Current Challenges and Opportunities for Chemoprevention of Pancreatic Cancer.

abstract：:Phosphonated nucleosides represent a promising alternative in the improvement of the biological activity of nucleoside analogues in antiviral and anticancer chemotherapy. The basic concept, the chemistry, the different structural modifications and their effects on the antiviral potency will be discussed in this review...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Piperno A,Chiacchio MA,Iannazzo D,Romeo R

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:We examined a large number of sudden infant death syndrome victims in order to point out a possible causal relationship between a previous hexavalent vaccination and the sudden infant death. We selected 110 cases submitted to in-depth histological examination of the autonomic nervous system and provided with detailed ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Matturri L,Del Corno G,Lavezzi AM

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:The bryostatins, powerful protein kinase C (PKC) agonists, are a family of complex macrolactone natural products. They are originally isolated from the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina. So far tweenty bryostatins have been obtained naturally and exhibit a remarkable range of biological activities, including antineoplas...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ruan BF,Zhu HL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile formation is an osmotic process driven by the vectorial transport of actively transferred biliary components across the basolateral (sinusoidal) and apical (canalicular) hepatocyte membranes, the latter being the rate-limiting step of the overall blood-to-bile transfer. The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Crocenzi FA,Mottino AD,Roma MG

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lung is a unique organ in terms of its direct exposure to high levels of oxygen and reactive compounds. Several parenchymal lung diseases (e.g. emphysema associated with smoking and a number of fibrotic lung disorders) have been proposed to be due to the exposure of the lung to exogenous irritants leading to local...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kinnula VL,Vuorinen K,Ilumets H,Rytilä P,Myllärniemi M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) based mapping and imaging is a fast emerging technology which is being increasingly applied to investigate tissues in the high-throughput mode. The high resolution close to the cellular level, the possibility to determine the bio-distribution of molecules of interest (proteins, pepti...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Petter CH,Heigl N,Rainer M,Bakry R,Pallua J,Bonn GK,Huck CW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report herein the synthesis of a novel dicationic boron dipyrromethene derivative (compound 3) which is symmetrically substituted with two trimethylammonium styryl groups. METHODS:The antibacterial photodynamic activity of compound 3 was determined against sixteen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aur...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Dharmaratne P,Yu L,Wong RC,Chan BC,Lau KM,Wang B,Lau CB,Fung KP,Ng DK,Ip M

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper summarizes the possible roles of frequent and unfavourable genetic variants in cerebrovascular disorders, such as stroke and leukoaraiosis. It also approaches the topic theoretically from functional and mathematical points of view, which can help make the accumulating data on genetic variants more un...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Szolnoki Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The available therapy is limited to the symptomatic treatment and its efficacy remains unsatisfactory. In view of the prevalence and expected increase in the incidence of AD, the development of an effective therapy is crucial for public ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Guzior N,Wieckowska A,Panek D,Malawska B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is characterized by reduced bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue leading to enhanced bone fragility and a consequent increase in fracture risk. Bone loss further increases in postmenopausal women when the ovaries stop making estrogens. Women undergoing treatment for osteoporosis require l...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bitto A,Polito F,Squadrito F,Marini H,D'Anna R,Irrera N,Minutoli L,Granese R,Altavilla D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular interactions among platelets, leukocytes and endothelial cells are considered as a major cause of inflammation and atherosclerosis in many diseases. Via exposed surface receptors and released soluble substances, activated platelets play a crucial role in the initiation of inflammatory processes, resulting in ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Nagy B Jr,Miszti-Blasius K,Kerenyi A,Clemetson KJ,Kappelmayer J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major complication of diabetes and the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Approximately, one third of diabetic patients develop diabetic nephropathy. As diabetes and its associated metabolic diseases are becoming epidemic, DN is emerging as a major health threat to humans. ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lin X,Tao L,Tang D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), a member of the interleukin (IL)-6 family, is reported to exhibit a plethora of pleiotropic effects in the heart such as cytoprotective, pro-proliferative and pro-fibrotic ones. An extensive research has been devoted on proliferative and profibrotic effects of CT-1 on the heart. Thus the presen...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： García-Cenador MB,Lopez-Novoa JM,Díez J,García-Criado FJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymyxins are polypeptide antibiotics, with a primary effect of membrane damaging due to their selective binding to the lipopolysaccharide of Gram-negative bacteria. Their nephro- and neurotoxic side effects limited their use, however, in the last decade the emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria led...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kadar B,Kocsis B,Nagy K,Szabo D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Now cisplatin and its analogs are some of the most effective chemotherapeutic agents in clinical use as the first line of treatment in testicular and ovarian cancers. Unfortunately, they have several major drawbacks, such as cumulative toxicities of nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity, inherent or treatment-induced resista...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang J,Zhang F,Li H,Liu C,Xia J,Ma L,Chu W,Zhang Z,Chen C,Li S,Wang S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium ion is quite possibly the single most pervasive signaling molecule used by living organisms for the purpose of communicating internal and external states. It differs from other messengers in that it is neither created nor destroyed, but just moved around inside and outside the cell via transporters, pumps ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hofer AM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), previously known only as a toxic agent, in the last decades has been recognized as an important endogenous gasotransmitter, playing a key role in the homeostasis of the cardiovascular system. In the last years, the growing evidence about a protective role exhibited by H2S against myocardial isc...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Citi V,Piragine E,Testai L,Breschi MC,Calderone V,Martelli A

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:About 2.3% of the world's population is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and patients have a high risk of developing liver cirrhosis and its complications. Current therapeutic strategies are based on a combination of pegylatedinterferon, ribavirin and (only for patients with genotype 1 infection) a protease inhib...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gentile I,Borgia F,Buonomo AR,Zappulo E,Castaldo G,Borgia G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade much attention has been paid to the development of metabolically non-reversible dimeric or hybrid compounds, which combine two structural units of one or two lead compounds of interest for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. As a consequence of their capability to simultaneously interact with two ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Muñoz-Torrero D,Camps P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoprevention is based on the use of non-toxic, pharmacologically active agents to prevent tumor progression. In this regard, natural dietary agents have been described by the most recent literature as promising tools for controlling onset and progression of malignancies. Extensive research has been so far performed...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Raimondi L,De Luca A,Giavaresi G,Barone A,Tagliaferri P,Tassone P,Amodio N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Aryl-β-amino acids constitute very useful scaffolds able to lead, via various intra-molecular cyclisation reactions, to a great diversity of cyclic derivatives with numerous biological and therapeutic properties. The present article aims at reporting an exhaustive overview of these ring-closure sequences and their a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rochais C,Rault S,Dallemagne P

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：: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：: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ozkan SA

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Resistance to quinolones and fluoroquinolones has been increasingly reported among human and veterinary isolates during the last three decades related to their wide clinical use. Until recently, the mechanisms of resistance to quinolones in Enterobacteriaceae were believed to be only chromosome-encoded, i.e. related t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cattoir V,Nordmann P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00