Evaluation of Temporal Changes in Urine-based Metabolomic and Kidney Injury Markers to Detect Compound Induced Acute Kidney Tubular Toxicity in Beagle Dogs.

abstract：:(2R,3R)-2,3-Butanediol has many industrial applications, such as it is used as an antifreeze agent and low freezing point fuel. In addition, it is particularly important to provide chiral groups in drugs. In recent years, this valuable bio-based chemical has attracted increasing attention, and significant progress has...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Xie NZ,Chen XR,Wang QY,Chen D,Du QS,Zhou GP,Huang RB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma glucose is continuously filtered through the glomerulus and then is reabsorbed via the transcellular transport system of proximal tubules in the kidney. The glucose reabsorption system in the kidney is mediated by sodium-dependent glucose cotransporters (SGLTs). Most of filtered glucose is reabsorbed by the low...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Nomura S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Dea-Ayuela MA,Serrano DR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemoinformatics has several applications in the field of drug design, helping to identify new compounds against a range of ailments. Among these are Leishmaniasis, effective treatments for which are currently limited. OBJECTIVE:To construct new indole 2-aminothiophene molecules using computational tools an...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Félix MB,de Araújo RSA,Barros RPC,de Simone CA,Rodrigues RRL,de Lima Nunes TA,da Franca Rodrigues KA,Junior FJBM,Muratov E,Scotti L,Scotti MT

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although water molecules are small and only consist of two different atom types, they play various roles in cellular systems. This review discusses their influence on the binding process between biomacromolecular targets and small molecule ligands and how this influence can be modeled in computational drug design appr...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： de Beer SB,Vermeulen NP,Oostenbrink C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The connection of microbial biosynthetic gene clusters to the small molecule metabolites they encode is central to the discovery and characterization of new metabolic pathways with ecological and pharmacological potential. With increasing microbial genome sequence information being deposited into publicly available da...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Trautman EP,Crawford JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we applied the "macromolecular docking" procedure to perform molecular modeling with the aim of screening transcription factor sequences for possible interaction to the HIV-1 TAR-RNA, employing the software Hex version 4.2. The molecular modeling data were compared with electrophoretic mobility shift ass...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Khan MT,Mischiati C,Ather A,Ohyama T,Dedachi K,Borgatti M,Kurita N,Gambari R

更新日期：2012-01-01 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 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：:Cardiac fibrosis is associated with most cardiac diseases. Fibrosis is an accumulation of excessive extracellular matrix proteins (ECM) synthesized by cardiac fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. Fibroblasts are the most prevalent cell type in the heart, comprising 75% of cardiac cells. Myofibroblasts are hardly present in...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Yue Z,Zhang Y,Xie J,Jiang J,Yue L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the first stable tachysterol analogs, 14-epi-19-nortachysterol and its 2-substituted derivatives were synthesized using the Stille coupling reaction between the A-ring precursor (three vinylstannanes) and the CD-ring vinyl trifrate. Among them, the 2-methylidene group was hydrogenated with Wilkinson's catalyst regi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sawada D,Kittaka A

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:This article reviews recent molecular dynamics simulations of the Alzheimer's amyloid-β protein, the primary component of the amyloid plaques found in the brain of Alzheimer's patients. Different simulation techniques, and their application to the study of monomeric, oligomeric, and fibrillar species is discussed. Thi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Shea JE,Urbanc B

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:In this paper we provide an overview of the status of various colchicine derivatives in preclinical development with special focus on their anti-cancer activity. We discuss several groups of compounds that have been designed to differentially bind with specific affinities for tubulin β isotypes, especially in regard t...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Johnson L,Goping IS,Rieger A,Mane JY,Huzil T,Banerjee A,Luduena R,Hassani B,Winter P,Tuszynski JA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers in the clinical oncology field can have tremendous therapeutic impact especially if the marker is detected before clinical symptoms. This impact can be extended to the evaluation of clinical oncology treatments allowing evaluation of potential compounds to determine their efficacy in the disease treatment. ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Belkowski SM,Polkovitch D,D'Andrea MR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure-activity relationships of azetidine-based DPP IV inhibitors will be discussed in detail in the following review. The azetidine-based DPP IV inhibitors can be divided into three main subtypes, the 2-cyanoazetidines, 3-fluoroazetidines and 2-ketoazetidines. These subtypes have been explored and structure-a...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ferraris D,Belyakov S,Li W,Oliver E,Ko YS,Calvin D,Lautar S,Thomas B,Rojas C

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Traditionally the role of sexual steroid hormones was focused primarily on reproductive organs: the breast, female reproductive tract (uterus, mammary gland, and ovary), and male reproductive tract (testes, epididymis and prostate), however our current understanding of tissue-specific effects of sex steroids has eluci...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Morimoto S,Jiménez-Trejo F,Cerbón M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several non-cardiovascular drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to their inhibition of hERG K+ channels that can potentially lead to severe heart arrhythmia and death. As hERG safety testing is a mandatory FDArequired procedure, there is a considerable interest for developing predictive computational tools to...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Braga RC,Alves VM,Silva MF,Muratov E,Fourches D,Tropsha A,Andrade CH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of existing and proposed Fe chelators, both synthetic and natural products, for the treatment of Fe-overload disease must address a number of issues. There are fundamental parameters that determine the efficacy of a drug: absorption, distribution, metabolism, clearance and toxicity. However, the administ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sharpe PC,Richardson DR,Kalinowski DS,Bernhardt PV

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Fluorine-18 ((18)F, beta(+); 96.7%, T(1/2)=109.8 min) is of considerable importance for developing positron emission tomography (PET) ligands for imaging receptor, enzyme, gene expression etc. in brain, tumor, myocardium and other regions or organs due to its optimal decay characteristics. To synthesize (18)F-labeled ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang MR,Suzuki K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although bioactivation is a well-documented process and the role of active metabolites in the drug discovery field has long been recognized, drug metabolites are usually ignored in virtual screening campaigns oriented to drug repositioning. The present article discusses different issues related to overlooking of the a...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Talevi A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) controlling physiological processes as learning and memory. However, the overactivation of glutamatergic neurotransmission is often related to various CNS chronic and acute diseases (epilepsy, ischaemia, Parkinson, etc.). ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Gitto R,De Luca L,De Grazia S,Chimirri A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the tropical diseases, trypanosomiases and leishmaniases should most concern the pharmaceutical community because of their high prevalence in developing countries and the lack of effective drug treatments. Despite this, they have not historically received much attention in terms of investment and research effort, n...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bolognesi ML

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Machine learning (ML) computational methods for predicting compounds with pharmacological activity, specific pharmacodynamic and ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity) properties are being increasingly applied in drug discovery and evaluation. Recently, machine learning techniques such as...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Dobchev DA,Pillai GG,Karelson M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary drug delivery represents the best way of treating lung diseases, since it allows direct delivery of the drug to the site of action, with few systemic effects. Meanwhile, the lungs may be used as a portal of entry to the body, allowing systemic delivery of drugs via the airway surfaces into the bloodstream. I...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： d'Angelo I,Conte C,Miro A,Quaglia F,Ungaro F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (AII), Asp1-Arg2-Val3-Tyr4-Ile5-His6-Pro7-Phe8, the primary active hormone of the Renin-Angiotensin-System (RAS), is a major vasoconstrictor implicated in the cause of hypertension. To unravel the question of the biologically active conformation(s) of this flexible peptide hormone and to better understa...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Tzakos AG,Gerothanassis IP,Troganis AN

更新日期：2004-01-01 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