PURPOSE The effects of various eye drops on corneal wound healing, particularly in the subepithelial haze area, were investigated histologically following superficial keratectomy in rabbits. METHODS Mechanical superficial keratectomy was performed in rabbit eyes. Tranilast, betamethasone, hyaluronic acid, and diclofenac eye drops were administered after the procedure. Physiological saline was...

Leflunomide, flutamide, nimodipine, mexiletine, sulindac, tranilast, 4-hydroxytamoxifen, and omeprazole are pharmaceuticals previously characterized as aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonists in various cell lines and animal models. In this study, the eight AHR-active pharmaceuticals were investigated in highly aggressive aryl hydrocarbon (Ah)-responsive BT474 and MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cell...

OBJECTIVE Calcium-permeable cation channel TRPV2 is expressed in pancreatic beta-cells. We investigated regulation and function of TRPV2 in beta-cells. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Translocation of TRPV2 was assessed in MIN6 cells and cultured mouse beta-cells by transfecting TRPV2 fused to green fluorescent protein or TRPV2 containing c-Myc tag in the extracellular domain. Calcium entry was a...

2017 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers. Adv Pharm Bull, 2017, 7(1), 1-2 doi: 10.15171/apb.2017.001 http://apb.tbzmed.ac.i...

Gastric adaptive relaxation (GAR) is impaired in ~40% of functional dyspepsia (FD) patients, and nitric oxide (NO) released from inhibitory motor neurons plays an important role in this relaxation. Although the underlying molecular mechanism of GAR is poorly understood, transient receptor potential channel vanilloid 2 (TRPV2) mechano- and chemoreceptors are expressed in mouse intestinal inhibit...