Antisense oligonucleotides: the state of the art.

abstract：:Andrographolide, the main bioactive component separated from Andrographis paniculata in 1951, have been scrutinized with modern drug discovery approach for anti-inflammatory properties since 1984. Identifying new uses for existing drugs can be facilitated by evidence linking them to known or yet undiscovered drug targ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ren X,Xu W,Sun J,Dong B,Awala H,Wang L

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipids are essential components of cells that participate in metabolic and endocrine regulation and reproductive functions. The main organs where lipid regulation takes place are the liver and adipose tissue. Besides, when each tissue specific action cannot be exerted, it could lead to several endocrine-meta...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ferrer MJ,Silva AF,Abruzzese GA,Velázquez ME,Motta AB

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Homocysteine is a thiol aminoacid synthesized during the metabolism of methionine. Increased plasma levels of homocysteine can be the result of mutations in the enzymes responsible for homocysteine metabolism, particularly cystathionine-beta synthase (CBS) and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). Addition...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Pezzini A,Del Zotto E,Padovani A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prothymosin alpha (ProTα) is a highly acidic polypeptide, ubiquitously expressed in almost all mammalian cells and tissues and consisting of 109 amino acids in humans. ProTα is known to act both, intracellularly, as an anti-apoptotic and proliferation mediator, and extracellularly, as a biologic response modifier medi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Karachaliou CE,Kalbacher H,Voelter W,Tsitsilonis OE,Livaniou E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in cancer treatment, a large number of patients eventually develop metastatic disease that is generally incurable. Systemic chemotherapy remains the standard treatment for these patients. Several chemotherapeutic combinations have proven effective in the management of cancer. Paradoxically, although t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Prados J,Alvarez PJ,Melguizo C,Rodriguez-Serrano F,Carrillo E,Boulaiz H,Vélez C,Marchal JA,Caba O,Ortiz R,Rama A,Aranega A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coumarins are of many different structures. They constitute an important class of pharmacological agents possessing a range of different physiological activities including anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, anti- inflammation, anti-HIV, anti-coagulant, anti-bacterial, analgesic and comparative immune-modulation. Recently, cou...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wu L,Wang X,Xu W,Farzaneh F,Xu R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among naturally occurring isoflavones, soy isoflavones are an important class with various biological activities. Due to their phytoestrogenic structure, their effects on the brain are profound thus making the neurobiological effects of these compounds an active area of research. One such compound is daidzein, which h...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ahmed T,Javed S,Tariq A,Budzyńska B,D'Onofrio G,Daglia M,Nabavi SF,Nabavi SM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian ecto ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs) constitute a family of structurally related proteins expressed on the cell surface or secreted in the extracellular compartment. Using NAD+ as substrate, they transfer ADP-ribose groups onto target proteins. In contrast to intracellular poly(ADP-ribosyl)transferases (PARPs...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Seman M,Adriouch S,Haag F,Koch-Nolte F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenium is an essential trace element. It is, however toxic at concentration little above which is required for health. Selenium is incorporated into proteins as selenocysteine, the 21(st) amino acid. Selenoproteins are found in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. Biochemical and physicochemical properties of selenium ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Soriano-Garcia M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcin J25 (MccJ25) is a plasmid-encoded peptide of 21 L-amino acids (G1-G-A-G-H5-V-P-E-Y-F10-V-G-I-G-T15-P-I-S-F-Y20-G), excreted to the medium by an Escherichia coli strain. MccJ25 is active on Gram-negative bacteria related to the producer strain, including some pathogenic strains. The four-plasmid genes mcjABCD,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vincent PA,Morero RD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HupA is a potent, reversible AChEI, which crosses the blood-brain barrier smoothly, and shows high specificity for AChE with a prolonged biological half-life. It has been approved as the drug for the treatment of AD in China, and marketed in USA as a dietary supplement. HupA has been the subject of investigations by a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Jiang H,Luo X,Bai D

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular recognition and ligand binding involving proteins underlie the most important life processes within the cell, such as substrate transport, catalysis, signal transmission, receptor trafficking, gene regulation, switching on and off of biochemical pathways. Despite recent successes in predicting the structures...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Morra G,Genoni A,Neves MA,Merz KM Jr,Colombo G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) nowadays represent most promising anti-AIDS drugs that specifically inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT). They have a unique antiviral potency, high specificity and low cytotoxicity. However, to a great extent, the efficacy of HIV-1 NNRTIs is compounde...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Chen X,Zhan P,Li D,De Clercq E,Liu X

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Poly(aminoester) dendrimers are expected to hold great promise as biodegradable nanocarriers for drug delivery due to their advantageous properties allowing their biodegradability, potentially lower toxicity and possibility of diverse chemical conjugations. The synthetic strategies for constructing such dendrimers inc...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wang Y,Quelever G,Peng L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance is an ever-increasing problem throughout the world and has already reached severe proportions. Two very common neglected tropical diseases are Chagas' disease and leishmaniasis. Chagas' disease is a severe health problem, mainly in Latin America, causing approximately 50000 deaths a year and m...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bandyopadhyay D,Samano S,Villalobos-Rocha JC,Sanchez-Torres LE,Nogueda-Torres B,Rivera G,Banik BK

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:A BRAF somatic mutation at residue 600 of the BRAF protein (BRAFV600E) is highly prevalent in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). This mutation occurs in approximately 44% (from 29% to 83%) of PTC depending on the different studies. BRAFV600E is almost always found in PTC with a papillary or a mixed follicular/papilla...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lassalle S,Hofman V,Ilie M,Butori C,Bozec A,Santini J,Vielh P,Hofman P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) belong to the protein family of neurotrophins. They both display profound neuromodulatory functions and are essentially involved in the survival and homeostatic maintenance of central and peripheral neurons during development and adulthood. Moreove...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schulte-Herbrüggen O,Braun A,Rochlitzer S,Jockers-Scherübl MC,Hellweg R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete DNA sequence information has now been obtained for several prokaryotic genomes, defining the entire genetic complement of these organisms. The collection of genomic data has provided new insights into the molecular architecture of bacterial cells, revealing the basic genetic and metabolic structures that supp...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Buysse JM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the administration of a photosensitizer (PS) followed by illumination with visible light, leading to generation of reactive oxygen species. The mechanisms of resistance to PDT ascribed to the PS may be shared with the general mechanisms of drug resistance, and are related to altered...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Casas A,Di Venosa G,Hasan T,Al Batlle

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that hyperglycemia results in the generation of reactive oxygen species, leading to oxidative stress in various tissues, including vascular system. An important link between oxidative stress, inflammatory response and insulin activity is now well established. The ability of antioxidants to protect ag...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Nicolle E,Souard F,Faure P,Boumendjel A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balance between excitatory glutamate and inhibitory GABA neurotransmitter is essential and critical for proper development and functioning of brain. GABAergic (gamma aminobutyric acid) and glutamatergic interneurons maintain excitability, integrity and synaptic plasticity. Several evidences implicated relative loss of...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Purkayastha P,Malapati A,Yogeeswari P,Sriram D

更新日期：2015-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature continues to be the main source of inspiration for synthetic chemists in their quest to make novel conjugates, which can have different physical, biological and medicinal properties. Nature makes these conjugates from mixed biosynthesis and some of these chimeras are found to exhibit unusual biological properti...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Salunke DB,Hazra BG,Pore VS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well accepted that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, is one of high risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC). This supports the notion that inflammation plays a key role in cancer development. Epidemiologic studies have shown that vitamin D (Vit D) deficiency is ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Luan Z,Ma Y,Xin Y,Qian J,Wang H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agents modulating apoptosis are of extraordinary promise for the treatment of several states of disease including cancer, AIDS, neurodegenerative and ischemic diseases. In this review a brief summary of cellular pathways relevant to programmed cell death first is given and potential therapeutic targets therein are emp...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Deigner HP,Kinscherf R

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphonated nucleosides represent a promising alternative in the improvement of the biological activity of nucleoside analogues in antiviral and anticancer chemotherapy. The basic concept, the chemistry, the different structural modifications and their effects on the antiviral potency will be discussed in this review...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Piperno A,Chiacchio MA,Iannazzo D,Romeo R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimerization and oligomerization of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), proposed almost 30 years ago, have crucial relevance for drug design. Indeed, formation of GPCR oligomers may affect the diversity and performance by which extracellular signals are transferred to G proteins in the process of receptor transductio...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kaczor AA,Selent J

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), originally isolated from the mammalian hypothalamus, is a 41 amino acid peptide that plays an important physiological role and is implicated in the pathophysiology of various diseases. In addition to CRF and its related peptides, a large number of small non-peptide CRF analogs hav...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Liapakis G,Venihaki M,Margioris A,Grigoriadis D,Gkountelias K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00