abstract：:The world-wide increase in cancer incidence imposes a corresponding significant increase in the use of chemotherapeutic agents. Nephrotoxicity is a side effect frequently encountered with cyclophosphamide (CP), which is also well-known to cause acute and chronic lung toxicities. The current study focuses on the evalua...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Said E,Elkashef WF,Abdelaziz RR

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular inflammatory process has been suggested to play a key role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis, a major complication of diabetes mellitus. Thus, in this study, we attempted to determine whether 2 structurally related flavonoids found in Cyclopia subternata, vicenin-2 and scolymoside, can ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ku SK,Bae JS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an activator of AMPK, the effect of AICAR on insulin signaling has not been investigated extensively. PI3K-Akt is a critical node involved in the insulin signaling pathway. We observed that concomitant with the activation of AMPK by AICAR, the protein level of PI3K p85α and the insulin-induced phosphorylation of Ak...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Liu J,Ye C,Liu W,Zhao W,Zhang YJ,Zhang H,Ying H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allicin, the active substance of garlic, exerts a broad spectrum of pharmacological activities and is considered to have potential therapeutic applications. The present study was designed to investigate the possible beneficial effects of allicin against oxidative stress, inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction in hy...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： El-Sheakh AR,Ghoneim HA,Suddek GM,Ammar ESM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diazinon (DZN) is a common organophosphorus insecticide extensively used for agriculture and veterinary purposes. DZN toxicity is not limited to insects; it also induces harmful effects in mammals and birds. Our experiment evaluated the protective and antioxidant potential of sesame oil (SO) and (or) alpha-lipoic acid...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abdel-Daim MM,Taha R,Ghazy EW,El-Sayed YS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometritis is one of the main diseases that harms the dairy cow industry. Tanshinone IIA (TIIA), a fat-soluble alkaloid isolated from Salviae miltiorrhizae, has been reported to have potent anti-inflammatory properties. However, the anti-inflammatory effects of TIIA on a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induc...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lv X,Fu K,Li W,Wang Y,Wang J,Li H,Tian W,Cao R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) was reported to induce mast cell proliferation and aggravate allergic reactions through activation of mouse double minute 2 (MDM2). We aimed to ascertain that β-sitosterol (SI), which is one of the several phytosterols found mostly in foods, would regulate TSLP-induced mast cell pro...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Han NR,Kim HM,Jeong HJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) is responsible for transporting calcium (Ca(2+)) from the cytosol into the lumen of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) following muscular contraction. The Ca(2+) sequestering activity of SERCA facilitates muscular relaxation in both cardiac and skeletal muscle. Ther...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Stammers AN,Susser SE,Hamm NC,Hlynsky MW,Kimber DE,Kehler DS,Duhamel TA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac injury and loss of cardiomyocytes is a causative as well as a resultant condition of cardiovascular disorders, which are the leading cause of death throughout the world. This loss of cardiomyocytes cannot be completely addressed through the currently available drugs being administered, which mainly function on...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Padda J,Sequiera GL,Sareen N,Dhingra S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to cytostatic treatment and surgery, the most common cancer treatment is gamma radiation. Despite sophisticated radiological techniques however, in addition to irradiation of the tumor, irradiation of the surrounding healthy tissue also takes place, which results in various side-effects, depending on the a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Slezak J,Kura B,Ravingerová T,Tribulova N,Okruhlicova L,Barancik M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to test whether boswellic acids add to the antitumor effects of doxorubicin against solid tumors of Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma (EAC) grown in mice, and to investigate the protective effects of boswellic acids against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Sixty-four female Swiss albino mice bearing EAC ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ali SA,Zaitone SA,Moustafa YM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial toxins are widespread in the environment as well as in the digestive system of humans and animals. Toxin from Gram-negative bacteria (endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide; LPS) has a life-long programming effect on reproduction in rats, but the mediators have not been well-documented, so we investigated the effec...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ozgocer T,Yildiz S,Elbe H,Vardi N

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclopia subternata is a medicinal plant commonly used in traditional medicine to relieve pain. In this study, we investigated the antiseptic effects and underlying mechanisms of vicenin-2 and scolymoside, which are 2 active compounds from C. subternata that act against high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1)-mediated septi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lee W,Yoon EK,Kim KM,Park DH,Bae JS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the main causes of intellectual and cognitive disabilities. In the clinic it is essential to limit the development of cognitive impairment after TBI. In this study, the effects of gallic acid (GA; 100 mg/kg, per oral, from 7 days before to 2 days after TBI induction) on neurologi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sarkaki A,Farbood Y,Gharib-Naseri MK,Badavi M,Mansouri MT,Haghparast A,Mirshekar MA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy regulates cellular homeostasis and integrates the cellular pro-survival machinery. We investigated the role of autophagy in the natural history of murine abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). ApoE(-/-) mice were implanted with saline- or angiotensin II (Ang-II)-filled miniosmotic pumps then treated with either t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ramadan A,Wheatcroft MD,Quan A,Singh KK,Lovren F,Dhingra N,Teoh H,Al-Omran M,Leong-Poi H,Verma S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclocarya paliurus (CP; qing qian liu), which is used as an herbal tea in China, has been confirmed to have therapeutic effects on hyperlipidemia and obesity, and therefore it is widely consumed to prevent metabolic diseases such as hyperlipidemia and diabetes. In this study, we investigated the preventive effects of...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Yao X,Lin Z,Jiang C,Gao M,Wang Q,Yao N,Ma Y,Li Y,Fang S,Shang X,Ni Y,Zhang J,Yin Z

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine has been used to reduce oxidative stress and proinflammatory mediators in some metabolic disorders; however, its effect on the vasculature has been poorly studied. The aim of this work was to explore the effect of glycine on endothelial dysfunction in aged rats. Aortic rings with intact or denuded endothelium ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gómez-Zamudio JH,García-Macedo R,Lázaro-Suárez M,Ibarra-Barajas M,Kumate J,Cruz M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic elevated lactate levels are associated with insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Furthermore, lactacidosis plays a role in limiting physical performance. Erythrocytes, which take up lactate via monocarboxylate transporter (MCT) proteins, may help transport lactate within the blo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Opitz D,Lenzen E,Opiolka A,Redmann M,Hellmich M,Bloch W,Brixius K,Brinkmann C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The active form of vitamin D3, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1α,25(OH)2D3 or calcitriol), is known to inhibit the proliferation and invasiveness of many types of cancer cells, including breast, colon, pancreatic, prostate, and liver cancer cells. These findings support the use of 1α,25(OH)2D3 for the treatment of these t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Matsumoto Y,Kittaka A,Chen TC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geniposide (GP) is one of main compounds in Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, with both medicinal and nutritional value. This study was designed to determine, for the first time, how GP from G. jasminoides protects against acute alcohol-induced liver injury, and the underlying mechanisms. Mice were orally administered alcoh...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wang J,Zhang Y,Liu R,Li X,Cui Y,Qu L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is defined as the failure of normal pulmonary vascular relaxation at birth. Hypoxia is known to impede postnatal disassembly of the actin cytoskeleton in pulmonary arterial myocytes, resulting in elevation of smooth muscle α-actin and γ-actin content in elastic a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Fediuk J,Dakshinamurti S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) GAS5 has been found to act as a decoy for the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), thus implicating GAS5 as a potential regulator of glucocorticoid sensitivity and resistance. Airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells and airway epithelial cells (AEC) play an important role in the pathogenesis and pers...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Keenan CR,Schuliga MJ,Stewart AG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway smooth muscle (ASM) contraction controls the airway caliber. Airway narrowing is exaggerated in obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The mechanism by which ASM tone is dysregulated in disease is not clearly understood. Recent research on ion channels, parti...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Jha A,Sharma P,Anaparti V,Ryu MH,Halayko AJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isometric potentiation associated with myosin phosphorylation is force dependent. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of a pre-existing period of isometric force on the concentric force potentiation displayed by mouse muscles with and without the ability to phosphorylate myosin. We tested isometr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gittings W,Aggarwal H,Stull JT,Vandenboom R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the influence of dopaminergic agents on the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene in relation with lipid levels in chronic mild stress (CMS). Mice subjected to CMS were treated with simvastatin (10 mg/kg, per os (orally)) along with bromocriptine (2 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rana DG,Patel AK,Joshi CG,Jhala MK,Goyal RK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the anti-depressant effect of hesperidin (Hsp) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Additionally, the effect of Hsp on hyperglycaemia, oxidative stress, inflammation, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and brain monoamines in diabetic rats was also assessed. The Wistar ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： El-Marasy SA,Abdallah HM,El-Shenawy SM,El-Khatib AS,El-Shabrawy OA,Kenawy SA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ER-α and ER-β agonist 17β-estradiol is reported to attenuate cardiac hypertrophy. Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator. Hence, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of tamoxifen in myocardial infarction. For this, tamoxifen was administered to Sprague-Dawley rats for 1-14 days, and...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rayabarapu N,Patel BM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disruption to glucose homeostasis upon glucocorticoid (GC) treatment in adult male rats has not been fully characterized in older rats or in females. Thus, we evaluated the age- and gender-related changes in glucose homeostasis in GC-treated rats. We injected male and female rats at 3 months and 12 months of age w...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： dos Santos C,Ferreira FB,Gonçalves-Neto LM,Taboga SR,Boschero AC,Rafacho A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most important reason for the non-approval and withdrawal of drugs by the Food and Drug Administration is hepatotoxicity. Therefore, this study was undertaken to evaluate the protective effects of hesperidin against cyclophosphamide (CYP)-induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar rats. The rats received a single intraperit...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mahmoud AM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have suggested that GATA-4 increases the differentiation of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into cardiac phenotypes. This study further investigated whether GATA-4 enhances MSC-mediated cardioprotection following hypoxia. MSCs were harvested from rat bone marrow and transduced wi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Li HX,Zhou YF,Zhao X,Jiang B,Yang XJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise is a powerful therapy for preventing the onset of and slowing the progression of cardiovascular disease. Increased shear stress during exercise improves vascular homeostasis by both decreasing reactive oxygen species and increasing nitric oxide bioavailability in the endothelium. While these observations are ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Durand MJ,Gutterman DD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The our objective was to investigate the adaptations induced by a low-protein, high-carbohydrate (LPHC) diet in growing rats, which by comparison with the rats fed a control (C) diet at displayed lower fasting glycemia and similar fasting insulinemia, despite impairment in insulin signaling in adipose tissues. In the ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pereira MP,Buzelle SL,Batistela E,Doneda DL,França SA,Santos MP,Andrade CM,Garófalo MA,Kettelhut Ido C,Navegantes LC,Chaves VE,Bertolini GL,Kawashita NH

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to understand the effects of vitronectin (VTN) on the growth of SMMC-7721 hepatoma cells. In addition, this study examined how VTN inhibits the induction of apoptosis in SMMC-7721 cells by 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM), a metabolite of natural phytochemicals, and preliminarily investigated the signalin...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Zhu W,Liu Y,Hu K,Li W,Chen J,Li J,Yang G,Wu J,Liang X,Fu C,Hu Q

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosamine sulfate is a dietary supplement that is marketed as a treatment for osteoarthritis. Recent evidence from animal and cell culture models have suggested that glucosamine treatment can promote the misfolding of proteins and the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR). We investigated whether glucosa...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： McAlpine CS,Beriault DR,Behdinan T,Shi Y,Werstuck GH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puerarin (Pur), an isoflavonoid extracted from the dried roots of Pueraria lobata, has been reported to be useful in the treatment of various diseases. This study was designed to evaluate the anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory activities of Pur against 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) induced neurotoxicity. For 5 consec...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mahdy HM,Mohamed MR,Emam MA,Karim AM,Abdel-Naim AB,Khalifa AE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pioglitazone (Pio) and swimming exercise (SE) are insulin sensitisers. This investigation was suggested because of the significant side effects associated with Pio treatment in metabolic syndrome (MetS). This study was, therefore, designed to investigate the preventive role of Pio treatment and SE in terms of efficien...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sakr HF,Al-Hashem FH,El-Naby WM,Alkhateeb MA,Zaki MS,Refaey HM,Morsy MD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tau mutation in the golden (Syrian) hamster is a single gene mutation that drastically affects the speed of the circadian clock, in such a way that homozygous mutants have an endogenous circadian period of 20 h (compared with 24 h for wild-type hamsters). While studying the circadian system of tau-mutant hamsters ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Refinetti R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual agonism of glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptors reduce body weight without inducing hyperglycemia in rodents. However, the effect of a co-agonist on insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism has not been thoroughly assessed. Diet-induced obese (DIO) mice received 0.5 mg·kg(-1) of co-agonist or 2....

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Patel V,Joharapurkar A,Dhanesha N,Kshirsagar S,Patel K,Bahekar R,Shah G,Jain M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-mitogenic agents currently used to prevent restenosis in drug-eluting stents delay re-endothelialization. Delayed re-endothelialization is now considered as the main cause of late stent thrombosis with drug-eluting stents, which emphasizes the need for new treatments. We have shown that systemic insulin treatment...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chiang S,Breen DM,Guo J,Mori Y,Giacca A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the in vitro expression of bone-related proteins by osteoblasts in the presence of different concentrations of human recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2). Immortalized human fetal osteoblastic cell line 1.19 (hFOB) were exposed to different concentrations of rhBMP-2 (10, 50, or 100 n...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： de Oliveira EM,Martinez EF,Bossonaro JP,Ribeiro RC,de Araújo VC,Napimoga MH

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00