Nucleoside analogs as anti-HBV agents.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Structure-based drug design is a wide area of identification of selective inhibitors of a target of interest. From the time of the availability of three dimensional structure of the drug targets, mostly the proteins, many computational methods had emerged to address the challenges associated with drug desi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Velmurugan D,Pachaiappan R,Ramakrishnan C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness are trypanosomal infections that represent important public health problems in Latin America and Africa, respectively. The restriction of these diseases to the poorer parts of the world has meant that they have been largely neglected and limited progress has been made in th...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Wilkinson SR,Bot C,Kelly JM,Hall BS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low affinity A(2B) adenosine receptor, like any other adenosine receptor subtype, belongs to the super-family of seven transmembrane domain protein-coupled receptors (7TMs GPCR) and is classified by the GPCR database in the family of rhodopsin like receptors (Class A of GPCR). It has been cloned from various speci...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Volpini R,Costanzi S,Vittori S,Cristalli G,Klotz KN

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major neurotransmitter, L-Glutamate must be stored, transported and received, and these processes are mediated by proteins that bind this simple yet essential amino acid. Detailed evidence continues to emerge on the structure of Glu binding proteins, which includes both receptors and transporters. It appears that re...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Natale NR,Magnusson KR,Nelson JK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinatorial chemistry has had a major impact on the discovery and optimisation of potential lead compounds. This review details some of the fundamental principles behind combinatorial chemistry and describes a variety of methods employed in the search for new therapeutically interesting compounds including the conce...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sanchez-Martin RM,Mittoo S,Bradley M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although water molecules are small and only consist of two different atom types, they play various roles in cellular systems. This review discusses their influence on the binding process between biomacromolecular targets and small molecule ligands and how this influence can be modeled in computational drug design appr...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： de Beer SB,Vermeulen NP,Oostenbrink C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidative stress that is associated with the abnormal level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is considered to be involved in the carcinogenesis process. The antioxidative defense system in the living organism regulates the toxic impact of ROS and there is strong evidence that the antioxidants prevent carcinogenesi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Milaeva ER

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several strategies used in the rational design and synthesis of fluorinated compounds as potential therapeutic agents are reviewed. Applications of fluorine substitution in empirical SAR studies for lead development also are discussed, along with the implications with respect to fluorine target interactions that can b...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kirk KL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 17A1 (CYP17A1; also P450c17and P450sccII) is a critically important enzyme in humans that catalyzes the formation of all endogenous androgens. It is an atypical cytochrome P450 enzyme in that it catalyzes two distinct types of substrate oxidation. Through its hydroxylase activity, it catalyzes the 17α-...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Porubek D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma, a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, is a significant burden on our healthcare system. There is high unmet need for treatments directed towards the underlying causes of the disease. The cell surface integrin VLA-4 (very late antigen-4; alpha4beta1; CD49d/CD29) plays an important role in the trafficki...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Singh J,Adams S,Carter MB,Cuervo H,Lee WC,Lobb RR,Pepinsky RB,Petter R,Scott D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemoinformatics has several applications in the field of drug design, helping to identify new compounds against a range of ailments. Among these are Leishmaniasis, effective treatments for which are currently limited. OBJECTIVE:To construct new indole 2-aminothiophene molecules using computational tools an...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Félix MB,de Araújo RSA,Barros RPC,de Simone CA,Rodrigues RRL,de Lima Nunes TA,da Franca Rodrigues KA,Junior FJBM,Muratov E,Scotti L,Scotti MT

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral entry, the first process in the reproduction of viruses, primarily involves attachment of the viral envelope proteins to membranes of the host cell. The crucial components that play an important role in viral entry include viral surface glycoprotein gp120, viral transmembrane glycoprotein gp41, host cell glycopr...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Suttisintong K,Kaewchangwat N,Thanayupong E,Nerungsi C,Srikun O,Pungpo P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choline kinase (CK) is a homodimeric enzyme that catalyses the transfer of the ATP γ-phosphate to choline, generating phosphocholine and ADP in the presence of magnesium. Several isoforms of CK are present in humans but only the HsCKα has been associated with cancer and validated as a drug target to treat this disease...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Serran-Aguilera L,Nuti R,López-Cara LC,Ríos-Marco P,Carrasco MP,Marco C,Entrena A,Macchiarulo A,Hurtado-Guerrero R

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Sialorrhea or excessive drooling is a significant medical issue in Parkinson's disease (PD) and neurodegenerative disorders, although it is often underreported by patients. Sialorrhea affects a large proportion of PD patients, ranging up to 78% in advanced stages, with many PD patients considering drooling as their wo...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Farber NM,Perez-Lloret S,Gamzu ER

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two general aspects which need to be considered for the successful application of dendrimers for biomedical purposes are their availability at an acceptable cost and their suitability as regards their pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties. These two aspects are covered in this review. In the first part, synth...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Villalonga-Barber C,Micha-Screttas M,Steele BR,Georgopoulos A,Demetzos C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinones are a class of bioactive compounds present in the Chinese herbal medicine Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge), containing among others, abietane diterpene quinone scaffolds. Chemical synthesis and biological activity studies of natural and unnatural tanshinone derivatives have been reviewed in this article...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Huang H,Song C,Chang J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of small molecule melanin concentrating hormone receptor (MHCr1) antagonists as novel therapeutic agents has been widely pursued across the pharmaceutical industry. While multiple chemotypes of small molecule MCHr1 antagonists have been identified and shown to induce weight loss in rodent models of obesi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Judd AS,Souers AJ,Kym PR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin was found to be a potent free radical scavenger in 1993. Since then over 800 publications have directly or indirectly confirmed this observation. Melatonin scavenges a variety of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species including hydroxyl radical, hydrogen peroxide, singlet oxygen, nitric oxide and peroxynitrite...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Tan DX,Reiter RJ,Manchester LC,Yan MT,El-Sawi M,Sainz RM,Mayo JC,Kohen R,Allegra M,Hardeland R

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:Rhodiola as one of traditional medicines has been used for clinical treatments due to its strong antioxidant properties. Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, phenylethanol/benzyl alcohol derivatives, cyanogenic glycosides and terpenoids. The bioactive compounds had been demonst...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Li Y,Wu J,Shi R,Li N,Xu Z,Sun M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cancer is the fifth (6.3% of all cancers i.e., 548,000 cases/year) and ninth (2.8% of all cancers i.e., 244,000 cases/year) most prevalent cancer worldwide in men and women, respectively. Although multiple choices of therapies are offered for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) like liver resection or transplant, rad...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar S,Fayaz F,Pottoo FH,Bajaj S,Manchanda S,Bansal H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational toxicity modeling can have significant impact in the drug discovery process, especially when utilized as a sentinel filter for common drug safety liabilities, such as mutagenicity, carcinogenicity and teratogenicity. This review will focus on the strengths and limitations of the current computational mod...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Pearl GM,Livingston-Carr S,Durham SK

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There exists a huge attrition rate of molecules in clinical trials. It was expected that high-throughput screening and combinatorial chemistry would make the task of producing drugs easier. However, the efforts of the past decade have not been an unvarnished success. As a result, a lot of experimental and computationa...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ajay

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low drug productivity has been a significant problem of the pharmaceutical industry for several decades even though numerous novel technologies were introduced during this period. Currently pharmacologic dogma, "single drug, single target, single disease", is at the root of the lack of drug productivity. From a system...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ye H,Wei J,Tang K,Feuers R,Hong H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis and chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). No vaccine is currently available to prevent hepatitis C, and the current standard of care (SOC) - pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFN-α) in combination with ribavirin (RBV) - is o...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Avolio S,Summa V

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) (EC 3.4.14.5) is а member of the broad class of hydrolytic enzymes which is responsible for degradation of the incretin peptide hormones regulating blood glucose levels. In this article we review the literature on natural and synthetic DPP-IV inhibitors, focusing their chemical structu...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Smelcerovic A,Miljkovic F,Kolarevic A,Lazarevic J,Djordjevic A,Kocic G,Anderluh M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degenerative diseases are becoming more common with increasing life expectancy of the human population. The 20th century faced a progressive demographic change in the industrialized world, followed by identical trends in population aging in Asia, Africa, and Middle and South America. A significant increase in chronic ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Delogu GL,Matos MJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonin receptor subtype 5 HT(1A) was one of the first serotonin receptor subtypes pharmacologically characterized. Over the last twenty years the 5 HT(1A) receptor has been the object of intense research efforts as witnessed by the 5 HT(1A) acting drugs marketed as anxiolytics. In recent years, several new chem...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Lacivita E,Leopoldo M,Berardi F,Perrone R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neglected diseases comprise a number of infectious diseases historically endemic to low- and middle-income countries, though recently they have spread to high-income countries due to human migrations. In the past, pharmaceutical companies have shown hesitant to invest in these health conditions, due to the limited ret...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bellera CL,Sbaraglini ML,Talevi A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00