abstract：:Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic that acts as a partial agonist at dopamine receptors. As the effects of most drugs of abuse converge to enhance dopamine-mediated neurotransmission, the present study was designed to test the hypothesis that aripiprazole would inhibit the acute effects of ethanol, a widely abused subst...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Viana TG,Almeida-Santos AF,Aguiar DC,Moreira FA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data have shown that methamphetamine (MA) abuse significantly increases the risk of developing pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). To investigate whether MA could induce PAH and its possible mechanism, rats were exposed daily to MA for 5 weeks in the absence or presence of fluoxetine. The results sh...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Liu M,Wang Y,Wang HM,Bai Y,Zhang XH,Sun YX,Wang HL

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapamycin is a macrocyclic lactone currently used for the treatment of cancer and for the prevention of transplant rejection. The primary pharmacological mode of action of rapamycin occurs through the inhibition (blocking) of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). By doing so, rapamycin interferes with the phosphoi...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Fagone P,Donia M,Mangano K,Quattrocchi C,Mammana S,Coco M,Libra M,McCubrey JA,Nicoletti F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imbalanced matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression, including MMP-2, has been demonstrated in pre-eclampsia. However, little is known about the effect of polymorphisms in MMP-2 gene on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. We examined whether two functional MMP-2 polymorphisms (g.-1306C>T and g.-735C>T) are associate...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Palei AC,Sandrim VC,Amaral LM,Machado JS,Cavalli RC,Lacchini R,Duarte G,Tanus-Santos JE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects anterior horn cells of the spinal cord causing an indolent slow and steady deterioration of muscle strength leading inevitably to death in respiratory failure. ALS is a model condition for neurodegenerative disorders. Exposure to different agents dispersed in the environment...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Roos PM,Dencker L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) plays a pathogenic role in diabetic nephropathy (DN). Rosmarinic acid (RA) is a naturally occurring phenolic acid. This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of RA on DN and to elucidate the potential mechanism. High glucose (HG)-stimulated cultured human renal proximal...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Jiang WL,Xu Y,Zhang SP,Hou J,Zhu HB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radial artery frequently develops spasm and requires vasodilator therapy during coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Levosimendan was recently shown to oppose 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced contraction of radial artery (RA) grafts. The aim of the present study was to explore whether levosimendan retains its vasod...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Ambrus N,Szolnoky J,Pollesello P,Kun A,Varró A,Papp JG,Pataricza J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are highly effective anticoagulants but their use is hampered by multiple interactions with food and medicine and a narrow therapeutic range. The large variation in dose requirements has led to the development of several dosing algorithms based on pharmacogenetic and clinical variables. In ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Skov J,Bladbjerg EM,Rasmussen MA,Sidelmann JJ,Leppin A,Jespersen J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular networks are dynamic structures, adapting to changing conditions by structural remodelling of vessel diameters and by growth of new vessels and regression of existing vessels. The vast number of blood vessels in the circulatory system, more than 10⁹, implies that vessels' arrangement and structure are not und...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Secomb TW,Dewhirst MW,Pries AR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, small resistance arteries may show the presence of structural alterations. In particular, in essential hypertension, an increased media-to-lumen ratio of subcutaneous small arteries with no change in the total amount of vascular wall tissue (eutrophic remodelling) has already ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Rizzoni D,De Ciuceis C,Porteri E,Semeraro F,Rosei EA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This MiniReview is focused on the nature of intercellular signalling along the endothelium that helps to co-ordinate blood flow control in vascular resistance networks. Vasodilation initiated by contracting skeletal muscle ascends from arterioles within the tissue to encompass resistance arteries upstream and thereby ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Socha MJ,Behringer EJ,Segal SS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinal fundus offers a rare opportunity to visualize the microcirculation in man using minimally invasive approaches. The purpose of this MiniReview is to summarize recent work on genetic and early life influences on the retinal microcirculation and to suggest how these observations may help inform our understand...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Hughes AD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lornoxicam is extensively metabolized by CYP2C9, and a CYP2C9*13 is one of the principal variant alleles in East Asian populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of CYP2C9*1/*13 on the pharmacokinetic parameters of lornoxicam in healthy individuals. A single oral dose of 8 mg lornoxicam was given t...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Choi CI,Kim MJ,Jang CG,Park YS,Bae JW,Lee SY

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin and other platinum complexes are important chemotherapeutic agents and useful in the treatment for several cancers such as prostate, ovarian and testis. However, severe side effects including reproductive toxicity of cisplatin and other platinum complex cause limitations in their clinical usage. In this cont...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Ciftci O,Beytur A,Cakir O,Gurbuz N,Vardi N

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the potential interactions of naringin (NAR), talinolol (TAL) and protein-energy undernutrition (PEU) in the absorption process of saquinavir (SQV), perfusion experiments were performed in the small intestine of rats at different SQV concentrations. The results obtained demonstrated that SQV intestinal absorp...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Catalán-Latorre A,Nácher A,Merino V,Jiménez-Torres NV,Merino-Sanjuán M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simvastatin (SV), a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, is widely used for the treatment of hyperlipidaemia. The objectives of the present study were to develop a population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) model for simvastatin and to evaluate its usefulness in predicting the dose-response relationship of simvastatin...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Kim J,Ahn BJ,Chae HS,Han S,Doh K,Choi J,Jun YK,Lee YW,Yim DS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decapeptide degarelix is a novel competitive gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist that has been approved for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer by the FDA and the EU authorities. In this study, the interaction of degarelix with human cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes was investigated in vitro. ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Sonesson A,Rasmussen BB

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is the principal cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially emphysema, which is characterized by alveolar wall destruction and airspace enlargement. Apoptosis of lung structural cells is involved in the pathogenesis of COPD. Xanthine derivatives (aminophylline or theophylline) ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Kim YJ,Kim JY,Yoon JY,Kyung SY,Lee SP,Jeong SH,Moon C,Park JW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the therapeutic effect of sodium formononetin-3'-sulphonate (Sul-F), a water-soluble derivate of formononetin, on acute myocardial infarction in rats. The results showed that treatment with Sul-F significantly prevented the elevation of ST-segment level, decreased the contents of...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Zhang S,Tang X,Tian J,Li C,Zhang G,Jiang W,Zhang Z

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by the accumulation of senile plaques containing amyloid β (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles composed of hyperphosphorylated tau protein in the brain. Oxidative stress has been proposed to mediate Aβ-induced neurotoxicity. In that regard, we eval...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Mohammadi M,Yazdanparast R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dry root of Sophora flavescens Ait. (SF) has long been used in a variety of Chinese herbal formulations to treat patients with cancer. Alkaloids are commonly known to present in SF as main active constituents. Here, we report that among the six characterized SF-derived quinolizidine alkaloids including sophoridine...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Lin Z,Huang CF,Liu XS,Jiang J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of new COX-2 inhibitors with high efficacy and enhanced safety profile would be a great achievement in the development of anti-inflammatory drugs. This study was designed to screen and assess the anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities as well as some of the expected side effects of some pyrazole d...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Mohy El-Din MM,Senbel AM,Bistawroos AA,El-Mallah A,Nour El-Din NA,Bekhit AA,Abd El Razik HA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The constitutive endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) plays a major role in circulatory homoeostasis and shows genetic polymorphism. eNOS is expressed and functional in blood cells, including erythrocytes. There is limited knowledge about the consequences of eNOS genetic variability in haemorheological parameters ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Babaoglu MO,Dikmenoglu N,Ileri-Gurel E,Seringec N,Zoto T,Yasar U,Kayaalp SO,Bozkurt A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the antinociceptive effects of zerumbone in chemical behavioural models of nociception in mice. Zerumbone given through intraperitoneal route (i.p.) produced dose-related antinociception when assessed on acetic acid-induced abdominal writhing test in mice. In addition, the i.p. administration o...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Perimal EK,Akhtar MN,Mohamad AS,Khalid MH,Ming OH,Khalid S,Tatt LM,Kamaldin MN,Zakaria ZA,Israf DA,Lajis N,Sulaiman MR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an obvious urgent need to find effective and safe therapies to prevent both recurrence and progression of bladder cancer. In the present study, we report that fisetin-induced apoptosis in human bladder cancer is mediated via modulation of two related pathways: up-regulation of p53 and down-regulation of NF-ka...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Li J,Cheng Y,Qu W,Sun Y,Wang Z,Wang H,Tian B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Snake venom components, acting in concert in the prey, cause their immobilization and initiate digestion. To achieve this, several hydrolytic enzymes of snake venom have evolved to interfere in various physiological processes, which are well defined. However, hydrolytic enzymes such as phosphatases (acid and alkaline ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Dhananjaya BL,D'Souza CJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies in the Northeastern region of Brazil have demonstrated an association between hypertension in adult populations and prenatal and postnatal undernutrition. The central hypothesis we proposed was that hypertension could be favoured by programmed alterations in branches of the renal arachidonic pathway an...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Silva LA,Veira-Filho LD,Barreto IS,Cabral EV,Vieyra A,Paixão AD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain chemotherapeutic agents subject cells to oxidative stress, thereby promoting adverse effects. However, the molecular machinery governing 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-mediated myelotoxicity is obscure. The purpose of this study was to clarify whether 5-FU-induced myelotoxicity is a cause of oxidative stress. Treatment...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Numazawa S,Sugihara K,Miyake S,Tomiyama H,Hida A,Hatsuno M,Yamamoto M,Yoshida T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) has been connected to learning, memory and mood. Changes in serum or plasma POP activity have been linked to psychiatric disorders. POP has been thought to interfere in these conditions by cleaving neuroactive peptides or via the phosphatidylinositol second messenger system. However, little...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Peltonen I,Männistö PT

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies with the use of non-selective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor, indomethacin, demonstrated that prostanoids produced during endotoxaemia increase inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein expression and nitric oxide synthesis, and decrease cyctochrome P450 (CYP) 4A1 protein expression and CYP 4...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Tunctan B,Korkmaz B,Cuez T,Kemal Buharalioglu C,Sahan-Firat S,Falck J,Malik KU

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that flavonol icariin protects against neuron injury after oxygen and glucose deprivation by increasing SIRT1. This study demonstrates that icariin can inhibit H(2) O(2) -induced neurotoxicity. The neuroprotection of icariin enhances the antioxidant capacity through both a direct scavenging ef...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Zhang L,Huang S,Chen Y,Wang Z,Li E,Xu Y

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concurrent administration of chloramphenicol (CAP) with multivitamin-haematinics complex (MHC) is a common practice to cushioning anticipated anaemic effect of CAP in most developing countries. This study investigated the mechanism involved in CAP-induced reproductive toxicity as well as the effects of its co-administ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Oyagbemi AA,Adedara IA,Saba AB,Farombi EO

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are ionotropic glutamate receptors widely distributed in the central nervous system, and have been extensively investigated for their roles in embryonic development, synaptic plasticity and neuroexcitoxicity. Their functions in the peripheral nervous system and non-neural tissues ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Shen L,Li L,She H,Yue S,Li C,Luo Z

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 2C8 (CYP2C8) plays important roles in the metabolism of various drugs, including the anti-cancer drug, paclitaxel. We recently identified two novel CYP2C8 alleles (CYP2C8*13 and CYP2C8*14; wild-type, CYP2C8*1A) with non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in a Japanese population. To precisely i...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Hanioka N,Matsumoto K,Saito Y,Narimatsu S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption increases apoptosis of hepatocytes. Death of hepatocytes is a characteristic feature of chronic liver disease for various causes. Bee venom (Apis mellifera) has been traditionally used for the treatment of various chronic diseases, such as chronic inflammatory arthritis and chronic liver disease. H...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Kim KH,Kum YS,Park YY,Park JH,Kim SJ,Lee WR,Lee KG,Han SM,Park KK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of conjugated enzyme-nerve agent product resulting from the inhibition of bioscavenger human serum butyrylcholinesterase (Hu BChE) by nerve agents soman or VX. Rats were trained on a multiple Fixed-Ratio 32, Extinction 30 sec. (FR32, Ext30) schedule of food reinforcement and then injected (i.m...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Genovese RF,Sun W,Johnson CC,Ditargiani RC,Doctor BP,Saxena A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One major prerequisite for an orally administered drug is the ability to cross the intestinal epithelia from intestinal lumen into the blood circulation. Therefore, the absorption potential of molecules is studied early on during the drug development process. Permeation experiments using cultured cell monolayers are o...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Heikkinen AT,Korjamo T,Mönkkönen J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present in vivo study investigated the genotoxicity of four dental resin monomers: triethyleneglycoldimethacrylate (TEGDMA), hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA), urethanedimethacrylate (UDMA) and bisphenol A-glycidylmethacrylate (BisGMA). The Somatic Mutation and Recombination Test (SMART) in Drosophila melanogaster w...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Arossi GA,Lehmann M,Dihl RR,Reguly ML,de Andrade HH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vanishing bile duct syndrome is a severe cholestatic disease associated with toxic effects of medications. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a hypersensitivity disorder that may also be caused by medications. We present a case of a 62-year-old male patient who developed vanishing bile duct syndrome a month after Stevens-Joh...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Juricic D,Hrstic I,Radic D,Skegro M,Coric M,Vucelic B,Francetic I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mildronate is a cardioprotective drug that improves cardiac function during ischaemia and functions by lowering l-carnitine concentration in body tissues and modulating myocardial energy metabolism. The aim of the present study was to characterise cardiovascular function and liver condition after long-term mildronate ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Liepinsh E,Kuka J,Svalbe B,Vilskersts R,Skapare E,Cirule H,Pugovics O,Kalvinsh I,Dambrova M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00