Prospects for atomic resolution and neutron crystallography in drug design.

abstract：:Thromboembolic diseases such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic strokes are mainly responsible for people's morbidity and mortality and have severely affected the people's quality of life all over the world. According to WHO statistics, an average of 17 mill...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Guo L,Ma S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt signaling pathway has important functions in development, tissue homeostasis, and regeneration. Deregulation of canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling is frequently found in various human cancers, particularly in colorectal cancer, and non-canonical Wnt signaling pathways also have been implicated in neoplasia. ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Qi J,Zhu YQ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global death rate due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is highest as compared to other ailments. Principal risk factor associated with CVDs is hypertension. Major classes of current antihypertensive (AHT) therapies include angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Niaz T,Hafeez Z,Imran M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast Cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among women and the second cause of female death for cancer. When the tumor is not correctly eradicated, there is a high relapse risk and incidence of metastasis. Breast Cancer Stem Cells (BCSCs) are responsible for initiating tumors and are resistant to current anticancer ...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Polonio-Alcalá E,Rabionet M,Ruiz-Martínez S,Ciurana J,Puig T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-translational modification represents an important mechanism to regulate protein function in cardiac cells. Ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs) are a family of protein modifiers that share a certain extent of sequence and structure similarity. Conjugation of Ub or UBLs to target proteins is dynamica...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Li J,Johnson JA,Su H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prohibitin (PHB) is overtly conserved evolutionarily and ubiquitously expressed protein with pleiotropic functions in diverse cellular compartments. However, regulation and function of these proteins in different cells, tissues and in various diseases is different as evidenced by expression of these proteins...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Chowdhury D,Kumar D,Sarma P,Tangutur AD,Bhadra MP

更新日期：2017-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by relatively selective degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and loss of dopamine in the striatum. More than 50 epidemiological studies confirmed the low incidence of PD in smokers. Examining the distribution of subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine recep...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Kawamata J,Suzuki S,Shimohama S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune-based inflammatory diseases involve immune related dysregulation in different sites of body, which includes rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, atherosclerosis, etc. Advancements in molecular research have facilitated investigation of their pathogenesis that is involved in infl...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Rahman M,Beg S,Verma A,Kazmi I,Patel DK,Anwar F,Al Abbasi FA,Kumar V

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infiltrating inflammatory cells into the kidney mediate the initiation and progression of damage by direct cytotoxicity, the secretion of soluble factors such as cytokines and proteases, or by the subsequent induction of further immune response. Before leukocytes can exert their effects on renal damage or repair, they...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Panzer U,Steinmetz OM,Stahl RA,Wolf G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gabapentin and pregabalin inhibit Ca(2+) currents via high-voltage-activated channels containing the alpha2delta-1 subunit, reducing neurotransmitter release and attenuating the postsynaptic excitability. They are antiepileptic drugs successfully used also for the chronic pain treatment. A large number of cl...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Dauri M,Faria S,Gatti A,Celidonio L,Carpenedo R,Sabato AF

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts to speed up cellular biochemical processes. According to their main Enzyme Commission (EC) numbers, enzymes are divided into six categories: EC-1: oxidoreductase; EC-2: transferase; EC-3: hydrolase; EC-4: lyase; EC-5: isomerase and EC-6: synthetase. Different enzym...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Tan JX,Lv H,Wang F,Dao FY,Chen W,Ding H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a natural protein expressed in a wide range of tissues in our body. It is a promising anti-cancer agent due to its selective killing of cancer cells, rendering normal cells unharmed. However, resistance occurs either intrinsically or develops ove...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Ngai SC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature provides science and society with a virtually unlimited supply of structurally diverse and biologically active molecules; the natural products. While some are directly useful in commercial applications, others are valuable for studying and understanding biological phenomena at the molecular level. An example is...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Nilsson J,Sterner O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent marketing of two selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, celecoxib and rofecoxib is remarkable considering that COX-2 was only discovered eight years ago as a growth factor- and cytokine-inducible gene. Concomitant with these pharmaceutical successes is the advances in our understanding of the molecu...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Kalgutkar AS,Zhao Z

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal neovascularization and macular edema are central features of diabetic retinopathy, a major cause of blindness in working age adults. The currently established treatment for diabetic retinopathy targets the vascular pathology by laser photocoagulation. This approach is associated with significant adverse effect...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Caldwell RB,Bartoli M,Behzadian MA,El-Remessy AE,Al-Shabrawey M,Platt DH,Liou GI,Caldwell RW

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are chromene analogues abundantly found in plants. It is always of curiosity to discover natural flavonoid structures, since living things, including human, are routinely exposed to these compounds through many dietaries. Indeed, numerous studies conducted so far on flavonoids to display their diverse biolo...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Gulcan HO,Orhan IE

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of receptor-tyrosine kinase c-Met/HGF pathway is shown to be associated with cell proliferation, invasion, metastasis and poor-prognosis in several tumor types, including upper gastrointestinal-malignancies. The interaction of c-Met with multiple signalling-pathways involved in tumorigenic-properti...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Gholamin S,Fiuji H,Maftouh M,Mirhafez R,Shandiz FH,Avan A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-target drugs against particular multiple targets get better protection, resistance profiles and curative influence by cooperative rules of a key beneficial target with resistance behavior and compensatory elements. Computational techniques can assist us in the efforts to design novel drugs (ligands) with a prefe...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Abdolmaleki A,Ghasemi JB,Ghasemi F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of the neurobiological processes leading to major depressive disorder (MDD) is an active field of research in the scientific community. For years, the alteration of monoamine neurotransmission, in particular serotonin (5-HT), has been considered the most significant pathophysiological mechanism of th...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Catena-Dell'Osso M,Rotella F,Dell'Osso A,Fagiolini A,Marazziti D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are life-threating conditions still lacking a definite therapy and carrying a high mortality and morbidity, especially in children and infants. Albeit respiratory assistance and supportive therapies are crucial for ALI/ARDS, many drugs have been pr...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： De Luca D,Piastra M,Tosi F,Pulitanò S,Mancino A,Genovese O,Pietrini D,Conti G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoroquinolones are one of the world's most valuable and popularly used categories of antimicrobial agents. This paper attempts to review the substantial progress of fluoroquinolones from their discovery to black box warning. Antibiotic drug choice will remain difficult in the presence of increasing resistance, but t...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Majalekar PP,Shirote PJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is now widely appreciated to represent a chronic inflammatory reaction of the vascular wall in response to dyslipidemia and endothelial distress involving the inflammatory recruitment of leukocytes and the activation of resident vascular cells. The proliferative response of smooth muscle cells critical...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Weber C,Schober A,Zernecke A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies provide a growing number of evidences that chronic exposure to relatively low levels of cadmium (Cd), nowadays taking place in industrialized countries, may cause health hazard. Thus, growing interest has been focused on effective ways of protection from adverse effects of exposure to this heav...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Brzóska MM,Borowska S,Tomczyk M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes, which has dramatically increased during the last decade normally results from a combination of pancreatic beta cell dysfunction and insulin resistance. One of the most recent risk factors identified for type 2 diabetes is a sub-optimal fetal and neonatal environment. Numerous human epidemiological stu...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Reusens B,Ozanne SE,Remacle C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral myocarditis is a cardiac disease caused by Group B Coxsackie virus of Enterovirus genus in the Picorna viridae family. It causes heart failure in children, young and adults. Ten Percent (10%) of acute heart failure and 12% of sudden deaths in young and adults who are less than 40 years is due to this viral myoca...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Daba TM,Zhao Y,Pan Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of reactive oxygen species is a normal part of cell physiology, but many internal and external stimuli are able to trigger the production of excess levels of oxidants that are potentially damaging. The threat of oxidative damage is particularly significant to DNA, as damaged bases can interfere with rep...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Shaukat Z,Liu D,Hussain R,Khan M,Gregory SL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunity is a balanced status with adequate biological defenses to recognize and fight "non-self", as well as adequate tolerance to recognize "self". To maintain this immune homeostasis, a well-organized T cell immune network is required, which in part depends on the well-controlled development of alternative effector...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Liu HX,Jiang A,Chen T,Qu W,Yan HY,Ping J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifunctional rational drug design of protein tyrosine kinases inhibitors allows a potent drug to be utilized to treat more than one disease for greater patient benefits. Many protein tyrosine kinases (PTK), including Janus kinase 3 (JAK3) and Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), have been identified as potential drug ta...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Vassilev AO,Tibbles HE,DuMez D,Venkatachalam TK,Uckun FM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a process the primary role of which is to clear up damaged cellular components such as long-lived proteins and organelles, thus participating in the conservation of different cells. Osteoporosis associated with aging is characterized by consistent changes in bone metabolism with suppression of bone format...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Wang T,He H,Liu S,Jia C,Fan Z,Zhong C,Yu J,Liu H,He C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among females worldwide. It signifies a shift from the previous decade during which the most common cause of cancer death was cervical cancer. Current treatment modalities, including surgery, radiotherapy, and adjuvant chemotherapy or hormone therapy, have not be...

journal_title：Current drug targets

authors： Sinha D,Biswas J,Sung B,Aggarwal BB,Bishayee A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00