The influence of a half-marathon race upon cardiac troponin T release in adolescent runners.

abstract：:Although the understanding the pathophysiology of atherogenesis and atherosclerosis progression has been one of the major goals of cardiovascular research during the last decades, the precise mechanisms underlying plaque destabilization are still unknown. The disruption of the plaque and the thrombosis in the lumen th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cominacini L,Garbin U,Mozzini C,Stranieri C,Pasini A,Solani E,Tinelli IA,Pasini AF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) catalyzes the conversion of IMP to XMP with the concomitant reduction of NAD to NADH. This reaction is the rate-limiting step in guanine nucleotide biosynthesis. IMPDH is a proven target for immunosuppressive, anticancer and antiviral chemotherapy, and may also be a target f...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hedstrom L

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular response to DNA damage is critical for determining whether carcinogenesis, cell death or other deleterious biological effects will ensue. Numerous cellular enzymatic mechanisms can directly repair damaged DNA, or allow tolerance of DNA lesions, and thus reduce potential harmful effects. These processes in...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lieberman HB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polystyrene-based 2-chlorotrityl resin was originally used in the synthesis of peptides using an Fmoc-amino acid/carboxyl-linked protocol. While traditionally employed to prepare a number of biologically active peptides, the resin has received increasing attention as a support for the synthesis of pseudopeptide an...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hoekstra WJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecules in biological systems often can perform more than one function. In particular, many molecules have the ability to chemically scavenge free radicals and thus act in the test tube as antioxidant, but their main biological function is by acting as hormones, ligands for transcription factors, modulators of enzym...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zingg JM,Azzi A

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Heparanase is an endo-beta-D-glucuronidase that degrades heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycan side chains of the proteoglycans in extracellular matrix and basement membrane. Heparanase enzymatic activity is important in the promotion of tumor angiogenesis, primary tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis. Expression of hep...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Miao HQ,Liu H,Navarro E,Kussie P,Zhu Z

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in November 2002 in Southern China's Guangdong Province, considerable progress has been made in the development of drugs for SARS therapy. The present mini review is focused on the area of computer-aided drug discovery, i.e., the advances achieved mainly f...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Chou KC,Wei DQ,Du QS,Sirois S,Zhong WZ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein C is a vitamin K-dependent anticoagulant serine protease zymogen in plasma which upon activation by the thrombin-thrombomodulin complex down-regulates the coagulation cascade by degrading cofactors Va and VIIIa by limited proteolysis. In addition to its anticoagulant function, activated protein C (APC) also bi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rezaie AR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modification of cysteine (Cys) residues in proteins, due to (i) the participation of the thiol moiety of this amino acid in oxido-reductions reactions; (ii) its ability to strongly coordinate transition metal ions; or (iii) its nucleophilic nature and facile reaction with electrophiles, may be of critical importance f...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Scozzafava A,Casini A,Supuran CT

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Aminoisoquinolin-1-one (5-AIQ) is a water-soluble inhibitor of the poly(ADPribose) polymerases (PARPs), lacking isoform-selectivity. Although of only moderate potency in vitro against PARP-1, it is highly active in many assays in cells and in models in vivo, indicating excellent uptake. Optimisation of the several s...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Threadgill MD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial intelligence methods, in particular, machine learning, has been playing a pivotal role in drug development, from structural design to clinical trial. This approach is harnessing the impact of computer-aided drug discovery thanks to large available data sets for drug candidates and its new and complex manner...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Musella S,Verna G,Fasano A,Di Micco S

更新日期：2020-11-11 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：:To date, many scientific attempts have been directed towards the development of experimental models for the identification of neuronal mechanisms evoking cardiovascular and hemodynamic dysfunctions. The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), a genetic model of essential hypertension, has become a valuable rodent for th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Giusi G,Alò R,Avolio E,Zizza M,Facciolo RM,Talani G,Biggio G,Sanna E,Canonaco M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) family, identified in 1999, is mainly expressed in the brain, particularly in the striatum, within the medium spiny neurons, nucleus accumbens, and olfactory tubercle. Inhibitors of PDE10 (PDE10-Is) are a conceptually rational subject for medicinal chemistry with potential us...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zagorska A,Partyka A,Bucki A,Gawalskax A,Czopek A,Pawlowski M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of penicillin, natural and synthetic β-lactams have aroused great interest not only as sources of effective antibacterial agents but also as specific inhibitors of proteases responsible for various non-bacterial pathological processes. This interest was reflected in our review published in Current ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Veinberg G,Potorocina I,Vorona M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the compounds isolated from marine sponges with neuroprotective activities during the period between 1999 and 2014 based on their chemical structures, collections sites, sponge taxonomy and neuroprotective effects. These compounds were isolated from marine sponges collected from 18 countries, most o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Alghazwi M,Kan YQ,Zhang W,Gai WP,Yan XX

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years the spotlight in drug discovery has been on a relatively small number of validated therapeutic target classes, such as G-protein coupled receptors and enzymes such as protein kinases, with well characterized enzymatic and cellular activities. However, with recent progress in genomics and proteomics, pro...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： De Giorgi M,Voisin-Chiret AS,Rault S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mandraffino G,Saitta A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many pathways regarding healthy cells and/or linked to diseases onset and progression depend on large assemblies including multi-protein complexes. Protein-protein interactions may occur through a vast array of modules known as Protein Interaction Domains (PIDs). OBJECTIVE:This review concerns with PIDs rec...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vincenzi M,Mercurio FA,Leone M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that statins, inhibitors of 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, can effectively be used not only in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, but also in other human disorders; indeed, statins have strong anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects, so that they can influence...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Poggi A,Zocchi MR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To this point, efforts to develop therapeutic peptides for intracellular applications were guided by the perception that unmodified linear peptides are highly unstable and therefore structural modifications are required to reduce proteolytic breakdown. Largely, this concept is a consequence of the fact that most resea...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zuconelli CR,Brock R,Adjobo-Hermans MJW

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：:The discovery of cannabinoid receptors at the beginning of the 1990s, CB1 cloned in 1990 and CB2 cloned in 1993, and the availability of selective and potent cannabimimetics could only be justified by the existence of endogenous ligands that are capable of binding to them. Thus, the characterisation and cloning of the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Páez JA,Campillo NE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX3 is a well-known host factor that inhibits hepatitis B viral proliferation and boosts innate immune responses via TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1)/IKKε-mediated and/or interferon (IFN)-β promoter stimulator-1 (IPS-1)-mediated IFN-β induction. Previously, we demonstrated the anti-hepatitis B activ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Choi YJ,Kang LJ,Lee SG

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most powerful antigen-presenting cells which link the innate and adaptive immune responses. Depending on the context DCs initiate the immune responses or contribute to immune tolerance. Any disturbance in their phenotypes and functions may initiate inflammatory or autoimmune diseases. Hen...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rahimi K,Hassanzadeh K,Khanbabaei H,Haftcheshmeh SM,Ahmadi A,Izadpanah E,Mohammadi A,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease is an infectious tropical disease included within the group of neglected tropical diseases. Though historically endemic to Latin America, it has lately spread to high-income countries due to human migration. At present, there are only two available drugs, nifurtimox and benznidazole, approved for this t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bellera CL,Alberca LN,Sbaraglini ML,Talevi A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a universal analytical tool. It can provide detailed information on chemical shifts, J coupling constants, multiplet patterns, and relative peak areas. It plays an important role in the fields of chemistry, biology, medicine, and pharmacy. A highly homog...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lin Y,Zeng Q,Lin L,Chen Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00