Matrix metalloproteinases: new directions toward inhibition in the fight against cancers.

abstract：:With the goal of refining our discovery DMPK workflow, we conducted a retrospective analysis on internal Celgene compounds by calculating the physicochemical properties and gathering data from several assays including solubility, rat and human liver S9 stability, Caco-2 permeability, and rat intravenous (iv.) and oral...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kulkarni A,Riggs J,Phan C,Bai A,Calabrese A,Shi T,Moghaddam MF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic investigation of the lipidome will reveal new opportunities for disease diagnosis and intervention. However, lipidomic research has been hampered by the lack of molecular tools to track specific lipids of interest. Accumulating reports indicate lipid recognition can be achieved with properly constructed sho...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Gao J,Zheng H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Richard H Ebright talks to Rachel Coleby, Commissioning Editor: Ebright is at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ, USA), where he performs research on the structure, mechanism, and regulation of bacterial transcription and on antibacterial drug discovery targeting bacterial transcription. He has received research aw...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Ebright RH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) protein family plays an important role in regulating gene transcription preferentially at super-enhancer regions and has been involved with several types of cancers as a candidate. Up to now, there are 16 pan-BET inhibitors in clinical trials, however, most of them have unde...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Yang Y,Wu Z,Chen P,Zheng P,Zhang H,Zhou J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic drug discovery has been an essential field of research since the early 1900s, but the threat from infectious bacteria has only increased over the decades because of the emergence of widespread multidrug resistance. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in natural product, computational and medicina...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Murphy KE,Sloan GF,Lawhern GV,Volk GE,Shumate JT,Wolfe AL

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:Micro-organisms express a wide range of transmembrane pumps known as multidrug efflux pumps that improve the micro-organism's ability to survive in severe environments and contribute to resistance against antibiotic and antimicrobial agents. There is significant interest in developing efflux inhibitors as an adjunct t...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Jamshidi S,Sutton JM,Rahman KM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the wealth of information available for the reverse transcriptase (RT)-associated ribonuclease H (RNaseH) domain of lentiviruses, gammaretroviruses and long terminal repeat containing retrotransposons, exploiting this information in the form of an RNaseH inhibitor with high specificity and low cellular toxicit...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Corona A,Masaoka T,Tocco G,Tramontano E,Le Grice SF

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Every organism is in contact with numerous small molecules (<1000 Da). Chemicals may cause or trigger adverse health effects, including diseases of the immune system. They may also be exploited as drugs. In this review, we look at the interaction between small molecules and the immune system. We discuss the hapten and...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kadow S,Jux B,Chmill S,Esser C

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:The pharmaceutical industry is facing numerous, well-documented challenges - from the effects of patent expirations to high attrition rates in the drug-development pipeline. Future Medicinal Chemistry has invited a group of leaders from academia and industry to express their views on where the industry is heading and ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Cottens S,Eaton M,Fuhr J,Geary S,Johnson DS,Li G,Raveglia L,Robertson GM,Westwell A

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Immunoadjuvant Quillaja spp. tree saponins stimulate both cellular and humoral responses, significantly widening vaccine target pathogen spectra. Host toxicity of specific saponins, fractions and extracts may be rather low and further reduced using lipid-based delivery systems. Saponins contain a hydrophobic central a...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Magedans YV,Yendo AC,Costa F,Gosmann G,Fett-Neto AG

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal microvascular alterations have been observed during diabetic retinopathy (DR) due to the retinal susceptibility towards subtle pathological alterations. Therefore, retinal microvascular pathology is essential to understand the nature of retinal degenerations during DR. In this review, the role of retinal micro...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Barot M,Gokulgandhi MR,Patel S,Mitra AK

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines and their receptors are integral components of the immune response, regulating lymphocyte development, homing and trafficking, and playing a key role in the pathophysiology of many diseases. Chemokine receptors have, therefore, become the target for both small-molecule, peptide and antibody therapeutics. Ch...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Fricker SP,Metz M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Camellia oleifera Abel is a member of Camellia, and its seeds are used to extract Camellia oil, which is generally used as cooking oil in the south of China. Camellia oil consists of unsaturated fatty acids, tea polyphenol, squalene, saponin, carrot element and vitamins, etc. The seed remains after oil extraction of C...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Xiao X,He L,Chen Y,Wu L,Wang L,Liu Z

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since trifluoromethyl-containing compounds have found diverse applications in the fields of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, facile and selective synthetic methods for trifluoromethyl-substituted compounds are an essential tool for advanced medicinal chemistry. Now that diverse synthetic transformations of...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Shimizu M,Higashi M,Takeda Y,Murai M,Jiang G,Asai Y,Nakao Y,Shirakawa E,Hiyama T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamenting temperature-sensitive mutant Z (FtsZ), an essential cell division protein in bacteria, has recently emerged as an important and exploitable antibacterial target. Cytokinesis in bacteria is regulated by the assembly dynamics of this protein, which is ubiquitously present in eubacteria. The perturbation of F...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Panda D,Bhattacharya D,Gao QH,Oza PM,Lin HY,Hawkins B,Hibbs DE,Groundwater PW

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, the polysaccharide antitumor research is focused on how to further improve the antitumor activity of polysaccharides. The structural modification of polysaccharides can enhance their antitumor activity to a certain extent. The antitumor mechanisms of polysaccharide derivatives mainly contain the inducing a...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Huang G,Huang H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a more effective mucoadhesive thiomer for buccal drug-delivery systems. METHODS:2-iminothiolane was covalently attached to a chitosan backbone. A preactivation step followed, mediated by 6,6´dithionicotinamide, thiol groups were modified by disulfide b...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Laffleur F,Shahnaz G,Islambulchilar Z,Bernkop-Schnürch A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the Hedgehog signaling pathway has been associated with cancer, it has emerged as a therapeutic target for cancer therapy. The main target among the key Hedgehog proteins is the GPCR-like Smo receptor. Therefore, some Smo antagonists that have entered clinical trials, including the US FDA-approved drugs vismodeg...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Espinosa-Bustos C,Mella J,Soto-Delgado J,Salas CO

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of electron density-based molecular descriptors in drug research, particularly in quantitative structure--activity relationships/quantitative structure--property relationships studies, is reviewed. The exposition starts by a discussion of molecular similarity and transferability in terms of the underlying elec...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Matta CF,Arabi AA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endomorphins, the endogenous ligands of the µ-opioid receptor, are attractive candidates for opioid-based pain-relieving agents. These tetrapeptides, with their remarkable affinity for the µ-opioid receptor, display favorable antinociceptive activity when injected directly into the brain of experimental animals. Howev...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Janecka A,Gentilucci L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Confirm the use of Plectanthus spp. plants in traditional medicine, particularly as anti-inflammatory and anti-infective agents. MATERIALS & METHODS:Compounds previously isolated from Plectranthus spp. were studied for their anti-inflammatory activity using the SNAP assay and RAW 264.7 cells, by the quantification...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Andrade JM,Custódio L,Romagnoli A,Reis CP,Rodrigues MJ,Garcia C,Petruccioli E,Goletti D,Faustino C,Fimia GM,Rijo P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer remains a complex problem as tumors frequently develop resistance against drugs, a mechanism sometimes mediated by ATP-Binding Cassette transporters. Our goal was to find compounds restricting their inhibition capacity to the cisplatin efflux mediated by ABCC2 pump, among prev...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Comsa E,Nguyen KA,Loghin F,Boumendjel A,Peuchmaur M,Andrieu T,Falson P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Currently, dozens of BRAF inhibitors and MEK inhibitors targeting RAF-MEK-ERK pathway have been introduced into clinical trials for cancer therapy. However, after 6-8 months of initial response, acquired drug resistance among the majority of those treated patients sharply diminished their clinical efficacy. DISCUS...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Yu Z,Ye S,Hu G,Lv M,Tu Z,Zhou K,Li Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：: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