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abstract：BACKGROUND:The understanding of biomolecular interactions ultimately depends on knowledge about the structural and dynamic details of the interacting system. Rational structure-based drug design implements computational methodology in this rationale. DISCUSSION:Together with increasing throughput of structural biology...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Skjevik AA,Teigen K,Martinez A

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：: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: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：: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：:Endogenous nucleotides have widespread actions in the cardiovascular system, but it is only recently that the P2X and P2Y receptor subtypes, at which they act, have been identified and subtype-selective agonists and antagonists developed. These advances have greatly increased our understanding of the physiological and...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kennedy C,Chootip K,Mitchell C,Syed NI,Tengah A

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：:Cancer is a major devastating disease, and is a leading cause of death worldwide. Despite the progress in cancer treatment, cancer mortality rate remains high. Therefore, the discovery and development of improved anticancer drugs to treat cancer are needed. 4H-chromenes have strong cytotoxicity against a panel of huma...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Patil SA,Patil R,Pfeffer LM,Miller DD

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:The protein kinase superfamily is one of the most important families of enzymes in molecular biology. Protein kinases typically catalyze the transfer of the γ-phosphate from ATP to a protein substrate (a highly ubiquitous cellular reaction), thereby controlling key areas of cell regulation. Deregulation of protein kin...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Elphick LM,Lee SE,Anderson AA,Child ES,Bonnac L,Gouverneur V,Mann DJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia with no cure at present. Cholesterol metabolism is closely associated with AD at several stages. ACAT1 converts free cholesterol to cholesteryl esters, and plays important roles in cellular cholesterol homeostasis. Recent studies show that in a mouse model,...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Shibuya Y,Chang CC,Chang TY

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:Computer-aided drug design (CADD) methodologies have made great advances and contributed significantly to the discovery and/or optimization of many clinically used drugs in recent years. CADD tools have likewise been applied to the discovery of inhibitors of HIV-1 integrase, a difficult and worthwhile target for the d...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Liao C,Nicklaus MC

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Mammalian carbonic anhydrases (CAs; EC 4.2.1.1) of which 16 isoforms are known, are involved in important physiological functions. Their inhibition is exploited pharmacologically for the treatment of many diseases (glaucoma, edema, epilepsy, obesity, hypoxic tumors, neuropathic pain, etc.) but the activators were less...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Supuran CT

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several hundred genes associated or linked to obesity have been described in the scientific literature. Whereas many of these genes are potential targets for the treatment of obesity and associated conditions, none of them have permitted the developement of an efficient drug therapy. As proposed by the 'thrifty genoty...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Braud S,Ciufolini M,Harosh I

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：: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：:Nutrient-sensing receptors, including fatty acid receptors (FFA1-FFA4), Ca2+-sensing receptors and Zn2+-sensing receptors, are involved in several biological processes. These receptors are abundantly expressed in the GI tract, where they have been shown to play crucial roles in regulating GI function. This review prov...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Pongkorpsakol P,Moonwiriyakit A,Muanprasat C

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：: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：AIM:Tuberculosis is responsible for 9.6 million infections and 1.5 million deaths in 2015. The development of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains has impeded the development of effective antitubercular therapy. Results/methodology: The present manuscript describes the synthesis of a series of 4-a...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Singh A,Viljoen A,Kremer L,Kumar V

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prodrug entrapment into nanocarriers for tumor delivery is a strategy to achieve a valid therapy with high efficiency. The prodrug contains anticancer agents conjugating with functional moieties or ligands so that the active component is released after metabolism in the body or tumor. The advantages of nanosystems for...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Lin MH,Hung CF,Hsu CY,Lin ZC,Fang JY

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solomon Nwaka was born in Nigeria and grew up seeing at first hand the impact of neglected diseases. His research efforts have taken him across the globe, in both the developed and developing world. Following posts in academia, industry and at the Medicines for Malaria Venture, he is now at the WHO where he is engaged...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Nwaka S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This research paper is aimed at designing a novel insulin alternative for the treatment of diabetes. MATERIALS & METHODS:Six novel vanadyl(II) compounds, [(AMP-2)(VO+2)(AA n-1)]·NH4+1, were synthesized from an equimolar ratio of adenosine monophosphate, VOSO4 and amino acids (AA n ). RESULTS:The magnetic moments ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Naglah AM,Al-Omar MA,Kalmouch A,Alsuhaibani AM,El-Didamony AM,Hassan N,Taleb SA,Refat MS,Almehizia AA,Bhat MA,Al-Shakliah NS,Al-Humaidi JY,Al-Wasidi AS

更新日期：2019-01-15 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：:The finding of promising drugs represents a huge challenge in cancer therapeutics, therefore it is important to seek out novel approaches and elucidate essential cellular processes in order to identify potential drug targets. Studies on DNA repair pathway suggested that an enzyme, PARP, which plays a significant role ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar C,Rani N,Velan Lakshmi PT,Arunachalam A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histone lysine demethylases (KDMs) are well-recognized targets in oncology drug discovery. They function at the post-translation level controlling chromatin conformation and gene transcription. KDM1A is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent amine oxidase, overexpressed in several tumor types, including acu...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Trifirò P,Cappa A,Brambillasca S,Botrugno OA,Cera MR,Zuffo RD,Dessanti P,Meroni G,Thaler F,Villa M,Minucci S,Mercurio C,Varasi M,Vianello P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00