Discovery and development of calcium channel blockers

T Godfraind - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In the mid 1960s, experimental work on molecules under screening as coronary dilators
allowed the discovery of the mechanism of calcium entry blockade by drugs later named …

Mitochondrial calcium deregulation in the mechanism of beta-amyloid and tau pathology

N Esteras, AY Abramov - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aggregation and deposition of β-amyloid and/or tau protein are the key neuropathological
features in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other …

Beta-arrestin1 prevents preeclampsia by downregulation of mechanosensitive AT1-B2 receptor heteromers

U Quitterer, X Fu, A Pohl, KM Bayoumy, A Langer… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Preeclampsia is the most frequent pregnancy-related complication worldwide with no cure.
While a number of molecular features have emerged, the underlying causal mechanisms …

Effects of hypertension on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

JE Malone, MI Elkasaby, AJ Lerner - Current Hypertension Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To review the pathophysiology of hypertension in Alzheimer's
disease and related dementias and explore the current landscape of clinical trials involving …

Calcium channel blocker use reduces incident dementia risk in elderly hypertensive patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies

S Hussain, A Singh, SO Rahman, A Habib… - Neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are an established class of drug for the management of
hypertension. Observational studies have found that CCB use is associated with a reduction …

Insulin resistance as a common link between current Alzheimer's disease hypotheses

SS Alves, RMP Silva-Junior… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Almost 115 years ago, Alois Alzheimer described Alzheimer's disease (AD) for the first time.
Since then, many hypotheses have been proposed. However, AD remains a severe health …

Amlodipine improves spinal cord injury repair by inhibiting motoneuronal apoptosis through autophagy upregulation

Y Huang, H Ren, X Gao, D Cai, H Shan, J Bai, L Sheng… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. The effect of amlodipine (AM) on spinal cord injury (SCI) and autophagy was
researched by establishing ventral spinal cord cells (VSC4. 1) oxygen and glucose …

Effect Of epigallocatechin-3-gallate on the pharmacokinetics of amlodipine in rats

X Han, H Zhang, H Hao, H Li, X Guo, D Zhang - Xenobiotica, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a major ingredient of
green tea, on the pharmacokinetics of amlodipine in rats. The pharmacokinetics of orally …

Calcium channel blockers, survival and ischaemic stroke in patients with dementia: a Swedish registry study

I Kalar, H Xu, J Secnik, E Schwertner… - Journal of Internal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The effect of calcium channel blockers (CCB) on mortality and ischaemic stroke
risk in dementia patients is understudied. Objectives To calculate the risk of death and …

[HTML][HTML] Sex Differences in the Preventive Effect of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Therapeutics on Dementia

SA Choi, HJ Jee, KJ Bormate, Y Kim… - Biomolecules & …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dementia is a clinical syndrome characterized by progressive impairment of cognitive and
functional abilities. As currently applied treatments for dementia can only delay the …