The physiology, pathology, and pharmacology of voltage-gated calcium channels and their future therapeutic potential

GW Zamponi, J Striessnig, A Koschak… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - ASPET
Voltage-gated calcium channels are required for many key functions in the body. In this
review, the different subtypes of voltage-gated calcium channels are described and their …

Repurposing of drugs: An attractive pharmacological strategy for cancer therapeutics

A Kirtonia, K Gala, SG Fernandes, G Pandya… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human malignancies are one of the major health-related issues though out the world and
anticipated to rise in the future. The development of novel drugs/agents requires a huge …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting ion channels for cancer therapy by repurposing the approved drugs

VP Kale, SG Amin, MK Pandey - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ion channels have been shown to be involved in oncogenesis and efforts are being poured
in to target the ion channels. There are many clinically approved drugs with ion channels as …

[HTML][HTML] Harmaline tremor: underlying mechanisms in a potential animal model of essential tremor

A Handforth - Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Harmaline and harmine are tremorigenic β-carbolines that, on administration to
experimental animals, induce an acute postural and kinetic tremor of axial and truncal …

[HTML][HTML] Signal detection in pharmacovigilance: a review of informatics-driven approaches for the discovery of drug-drug interaction signals in different data sources

H Ibrahim, A Abdo, AM El Kerdawy, AS Eldin - Artificial intelligence in the …, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this article is to review the application of informatics-driven approaches in
the pharmacovigilance field with focus on drug-drug interaction (DDI) safety signal discovery …

[HTML][HTML] Mining association patterns of drug-interactions using post marketing FDA's spontaneous reporting data

H Ibrahim, A Saad, A Abdo, AS Eldin - Journal of biomedical informatics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and objectives Pharmacovigilance (PhV) is an important clinical
activity with strong implications for population health and clinical research. The main goal of …

Calcium signaling: A therapeutic target to overcome resistance to therapies in cancer

O Romito, M Guéguinou, W Raoul, O Champion… - Cell calcium, 2022 - Elsevier
Innate and acquired resistances to therapeutic agents are responsible for the failure of
cancer treatments. Due to the multifactorial nature of resistance, the identification of new …

The CatSper channel modulates boar sperm motility during capacitation

A Vicente-Carrillo, M Álvarez-Rodríguez… - Reproductive …, 2017 - Elsevier
The cation channel of sperm (CatSper) comprises four transmembrane subunits specifically
expressed in human, equine, murine and ovine spermatozoa, apparently implicated in …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of subthalamic T-type Ca2+ channels remedies locomotor deficits in a rat model of Parkinson disease

CH Tai, YC Yang, MK Pan, CS Huang… - The Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Clin Investig
An increase in neuronal burst activities in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is a well-
documented electrophysiological feature of Parkinson disease (PD). However, the causal …

Substrate specificity, inhibitors and regulation of human cytochrome P450 2D6 and implications in drug development

SF Zhou, JP Liu, XS Lai - Current medicinal chemistry, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
CYP2D6 accounts for only a small percentage of total hepatic CYPs (100) with significant
polymorphisms. A number of drugs acting on the central nervous system and cardiovascular …