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Liu, Shihui Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University
Matsuo, Toshihiko Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University ORCID Kaken ID publons researchmap
Abe, Takumi Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University ORCID Kaken ID researchmap
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NK-4 plays a key role in the treatment of various diseases, such as in hay fever to expect anti-allergic effects, in bacterial infections and gum abscesses to expect anti-inflammatory effects, in scratches, cuts, and mouth sores from bites inside the mouth for enhanced wound healing, in herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 infections for antiviral effects, and in peripheral nerve disease that causes tingling pain and numbness in hands and feet, while NK-4 is used also to expect antioxidative and neuroprotective effects. We review all therapeutic directions for the cyanine dye NK-4, as well as the pharmacological mechanism of NK-4 in animal models of related diseases. Currently, NK-4, which is sold as an over-the-counter drug in drugstores, is approved for treating allergic diseases, loss of appetite, sleepiness, anemia, peripheral neuropathy, acute suppurative diseases, wounds, heat injuries, frostbite, and tinea pedis in Japan. The therapeutic effects of NK-4’s antioxidant and neuroprotective properties in animal models are now under development, and we hope to apply these pharmacological effects of NK-4 to the treatment of more diseases. All experimental data suggest that different kinds of utility of NK-4 in the treatment of diseases can be developed based on the various pharmacological properties of NK-4. It is expected that NK-4 could be developed in more therapeutic strategies to treat many types of diseases, such as neurodegenerative and retinal degenerative diseases.
発行日
2023-02-23
出版物タイトル
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
24巻
5号
出版者
MDPI AG
開始ページ
4411
ISSN
1422-0067
資料タイプ
学術雑誌論文
言語
英語
OAI-PMH Set
岡山大学
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© 2023 by the authors.
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