Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Novel Approaches to the Pharmacology of Gut Motility by Carmelo Scarpignato, Iva Pelosini

“…Unfortunately, no single drug has proven to be effective in treating IBS symptom complex. …”
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Thrombin Cleavage of Osteopontin Modulates Its Activities in Human Cells In Vitro and Mouse Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis In Vivo by Elena Boggio, Chiara Dianzani, Casimiro Luca Gigliotti, Maria Felicia Soluri, Nausicaa Clemente, Giuseppe Cappellano, Erika Toth, Davide Raineri, Benedetta Ferrara, Cristoforo Comi, Umberto Dianzani, Annalisa Chiocchetti

“…These findings suggest that drugs targeting each fragment may be used to fine-tune the pathological effects of osteopontin in several diseases.…”
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Dose-Weighted Network Pharmacology: Evaluating Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulations for Lumbar Disc Herniation by Zhou C, Xiang T, Yu Y, Ma H, Liu C, Yang F, Yang L

“…This study introduces dose-weighted network pharmacology, a novel approach that incorporates drug dosage as a quantitative factor into network analysis to evaluate better and compare the therapeutic potential of TCM formulations.Methods: This study combines drug dosage with the PPI network to propose a theoretical algorithm for comparing the therapeutic efficacy of different traditional Chinese medicine formulations. …”
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Miramistin effect on BHK-21 and PSGK-30 cell line proliferation and FMD virus reproduction in these cells by M. I. Doronin, D. A. Lozovoy, V. V. Pronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, V. A. Starikov, A. V. Borisov, A. A. Shishkova

“…At present, Miramistin drug (benzyldimethyl [3-(myristoylamino) propyl] ammonium chloride monohydrate), which has a broad bactericidal effect, is used in veterinary practice. …”
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In Situ Transformable Nanoparticle Effectively Suppresses Bladder Cancer by Damaging Mitochondria and Blocking Mitochondrial Autophagy Flux by Yulin Lv, Benli Song, Guang Yang, Yuting Wang, Zeyu Wu, Minggui Si, Zongzheng Yang, Huilin Chen, Chen Liu, Min Li, Yinshi Zhang, Zengying Qiao, Lu Wang, Wanhai Xu

“…Abstract Tumor therapeutic strategies based on mitochondrial damage have become an emerging trend. However, the low drug delivery efficiency caused by lysosomal sequestration and the activation of protective mitochondrial autophagy severely restricts the therapeutic efficacy. …”
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Designing a broad-spectrum multi-epitope subunit vaccine against leptospirosis using immunoinformatics and structural approaches by Guneswar Sethi, Guneswar Sethi, Young Kyu Kim, Su-Cheol Han, Jeong Ho Hwang, Jeong Ho Hwang

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Etodolac Single Dose Metabolic Profile Elucidation: Pharmacokinetics and Adverse Events in Healthy Volunteers by Karen Sánchez-Luquez, Anne Michelli Reis Silveira, Salvador Sánchez-Vinces, Alex Ap. Rosini Silva, Joyce Barreto, Rhubia Bethania Socorro Lemos de Brito, Caroline de Moura Garcia, Ana Lais Vieira, Marcia Ap. Antonio, Patrícia de Oliveira Carvalho

“…Our results highlight the importance of optimizing drug therapy and minimizing adverse events by taking into account individual metabolic profile information.…”
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Prevalence and predictors of sub-optimal laboratory monitoring of selected higher risk medicines in Irish general practice: a 5-year retrospective cohort study of community-dwellin... by Fiona Boland, Emma Wallace, Frank Moriarty, Tom Fahey, Caroline McCarthy, Ann Sinéad Doherty, Mark Feighery

“…Logistic regression was used to explore the association between baseline sub-optimal monitoring and the odds of adverse health outcomes (unplanned healthcare utilisation, adverse drug reactions and mortality).Results Of 625 participants, the mean age was 77.7 years, 53% were female, the mean number of drugs was 7.3 (SD 3.3) and 499 (79.8%) had ≥1 unmonitored dispensing over 5 years. …”
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Pharmacy students’ opinion on mandatory summer internships carried out in community and hospital pharmacies by Lucyna Bułaś, Anna Gołda, Ewa Długosz, Artur Owczarek, Anna Zagaja, Mariola Drozd

“…Only 35–46% of students performed drug formulations on a daily basis. Less than 30% of respondents indicated that drug formulary process in community pharmacies was the same as they have learned at university. …”
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An Unusual Case of Ototoxicity with Use of Oral Vancomycin by Umut Gomceli, Srija Vangala, Cosmina Zeana, Paul J. Kelly, Manisha Singh

“…The described case is unusual because despite normal renal function, the patient still developed ototoxicity, and systemic absorption of the drug was confirmed with a measurable vancomycin level approximately 24 hours after the drug was stopped. …”
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Challenges and barriers to physician decision-making for prescribing and deprescribing among patients with multimorbidity in eastern China’s primary care settings: a qualitative st... by Ming Yan, Zhijie Xu, Andrew Farmer, Yu Xia, Mi Yao, Lingyan Wu, Xinmei Zhou, Liyan Han

“…These challenges stemmed from three key areas: (1) difficulties in identifying drug-disease and drug-drug interactions; (2) cognitive biases in medication benefit-risk evaluation and (3) heavy treatment burden. …”
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MCU complex: Exploring emerging targets and mechanisms of mitochondrial physiology and pathology by Jin Wang, Jinyong Jiang, Haoliang Hu, Linxi Chen

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Investigation of <i>ITGB3</i> Heterogeneity to Overcome Trastuzumab Resistance in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer by Asiye Busra Boz Er

“…Trastuzumab is an FDA-approved drug and has significantly improved outcomes for patients; however, drug resistance remains a major challenge. …”
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Clofarabine induces tumor cell apoptosis, GSDME-related pyroptosis, and CD8+ T-cell antitumor activity via the non-canonical P53/STING pathway by Jing Chen, Jie Wu, Xiang Chen, Qian Tao, Nian Liu, Cong Peng, Can Lu, Qiuqiu Li

“…Background Clofarabine (Clo) is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia; however, its effects on solid tumors remain largely unknown.Methods In vitro and in vivo experiments have demonstrated the cytotoxic effects of Clo on melanoma and lung cancer. …”
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Patchoulene Epoxide Isolated from Patchouli Oil Suppresses Acute Inflammation through Inhibition of NF-κB and Downregulation of COX-2/iNOS by Jia-Li Liang, Jia-Zhen Wu, Yu-Hong Liu, Zhen-Biao Zhang, Qi-Duan Wu, Han-Bin Chen, Yan-Feng Huang, Yao-Xing Dou, Jiang-Tao Zhou, Zi-Ren Su, Janis Ya-Xian Zhan

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Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis in Alcoholic Hepatitis and Viral Hepatitis C by Manuela G. Neuman, Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss, Nir Hilzenrat, Marc Bourliere, Patrick Marcellin, Cristhian Trepo, Tony Mazulli, George Moussa, Ankit Patel, Asad A. Baig, Lawrence Cohen

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Liposomal Formulation of Hydroxychloroquine Can Inhibit Autophagy In Vivo by Wieslawa H. Dragowska, Jagbir Singh, Mohamed Wehbe, Malathi Anantha, Katarina Edwards, Sharon M. Gorski, Marcel B. Bally, Ada W. Y. Leung

“…<b>Results:</b> The liposomal formulations engendered ~850-fold increases in total drug exposure over time relative to the free drug. …”
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Bi-targeting of thioredoxin 1 and telomerase by thiotert promotes cell death of myelodysplastic syndromes and lymphoma by Qiangan Jing, Yunyi Wu, Yanchun Li, Chaoting Zhou, Junyu Zhang, Jun Xia, Keyi Li, Yuhuan Shen, Hongfeng Yao, Xiangmin Tong, Jing Du, Lushan Yu, Ying Wang

“…Remarkably, the in vivo mouse model of MDS demonstrated that thiotert administration exhibited greater efficacy in tumor reduction compared to the conventional chemotherapy drug cytarabine. Collectively, these results provide experimental insights into the mechanism of thiotert-induced MDS and lymphoma cell death and unveil that thiotert may be an effective and promising new drug for future MDS and lymphoma treatment. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Specimens in a Tertiary Hospital from 2010 to 2012 by Alain C. Juayang, Gemma B. de los Reyes, April Joy G. de la Rama, Christine T. Gallega

“…Wounds and abscesses were considered to be the most common specimens with MRSA infections having 71.05% while blood was the least with 5.3%. For drug susceptibility, out of the 94 S. aureus cases, including MRSA, 100% were susceptible to linezolid making it the drug of choice for this study. …”
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Exacerbation of Mania due to Metronidazole in a Bipolar Disorder Patient by Majed AlShakori, Savera I. Arain, Shabeer A. Thorakkattil, Syed Abdulkader

“…Also, further research is needed to predict the time to onset of manic symptoms and improvement in patient symptoms upon drug discontinuation.…”
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