abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inhibition of the T- and B-cell interaction through the CD40/CD40 ligand (L) axis is a favourable approach for inflammatory disease treatment. Clinical studies of anti-CD40L molecules in autoimmune diseases have met challenges because of thromboembolic events and adverse haemostasis. VIB4920 (for...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nicholson SM,Casey KA,Gunsior M,Drabic S,Iverson W,Cook H,Scott S,O'Day T,Karanth S,Dixit R,Ryan PC

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cytochrome P450 (CYP, P450) 3A4 is involved in the metabolism of 50% of drugs and its catalytic activity in vivo is not explained only by hepatic expression levels. We previously demonstrated that UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 2B7 suppressed CYP3A4 activity through an interaction. In the pres...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Miyauchi Y,Tanaka Y,Nagata K,Yamazoe Y,Mackenzie PI,Yamada H,Ishii Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) is one of the most widely described and evaluated dietary patterns in scientific literature. It is characterized by high intakes of vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, grains, fish, seafood, extra virgin olive oil, and a moderate intake of red wine. A large body of observational and exp...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schwingshackl L,Morze J,Hoffmann G

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic itch poses major health care and economic burdens worldwide. In 2013, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) was identified as an itch-selective neuropeptide and shown to be both necessary and sufficient to produce itch behaviour in mice. Since then, mechanistic studies of itch have increased, not only at central le...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Meng J,Chen W,Wang J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Alcohol exposure in utero may lead to a wide range of long-lasting morphological and behavioural deficiencies known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), associated with a higher risk of later developing neuropsychiatric disorders. However, little is known about the long-term consequences o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cantacorps L,Montagud-Romero S,Luján MÁ,Valverde O

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine has been one of the most studied substances in medicine, playing a major role in diverse (patho)physiological processes. It elicits its multifaceted modulatory functions by activating four types of GPCRs, designated as H1-4 . Despite the heterogeneity and the complexity of histamine receptor pharmacology, ma...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tiligada E,Ennis M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:During angiogenesis, quiescent endothelial cells (ECs) are activated by various stimuli to form new blood vessels from pre-existing ones in physiological and pathological conditions. Many research groups have shown that hydrogen sulfide (H2 S), the newest member of the gasotransmitter family, act...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Abdollahi Govar A,Törő G,Szaniszlo P,Pavlidou A,Bibli SI,Thanki K,Resto VA,Chao C,Hellmich MR,Szabo C,Papapetropoulos A,Módis K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We recently reported that AAV1-Rheb(S16H) transduction could protect hippocampal neurons through the induction of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the rat hippocampus in vivo. It is still unclear how neuronal BDNF produced by AAV1-Rheb(S16H) transduction induces neuroprotective effects...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jeon MT,Moon GJ,Kim S,Choi M,Oh YS,Kim DW,Kim HJ,Lee KJ,Choe Y,Ha CM,Jang IS,Nakamura M,McLean C,Chung WS,Shin WH,Lee SG,Kim SR

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) injections into hyperactive muscles provide effective treatment for spasticity and dystonias, presumably due to its local effects on extrafusal and intrafusal motor fibres. A recent discovery of toxin's retrograde axonal transport to CNS might suggest additional ac...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Matak I

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with lung disease and/or hypoxia (Group III), decreased pulmonary vascular tone and tissue hypoxia is therapeutically beneficial. PGE2 and PGI2 induce potent relaxation of human bronchi from non-PH (control) patients via EP4 and IP receptors...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ozen G,Benyahia C,Mani S,Boukais K,Silverstein AM,Bayles R,Nelsen AC,Castier Y,Danel C,Mal H,Clapp LH,Longrois D,Norel X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a degenerative disease with irreversible and progressive dilation of the artery. But there are few options for efficacious treatment except for traditional surgery. Probucol has been widely applied to treat hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis in clinic, but whet...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen C,Wang Y,Cao Y,Wang Q,Anwaier G,Zhang Q,Qi R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Asthenozoospermia is a leading cause of male infertility, but development of pharmacological agents to improve sperm motility is hindered by the lack of effective screening platforms and knowledge of suitable molecular targets. We have demonstrated that a high-throughput screening (HTS) strategy ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： McBrinn RC,Fraser J,Hope AG,Gray DW,Barratt CLR,Martins da Silva SJ,Brown SG

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hallmark of heart failure is mitochondrial dysfunction leading to a bioenergetics imbalance in the myocardium. Consequently, there is much interest in targeting mitochondrial abnormalities to attenuate the pathogenesis of heart failure. This review discusses (i) how electron microscopy (EM) techniques have been fund...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Daghistani HM,Rajab BS,Kitmitto A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive death of cardiac myocytes leads to many cardiac diseases, including myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, heart failure and sudden cardiac death. For the last several decades, most work on cell death has focused on apoptosis, which is generally considered as the only form of regulated cell death, whereas necros...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhang J,Liu D,Zhang M,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial stiffness progressively increases with aging and is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Evidence supports that there are sex differences in the time course of aging-related arterial stiffness and the associated CVD risk, which increases disproportionately in postmenopausal women. Th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： DuPont JJ,Kenney RM,Patel AR,Jaffe IZ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a common metabolic disorder that has become a widespread epidemic in several countries. Sex and gender disparities in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been well documented with premenopausal women having a lower incidence of CVD than age-matched men. However, women are more likely than me...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Taylor LE,Ramirez LA,Musall JB,Sullivan JC

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Skeletal muscle is the predominant site for glucose disposal and fatty acid consumption. Emerging evidence indicates that the crosstalk between adipose tissue and skeletal muscle is critical in maintaining insulin sensitivity and lipid homeostasis. The current study was designed to investigate wh...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shen S,Liao Q,Zhang T,Pan R,Lin L

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Δ9 -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) acts via cannabinoid CB1 receptors to increase feeding. Here, we assessed the orexigenic effect of AM11101, a novel CB1 receptor agonist designed to have a more favourable pharmacodynamic profile than THC. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:The acute, orexigenic effects of AM11...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ogden SB,Malamas MS,Makriyannis A,Eckel LA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The increased proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) after arterial injury contributes greatly to the pathogenesis of neointimal hyperplasia. As a major component of epigenetics, histone methylation plays an important role in several cardiovascular diseases. However, ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Liang J,Li Q,Cai W,Zhang X,Yang B,Li X,Jiang S,Tian S,Zhang K,Song H,Ai D,Zhang X,Wang C,Zhu Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Δ9 -tetrahydrocannabinol, the principal active component in Cannabis sativa extracts such as marijuana, participates in cell signalling by binding to cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors on the cell surface. The CB1 receptors are present in both inhibitory and excitatory presynaptic terminals and the CB2 receptors are fo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Basavarajappa BS,Joshi V,Shivakumar M,Subbanna S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Tanshinol borneol ester (DBZ) is a novel synthetic compound derived from Dantonic® , a botanical drug approved in 26 countries outside the United States for angina pectoris and currently undergoing FDA Phase III clinical trial. Here, we investigated the angiogenic effects of (S)-DBZ and (R)-DBZ i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Liao S,Han L,Zheng X,Wang X,Zhang P,Wu J,Liu R,Fu Y,Sun J,Kang X,Liu K,Fan TP,Li S,Zheng X

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Exercise is known to improve cognitive function, but the exact synaptic and cellular mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated the potential role of the serotonin (5-HT) transporter (SERT) in mediating these effects. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) and neurogenesi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rogers J,Chen F,Stanic D,Farzana F,Li S,Zeleznikow-Johnston AM,Nithianantharajah J,Churilov L,Adlard PA,Lanfumey L,Hannan AJ,Renoir T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) plays a central role in the progression of atherosclerosis. Statin therapy for lowering LDL-C reduces the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and is the recommended first-line treatment for patients with high LDL-C levels. However, some patients are unable to achieve an adequate redu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nishikido T,Ray KK

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Non-alcoholic hepatic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a manifestation of the metabolic syndrome in the liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represents its advanced stage. R17 derived from bouchardatine, shows benefits in the metabolic syndrome, but has not been tested in the liver. The p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rao Y,Lu YT,Li C,Song QQ,Xu YH,Xu Z,Hu YT,Yu H,Gao L,Gu LQ,Ye JM,Huang ZS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:It has been extensively reported that the leading anti-diabetic drug, metformin, exerts significant anticancer effects. This hydrophilic, cationic drug requires cation transporters for cellular entry where it activates its intracellular target, the AMPK signalling pathway. However, clinical resul...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cai H,Everett RS,Thakker DR

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease typically more common in males, implicating androgens in progression of both patients and mouse models. Androgen effects are mediated by androgen receptor which is highly expressed in spinal motor neurons and skeletal muscle...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： McLeod VM,Lau CL,Chiam MDF,Rupasinghe TW,Roessner U,Djouma E,Boon WC,Turner BJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Emerging evidence indicates that hypertension is mediated by immune mechanisms. We hypothesized that exposure to Porphyromonas gingivalis antigens, commonly encountered in periodontal disease, can enhance immune activation in hypertension and exacerbate the elevation in BP, vascular inflammation ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Czesnikiewicz-Guzik M,Nosalski R,Mikolajczyk TP,Vidler F,Dohnal T,Dembowska E,Graham D,Harrison DG,Guzik TJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare, progressive pulmonary vasculopathy characterized by increased mean pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary vascular remodelling and right ventricular failure. Current treatments are not curative, and new therapeutic strategies are urgently required. Clinical and preclinical eviden...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Scott TE,Kemp-Harper BK,Hobbs AJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Necroptosis is a form of programmed, caspase-independent, cell death, mediated by receptor-interacting protein kinases, RIPK1 and RIPK3, and the mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL). Necroptosis contributes to the pathophysiology of various inflammatory, infectious, and degenerative diseases. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen X,Zhuang C,Ren Y,Zhang H,Qin X,Hu L,Fu J,Miao Z,Chai Y,Liu ZG,Zhang H,Cai Z,Wang HY

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence similarity within the amino-terminal regions of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related protein (PTHrP) allows the two to share actions at a common site, the PTH1 receptor. A number of biological activities have been ascribed to actions of other domains within PTHrP. PTHrP production by late stage breas...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Martin TJ,Johnson RW

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We sought to understand why (-)-cannabidiol (CBD) and (-)-cannabidiol-dimethylheptyl (CBD-DMH) exhibit distinct pharmacology, despite near identical structures. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:HEK293A cells expressing either human type 1 cannabinoid (CB1 ) receptors or CB2 receptors were treated with CBD ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tham M,Yilmaz O,Alaverdashvili M,Kelly MEM,Denovan-Wright EM,Laprairie RB

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common disease of joints, which are complex organs where cartilage, bone and synovium cooperate to allow a range of movements. During progression of the disease, the function of all three main components is jeopardized. Nevertheless, the involvement of each tissue in OA development is s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Malek N,Starowicz K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:An alteration in the communication between the innate and adaptive immune cells is a hallmark of ulcerative colitis (UC). Semaphorin-3E (SEMA3E), a secreted guidance protein, regulates various immune responses. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:We investigated the expression of SEMA3E in colonic biopsies of...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kermarrec L,Eissa N,Wang H,Kapoor K,Diarra A,Gounni AS,Bernstein CN,Ghia JE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Non-invasive in vivo imaging of cannabinoid CB2 receptors using PET is pursued to study neuroinflammation. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the in vivo binding specificity of [18 F]MA3, a CB2 receptor agonist, in a rat model with local overexpression of human (h) CB2 receptors. METHODS:[...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Attili B,Celen S,Ahamed M,Koole M,Haute CVD,Vanduffel W,Bormans G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical ophthalmic formulations of analogues of the endogenous arachidonic acid cyclooxygenase metabolite, PGF2α , are the standard of care treatment for the blinding disease glaucoma. These are the most potent and efficacious medical therapies for lowering intraocular pressure (IOP), the most important risk factor id...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Klimko PG,Sharif NA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In the sensorimotor (SM) and medial prefrontal (mPF) basal ganglia (BG) circuits, the cortical information is transferred to the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) through the hyperdirect trans-subthalamic pathway and through the direct and indirect trans-striatal pathways. The cannabinoid CB...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Antonazzo M,Gutierrez-Ceballos A,Bustinza I,Ugedo L,Morera-Herreras T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin hormone that regulates insulin biosynthesis and secretion in a glucose-dependent manner and has been reported to induce vasodilatation. Here, we examined the possible vasorelaxant effect of GLP-1 and its underlying mechanisms. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bangshaab M,Gutierrez A,Huynh KD,Knudsen JS,Arcanjo DDR,Petersen AG,Rungby J,Gejl M,Simonsen U

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine is one of the two key sulfur-containing amino acids with important functions in redox homeostasis, protein functionality and metabolism. Cysteine is taken up by mammals via their diet and can also be derived from methionine via the transsulfuration pathway. The cellular concentration of cysteine is kept withi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kohl JB,Mellis AT,Schwarz G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage destruction is a key characteristic of arthritic disease, a process now widely established to be mediated by metzincins such as MMPs. Despite showing promise in preclinical trials during the 1990s, MMP inhibitors for the blockade of extracellular matrix turnover in the treatment of cancer and arthritis faile...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wilkinson DJ,Arques MDC,Huesa C,Rowan AD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NO is a neurotransmitter released from enteric inhibitory neurons and responsible for modulating gastrointestinal (GI) motor behaviour. Enteric neurons express nNOS (NOS1) that associates with membranes of nerve varicosities. NO released from neurons binds to soluble guanylate cyclase in post-junctional cells to gener...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sanders KM,Ward SM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00