abstract：:Natural purines like ATP, ADP and adenosine have crucial roles in platelet physiology. This knowledge has been significant in drug development and today ADP receptor antagonists are widely used for prevention of thrombotic events following myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke. Recent studies have shown that a pu...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Kardeby C,Paramel GV,Pournara D,Fotopoulou T,Sirsjö A,Koufaki M,Fransén K,Grenegård M

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF-2K) is known as calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase III and identified as a calcium/calmodulin (Ca2+/CaM)-dependent protein kinase (CaM-PK) that phosphorylates its only substrate eukaryotic elongation factor-2 (eEF-2) and blocks the ability of eEF-2 to bind the riboso...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Li S,Li Y,Bai Y

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoxetine has been shown to induce anti-tumour activity. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of fluoxetine on HCT116+/+ and p53 gene-depleted HCT116-/- human colorectal cancer cells and the mechanisms, including potential p53-dependence, of its action. Fluoxetine-induced apoptosis was investigated by mi...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Marcinkute M,Afshinjavid S,Fatokun AA,Javid FA

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophils and their granular proteins are crucial for combating allergic airway diseases. Eosinophils derived from HL-60 clone 15 (HC15) cells have been established as a feasible alternative cell model for human primary eosinophils. Simvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering agent, has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammato...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Fu CH,Lee TJ,Huang CC,Chang PH,Tsai JW,Chuang LP,Su Pang JH

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide (CPA) is a chemotherapeutic drug widely used in the treatment of breast cancer or leukemia in clinic. However, CPA was reported to have hepatotoxicity. This study aims to observe the engaged mechanism of CPA-induced liver injury in mice and the protection of liquiritin (LQ) and liquiritigenin (LG). Li...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen M,Zhang C,Zhang J,Kai G,Lu B,Huang Z,Ji L

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A characteristic of endothelia damage and repair is the turnover of extracellular matrix components. As a part of extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan (GAG), hyaluronic acid (HA, main component of glycocalyx) is not only involved in inflammation, proliferation, differentiation of cells, and tissue remodeling, but al...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Yang H,Zhu L,Gu Y,Kong X,Yan Liu,Chen M,Xie X,Luo J,Chen S

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) is an astroglial enzyme abundantly present in the pain sensing regions including brain and spinal cord. There have been studies indicating an upregulation and increased activity of DAAO in different pain models. Furthermore, the upregulation of DAAO also results in the development of morphi...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Sharma J,Kulshrestha R,Singh N,Jaggi AS

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary microembolization (CME) is responsible for a substantial fraction of microvascular obstruction (MVO), which are strongly associated with mortality and hospitalization for heart failure within 1 year after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). H...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhu HH,Wang XT,Sun YH,He WK,Liang JB,Mo BH,Li L

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors. Due to both their invasive nature and resistance to multimodal treatments, these tumors have a very high percentage of recurrence leading in most cases to a rapid fatal outcome. Recent data demonstrated that neural stem/progenitor cells possess an inherent ab...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Ginisty A,Oliver L,Arnault P,Vallette F,Benzakour O,Coronas V

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:New, more effective pharmacologic treatments for epilepsy are needed, as a substantial portion of patients (>30%) are refractory to currently available anti-epileptic drugs. Cenobamate (YKP3089) is an investigational anti-epileptic drug in clinical development. Two completed adequate and well-controlled studies demons...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Nakamura M,Cho JH,Shin H,Jang IS

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:6"-O-succinylapigenin [apigenin-7-O-(6'-O-succinyl)-glucoside], a novel compound, is identified in chamomile. Although it is highly produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FJ18, its bioactivity remains unknown. The neuroprotective effects and antioxidative mechanism of 6''-O-succcinylapigenin in the middle cerebral art...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhang S,Xu S,Duan H,Zhu Z,Yang Z,Cao J,Zhao Y,Huang Z,Wu Q,Duan J

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence has suggested that Glypican-5 (GPC5) is a tumor suppressor gene in many types of cancers. However, whether GPC5 is involved in glioma remains unknown. This study was designed to explore the expression, biological function and regulatory mechanism of GPC5 in glioma. Our results demonstrated that G...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Hong X,Zhang Z,Pan L,Ma W,Zhai X,Gu C,Zhang Y,Bi X,Huang W,Pei H,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Levetiracetam was initially developed as a nootropic drug, although since 2002 it has been used as anticonvulsant for the treatment of partial and generalized epilepsy syndromes. The purpose of the research was to investigate anti-paroxysmal activity of levetiracetam (LEV) on the model of cobalt-induced chronic epilep...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Litvinova Svetlana A,Voroninа Tatyana A,Nerobkova Lubov N,Kutepova Inga S,Avakyan Georgii G,Avakyan Gagik N

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral ischemia impairs physiological form of synaptic plasticity such as long-term potentiation (LTP). Clinical symptoms of cognitive dysfunction resulting from cerebral ischemia are associated with neuron loss and synaptic function impairment in hippocampus. It has been widely reported that cordycepin displays neu...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Dong ZS,Cao ZP,Shang YJ,Liu QY,Wu BY,Liu WX,Li CH

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relaxation effect of farrerol on rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and its underlying mechanism. VSMCs were cultured primarily and were used to examine the relaxation effect of farrerol. Cells surface and length were measured by dynamic observation, or by rhod...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Qin X,Hou X,Zhang K,Li Q

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress plays an important role in auditory dysfunction. Exogenous cell therapy has brought new hopes for repairing mammalian inner ear hair cells. However, poor cell viability of transplanted cells under oxidative stress conditions has limited their therapeutic potential. The adipocytokine apelin-13 was isol...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Niknazar S,Abbaszadeh HA,Peyvandi H,Rezaei O,Forooghirad H,Khoshsirat S,Peyvandi AA

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) arises from neoplastic transformation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, and resistance to conventional chemotherapy remains one of the greatest challenges in treating the disease. Extensive data have demonstrated that angiogenesis is associated with AML progression and chemothera...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Deng M,Zhao H,Chen Q,Zhao J,Shi Y,Yu L,Fang Z,Xu B

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic, recurring inflammation of the digestive tract. Current therapeutic approaches are limited and include biologics and steroids such as anti-TNFα monoclonal antibodies and corticosteroids, respectively. Significant adverse drug effects can occur for chronic us...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Sanderlin EJ,Marie M,Velcicky J,Loetscher P,Yang LV

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer (OC) is a major cause of cancer-related deaths in women all over the world. The easy metastasis of OC and the problem of radioresistance are serious issues remaining to be overcome. Thus, research on molecular mechanisms underlying is in urgent demand. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of RNAs ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Dou Q,Xu Y,Zhu Y,Hu Y,Yan Y,Yan H

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibrillary tangles aggregated from hyperphosphorylated tau protein are the main pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Complement C3 (or C3a) is the core component of the complement system and is associated with AD pathological processes. However, it remains unclear whether C3a or the C3a receptor has ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Hu J,Yang Y,Wang M,Yao Y,Chang Y,He Q,Ma R,Li G

更新日期：2019-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a gaseous molecule and is endogenously produced in the brain by cystathionine beta-synthase, 3-mercaptopyruvate-sulfurtransferase, cysteine aminotransferase and cystathionine γ-lyase. Physiologically, H2S acts as a neuromodulator and regulates synaptic activity of neurons and glia to promote ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： He JT,Li H,Yang L,Mao CY

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as the commonest type in liver cancer, is in urgent need for better treatment target due to its high mortality and poor prognosis. The involvement of angiogenesis in HCC has been identified by multiple studies, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs)...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Li W,Fu Q,Man W,Guo H,Yang P

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we showed that the synthetic nitroderivative trans-4-methyl-β-nitrostyrene (T4MeN) induced vasorelaxant effects in rat isolated aortic rings. Here, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the cardiovascular effects of T4MeN in normotensive rats. In pentobarbital-anesthetized rats, intravenous (i.v.) inje...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Teófilo TM,Duarte GP,Borges RS,Santos AA,Magalhães PJC,Lahlou S

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the brain, various neurotransmitters such as noradrenaline and GABA regulate peripheral sympathetic functions. Previously, it has been reported that both β-adrenoceptor activation and GABAB receptor activation in the brain are involved in the elevation of plasma noradrenaline levels. However, it is unknown whether ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Yamaguchi N,Mimura K,Okada S

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence recommends incorporating the concept of drug-target residence times within drug development and screening programs. For many targets, systematic research for binding kinetics is emerging and reported, as in case of the histamine H3 receptor. Alternatively, fluorescent methods based on Foerster resonan...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Reiner D,Stark H

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer comes second among the causes of cancer deaths of women. Although new generation hormone therapy is a promising strategy, re-occurrence or emergence of drug resistance limits the success. According to the theory of cancer stem cells (CSCs); CSCs are immortal, tumor inducing and self renewing pluripotent ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Kars MD,Yıldırım G

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 reversed the high MDA- and NO-tissue values to the healthy levels. Thereby, BPC 157 therapy cured rats with bile duct ligation (BDL) (sacrifice at 2, 4, 6, 8 week). BPC 157-medication (10 μg/kg, 10 ng/kg) was continuously in drinking water (0.16 μg/ml, 0.16 ng/ml, 12 m...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Sever AZ,Sever M,Vidovic T,Lojo N,Kolenc D,Vuletic LB,Drmic D,Kokot A,Zoricic I,Coric M,Vlainic J,Poljak L,Seiwerth S,Sikiric P

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is commonly seen in patients undergoing major surgeries and may persist. Although neuroinflammation is one of the important contributors to the development of POCD, the mechanisms underlying POCD remain unclear. We performed stabilized tibial fracture operation in male mice. ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang T,Zhu H,Hou Y,Gu W,Wu H,Luan Y,Xiao C,Zhou C

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver failure altered P-glycoprotein (P-gp) function and expression at blood-brain barrier (BBB), partly owing to hyperammonemia. We aimed to examine the effects of partial portal vein ligation (PVL) plus chronic hyperammonemia (CHA) on P-gp function and expression at rat BBB. Experimental rats included sham-operation...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhou Y,Zhou J,Li P,Xie Q,Sun B,Li Y,Chen Y,Zhao K,Yang T,Zhu L,Xu J,Liu X,Liu L

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major cause of end-stage renal disease and one of the most severe diabetic complications. However, there is lack of effective treatments for DN and the underlying mechanisms of the renal injury remain unclear. In current study, we evaluated the effects of silibinin on DN and further expl...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Liu Y,Ye J,Cao Y,Zhang R,Wang Y,Zhang S,Dai W,Ye S

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional role of P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) inhibition in cancer-induced bone pain has been highly contradictory. Whereas knockout studies have suggested pro-nociceptive effects, pharmacological studies suggest anti-nociceptive or no effect. The discrepancy is likely linked to the highly polymorphic nature of the P2X...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Falk S,Appel CK,Bennedbæk HB,Al-Dihaissy T,Unger A,Dinkel K,Heegaard AM

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum resistance is a major limitation in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Combination of natural compounds with platinum-based agents is a new strategy for cancer chemotherapy. Recently, we found that scutellarin sensitized the anticancer effect of cisplatin to ovarian cancer cells. How scutellarin interacts with ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Xie Z,Guo Z,Lei J,Yu J

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins and these have very high affinity for β-galactoside containing glycoproteins and glycolipids. Amongst sixteen types of galectin, the role of galectin 1, 3, 9 and 12 is defined in the development and progression of different types of leukemia including acute myeloid leukemia,...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Zheng Y,Feng W,Wang YJ,Sun Y,Shi G,Yu Q

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a common painful neurovascular disorder usually associated with several symptoms, such as photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, vomiting and inflammation, and involves immune cells. Mast cells (MCs) are immune cells derived from hematopoietic pluripotent stem cells which migrate and mature close to epithelial,...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Conti P,D'Ovidio C,Conti C,Gallenga CE,Lauritano D,Caraffa A,Kritas SK,Ronconi G

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The latest findings indicate the huge therapeutic potential of stem cells in regenerative medicine, including the healing of chronic wounds. Main stem cell types involved in wound healing process are: epidermal and dermal stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and hematopoietic ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Kucharzewski M,Rojczyk E,Wilemska-Kucharzewska K,Wilk R,Hudecki J,Los MJ

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance is a major pathophysiological feature in the development of type 2 diabetes. The liver is an important organ responsible for the development of insulin resistance, and exploring liver glucose metabolism is important to study insulin resistance. We first established the model of insulin resistance in...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Fan X,Tao J,Zhou Y,Hou Y,Wang Y,Gu D,Su Y,Jang Y,Li S

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory processes are critical promoting factors of chronic pain states, mostly by inducing peripheral and central sensitization of the nociceptive system. These processes are associated with a massive increase in glutamatergic transmission, sometimes facilitated by spinal disinhibition. In this study, we used et...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Gazzo G,Girard P,Kamoun N,Verleye M,Poisbeau P

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been documented cardiac fibroblasts as the predominant cell population undergoing senescence in heart. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) exhibits a wide range of cardiovascular protective effects. Whether CGRP protects against cardiac fibroblasts senescence in cardiac fibrosis remains unknown. Here, we det...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Li WQ,Tan SL,Li XH,Sun TL,Li D,Du J,Wei SS,Li YJ,Zhang BK

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The impacts of prenatal propofol on cognition and emotion of offspring remain elusive. In the present study, pregnant rats in the second trimester were anesthetized with propofol. Neuronal apoptosis and proliferation was determined in fetuses and postnatal rats by detecting caspase-3 and BrdU expression. The offspring...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen D,Qi X,Zhuang R,Cao J,Xu Y,Huang X,Li Y

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus host disease (GVHD) remains the most significant complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Dissociation of graft versus-leukemia (GVL) activity from GVHD has yet to be achieved. In this study, we used γ-secretase inhibitor (GSIs, DAPT) to inhibit Notch signaling in GV...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Luo X,Xu L,Liu L,Li Y,Tan H

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00