Cannabis use and the development of tolerance: a systematic review of human evidence

M Colizzi, S Bhattacharyya - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous studies have reported conflicting results in terms of acute effects of cannabis in
man. Independently of other factors, such discrepancy may be attributable to the different …

Use of human iPSC-CMs in nonclinical regulatory studies for cardiac safety assessment

X Yang, AJS Ribeiro, L Pang… - Toxicological Sciences, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) provide a
human-relevant platform for cardiac function assessment. Alternative assays using hiPSC …

A database of tissue-specific rhythmically expressed human genes has potential applications in circadian medicine

MD Ruben, G Wu, DF Smith, RE Schmidt… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
The discovery that half of the mammalian protein-coding genome is regulated by the
circadian clock has clear implications for medicine. Recent studies demonstrated that the …

Dosing time matters

MD Ruben, DF Smith, GA FitzGerald, JB Hogenesch - Science, 2019 - science.org
Physicians diagnose and administer treatment as needed; time of day is rarely considered.
Yet, accumulating evidence shows that our molecular clocks orchestrate 24-hour circadian …

Effects of nanoplastics and butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane on early zebrafish embryos identified by single-cell RNA sequencing

Y Liu, Y Wang, X Ling, Z Yan, D Wu… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanoplastics with small particle sizes and high surface area/volume ratios easily absorb
environmental pollutants and affect their bioavailability. In this study, polystyrene nanoplastic …

Bisphenols and phthalates: Plastic chemical exposures can contribute to adverse cardiovascular health outcomes

M Ramadan, B Cooper, NG Posnack - Birth defects research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phthalates and bisphenols are high production volume chemicals that are used in the
manufacturing of consumer and medical products. Given the ubiquity of bisphenol and …

3D printing approaches for cardiac tissue engineering and role of immune modulation in tissue regeneration

M Qasim, F Haq, MH Kang, JH Kim - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Conventional tissue engineering, cell therapy, and current medical approaches were shown
to be successful in reducing mortality rate and complications caused by cardiovascular …

Stimulant drugs of abuse and cardiac arrhythmias

P Dominic, J Ahmad, H Awwab… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Nonmedical use of prescription and nonprescription drugs is a worldwide epidemic, rapidly
growing in magnitude with deaths because of overdose and chronic use. A vast majority of …

Organotypic and microphysiological human tissue models for drug discovery and development—current state-of-the-art and future perspectives

S Youhanna, AM Kemas, L Preiss, Y Zhou… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - ASPET
The number of successful drug development projects has been stagnant for decades
despite major breakthroughs in chemistry, molecular biology, and genetics. Unreliable target …

Synthetic cathinones: an evolving class of new psychoactive substances

JL Gonçalves, VL Alves, J Aguiar… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Synthetic cathinones (SCat) are amphetamine-like psychostimulants that emerged onto drug
markets as “legal” alternatives to illicit drugs such as ecstasy, cocaine, and amphetamines …