Carbohydrate mimotopes in the rational design of cancer vaccines.

abstract：:Seizures are one of the most common neurological disorders in clinical medicine. Triggering mechanisms by which seizures form remain unclear, but are related to a rapid change in ionic composition, including an increase of intracellular potassium concentration and pH shifts within the brain. pH buffering of extra- and...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Thiry A,Dogné JM,Supuran CT,Masereel B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years, there has been a great increase in our understanding of pain mechanisms. Given the complexity of the mechanisms involved in pain modulation, it is surprising that the pharmacological control of pain through the application of relatively simple analgesics can be effective. Nevertheless, the appli...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Mico JA,Berrocoso E,Ortega-Alvaro A,Gibert-Rahola J,Rojas-Corrales MO

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phyllanthus amarus is a medicinal herb used in traditional Indian medicine for liver disorders. Several researches also show that it acts primarily in the liver, but the molecules were unidentified for liver protective activity. This study was to determine whether the lignans isolated from P. amarus attenuates the D-g...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bawankule DU,Trivedi P,Pal A,Shanker K,Singh M,Sharma P,Khan F,Maurya AK,Verma RK,Gupta MM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drugs with poor lipid and water solubility are some of the most challenging to formulate in nanocarriers, typically resulting in low encapsulation efficiencies and uncontrolled release profiles. PEGylated nanocapsules (PEG-NC) are known for their amenability to diverse modifications that allow the formation of domains...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Hervella P,Alonso-Sande M,Ledo F,Lucero ML,Alonso MJ,Garcia-Fuentes M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, a limited number of strategies exist for diagnostic imaging of patients with bacterial infection. While radiolabeled probes and white blood cells provide robust solutions to detect bacteria in humans, they also give false positives in cases of sterile inflammation. With the onset of bacterial drug resistan...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sasser TA,Van Avermaete AE,White A,Chapman S,Johnson JR,Van Avermaete T,Gammon ST,Leevy WM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinases (Ser/Thr and Tyr) play a key role in signal transduction pathways. It has been shown that deregulation of the Cdk activity is linked to cell proliferation and cancer. Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) is an important target for potential new anti-cancer drugs. Following the discovery of Olo...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Haesslein JL,Jullian N

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The H(3) histamine receptor is expressed in many brain regions, including those involved in sleep/wake regulation and cognitive functions. Inhibition of the H(3) receptor leads to increased release of multiple neurotransmitters in these regions, making this receptor an ideal target for the potential enhancement of aro...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Raddatz R,Tao M,Hudkins RL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review highlights the biological importance of many polysubstituted nitro-prolines and -pyrrolidines. Their preparation using asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of azomethine ylides with nitroalkenes using diastereoselective and enantioselective strategies is described remarking the scope and main features of ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Nejera C,Sansano JM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Human Genome Project and the explosion of high-throughput data have transformed the areas of molecular and personalized medicine, which are producing a wide range of studies and experimental results and providing new insights for developing medical applications. Research in many interdisciplinary fields is resulti...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： de la Iglesia D,García-Remesal M,de la Calle G,Kulikowski C,Sanz F,Maojo V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Nayarisseri A,Hood EA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers recent progress in the discovery of selective glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonists. Potential therapeutic applications of selective GR antagonists are described including the pharmacological rationale and, in some cases, clinical evidence that underlies these proposed uses. Disease areas that ar...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Clark RD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, Glu receptors and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in particular initiate a cascade of signal transduction events and gene expression changes primarily involving Ca(2+) ion-mediated signaling induced by activation of either Ca(2+) ion-permeable receptor channels or voltage-sensitive Ca(2+) ion channe...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Balazs R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of deaths each year are attributed to malaria worldwide. Transmitted through the bite of an Anopheles mosquito, infection and subsequent death from the Plasmodium species, most notably P. falciparum, can readily spread through a susceptible population. A malaria vaccine does not exist and resistance to virtua...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang VM,Chavchich M,Waters NC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latest microarray-based technologies, including small molecule-, peptide-, protein- and cell-based arrays, and their applications in the field of proteomics are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Chen GY,Uttamchandani M,Lue RY,Lesaicherrea ML,Yao SQ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms involved in the activation of an immune response is essential to many fields in human health, including vaccine development and personalized cancer immunotherapy. A central step in the activation of the adaptive immune response is the recognition, by T-cell lymphocytes, of peptides display...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Antunes DA,Abella JR,Devaurs D,Rigo MM,Kavraki LE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine transporter (DAT) is a target for the development of pharmacotherapies for a number of central disorders including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Tourette's syndrome, Lesch-Nyhan disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obesity, depression, and stimulant abuse as...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Runyon SP,Carroll FI

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a general review of currently available antimalarial drugs, these compounds are gathered according with its chemical structure and the biological targets. A great number of these new antimalarial agents are now moving actively in the pipeline from basic science to clinical studies. ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Domínguez JN

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomoniasis, one of the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infections worldwide, is caused by the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. The pathogen colonizes the human urogenital tract, and the infection is associated with complications such as adverse pregnancy outcomes, cervical cancer, and an increase in HIV ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ferla M,Tasca T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theory of Mind, the ability to understand the potential mental states and intentions of others, represents a relevant aspect of social cognition, with high impact on the capacity to interact within the social world. This very human ability has been one of the focuses of neuroscience research in the past decades and da...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bosia M,Riccaboni R,Poletti S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ryanodine receptor (RyR) is the major calcium (Ca(2+)) release channel in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of skeletal and cardiac muscle and is required for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling. The 565 kDa RyR protein forms a tetrameric channel that is part of a macromolecular signaling complex that also includes...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Lehnart SE,Huang F,Marx SO,Marks AR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetic limitations affect drug bioavailability determining the loss or the reduction of the pharmacological effects. The Gastro Intestinal tract (GI) and the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) are the most important restrictive and selective physiological lines of defense of the organism. Although several parameters s...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Colabufo NA,Berardi F,Contino M,Niso M,Perrone R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intensive research effort during the last 25 years has generated an impressive number of alkaloids isolated from marine ascidians, which remain unique among marine invertebrates in that they overwhelmingly produce this kind of metabolites. The present review is focused on some major groups of ascidians' bioactive a...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Menna M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is a common infectious disease with high mortality and morbidity. The increasing prevalence of drug-resistant strains of TB presents a major public health problem. Due to the lack of effective drugs to treat these drug-resistant strains, the d...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Koseki Y,Aoki S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoindole derivatives constitute an important class of biologically active heterocyclic compounds and continue to attract considerable attention due to their diverse pharmacological profile such as, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, insecticidal, cyclooxygenase isoenzyme (COX-2) and thrombin inhibition with special emphasi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bhatia RK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many efforts are currently being made to connect small molecules to target proteins by extracting pharmacological data from bibliographic sources and storing them in annotated chemical libraries. Here, small molecules are further connected to biological pathways, with particular focus to pathways involving members of ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Hettne K,Cases M,Boyer S,Mestres J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For successful drug discovery it is important to understand the fundamentals of the underlying causes and consequences of the diseases for which the drug is being developed. One such physiological process in eukaryotic cells is protein phosphorylation, which is the main post-translational modification of proteins resp...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bhalla N,Estrela P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several non-cardiovascular drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to their inhibition of hERG K+ channels that can potentially lead to severe heart arrhythmia and death. As hERG safety testing is a mandatory FDArequired procedure, there is a considerable interest for developing predictive computational tools to...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Braga RC,Alves VM,Silva MF,Muratov E,Fourches D,Tropsha A,Andrade CH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are fatal neurodegenerative disorders associated with the conformational conversion of the cellular prion protein, PrP(C), into a pathological form known as prion or PrP(Sc). They can be classified into sporadic, inherited and infectious forms. Spontan...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Biljan I,Ilc G,Giachin G,Legname G,Plavec J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the late 1970s and the early 1980s the initial p38 chemotype, the triaryl imidazoles, was discovered as an off-target effect during the development of cyclooxygenase and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors long before the identity of the p38 kinase was known. During the last 10 years a number of novel p38 chemotypes were dis...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Diller DJ,Lin TH,Metzger A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The invading microbial pathogens are controlled by the rapid and effective innate immune responses sequentially formation of the long-lasting adaptive memories. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a vital role in innate and adaptive immune response by function as a bridge to modulate the immune response. Further, genetic ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Xu Q,Zhu G,Li J,Cheng K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00