Therapeutic constituents and actions of Rubus species.

abstract：:Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive respiratory disorder characterized by irreversible chronic inflammation and airflow obstruction. It affects more than 64 million patients worldwide and it is predicted to become the third cause of death in the industrialized world by 2030. Currently availab...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Pirozzi F,Ren K,Murabito A,Ghigo A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells (ECs) play a pivotal role in physiological and altered tissue neovascularization. They face multiple morphological, biochemical and functional changes during the different phases of angiogenesis, under the regulation of a great number of proangiogenic and antiangiogenic signals, including soluble and...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Munaron L,Fiorio Pla A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of studying human mucin MUC1, the attitude towards this molecule has been changing time and again. Initially, the list of presumable functions of MUC1 was restricted to protecting and lubricating epithelium. To date, it is assumed to play an important role in cell signaling as well as in all stages of on...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Syrkina MS,Vassetzky YS,Rubtsov MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although glial proliferation of the epileptic loci is recognized for more than a century in certain focal epilepsies, the role of astrocytes in epileptic conditions is receiving significant attention only in recent years. The present review will highlight current knowledge about the various ways astrocytes control neu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Héja L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a widespread form of dementia that is estimated to affect 44.4 million people worldwide. AD pathology is closely related to the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides in fibrils and plagues, the small oligomeric intermediate species formed during the Aβ peptides aggregation presenting t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Chiorcea-Paquim AM,Enache TA,Oliveira-Brett AM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coumarins, also referred as benzopyran-2-ones, and their corresponding nitrogen counterpart, 1-azacoumarins also referred to as carbostyrils, are a family of nature-occurring lactones and lactams respectively. The plant extracts containing coumarin-related heterocycles, which were employed as herbal remedies in early ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kulkarni MV,Kulkarni GM,Lin CH,Sun CM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic Liver Disorders (CLD), caused by the lifestyle patterns like alcoholism or by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or because of virus-mediated hepatitis, affect a large population fraction across the world. CLD progresses into end-stage diseases with a high mortality rate. Liver transplant is the only ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mahmood A,Seetharaman R,Kshatriya P,Patel D,Srivastava AS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm labour is a major cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity. However, during the past 40 years of clinical studies and despite the use of multiple therapeutic agents, the rate of preterm birth has not drastically declined. In 1991, it was estimated that in the US approximately 116,000 women admitted with acut...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schwarz MK,Page P

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance is found in all microorganisms and has become one of the biggest threats to global health. New antimicrobials with different action mechanisms are effective weapons to fight against antibiotic-resistance. OBJECTIVE:This review aims to find potential drugs which can be further develo...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Yi L,Lü X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisynthetase syndrome is a group of closely related rare diseases which clinically manifest with inflammatory myopathies, interstitial lung disease, inflammatory arthritis, skin hyperkeratosis (mechanic’s hands) and Raynaud phenomenon. The pathophysiology of antisynthetase syndrome is not entirely understood, but ge...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mirrakhimov AE

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper summarizes the possible roles of frequent and unfavourable genetic variants in cerebrovascular disorders, such as stroke and leukoaraiosis. It also approaches the topic theoretically from functional and mathematical points of view, which can help make the accumulating data on genetic variants more un...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Szolnoki Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major complication of diabetes and the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Approximately, one third of diabetic patients develop diabetic nephropathy. As diabetes and its associated metabolic diseases are becoming epidemic, DN is emerging as a major health threat to humans. ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lin X,Tao L,Tang D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of MRI in the armory of diagnostic modalities for the medicine of the forthcoming years largely depends on how chemistry will provide advanced tools to meet the medical needs. This review aims at outlining the most innovative approaches that have been undertaken in the recent history of MRI contrast agents fo...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Terreno E,Dastrù W,Delli Castelli D,Gianolio E,Geninatti Crich S,Longo D,Aime S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional iron deficiency represents a relevant health problem mainly in developing countries. Children and pregnant women represent the main target of this disease, and the low amount of bio-available iron mostly depends on plant-based diets. Iron deficiency may have serious consequences, with severe impairment of ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lachowicz JI,Nurchi VM,Fanni D,Gerosa C,Peana M,Zoroddu MA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:APN is an important zinc dependent metallo-exopeptidase; it has been considered as a suitable target for anti-cancer drug design. In this review we focus on the most effective and the most promising inhibitors of aminopeptidase N. Their binding modes to the enzyme, the attempt to explain the origin of the inhibitory a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang X,Xu W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similarly to a series of chronic diseases, essential arterial hypertension (HTN) may be manifested during childhood as a blood pressure (BP) reading which repeatedly rises above the 95(th) percentile of population-specific standards. Since BP tends to track along the same percentiles throughout life, children with hig...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bassareo PP,Bassareo V,Iacovidou N,Mercuro G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceiving a pharmacophore is the first essential step towards understanding the interaction between a receptor and a ligand. Once a pharmacophore is established, a beneficial use of it is 3D database searching to retrieve novel compounds that would match the pharmacophore, without necessarily duplicating the topologi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kurogi Y,Güner OF

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) is characterized by behavioral changes, executive dysfunctions, and language impairment, sustained by different neuropathological patterns. The collective efforts of clinical, pathological and genetic studies have recently opened new insights into the underpinnings of pathologi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bigni B,Premi E,Pilotto A,Padovani A,Borroni B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity, associated with a series of complications such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, is a great threat to human health and leads to increased morbidity and mortality. Despite the presence of anti-obesity agents on the market, the application of these drugs is limited because of their typical side effe...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Qiu Y,Yu H,Zeng R,Guo S,Daniyal M,Deng Z,Wang A,Wang W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analytical chemists have increasingly turned their attention to drug discovery and drug analysis and to solve fundamental questions of biological significance in physiology and genetics. New technologies have been developed, and a variety of instruments have been redesigned for biomedical applications. The development...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hanai T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide metabolism has been targeted for many years and in various clinical settings, including cancer. The increased knowledge of certain enzymes involved in this metabolism and in associated cellular processes accumulated over the last few years, gives important information to the druggability of certain prot...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Forey P,Cros-Perrial E,Dumontet C,Jordheim LP

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant signaling caused by mutations in the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK pathway and its upstream activators critically contributes to human tumor development. Strategies, which aim at inhibiting hyperactive signaling molecules, appear conceptually straight forward, but their translation into clinical practice has been hampered ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zebisch A,Czernilofsky AP,Keri G,Smigelskaite J,Sill H,Troppmair J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecules in biological systems often can perform more than one function. In particular, many molecules have the ability to chemically scavenge free radicals and thus act in the test tube as antioxidant, but their main biological function is by acting as hormones, ligands for transcription factors, modulators of enzym...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zingg JM,Azzi A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Orhan IE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stilbene scaffold is a basic element for a number of biologically active natural and synthetic compounds, and it is considered as a privileged structure. Stilbenes exemplified by resveratrol, combretastatin A-4 and pterostilbene are of significant interest for drug research and development because of their potenti...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Giacomini E,Rupiani S,Guidotti L,Recanatini M,Roberti M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visible light is absorbed by photoacceptors in pigmented and non-pigmented mammalian cells, activating signaling cascades and downstream mechanisms that lead to the modulation of cellular processes. Most studies have investigated the molecular mechanisms and therapeutic applications of UV and the red to near...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Garza ZCF,Born M,Hilbers PAJ,van Riel NAW,Liebmann J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically significant antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century. Yet new antibiotics are currently being developed at a much slower pace than our growing need for such drugs. Instead of focusing on conventional therapeutics that target in vitro bacterial viability, an alterna...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wang Y,Ma S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The available therapy is limited to the symptomatic treatment and its efficacy remains unsatisfactory. In view of the prevalence and expected increase in the incidence of AD, the development of an effective therapy is crucial for public ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Guzior N,Wieckowska A,Panek D,Malawska B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alphavbeta3 receptor, which are members of the group of the cellular adhesion molecules (CAM), are heterodimeric transmembrane glycoprotein receptors involved in processes such as cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion, cell migration and signaling. Integrin alphavbeta3 receptor is expressed on almost all cells origin...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cacciari B,Spalluto G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On December 23rd, 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act and invested more than $ 100 million "to launch an intensive campaign to find a cure for cancer". Today, despite these considerable efforts, cancer still remains a very aggressive silent killer all over the world. Moreover, over the last de...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Orlikova B,Diederich M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00