Antimalarial aminothiazoles and aminopyridines from phenotypic whole-cell screening of a SoftFocus(®) library.

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：:In comparison with other virus infections, such as HIV, HBV, HCV, influenza and herpes virus, dengue virus infections have received relatively little attention from a (chemo)therapeutic viewpoint, despite their global incidence (2.5 billion people estimated to be at risk) and absence of an effective prophylactic measu...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： De Clercq E

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthraquinones exhibit a unique anticancer activity. Since their discovery, medicinal chemists have made several structural modifications, resulting in the design and synthesis of a large number of novel anthraquinone compounds with different biological activities. In general, anthraquinone compounds have been conside...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Tian W,Wang C,Li D,Hou H

更新日期：2020-04-01 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:The assumption in scaffold hopping is that changing the scaffold does not change the binding mode and the same structure-activity relationships (SARs) are seen for substituents decorating each scaffold. Results/methodology: We present the use of matched series analysis, an extension of matched molecular pair analys...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hunt P,Segall M,O'Boyle N,Sayle R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To encapsulate amphotericin B (AmB) with reduced toxicity and comparable activity. Results & methodology: The α-linolenic acid (ALA)-modified monomethoxy polyethylene glycol-g-PEI-g-ALA conjugate was employed to prepare AmB-loaded micelles (AmB-M). In vitro activity and release behavior of AmB-M were investigated...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Xu H,Teng F,Zhou F,Zhu L,Wen Y,Feng R,Song Z

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrient-sensing receptors, including fatty acid receptors (FFA1-FFA4), Ca2+-sensing receptors and Zn2+-sensing receptors, are involved in several biological processes. These receptors are abundantly expressed in the GI tract, where they have been shown to play crucial roles in regulating GI function. This review prov...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Pongkorpsakol P,Moonwiriyakit A,Muanprasat C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV/AIDS remains a formidable disease with millions of individuals inflicted worldwide. Although treatment regimens have improved considerably, drug resistance brought on by viral mutation continues to erode their effectiveness. Intense research efforts are currently underway in search of new and improved therapies. T...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Ghosh AK,Anderson DD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The use of 3D information has shown impact in numerous applications in drug design. However, it is often under-utilized and traditionally limited to specialists. We want to change that, and present an approach making 3D information and molecular modeling accessible and easy-to-use 'for the people'. METHODOLOGY/RES...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Grebner C,Norrby M,Enström J,Nilsson I,Hogner A,Henriksson J,Westin J,Faramarzi F,Werner P,Boström J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has made many of the currently available anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs ineffective. Accordingly, there is a pressing need to identify new drug targets. Filamentous temperature-sensitive protein Z (FtsZ), a bacterial tubulin homologue, is an essenti...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar K,Awasthi D,Berger WT,Tonge PJ,Slayden RA,Ojima I

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The acquirement of resistance by microorganisms to the antimicrobial arsenal is a threat to public health. A recent WHO report estimated that 1.3 million HIV-negative people and 0.38 million HIV-positive people died from TB in 2009. Various forms of cancer account for a high percentage of deaths in both wome...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Patel RV,Kumari P,Rajani DP,Pannecouque C,De Clercq E,Chikhalia KH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PEGylation is the covalent conjugation of PEG to therapeutic molecules. Protein PEGylation is a clinically proven approach for extending the circulation half-life and reducing the immunogenicity of protein therapeutics. Most clinically used PEGylated proteins are heterogeneous mixtures of PEG positional isomers conjug...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Ginn C,Khalili H,Lever R,Brocchini S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the complex nature of Alzheimer's disease, there is a renewed and growing search for multitarget drugs. RESULTS:Donepezil-ferulic acid hybrids (DFAHs) were prepared by the one-pot Ugi-4CR in low-to-moderate yields. DFAHs are potent antioxidant agents, showing oxygen radical absorbance capacity values...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Benchekroun M,Ismaili L,Pudlo M,Luzet V,Gharbi T,Refouvelet B,Marco-Contelles J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus by diet is achievable at the early stage of the disease; patients usually underestimate this approach and an appropriate drug therapy is required. RESULTS:Starting from quercetin and oleic acid, that have effect on insulin secretion, a small set of hybrid molecules was synthe...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Badolato M,Carullo G,Perri M,Cione E,Manetti F,Di Gioia ML,Brizzi A,Caroleo MC,Aiello F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prodrug entrapment into nanocarriers for tumor delivery is a strategy to achieve a valid therapy with high efficiency. The prodrug contains anticancer agents conjugating with functional moieties or ligands so that the active component is released after metabolism in the body or tumor. The advantages of nanosystems for...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Lin MH,Hung CF,Hsu CY,Lin ZC,Fang JY

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compound class of 3-carboranyl thymidine analogues (3CTAs) are boron delivery agents for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), a binary treatment modality for cancer. Presumably, these compounds accumulate selectively in tumor cells via intracellular trapping, which is mediated by hTK1. Favorable in vivo biodistri...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Khalil A,Ishita K,Ali T,Tjarks W

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the impermeable structure and barrier function of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the delivery of therapeutic molecules into the CNS is extremely limited. Nanodelivery systems are regarded as the most effective and versatile carriers for the CNS, as they can transport cargo molecules across the BBB via various m...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kim KT,Lee HS,Lee JJ,Park EK,Lee BS,Lee JY,Bae JS

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical development in brain diseases has one of the lowest success rates in the pharmaceutical industry, and many promising rationally designed single-target R&D projects fail in expensive Phase III trials. By contrast, successful older CNS drugs do have a rich pharmacology. This article will provide arguments sugge...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Geerts H,Kennis L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional and current opioid pharmacology is fundamentally based on interactions between opioid receptors and compounds isolated from natural sources. Adverse effects associated with opioids have led to the search for compounds with diminished side effects. DISCUSSION:Recent discoveries of non-nitrogenous...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Lovell KM,Simpson DS,Cunningham CW,Prisinzano TE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA repair protein, O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), can confer resistance to guanine O6-alkylating agents. Therefore, inhibition of resistant MGMT protein is a practical approach to increase the anticancer effects of such alkylating agents. Numerous small molecule inhibitors were synthesized and exh...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Sun G,Zhao L,Zhong R,Peng Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:There is an ever pressing need to develop new drugs for the treatment of cancer. Gallium nitrate, a group IIIa metal salt, inhibits the proliferation of tumor cells in vitro and in vivo and has shown activity against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and bladder cancer in clinical trials. Gallium can function as an iron mimetic ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Chitambar CR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Due to the complex nature of Alzheimer's disease, there is a renewed search for pleiotropic agents. RESULTS:Purine+coumarin hybrids have been synthesized and tested for the potential treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Hybrids 6, 4a-b, 14c and 14e inhibit significantly soybean lipoxygenase, whereas derivatives 14b, ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kallitsakis MG,Yañez M,Soriano E,Marco-Contelles J,Hadjipavlou-Litina DJ,Litinas KE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Eight coumarin derivatives (1a-h) obtained from natural (-)-mammea A/BB (1) and 13 synthetic coumarins (2-14) had their cytotoxicity and biological activity evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv reference strain and multidrug-resistant clinical isolates. Materials & methods: Anti-M. tuberculosis acti...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Pires CT,Scodro RB,Cortez DA,Brenzan MA,Siqueira VL,Caleffi-Ferracioli KR,Vieira LC,Monteiro JL,Corrêa AG,Cardoso RF

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomes, like many eukaryotic pathogens, typically display morphologically distinct stages during their life cycles. Epigenetic mechanisms underlie the pathogens' morphological transformations, and the targeting of epigenetics-driven cellular programs therefore represents an Achilles' heel of parasites. To speed ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Marek M,Oliveira G,Pierce RJ,Jung M,Sippl W,Romier C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialic acid is associated with glycoproteins and gangliosides of eukaryotic cells. It regulates various molecular interactions, being implicated in inflammation and cancer, where its expression is regulated by sialyltransferases and sialidases. Angiogenesis, the formation of new capillaries, takes place during inflamm...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Chiodelli P,Urbinati C,Paiardi G,Monti E,Rusnati M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:GABA derivatives are important for the development of drugs for disorders of the CNS and PNS. RESULTS:We describe a simple synthesis of N-benzyl γ-phenyl-γ-aminobutyric acids, via the reductive amination of the corresponding γ-keto acids with benzylamines using ammonia borane. CONCLUSION:This procedure pro...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Ramachandran PV,Sakavuyi K,Mistry H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria requires unconventional strategies toward efficient chemotherapeutic agents, preferably with alternative mechanisms of action. The bacterial cell membrane has become an appealing target since its essential and highly conservative structure are key challenges to resistance mech...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Dias C,Rauter AP

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This perspective explores the origins of both fluorine and medicinal chemistry a century ago and traces the early history of the intersection of these areas and the subsequent roles that fluorine has played in advancing medicinal innovations and diagnoses during the past 60 years. The overview highlights remarkable br...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Filler R,Saha R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults, associated with a high mortality rate and a survival of between 12 and 15 months after diagnosis. Due to current treatment limitations involving surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy with temozolamide, there is a high rate of tr...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Ortiz R,Cabeza L,Perazzoli G,Jimenez-Lopez J,García-Pinel B,Melguizo C,Prados J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00