Phenolic compounds from plants as nitric oxide production inhibitors.

abstract：:Limitations associated with the production cost, metabolic instability, side-effects, resistance and poor pharmacokinetics of organic protease inhibitors (PIs), which form an essential component of the front line HAART treatment for HIV, have fuelled efforts into finding novel, transition metal-based alternatives. Som...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kellett A,Prisecaru A,Slator C,Molphy Z,McCann M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First described by Alois Alzheimer in 1907, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common dementia type, affecting approximately 20 million people worldwide. As the population is getting older, AD is a growing health problem. AD is currently treated by symptomatic drugs, the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, based on the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Francotte P,Graindorge E,Boverie S,de Tullio P,Pirotte B

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Sarcopenia, or age-related muscle decline, occurs in most organisms and burdens both human health and the healthcare system. As our population ages, additional options for treating sarcopenia are needed. Mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in the onset of sarcopenia, so therapies directed at improving mitochondria...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Waltz TB,Fivenson EM,Morevati M,Li C,Becker KG,Bohr VA,Fang EF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AG490 is a tyrphostin originally described as a Janus Activated Kinase (JAK) 2 inhibitor. AG490 also inhibits epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and guanylyl cyclases (GC). More recently, AG490 was associated with oxidative stress protection in experimental acute kidney injury models. We now show that AG490 is al...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fernández-Sánchez R,Berzal S,Sánchez-Niño MD,Neria F,Gonçalves S,Calabia O,Tejedor A,Calzada MJ,Caramelo C,Deudero JJ,Ortiz A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fullerenes as a unique class of carbon allotropes have been studied extensively for their distinctive material properties and potential technological applications, including those in biology and medicine. Since a major focus in the latter has been on drug development and formulation, in this paper we highlight some re...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Anilkumar P,Lu F,Cao L,Luo PG,Liu JH,Sahu S,Tackett KN,Wang Y,Sun YP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reprogramming technologies have been developed to revert somatic differentiated cells into pluripotent stem cells that can be differentiated into different lineages potentially useful in stem cell therapy. Reprogramming methods have been progressively refined to increase their efficiency, to obtain a cell population s...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Tafani M,Perrone GA,Pucci B,Russo A,Bizzarri M,Mechanick JI,Carpi A,Russo MA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungi play an important role in terrestrial ecosystems interacting positively or negatively with plants. These interactions are complex and the outcomes are different depending on the fungal lifestyles, saprotrophic, mutualistic or pathogenic. Furthermore, fungi are well known for producing secondary metabol...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Masi M,Maddau L,Linaldeddu BT,Scanu B,Evidente A,Cimmino A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance is found in all microorganisms and has become one of the biggest threats to global health. New antimicrobials with different action mechanisms are effective weapons to fight against antibiotic-resistance. OBJECTIVE:This review aims to find potential drugs which can be further develo...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Yi L,Lü X

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Inflammation is a local or systemic tissue reaction caused by external or internal stimuli with the objective to remove the noxa, inhibit its further dissemination and eventually repair damaged tissue. Blood vessels and perivascular connective tissue are important regulators of the inflammatory process. After a short ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wilting J,Becker J,Buttler K,Weich HA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic, experimental and clinical studies have consistently confirmed that inhibition of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) can result in significant lowering of LDL-C and two fully human PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies have received regulatory approval for use in highrisk patients. Co-administration o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Panagiotopoulou O,Chiesa ST,Tousoulis D,Charakida M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pim (provirus insertion site of Moloney murine leukemia virus) family of serine/threonine protein kinases possesses the fundamental characteristics critical for the biology of eukaryotes, in particular, survival and malignant transformation of cells. The members of this protein family (Pim-1 to Pim-3) are aberrant...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Anizon F,Shtil AA,Danilenko VN,Moreau P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase inhibitors have generated significant interest as anti-cancer agents due to their ability to cause growth arrest, terminal differentiation and/ or apoptosis in carcinoma cells. Abbott entered this area after the serendipitous discovery of the biaryl hydroxamate A-161906 in a TGF beta mimetic screen...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Curtin M,Glaser K

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyphenols are probably the most known and investigated molecules of nutritional interest as micronutrients present in abundance in our diet. Some of the most important food sources of polyphenols in the Mediterranean diet are olives and olive oil. A growing body of evidence from animal models to clinical s...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Carito V,Ceccanti M,Tarani L,Ferraguti G,Chaldakov GN,Fiore M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney has numerous complex interactions with the heart, including shared risk factors (e.g., hypertension, dyslipidemia, etc.) and mutual amplification of morbidity and mortality. Both cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease (CKD) may cause various alterations in cardiovascular system, metabolic homeos...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Potpara TS,Jokic V,Dagres N,Marin F,Prostran MS,Blomstrom-Lundqvist C,Lip GY

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:There is a need for novel drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases, autoimmunity and cancer. Cyclic peptides constitute a class of compounds that have made crucial contributions to the treatment of certain diseases. Penicillin, Vancomycin, Cyclosporin, the Echinocandins and Bleomycin are well-known cyclic peptid...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Katsara M,Tselios T,Deraos S,Deraos G,Matsoukas MT,Lazoura E,Matsoukas J,Apostolopoulos V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of anandamide as an endogenous ligand for the cannabinoid receptors has led to a resurgence of interest in the fatty acid amides. However, N-palmitoylethanolamine (PEA), a shorter and fully saturated analogue of anandamide, has been known since the fifties. This endogenous compound is a member of the N-a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lambert DM,Vandevoorde S,Jonsson KO,Fowler CJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, are difficult to treat using currently available chemotherapeutics. Clinicians agree on the urgent need for novel drugs to treat tuberculosis. In this mini review, we summarize data that prompts the consideration of DNA repair-associated ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Minias A,Brzostek A,Dziadek J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunophilin ligands cyclosporin A, FK506 and rapamycin are best known for their immunosuppressive properties and their clinical use in transplantation medicine. These compounds or their analogs are also clinically used or investigated in various types of cancer, coronary angioplasty, dermatology, hepatitis C infe...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gaali S,Gopalakrishnan R,Wang Y,Kozany C,Hausch F

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Similarly to a series of chronic diseases, essential arterial hypertension (HTN) may be manifested during childhood as a blood pressure (BP) reading which repeatedly rises above the 95(th) percentile of population-specific standards. Since BP tends to track along the same percentiles throughout life, children with hig...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bassareo PP,Bassareo V,Iacovidou N,Mercuro G

更新日期：2014-01-01 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

abstract：:The design and development of radiolabelled steroid derivatives has been an important area of research due to their wellknown value in breast cancer targeting. The estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) are important biomarkers in the diagnosis, prognosis and follow-up of the therapeutic response of bre...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Oliveira MC,Neto C,Ribeiro Morais G,Thiemann T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dramatical decline in human male reproductive function has been reported for the past 20 years. Many recent epidemiological, clinical and experimental findings suggest that the reproductive dysfunction could result from prenatal and neonatal chemical compound exposure. Even if numerous studies argue for a relationsh...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gilleron J,Malassiné A,Carette D,Segretain D,Pointis G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the pharmaceutical industry, the ultimate source of continuing profitability is the unremitting process of drug discovery. To be profitable, drugs must be marketable: legally novel, safe and relatively free of side effects, efficacious, and ideally inexpensive to produce. While drug discovery was once typified ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hattotuwagama CK,Davies MN,Flower DR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenolic molecules produced by higher plants in response to biotic and abiotic stresses exert numerous effects on tumorigenic cell transformation, and on tumor cells in vitro and in vivo, and may interact with conventional anti-tumor therapies. In the present review, we collected and critically discussed data on: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Korkina LG,De Luca C,Kostyuk VA,Pastore S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput screening, and molecular modeling have revolutionized the process of drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry. Drug discovery efforts for the primary protozoal parasitic diseases of the developing world, malaria, leishmaniasis, and trypanosomiasis, have also be...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Werbovetz KA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence indicates that nerve gas toxins operate in ways in addition to inhibition of acetylcholine esterase. Alternative bioactivities are discussed with focus on electron transfer. The main class, including pralidoxime (2-PAM), incorporates conjugated iminium and oxime moieties that are electron affinic. Various phy...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kovacic P

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00