The clinical use of corticosteroids in pregnancy

MW Kemp, JP Newnham, JG Challis… - Human reproduction …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND The use of antenatal steroid therapy is common in pregnancy. In early
pregnancy, steroids may be used in women for the treatment of recurrent miscarriage or fetal …

Use of herbal medicine by pregnant women: What physicians need to know

SM Illamola, OU Amaeze, LV Krepkova… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
About 80% of the consumers worldwide use herbal medicine (HMs) or other natural
products. The percentage may vary significantly (7%–55%) among pregnant women …

Therapeutic drug monitoring and dosage adjustments of immunosuppressive drugs when combined with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in patients with COVID-19

F Lemaitre, K Budde, T Van Gelder… - Therapeutic Drug …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) consists of a peptidomimetic inhibitor (nirmatrelvir) of the
SARS-CoV-2 main protease and a pharmacokinetic enhancer (ritonavir). It is approved for …

Pharmacokinetic assessment of drug‐drug interactions of isavuconazole with the immunosuppressants cyclosporine, mycophenolic acid, prednisolone, sirolimus, and …

AH Groll, A Desai, D Han, C Howieson… - … in drug development, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This report summarizes phase 1 studies that evaluated pharmacokinetic interactions
between the novel triazole antifungal agent isavuconazole and the immunosuppressants …

Severe COVID‐19 in a renal transplant recipient: a focus on pharmacokinetics

S Meziyerh, TC Zwart, RW van Etten… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic requires extra attention for
immunocompromised patients, including solid organ transplant recipients. We report on a …

Pharmacology and pharmacogenetics of prednisone and prednisolone in patients with nephrotic syndrome

AM Schijvens, R Ter Heine, SN de Wildt… - Pediatric …, 2019 - Springer
Nephrotic syndrome is one of the most common glomerular disorders in childhood.
Glucocorticoids have been the cornerstone of the treatment of childhood nephrotic …

Impact of combined antiretroviral therapy on metabolic syndrome components in adult people living with HIV: A literature review

M Sapuła, M Suchacz, A Załęski, A Wiercińska-Drapało - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of metabolic derangements as a result of HIV treatment has been an
important area of research since the introduction of zidovudine in the 1980's. Antiretroviral …

A rationale for age-adapted immunosuppression in organ transplantation

F Krenzien, A ElKhal, M Quante, HRC Biefer… - …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Demographic changes are associated with a steady increase of older patients with end-
stage organ failure in need for transplantation. As a result, the majority of transplant …

Sex differences in transplantation

JD Momper, ML Misel, DB McKay - Transplantation Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Sex plays a role in the incidence and progression of a wide variety of diseases and
conditions related to transplantation. Additionally, a growing body of clinical and …

Activation of β-adrenergic receptor signaling prevents glucocorticoid-induced obesity and adipose tissue dysfunction in male mice

M Gado, A Heinrich, D Wiedersich… - American Journal …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Elevated serum concentrations of glucocorticoids (GCs) result in excessive lipid
accumulation in white adipose tissue (WAT) as well as dysfunction of thermogenic brown …