Pleasurable and problematic receptive anal intercourse and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus

DR Dickstein, CR Edwards, CR Rowan… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The ability to experience pleasurable sexual activity is important for human health.
Receptive anal intercourse (RAI) is a common, though frequently stigmatized, pleasurable …

Pharmacokinetics of antibacterial agents in the elderly: the body of evidence

OI Butranova, EA Ushkalova, SK Zyryanov… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Infections are important factors contributing to the morbidity and mortality among elderly
patients. High rates of consumption of antimicrobial agents by the elderly may result in …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Crohn's Disease on Protein Abundance of Human Intestinal Drug-Metabolising Enzymes and Transporters

S Alrubia, ZM Al-Majdoub, B Achour… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Crohn's disease affects the mucosal layer of the intestine, predominantly ileum and colon
segments, with the potential to affect the expression of intestinal enzymes and transporters …

Virtual twin for healthcare management

TM Polasek - Frontiers in Digital Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Healthcare is increasingly fragmented, resulting in escalating costs, patient dissatisfaction,
and sometimes adverse clinical outcomes. Strategies to decrease healthcare fragmentation …

Computational approach for drug discovery against Gardnerella vaginalis in quest for safer and effective treatments for bacterial vaginosis

C Fan, Z Basharat, K Mah, CR Wei - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Bacterial vaginosis (BV), primarily attributed to Gardnerella vaginalis, poses significant
challenges due to antibiotic resistance and suboptimal treatment outcomes. This study …

On the verge of impossibility: accounting for variability arising from permutations of comorbidities that affect the fate of drugs in the human body

A Rostami-Hodjegan, B Achour - Advances in Pharmacokinetics and …, 2023 - Springer
Contending with variability in drug exposure and effect in disease populations requires
patient characterization for changes in drug metabolism and transport pathways and …

A guide to developing population files for physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic modeling in the Simcyp Simulator

L Curry, S Alrubia, FY Bois, R Clayton… - CPT …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Simcyp Simulator is a software platform widely used in the pharmaceutical
industry to conduct stochastic physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling …

In Vitro to In Vivo Scalars for Drug Clearance in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver and Steatohepatitis

T Sierra, B Achour - Drug Metabolism and Disposition, 2024 - ASPET
In vitro–in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) allows prediction of clinical outcomes across
populations from in vitro data using specific scalars tailored to the biologic characteristics of …

Potential and challenges in application of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling in predicting diarrheal disease impact on oral drug pharmacokinetics

CX Zhang, SLM Arnold - Drug Metabolism and Disposition, 2023 - ASPET
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling is a physiologically relevant
approach that integrates drug-specific and system parameters to generate pharmacokinetic …

Understanding Discordance between In Vitro Dissolution, Local Gut and Systemic Bioequivalence of Budesonide in Healthy and Crohn's Disease Patients through …

C Han, T Sun, SK Chirumamilla, FY Bois, M Xu… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The most common method for establishing bioequivalence (BE) is to demonstrate similarity
of concentration–time profiles in the systemic circulation, as a surrogate to the site of action …