Medical Therapy. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacology

Serum Levels After Everolimus-Stent Implantation and Paclitaxel-Balloon Angioplasty in an Infant with Recurrent Pulmonary Vein Obstruction After Repaired Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Matthias J. Muller, Ulrich Krause, Thomas Paul, Heike E. SchneiderGeorg-August-University Göttingen.Germany Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 1036-1039DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0054-1 AbstractEverolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-coated balloons are used in the interventional treatment of coronary artery disease in adults to reduce the restenosis rate and in small-vessel disease. Both substances are released into the circulation. We report systemic drug exposure […]

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The Anti-Inflammatory Effects and Clinical Potential of Dexmedetomidine in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Yohei Yamaguchi, Susumu Hosokawa, Go Haraguchi, Yusuke Kajikawa, Makito Sakurai, Taku Ishii, Noboru Ando, Tomohiro Morio, Shozaburo Doi, Tetsushi FurukawaTokyo Medical and Dental University. Saitama Children’s Medical Center. National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center. Japan Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental TherapeuticsJ Pharmacol Exp Ther 2023; 385: 88-94DOI: 10.1124/jpet.122.001399 AbstractA pathogenic aspect of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is the aberrant pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell

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Histone deacetylase inhibitors synergize with sildenafil to suppress purine metabolism and proliferation in pulmonary hypertension

Hui Zhang, Angelo D’Alessandro, Min Li, Julie A. Reisz, Suzette Riddle, Akshay Muralidhar, Todd Bull, Lan Zhao, Evgenia Gerasimovskaya, Kurt R. StenmarkUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine.  Imperial College London. United States and United Kingdom Vascular PharmacologyVasc Pharmacol 2023; 149: DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2023.107157 AbstractRationale: Sildenafil, a well-known vasodilator known to interfere with purinergic signaling through effects on cGMP,

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Pharmacotherapy for Pulmonary Hypertension in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Past, Present, and Future

Candice D. Fike, Judy L. AschnerUniversity of Utah Health. Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University.United States PharmaceuticalsPharmaceuticals 2023; 16: DOI: 10.3390/ph16040503 AbstractApproximately 8-42% of premature infants with chronic lung disease of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), develop pulmonary hypertension (PH). Infants with BPD-PH carry alarmingly high mortality rates of up to 47%. Effective PH-targeted pharmacotherapies

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Development and Optimization of Sildenafil Orodispersible Mini-Tablets (ODMTs) for Treatment of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Using Response Surface Methodology

Ahmed Alalaiwe, Mohammad A. Alsenaidy, Ziyad S. Almalki, Mohamed H. FayedPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University. King Saud University. Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University. Fayoum University. Saudi Arabia PharmaceuticsPharmaceutics 2023; 15: DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15030923 AbstractThe availability of age-appropriate oral dosage forms for pediatric patients has remained a challenge. Orodispersible mini-tablets (ODMTs) are a promising delivery system for pediatric

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Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling of treprostinil after intravenous injection and extended-release oral tablet administration in healthy volunteers: An extrapolation to other patient populations including patients with hepatic impairment

Xuemei Wu, Xiaohan Zhang, Ruichao Xu, Imam Hussain Shaik, Raman VenkataramananUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. Fujian Medical University Union Hospital. University of Virginia. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.United States and China British Journal of Clinical PharmacologyBrit J Clin Pharmacol 2022; 88: 587-599DOI: 10.1111/bcp.14966 AbstractAims: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by increased pulmonary arterial pressure,

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Oral hymecromone decreases hyaluronan in human study participants

Joelle I. Rosser, Nadine Nagy, Riya Goel, Gernot Kaber, Sally Demirdjian, Jamie Saxena, Jennifer B. Bollyky, Adam R. Frymoyer, Ana E. Pacheco-Navarro, Elizabeth B. Burgener, Jayakumar Rajadas, Zhe Wang, Olga Arbach, Colleen E. Dunn, Anissa Kalinowski, Carlos E. Milla, Paul L. BollykyStanford University. UCSF School of Pharmacy. Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin

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Implications for the metabolic fate of oral glutamine supplementation within plasma and erythrocytes of patients with sickle cell disease: A pharmacokinetics study

Claudia R. Morris, Frans A. Kuypers, Robert Hagar, Sandra Larkin, Lisa Lavrisha, Augusta Saulys, Elliott P. Vichinsky, Jung H. SuhEmory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. UCSF-Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.United States Complementary Therapies in MedicineComplement Ther Med 2022; 64: DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102803 AbstractObjectives: L-Glutamine is FDA-approved for sickle cell disease (SCD), yet the mechanism(s)-of-action are

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Pharmacokinetics of L-Citrulline in Neonates at Risk of Developing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension

Candice D. Fike, Charul Avachat, Angela K. Birnbaum, Judy L. Aschner, Catherine M. SherwinUniversity of Utah Health. University of Minnesota. Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and Dayton Children’s Hospital.United States Paediatric DrugsPaediatr Drug 2023; 25: 87-96DOI: 10.1007/s40272-022-00542-x AbstractBackground: Options to treat pulmonary hypertension (PH) in neonates with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

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Targeted treprostinil delivery inhibits pulmonary arterial remodeling

Aijun Liu, Bin Li, Ming Yang, Yongying Shi, Junwu SuBeijing Anzhen Hospital. The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. China European Journal of PharmacologyEur J Pharmacol 2022; 923: DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174700 AbstractIntroduction: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a fatal disease caused by the progressive remodeling of pulmonary arteries (PAs). Treprostinil (TPS) is a tricyclic benzidine prostacyclin clinically

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