Substrates, inducers, inhibitors and structure-activity relationships of human Cytochrome P450 2C9 and implications in drug development

SF Zhou, ZW Zhou, LP Yang… - Current medicinal …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) is one of the most abundant CYP enzymes in the human
liver. CYP2C9 metabolizes more than 100 therapeutic drugs, including tolbutamide …

Could oral phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors have a potential adjuvant role in combating COVID-19 infection?

T Mostafa - Sexual medicine reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The recent global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has
become a pandemic with a lot of sufferers. Excessive inflammation, exaggerated immune …

Efficacy and safety of combined oral therapy with tadalafil and alfuzosin: an integrated approach to the management of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms and …

G Liguori, C Trombetta, G De Giorgi… - The journal of sexual …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Introduction Alpha1-blockers (AB) are the first-line monotherapy for lower
urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors are the first-line …

Sildenafil can affect innate and adaptive immune system in both experimental animals and patients

M Kniotek, A Boguska - Journal of immunology research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Sildenafil, a type 5 phosphodiesterase inhibitor (PDE5‐I), is primarily used for treating
erectile dysfunction. Sildenafil inhibits the degradation of cyclic guanosine monophosphate …

[HTML][HTML] PDE5 inhibitors: breaking new grounds in the treatment of COVID-19

R Varghese, G Digholkar, J Karsiya, S Salvi… - Drug metabolism and …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Introduction Despite the ever-increasing occurrences of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
cases around the world, very few medications have been validated in the clinical trials to …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the mode of delivery on female sexual function after childbirth

MA Eid, A Sayed, R Abdel-Rehim… - International journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
This cohort study aimed to assess the effect of the mode of delivery on female sexual
function (FSF) after childbirth. Out of 256 primiparous women, 200 subjects that completed …

Vardenafil modulates bladder contractility through cGMP-mediated inhibition of RhoA/Rho kinase signaling pathway in spontaneously hypertensive rats

A Morelli, S Filippi, P Sandner, B Fibbi… - The journal of sexual …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i), the most widely used drugs for
erectile dysfunction, could also improve lower urinary tract symptoms, essentially due to …

Sildenafil ameliorates cognitive deficits and tau pathology in a senescence-accelerated mouse model

L Orejana, L Barros-Miñones, J Jordán, E Puerta… - Neurobiology of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Aging is associated with a deterioration of cognitive performance and with increased risk of
neurodegenerative disorders. In the present study we tested whether the specific …

Female sexual dysfunction across the three pregnancy trimesters: an Egyptian study

S Hanafy, NE Srour, T Mostafa - Sexual health, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Background Pregnancy is a special period in the life of women characterised by physical,
hormonal and psychological changes that, in conjugation with social and cultural influences …

How do phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors affect cancer? A focus on glioblastoma multiforme

M Sanati, S Aminyavari, H Mollazadeh, B Bibak… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Springer
Since the discovery of phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) enzyme overexpression in the central
nervous system (CNS) malignancies, investigations have explored the potential capacity of …