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Pharmaceuticals, Volume 6, Issue 1

January 2013 - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,140 Views
16 Pages

Neurotransmitter CART as a New Therapeutic Candidate for Parkinson’s Disease

  • Peizhong Mao,
  • Charles K. Meshul,
  • Philippe Thuillier and
  • P. Hemachandra Reddy

18 January 2013

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. To date, there is no effective treatment that halts its progression. Increasing evidence indicates that mitochondria play an important role in the development of PD. Hence...

  • Review
  • Open Access
181 Citations
20,217 Views
23 Pages

Nanoparticle-Based Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics: Progress and Challenges

  • Jiehua Zhou,
  • Ka-To Shum,
  • John C. Burnett and
  • John J. Rossi

16 January 2013

RNA interference (RNAi) is an evolutionarily conserved, endogenous process for post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Although RNAi therapeutics have recently progressed through the pipeline toward clinical trials, the application of the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,915 Views
15 Pages

Clevidipine for Perioperative Blood Pressure Control in Infants and Children

  • Joseph D. Tobias,
  • David B. Tulman and
  • Sergio D. Bergese

15 January 2013

Various pharmacologic agents have been used for perioperative BP control in pediatric patients, including sodium nitroprusside, nitroglycerin, β-adrenergic antagonists, fenoldopam, and calcium channel antagonists. Of the calcium antagonists, the majo...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,321 Views
22 Pages

7 January 2013

The erythroid related disorders (ERDs) represent a large group of hematological diseases, which in most cases are attributed either to the deficiency or malfunction of biosynthetic enzymes or oxygen transport proteins. Current treatments for these di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,961 Views
16 Pages

A Potent (R)-alpha-bis-lipoyl Derivative Containing 8-Hydroxyquinoline Scaffold: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Its Neuroprotective Capabilities in SH-SY5Y Human Neuroblastoma Cells

  • Ivana Cacciatore,
  • Erika Fornasari,
  • Leonardo Baldassarre,
  • Catia Cornacchia,
  • Stefania Fulle,
  • Ester Sara Di Filippo,
  • Tiziana Pietrangelo and
  • Francesco Pinnen

7 January 2013

A novel bis-lipoyl derivative containing 8-hydroxyquinoline scaffold (LA-HQ-LA, 5) was synthesized as a new multifunctional drug candidate with antioxidant, chelant, and neuroprotective properties for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. We...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,615 Views
7 Pages

2 January 2013

Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is used to restore patency and avoid inadvertent removal of peripheral and central venous catheters. rt-PA was reconstituted (1 mg/mL) then cryopreserved at −30 °C for 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, and 12 months and,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
10,403 Views
24 Pages

27 December 2012

Natural epigenetic processes precisely orchestrate the intricate gene network by expressing and suppressing genes at the right place and time, thereby playing an essential role in maintaining the cellular homeostasis. Environment-mediated alteration...

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