the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81573490,81872930,and 81673505);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20161457);the"Double First-Class"University Project(CPU2018GY22).
Breast cancer resistance protein(BCRP)is one of ATP-binding cassette(ABC)transporters in brain microvessel endothelial cells that transport their substrates from brain to blood,thus limiting substrates to crossing int...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 81373482 and 81573490), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No BK20161457) and the "Six Talent Peaks" Project of Jiangsu Province.
HIV infection is often associated with liver failure, which alters the pharmacokinetics of many drugs. In this study we investigated whether acute liver failure (ALF) altered the pharmacokinetics of the first-line a...
Zidvovudine(AZT) is a nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor(NRTI), a class of anti-retroviral drug. A stability-indicating assay method for AZT was developed in line with ICH guideline. Successful separa...
F.K.was funded by a scholarship from the NIH Fogarty International Center grants D43-TW000011 and D43-TW009780.E.J.A.was funded by NIAID/NIH AI49170;holds the Canada Research Chair in HIV-1 Pathogenesis and Viral Control.M.E.Q-M was partially supported by the CWRU/UH Center for AIDS Research(P30 AI036219);by funding from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center(UHCMC)for the University Hospitals Translational Laboratory(UHTL).
Background:Thymidine analogs,namely AZT(Zidovudine or Retrovir^(TM))and d4T(Stavudine or Zerit^(TM))are antiretroviral drugs still employed in over 75%of first line combination antiretroviral therapy(cART)in Kampala,U...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Beijing, China) for Project No. 81102499;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University (No. 2015zzts286)
Zidovudine (AZT), the first drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, is metabolized in the host cells to 5'-AZT triphosphate (AZT-TP) whic...
Background: Achieving the long terms goals of antiretroviral treatment (ART) requires a careful approach during treatment initiation that takes into account patient’s psychosocial state, availability and accessibilit...
Background In the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the use of antiretrovirals as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) was the most important strategy for preventing occupational exposure to blood or...
Background An zidovudine (AZT)-substitution regimen containing 24-week stavudine (d4T) followed by long-term AZT for HIV therapy is potential to trade off short-term AZT-related anemia and long-term risks associat...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether switching HIV-infected patients stabilized on Trizivir (abacavir 300 mg/lamivudine 150 mg/zidovudine 300 mg) plus lopinavir/ritonavir 400 mg/100mg twice ...
This study was supported by the grants from the National Key Technologies R&D Program for the llth Five-year Plan (No. 2008ZX10001-006) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81071372).
Background The pharmacokinetics of zidovudine (AZT) are possibly influenced by weight, age, sex, liver and renal functions, severity of disease, and ethnicity. Currently, little information is available on the stead...