abstract：:Latex allergy is important due to serious health impacts and widespread use of its products. Latex allergic reactions can be induced in skin and mucosal surfaces including the respiratory tract. The development of murine models of allergic airway inflammation has provided a framework to dissect out the cellular and mo...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Farzaneh P,Hassan ZM,Pourpak Z,Hoseini AZ,Hogan SP

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of intraperitoneal administration of caffeic acid (0.5, 1, 2, 4 or 8 mg/kg) on elevated plus-maze and open field tasks in rats and its possible neuroprotection/neurotoxicity using the comet assay. Caffeic acid at 1 mg/kg increased the number of entries and the...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Pereira P,de Oliveira PA,Ardenghi P,Rotta L,Henriques JA,Picada JN

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the action of a side-effect of phenylbutazone, we investigated the inactivation of alpha(1)-antiproteinase induced by phenylbutazone in the presence of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and H(2)O(2) (HRP-H(2)O(2)). The activity of alpha(1)-antiproteinase was rapidly lost during the interaction of phenylbutazone ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Muraoka S,Miura T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) mRNA, but not those of COX-1, were reported to be raised significantly after peripheral inflammation in the rat spinal cord. The aim of the present study was to ascertain whether this pattern of COX-2 and COX-1 expression applies also to other pain conditions induced by surgical proc...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Prochazkova M,Dolezal T,Sliva J,Krsiak M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to perform relevant in vivo pharmacological investigations in drug discovery within dermatology it is fundamental to master or have access to relevant skin disease models that makes it possible to identify and validate targets and to screen and discover drugs in vivo. There is a strong need for highly predict...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Petersen TK

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to identify the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes that metabolise pioglitazone and to examine the effects of the CYP2C8 inhibitors montelukast, zafirlukast, trimethoprim and gemfibrozil on pioglitazone metabolism in vitro. The effect of different CYP isoform inhibitors on the elimination of a clinically ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Jaakkola T,Laitila J,Neuvonen PJ,Backman JT

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural oils are extensively used in cosmetics and as treatment for a growing number of more or less specific ailments. Skin irritation and cases of allergy have repeatedly been described in the literature following exposure to these oils. The present study evaluated the extent to which three natural oils (eucalyptus ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Nielsen JB

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was designed to assess blood platelet sensitivity to acetylsalicylic acid and its associations with dyslipidaemia and inflammation in coronary artery disease patients. Platelet non-responsiveness to aspirin is associated with an increased risk of serious cardiovascular events. Several environmental and hered...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Markuszewski L,Rosiak M,Golanski J,Rysz J,Spychalska M,Watala C

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in proteomics as a tool for drug development and a myriad of other applications continues to expand at a rapid rate. Proteomic analyses have recently been conducted on tissues, biofluids, subcellular components and enzymatic pathways as well as various disease and toxicological states, in both animal models a...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Elrick MM,Walgren JL,Mitchell MD,Thompson DC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdialysis is a valuable tool to measure tissue responses. We hypothesized that skeletal muscle metabolism can be modulated by microdialysis applied drugs which alter cytosolic calcium concentration. With approval of the local animal care committee, the hind limbs of sacrificed male Sprague Dawley rats were perfuse...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Schuster F,Tas P,Müller R,Roewer N,Anetseder M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing size of spontaneous report data sets and the increasing capability for screening such data due to increases in computational power has led to a recent increase in interest and use of data mining on such data. While data mining plays an important role in the analysis of spontaneous reports, there is gene...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Bate A,Edwards IR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of large population-based prescription databases has enabled us to study drug use with the individual user as our unit of analysis. This review presents three non-specific analytic templates that may be applied to individual-level prescription data. The ratio of prevalence odds to incidence rate can estimat...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Hallas J,Støvring H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effect of carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) pretreatment on the biotransformation and elimination of acetaminophen were examined in male mice. A 24 hr initial dose of CCl(4) (0.05 ml/kg, intraperitioneally) reduced the induction of hepatotoxicity resulting from acetaminophen treatment (350 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) as det...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Yim HK,Jung YS,Kim SY,Kim YC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenols are ubiquitous substances in human diet. Their antioxidative, antiinflammatory and antiviral effects are of interest for human health, and polyphenols such as luteolin are used at high concentrations in food supplements. Luteolin is metabolized to glucuronides, but also to methylated derivatives. For examp...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Michels G,Mohamed GA,Weber N,Chovolou Y,Kampkötter A,Wätjen W,Proksch P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimidox (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzamidoxime) has been shown to reduce the activity of ribonucleotide reductase accompanied by growth inhibition and the differentiation of mammalian cells. Here we examine the induction of apoptosis by trimidox in several human leukaemia cell lines, focusing on the release of cytochrome c a...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Kanno S,Uwai K,Tomizawa A,Hiura T,Osanai Y,Ujibe M,Takeshita M,Ohtake T,Kimura K,Ishikawa M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signalling molecule that has been suggested to be a key molecule for induction and maintenance of migraine attacks based on clinical studies, animal experimental studies and the expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) immunoreactivity within the trigeminovascular system. Sensitisati...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Jansen-Olesen I,Zhou M,Zinck T,Xu CB,Edvinsson L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several investigations demonstrate that neurotoxins isolated from venoms of spiders and wasps may exert specific and selective activity on structures of the mammalian CNS. In the present work we examine the neurological effects of the low molecular weight compounds of the denatured venom of the neotropical social wasp...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Mortari MR,Cunha AO,de Oliveira L,Vieira EB,Gelfuso EA,Coutinho-Netto J,Ferreira dos Santos W

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural dietary antioxidants are extensively studied for their ability to protect cells from miscellaneous damages. Origanum majorana L., Lamiaceae, is a potent antioxidant. The effect of administration of O. majorana (volatile oil, alcoholic and aqueous extracts) on oral administration of lead acetate in the diet of ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： el-Ashmawy IM,el-Nahas AF,Salama OM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies we have reported that NQ301, a synthetic 1,4-naphthoquinone derivative, displays a potent antithrombotic activity, and that this might be due to antiplatelet effect, which was mediated by the inhibition of cytosolic Ca(2+) mobilization in activated platelets. In the present study, the effect of NQ3...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Jin YR,Cho MR,Lee KS,Lee JJ,Lim Y,Han XH,Oh KW,Hong JT,Yoo HS,Yun YP

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim is to emphasize the importance of extracardiac symptoms of digoxin intoxication in newborns. The most common intoxication symptoms in adults are of cardiac origin, but due to altered symptomatology, digoxin overdose in infants are not always discovered on symptomatic basis. In preterm infants, this is even mor...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Nybo M,Damkier P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to obtain a suitable model of fibrosis, in which spontaneous reversion was minimal, to study the ability of silymarin, silibinin, colchicine and trimethylcolchicinic acid (TMCA) to reverse it. Reversal of liver fibrosis was studied in male Wistar rats after one, two or three months of CCl(...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Muriel P,Moreno MG,Hernández Mdel C,Chávez E,Alcantar LK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) has been found to elicit enhanced contractile effects in some vascular disorders. The present study was designed to examine if vascular 5-HT2A receptors are up-regulated during organ culture and if the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) pathways are involved. Compared...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Cao YX,He LC,Xu CB,Luo GG,Edvinsson L

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maximizing the likelihood of success in Phase III is the ultimate goal of the use of modelling and simulation in the drug development process. The success in Phase III depends primarily on two questions: 1) Is the drug regimen actually efficacious and safe in the targeted patient population?, and 2) Will the planned P...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： De Ridder F

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of medium to high-throughput in vitro screening of ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion) properties has been the reply to higher demands on drug metabolism scientists to cope with progress in chemistry and biology. Two areas will be discussed here, namely screens for oral absorption an...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： van de Waterbeemd H

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin is an important and effective anticancer drug widely used for the treatment of various types of cancer but its clinical use is limited by dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. Elevated tissue levels of cellular superoxide anion/oxidative stress are a mechanism by which doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Selected...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Wattanapitayakul SK,Chularojmontri L,Herunsalee A,Charuchongkolwongse S,Niumsakul S,Bauer JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of herbal or natural medicines for the treatment of various disorders has a long and extensive history. Many of these herbal medicines are finding their way onto the world market as alternatives to prescribed drugs currently available to treat various disorders/ailments. In particular, hyperlipidaemia is a maj...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Huang TH,Kota BP,Razmovski V,Roufogalis BD

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the results of two treatment cross-over investigations on 20 healthy male volunteers to assess the bioequivalence of two suppository products of diclofenac sodium. The study was carried out under US Food and Drug Administration Guidelines. The two products were voltaren (100 mg) suppository (Ciba-...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Hasan M,Otoom S,Najib N,Sallam el-S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically engineered mice that either over-express a foreign gene (transgenic) or in which the activity of a specific gene has been removed ("knock-out") or replaced ("knock-in") will be used increasingly to investigate molecular mechanisms of disease, to evaluate innovative therapeutic targets, and to screen novel ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Bolon B

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the oxidative damage of biomolecules in livers of mice treated with morphine intraperitoneally. The oxidative damage of DNA as measured by single cell electrophoresis and high-performance liquid chromatography equipped with electrochemical and UV detection, the protein carbonyl content was meas...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Zhang YT,Zheng QS,Pan J,Zheng RL

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although atracurium is a widely used neuromuscular blocker, we still lack knowledge regarding some of its cellular mechanisms of action. Thus, similar to other clinically used blockers atracurium induces, both in vivo and in vitro, fade of the tetanic contraction. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying this tetan...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Nascimento DC,Serra CS,Oliveira AC

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three diterpenoid quinones (royleanone- SAR 3, horminone- SAR 26, and acetyl horminone- SAR 43) isolated from the roots of Salvia officinalis L. were tested for their cytotoxic and DNA-damaging activity in human colon carcinoma cells Caco-2 and human hepatoma cells HepG2 cultured in vitro. Cytotoxicity was measured by...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Slamenová D,Masterová I,Lábaj J,Horváthová E,Kubala P,Jakubíková J,Wsólová L

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidosis is one of the important deleterious factors during myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion. The ether-a-go-go-related gene, HERG, is a primary target for blockade by many drugs including dofetilide, quinidine and azimilide. While most drugs lose their efficacy against arrhythmias associated with myocardial ischa...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Dong DL,Li Z,Wang HZ,Du ZM,Song WH,Yang BF

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between haem biosynthesis and intestinal iron absorption in mice was investigated by ascertaining the effect of the haem synthesis inhibitor, griseofulvin, on duodenal iron absorption using both in vivo and in vitro measurements. Urinary 5-aminolaevulinic acid levels were increased within 24 hr of fee...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Laftah AH,Raja KB,Beaumont N,Simpson RJ,Deacon A,Solanky N,Srai SK,Peters TJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the influence of single or repeated low-level sarin inhalation exposure on immune functions, inbred BALB/c mice were exposed to low clinically asymptomatic concentrations of sarin for 60 min. in the inhalation chamber. The evaluation of immune functions was carried out using phenotyping of CD3 (T-lymphocytes)...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Kassa J,Krocová Z,Sevelová L,Sheshko V,Kasalová I,Neubauerová V

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken in order to investigate a) the short- and long-term in vivo effects of cadmium (Cd) on brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE), (Na+, K+)-ATPase activities in adult rats, b) the concentration-dependent in vitro and in vivo (acute experiment) effects of Cd on the activity of those enzymes, c) the in...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Carageorgiou H,Tzotzes V,Pantos C,Mourouzis C,Zarros A,Tsakiris S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cannabinoid 1 receptor antagonist AM 251 is known to block the inhibitory effects of endocannabinoids and synthetic cannabinoid agonists on transmitter release through an action at presynaptic cannabinoid 1 receptors in brain. We examined the ability of AM 251 to inhibit sodium channel-dependent functions and the ...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Liao C,Zheng J,David LS,Nicholson RA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clozapine and caffeine are metabolised mainly by the cytochrome P4501A2 (CYP1A2) enzyme. Studies suggest that caffeine in coffee inhibits clozapine metabolism and increases serum clozapine concentrations. Our objective was to study whether coffee in the amounts usually consumed has an effect on steady-state serum cloz...

journal_title：Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology

authors： Raaska K,Raitasuo V,Laitila J,Neuvonen PJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00