Sex-Related Differences in Immune Response and Symptomatic Manifestations to Infection with Leishmania Species by Ryan D. Lockard, Mary E. Wilson, Nilda E. Rodríguez

“…The limitations of current therapies and the emergence of drug-resistant parasites underscore the need for new treatments that could harness the host immune response. …”
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Specificity of Cognitive Impairment in Neurological Disease: A Methodological Critique of Parkinson’s Disease by H. J. Sagar

“…This critique presents some methodological issues relevant to the study of brain-behaviour and drug-behaviour relationships in syndromes of multiple cognitive deficit, using Parkinson's disease as the model. …”
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A Photochromic Copolymer Hydrogel Contact Lens: From Synthesis to Application by Xiaoli Yang, Limin Huang, Lihua Zhou, Hao Xu, Zihan Yi

“…In addition, salicylic acid as a drug model could be loaded into hydrogel by immersing method, and its sustained drug release in a given period was dependent on the characteristics of solution and loading time.…”
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Functionalized Selenium Nanoparticles Enhance Anticancer Efficacy of Doxorubicin for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy by Min Guo, Ying Tang, Liang Hua, Wanling Li, Guifang Gong, Yali Zhu, Bing Zhu, Yu Xia

“…Tumor-targeted selenium nanoparticles (HA-SeNPs) were prepared to load an anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX). In this drug delivery system, hyaluronic acid (HA) was used as a tumor-targeted moiety to bind with its receptor highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. …”
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Assessment of Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence among Children Attending Care at a Tertiary Hospital in Southeastern Nigeria by Cletus Akahara, Emeka Nwolisa, Kelechi Odinaka, Seline Okolo

“…Our aim was to assess the antiretroviral drugs adherence status of HIV-infected children attending care at a tertiary hospital in Southeastern Nigeria. …”
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Neurocranial Pharmacodialysis Device for subarachnoid hemorrhage treatment—a perspective by Nandor Ludvig

“…This neuroengineered system, implantable in the neurocranium, can perform subarachnoid drug delivery, edema drainage, neurotoxin dialysis, and electroencephalography (EEG) recording for years, hence its therapeutic potential in SAH as a Neurocranial Pharmacodialysis Device (NPD). …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Some Newly Substituted Diazene Candidates by Mohamed El-Naggar, Abdel-Nasser El-Shorbagi, Dina H. Elnaggar, Abd El-Galil E. Amr, Mohamed A. Al-Omar, Elsayed A. Elsayed

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Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Effects of CAM Therapies: An In Vitro Study in Normal Kidney Cell Lines by Shagun Arora, Chanderdeep Tandon, Simran Tandon

“…The major drawback of anticancer drugs is their nonselective killing, which ultimately leads to attrition of normal cells. …”
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Some variables affecting the characteristics of Eudragit E-sodium alginate polyelectrolyte complex as a tablet matrix for diltiazem hydrochloride by Yusif Rehab Mohammad, Hashim Irhan Ibrahim Abu, El-Dahan Marwa Salah

“…Tablets were evaluated for swelling characteristics and in vitro drug release. Tablets containing EE-SAH physical mixtures of ratios (1.5:1 and 1:3) as matrices were effective in achieving sustained release of DTZ HCl, where the percent drug released was significantly (p < 0.05) decreased compared to that from tablets either containing the same ratios of EE-SAL physical mixtures or the preformed EE- -SAH and EE-SAL PECs.…”
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Chromatographic Characterization and Method Development for Determination of Levetiracetam in Saliva: Application to Correlation with Plasma Levels by Imad I. Hamdan, Mervat Alsous, Amira Taher Masri

“…Levetiracetam (LVT) is a widely used antiepileptic drug (AED). A less invasive sampling method for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) would be very useful particularly for children. …”
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Development and Validation of a Simple, Green Infrared Spectroscopic Method for Quantitation of Sildenafil Citrate in Siloflam Tablets of Unknown Manufacturing Formula by Van Trung Bui, Cao Son Doan, Thi Thanh Vuong Tong, Dinh Chi Le

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Punicalagin attenuated allergic airway inflammation via regulating IL4/IL-4Rα/STAT6 and Notch- GATA3 pathways by Yu Li, Li Jianying

“…The data obtained illustrate the potency of punicalagin as an anti-asthmatic drug. Conclusively, the study’s observations suggest the potential therapeutic efficiency of punicalagin in allergic asthma.…”
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Feedback control of an HBV model based on ensemble kalman filter and differential evolution by Junyoung Jang, Kihoon Jang, Hee-Dae Kwon, Jeehyun Lee

“…In this paper, we derive efficient drug treatment strategies for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by formulating a feedback control problem. …”
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Levofloxacin-Induced Acute Hyperpigmentation Changes in a Chronic Kidney Disease Patient by Shakuntala S. Patil, Sachin M. Patil, Ryan Campbell, Manisha Singh, Matthew Plotkin

“…Medication-induced cutaneous hyperpigmentation has variable clinical presentations and is dependent on the specific drug involved. Most commonly, an attentive patient observes such changes early in the course; when missed by the patient, such changes are usually noted by an observant clinician. …”
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Development and Validation of an Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Miconazole Nitrate Assay in Pharmaceutical Formulations by Tadele Eticha, Getu Kahsay, Teklebrhan Hailu, Tesfamichael Gebretsadikan, Fitsum Asefa, Hailekiros Gebretsadik, Boovizhikannan Thangabalan

“…The method is based on the formation of a chloroform-soluble ion-pair complex between the drug and bromocresol green (BCG) dye in an acidic medium. …”
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Development and optimization of the activated charcoal suspension composition based on a mixture design approach by Ronowicz Joanna, Kupcewicz Bogumiła, Pałkowski Łukasz, Krysiński Jerzy

“…In this study, a new drug product containing activated charcoal was designed and developed. …”
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Tocilizumab-Induced Acute Liver Injury in Adult Onset Still’s Disease by Michael Drepper, Laura Rubbia-Brandt, Laurent Spahr

“…Liver biopsy showed extensive hepatocellular necrosis with ballooned hepatocytes, highly suggestive of drug-induced liver injury. No other relevant drug exposure beside tocilizumab was recorded. …”
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Investigation on the Binding and Conformational Change of All-trans-Retinoic Acid with Peptidyl Prolyl cis/trans Isomerase Pin1 Using Spectroscopic and Computational Techniques by GuoFei Zhu, ShaoLi Lyu, Yang Liu, Chao Ma, Wang Wang

“…All in all, the present research might provide a reference for the development and design of retinoic acid drugs that inhibit the activity of Pin1.…”
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Liver Protective Effect of Fenofibrate in NASH/NAFLD Animal Models by Ali Mahmoudi, Seyed Adel Moallem, Thomas P. Johnston, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…Fenofibrate is a fibrate drug approved for dyslipidemia that could be used for modulation of hepatic fat accumulation, targeting peroxisome proliferator-activator receptors, and de novo lipogenesis. …”
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Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Regimens and Duration for Intracranial Stenting Procedures: Literature Review by Milda Paliulytė, Gytis Šustickas

“…Our aim was to analyse different antithrombotic drug regimens and duration in intracranial stenting procedures (stent assisted coiling, flow diverter) for unruptured aneurysms and based on the literature review from 2017–2023 to implement dual antiplatelet therapy algorithm for neuro-interventional procedures in Lithuania. …”
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