Anxiety Disorders: Sex Differences in Serotonin and Tryptophan Metabolism.

abstract：:Implantable medical devices are increasingly important in the practice of modern medicine. Unfortunately, almost all medical devices suffer to a different extent from adverse reactions, including inflammation, fibrosis, thrombosis and infection. To improve the safety and function of many types of medical implants, a m...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Thevenot P,Hu W,Tang L

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:The tyrosinase enzyme (EC 1.14.18.1) is an oxidoreductase inside the general enzyme classification and is involved in the oxidation and reduction process in the epidermis. These chemical reactions that the enzyme catalyzes are of principal importance in the melanogenesis process. This process of melanogenesis is relat...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Casanola-Martin GM,Le-Thi-Thu H,Marrero-Ponce Y,Castillo-Garit JA,Torrens F,Rescigno A,Abad C,Khan MT

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotransmitter (S)-glutamate [(S)-Glu] is responsible for most of the excitatory neurotransmission in the central nervous system. The effect of (S)-Glu is mediated by both ionotropic and metabotropic receptors. Glutamate receptor agonists are generally α-amino acids with one or more stereogenic centers due to st...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Vogensen SB,Greenwood JR,Bunch L,Clausen RP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia is an increasing health problem in older aged populations worldwide. Age-related changes in the brain can be observed decades before the first symptoms of cognitive decline appear. Cognitive impairment has chronic inflammatory components, which can be enhanced by systemic immune activation. There exist mutual...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Leblhuber F,Steiner K,Geisler S,Fuchs D,Gostner JM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticancer drug screening can accelerate drug discovery to save the lives of cancer patients, but cancer heterogeneity makes this screening challenging. The prediction of anticancer drug sensitivity is useful for anticancer drug development and the identification of biomarkers of drug sensitivity. Deep learning, as a ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Tan X,Yu Y,Duan K,Zhang J,Sun P,Sun H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with the increasing and widespread bacterial resistance to clinical medicines and the urgent need for cures of intractable diseases, there is a dramatic decline in the numbers of drugs reaching the market or clinical trials. Accordingly, it has become imperative to discover more rational and efficient strateg...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Wang T,Wu MB,Zhang RH,Chen ZJ,Hua C,Lin JP,Yang LR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internucleotide phosphodiester linkages in non-modified oligonucleotides are quickly degraded by nucleolytic enzymes present in the cells and this feature practically eliminates natural DNA and RNA molecules from medical applications and from many structural and mechanistic studies. P-chiral oligonucleotide analogs, i...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Guga P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The considerable increase in the incidence of Candida infection in recent times has prompted the use of numerous antifungal agents, which has resulted in the development of resistance towards various antifungal agents. With rising Candida infections, the need for design and development of novel antifungal ag...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Gowda DV,Afrasim M,Meenakshi SI,Manohar M,Hemalatha S,Siddaramaiah H,Sathishbabu P,Rizvi SMD,Hussain T,Kamal MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric Oxide (NO) is widely recognized as an important messenger and effector molecule in a variety of biological systems. There is strong evidence from animal models that elevated or lowered NO levels are associated with a variety of pathological states. In nature, NO is synthesised from the amino acid l-arginine by ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Tinker AC,Wallace AV

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:A large number of human disorders are caused by defects in protein folding resulting from genetic mutations or adverse physiological conditions, and these are collectively referred to protein misfolding diseases. Such disorders imply dysfunction of a cellular process either as a result of a toxic gain of function due ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Gomes CM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For successful drug discovery it is important to understand the fundamentals of the underlying causes and consequences of the diseases for which the drug is being developed. One such physiological process in eukaryotic cells is protein phosphorylation, which is the main post-translational modification of proteins resp...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bhalla N,Estrela P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years the development of small organic molecules modulating protein-protein interactions (P-PIs) has drawn major attention in both academic and industrial research. Despite the appreciable progress being made, targeting such extensive interaction areas with comparatively small, drug-like agents has proven to...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Rechfeld F,Gruber P,Hofmann J,Kirchmair J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in DNA microarray technology have great impact on many areas of biomedical research and pharmacogenomics: discovering novel targets and genes, elucidating signatures of complex diseases, transcriptional profiling of models for diseases, and the development of individually optimized drugs based on diffe...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Hackl H,Sanchez Cabo F,Sturn A,Wolkenhauer O,Trajanoski Z

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:R115777 (R)-6-amino[(4-chlorophenyl)(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl]-4-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-2(1H)-quinolinone is a potent and selective inhibitor of farnesyl protein transferase with significant antitumor effects in vivo subsequent to oral administration in mice. Taking its roots into Janssen's ketoconazole and...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Venet M,End D,Angibaud P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodiola as one of traditional medicines has been used for clinical treatments due to its strong antioxidant properties. Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, phenylethanol/benzyl alcohol derivatives, cyanogenic glycosides and terpenoids. The bioactive compounds had been demonst...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Li Y,Wu J,Shi R,Li N,Xu Z,Sun M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human multidrug resistance protein (MRP/ABCC) family contains 9 members (MRP1-9) which transport a structurally diverse array of anticancer and antimicrobial drugs and several important endogenous substances including prostaglandins (PGs) and leukotrienes (LTs) with different substrate specificity. MRP1-5 can collecti...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Yang AK,Zhou ZW,Wei MQ,Liu JP,Zhou SF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the tremendous progress in the field of drug designing, discovering a new drug molecule is still a challenging task. Drug discovery and development is a costly, time consuming and complex process that requires millions of dollar and 10-15 years to bring new drug molecules in the market. This huge investment an...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Singla D,Dhanda SK,Chauhan JS,Bhardwaj A,Brahmachari SK,Open Source Drug Discovery Consortium.,Raghava GP

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a modern medical condition characterized by central obesity, hyperglycaemia, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension. The beneficial effects of mushrooms in lowering the symptoms of MS were known from both traditional and conventional medicine. Edible mushrooms, their extracts, polysaccharide ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kundaković T,Kolundžić M

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：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prevalent and severe neurodegenerative disease affecting more than 6.1 million people globally. It is characterized by age-related progressive deterioration of neurological functions caused by neuronal damage or neuronal death. During PD, the dopamineproducing cells in the s...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar B,Pandey M,Fayaz F,Izneid TA,Pottoo FH,Manchanda S,Sharma A,Sahoo PK

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Yu Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Structure-based drug design is a wide area of identification of selective inhibitors of a target of interest. From the time of the availability of three dimensional structure of the drug targets, mostly the proteins, many computational methods had emerged to address the challenges associated with drug desi...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Velmurugan D,Pachaiappan R,Ramakrishnan C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cancer is the fifth (6.3% of all cancers i.e., 548,000 cases/year) and ninth (2.8% of all cancers i.e., 244,000 cases/year) most prevalent cancer worldwide in men and women, respectively. Although multiple choices of therapies are offered for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) like liver resection or transplant, rad...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar S,Fayaz F,Pottoo FH,Bajaj S,Manchanda S,Bansal H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropeptide Y (NPY), peptide YY (PYY) and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) family of hormones exhibit a wide variety of biological actions on the mammalian gastrointestinal tract through known G-protein coupled receptor pathways. At least four receptor subtypes, denoted as Y(1), Y(2), Y(4) an Y(5), each with specific ...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Vona-Davis LC,McFadden DW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) cation channels participate in several processes of vital importance in cell and organism physiology, and have been demonstrated to participate in the detection of sensory stimuli. The thermo TRP's reviewed: TRPV1 (vanilloid 1), TRPM8 (melastatin 8) and TRPA1 (ankyrin-like 1) are kno...

journal_title：Current topics in medicinal chemistry

authors： Nieto-Posadas A,Jara-Oseguera A,Rosenbaum T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00