There are two types of drugs targeting hypoxic cells: hypoxic radiosensitizers and hypoxic cytotoxins. Discuss the molecular mechanisms of action of these types of drugs. What is the major difference?
Hypoxic Radiosensitizer is uses in the treatment of tumor. Radiosensitizer is an agent that makes tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Its mechanism of action is that, the radiation is used, causing the cells in S-phase to disrepair DNA damage.
Hypoxic Cytotoxins are agents that can sensitize a solid tumor to radiotherapy or to chemotherapy by killing, rather than sensitizing the resistant hypoxic cells.
Hypoxic Cytotoxins are also known as Bioreductive drugs.
The main difference between Hypoxic Radiosensitizer and Hypoxic Cytotoxins is that, the hypoxic radiosensitizer uses radiation to sensitize the tumor cells whereas the hypoxic cytotoxins works by killing the resistant cells.
There are two types of drugs targeting hypoxic cells: hypoxic radiosensitizers and hypoxic cytotoxins. Discuss the...
· Discuss protein targeting in cells.
Compare and contrast the molecular events of the action potential in the pacemaker cells of the SA node to those in a ventricular (contractile) cardiomyocyte. Be sure to point out how these molecular events underlie the differences in the shapes of the two types of potentials and how these differences serve the difference in functions for these cell types.
Discuss Morphology of cells and the factor it plays in general function and structure. Select two different cells and discuss the difference between various cells and the role these cells play in specific disease processes.
1. Many bacteria survive in the absence of oxygen. Discuss the two methods obligate anaerobes use to produce energy for their cellular processes. 2.What are the two mechanisms of enzyme inhibition? How do they work and what is their role in metabolism and medicine? 3. How is the majority of ATP produced by aerobic cells in terms of specific process? Include where in different types of aerobic cells this occurs?
Explain the difference between a bactericidal drug and a bacteriostatic drug.Which one would be a better antibiotic for patients and why? Describe the similarities and differences in the drugs penicillin and vancomycin. In your answer describe the targets and mechanisms of action for each. Which would you prescribe to a patient with S. aureus infection and why? Describe the difference between prokaryotic ribosomes and eukaryotic ribosomes. How does this difference allow us to safely target prokaryotic ribosomes? Explain the mechanism...
There are two main types of cells in the human brain, neurons (nerve cells) and glial cells (supporting cells). Once neurons fully mature, these nerve cells no longer divide. Glial cells, however, continue to divide over a person’s entire lifetime. GDNF (glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor) is a small protein that stimulates growth in glial cells. What kind of signal molecule is this protein? How does GDNF likely promote cell division? After the glial cell receives GDNF, what will happen...
Please briefly discuss papules and pustules, the difference between the two types of skin lesions, and note a skin condition that may include both types of lesions.
What are the two types of user-defined functions? Discuss two differences between the two types of user defined functions Describe two benefits of using a user defined functions in a program.program.
Question 1. Different types of cells have different types of integral membrane proteins. What would you expect to reside in the plasma membrane of an epithelial cell that might be absent from that of an erythrocyte? How do such differences relate to the activities of these cells? Question 2. In an experiment, let us say you plan to use liposomes in an attempt to deliver drugs to fat or muscle cells. Is there a method in which you might be...
5. Beta-lactam antibiotics are the major antibiotics. Where they act? Name two different types of antibiotics which fall in this category. Explain where they resemble and where they differ. 6. Penicillin and Tetracycline; which one is narrow spectrum and which one is broad spectrum and why-explain. 7. There are two types of antibiotics which act on membrane. Name one member of each type. Why one antibiotics of this group exclusive works on fungus/protists and not on bacteria. 8. Many antibiotics...