abstract：:Arthritis-associated inflammatory pain represents a serious medical problem worldwide. Current treatments for arthritic pain are not very effective and cause unwanted side effects. Resolvins, including the resolvin D and resolvin E series, are a family of novel endogenous lipid mediators derived from ω-3 polyunsaturat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Xu ZZ,Ji RR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Up-regulation of thioredoxin interacting protein (TXNIP), an endogenous inhibitor of thioredoxin (Trx), compromises cellular antioxidant and anti-apoptotic defences and stimulates pro-inflammatory cytokines expression, implying a role for TXNIP in apoptosis. Here we have examined the causal role ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Al-Gayyar MM,Abdelsaid MA,Matragoon S,Pillai BA,El-Remessy AB

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We have developed a strategy to target the permanently charged lidocaine derivative lidocaine N-ethyl bromide (QX-314) selectively into nociceptive sensory neurons through the large-pore transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V (TRPV1) noxious heat detector channel. This involves c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Roberson DP,Binshtok AM,Blasl F,Bean BP,Woolf CJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Peptide YY (PYY) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) activate Y receptors, targets under consideration as treatments for diarrhoea and other intestinal disorders. We investigated the gastrointestinal consequences of selective PYY or NPY ablation on mucosal ion transport, smooth muscle activity and transit u...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tough IR,Forbes S,Tolhurst R,Ellis M,Herzog H,Bornstein JC,Cox HM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Humanized mice for the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ (PPARδ), termed PPARδ knock-in (PPARδ KI) mice, were generated for the investigation of functional differences between mouse and human PPARδ and as tools for early drug efficacy assessment. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gross B,Hennuyer N,Bouchaert E,Rommens C,Grillot D,Mezdour H,Staels B

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Selective and potent antagonists for the β(2) -adrenoceptor are potentially interesting as experimental and clinical tools, and we sought to identify novel ligands with this pharmacology. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:A range of pharmacological assays was used to assess potency, affinity, selectivity (β...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hothersall JD,Black J,Caddick S,Vinter JG,Tinker A,Baker JR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Muscarinic toxins (MTs) are snake venom peptides named for their ability to interfere with ligand binding to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs). Recent data infer that these toxins may have other G-protein-coupled receptor targets than the mAChRs. The purpose of this study was to systema...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Näreoja K,Kukkonen JP,Rondinelli S,Toivola DM,Meriluoto J,Näsman J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The renal sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) plays an important role in the reuptake of filtered glucose in the proximal tubule and therefore may be an attractive target for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. This study characterizes the pharmacological profile of TS-071 ((1S)-1,5-anhydro-1-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yamamoto K,Uchida S,Kitano K,Fukuhara N,Okumura-Kitajima L,Gunji E,Kozakai A,Tomoike H,Kojima N,Asami J,Toyoda H,Arai M,Takahashi T,Takahashi K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cannabis extracts and several cannabinoids have been shown to exert broad anti-inflammatory activities in experimental models of inflammatory CNS degenerative diseases. Clinical use of many cannabinoids is limited by their psychotropic effects. However, phytocannabinoids like cannabidiol (CBD), d...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kozela E,Lev N,Kaushansky N,Eilam R,Rimmerman N,Levy R,Ben-Nun A,Juknat A,Vogel Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive in vitro and in vivo studies have shown that cannabinoid drugs have neuroprotective properties and suggested that the endocannabinoid system may be involved in endogenous neuroprotective mechanisms. On the other hand, neurotoxic effects of cannabinoids in vitro and in vivo were also described. Several possib...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sarne Y,Asaf F,Fishbein M,Gafni M,Keren O

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:While arachidonyl ethanolamine (anandamide) produces pharmacological effects mediated by cannabinoid CB1 receptors, it is also an agonist at the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) ion channel. This study examined the cellular actions of anandamide in the midbrain periaqueductal...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kawahara H,Drew GM,Christie MJ,Vaughan CW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent clinical studies have demonstrated that angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1) ) receptor blockers (ARBs) reduce the onset of stroke, stroke severity and the incidence and progression of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. We can expect that ARBs exert these effects by both AT(1) receptor blockade and angiotensin II type 2...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Horiuchi M,Mogi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oestrogens are important sex hormones central to health and disease in both genders that have protective effects on the cardiovascular and metabolic systems. These hormones act in complex ways via both genomic and non-genomic mechanisms. The genomic mechanisms are relatively well characterized, whereas the non-genomic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nilsson BO,Olde B,Leeb-Lundberg LM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Kyotorphin (KTP; L-Tyr-L-Arg), an endogenous neuropeptide, is potently analgesic when delivered directly to the central nervous system. Its weak analgesic effects after systemic administration have been explained by inability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and detract from the possible cl...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ribeiro MM,Pinto A,Pinto M,Heras M,Martins I,Correia A,Bardaji E,Tavares I,Castanho M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is increasing evidence that potassium channels are involved in the cardiovascular dysfunction of sepsis. This evidence was obtained after the systemic inflammation, cardiovascular dysfunction and organ damage had developed. Here we have studied the consequences of early interference with po...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sordi R,Fernandes D,Heckert BT,Assreuy J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The two longest C-termini of the purinergic P2X receptors occur in the P2X2 and P2X7 receptors and are thought to interact with multiple cytoplasmic proteins, among which are members of the cytoskeleton, including microtubules. In this work we asked whether disrupting the microtubule cytoskeleton...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Marques-da-Silva C,Chaves MM,Castro NG,Coutinho-Silva R,Guimaraes MZ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Deletion of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene causes impairment of kidney development, but the effect of selective inhibitors of COX-2 (coxibs) or the non-selective inhibitors of COX (the classical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; NSAIDs) on kidney development was less well described. EXPE...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Olliges A,Wimmer S,Nüsing RM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The rat respiratory muscle diaphragm has markedly lower sensitivity than the locomotor muscle extensor digitorum longus (EDL) to the new acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors, alkylammonium derivatives of 6-methyluracil (ADEMS). This study evaluated several possible reasons for differing sensiti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Petrov KA,Yagodina LO,Valeeva GR,Lannik NI,Nikitashina AD,Rizvanov AA,Zobov VV,Bukharaeva EA,Reznik VS,Nikolsky EE,Vyskočil F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data presentation and statistical analysis in scientific writing are agreed to be in need of improvement, despite the profusion of advice and instruction. Recent evidence supports the need for better planning and analysis of animal experiments. This series of short articles aims to provide advice in small easily diges...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Drummond GB,Vowler SL

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Leucocyte infiltration is a rate-limiting step in the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis (AP) although the adhesive mechanisms supporting leucocyte-endothelium interactions in the pancreas remain elusive. The aim of this study was to define the role of lymphocyte function antigen-1 (LFA-1) in ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Awla D,Abdulla A,Zhang S,Roller J,Menger MD,Regnér S,Thorlacius H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary fibrosis represents the end stage of a number of heterogeneous conditions and is, to a greater or lesser degree, the hallmark of the interstitial lung diseases. It is characterized by the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins within the pulmonary interstitium leading to the obliteration of fu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Datta A,Scotton CJ,Chambers RC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age related neurodegenerative disease. Currently, there are no disease modifying drugs, existing therapies only offer short-term symptomatic relief. Two of the pathognomonic indicators of AD are the presence of extracellular protein aggregates consisting primarily of the Aβ ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kenche VB,Barnham KJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Animal models of drug-seeking suggest that exposure to cues associated with self-administered drugs and drug primes might precipitate relapse via activation of central dopaminergic substrates. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:The effects of priming injections of dopamine and 5-HT agonists on drug-seeking a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schenk S,Gittings D,Colussi-Mas J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hepatic encephalopathy is a neuropsychiatric disorder of complex pathogenesis caused by acute or chronic liver failure. We investigated the effects of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive constituent of Cannabis sativa with anti-inflammatory properties that activates the 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 5...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Avraham Y,Grigoriadis N,Poutahidis T,Vorobiev L,Magen I,Ilan Y,Mechoulam R,Berry E

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Transient receptor potential canonical 5 (TRPC5) channels are widely expressed, including in the CNS, where they potentiate fear responses. They also contribute to other non-selective cation channels that are stimulated by G-protein-coupled receptor agonists and lipid and redox factors. Steroids ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Majeed Y,Amer MS,Agarwal AK,McKeown L,Porter KE,O'Regan DJ,Naylor J,Fishwick CW,Muraki K,Beech DJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:8-Nitroguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-nitro-cGMP), formed nitric oxide (NO)-dependently, is a physiological second messenger, yet little is known about its role in the pathophysiology of vascular diseases. To study the pharmacological activity of 8-nitro-cGMP in diabetic mice, we compare...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tokutomi Y,Kataoka K,Yamamoto E,Nakamura T,Fukuda M,Nako H,Toyama K,Dong YF,Ahmed KA,Sawa T,Akaike T,Kim-Mitsuyama S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Conventional determination of agonist efficacy at G-protein coupled receptors is measured by stimulation of guanosine-5'-γ-thiotriphosphate (GTPγS) binding. We analysed the role of guanosine diphosphate (GDP) in the process of activation of the M₂ muscarinic acetylcholine receptor and provide evi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jakubík J,Janíčková H,El-Fakahany EE,Doležal V

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Betulinic acid (BA) is a naturally occurring triterpenoid widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom. We previously reported that BA inhibits lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced interleukin-6 production through modulation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Viji V,Helen A,Luxmi VR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Pancreatitis represents a life-threatening inflammatory condition where leucocytes, cytokines and vascular endothelium contribute to the development of the inflammatory disease. The glucocorticoid-induced tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family-related protein (GITR) is a costimulatory molec...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Galuppo M,Nocentini G,Mazzon E,Ronchetti S,Esposito E,Riccardi L,Sportoletti P,Di Paola R,Bruscoli S,Riccardi C,Cuzzocrea S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is growing interest in the physiological functions of flavonoids, especially in their effects on cognitive function and on neurodegenerative diseases. The aim of the current investigation was to evaluate the role of the flavonoid baicalein in long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampal ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang W,Wang F,Yang YJ,Hu ZL,Long LH,Fu H,Xie N,Chen JG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:While the slow delayed rectifier K(+) current (I(Ks)) is known to be enhanced by the stimulation of β-adrenoceptors in several mammalian species, phosphorylation-dependent regulation of the rapid delayed rectifier K(+) current (I(Kr)) is controversial. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:In the present study,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Harmati G,Bányász T,Bárándi L,Szentandrássy N,Horváth B,Szabó G,Szentmiklósi JA,Szénási G,Nánási PP,Magyar J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Melanocortins reverse circulatory shock and improve survival by counteracting the systemic inflammatory response, and through the activation of the vagus nerve-mediated cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. To gain insight into the potential therapeutic value of melanocortins against multiple or...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bitto A,Polito F,Altavilla D,Irrera N,Giuliani D,Ottani A,Minutoli L,Spaccapelo L,Galantucci M,Lodi R,Guzzo G,Guarini S,Squadrito F

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrathecal (i.t.) injection of orexin A (OX-A) increases blood pressure and heart rate (HR), but the effects of OX-A on sympathetic and phrenic, nerve activity, and the baroreflex(es), somato-sympathetic and hypoxic chemoreflex(es) are unknown. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Urethane-anaesthetized, vagotomized and ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shahid IZ,Rahman AA,Pilowsky PM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-activated transcription factors, and three subtypes (α, β and γ) have been identified. PPAR activation has been reported to decrease renal injury and markers of glomerular dysfunction in models of renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). How...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Miglio G,Rosa AC,Rattazzi L,Grange C,Collino M,Camussi G,Fantozzi R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Protocatechuic acid (PCA) is plentiful in edible fruits and vegetables and is thus one anti-oxidative component of normal human diets. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in the chemopreventive activity of PCA are poorly understood. Here, we investigated the mechanism(s) underlying the ant...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lin HH,Chen JH,Chou FP,Wang CJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical and clinical data suggest that a modification in GABA(B) receptor expression and function may contribute to the symptoms of major depression and the response to antidepressants. This includes laboratory animal experiments demonstrating that antidepressants modify brain GABA(B) receptor expression and funct...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ghose S,Winter MK,McCarson KE,Tamminga CA,Enna SJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cannabidiol (CBD) has emerged as an interesting compound with therapeutic potential in several CNS disorders. However, whether it can modulate synaptic activity in the CNS remains unclear. Here, we have investigated whether CBD modulates synaptic transmission in rat hippocampal cultures and acute...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ledgerwood CJ,Greenwood SM,Brett RR,Pratt JA,Bushell TJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:While remifentanil can be used either during labour or fetal surgery, more should be known about the transplacental transfer of this opioid. The aim of this study was to investigate the placental transfer and haemodynamic effects of remifentanil after i.v. administration to pregnant ewes. EXPERI...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Coonen JB,Marcus MA,Joosten EA,van Kleef M,Neef C,van Aken H,Gogarten W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Ca(2+) paradox is an important phenomenon associated with Ca(2+) overload-mediated cellular injury in myocardium. The present study was undertaken to elucidate molecular and cellular mechanisms for the development of the Ca(2+) paradox. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Fluorescence imaging was performe...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kojima A,Kitagawa H,Omatsu-Kanbe M,Matsuura H,Nosaka S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors are used in Parkinson's disease in which pain is an important symptom. COMT polymorphisms modulate pain and opioid analgesia in humans. In rats, COMT inhibitors have been shown to be pro-nociceptive in acute pain models, but also to attenuate allodyn...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kambur O,Talka R,Ansah OB,Kontinen VK,Pertovaara A,Kalso E,Männistö PT

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00