Conjugation of peptides to antisense interleukin-6 via click chemistry.

abstract：:The synthesis and biological evaluation of carbohydrate mimetics has begun to more clearly define the diverse roles of carbohydrates in nature. Often the strategy invoves the design and synthesis of glycosyltransferase and glycosidase inhibitors both as tools to elucidate the mechanism of action of these enzymes and a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Elhalabi JM,Rice KG

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable evidence demonstrates the importance of dithiocarbamates especially disulfiram as anticancer drugs. However there are no systematic reviews outlining how their metal-binding ability is related to their anticancer activity. This review aims to summarize chemical features and metal-binding activit...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Viola-Rhenals M,Patel KR,Jaimes-Santamaria L,Wu G,Liu J,Dou QP

更新日期：2018-02-12 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：:Over the years, natural products have shown success as antidiabetics in in vitro, in vivo studies and clinical trials. Because natural product-derived drugs are more affordable and effective with fewer side-effects compared to conventional therapies, pharmaceutical research is increasingly leaning towards the discover...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Alam F,Islam MA,Kamal MA,Gan SH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular system distributes oxygen and nutrients to all tissues in the body. Additionally, the vascular system also functions in hosting and instructing tissue-specific stem and progenitor cells. Both cell- or blood-derived signals from the vascular system regulate stem cell properties in health and disease. Studi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schildge S,Bohrer C,Pfurr S,Mammadzada K,Schachtrup K,Schachtrup C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature as a source of inspiration has been shown to have a great beneficial impact on the development of new computational methodologies. In this scenario, analyses of the interactions between a protein target and a ligand can be simulated by biologically inspired algorithms (BIAs). These algorithms mimic biological s...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Heberlé G,de Azevedo WF Jr

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breakdown of glucose under physiological conditions gives rise to glucose degradation products (GDPs). GDPs are also formed during heat sterilization of glucose-containing peritoneal dialysis fluids (PD-fluids). In PD-fluids GDPs have been shown in many different in vitro assays to be responsible for adverse effects s...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ortiz A,Wieslander A,Linden T,Santamaria B,Sanz A,Justo P,Sanchez-Niño MD,Benito A,Kjellstrand P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the hit to lead process, a drug candidate is selected from a set of potential leads by screening its binding with potential targets. This review focuses on the lead identification assays that employ a bio-chemical or bio-physical test to detect molecular recognition events between proteins and small molecules in a ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bergese P,Cretich M,Oldani C,Oliviero G,Di Carlo G,Depero LE,Chiari M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multitarget-directed ligands (MTDLs), an emerging and appealing drug discovery strategy, utilizing a single chemical entity to inhibit multitargets, was confirmed to be effective in reducing the likelihood of drug resistance, diminishing problems of dosing complexity, drug-drug interactions and toxicities, as well as ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhan P,Liu X

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:With the recent market approval of Pitolisant (Wakix®), the interest in clinical application for novel multifunctional histamine H3 receptor antagonists has clearly increased. Several combinations of different H3R pharmacophores with pharmacophoric elements of other G-protein coupled receptors, transporters or enzymes...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Szczepańska K,Kuder KJ,Kieć-Kononowicz K

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolomics is playing an increasingly important role in plant science. It aims at the comprehensive analysis of the plant metabolome which consists both of primary and secondary metabolites. The goal of metabolomics is ultimately to identify and quantify this wide array of small molecules in biological samples. This...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wolfender JL,Rudaz S,Choi YH,Kim HK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipids are essential components of cells that participate in metabolic and endocrine regulation and reproductive functions. The main organs where lipid regulation takes place are the liver and adipose tissue. Besides, when each tissue specific action cannot be exerted, it could lead to several endocrine-meta...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ferrer MJ,Silva AF,Abruzzese GA,Velázquez ME,Motta AB

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sterile alpha motif (Sam) domain is a small helical protein module, able to undergo homo- and hetero-oligomerization, as well as polymerization, thus forming different types of protein architectures. A few Sam domains are involved in pathological processes and consequently, they represent valuable target...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vincenzi M,Mercurio FA,Leone M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years clinicians have been searching for "kidney troponin"- a simple diagnostic tool to assess risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). Recently, the rise in the variety of contrast-related procedures (contrast computed tomography [CT], percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] and angiography) have resulted in incr...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zdziechowska M,Gluba-Brzózka A,Franczyk B,Rysz J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug repositioning is a strategy to identify new uses for approved or investigational drugs that are used off-label outside the scope of the original medical indication. In this review we report the most relevant studies about drug repositioning in hematology, reporting the signalling pathways and molecular targets of...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Allegra A,Imbesi C,Bitto A,Ettari R

更新日期：2020-08-16 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：:The biological relevance of sulfur containing carbohydrates is gaining substantial attention. Thus the new developments, especially in the synthetic and medicinal chemistry of thio-sugars are critically important for carbohydrate drug design. New studies of biological processes including biosynthetic reactions and enz...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Witczak ZJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fatty liver, or steatosis, is a condition of excess accumulation of lipids, mainly under form of triglycerides (TG), in the liver, and it is the hallmark of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD is the most common liver disorder world-wide and it has frequently been associated with obesity, hyperl...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vergani L

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Patients with diabetes mellitus have an increased risk of mortality due to cardiovascular complications. Supplementation with specific sulphur-containing amino acids is rapidly emerging as a possible therapeutic adjuvant for diabetes and associated cardiovascular complications. OBSERVATIONS:It is well-known...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Tappia PS,Adameova A,Dhalla NS

更新日期：2018-01-30 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：:Poisoning of DNA topoisomerase I is the mechanism by which camptothecins interfere with tumor growth. Although the clinical use of camptothecins has had a significant impact on cancer therapy, de novo or acquired clinical resistance to these drugs is common. Clinical resistance to camptothecins is still a poorly under...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Beretta GL,Gatti L,Perego P,Zaffaroni N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is the world's second leading cause of death after heart diseases, and involves abnormal cell growth at a primary site and the potential to spread to other parts of the body. Tumors are highly heterogeneous and consist of subgroups of cells with distinct characteristics. Of these, the cancer stem cells (CSC) ni...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vizetto-Duarte C,Branco PC,Custódio L

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the historical employment of boron-containing compounds (BCCs) with medicinal purposes, the reported cases of BCC toxicity in humans during the twentieth century were driving us towards an "boron-withdrawal" period. Fortunately, the use of boric acid for specific purposes remains, and the discovery o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Soriano-Ursúa MA,Farfán-García ED,Geninatti-Crich S

更新日期：2019-03-27 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：: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mandraffino G,Saitta A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correct QSAR analysis requires reliable measured or calculated logP values, being logP the most frequently utilized and most important physico-chemical parameter in such studies. Since the publication of theoretical fundamentals of logP prediction, many commercial software solutions are available. These programs are a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Eros D,Kövesdi I,Orfi L,Takács-Novák K,Acsády G,Kéri G

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease widely spread across industrialized countries. Sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy alimentary habits lead to obesity, boosting both glucose and fatty acid in the bloodstream and eventually, insulin resistance, pancreas inflammation and faulty insulin production or secretio...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rosado JA,Diez-Bello R,Salido GM,Jardin I

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00