research The Bis(1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline) Alkaloids Cepharanthine and Berbamine Are Ligands of SK Channels
Cepharanthine and berbamine may affect SK channels, influencing their therapeutic effects.
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Second-generation antipsychotics offer no significant benefit over first-generation ones for schizophrenia.
research Development of an aequorin-based assay for the screening of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor antagonists
The new assay can help develop products for hair re-growth.
research Potassium channel openers: pharmacological and clinical aspects
Potassium channel openers could help treat cardiovascular diseases and asthma but require better targeting to specific tissues for effective use.
research Application of histamine receptors H2R, H3R and H4R, but not H1R, in dermatology
Certain histamine receptors (H2R, H3R, H4R) have unique roles in treating skin diseases, with H2R helping with chronic urticaria and other conditions, H3R providing pain relief and allergy benefits, and H4R reducing inflammation and itchiness.
research Evaluation of Biological Activity Exerted by an Aza-bicyclocarboxylic acid Derivative using Anischemia-Reperfusion Injury Model
Compound 3 protects the heart from damage by activating A1-adenosine receptors.
research Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists—A New Sprinkle of Salt and Youth
MR antagonists may improve skin health and wound healing, especially in aging.
research The anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of 2Br-Crebanine and Stephanine from Stephania yunnanenses H. S.Lo
2Br-Crebanine and Stephanine reduce inflammation and pain effectively.
research Evaluating cepharanthine analogues as natural drugs against SARS‐CoV‐2
Cepharanthine analogues, especially tetrandrine, show potential for treating COVID-19.
research Neurosteroidogenesis Is Required for the Physiological Response to Stress: Role of Neurosteroid-Sensitive GABAAReceptors
Neurosteroids are crucial for stress response, and targeting specific receptors may help treat certain disorders.
research Pharmacological Strategies for Mitigating Cytarabine-Induced Multi-Organ Toxicity: A Scoping Review on Mechanisms, Efficacy and Clinical Implications
Apraglutide and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) show promise in reducing cytarabine's harmful effects on organs.
research Therapeutic inhibition of keratinocyte TRPV3 sensory channel by local anesthetic dyclonine
Dyclonine can effectively reduce skin issues by inhibiting the TRPV3 channel.
research Drug repurposing—a promising approach for patients with angina but non-obstructive coronary artery disease (ANOCA)
Using existing drugs for new purposes could be a cost-effective way to treat chest pain and non-clogged heart arteries, with some drugs for lung blood pressure showing promise but needing more testing.
research Endothelial NMMHC IIA dissociation from PAR1 activates the CREB3/ARF4 signaling in thrombin-mediated intracerebral hemorrhage
Targeting NMMHC IIA may help treat blood-brain barrier damage.
research Evaluating cepharanthine analogues as natural drugs against SARS-CoV-2
Cepharanthine and tetrandrine show promise as COVID-19 drugs.
research Chloroquine and cinchonine affect rat vascular smooth muscle tonus through calcium channels – in silico and in vitro approaches
Chloroquine and cinchonine relax rat blood vessels by affecting calcium channels, with chloroquine needing caution in heart patients.
research Historical and Current Adenosine Receptor Agonists in Preclinical and Clinical Development
The document concludes that adenosine receptor agonists have potential for treating various conditions, but only a few are approved due to challenges like side effects and the need for selective activation.
research Inhibiting Biosynthesis and/or Metabolism of Progestins in the Ventral Tegmental Area Attenuates Lordosis of Rats in Behavioural Oestrus
Blocking certain brain processes reduces mating behavior in female rats.
research Thiohydrazides in the Synthesis of Functionalized Extranuclear Heterosteroids
New steroid derivatives show promise as anticancer agents, even against resistant cells.
research Spinal bicuculline produces hypersensitivity of dorsal horn neurons: effects of excitatory amino acid antagonists
Blocking GABA(A) receptors increases neuron sensitivity, showing GABA and glycine have different roles in pain.
research A possible solution for hair loss by inhibiting corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor from traditional Chinese medicine
Caribine from traditional Chinese medicine may help treat hair loss.
research Cepharanthine inhibits enterovirus entry by endolysosomal deacidification and exhibits protective activity in vivo
Cepharanthine can block enterovirus entry and protect against infection.
research Unraveling the mechanism of action of cepharanthine for the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) from the perspectives of systematic pharmacology
Cepharanthine may help treat COVID-19 by targeting multiple pathways.
research Deucravacitinib, an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor, in patients with alopecia areata: efficacy and safety results of a phase II, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial
Deucravacitinib did not significantly improve hair regrowth in alopecia areata patients.
research Pharmacovigilance-based drug repurposing: searching for putative drugs with hypohidrosis or anhidrosis adverse events for use against hyperhidrosis
Certain existing drugs, like glycopyrronium and botulinum toxin type A, may help treat excessive sweating.
research Advancing mitochondrial therapeutics: Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of pyrazole-based inhibitors targeting the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier
New pyrazole-based inhibitors show promise for treating metabolic diseases and other conditions.
research Corticotropin-releasing hormone: An autocrine hormone that promotes lipogenesis in human sebocytes
CRH promotes fat production in skin cells, affecting conditions like acne.
research Influence of the alkylsulfonylamino substituent located at the 6-position of 2,2-dimethylchromans structurally related to cromakalim: From potassium channel openers to calcium entry blockers?
New compounds similar to cromakalim were less effective at inhibiting insulin release but improved in solubility and one acted as a calcium entry blocker, not a potassium channel opener.
research PROTACs: A novel strategy for cancer drug discovery and development
PROTAC technology shows promise for cancer treatment but needs more effective E3 ligase recruiters.
research Pharmacological Profile of 9,11-Dehydrocortexolone 17α-Butyrate (CB-03-04), a New Androgen Antagonist with Antigonadotropic Activity
CB-03-04 shows promise as a treatment for prostate issues due to its strong anti-androgen effects.