Strategies for the stereocontrolled formation of oxygen analogues of penicillins and cephalosporins.

abstract：:Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 1 diabetes, T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells by proinflammatory autoreactive T cells. In the past, several therapeutic approaches have been exploited by immunologists aiming to regulate the autoim...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fierabracci A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whilst knowledge of basic biology, diagnosis and prognosis of glioblastoma (GB - WHO grade IV) are steadily improving, advancements of therapy are discouragingly slow, with the only significant novelty during last ten years represented by introduction of temozolomide in chemotherapy. In order to analyze the current st...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Frosina G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a highly complex and rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the systemic collapse of cognitive function and formation of dense amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. AD pathology is derived from the cholinergic, amyloid and tau hypotheses, respectively. Curren...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mohamed T,Rao PP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gum resin extracts of Boswellia species have been traditionally applied in folk medicine for centuries to treat various chronic inflammatory diseases, and experimental data from animal models and studies with human subjects confirmed the potential of B. spec extracts for the treatment of not only inflammation but also...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Poeckel D,Werz O

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoids in current use such as nabilone activate both CB1 and CB2 receptors. Selective CB2 activation may provide some of the therapeutic effects of cannabinoids, such as their immuno-modulatory properties, without the psychoactive effects of CB1 activation. Therefore, cannabinoid CB2 receptors represent an attra...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ashton JC,Wright JL,McPartland JM,Tyndall JD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthocyanins are generally considered to be the largest and the most important group of water-soluble pigments in plants. They are widely consumed by humans as natural compounds of vegetables, fruits, and red wine. Anthocyanins as well as other flavonoids show protective qualities against variety of pathologies, inclu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bártíková H,Skálová L,Dršata J,Boušová I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:K(V)10.1 has recently become generally accepted as a promising cancer target, as it is ectopically expressed in the majority of solid tumors. Due to its cell-surface accessibility, K(V)10.1 has a strong potential for tumor treatment and diagnosis. Given that its mode of action is likely independent of conventional can...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Pardo LA,Gómez-Varela D,Major F,Sansuk K,Leurs R,Downie BR,Tietze LF,Stühmer W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic, degenerative diseases are often characterized by inflammation and aberrant angiogenesis. For these pathologies, including rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, current therapies have limited efficacy. OBJECTIVES:The validation of novel (chemo)p...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Albini A,Bassani B,Baci D,Dallaglio K,Gallazzi M,Corradino P,Bruno A,Noonan DM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A challenging question in biology is how cells control their shape and volume. The relative abundance of organelles can be radically modified to comply with a new task, an example being the massive development of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in Ig-secreting plasma cells. The ER is the site where secretory proteins a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Otsu M,Sitia R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years clinicians have been searching for "kidney troponin"- a simple diagnostic tool to assess risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). Recently, the rise in the variety of contrast-related procedures (contrast computed tomography [CT], percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] and angiography) have resulted in incr...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zdziechowska M,Gluba-Brzózka A,Franczyk B,Rysz J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symmetry plays a crucial role in a variety of biological processes. For instance, many protein receptors, upon activation, dimerize to its active form and subsequently produce its biological action. Hence, there is a renewal of curiosity for the synthesis of dimeric molecules (or bivalent ligands) capable, not only to...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bérubé G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes our knowledge of biochemical, biological and medical applications and properties of phosphinic acid compounds. Phosphinic acid compounds (phosphinates) are derivatives of phosphinic acid H2P(O)(OH). The major attention of this article is focused on applications of phosphinates of a pseudopeptide...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Collinsová M,Jirácek J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholesterol efflux as a key event in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is considered now as both diagnostic tool and a promising target for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Radioactive in vitro cholesterol efflux assay (CEA) is the gold standard for determination of efflux at cellular level. Fluorescent t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Litvinov DY,Savushkin EV,Garaeva EA,Dergunov AD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although resin-based chemistry offers many practical advantages over conventional solution phase for the synthesis of combinatorial libraries, effective monitoring of reactions conducted on the support remains a challenge. A number of techniques have been developed to enable the analysis of solid phase organic synthes...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Scicinski JJ,Congreveb MS,Kay C,Ley SV

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyclic nucleoside analogues bearing phosphonomethoxy residues in the side chain (ANP) attract much attention due to a very beneficial combination of biological properties. Intensive work of organic chemists during the last two decades resulted in a large panel of new compounds that were evaluated as potential antivir...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Khandazhinskaya A,Yasko M,Shirokova E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined a large number of sudden infant death syndrome victims in order to point out a possible causal relationship between a previous hexavalent vaccination and the sudden infant death. We selected 110 cases submitted to in-depth histological examination of the autonomic nervous system and provided with detailed ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Matturri L,Del Corno G,Lavezzi AM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracyclines (TCs) and their non-antimicrobial analogs (CMTs) have therapeutic potential to inhibit tissue destructive disease processes, such as cancer invasion and metastasis, by inhibiting certain matrix metalloproteinases. Enhanced matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2; gelatinase A) activity has been correlated to c...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lee HM,Golub LM,Cao J,Teronen O,Laitinen M,Salo T,Zucker S,Sorsa T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is one of the greatest global health burdens because of its uncontrolled cell growth and proliferation, aggressive nature as well as inherited chemoresistance. In spite of different treatment options currently available for HCC, the 5-year relative survival rates for HCC patien...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Grbčić P,Car EPM,Sedić M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ionotropic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) has become the focus of intense research interest for a number of reasons: i) it is a cation selective ion channel that is modulated by extracellular ATP. Upon stimulation by high concentrations of ATP it generates a non-selective membrane pore which is permeable to hydrophilic mol...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gunosewoyo H,Coster MJ,Kassiou M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years there has been a growing interest in computer-based screening. One of the driving forces has been the increased efficiency of protein crystallography leading to the real possibility of using structure-based design as a significant contributor to the discovery of novel ligands. In 1957 after 22 years of...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Glen RC,Allen SC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in endoscopic techniques such as capsule endoscopy have revealed that aspirin and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) often cause mucosal lesions not only in the upper gastrointestinal tract, but also in the small intestine in humans. Gastric and duodenal lesions caused by NSAIDs can be ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Satoh H,Takeuchi K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The chemokine receptor, CXCR4, is a GPCR that transduces signals of its endogenous ligand, CXCL12 (stromal cell-derived factor-1, SDF-1). The CXCL12-CXCR4 system plays an important role in the migration of progenitors during embryologic development of the cardiovascular, hemopoietic, central nervous systems, etc. This...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Tamamura H,Tsutsumi H,Masuno H,Fujii N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on enzyme inhibition remain an important area of pharmaceutical research since these studies have led to the discoveries of drugs useful in a variety of physiological conditions. The enzyme inhibitors can interact with enzymes and block their activity towards natural substrates. Urease inhibitors have recently...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Amtul Z,Rahman AU,Siddiqui RA,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor which plays an important role in multiple aspects of cancer, including progression and migration, and it is constitutively activated in various human tumors, STAT3 inhibition has emerged as a validated strategy for the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gelain A,Mori M,Meneghetti F,Villa S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-BP, rapamycin and its derivatives have been originally developed respectively as anti-resorptive and anti-fungal agents. In fact, in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated that these compounds are multi-functional molecules exerting their effects on tumour cell growth and bone remodelling. The major challenge in...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ory B,Moriceau G,Redini F,Heymann D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary amyloidogenic transthyretin (TTR) (ATTR) amyloidosis is an autosomal dominant form of fatal hereditary amyloidosis. Owing to progress in biochemical and molecular genetic analyses, this disease is now believed to occur worldwide. As of today, reports of about 120 different points of single or double mutatio...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ando Y,Ueda M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of classical and molecular therapies in cancer is hampered by the occurrence of primary (intrinsic) and secondary (acquired) refractoriness of tumours to selected therapeutic regimens. Nevertheless, the increased knowledge of the genetic, molecular and metabolic mechanisms underlying cancer results in the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rosa R,Monteleone F,Zambrano N,Bianco R

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Since photodynamic therapy emerged as a promising cancer treatment, the development of photosensitizers has gained great interest. In this context, the photosynthetic pigments, chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls, as excellent natural photosensitizers, attracted much attention. In effect, several (bacterio) chloroph...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Staron J,Boron B,Karcz D,Szczygieł M,Fiedor L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00