Functional poly(ε-caprolactone) based materials: preparation, self-assembly and application in drug delivery.

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：: ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Scotti MT,Muratov EN,González-Díaz H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's Disease (AD) once considered a rare disorder emerges as a major health concern in recent times. The disease pathogenesis is very complex and yet to be understood completely. However, "Amyloid Cascade" is the central event in disease pathogenesis. Several proteins of the amyloid cascade are currently being ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Chakraborty S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a complex phenomenon necessary in human defense mechanisms but also involved in the development of some human diseases. The discovery of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX- 2) improved the pharmacology of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) giving a clear mechanism for prostaglandin regulation in vivo and ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Rayar AM,Lagarde N,Ferroud C,Zagury JF,Montes M,Sylla-Iyarreta Veitia M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy has a strong potential in neuroscience by suppressing or replacing abnormalities in genetic materials. The employment of nano-gene carrier for neurological disorders is comparatively young and restricted since the aim to effectively deliver therapeutic agents into the central nervous system (CNS) commonly...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Khanh TMT,Wei D,Tran PHL,Tran TTD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are currently (July, 2002) six protease inhibitors approved for the treatment of HIV infection, each of which can be classified as peptidomimetic in structure. These agents, when used in combination with other antiretroviral agents, produce a sustained decrease in viral load, often to levels below the limits of ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Randolph JT,DeGoey DA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first proteolytic step in the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) to amyloid-beta (Abeta) in the brain is performed by beta-site APP cleaving enzyme (BACE1). This enzyme is a membrane bound aspartic protease with high homology of the catalytic domain to renin and pepsin and of yet unknown physiologic fun...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Roggo S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decades, a tremendous rise in invasive fungal infection diseases attributed to the yeast Candida albicans in immunocompromised individuals poses a seriously challenging issue. Another concern is the emergence of multi-drug resistant pathogens to the existing medicines due to their overuse and misuse. It ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Tratrat C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first-ever World Chagas Disease Day, celebrated in April 14, 2020, is a key initiative to raise awareness of the impact of this neglected tropical disease (NTD). This landmark comes along with the first World NTD Day and the new WHO Road Map on NTDs for 2021-2030. ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ferreira LLG,Andricopulo AD

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mosquito borne diseases continue to propagate and cause millions of deaths annually. They are caused either by protozoan parasites such as Plasmodium, Toxoplasma or by flaviviruses including Dengue and Zika. Among the proteome of such parasitic organisms, proteases play essential roles in events such as ho...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Pant A,Pasupureddy R,Pande V,Seshadri S,Dixit R,Pandey KC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Interest in the chemistry and biological properties of non-nucleoside N-glycosidic compounds has gathered pace over the past several years; the occurrence of the N-glycoside moiety in glycoproteins and a range of active natural products has prompted the synthesis of a diverse spectrum of related materials with promisi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Norris P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel peptide hormone ghrelin has recently been recognized as an important co-regulator of growth hormone secretion and energy homeostasis. The significance of ghrelin for obesity and cachexia as well as in the regulation of growth processes is the subject of ongoing basic research as well as clinical studies. It ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Horvath TL,Diano S,Tschöp M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) evokes a plethora of physiological responses by stimulating members of a G protein-coupled receptor family, known as S1P receptors. Currently five different mammalian S1P receptor subtypes, S1P₁₋₅, each with a different cellular expression pattern, were identified. The S1P₁ receptor in pa...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bolli MH,Lescop C,Nayler O

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The high sequence and structural homology among the hsp90 paralogs - Hsp90α, Hsp90β, Grp94, and Trap-1 - has made the development of paralog-specific inhibitors a challenging proposition. OBJECTIVE:This review surveys the state of developments in structural analysis, compound screening, and structure-based ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Gewirth DT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much attention has focused on the development of protein kinases as drug targets to treat a variety of human diseases including diabetes, cancer, hypertension and arthritis. To date, Gleevec is one example of a drug targeting protein that has successfully treated human cancer. Several other protein kinase inhibitors a...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Haystead TA

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：:At present, a limited number of strategies exist for diagnostic imaging of patients with bacterial infection. While radiolabeled probes and white blood cells provide robust solutions to detect bacteria in humans, they also give false positives in cases of sterile inflammation. With the onset of bacterial drug resistan...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sasser TA,Van Avermaete AE,White A,Chapman S,Johnson JR,Van Avermaete T,Gammon ST,Leevy WM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biofilm is a critical virulence factor associated with the strains of Candida spp. pathogens as it confers significant resistance to the pathogen against antifungal drugs. METHODS:A systematic review of the literature was undertaken by focusing on natural products, which have been reported to inhibit biofil...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Singla RK,Dubey AK

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Dea-Ayuela MA,Serrano DR

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Schizophrenia (SZ) is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder. A leading hypothesis is that SZ is a brain dysconnection syndrome, involving abnormal interactions between widespread brain networks. Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (R-fMRI) is a powerful tool to explore the dysconnectivity of brain network...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Yu Q,Allen EA,Sui J,Arbabshirani MR,Pearlson G,Calhoun VD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Liu W,Wang X,Zhu H,Duan Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical versatility of the indole nucleus still inspires the pharmaceutical research to develop innovative suitable indole based drugs. The present work is an overview of the use and application of indole molecule based derivatives, as possible treatment in the main Oxidative Stress related diseases, such as card...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Aiello F,Valacchi G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latest microarray-based technologies, including small molecule-, peptide-, protein- and cell-based arrays, and their applications in the field of proteomics are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Chen GY,Uttamchandani M,Lue RY,Lesaicherrea ML,Yao SQ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of biochemical biomarkers in the evaluation of patients with cardiovascular disease has led to practice-changing advancements in the way these patients are diagnosed and managed. Measurements of cardiac troponins or brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its precursor, N-terminal brain-type natriure...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Giannopoulos G,Deftereos S,Panagopoulou V,Kossyvakis C,Kaoukis A,Bouras G,Pyrgakis V,Cleman MW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notwithstanding the functional role that the aggregates of some amyloidogenic proteins can play in different organisms, protein aggregation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of a large number of human diseases. One of such diseases is Alzheimer's disease (AD), where the overproduction and aggregation of the β-a...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Viayna E,Sabate R,Muñoz-Torrero D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial research is being focused to look for more effective therapeutics against antibiotic-resistant infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). In this direction, antimicrobial peptides (AMP) appear as promising tool. OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the antimicrobial ac...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ciandrini E,Morroni G,Arzeni D,Kamysz W,Neubauer D,Kamysz E,Cirioni O,Brescini L,Baffone W,Campana R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of peptides found across a wide array of organisms that play key roles in host defense. AMPs induce selective death in target cells and orchestrate specific or nonspecific immune responses. Many AMPs exhibit native anticancer activity in addition to antibacterial activity, and...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Rubin SJS,Qvit N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00