Vol 41, No 4 (April 2020): Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (Special Feature on Drug Research and Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease)

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Editorial

Emerging novel approaches to drug research and diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease   Pages (439-441)
Xue-chu Zhen, Hong-Yuan Chu

Review Article

Angiogenin and tRNA fragments in Parkinson’s disease and neurodegeneration   Pages (442-446)
Jochen H M Prehn, Elisabeth Jirström
Synaptic and cellular plasticity in Parkinson’s disease   Pages (447-452)
Hong-Yuan Chu
Targeting the cholinergic system in Parkinson’s disease   Pages (453-463)
Changliang Liu
Psychosis in Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism in antipsychotic-naive schizophrenia spectrum psychosis: clinical, nosological and pathobiological challenges   Pages (464-470)
John L. Waddington
Recent advances in dopaminergic strategies for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease   Pages (471-482)
Qi Mao, Wang-zhi Qin, Ao Zhang, Na Ye
Advances in the development of imaging probes and aggregation inhibitors for alpha-synuclein   Pages (483-498)
Ming-ming Xu, Philip Ryan, Santosh Rudrawar, Ronald J Quinn, Hai-yan Zhang, George D Mellick

Article

Development and characterization of an inducible Dicer conditional knockout mouse model of Parkinson’s disease: validation of the antiparkinsonian effects of a sigma-1 receptor agonist and dihydromyricetin   Pages (499-507)
Chen-hong Guo, Ting Cao, Long-tai Zheng, John L Waddington, Xue-chu Zhen
Neuroprotective effects of olanzapine against rotenone-induced toxicity in PC12 cells   Pages (508-515)
Ya-jie Xiong, Yun-zhen Song, Ying Zhu, Wen-qing Zuo, Yi-fan Zhao, Xiao Shen, Wen-juan Wang, Ya-li Liu, Jun-chao Wu, Zhong-qin Liang
Ganoderic acid A protects neural cells against NO stress injury in vitro via stimulating β adrenergic receptors   Pages (516-522)
Zi-ru Yu, Wei-hua Jia, Chao Liu, Hong-qing Wang, Hai-guang Yang, Guo-rong He, Ruo-yun Chen, Guan-hua Du
Rg1 improves LPS-induced Parkinsonian symptoms in mice via inhibition of NF-κB signaling and modulation of M1/M2 polarization   Pages (523-534)
Jia-qi Liu, Ming Zhao, Zhao Zhang, Li-yuan Cui, Xin Zhou, Wei Zhang, Shi-feng Chu, Da-yong Zhang, Nai-hong Chen

Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Urotensin II and urantide exert opposite effects on the cellular components of atherosclerotic plaque in hypercholesterolemic rabbits   Pages (546-553)
Qing-qing Yu, Da-xin Cheng, Li-ran Xu, Yan-kui Li, Xiao-ya Zheng, Yi Liu, Ya-feng Li, Hao-le Liu, Liang Bai, Rong Wang, Jiang-lin Fan, En-qi Liu, Si-hai Zhao
Exogenous NADPH ameliorates myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury in rats through activating AMPK/mTOR pathway   Pages (535-545)
Jiang Zhu, Yi-fei Wang, Xiao-ming Chai, Ke Qian, Ling-wei Zhang, Peng Peng, Pei-min Chen, Jian-fang Cao, Zheng-hong Qin, Rui Sheng, Hong Xie

Hepatic, Gastrointestinal, Pulmonary and Renal Pharmacology

Serum biomarkers combined with ultrasonography for early diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease confirmed by magnetic resonance spectroscopy   Pages (554-560)
Ling-ling Qian, Liang Wu, Lei Zhang, Jing Zhang, Jia Zhou, Yue-hua Li, Qi-chen Fang, Hua-ting Li, Wei-ping Jia
Prostaglandin E1 attenuates high glucose-induced apoptosis in proximal renal tubular cells by inhibiting the JNK/Bim pathway   Pages (561-571)
Yu-han Zhang, Ya-qin Zhang, Cong-cong Guo, Li-kang Wang, Yu-jiao Cui, Jian-jun Dong, Lin Liao

Drug Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion

Comparative strategies for stem cell biodistribution in a preclinical study   Pages (572-580)
Fang Wang, Zhe Wang, Fen Wang, Kelly Dong, Jing Zhang, Yun-juan Sun, Chun-feng Liu, Mei-jie Xing, Xue Cheng, Su Wei, Jia-wei Zheng, Xiong-fei Zhao, Xiao-ming Wang, Jie Fu, Hai-feng Song

Author Correction

Author Correction: Plumbagin attenuates cancer cell growth and osteoclast formation in the bone microenvironment of mice   Pages (581-582)
Wei Yan, Ting-yu Wang, Qi-ming Fan, Lin Du, Jia-ke Xu, Zan-jing Zhai, Hao-wei Li, Ting-ting Tang