Cigarette smoking and erectile dysfunction: an updated review with a focus on pathophysiology, e-cigarettes, and smoking cessation

MS Allen, RC Tostes - Sexual Medicine Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Cigarette smoking has major health implications and causes substantial
damage to all organ systems. Approximately one-third of men are active smokers worldwide …

[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 …

Sildenafil during pregnancy: a preclinical meta-analysis on fetal growth and maternal blood pressure

ND Paauw, F Terstappen, W Ganzevoort, JA Joles… - …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Sildenafil is a new approach to treat fetal growth restriction (FGR) and preeclampsia. We
performed a systematic meta-analysis to evaluate effects of sildenafil. Our search identified …

[HTML][HTML] Delivering benefits at speed through real-world repurposing of off-patent drugs: the COVID-19 pandemic as a case in point

M Rogosnitzky, E Berkowitz… - JMIR Public Health and …, 2020 - publichealth.jmir.org
Real-world drug repurposing—the immediate “off-label” prescribing of drugs to address
urgent clinical needs—is a widely overlooked opportunity. Off-label prescribing (ie, for a …

[HTML][HTML] Sildenafil for treating patients with COVID-19 and perfusion mismatch: a pilot randomized trial

MG Santamarina, I Beddings, FM Lomakin… - Critical Care, 2022 - Springer
Background SARS-CoV-2 seems to affect the regulation of pulmonary perfusion.
Hypoperfusion in areas of well-aerated lung parenchyma results in a ventilation–perfusion …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma markers in pulmonary hypertension subgroups correlate with patient survival

T Koudstaal, D Van Uden, JAC Van Hulst… - Respiratory …, 2021 - Springer
Background Recent studies have provided evidence for an important contribution of the
immune system in the pathophysiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing existing drugs for COVID-19: an endocrinology perspective

FA Cadegiani - BMC endocrine disorders, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a multi-systemic infection
caused by the novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), that …

Ethnological validation of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera L. Dunal) ghrita as 'Vajikarana Rasayana': In-silico, in-vitro and in-vivo approach

S Gurav, M Wanjari, R Bhole, N Raut, S Prasad… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Processing cow ghee (clarified butterfat) with therapeutic
herbs, ie ghrita, is recognized for augmenting the therapeutic efficacy of plant materials …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing drugs in oncology (ReDO)—selective PDE5 inhibitors as anti-cancer agents

P Pantziarka, V Sukhatme, S Crispino… - …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Selective phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors, including sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil, are
widely-used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of inflammatory cytokine production in human monocytes by cGMP and IRAK3

TH Nguyen, A Axell, I Turek, B Wright… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-3 (IRAK3) is a critical checkpoint molecule of
inflammatory responses in the innate immune system. The pseudokinase domain of IRAK3 …