the first weeks or months of life is inevitable. Some diseases ca...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： McKay TR,Rahim AA,Buckley SM,Ward NJ,Chan JK,Howe SJ,Waddington SN

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tocotrienols, components belonging to vitamin E members, are used as potent therapeutics in the treatment of several diseases. Recent studies suggested tocotrienol to have better activity in many situations compared to tocopherols. Tocotrienols have been shown to lower the atherogenic apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Catalgol B,Batirel S,Ozer NK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our clinical observations proved that the the duodenal ulcer in patients healed without any inhibition of gastric acid secretion (1965), and the healing rates of atropine vs cimetidine vs Carbenoxolone were equal and superior to that of placebo in randomized, prospective and multiclinical study of DU patients (1978). ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mózsik G,Szabó IL,Czimmer J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity has become a serious epidemic and one of the leading global health problems. However, much of the current debate has been fractious, and etiologies of obesity have been attributed to eating behavior (i.e. fast food consumption), personality, depression, addiction or genetics. One of the interesting new hypothe...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zhang Y,von Deneen KM,Tian J,Gold MS,Liu Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has uncovered neurobiological and behavioral similarities between substance dependence and excess consumption of highly processed foods. These findings have led to the theory that food addiction may play a role in obesity and disordered eating. The inclusion of validated food addiction measures in clin...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gearhardt AN,Corbin WR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past five decades, the pharmacological treatment of depression has been based on the pathophysiological hypothesis of a deficiency in monoamines, mainly serotonin and noradrenaline. Antidepressant prescribed today, all of them designed to enhance central monoaminergic tone, present several important limitatio...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Vidal R,Pilar-Cuéllar F,dos Anjos S,Linge R,Treceño B,Vargas VI,Rodriguez-Gaztelumendi A,Mostany R,Castro E,Diaz A,Valdizán EM,Pazos A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance/type 2 diabetes and hypertension are clustered in the metabolic syndrome representing critical risk factors for increased incidence cardio-cerebro-vascular diseases, kidney failure and cancer. Ectopic fat accumulation, i.e., accumulation in the mediastinum, liver and th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sironi AM,Sicari R,Folli F,Gastaldelli A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are involved in different physiological and pathological processes that are crucial for tumor cell physiology, growth and survival. Since cancer cells have frequently disrupted different cell death pathways that promote their survival, mitochondria may be key organelles to promote cell death in cancer cel...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ferrín G,Linares CI,Muntané J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lowering low density lipoprotein (LDL) - cholesterol is one of the key issues in modern preventive cardiology by which we are able to interact with the natural course of atherosclerosis. Diet and healthy life style are mandatory for the treatment of CAD high risk patients. Numerous lipid lowering trials confirmed the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schaefer JR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of cellular redox balances is important for the homeostasis of human health. Thus, many important human diseases, such as inflammation, diabetes, glaucoma, cancers, ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases, have been investigated in the field of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress. To overcome...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Noda M,Fujita K,Lee CH,Yoshioka T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune demyelinating disorder in Western countries and can lead to permanent disability. Over the past decades remarkable progress has been made in providing new therapeutic strategies to tackle the burden of the disease. Oral drugs and monoclonal antibodies are the main ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sanvito L,Constantinescu CS,Gran B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper understanding of blood-brain barrier (BBB) regulation is crucial to reduce/prevent its disruption during injury. Since high brain complexity makes interpretation of in vivo data challenging BBB studies are frequently performed using simplified in vitro models. Although such models represent an important and fre...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ogunshola OO

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is a deadly tumor, which in spite of surgery and radio/chemotherapy frequently undergoes relapses related to the infiltration of the normal parenchyma and to resistance to cytotoxic and radiation therapy. Immunotherapy may represent a promising approach, which may complement existing therapies with ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Daga A,Bottino C,Castriconi R,Gangemi R,Ferrini S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuregulin1 proteins (NRG1s) are epidermal growth factor (EGF) family members which are ligands for the ErbB receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). A decade of research has revealed that the NRG1-ErbB signaling is essential for the cardiac development and pivotal for maintaining the physiological function of the adult hear...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yan X,Morgan JP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection of the brain is strengthened by active transport and ABC transporters. P-glycoprotein (P-gp) at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) functions as an active efflux pump by extruding a substrate from the brain, which is important for maintaining loco-regional homeostasis in the brain and protection against toxic com...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bartels AL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Molecular recognition" is one of the most important molecular processes for living systems in order to maintain their life, since most of the biological functions are initiated with the process. Understanding of the process is also important for designing a new drug. Firstly, it is important to find a target of a dru...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Phongphanphanee S,Yoshida N,Hirata F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria fulfill a number of essential cellular functions, being recognized that the strict regulation of the structure, function and turnover of these organelles is an immutable control node for the maintenance of neuronal integrity and homeostasis. Many lines of evidence posit that mitochondria constitute a conv...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Correia SC,Cardoso S,Santos RX,Carvalho C,Santos MS,Perry G,Smith MA,Moreira PI

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans have always lived with tubercle bacilli. Host susceptibility both inherited and acquired determines whether an individual infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis will eventually fall ill and develop tuberculosis (TB). After infection with M. tuberculosis, a latent TB infection may ensue reflected by immune r...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： van Altena R,Duggirala S,Gröschel MI,van der Werf TS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease with substantial unmet clinical need. Understanding the immunopathogenesis is likely to provide insights into potential novel therapies. To date researchers have focussed primarily at a single scale for example genome, cell or whole organ physiology. In this review we s...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Brightling CE,Gupta S,Hollins F,Sutcliffe A,Amrani Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAP (davunetide) is an eight amino acid peptide (NAPVSIPQ) that has been shown to provide potent neuroprotection, in vitro and in vivo. In human clinical trials, NAP has been shown to increase memory scores in patients suffering from amnestic mild cognitive impairment, a precursor to Alzheimer's disease and to enhance...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Gozes I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topiramate is one of the currently most promising compounds in the field of addiction medicine. This paper discusses its potential utility related to a phase model of addiction development, focusing on the assumption that addiction is a continuous process involving different neurobiological pathways, depending on the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Thorens G,Billieux J,Manghi R,Khan R,Khazaal Y,Zullino DF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is an emerging alternative to antibiotics motivated by growing problems with multi-drug resistant pathogens. aPDT uses non-toxic dyes or photosensitizers (PS) in combination with harmless visible of the correct wavelength to be absorbed by the PS. The excited state PS can form...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Sharma SK,Dai T,Kharkwal GB,Huang YY,Huang L,De Arce VJ,Tegos GP,Hamblin MR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decades have witnessed an explosion in studies of the role of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the progress of the neurodegenerative disorder Alzheimer's disease (AD) and it is now widely accepted that Aβ is related to the pathogenesis of AD. For example, studies have shown that Aβ is neurotoxic and that the neurotoxicity o...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Portelius E,Mattsson N,Andreasson U,Blennow K,Zetterberg H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells, traditionally regarded as effector cells of the immune system, have more recently been demonstrated to be key figures in initiating, developing and sustaining complex pathophysiological processes underlying asthma and other allergic diseases. Asthma is characterised by airway inflammation alongside a distu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Carter RJ,Bradding P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor for urokinase plasminogen activator (uPAR) is required in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSC, HPC) mobilization in the mouse. Indeed, uPAR Ko mice are deficient both in retention and mobilization of HSC and HPC, because uPAR causes their retention in the BM through its interaction with the α4β1 inte...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Blasi F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oncoproteins MDM2 and MDMX negatively regulate the activity and stability of the p53 tumor suppressor, directly contributing to the development and progression of many tumors harboring wild type p53. Antagonizing MDM2 and MDMX to activate the p53 pathway has thus become an attractive new strategy for anticancer dr...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Zhan C,Lu W

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a regulated process leading to cell death, which is implicated both in normal development and in various pathologies including heart failure, stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Caspase-3, a key enzyme of the apoptotic pathway, is considered as a major target for the treatment of abnormal cell death. M...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Seaborn T,Masmoudi-Kouli O,Fournier A,Vaudry H,Vaudry D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are components of most current antiretroviral (ARV) regimens. Side effects arising from mitochondrial toxicity (MtT) induced by these drugs is a common reason why patients treated with NRTI change or discontinue therapy. These toxicities can be difficult to reverse, ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Feeney ER,Mallon PW

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most prevalent causes of hepatic dysfunction and is highly correlated with components of the metabolic syndrome such as obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Among others, nutritional factors, physical inactivity, genetic variants and visceral obesity h...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Tönjes A,Blüher M,Stumvoll M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) are associated with a substantially increased risk of coronary disease and cardiovascular events. Furthermore, numerous studies have suggested that HDL may exert several potentially important antiatherosclerotic and endothelial-protective effects. In particu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Besler C,Heinrich K,Riwanto M,Lüscher TF,Landmesser U

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (PHH) is caused by solitary benign insulinoma or hyperplasia of pancreatic beta cells. In infants, PHH is caused by functionally defective hyperplastic beta cells, which are either diffusely or focally distributed in the pancreas. In adults, insulinoma is the most common cause ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kauhanen S,Seppänen M,Minn H,Nuutila P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled glucocorticoids, also know as corticosteroids (ICS), revolutionized the treatment of asthma by suppressing airways inflammation and ICS therapy now forms the basis of treatment of asthma of all severities. More recently and usually in combination with a long-acting β-agonist (LABA), ICS use has been establishe...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Adcock IM,Marwick J,Casolari P,Contoli M,Chung KF,Kirkham P,Papi A,Caramori G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic smoking is associated with functional and structural vascular changes underlying inflammatory processes responsible for plaque formation and rupture. Cyclooxygenase (COX) is the key enzyme linking smoking action to inflammatory damages: it is responsible for the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostanoids, a...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Pistoia F,Cipollone F,Ferri C,Sarà M,Sudano I,Desideri GB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase produces ATP in cells and is found on the inner membrane of mitochondria or the cell plasma membrane (ectopic ATP synthase). Here, we summarize the functions of ectopic ATP synthase in vascular endothelial cells (ECs). Ectopic ATP synthase is involved in adenosine metabolism on th...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fu Y,Zhu Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade, the number of health economic evaluations has increased substantially in the field of child psychiatry. The objective of the present paper is to offer an overview of economic evaluations of child psychiatric drug treatment. Major electronic databases, as well as abstract booklets from international cl...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Schlander M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) respond to arterial wall injury by intimal proliferation and play a key role in atherogenesis by proliferating and migrating excessively in response to repeated injury, such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. In contrast, fully differentiated, quiescent VSMC allow arterial vasodil...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Isenović ER,Soskić S,Trpković A,Dobutović B,Popović M,Gluvić Z,Putniković B,Marche P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00