Ask the experts: future of the pharmaceutical industry. Interview by Future Medicinal Chemistry.

abstract：AIM:This research paper is aimed at designing a novel insulin alternative for the treatment of diabetes. MATERIALS & METHODS:Six novel vanadyl(II) compounds, [(AMP-2)(VO+2)(AA n-1)]·NH4+1, were synthesized from an equimolar ratio of adenosine monophosphate, VOSO4 and amino acids (AA n ). RESULTS:The magnetic moments ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Naglah AM,Al-Omar MA,Kalmouch A,Alsuhaibani AM,El-Didamony AM,Hassan N,Taleb SA,Refat MS,Almehizia AA,Bhat MA,Al-Shakliah NS,Al-Humaidi JY,Al-Wasidi AS

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of antimicrobial resistance has created a need for the development of novel antibacterial therapies to treat infection. Natural products that exhibit antibacterial activity offer validated starting points for library generation, and the authors report here that small molecule mimics of tetramate-containi...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Jeong YC,Moloney MG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrases (CAs; EC 4.2.1.1) are well known zinc metalloproteins involved in the catalysis of a very simple but essential physiological reaction: carbon dioxide hydration to bicarbonate and proton. These enzymes are of clinical relevance in cancer therapy as among the 15 isoforms known in humans, two cell sur...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Supuran CT,Winum JY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CDK12 and CDK13 are Ser/Thr protein kinases that regulate transcription and co-transcriptional processes. Genetic silencing of CDK12 is associated with genomic instability in a variety of cancers, including difficult-to-treat breast, ovarian, colorectal, brain and pancreatic cancers, and is synthetic lethal with PARP,...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Tadesse S,Duckett DR,Monastyrskyi A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: WHO Malaria report 2017 estimated 216 million cases of malaria and 445,000 deaths worldwide, with 91% of deaths affecting the African region. Results/methodology: Microwave promoted the synthesis of cycloalkyl amine substituted isoindoline-1,3-dione-4-aminoquinolines was urbanized for evaluating their antiplasmod...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Rani A,Kumar S,Legac J,Adeniyi AA,Awolade P,Singh P,Rosenthal PJ,Kumar V

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing therapies for allergic asthma are far from perfect: the global prevalence of disease increases despite them and they are poorly effective in dealing with the exacerbations that account for hospitalization and asthma deaths. Commercially, there are pressures on these existing medicines too--a growing threat fr...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Robinson C,Zhang J,Newton GK,Perrior TR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI has been recognized as one of the most applied medical imaging techniques in clinical practice. However, the presence of background signal coming from water protons in surrounding tissues makes sometimes the visualization of local contrast agents difficult. To remedy this, fluorine has been introduced as a reliabl...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hequet E,Henoumont C,Muller RN,Laurent S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There is little information available on the monoamine oxidase isoform selectivity of N-alkyl harmine analogs, which exhibit a myriad of activities including MAO-A, DYRK1A and cytotoxicity to several select cancer cell lines. RESULTS:Compounds 3e and 4c exhibited an IC50 of 0.83 ± 0.03 and 0.43 ± 0.002 μM against ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Haider S,Alhusban M,Chaurasiya ND,Tekwani BL,Chittiboyina AG,Khan IA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7) plays crucial roles in the regulation of cell cycle and transcription that are tightly associated with cancer development and metastasis. The recent identification of the first covalent inhibitor which possesses high specificity against CDK7 prompts intense studies on designing highly ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Wang M,Wang T,Zhang X,Wu X,Jiang S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and neurodegenerative disorder of the CNS, affecting elderly people. The current pharmacological approach is based on the improvement of cholinergic neurotransmission by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase (AChE) with AChE inhibitors. The disease is also characterized by the acceler...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： de Almeida JR,Figueiro M,Almeida WP,de Paula da Silva CHT

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is known to be themajor cause of dementia among the elderly. The structural properties and binding interactions of the AD drug physostigmine (-)-phy, and its analogues (-)-hex and (-)-phe and (+)-phe, were examined, as well as their impact on the conformational changes of two different AD...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Adeniyi AA,Conradie J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of a high-quality screening collection is of utmost importance for the early drug-discovery process and provides, in combination with high-quality assay systems, the foundation of future discoveries. Herein, we review recent trends and observations to successfully expand the access to bioactive chemical spa...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Renner S,Popov M,Schuffenhauer A,Roth HJ,Breitenstein W,Marzinzik A,Lewis I,Krastel P,Nigsch F,Jenkins J,Jacoby E

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Medical interest has focused on macrocyclic polyamines because of their properties as antitumor agents. Results/Methodology: We have designed and synthesized a series of 1,2-diaminocyclohexane derivatives with notable in vitro antiproliferative activities again...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Morales F,Ramírez A,Morata-Tarifa C,Navarro SA,Marchal JA,Campos JM,Conejo-García A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FGF19 is a noncanonical FGF ligand that can control a broad spectrum of physiological responses, which include bile acid homeostasis, liver metabolism and glucose uptake. Many of these responses are mediated by FGF19 binding to its FGFR4/β-klotho receptor complex and controlling activation of an array of intracellular...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Prieto-Dominguez N,Shull AY,Teng Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agents that interfere with tubulin function have a broad anti-tumor spectrum and they represent one of the most significant classes of anticancer agents. In the past few years, several small synthetic molecules that have an indole nucleus as a core structure have been identified as tubulin inhibitors. Among these, sev...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Patil SA,Patil R,Miller DD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Triterpenes are natural compounds, whose wide biological activity predestines them for application as promising new chemotherapeutics. In this paper, we report the results of our investigations into the substitution of oleanolic acid with aromatic and nitroaromatic moieties acting as bioreducing agents. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Bednarczyk-Cwynar B,Ruszkowski P,Jarosz T,Krukiewicz K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compound-quality scoring methods designed to evaluate multiple drug properties concurrently are useful to analyze and prioritize output from drug-design efforts. However, formalized multiparameter optimization approaches are not widely used in drug design. METHODS:We rank molecules synthesized in drug-disco...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Nissink JW,Degorce S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous nucleotides have widespread actions in the cardiovascular system, but it is only recently that the P2X and P2Y receptor subtypes, at which they act, have been identified and subtype-selective agonists and antagonists developed. These advances have greatly increased our understanding of the physiological and...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kennedy C,Chootip K,Mitchell C,Syed NI,Tengah A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cap analogs are chemically modified derivatives of the unique cap structure present at the 5´ end of all eukaryotic mRNAs and several non-coding RNAs. Until recently, cap analogs have served primarily as tools in the study of RNA metabolism. Continuing advances in our understanding of cap biological functions (includi...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Ziemniak M,Strenkowska M,Kowalska J,Jemielity J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), one of polyphenols isolated from green tea, exhibits biology-benefiting effects with minimum severe adverse. EGCG is known to be a mitochondrion-targeting medicinal agent, regulating mitochondrial metabolism, including mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial bioenergetics, and mitochon...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Shi W,Li L,Ding Y,Yang K,Chen Z,Fan X,Jiang S,Guan Y,Liu Z,Xu D,Wu L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: With the increasing emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, the need for new antimicrobial agents has become extremely urgent. This work was to develop sulfonyl thiazoles as potential antibacterial agents. Results & methodology: Novel hybrids of sulfonyl thiazoles were developed from commercial acetanilide and acet...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hu YY,Wang J,Li TJ,Yadav Bheemanaboina RR,Ansari MF,Cheng Y,Zhou CH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:4'-seleno-homonucleosides were synthesized as next-generation nucleosides, and their cellular phosphorylation was studied to confirm the hypothesis that bulky selenium atom can sterically hinder the approach of cellular nucleoside kinase to the 5'-OH for phosphorylation. RESULTS:4'-seleno-homonucleosides (n...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Yu J,Sahu PK,Kim G,Qu S,Choi Y,Song J,Lee SK,Noh M,Park S,Jeong LS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The pharmacotherapy of inflammatory bowel disease is difficult and currently available treatments bring mostly poor and unsatisfactory results. RESULTS:The purpose of this work was the synthesis of opiorphin, sialorphin, spinorphin and a series of their analogs and the in vitro characterization of their effect on ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kamysz E,Sałaga M,Sobocińska M,Giełdoń A,Fichna J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer, still in the limelight due to its dreadful nature, shows overexpression of multiple signaling macromolecules leading to failure of many chemotherapeutic agents and acquired resistance to chemotherapy. These factors highlight the significance of shifting toward targeted therapy in cancer research. Recently, ERK...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Pathania S,Rawal RK

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Hypertension is associated with development of cardiovascular disease and has become a significant health problem worldwide. Naturally-derived antihypertensive peptides have emerged as promising alternatives to synthetic drugs. MATERIALS & METHODS:This study introduces predictor of antihypertensive activity of pep...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Win TS,Schaduangrat N,Prachayasittikul V,Nantasenamat C,Shoombuatong W

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic nature of histone post-translational modifications such as methylation or acetylation makes possible the alteration of disease associated epigenetic states through the manipulation of the associated epigenetic machinery. One approach is through small molecule perturbation. Chemical probes of epigenetic rea...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Waybright JM,James LI

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is one of the most prevalent viral infections of human worldwide. The therapies are limited in the clinical context because of negative side effects of interferons and the development of viral resistance to the nucleoside/nucleotide inhibitors. In this review, we summarize the recent advances i...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Jia H,Rai D,Zhan P,Chen X,Jiang X,Liu X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated metabolism is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Under normal physiological conditions, ATP is primarily generated by oxidative phosphorylation. Cancers commonly undergo a dramatic shift toward glycolysis, despite the presence of oxygen. This phenomenon is known as the Warburg effect, and requires the activi...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Woodford MR,Chen VZ,Backe SJ,Bratslavsky G,Mollapour M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bromodomain proteins, known as the key targets in epigenetics, are 'readers' of acetylated lysine of histones. As a member of bromodomain proteins, bromodomain-containing protein 9 (BRD9) is a subunit of mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes. However, the biological functions and the potential applicati...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hui M,Jian Z,Peiyuan Z,Zhenwei W,Huibin Z

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 10 years have seen advances in automation and high-throughput biochemistry in the drug-discovery arena. However, these advances have not led to improvements in drug-discovery success. Drug programs must find new ways to identify superior compounds. Advances in label-free assay technologies may provide advanta...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Lunn CA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00