1: Choi A, Choi JS, Yoon YJ, Kim KA, Joo CK. KR-31378, a potassium-channel opener, induces the protection of retinal ganglion cells in rat retinal ischemic models. J Pharmacol Sci. 2009 Apr;109(4):511-7. PubMed PMID: 19372634.
2: Hwang GS, Oh KS, Koo HN, Seo HW, You KH, Lee BH. Effects of KR-31378, a novel ATP-sensitive potassium channel activator, on hypertrophy of H9c2 cells and on cardiac dysfunction in rats with congestive heart failure. Eur J Pharmacol. 2006 Jul 1;540(1-3):131-8. PubMed PMID: 16729997.
3: Lee CH, Choi KY, Kim YJ, Kim WG. Neuroprotective effect of KR-31378, a novel potassium channel activator, on spinal cord ischemic injury in rabbits. J Invest Surg. 2005 Nov-Dec;18(6):297-304. PubMed PMID: 16319050.
4: Kim MY, Lee S, Yi KY, Yoo SE, Lee DH, Lim H, Kim HS, Lee SH, Baik EJ, Moon CH, Jung YS. Protective effect of KR-31378 on oxidative stress in cardiac myocytes. Arch Pharm Res. 2005 Dec;28(12):1358-64. PubMed PMID: 16392669.
5: Moon CH, Kim MY, Kim MJ, Kim MH, Lee S, Yi KY, Yoo SE, Lee DH, Lim H, Kim HS, Lee SH, Baik EJ, Jung YS. KR-31378, a novel benzopyran analog, attenuates hypoxia-induced cell death via mitochondrial KATP channel and protein kinase C-epsilon in heart-derived H9c2 cells. Eur J Pharmacol. 2004 Dec 3;506(1):27-35. PubMed PMID: 15588621.
6: Kim KY, Lee JH, Park JH, Yoo MA, Kwak YG, Kim SO, Yoo SE, Hong KW. Anti-apoptotic action of (2S,3S,4R)-N"-cyano-N-(6-amino-3,4-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-dimethoxymethyl-2 H-benzopyran-4-yl)-N'-benzylguanidine (KR-31378) by suppression of the phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted from chromosome 10 phosphorylation and increased phosphorylation of casein kinase2/Akt/ cyclic AMP response element binding protein via maxi-K channel opening in neuronal cells. Eur J Pharmacol. 2004 Aug 30;497(3):267-77. PubMed PMID: 15336944.
7: Won R, Lim JY, Lee SY, Park JH, Sohn NW. Neuroprotective effect of KR-31378 via KATP channel opening against ischemic insult. Biol Pharm Bull. 2004 Aug;27(8):1285-8. PubMed PMID: 15305038.
8: Jung YS, Lee DH, Lim H, Yi KY, Yoo SE, Kim E. KR-31378 protects cardiac H9c2 cells from chemical hypoxia-induced cell death via inhibition of JNK/p38 MAPK activation. Jpn J Physiol. 2004 Dec;54(6):575-83. PubMed PMID: 15760490.
9: Kim SO, Cho IS, Gu HK, Lee DH, Lim H, Yoo SE. KR-31378 protects neurons from ischemia-reperfusion brain injury by attenuating lipid peroxidation and glutathione loss. Eur J Pharmacol. 2004 Mar 8;487(1-3):81-91. PubMed PMID: 15033379.
10: Kim SO, Kwak SH, Lee BH, Lee DH, Lim H, Yoo SE, Chung HJ, Lee MG. Dose-dependent pharmacokinetics of KR-31378, a new neuroprotective agent for ischaemia-reperfusion damage in dogs. Biopharm Drug Dispos. 2004 Apr;25(3):143-8. PubMed PMID: 15083503.
11: Kim J, Nam KH, Kim SO, Choi JH, Kim HC, Yang SD, Kang JH, Ryu YH, Oh GT, Yoo SE. KR-31378 ameliorates atherosclerosis by blocking monocyte recruitment in hypercholestrolemic mice. FASEB J. 2004 Apr;18(6):714-6. PubMed PMID: 14766797.
12: Jeong TC, Kim JY, Ji HY, Lee DH, Kim SO, Lim H, Yoo SE, Lee HS. Effects of a new neuroprotective agent KR-31378 on liver cytochrome P450s in male Sprague Dawley rats. Arch Pharm Res. 2003 Oct;26(10):800-4. PubMed PMID: 14609126.
13: Sohn YT, Park BY. Characterization of the physicochemical properties of KR-31378. Arch Pharm Res. 2003 Jul;26(7):526-31. PubMed PMID: 12934643.
14: Ki J, Ji HY, Yoo SE, Kim SO, Lee DH, Lim H, Lee HS. Simultaneous determination of the novel neuroprotective agent KR-31378 and its metabolite KR-31612 using high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry in human plasma. Arch Pharm Res. 2002 Oct;25(5):647-51. PubMed PMID: 12433199.
15: Hong KW, Kim KY, Lee JH, Shin HK, Kwak YG, Kim SO, Lim H, Yoo SE. Neuroprotective effect of (2S,3S,4R)-N"-cyano-N-(6-amino-3, 4-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-dimethoxymethyl-2H-benzopyran-4-yl)-N'-benzylguani dine (KR-31378), a benzopyran analog, against focal ischemic brain damage in rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2002 Apr;301(1):210-6. PubMed PMID: 11907175.
16: Kim HJ, Kim SH, Kim SO, Lee DH, Lim H, Yoo SE, Lee MG. Dose-dependent pharmacokinetics of a new neuroprotective agent for ischemia-reperfusion damage, KR-31378, in rats. Biopharm Drug Dispos. 2000 Oct;21(7):279-84. PubMed PMID: 11512127.
17: Lee MH, Kim HJ, Kim SH, Kim SO, Lee DH, Lim H, Yoo SE, Lee MG. High-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of a new neuroprotective agent for ischemia-reperfusion damage, KR-31378. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2001 Mar-Apr;109(3-4):249-56. PubMed PMID: 11758654.
18: Lee MH, Kim HJ, Kim SH, Kim SO, Lee DH, Lim H, Yoo SE, Lee MG. Blood partition and protein binding of a new neuroprotective agent for ischemia-reperfusion damage, KR-31378. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2001;110(5-6):361-70. PubMed PMID: 12889527.
19: Kim KY, Kim BG, Kim SO, Yoo SE, Kwak YG, Chae SW, Hong KW. Prevention of lipopolysaccharide-induced apoptosis by (2S,3S,4R)-N"-cyano-N-(6-amino-3,4-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-dimethoxymethyl-2 H-benzopyran-4-yl)-N'-benzylguanidine, a benzopyran analog, in endothelial cells. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2002 Feb;300(2):535-42. PubMed PMID: 11805214.
20: Kim NS, Yoo HH, Lee MW, Kim HS, Kim DH. Disposition and metabolism of (2S,3S,4R)-N''-cyano-N-(6-amino-3,4-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-dimethoxy methyl-2H-benzopyran-4-yl)-N'-benzylguanidine, a novel neuroprotective agent for ischemia-reperfusion damage, in rats. Xenobiotica. 2007 May;37(5):534-48. PubMed PMID: 17523055.