Steroidal conjugates and their pharmacological applications.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a member of the CC chemokine family that plays a key role in the inflammatory process. It has been broadly studied in the aspect of its role in obesity and diabetes related diseases. MCP-1 causes the infiltration of macrophages into obese adipose tissue via bindi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Czemplik M,Kulma A,Wang YF,Szopa J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a common disabling neurological disorder which is characterised by a recurring headache associated with a variety of sensory and autonomic symptoms. The pathophysiology of migraine remains not entirely understood, although many mechanisms involving the central and peripheral nervous system are now becoming...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cevoli S,Favoni V,Cortelli P

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：:Osteoporosis is a pathological loss of bone mass due to an imbalance in bone remodeling where osteoclast-mediated bone resorption exceeds osteoblast-mediated bone formation resulting in skeletal fragility and fractures. Anti-resorptive agents such as bisphosphonates and SERMs, and anabolic drugs that stimulate bone fo...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Li H,Xiao Z,Quarles LD,Li W

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances have identified the podocyte as a key target in glomerular injury. The podocyte is a highly specialized cell which is responsible for the glomerular permselectivity for proteins in the kidney. Podocyte injury or loss leads to proteinuria. Apoptosis has been shown to contribute to renal cell loss, inclu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Moreno JA,Sanchez-Niño MD,Sanz AB,Lassila M,Holthofer H,Blanco-Colio LM,Egido J,Ruiz-Ortega M,Ortiz A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitatory neurotransmission mediated by NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartic acid) receptors plays a key role in both healthy and diseased processes in the brain. Therefore, bioactive compounds that can interact selectively with these receptors have been the aim of extensive research in the search of effective therapeutic agent...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bonaccorso C,Micale N,Ettari R,Grasso S,Zappalà M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of bacterial resistance is a significant problem in the treatment of infection, and the importance of research directed toward the discovery of novel agents to treat infections cannot be underestimated. In the past, discovery programs have focused on modification of natural products or existing classes...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Harris CR,Thorarensen A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNA (siRNA) constitutes an excellent way of knocking down genes. However, it requires the use of delivery systems to reach the target cells, especially to neuronal cells. Dendrimers are one of the most widely used synthetic nanocarriers for siRNA delivery. However, due to the complexity of the dendri...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Pavan GM,Monteagudo S,Guerra J,Carrión B,Ocaña V,Rodríguez-Lopez J,Danani A,Pérez-Martínez FC,Ceña V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have reported sex and gender differences in the prevalence and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. However, sex differences in the therapy of hypertension have not been completely examined. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the gender-specific dissimilarity in outcomes among patients following antihy...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Giorgini P,Sahebkar A,Stamerra CA,Raparelli V,Petrarca M,Grassi D,Ferri C,Di Giosia P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of amine-boranes and related derivatives possess a wide range of biological activities including antineoplastic, antiviral, hypolipidemic, anti-inflammatory activities, anti-osteoporotic and dopamine receptor antagonist activities. The compounds include borane complexes of alpha-amino acids, aromatic, aliphat...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Burnham BS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia in tumor cells is characterized by a lack of oxygen resulting from reduced blood supply to the surrounding tissue, and is a common characteristic of solid tumors as a consequence of rapid cell growth. Hypoxia in tumors is a predictor of both resistance to chemotherapy and of a metastatic/aggressive form of can...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Liang D,Miller GH,Tranmer GK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resveratrol, a natural polyphenol product, is used in plant defense from fungal and microbial aggression. It is found naturally, especially in plants such as grapes, peanuts, and berries. It has the highest concentrations in blueberries, mulberries, blackberries, and the skin of red grapes. Resveratrol has v...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar S,Chang YC,Lai KH,Hwang TL

更新日期：2020-09-17 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：:Over the past few decades, remarkable advances have been achieved in cancer therapy, including chemotherapeutic agents, their mode of application and more broader therapeutic strategies. Promising new therapeutic targets have emerged in the past ten years as a result of recent advances in our understanding of the path...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Dobashi Y,Takehana T,Ooi A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in the establishment of tolerance/immunity, because they activate naïve T cells (TCs). Therefore, the pharmacological modulation of DCs has become a major field of interest in immunology. A large body of literature has arisen from the studies of DC biology during immunosuppres...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schlichting CL,Schareck WD,Nickel T,Weis M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice. It can occur at any age, however, it becomes extremely common in the elderly, with a prevalence approaching more than 20% in patients older than 85 years. AF is associated with a wide range of cardiac and extra-cardiac complications and there...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Jost N,Kohajda Z,Kristóf A,Kovács PP,Husti Z,Juhász V,Kiss L,Varró A,Virág L,Baczkó I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) catalyzes the first committed step of guanosine 5'-monophosphate (GMP) biosynthesis, and thus regulates the guanine nucleotide pool, which in turn governs proliferation. Human IMPDHs are validated targets for immunosuppressive, antiviral and anticancer drugs, but as yet m...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hedstrom L,Liechti G,Goldberg JB,Gollapalli DR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroviruses are members of picornavirus family which causes diverse and severe diseases in humans and animals. Clinical manifestations of enterovirus infections include fever, hand, foot, and mouth disease, and herpangina. Enteroviruses also cause potentially severe and life-threatening infections such as meningitis...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Li C,Wang H,Shih SR,Chen TC,Li ML

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel has been proven to be effective against different types of cancer. A delivery system loaded with paclitaxel at tumor site should provide a high local concentration of the drug detrimental to malignant cells, which prevents the re-growth and metastasis of tumor. In this review, paclitaxel formulations for sy...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Pawar R,Shikanov A,Vaisman B,Domb AJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the main aetiological agent of tuberculosis (TB) in humans, is estimated to cause nearly two million deaths every year. Despite their huge therapeutic value, existing antitubercular drugs have several shortcomings, such as for instance the insurgence of drug resistance, which is mostl...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fanzani L,Porta F,Meneghetti F,Villa S,Gelain A,Lucarelli AP,Parisini E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we report the functionalization of textiles composed of nanoscale reactive materials in the treatment of wounds and skin diseases such as acne. In view of the growing demand for high-quality textiles, much research is focused on the creation of antimicrobial finishings for fabrics, in order to protect ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gedanken A,Perkas N,Perelshtein I,Lipovsky A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This update covers the literature for 2002 and 2003 dealing with the main topic of the previous review entitled Heterocyclic nucleosides. Chemical synthesis and biological properties and published in Curr. Med. Chem.-AIA, 2002, 1, 389. As in the first review, the papers in this survey are grouped by the type of the he...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Merino P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) has shown widespread utility in different psychiatric disorders, including a beneficial role in schizophrenic patients. Although the replenishment of glutathione and the antioxidant activity of NAC have been suggested as the mechanisms that improve such a wide range of disorders, none...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Martínez-Banaclocha M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the serendipitous discovery of the antitumor activity of cisplatin there has been a continuous surge in studies aimed at the development of new cytotoxic metal complexes. While the majority of these complexes have been designed to interact with nuclear DNA, other targets for anticancer metallodrugs att...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Erxleben A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced enteropancreatic (EP) neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can be treated with several different therapies, including chemotherapy, biotherapy, and locoregional treatments. Over the last few decades, impressive progress has been made in the biotherapy field. Three main druggable molecular targets have been studied an...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fazio N,Scarpa A,Falconi M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We found a novel marine drug, SZ-685C, that was isolated from the secondary metabolites of a mangrove endophytic fungus (No. 1403) collected from the South China Sea, which has been reported to inhibit the proliferation of certain tumor cells. However, its anticancer mechanism remains unknown. The aims of thi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Chen CH,Xiao WW,Jiang XB,Wang JW,Mao ZG,Lei N,Fan X,Song BB,Liao CX,Wang HJ,She ZG,Zhu YH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the development of nanoparticle systems for antimicrobial drug delivery. Numerous antimicrobial drugs have been prescribed to kill or inhibit the growth of microbes such as bacteria, fungi and viruses. Even though the therapeutic efficacy of these drugs has been well established, inefficient del...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang L,Pornpattananangku D,Hu CM,Huang CM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress or heat shock proteins (Hsps) Hsp90, Hsp70 and Hsp27 are chaperones that assist the proteins in their folding, stability, assembly into multi-protein complexes and transport across cellular membranes. The expression of some of them is highly induced in response to a wide variety of physiological and environment...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Didelot C,Lanneau D,Brunet M,Joly AL,De Thonel A,Chiosis G,Garrido C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last centuries, there were many important discoveries in medicine that were crucial for gaining a better understanding of several physiological processes. Molecular modelling techniques are powerful tools that have been successfully used to analyse and interface medicinal chemistry studies with electrochemica...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Almeida MO,Maltarollo VG,de Toledo RA,Shim H,Santos MC,Honorio KM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00