abstract：:Epicardial adipose tissue is not only a specific adipose tissue depot but also an active endocrine organ producing numerous substances with an important role in the development of obesity-related heart diseases. It is located between myocardium and visceral pericardium and consists predominantly of adipocytes, immunoc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Matloch Z,Cinkajzlova A,Mraz M,Haluzik M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibition of hepatic fibrosis is an attainable objective in managing the chronic liver disease. The present study aimed to investigate possible defensive effects of metformin on the activities of antioxidant enzymes, hydroxyproline content, and biochemical factors in bile duct ligation (BDL)-induced cholest...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mansourian M,Sadeghi H,Doustimotlagh AH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On a tide of big data, machine learning is coming to its day. Referring to huge amounts of epigenetic data coming from biological experiments and clinic, machine learning can help in detecting epigenetic features in genome, finding correlations between phenotypes and modifications in histone or genes, accele...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Fan S,Chen Y,Luo C,Meng F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of disorders characterized by chronic inflammation within the gastrointestinal tract. It is a multifactorial disease associated with immune-cell mediated oxidative damage to the intestinal mucosa. There is no cure for IBD, but anti-cytokine therapy can limit target inflammat...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dostie KE,Thees AV,Lynes MA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) are effective and widely used to prevent and treat thromboembolic diseases, but the response to NOACs differs according to ABCB1 genotypes. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the effects of ABCB1 genotypes on the pharmacokinetics and clinical outcomes of NOACs. METHODS:We searched Pu...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Xie Q,Xiang Q,Mu G,Ma L,Chen S,Zhou S,Hu K,Zhang Z,Cui Y,Jiang J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Conventional treatment has a limitation of very narrow therapeutic time window and its devastating nature necessitate a novel regenerative approach. Transplanted stem cells resulted in functional recovery through multiple mechanisms including neuroprotection...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kwak KA,Kwon HB,Lee JW,Park YS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The emerging evidence has recently shown an evident dependence between recently identified salusin peptides and atherosclerosis, and their important roles as endogenous modulators of atherogenesis. It was reported that the development of atherosclerosis could also be affected by endogenous salusin- β overproduc...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Kołakowska U,Kuroczycka-Saniutycz E,Olański W,Wasilewska A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:Targeted therapy is the foundation of personalized medicine in cancer, which is often understood as the right patient using the right drug. Thinking from the viewpoint of determinants during personalized drug treatment, the genetics, epigenetics and metagenomics would provide individual-specific biological ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang L,Yu X,Zhang C,Zeng T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulphur mustard (SM; (2, 2'-dichloroethylsulfide)) was used for the first time in 1917, during the World War I. SM mainly induces DNA damage, oxidative stress, and inflammation. This compound injures the respiratory system, eyes, skin and the endocrine, gastrointestinal, and hematopoietic systems. However, due to the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Panahi Y,Shahbazi A,Naderi M,Jadidi K,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent cardiac arrhythmia. It is a common major cause of serious diseases and is an increasing health-care burden. AF is associated with an excess amount of reactive oxygen species. In this review, we summarize several possible reactive oxygen species pathways that induce AF based on at...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ren X,Wang X,Yuan M,Tian C,Li H,Yang X,Li X,Li Y,Yang Y,Liu N,Shang H,Gao Y,Xing Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease of the skin with lapsing episodes of hyperkeratosis, irritation and inflammation. Numerous methodologies and utilization of different antipsoriatic drugs with various activity methods and routes of administration have been investigated to treat this terrifying sickness. In ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Dadwal A,Mishra N,Narang RK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in women worldwide. Breast cancer tends to metastasize to bone. Around 70% of the breast cancer patients eventually develop bone metastasis. After the bone invasion, metastatic cells disrupt the balance between osteoblastic and osteoclastic activities...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Irshad I,Varamini P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high dietary intake of polyphenols has been associated with a reduced cardiovascular mortality, due to their antioxidant properties. However, growing evidence suggests that counteracting oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease might also reduce sympathetic nervous system overactivity. METHODS:This arti...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bruno RM,Ghiadoni L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The application of an ion selective technique for the determination of analyte concentrations is considered one of the most economical techniques for quality control purposes. OBJECTIVE:To elaborate and investigate the construction and general performance characteristics of potentiometric PVC membrane senso...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mansour MF,El-Moety MMA,El Kady EF,El Guindi NM,Schepdael AV,Aly SME

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers globally and is associated with a high mortality rate. The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) signaling pathway plays an important role in normal intestinal tissue function, but has also been implicated in the development of CRC. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have al...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Moradi-Marjaneh R,Khazaei M,Ferns GA,Aghaee-Bakhtiari SH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain is a complex, regulated organ with a highly controlled access mechanism: The Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). The selectivity of this barrier is a double-edged sword, being both its greatest strength and weakness. This weakness is evident when trying to target therapeutics against diseases within the brain. Diseas...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： McCully M,Sanchez-Navarro M,Teixido M,Giralt E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diterpenes present complex structure and due to their unique carbon skeleton and interesting biological activities, have been the focus of continuous studies for the development of new anticancer agents. Phorbol esters have been known for their activity against skin malignancies since ancient times. Taxol was first st...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Prieto JM,Silveira D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ulinastatin (UTI) plays the beneficial roles in modifying cerebral ischemic injury evoked by cardiac arrest (CA). XueBiJing (XBJ), comprised of extracts from Chinese herbals, has been used for the treatment of sepsis and ischemic disorders linked to multiple organ dysfunction syndromes. The current study was...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Ma C,Han DF,Jin H,Cheng YY,Hu HX,Wang X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In spite of considerable efforts of researchers the cancer deseases remain to be incurable and a percentage of cancer deseases in the structure of mortality increases every year. At that, high systemic toxicity of antitumor drugs hampers their effective use. Because of this fact, the development of nanosyste...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Grushevskaya HV,Krylova NG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is one of the leading causes of disability in the world. Current pharmaceutical treatment for depression remains unsatisfactory due to its limited therapeutic efficacy and undesirable side effects. There is increasing interest in looking for alternative strategies from diet for the treatment of depressive d...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Wang X,Zhao F,Wang X,Niu Y,Niu L,Wang C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aging phenomenon is intrinsically responsible for diseases and lifestyle-associated conditions afflicting the aging male. In particular, male infertility seems to result from deleterious lifestyle choices. However, the aging effect at the individual gene/protein level is poorly discussed and valuable information i...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Bastos P,Freitas MJ,Gomes A,Vitorino R,Fardilha M

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of muscle mass associated with a loss of muscle function, e.g., walking speed. A number of consensus definitions exist for sarcopenia with cut-off points being ethnically specific. A rapid screen test (SARC-F) is available and does not require different ethnic cut-off points. Sarcopen...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Morley JE

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipid nanoparticles have attracted increased degree of scientific and commercial attention in the last decade. The lipidic nanoparticles have emerged as a potential alternative to other nano-scale systems due to their various advantages over them and also due to overcoming the shortcomings of the already ava...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Pathak K,Shankar R,Joshi M

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last three decades, neoplasms have become the largest cause of human mortality due to both high tumor incidence and mortality. Chemotherapy is one of the main therapies employed to treat neoplasms. Although classical genotoxic drugs, such as cyclophosphamide, 5-FU, cisplatin and doxorubicin have been applied ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Quan C,Xiao J,Liu L,Duan Q,Yuan P,Zhu F

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleosides constitute an extensive group of natural and chemically modified compounds that display a wide range of structures and activities. Different biocatalysts have been developed for their preparation, but the choice of commercially available enzymes is limited. Therefore, the search of new biocatalysts is part...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lewkowicz ES,Iribarren AM

更新日期：2017-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing sugars can react non-enzymatically with amino groups of proteins and lipids to form irreversibly cross-linked macroprotein derivatives called as advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Cross-linking modification of extracellular matrix proteins by AGEs deteriorate their tertiary structural integrity and funct...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Yamagishi SI,Matsui T,Ishibashi Y,Isami F,Abe Y,Sakaguchi T,Higashimoto Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The failing heart is characterized by a depleted metabolic energy reserve and the upregulation of several molecular mechanisms leading to cardiac hypertrophy, inflammation, fibrosis, angiogenesis, and apoptosis. Dietary or non-dietary supplementation of vitamins could potentially benefit energy balance. OBJ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Georgiopoulos G,Chrysohoou C,Vogiatzi G,Magkas N,Bournelis I,Bampali S,Gruson D,Tousoulis D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of common neurodegenerative diseases, which shows motor symptoms including tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity and postural instability. It also involves non-motor symptoms such as cognitive impairment, mental manifestation, autonomic disorder and sensory disturbance. Although treatments to ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Miyazaki I,Asanuma M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy may be capable of treating a variety of diseases, a prerequisite of which is the successful delivery of polynucleic acids (e.g., DNA, RNA) to a patient's cells. Delivery can be achieved technologically (e.g., using electroporation), using viruses (natural gene delivery vectors) or non-viral vectors (e.g.,...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Clancy KFA,Hardy JG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our current understanding of cancer suggests that every tumour has individual features. Approaches to cancer treatment require thorough comprehension of the mechanisms triggering genomic instability and protecting cancer cells from therapeutic treatments. Base excision repair (BER) is a frontline DNA repair system tha...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Poletto M,Legrand AJ,Dianov GL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinic resting heart rate (RHR), is one of the cardiovascular parameters more easily measurable. In the general population RHR has been associated with total and cardiovascular mortality and higher rate of vascular events. OBJECTIVE:The case of essential hypertension is in some ways peculiar: in the past de...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Di Raimondo D,Musiari G,Grova M,Miceli G,Tuttolomondo A,Pinto A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global burden of gastrointestinal cancers, including colorectal, stomach, and esophageal cancers is rising steadily. Several therapeutic approaches have been considered for the treatment of GI carcinomas. However, none showed to halt or cure the disease. There is a need to develop effective targeted mole...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Mahmood MQ,Shukla SD,Dua K,Shastri MD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript provides an overview for analysts, medical and scientific investigators, and laboratory administrators, the range of factors that should be considered to implement best practice forensic toxicology. These include laboratory influence over the collection of specimens, their proper transport and chain-of...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Drummer OH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood flow assessment is essential to fully understand cardiovascular function in disease pathologies and for identification of individuals at long-term risk of cardiovascular disease development. Qualitative and quantitative assessments of blood flow by imaging modalities have been limited, and much of the ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Lewandowski AJ,Raman B,Banerjee R,Milanesi M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the introduction of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), the quality of life and therapeutic response for patients with epilepsy remain unsatisfactory. In addition, whilst several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have been approved and consequently marketed in recent years, little is known about their long-term...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Palleria C,Cozza G,Khengar R,Libri V,De Sarro G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke represent one of the most devastating of all neurological diseases, affecting about 15 million people per year and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and currently the leading cause of adult disability in developed countries. Blood pressure and heart rate may undergo several mo...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Maida C,Tuttolomondo A,Di Raimondo D,Daidone M,Pinto A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracerebral hemorrhage is one of the most common injuries in vehicle accidents. The aim of this paper is to survey the injury mechanism of intracerebral hemorrhage in vehicle accidents, including contusion, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), subdural hematoma (SDH) and diffuse axonal injury (DAI). METHODS:A c...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Li F,Li H,Xiao Z,Lu R,Zhang Z,Zhu H,Ren L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Backgound: Current drug therapy for the management of arterial hypertension and heart failure has provided substantial benefits but has also some limitations. LCZ696, a dual inhibitor of angiotensin receptor blockers and neprilysin, and finerenone, a non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, are two recentl...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Faselis C,Boutari C,Doumas M,Imprialos K,Stavropoulos K,Kokkinos P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arterial hypertension (AH) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) frequently coincide. While significant attention is paid to AH, PAD is often underestimated. It is known that both AH and PAD present high cardiovascular risks for ischemic events. To date, the use of the most common anti-hypertensive drugs in ...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Signorelli SS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new controlled delivery system has been developed for ropinirole (RP) for the treatment of Parkinson´s Disease (PD) consisting in PLGA microparticles (MPs) which exhibited in vitro constant release of RP (78.23 µg/day/10 mg MPs) for 19 days. The neuroprotective effects of RP released from MPs were evaluated in SKN-A...

journal_title：Current pharmaceutical design

authors： Negro S,Boeva L,Slowing K,Fernandez-Carballido A,Garcia-García L,Barcia E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00