mTOR inhibitors (rapamycin and its derivatives) and nitrogen containing bisphosphonates: bi-functional compounds for the treatment of bone tumours.

abstract：:For more than 20 years there has been increasing interest in the development of novel therapies to raise levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). However, well publicized failures of recent clinical trials of agents that raise HDL-C levels have stimulated considerable controversy with regard to the pote...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Duong M,Nicholls SJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bryostatins, powerful protein kinase C (PKC) agonists, are a family of complex macrolactone natural products. They are originally isolated from the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina. So far tweenty bryostatins have been obtained naturally and exhibit a remarkable range of biological activities, including antineoplas...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ruan BF,Zhu HL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), a substrate-specific serine protease, has been validated as a promising drug target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. DPP-4 inhibitors significantly lowered blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes without common body weight gain, hypoglycemia and gastrointestinal distu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Liu Y,Hu Y,Liu T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1996 dramatically changed the course of HIV infection. This therapy involves the use of at least three agents from two distinct classes of antivirals: a protease inhibitor (PI) in combination with two nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mastrolorenzo A,Rusconi S,Scozzafava A,Barbaro G,Supuran CT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are cytoplasmic double-membraned organelles that are involved in a myriad of key cellular regulatory processes. The loss of mitochondrial function is related to the pathogenesis of several human diseases. Over the last decades, an increasing number of studies have shown that dietary polyphenols can regula...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Teixeira J,Chavarria D,Borges F,Wojtczak L,Wieckowski MR,Karkucinska-Wieckowska A,Oliveira PJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial redox state is a critical determinant of atrial biology, regulating cardiomyocyte apoptosis, ion channel function, and cardiac hypertrophy/fibrosis and function. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether the targeting of atrial redox state is a rational therapeutic strategy for atrial fibrillation ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Antonopoulos AS,Goliopoulou A,Oikonomou E,Tsalamandris S,Papamikroulis GA,Lazaros G,Tsiamis E,Latsios G,Brili S,Papaioannou S,Gennimata V,Tousoulis D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation represents a major clinical, social and economical matter, and its importance is expected to increase even more in the near future. The progressive ageing of population is associated with an inevitable rising in incidence and prevalence of this rhythm disorder, which limits functional capability, f...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lombardi F,Terranova P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxime formation reaction of therapeutical progestogen (levonorgestrel, levonorgestrel acetate, norethisterone), androgen (methyltestosterone, testosterone phenylpropionate) and anabolic (nortestosterone phenylpropionate) Delta(4)-3-ketosteroids has been investigated. The ketosteroid-hydroxylamine reaction was moni...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Szentesi A,Gergely A,Horváth P,Mahó S,Mátyus P,Szász G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Poplawski T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review aims to provide a complete and comprehensive summary of current literature relevant to oxysterols and related diseases. Oxidation of cholesterol leads to the formation of a large number of oxidized products, generally known as oxysterols. They are intermediates in the biosynthesis of bile acids, ste...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Samadi A,Sabuncuoglu S,Samadi M,Isikhan SY,Chirumbolo S,Peana M,Lay I,Yalcinkaya A,Bjørklund G

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:The hemostatic system comprises platelet aggregation, coagulation and fibrinolysis also termed primary, secondary and tertiary hemostasis. From the platelet transcriptome 6000 mRNA species and represent receptors, ion channels, signalling molecules, kinases, phosphatases, and structural, metabolic and regulatory prote...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Stassen JM,Arnout J,Deckmyn H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoprevention is based on the use of non-toxic, pharmacologically active agents to prevent tumor progression. In this regard, natural dietary agents have been described by the most recent literature as promising tools for controlling onset and progression of malignancies. Extensive research has been so far performed...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Raimondi L,De Luca A,Giavaresi G,Barone A,Tagliaferri P,Tassone P,Amodio N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) and its splice variants, paralogs and human homologs represent a family of proteins with diverse tissue distribution, cellular localization and largely unknown function which have been explored only recently. While GCPII itself has been thoroughly studied from different perspectiv...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hlouchová K,Navrátil V,Tykvart J,Sácha P,Konvalinka J

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is an important diabetic microvascular complication, and it is becoming the leading cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. Unfortunately, there are no effective therapies to treat established DN. Therefore, new therapeutic targets are urgently required. Accumulating studies ind...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Yang S,Han Y,Liu J,Song P,Xu X,Zhao L,Hu C,Xiao L,Liu F,Zhang H,Sun L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence came out showing that oxidative stress has a pivotal role in development and maintenance of inflammation and aberrant immune responses. Biomarkers of oxidative stress may define the proportion of oxidative damage underlying pathological conditions, and also foresee and monitor the possible efficacy of therape...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cristani M,Speciale A,Saija A,Gangemi S,Minciullo PL,Cimino F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-Prenyl secondary metabolites (3,3-dimethylallyl, geranyl-, farnesyl- and related biosynthetic derivatives) represent a class of rarely occurring natural products. In the last two decades such compounds have been found to exert promising and effective pharmacological activities, mainly in terms of anti-cancer propert...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Genovese S,Fiorito S,Epifano F,Taddeo VA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demyelination occurs in several central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including multiple sclerosis, viral infection and spinal cord injury and can result in severe functional impairment. Therefore there is great interest in developing therapies promoting repair in CNS demyelinating diseases and trauma. Cell replacem...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lavdas AA,Papastefanaki F,Thomaidou D,Matsas R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and oleamide are two fatty acid amides which 1) share some cannabimimetic actions with delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol, anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, and 2) may interact with proteins involved in the biosynthesis, action and inactivation of endocannabinoids. Due to its pharmacological ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lambert DM,Di Marzo V

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aminocoumarin antibiotics novobiocin, clorobiocin and coumermycin A(1) are produced by different Streptomyces strains and are potent inhibitors of DNA gyrase. The biosynthetic gene clusters of all three antibiotics have been cloned and sequenced, and the function of most genes contained therein has been elucidated...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Li SM,Heide L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physalia physalis is a marine cnidarian from which high molecular weight toxins with hemolytic and neurotoxic effects have been isolated. In the present work, two novel toxins, PpV9.4 and PpV19.3 were purified from P. physalis by bioactive guideline isolation. It involved two steps of column chromatography, gel filtra...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Diaz-Garcia CM,Fuentes-Silva D,Sanchez-Soto C,Domínguez-Pérez D,García-Delgado N,Varela C,Mendoza-Hernández G,Rodriguez-Romero A,Castaneda O,Hiriart M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of bacterial strains with resistance to currently marketed antibacterial agents has spurred interest in the discovery of new antibacterial agents with novel modes of action. One set of potential novel targets are the family of bacterial aminoacyltRNA synthetases (AaRS). Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lv PC,Zhu HL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell products are live cells that are given to patients in order to replace or modify the function of missing or dysfunctional cells. Progress in technology and in the understanding of pathobiology may lead to the use of cell products in many areas. This review outlines the use of cell products in the treatment of aut...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ernerudh J,Berlin G,Ekerfelt C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are organelles which play an important role not only in cellular metabolism but also in controlling pathways related with cell death, ionic and redox regulation. Alterations in mitochondrial metabolism are implicated in a variety of diseases, including cancer. Cellular and mitochondrial metabolism are bot...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Deus CM,Santos GL,Loureiro R,Vega-Naredo I,Faneca H,Oliveira PJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel molecular genetic approaches, at genome-scale in different species allowed characterizing genes that have undergone recent selection. The interest in this research field is not limited to the natural curiosity about our evolutionary past, but it is also to identify novel susceptibility genes for neuropsychiatic ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Moalic JM,Le Strat Y,Lepagnol-Bestel AM,Ramoz N,Loe-Mie Y,Maussion G,Gorwood P,Simonneau M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) (also known as seven-transmembrane domain receptor) superfamily represents the largest protein family in the human genome. These receptors respond to various physiological ligands such as photons, odors, pheromones, hormones, ions, and small molecules including amines, amino acids to ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Yonezawa T,Kurata R,Yoshida K,Murayama MA,Cui X,Hasegawa A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 is a serine/threonine kinase originally isolated from lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated monocytes. There are four isoforms p38alpha p38beta, p38gamma, and p38delta. The most thoroughly studied isoform is p38alpha, whose activation has been observed in many hematopoietic and non-h...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lee MR,Dominguez C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Orhan IE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic cell death has been reported in human oocytes and preimplantation embryos under in vivo and in vitro conditions. BCL-2 family proteins comprise both anti- and pro-apoptotic members, which are likely to play a key role in controlling oocyte and early embryo survival. However, very limited data are available o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Boumela I,Assou S,Haouzi D,Déchaud H,Aït-Ahmed O,Hamamah S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00