Abstract:
:Monitor provides an insight into the latest developments in drug discovery through brief synopses of recent presentations and publications together with expert commentaries on the latest technologies. There are two sections: Molecules summarizes the chemistry and the pharmacological significance and biological relevance of new molecules reported in the literature and on the conference scene; Profiles offers commentary on promising lines of research, emerging molecular targets, novel technology, advances in synthetic and separation techniques and legislative issues.
journal_name
Drug Discov Todayjournal_title
Drug discovery todayauthors
Lloyd AWdoi
10.1016/s1359-6446(00)01533-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-08-01 00:00:00pages
373-375issue
8eissn
1359-6446issn
1878-5832pii
S1359-6446(00)01533-6journal_volume
5pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder among older people. However, no cure or disease-modifying treatments are currently available, and the molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for the etiology of AD remain under debate. Recent studies suggest that the immune system has a cruc...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2013.07.020
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::There is a continuous demand for preclinical modeling of the interaction of dendritic cells with the immune system and cancer cells. Recent progress in gene expression profiling with nucleic acid microarrays, in silico modeling and in vivo cell and animal approaches for non-clinical proof of safety and efficacy of the...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2012.07.010
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the past five years therapeutic monoclonal antibodies have established themselves as perhaps the most important and rapidly expanding class of therapeutic drugs. More than 25% of pharmacological agents that are currently under development are based on antibodies and the total income generated from them in 2002 exce...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s1359-6446(03)02714-4
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Various animal models are used to study pharmacokinetics (PK) of drugs in development. Human renal clearance (CLr) should be predictable through interpolation from animal data by allometric scaling. Based on this premise, we quantified interspecies differences in CLr, and related them to drug properties. Using PubMed ...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2020.01.018
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Peptide-based drugs are now viable alternatives to biopharmaceuticals, such as antibodies. Most of the past limitations of peptides have been removed by new technologies, so that peptides now face similar hurdles to antibodies. Phage-display technology provides novel peptides that bind protein targets with high affini...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/S1359-6446(04)03104-6
更新日期:2004-06-15 00:00:00
abstract::Identifying the right target for drug development is a critical bottleneck in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The genomics revolution has shifted the problem from a scarcity of targets to a surplus of putative drug targets. As the validity of a target cannot be simply inferred from correlative data, the key...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s1359-6446(02)02429-7
更新日期:2002-09-15 00:00:00
abstract::Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are a class of naturally occurring ∼ 22 nt long non-coding small RNA molecules that regulate the expression of a wide range of genes involved in development, growth, proliferation and apoptosis. miRNAs are evolutionarily conserved from plants to animals, and they regulate and fine-tune a diverse ar...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2010.07.003
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Immunotherapies have changed the treatment strategy of some types of tumor including melanoma and, more recently, non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Immune checkpoints are crucial for the maintenance of self-tolerance and it is known that some tumors use checkpoint systems to evade antitumor immune response. The trea...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2017.05.016
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Statins are an established therapeutic modality for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Although they generally exhibit a good efficacy and tolerability profile, their reputation has been tarnished as a result of reports of myotoxicity and, more recently, observations of proteinuria. The increased incidence of prot...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2006.03.017
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Current multiparameter optimization (MPO) strategies make use of few experimental physicochemical descriptors (i.e., solubility at physiological pH and lipophilicity in the octanol/water system). Here, we show how new trends in drug discovery (i.e., large and flexible molecules for 'difficult' targets) call for the in...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2016.11.017
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::To date, the life sciences 'omics' revolution has not lived up to the expectation of boosting the drug discovery process. The major obstacle is dealing with the volume and diversity of data generated. An enhanced-science (e-science) approach based on remote collaboration, reuse of data and methods, and supported by a ...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/S1359-6446(05)03680-9
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Model-based drug discovery (MBDDx) aims to build and continuously improve the quantitative understanding of the relation between drug exposure (target engagement) efficacy and safety, to support target validation; to define compound property criteria for lead optimization and safety margins; to set the starting dose; ...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2013.05.012
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Clinically useful drugs target a relatively small number of proteins that lie within a clearly defined and chemically accessible space. However, many high value biological targets lie outside this chemical space, and an ability to access such 'intractable' targets not amenable to traditional small molecule interventio...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2012.10.008
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A quantitative analysis has cast doubt over the limited advantages provided by particles for nose-to-brain (NTB) drug delivery. Thus, it is imperative to identify the role of nanovehicles in NTB drug delivery. If nanocarriers are used merely as an option to improve various properties of the drugs or the formulations, ...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2018.01.005
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Decisions in drug development are made on the basis of determinations of cause and effect from experimental observations that span drug development phases. Despite advances in our powers of observation, the ability to determine compound mechanisms from large-scale multi-omic technologies continues to be a major bottle...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2007.10.001
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::DNA-nanorobot-guided thrombin-inducing tumor infarction (DNA NanorobotTh-ITI) is emerging as a powerful therapeutic strategy for treatment of solid cancers. The technology represents a major advance in the application of DNA nanotechnology for anticancer therapy. More importantly, the technology is being translated fr...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2020.03.005
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Compelling new evidence supports the idea that regulatory T cells play a major role in our immune system. Several subsets of these regulators have been identified recently. Differences in the phenotypical and functional characteristics of these subsets have immunological implications. From our growing knowledge of the...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/S1359-6446(03)03021-6
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::When cross-reactivity of a lead antibody across species is limited, antibody development programs require the generation of surrogate molecules or surrogate animal models necessary for the conduct of preclinical pharmacology and safety studies. When surrogate approaches are employed, the complexities and challenges fo...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2009.09.014
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Post-translational modifications, such as acetylation or phosphorylation, play a crucial role in the regulation of gene transcription in eukaryotes. Different subtypes of histone acetyl transferases (HATs) catalyze the acetylation of histones on specific lysine residues. A potential role of HATs in the pathology of ca...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2009.06.008
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The blood-brain barrier (BBB) hinders the accumulation of active compounds in the central nervous system, thus decreasing their therapeutic effectiveness. To overcome this obstacle, interesting supramolecular nanodevices are herein considered. These systems have many advantages over the conventional formulations, such...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2011.02.006
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Metabolic determinations are an integral part of every drug-discovery and drug-development program. Recent emphasis has been to increase sample throughput while, at the same time, increase information content within assays. To this end, screening for potential drug-drug interactions, overall metabolic stability and me...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2007.01.007
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA), a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved copolymer, has been exploited widely in the design of nanoparticles because it is biodegradable, biocompatible, protects the drug molecules from degradation, and aids in producing sustained and targeted delivery. However, certain co...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2014.09.018
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The intestinal epithelium is the main barrier restricting the oral delivery of low-permeability drugs. Over recent years, numerous nanocarriers have been designed to improve the efficiency of oral drug delivery. However, the intracellular processes determining the transport of nanocarriers across the intestinal epithe...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2016.04.007
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Drug delivery systems are undergoing technology changes to enhance patient comfort and compliance. Electronic drug delivery (E-drug delivery) systems are being developed to regulate drug dose delivery by easy monitoring of doses, especially in chronic and age-related diseases. E-drug delivery can monitor the correct d...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2019.02.005
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients with severe asthma suffer persistent symptoms and/or frequent exacerbations despite high-intensity treatment. Their severe unrelenting symptoms have a huge impact on healthcare resources owing to frequent hospital admissions and requirement for intensive treatments. Consequently, there is an undeniable need f...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2012.01.012
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many of the drug candidates that fail in clinical trials are withdrawn because of unforeseen effects of human metabolism, such as toxicity and unfavorable pharmacokinetic profiles. Early pre-clinical elimination of such compounds is important but not yet possible. An ideal system would enable researchers to make a con...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/S1359-6446(03)02971-4
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Allosteric modulators have the potential to fine-tune protein functional activity. Therefore, the targeting of allosteric sites, as a strategy in drug design, is gaining increasing attention. Currently, it is not trivial to find and characterize new allosteric sites by experimental approaches. Alternatively, computati...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2014.07.012
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The choroid plexus (CP) is a highly vascularized organ located in the brain ventricles and contains a single epithelial cell layer forming the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). This barrier is crucial for immune surveillance in health and is an underestimated gate for entry of immune cells during numerous inf...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2015.05.003
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Natural products have been the single most productive source of leads for the development of drugs. Over a 100 new products are in clinical development, particularly as anti-cancer agents and anti-infectives. Application of molecular biological techniques is increasing the availability of novel compounds that can be c...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2008.07.004
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Biomedical scientists tend to focus on only a small fraction of the proteins encoded by the human genome despite overwhelming genetic evidence that many understudied proteins are important for human disease. One of the best ways to interrogate the function of a protein and to determine its relevance as a drug target i...
journal_title:Drug discovery today
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2019.06.020
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00