A practical guide for transparent reporting of research on natural products in the British Journal of Pharmacology: Reproducibility of natural product research

AA Izzo, M Teixeira, SPH Alexander… - British Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Natural products continue to be an important source of medicines and drug templates.
Indeed, it has been estimated that approximately a third of all Food and Drug Administration …

Morphine‐induced respiratory depression is independent of β‐arrestin2 signalling

A Kliewer, A Gillis, R Hill, F Schmiedel… - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose GPCRs can signal through both G proteins and β‐arrestin2. For
the μ‐opioid receptor, early experimental evidence from a single study suggested that G …

Quercetin induces p53‐independent cancer cell death through lysosome activation by the transcription factor EB and reactive oxygen species‐dependent ferroptosis

ZX Wang, J Ma, XY Li, Y Wu, H Shi… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Cancer cells exhibit more dependence on iron and enhanced
sensitivity to iron‐dependent, programmed cell death (ferroptosis) than normal cells …

Arctigenin protects against depression by inhibiting microglial activation and neuroinflammation via HMGB1/TLR4/NF‐κB and TNF‐α/TNFR1/NF‐κB pathways

X Xu, HN Piao, F Aosai, XY Zeng… - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Arctigenin, a major bioactive component of Fructus arctii, has
been reported to have antidepressant‐like effects. However, the mechanisms underlying …

Short‐chain fatty acids regulate B cells differentiation via the FFA2 receptor to alleviate rheumatoid arthritis

Y Yao, X Cai, Y Zheng, M Zhang, W Fei… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Short‐chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are metabolites from gut microbes
involved in the host's inflammatory response and immunity. The aim of this study was to …

Leonurine alleviates ferroptosis in cisplatin‐induced acute kidney injury by activating the Nrf2 signalling pathway

J Hu, W Gu, N Ma, X Fan, X Ci - British journal of pharmacology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Evidence indicates that ferroptosis plays a key role in acute kidney
injury induced by cisplatin. The Nrf2/NRF2 pathway regulates oxidative stress, lipid …

Icariside II preconditioning evokes robust neuroprotection against ischaemic stroke, by targeting Nrf2 and the OXPHOS/NF‐κB/ferroptosis pathway

J Gao, C Ma, D Xia, N Chen, J Zhang… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Astrocytic nuclear factor erythroid‐derived 2‐related factor 2 (Nrf2)
is a potential therapeutic target of ischaemic preconditioning (IPC). Icariside II (ICS II) is a …

Naringenin attenuates non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease by down‐regulating the NLRP3/NF‐κB pathway in mice

Q Wang, Y Ou, G Hu, C Wen, S Yue… - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Naringenin, a flavonoid compound with strong anti‐inflammatory
activity, attenuated non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) induced by a methionine …

Nuciferine protects against folic acid‐induced acute kidney injury by inhibiting ferroptosis

D Li, B Liu, Y Fan, M Liu, B Han, Y Meng… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Acute kidney injury is a common clinical problem with no definitive
or specific treatment. Therefore, the molecular mechanisms of acute kidney injury must be …

Astaxanthin ameliorates oxidative stress and neuronal apoptosis via SIRT1/NRF2/Prx2/ASK1/p38 after traumatic brain injury in mice

XS Zhang, Y Lu, W Li, T Tao, L Peng… - British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Oxidative stress and neuronal apoptosis play key roles in
traumatic brain injury. We investigated the protective effects of astaxanthin against traumatic …