Enhancing anticancer activity through the combination of bioreducing agents and triterpenes.

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is an increasing public health problem in the world. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes whose complications contribute to its high death rate. It seriously impacts healthcare systems and patients' quality of life. Therefore, effective measures and new treatment strategies are needed ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Turdu G,Gao H,Jiang Y,Kabas M

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:Aim: With the increasing emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, the need for new antimicrobial agents has become extremely urgent. This work was to develop sulfonyl thiazoles as potential antibacterial agents. Results & methodology: Novel hybrids of sulfonyl thiazoles were developed from commercial acetanilide and acet...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hu YY,Wang J,Li TJ,Yadav Bheemanaboina RR,Ansari MF,Cheng Y,Zhou CH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis and Entamoeba histolytica are clinically important protozoa that affect humans. T. vaginalis produces sexually transmitted infections and E. histolytica is the causative agent of amebic dysentery. Metronidazole, a compound first used to treat T. vaginalis in 1959, is still the main drug used worl...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Moya IA,Su Z,Honek JF

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:Cap analogs are chemically modified derivatives of the unique cap structure present at the 5´ end of all eukaryotic mRNAs and several non-coding RNAs. Until recently, cap analogs have served primarily as tools in the study of RNA metabolism. Continuing advances in our understanding of cap biological functions (includi...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Ziemniak M,Strenkowska M,Kowalska J,Jemielity J

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：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：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of death in the world today. Bronchodilators, particularly muscarinic antagonists and β(2) agonists, are recommended for patients with moderate to severe COPD. Dual-pharmacology muscarinic antagonist- β(2) agonist (MABA) molecules present an exc...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hughes AD,Jones LH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Medical interest has focused on macrocyclic polyamines because of their properties as antitumor agents. Results/Methodology: We have designed and synthesized a series of 1,2-diaminocyclohexane derivatives with notable in vitro antiproliferative activities again...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Morales F,Ramírez A,Morata-Tarifa C,Navarro SA,Marchal JA,Campos JM,Conejo-García A

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Mitochondria play a key role in ATP generation, redox homeostasis and regulation of apoptosis. Due to the essential role of mitochondria in metabolism and cell survival, targeting mitochondria in cancer cells is considered as an attractive therapeutic strategy. However, metabolic flexibility in cancer cells may enable...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Cui Q,Wen S,Huang P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetic treatment strategy targets the drug molecule itself, aiming to reduce drug concentration at the site of action, thereby minimizing any pharmacodynamic effect. This approach might be useful in the treatment of acute drug toxicity/overdose and in the long-term treatment of addiction. Phase IIa contro...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Gorelick DA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Andrographolide and its benzylidene derivatives, SRJ09 and SRJ23, potentially bind oncogenic K-Ras to exert anticancer activity. Their molecular interactions with K-Ras oncoproteins that lead to effective biological activity are of major interest. Methods & results:In silico docking and molecular dynamics ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Quah SY,Tan MS,Ho KL,Manan NA,Gorfe AA,Deb PK,Sagineedu SR,Stanslas J

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Matrix metalloproteinases are zinc-dependent enzymes whose main function is to cleave the components of the extracellular matrix. Their overexpression is evident in all cancers but to date there is no satisfactory way to inhibit their actions. Here, we look at their types, their structures, their functions and the dev...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： King SE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated metabolism is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Under normal physiological conditions, ATP is primarily generated by oxidative phosphorylation. Cancers commonly undergo a dramatic shift toward glycolysis, despite the presence of oxygen. This phenomenon is known as the Warburg effect, and requires the activi...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Woodford MR,Chen VZ,Backe SJ,Bratslavsky G,Mollapour M

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:Existing therapies for allergic asthma are far from perfect: the global prevalence of disease increases despite them and they are poorly effective in dealing with the exacerbations that account for hospitalization and asthma deaths. Commercially, there are pressures on these existing medicines too--a growing threat fr...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Robinson C,Zhang J,Newton GK,Perrior TR

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) acquires non-heme iron through salicylate-derived siderophores termed mycobactins whereas heme iron is obtained through a cascade of heme uptake proteins. Three proteins are proposed to mediate Mtb heme iron uptake, a secreted heme transporter (Rv0203), and MmpL3 and MmpL11, which are ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Owens CP,Chim N,Goulding CW

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The pharmacotherapy of inflammatory bowel disease is difficult and currently available treatments bring mostly poor and unsatisfactory results. RESULTS:The purpose of this work was the synthesis of opiorphin, sialorphin, spinorphin and a series of their analogs and the in vitro characterization of their effect on ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kamysz E,Sałaga M,Sobocińska M,Giełdoń A,Fichna J

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：: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：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：:The emergence of antimicrobial resistance has created a need for the development of novel antibacterial therapies to treat infection. Natural products that exhibit antibacterial activity offer validated starting points for library generation, and the authors report here that small molecule mimics of tetramate-containi...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Jeong YC,Moloney MG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many natural products that consist of quinoline core are found to be bioactive and the versatility of quinoline and its derivatives have attracted great attention in the field of drug development. As a result, in recent years, many green and sustainable synthetic approaches for the synthesis of structurally diverse qu...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Chung PY,Bian ZX,Pun HY,Chan D,Chan AS,Chui CH,Tang JC,Lam KH

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:An accelerated rate of natural-product discovery is critical for the future of ion channel pharmacology. For the full potential of natural products to be realized, an interdisciplinary initiative is required that combines chemical ecology and ion channel physiology. A prime source of future drug leads targeted to ion ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Teichert RW,Olivera BM

更新日期：2010-05-01 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