PNP anticancer gene therapy.

abstract：:Penile erection is a complex physiologic event resulting from the interactions of the nervous system on a highly specialized vascular organ. Activation of central nervous system melanocortinergic (MC) receptors with either endogenous or synthetic melanotropic ligands may initiate and/or facilitate spontaneous penile e...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： King SH,Mayorov AV,Balse-Srinivasan P,Hruby VJ,Vanderah TW,Wessells H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firefly shows bioluminescence by "luciferin-luciferase" (L-L) reaction using luciferin, luciferase, ATP and O2. The chemical photon generation by an enzymatic reaction is widely utilized for analytical methods including biological imaging in the life science fields. To expand photondetecting analyses with firefly biol...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Hirano T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coumarins are natural products characterized as 1,2 benzopyrones widely distributed in plants, as well as, in many species of fungi and bacteria. Nowadays, many synthetic procedures allow the discovery of coumarins with expanded chemical space. The ability to exert noncovalent interactions with many enzymes and recept...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Pereira TM,Franco DP,Vitorio F,Kummerle AE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research over the years has gradually and sequentially highlighted contributory role of hypothalamic- based kisspeptin-signaling axis as a major positive modulator of the neuroendocrinological reproductive axis in mammals. However, a series of landmark studies provided convincing evidence of role of this signaling in ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Jabeen S,Qureshi MZ,Javed Z,Iqbal MJ,Ismail M,Farooqi AA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) program within the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), which was created to stimulate drug discovery and development for rare and neglected tropical diseases through a collabor...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ottinger EA,Kao ML,Carrillo-Carrasco N,Yanjanin N,Shankar RK,Janssen M,Brewster M,Scott I,Xu X,Cradock J,Terse P,Dehdashti SJ,Marugan J,Zheng W,Portilla L,Hubbs A,Pavan WJ,Heiss J,Vite CH,Walkley SU,Ory DS,Silbe

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinases are one of the most targeted protein families in current drug discovery pipelines. They are implicated in many oncological, inflammatory, CNS-related and other clinical indications. Virtual screening is a computational technique with a diverse set of available tools that has been shown many times to pr...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bajusz D,Ferenczy GG,Keseru GM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of glutamatergic transmission in the central nervous system has been greatly expanded with the discovery and investigation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor family. Complementing the ionotropic glutamate-gated ion channels, these G-protein coupled receptors play critical roles in neuronal and gl...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Niswender CM,Jones CK,Conn PJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four compounds (isoquercitrin, myricetin-3-O-glucoside, catechin and gallocatechin) were isolated from lyophilized aqueous extract of Schizolobium parahyba leaves by chromatography on Sephadex LH-20, followed by semipreparative HPLC using a C-18 column, and identified by 1H and 13C NMR. The compounds were then, tested...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： F Vale LH,Mendes MM,Fernandes RS,Costa TR,S Hage-Melim LI,A Sousa M,Hamaguchi A,Homsi-Brandeburgo MI,Franca SC,Silva CH,Pereira PS,Soares AM,Rodrigues VM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For effective tumour imaging by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) there is a clear need to develop organ, tissue and cell specific contrast agents that can selectively bind to tumour biomarkers. The versatility of a range of bioconjugation techniques and facile coupling chemistries has facilitated the synthesis of MRI ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kamaly N,Miller AD,Bell JD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 integrase (IN) plays an important role in the life cycle of HIV and is responsible for integration of the virus into the human genome. We present computational approaches used to design novel HIV-1 IN inhibitors. We created an IN inhibitor database by collecting experimental data from the literature. We develope...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Guasch L,Zakharov AV,Tarasova OA,Poroikov VV,Liao C,Nicklaus MC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:R115777 (R)-6-amino[(4-chlorophenyl)(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl]-4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-2(1H)-quinolinone is a potent and selective inhibitor of farnesyl protein transferase with significant antitumor effects in vivo subsequent to oral administration in mice. Taking its roots into Janssen's ketoconazole and...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Venet M,End D,Angibaud P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron chelators may be of value as therapeutic agents in the treatment of cancer. They may act by depleting iron, a necessary nutrient, and limiting tumor growth. Alternatively or additionally, they may form redox-active metal complexes that cause oxidative stress via production of reactive oxygen species, damaging cri...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Buss JL,Greene BT,Turner J,Torti FM,Torti SV

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One year after its first outbreak reported in China, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still sweeping the World causing serious infections and claiming more fatalities. COVID-19 is caused by the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2, which belongs to the genus Betacoronavirus (β-CoVs) which is of greatest clinic...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sabbah DA,Hajjo R,Bardaweel SK,Zhong HA

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the many important physiological functions of the activated vitamin D receptor (VDR) is the signaling of monocytic differentiation, first demonstrated by conversion of malignant myeloid leukemia cells to nonproliferating cells with mature monocyte/macrophage appearance. However, the understanding of how 1, 25-di...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Studzinski GP,Garay E,Patel R,Zhang J,Wang X

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence of drug-resistant viral strains is one of the major milestones and the main cause for the failure of antiretroviral therapy. Combination of different anti-HIV agents has become the standard clinical practice to keep the viral load at low or even undetectable levels and to prevent emergence of virus-drug resi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Camarasa MJ,San-Félix A,Velázquez S,Pérez-Pérez MJ,Gago F,Balzarini J

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Traditionally the role of sexual steroid hormones was focused primarily on reproductive organs: the breast, female reproductive tract (uterus, mammary gland, and ovary), and male reproductive tract (testes, epididymis and prostate), however our current understanding of tissue-specific effects of sex steroids has eluci...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Morimoto S,Jiménez-Trejo F,Cerbón M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible multifaceted neurodegenerative disorder that gradually degrades neuronal cells. Presently, it is the most common reason for the memory loss and dementia in older individuals. It is patho-physiologically described by extracellular amyloid beta (Aβ) deposition, intracellular n...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ul Islam B,Khan MS,Jabir NR,Kamal MA,Tabrez S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ropivacaine, the S-(-)-enantiomer of N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-1-propyl-2-piperidinecarboxamide is a new long-acting local anesthetic. This review demonstrates that it is effective in brachial plexus anesthesia. It is at least as efficient as bupivacaine in terms of quality, duration of analgesia, anesthesia, and motor b...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Singelyn FJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scaffold protein Axin plays important roles in multiple signaling pathways through mediating the formation of different signaling complexes. Axin is best known for its role as a negative regulator in Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Aberrant activation of the key components in Wnt/β-catenin pathway including Axin has been l...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Song X,Cai W,Li L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review the preclinical medicinal chemistry, biochemistry and clinical results achieved in the treatment of prostatic disease with dutasteride, a dual inhibitor of type 1 and type 2,5alpha-reductase are described. During the discovery phase, dutasteride was optimized to inhibit both forms of human 5 alpha-reduc...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Frye SV

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In medical oncology, targeted therapy has emerged over the last decade, as the most promising strategy to fight cancer. In addition, a more complete understanding of tumor heterogeneity and pharmacology of the more conventional anti-cancer agents has led to development of metronomic chemotherapy (MC) (i.e. a more freq...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： André N,Pasquier E,Kamen B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of gene expression are regulated by histone acetylases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) that control the acetylation state of lysine side chains of the histone proteins of chromatin. The catalytic activity of these two enzymes remodels chromatin to control gene expression without altering gene sequ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Wiech NL,Fisher JF,Helquist P,Wiest O

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of multi-resistant bacteria to drugs is recognized as a major cause of the increasing number of deaths in hospitals. Killing these bacteria require multiple expensive drugs that can have side effects. Metal nanoparticles may provide a new strategy to combat them. Due the antimicrobial and antiviral prope...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Oktar FN,Yetmez M,Ficai D,Ficai A,Dumitru F,Pica A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary protein biomarkers and metabolomic markers have been leveraged to detect acute Drug Induced Kidney Injury (DIKI) in rats; however, the utility of these indicators to enable early detection of DIKI in canine models has not been well documented. Therefore, we evaluated temporal changes in biomarkers and metaboli...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Wagoner MP,Yang Y,McDuffie JE,Klapczynski M,Buck W,Cheatham L,Eisinger D,Sace F,Lynch KM,Sonee M,Ma JY,Chen Y,Marshall K,Damour M,Stephen L,Dragan YP,Fikes J,Snook S,Kinter LB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of computational tools for the prediction of passive transport is reviewed with particular reference to four diverse approaches: the rule-of-5, polar surface area, Volsurf and Abraham's General Solvation Equation. To illustrate the current state of the art, several examples of the application of in sil...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Clark DE,Grootenhuis PD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pronucleotides represent a promising alternative to improve the biological activity of nucleoside analogues against different viral diseases. The basic idea is to achieve nucleotide delivery into cells, bypassing limitations with intracellular formation of nucleotides from their nucleoside precursors. The cycloSal-con...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Meiera C,Renzea J,Ducho C,Balzarini J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The connection of microbial biosynthetic gene clusters to the small molecule metabolites they encode is central to the discovery and characterization of new metabolic pathways with ecological and pharmacological potential. With increasing microbial genome sequence information being deposited into publicly available da...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Trautman EP,Crawford JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer research has progressed leaps and bounds over the years. This review is a brief overview of the cancer research, milestone achievements and therapeutic studies on it over the one hundred ten years which would give us an insight into how far we have come to understand and combat this fatal disease leading to mil...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Shastri S,Chatterjee B,Thakur SS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-selective NSAIDs enhance the risk of serious ulcer complications (bleeding, perforation, obstruction), hospitalization and death about 3-10-fold. The gastrointestinal side effects of NSAIDs have a considerable economical burden, since they are responsible for 5-10 billion dollars in hospitalization charges and los...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Lehmann FS,Beglinger C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00