Chemical connexin impairment in the developing gonad associated with offspring infertility.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy specific β1-glycoproteins (PSGs) have long been recognized as trophoblast quality and embryo viability markers. However, biological roles of PSGs remain obscure, and structure/function relationships to other feto-placental proteins as well as implications for drug design have not been reviewed. Thi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Moldogazieva NT,Mokhosoev IM,Terentiev AA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcomas are tumours of mesenchymal origin, which can arise in bone or soft tissues. They are rare but frequently quite aggressive and with a poor outcome. New approaches are needed to characterise these tumours and their resistance mechanisms to current therapies, responsible for tumour recurrence and treatment failu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Heredia-Soto V,Redondo A,Kreilinger JJP,Martínez-Marín V,Berjón A,Mendiola M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In modern industrialized societies, people are exposed to thousands of naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals throughout their lifetime. Although certain occupational chemicals are known to be carcinogenic in humans, it has been difficult to definitively determine the adverse health effects of many environmental ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Weyandt J,Ellsworth RE,Hooke JA,Shriver CD,Ellsworth DL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive norepinephrine (NE) release in the ischemic heart elicits severe and often lethal arrhythmias. Resident cardiac mast cells synthesize and store active renin, which is released upon degranulation, causing the activation of a local cardiac renin-angiotensin system (RAS) responsible for NE release and...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Marino A,Levi R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 (FGFR4) is a tyrosine kinase with a range of important physiological functions. However, it is also frequently mutated in various cancers and is now generating significant interest as a potential therapeutic target. Unfortunately, biochemical characterization of its role in disease,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ho HK,Németh G,Ng YR,Pang E,Szántai-Kis C,Zsákai L,Breza N,Greff Z,Horváth Z,Pató J,Szabadkai I,Szokol B,Baska F,Őrfî L,Ullrich A,Kéri G,Chua BT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a diatomic free radical produced from L-arginine by constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthase (cNOS and iNOS) in numerous mammalian cells and tissues. Nitric oxide (NO), superoxide (O2-) and their reaction product peroxynitrite (ONOO-) may be generated in excess during the host response aga...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Conforti F,Menichini F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Akuammiline alkaloids are a family of monoterpene indole alkaloids of renewed medicinal interest. These bases act as ligands for a heterogeneous group of molecular targets and, consequently, display a wide variety of pharmacological activities. For example, pseudoakuammigine (2) exhibits opioid activity in vivo, echit...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ramírez A,García-Rubio S

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a large family of calcium-dependent zinc- containing endopeptidases, which are responsible for the tissue remodeling and degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM), including collagens, elastins, gelatin, matrix glycoproteins, and proteoglycan. The inappropriate expression of th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Yadav RK,Gupta SP,Sharma PK,Patil VM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA aptamers are non-coding small RNAs that bind to their cognate targets with high specificity and affinity. They are generally identified by iterative rounds of in vitro selection termed SELEX (Systemic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment). Similar to antibodies, they can inhibit, modulate and disrupt the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Li Y,Wu H,Niu Y,Hu Y,Li Q,Cao C,Cai J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:The mitotic cell cycle is a tightly regulated process that ensures the correct division of one cell into two daughter cells. Progress along the different phases of the cell cycle is positively regulated by the sequential activation of a family of serine-threonine kinases called CDKs (Cyclin Dependent Kinases). Their a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Belletti B,Nicoloso MS,Schiappacassi M,Chimienti E,Berton S,Lovat F,Colombatti A,Baldassarre G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In their structural multiplicity and in the extent to which they occur in nature the derivatives of benzofuran are significantly lesser than the isoelectronic analogue indoles. However, these heterocyclic compounds show a variety of pharmacological properties, and change of their structure offers a high degree of dive...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： De Luca L,Nieddu G,Porcheddu A,Giacomelli G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whilst knowledge of basic biology, diagnosis and prognosis of glioblastoma (GB - WHO grade IV) are steadily improving, advancements of therapy are discouragingly slow, with the only significant novelty during last ten years represented by introduction of temozolomide in chemotherapy. In order to analyze the current st...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Frosina G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to ascertain the role of dietary flavonoids as antioxidants in vivo it is necessary to understand the chemical nature of the absorbed forms in the circulation in vivo and how the multiplicity of research findings in vitro reflect the bioactivity of flavonoids in vivo. Only when we gain adequate information on...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rice-Evans C

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is an example of a solid tumour which is well treated in the early stages of disease by surgical excision, but once metastatic spread has occurred, medical therapies (chemotherapy and radiotherapy) are highly toxic, expensive and palliative. It is known that certain tumours exhibit specific patterns of m...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Dowsland MH,Harvey JR,Lennard TW,Kirby JA,Ali S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for innovation in research is leading to an increased use of imaging biomarkers, which have shown to reduce timings and increase productivity, thus saving costs. PET and SPECT neurotransmission imaging has shown usefulness in the discovery and development of drugs for the central nervous system, providing uni...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Catafau AM,Bullich S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Biava PM,Nicolini A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smac mimetics (also known as IAP antagonist) are a new class of targeted drugs having a goal to suppress the IAPs, reestablishing the apoptotic pathways and inducing cancer cell death. Therefore, development of Smac mimetics was considered an attractive strategy for the development of new anticancer drugs. L...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ali R,Singh S,Haq W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant signaling caused by mutations in the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK pathway and its upstream activators critically contributes to human tumor development. Strategies, which aim at inhibiting hyperactive signaling molecules, appear conceptually straight forward, but their translation into clinical practice has been hampered ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zebisch A,Czernilofsky AP,Keri G,Smigelskaite J,Sill H,Troppmair J

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has been exploited to study the metabolic characteristics (phenotype) of genetic disorders by taking advantage of some unique characteristics of the technique. The first application, metabolic profiling for diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring in vitro, demonstrates the exceptio...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Iles RA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various human tumors preferentially metastasize by lymphatic route and lymphovascular invasion predicts lymph node metastasis. In this review article, we will summarize recent literature data concerning lymphangiogenesis, focusing on tumor lymphangiogenesis. In detail, we try to answer some important questions related...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Raica M,Ribatti D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement plays a vital role in our innate immune defense against invasive microorganisms. Excessive complement activation or insufficient control of activation on host cells, however, is associated with several chronic disorders. Essential to the activation and amplification of the Alternative Pathway (AP) of comple...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wiles JA,Galvan MD,Podos SD,Geffner M,Huang M

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

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by hyperglycemia, resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. There are several factors such as hyperlipidemia and oxidative stress (OS), namely the production of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), that actively contribute to the development and...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Sousa A,Ribeiro D,Fernandes E,Freitas M

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Potent enzyme inhibitors have long been recognized as powerful tools for assessing the physiological roles of enzymes and have led to the therapeutic drugs able to modulate their activities in vivo. However, to be valuable tools such inhibitors should be selective so that they do not interfere with other members of th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Batra S,Srinivasan T,Rastogi SK,Kundu B

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific noncovalent interactions that are indicative of attractive, directional intermolecular forces have always been of key interest to medicinal chemists in their search for the "glue" that holds drugs and their targets together. With the rapid increase in the number of solved biomolecular structures as well as th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhou P,Huang J,Tian F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both zinc and copper are essential minerals that are required for various cellular functions. Although these metals are essential, they can be toxic at excess amounts, especially in certain genetic disorders. Zinc and copper homeostasis results from a coordinated regulation by different proteins involved in uptake, ex...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cai L,Li XK,Song Y,Cherian MG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular hybridization is a new concept in drug design and development based on the combination of pharmacophoric moieties of different bioactive substances to produce a new hybrid compound with improved affinity and efficacy, when compared to the parent drugs. Additionally, this strategy can result in compounds pres...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Viegas-Junior C,Danuello A,da Silva Bolzani V,Barreiro EJ,Fraga CA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00