State of the art of Smo antagonists for cancer therapy: advances in the target receptor and new ligand structures.

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：: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：:The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a cAMP-regulated chloride channel localized primarily at the apical surfaces of epithelial cells lining airway, gut and exocrine glands, where it is responsible for transepithelial salt and water transport. Several human diseases are associated with an ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang W,Fujii N,Naren AP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the complex nature of Alzheimer's disease, there is a renewed and growing search for multitarget drugs. RESULTS:Donepezil-ferulic acid hybrids (DFAHs) were prepared by the one-pot Ugi-4CR in low-to-moderate yields. DFAHs are potent antioxidant agents, showing oxygen radical absorbance capacity values...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Benchekroun M,Ismaili L,Pudlo M,Luzet V,Gharbi T,Refouvelet B,Marco-Contelles J

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:During the current decade, data on the post-translational hydroxylation of specific amino acid residues of some ribosomal proteins and translation factors in both eukaryotes and eubacteria have accumulated. The reaction is catalyzed by dedicated oxygenases (so-called ribosomal oxygenases), whose action is impaired und...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Graifer D,Malygin A,Karpova G

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextran has become a hot research topic in drug vehicle material because of its biodegradable, nonspecific cell adhesion, resistance to protein adsorption, low price and ease of structural modification. The fate and changes of dextran in vivo are not fully understood. It is helpful to guide the design and modification...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Huang S,Huang G

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi with novel mechanisms of action are urgently required to diversify the current clinical and preclinical pipelines. Increasing the number and diversity of hits available for assessment at the beginning of the discovery process will help to achieve this aim. RESULTS:We report t...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Keenan M,Alexander PW,Chaplin JH,Abbott MJ,Diao H,Wang Z,Best WM,Perez CJ,Cornwall SM,Keatley SK,Thompson RC,Charman SA,White KL,Ryan E,Chen G,Ioset JR,von Geldern TW,Chatelain E

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：: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：:An α-carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) was recently discovered, cloned and characterized in the genome of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, a neglected but widespread tropical disease. Inhibition of this α-CAs (TcCA) with anions, sulfonamides, sulfamates, thiols and h...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Supuran CT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is known to be themajor cause of dementia among the elderly. The structural properties and binding interactions of the AD drug physostigmine (-)-phy, and its analogues (-)-hex and (-)-phe and (+)-phe, were examined, as well as their impact on the conformational changes of two different AD...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Adeniyi AA,Conradie J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current state of antimalarial drug resistance emphasizes the need for new therapies with novel modes of action that will add a significant benefit compared with current standards. In this regard, high throughput phenotypic whole-cell screening aids the discovery of novel antiplasmodial scaffolds that are inherentl...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Paquet T,Gordon R,Waterson D,Witty MJ,Chibale K

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：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：AIM:The use of 3D information has shown impact in numerous applications in drug design. However, it is often under-utilized and traditionally limited to specialists. We want to change that, and present an approach making 3D information and molecular modeling accessible and easy-to-use 'for the people'. METHODOLOGY/RES...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Grebner C,Norrby M,Enström J,Nilsson I,Hogner A,Henriksson J,Westin J,Faramarzi F,Werner P,Boström J

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:The DNA repair protein, O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), can confer resistance to guanine O6-alkylating agents. Therefore, inhibition of resistant MGMT protein is a practical approach to increase the anticancer effects of such alkylating agents. Numerous small molecule inhibitors were synthesized and exh...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Sun G,Zhao L,Zhong R,Peng Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PA-824 is an experimental anti-tubercular agent that has a novel mechanism of action. It is effective against both active and persistent forms of the disease and has recently shown early bactericidal activity in a Phase II clinical trial. This review summarizes recent studies on the mode of action of PA-824 and outlin...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Denny WA,Palmer BD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As has been widely reviewed elsewhere, the pharmaceutical industry is experiencing an 'innovation deficit' as evidenced by the decline in new chemical entity output. This decline, compounded by increased costs and regulatory requirements highlights the need to significantly revise strategic options across the drug-dis...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Robertson GM,Mayr LM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To determine the computer-predicted anticancer activity of mupirocin and to compare its activities with those determined for another polyene antibiotic, batumin. Materials & methods: Molecular docking, cytotoxicity assays, cell microscopy and cell cycle progression were studied in cancer and nontumorigenic cell l...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Reva ON,Rademan S,Visagie MH,Lebelo MT,Gwangwa MV,Klochko VV,Joubert AM,Lall N

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：AIM:Antibiotic resistance has become a major health problem. The σ(70):core interface of bacterial RNA polymerase is a promising drug target. Recently, the coiled-coil and lid-rudder-system of the β' subunit has been identified as an inhibition hot spot. Materials & methods & Results: By using surface plasmon resonance...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hüsecken K,Hinsberger S,Elgaher WA,Haupenthal J,Hartmann RW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrases (CAs; EC 4.2.1.1) are well known zinc metalloproteins involved in the catalysis of a very simple but essential physiological reaction: carbon dioxide hydration to bicarbonate and proton. These enzymes are of clinical relevance in cancer therapy as among the 15 isoforms known in humans, two cell sur...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Supuran CT,Winum JY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim:   Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are one of the validated targets for cancer treatments. In our previous work, we designed a series of bis-substituted aromatic amide HDAC inhibitors (HDACis), among which compounds 7 and 8 showed promising anticancer effects. However, the low solubilities prevented their subsequent ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Yang F,Han L,Zhao N,Yang Y,Ge D,Zhang H,Chen Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal complexes have been the subject of numerous investigations in oncology but, despite the plethora of newly synthesized compounds, their precise mechanisms of action remain generally unknown or, for the best, incompletely determined. The continuous development of efficient and sensitive techniques in analytical ch...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Marloye M,Berger G,Gelbcke M,Dufrasne F

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benzimidazole derivatives are promising compounds for the treatment of parasitic infections. The structure-activity relationships of 91 benzimidazoles with activity against Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia intestinalis were analyzed using a novel activity landscape modeling approach. RESULTS:We identified ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Aguayo-Ortiz R,Pérez-Villanueva J,Hernández-Campos A,Castillo R,Meurice N,Medina-Franco JL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

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：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：: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