Ipilimumab targeting CD28-CTLA-4 axis: new hope in the treatment of melanoma.

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：: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：:This article focuses on the GDNF family of neurotrophic factors as a potential new class of therapeutics for neuropathic pain, with a particular emphasis on the ligands, artemin and GDNF. In vivo activity of the ligands, expression of ligands and receptors after peripheral nerve injury, and modulation of nerve injury-...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sah DW,Ossipov MH,Rossomando A,Silvian L,Porreca F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrating physicochemical, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, ADME, and toxicity assays into drug discovery in order to reduce the attrition rates in clinical development is reviewed. The review is organized around three main decision points used in discovery including hit generation, lead optimization and final can...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Caldwell GW,Yan Z,Tang W,Dasgupta M,Hasting B

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Twenty-five years ago the first small molecule inhibitors of Hsp90 were identified. In the intervening years there has been dramatic progress in basic scientific understanding of the Hsp90 chaperone machinery and in the role of Hsp90 in malignancy. The first-in-class Hsp90 inhibitor 17-AAG entered into Phase I clinica...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kim YS,Alarcon SV,Lee S,Lee MJ,Giaccone G,Neckers L,Trepel JB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PLA2 enzyme catalyses the hydrolysis of cellular phospholipids at the sn-2 position to liberate arachidonic acid and lysophospholipid to generate a family of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids and platelet activating factor. The generation of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids involves a series of free radical intermediates with ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Nanda BL,Nataraju A,Rajesh R,Rangappa KS,Shekar MA,Vishwanath BS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review reports the recent advances in chlorotoxin (CTX)-targeted nanoparticles (NPs) for imaging and therapy of glioma. CTX has been identified as a targeting ligand to specifically bind to glioma. Through different conjugation approaches, CTX can be conjugated onto iron oxide NPs, quantum dots, and rare-earth up...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhao L,Shi X,Zhao J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria, caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, remains one of the most dreadful infectious diseases worldwide killing more than 1 million people per year. The emergence of multidrug-resistant parasites highly demands a steadfast and continuous search not only for new targets but also for new anti-infectives addr...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Wegscheid-Gerlach C,Gerber HD,Diederich WE

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：:Kynurenic acid (KYNA), one of the metabolites belonging to the kynurenine pathway, has been described as an important neuroprotective compound, its unbalancing being associated with several pathological conditions. In human brain, the majority of KYNA production is sustained by kynurenine aminotransferase II (KAT II)....

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Casazza V,Rossi F,Rizzi M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Candida species are the important etiologic agents for candidiasis, the most prevalent cause of opportunistic fungal infections. Candida invasion results in mucosal to systemic infections through immune dysfunction and helps in further invasion and proliferation at several sites in the host. The host defence...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Wadhwa R,Pandey P,Gupta G,Aggarwal T,Kumar N,Mehta M,Satija S,Gulati M,Madan JR,Dureja H,Balusamy SR,Perumalsamy H,Maurya PK,Collet T,Tambuwala MM,Hansbro PM,Chellappan DK,Dua K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sol-gel process provides a robust and versatile technology for the immobilization of biologicals. A wide range of inorganic, composites and hybrid materials can be prepared to encapsulate molecular drugs, proteins, antibodies/antigens, enzymes, nucleic acids, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells into bulk gels, partic...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Wang X,Ahmed NB,Alvarez GS,Tuttolomondo MV,Hélary C,Desimone MF,Coradin T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium has a complex life cycle that spans between mosquito and human. For survival and pathogenesis it banks upon dynamic alterations in ionic transport across organelle and plasma membrane. Being a fundamental contributor of crucial biological processes in parasite, ionic balance facilitates parasite invasion, a...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bharti H,Singal A,Raza M,Ghosh PC,Nag A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of human disorders are caused by defects in protein folding resulting from genetic mutations or adverse physiological conditions, and these are collectively referred to protein misfolding diseases. Such disorders imply dysfunction of a cellular process either as a result of a toxic gain of function due ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Gomes CM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) has been recently proposed as the main enzymatic activity responsible for the in vivo hydrolysis of the most abundant endocannabinoid in the brain, the 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). The endocannabinoids, mainly anandamide (AEA) and 2-AG, are a class of lipid messengers that modulate a b...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Viso A,Cisneros JA,Ortega-Gutiérrez S

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:The genetic material in humans contains approximately 6 billion base pairs in the nuclear genome and 16,569 base pairs in the mitochondrial genome [1-3]. In some cases the difference between a healthy and a sick individual consists in only one nucleotide. Thus, it is evident that the pristine replication of the genome...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Brieba LG

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Glucuronidation has been recognized as an important clearance mechanism in humans. Therefore, knowledge about the contribution of glucuronidation to clearance of drug candidates is of great value in early drug development. In this article, we discuss the recent progress made to predict in vivo glucuronidation paramete...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Wu B,Dong D,Hu M,Zhang S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres are structurally nucleoprotein complexes at termini of linear chromosomes and essential to chromosome stability/integrity. In normal human cells, telomere length erodes progressively with each round of cell divisions, which serves as an important barrier to uncontrolled proliferation and malignant transforma...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Yuan X,Dai M,Xu D

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:The knowledge about to which biomolecules a small molecule binds is highly valuable in the drug development process. Although analytical methods to dissect ligand-binding proteome have made substantial progress in the past decades, it is generally too costly, if not infeasible, to know where a small molecule binds at ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Lin JH

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Apoptosis is a vital physiological process, which is observed in various biological events. The anti-apoptotic and pro-apoptotic members of Bcl-2 family are the most characterized proteins which are involved in the regulation of apoptotic cell death. The anti-apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL prevent apoptos...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Salam AAA,Nayek U,Sunil D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) is a glycoprotein responsible for the accumulation of acetylcholine into pre-synaptic vesicules of cholinergic neurons. Cholinergic innervation has been shown to be decreased at the earlier stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thus, the expression of VAChT has been correl...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Giboureau N,Som IM,Boucher-Arnold A,Guilloteau D,Kassiou M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nowadays, malaria is still one of the most important and lethal diseases worldwide, causing 445,000 deaths in a year. Due to the actual treatment resistance, there is an emergency to find new drugs. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work was to find potential inhibitors of phosphoglycerate mutase 1 from P. falcipar...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ríos-Soto L,Avitia-Domínguez C,Sierra-Campos E,Valdez-Solana M,Cisneros-Martínez J,Palacio-Gastellum MG,Téllez-Valencia A

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 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