Pregnancy-Specific β1-Glycoproteins: Combined Biomarker Roles, Structure/Function Relationships and Implications for Drug Design.

abstract：:A growing body of evidence has shown that oxidative stress may be involved in the development of vascular complications associated with diabetes. However, the molecular mechanism for increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in diabetes remains uncertain. Among various possible mechanisms, attention have incr...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Inoguchi T,Tsubouchi H,Etoh T,Kakimoto M,Sonta T,Utsumi H,Sumimoto H,Yu HY,Sonoda N,Inuo M,Sato N,Sekiguchi N,Kobayashi K,Nawata H

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitatory neurotransmission mediated by NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartic acid) receptors plays a key role in both healthy and diseased processes in the brain. Therefore, bioactive compounds that can interact selectively with these receptors have been the aim of extensive research in the search of effective therapeutic agent...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bonaccorso C,Micale N,Ettari R,Grasso S,Zappalà M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzamide riboside (BR) after anabolism to an analogue of NAD, was shown to inhibit the activity of NAD-dependent enzymes such as inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH), the rate limiting enzyme in de novo guanylate biosynthesis, and malate dehydrogenase which is involved in the citric cycle and respiratory ch...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Polgar D,Gfatter S,Uhl M,Kassie F,Leisser C,Krupitza G,Grusch M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies demonstrated that even in the absence of other risk factors (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, hyperhomocysteinemia, hypercholesterolemia), advanced age itself significantly increases cardiovascular morbidity by enhancing vascular oxidative stress and inflammation. Because the population in the West...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Labinskyy N,Csiszar A,Veress G,Stef G,Pacher P,Oroszi G,Wu J,Ungvari Z

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the discovery of Endothelial Progenitor Cells (EPC), these bone marrowderived precursors have been placed as crucial mediators of the endothelial repair. Accordingly, altered levels and function of EPC have been found in different scenarios of CV risk. Despite the fact that EPC exhibit important characteristics w...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rodríguez-Carrio J,López P,Suárez A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid innovations in nanomedicine have increased the likelihood that engineered nanomaterials will eventually come in contact with humans and the environment. The advent of nanotechnology has created strong interest in many fields such as biomedical sciences and engineering field. Central to any significant advances i...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Subbiah R,Veerapandian M,Yun KS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamins are dietary components which are necessary for life. They play a major role in health and their deficiency may be linked to symptoms of psychiatric disorders. B vitamins are required for proper functioning of the methylation cycle, monoamine oxidase production, DNA synthesis and the repair and maintenance of ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mikkelsen K,Stojanovska L,Apostolopoulos V

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We apply noval techniques, the Scaling Index Method (SIM), which reveals local topology of the structure, and the Minkowski Functionals (MF), which provide four global topological characteristics, to assess strength of the trabecular network of the human bone. We compare capabilities of these methods with the standard...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Sidorenko I,Monetti R,Bauer J,Mueller D,Rummeny E,Eckstein F,Matsuura M,Lochmueller EM,Zysset P,Raeth C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), generally considered a key component involved in redox reactions, has been found to participate in an increasingly diverse range of cellular processes, including signal transduction, DNA repair, and post-translational protein modifications. In recent years, medicinal chemists h...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Chen L,Petrelli R,Felczak K,Gao G,Bonnac L,Yu JS,Bennett EM,Pankiewicz KW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence came out showing that oxidative stress has a pivotal role in development and maintenance of inflammation and aberrant immune responses. Biomarkers of oxidative stress may define the proportion of oxidative damage underlying pathological conditions, and also foresee and monitor the possible efficacy of therape...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cristani M,Speciale A,Saija A,Gangemi S,Minciullo PL,Cimino F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T helper (Th) cells belong to the adaptive immune system and provide an effective and antigen-specific means of host protection. Th17 cells are a subset of Th cells, characterized by the production of the inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-17A (IL-17A) and IL-17F, which bind to a receptor complex comprised of IL-...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ghali JR,Holdsworth SR,Kitching AR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentacyclic triterpenoids including the oleanane, ursane and lupane groups are widely distributed in many medicinal plants, such as Glycyrrhiza species, Gymnema species, Centella asiatica, Camellia sinensis, Crataegus species and Olea europaea, which are commonly used in traditional medicine for the treatment of diabe...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Alqahtani A,Hamid K,Kam A,Wong KH,Abdelhak Z,Razmovski-Naumovski V,Chan K,Li KM,Groundwater PW,Li GQ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substituted 2-arylbenzothiazoles have emerged in recent years as an important pharmacophore in a number of diagnostic and therapeutic settings. Attractive features of drug candidates based on this benzothiazole scaffold include their synthetic accessibility, and synthetic approaches to 2-arylbenzothiazole-based compou...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Weekes AA,Westwell AD

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The expansion of fluorescent techniques for studying the ligand-receptor interaction resulted in a burst of the novel fluorescent ligands development. The discovery of the ligand, that is of high affinity to the receptor and whose localization could be easily visualized, even on the single cell level, gave the researc...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kuder K,Kieć-Kononowicz K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many non-cardiovascular drugs of common clinical use cause, as an unwanted accessory property, the prolongation of the cardiac repolarisation process, due to the block of the HERG (Human Ether-a-go-go Related Gene) potassium channel, responsible for the repolarising I(Kr) current. This delayed cardiac repolarisation p...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Testai L,Bianucci AM,Massarelli I,Breschi MC,Martinotti E,Calderone V

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human body is composed of 60 trillion cells, which have their origin in a fertilized egg. During development, the potential of a cell or tissue can be achieved by environmental manipulation. Then, what molecular determinants underlie or accompany the potential of the cells? To obtain a broader understanding of the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Toyoda M,Hamatani T,Okada H,Matsumoto K,Saito H,Umezawa A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuronal α4β2 nAChRs are receptors involved in the role of neurotransmitters regulation and release, and this ionic channel participates in biological process of memory, learning and attention. This work aims to review the structure and functioning of the α4β2 nAChR emphasizing its role in the treatment of a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Laikowski MM,Reisdorfer F,Moura S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Andrographolide, the main bioactive component separated from Andrographis paniculata in 1951, have been scrutinized with modern drug discovery approach for anti-inflammatory properties since 1984. Identifying new uses for existing drugs can be facilitated by evidence linking them to known or yet undiscovered drug targ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ren X,Xu W,Sun J,Dong B,Awala H,Wang L

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing production of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) exploited in many consumer products, a wider number of people is expected to be exposed to such materials in the near future, both in occupational and environmental settings. This has raised concerns about the possible implications on public health. In ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Campagnolo L,Massimiani M,Magrini A,Camaioni A,Pietroiusti A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present article reviews interesting cationic liposomes (cationic transfection lipids) with novel cationic cholesterol derivatives, a new strategy in gene transfection developed by our group and the presently accepted molecular mechanism of gene transfection. Use of confocal laser scanning microscopy and atomic for...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Nakanishi M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arachidonic acid metabolizing enzymes, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and 5- lipoxygenase (5-LOX), are both highly expressed during the carcinogenesis in colons. Cigarette smoking promotes these carcinogenic processes at the early stage during adenoma formation. In this article, the involvement of COX-2 and 5-LOX, along...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Shen J,Li WX,Xiao ZG,Zhang L,Li MX,Li LF,Hu W,Lu L,Boudreau F,Cho CH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), frequently delivered to the patient in the solid-state as part of an approved dosage form, can exist in such diverse solid forms as polymorphs, pseudopolymorphs, salts, co-crystals and amorphous solids. Various solid forms often display different mechanical, thermal, physical ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lu J,Rohani S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functioning of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is tightly linked to the membrane environment, but a molecular level understanding of the modulation of GPCR by membrane lipids is not available. However, specific receptor-lipid interactions as well as unspecific effects mediated by the bulk properties of the membran...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Sadiq SK,Guixa-Gonzalez R,Dainese E,Pastor M,De Fabritiis G,Selent J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression profiles are unveiling a wealth of new potential drug targets for a wide range of diseases, offering new opportunities for drug discoveries. The emerging challenge, however, is the effective selection of the myriad of targets to identify those with the most therapeutic utility. Numerical clustering has...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Manganaro V,Paratore S,Alessi E,Coffa S,Cavallaro S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation aims to evaluate strategies for an efficient selection of bioactive compounds from the multitude and biodiversity of the plant kingdom. Statistics prove natural products (NPs) as a source leading most consistently to successful development of new drugs. However, there are several reasons why the int...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rollinger JM,Langer T,Stuppner H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well recognised that increased levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) protect against atherosclerosis and correlate with improved prognosis for vascular disease associated events. While many of the atheroprotective effects of HDL are ascribed to the ability to remove cholesterol from the vasculature through th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Murphy AJ,Chin-Dusting JP,Sviridov D,Woollard KJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity, associated with a series of complications such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, is a great threat to human health and leads to increased morbidity and mortality. Despite the presence of anti-obesity agents on the market, the application of these drugs is limited because of their typical side effe...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Qiu Y,Yu H,Zeng R,Guo S,Daniyal M,Deng Z,Wang A,Wang W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of dopaminergic agonists is key in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and related central nervous system (CNS) neurodegenerative disorders. Despite there are a number of commercialized dopaminergic agonists that are currently being used successfully in the first stages of the disease, they often fail to prov...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Matute MS,Matute R,Merino P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic disorders comprise a set of different disorders varying from epidemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus to inborn metabolic orphan diseases such as phenylketonuria. Despite considerable evidence showing the importance of the computational methods in discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Janardhan S,Dubovskaja V,Lagunin A,Rao BV,Sastry GN,Poroikov V

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00