Mechanistic insights into diabetes mellitus and oxidative stress.

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：:Apoptosis or programmed cell death is a cellular mechanism used to regulate cell number and eliminate damaged or mutated cells. Many chemotherapeutic agents and ionizing radiation induce not only apoptotic signaling pathways, but also survival responses such as DNA damage responses and cell cycle arrest, which allow f...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Sharma V,Hupp CD,Tepe JJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 2.3% of the world's population is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and patients have a high risk of developing liver cirrhosis and its complications. Current therapeutic strategies are based on a combination of pegylatedinterferon, ribavirin and (only for patients with genotype 1 infection) a protease inhib...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gentile I,Borgia F,Buonomo AR,Zappulo E,Castaldo G,Borgia G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins form a family of carbohydrate-binding proteins defined by their affinity for beta-galactosides containing glycoconjugates. The carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) is responsible for the specificity of galectins for saccharides. This binding may result in modulated cell proliferation, cell death and cell mi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ingrassia L,Camby I,Lefranc F,Mathieu V,Nshimyumukiza P,Darro F,Kiss R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of the high-affinity, high-specificity folate receptor in mamalian kidney cells, coupled with the ability of folate to enter cells by folate receptor-mediated endocytosis and the subsequent elucidation of the folate receptor's overexpression in specific cancer cell types; heralded the arrival of the area...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Carron PM,Crowley A,O'Shea D,McCann M,Howe O,Hunt M,Devereux M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing suitable medicines for genetic diseases requires a detailed understanding of not only the pathways that cause the disease, but also the identification of the genetic components involved in disease manifestation. This article focuses on the complexities associated with ocular ciliopathies - a class of debili...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Shivanna M,Anand M,Chakrabarti S,Khanna H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giving a glance to the report of Wound Care Market by Product updated in 2017, we can see that wound care market is expected to reach USD 22.01 billion by 2022 from USD 18.35 billion at a CAGR of 3.7%. Numerous factors are driving the growth of this market, including the increasing prevalence of chronic wounds and acu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Polerà N,Badolato M,Perri F,Carullo G,Aiello F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public health burden and its co-existence with hypertension is long established in the context of the metabolic syndrome. Both DM and hypertension are major risk factors, for end-stage renal disease, cardiovascular events and mortality. Strict blood pressure (BP) control in diabetics...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Loutradis C,Papadopoulou E,Angeloudi E,Karagiannis A,Sarafidis P

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Aberrant activation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 occurs in many human tumors. Constitutive STAT3 activity induces specific target genes that stimulate cell proliferation, prevent apoptosis, promote angiogenesis and facilitate tumor immune evasion. Thus, STAT3 is an attractive molecu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhao M,Jiang B,Gao FH

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Signalling lipids are known to control a wide array of cellular processes, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and energy metabolism. Fatty acids and their derivatives, eicosanoids, phosphoinositides, sphingolipids, some cannabinoid-like molecules bind and activate nuclear receptors, including peroxiso...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fidaleo M,Fanelli F,Ceru MP,Moreno S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximum therapeutic potentials of pharmacologically active molecules are generally not attained due to their non specific delivery. Ligands associated with drug or delivery system through which it is delivered provide navigation and direction to the carrier system(s) so as to reach and release bioactive(s) at the ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rai S,Paliwal R,Vaidya B,Gupta PN,Mahor S,Khatri K,Goyal AK,Rawat A,Vyas SP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With many advantages over other therapeutic agents such as monoclonal antibodies, aptamers have recently emerged as a novel and powerful class of ligands with excellent potential for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Typically generated through Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX), ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wang P,Yang Y,Hong H,Zhang Y,Cai W,Fang D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide-based nanoparticles (pep-NPs) are emerging as promising imaging and therapeutic agents against cancer due to their biocompatibility and tunability. Optimized design of the peptide sequence and moderate conjugation of the sequence with extraneous molecules are crucial to the performance of the inherent properti...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： An L,Shah Gilani MR,Liang G

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:More than five decades since the Discovery of Penicillin, the chemistry and biological activity of b-lactams continue to attract the wide spread attention of research workers. Owing to high efficacy and extremely safe toxicological profile, they are agents of choice in the current therapeutic index for the bacterial i...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kidwai M,Sapra P,Bhushan KR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic properties of cannabinoids are well-known since ancient years. Growing evidence exist on endocannabinoid system (ECS) modulation related with human tumorigenesis. OBJECTIVE:Taking into account the substantial role of ECS on immune cell regulation, the present review is aimed to summarize the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Giaginis C,Lakiotaki E,Korkolopoulou P,Konstantopoulos K,Patsouris E,Theocharis S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stimuli-responsive carriers are a class of drug delivery systems which can change their physicochemical properties and/or structural conformations in response to specific stimuli. Although passive and active drug targeting has proved to reduce the side effects to normal cells, controlled intracellular drug r...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Sheng Y,Hu J,Shi J,Lee LJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are diverse group of compounds used for the treatment of inflammation, since the introduction of acetylsalicylic acid in 1899. Traditional (first generation) NSAIDs exert antiinflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic effects through the blockade of prostaglandin synthe...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Chakraborti AK,Garg SK,Kumar R,Motiwala HF,Jadhavar PS

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：:The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) family of nuclear receptors, a set of three receptor sub-types encoded by distinct genes, function as lipid sensors to regulate a broad range of genes in many metabolically active tissues. Synthetic PPAR agonists have exhibited therapeutic benefits in treating diab...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Shearer BG,Hoekstra WJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common chronic liver disease, is the leading cause of cryptogenic cirrhosis and has consistently been implicated in related metabolic disorders, such as dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the pathogenesis of NAFLD remains to be elucidated, and ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Xu G,Huang K,Zhou J

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), a member of the interleukin (IL)-6 family, is reported to exhibit a plethora of pleiotropic effects in the heart such as cytoprotective, pro-proliferative and pro-fibrotic ones. An extensive research has been devoted on proliferative and profibrotic effects of CT-1 on the heart. Thus the presen...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： García-Cenador MB,Lopez-Novoa JM,Díez J,García-Criado FJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products are regarded as vital key source of lead compounds for drug discovery due to their structural diversity and broad array of biological activities. Phenylpropanoid sucrose esters are naturally occurring compounds isolated from various plants and are structurally characterized by a sucrose core connected...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Panda P,Appalashetti M,Judeh ZM

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP)channels) regulate insulin secretion by coupling intracellular metabolic changes to excitability of the plasma membrane in pancreatic beta-cells. The channels are closed when extracellular glucose levels are elevated due to enhanced feature. By contrast, cardiac-type K(ATP) channels,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kakei M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropeptide substance P (SP) shows a widespread distribution in both the central and peripheral nervous systems and it is known that after binding to the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptors, SP regulates many biological functions in the central nervous system such as emotional behaviour, stress, depression, anxiety, em...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Muñoz M,Coveñas R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00