Diagnostic Devices for Circulating Biomarkers Detection and Quantification.

abstract：:The role of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), such as intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), E-selectin, and P-selectin, has been studied extensively in the process of inflammation. These molecules are responsible for recruiting leukocytes onto the vascul...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kobayashi H,Boelte KC,Lin PC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibrinolytic system includes a broad spectrum of proteolytic enzymes with physiological and pathophysiological functions in several processes, such as haemostatic balance, tissue remodeling, tumor invasion, angiogenesis and reproduction. The main enzyme of the plasminogen activator system is plasmin, which is resp...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zorio E,Gilabert-Estellés J,España F,Ramón LA,Cosín R,Estellés A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Steroid hormones belong to a group of low-molecular weight compounds which are responsible for maintenance of various body functions, thus, their accurate assessment is crucial for evaluation of biosynthetic defects. The development of reliable methods allowing disease diagnosis is essential to improve early...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kotłowska A,Szefer P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide (NO) plays important regulatory roles in a plethora of biological functions and thus holds tremendous potential to be exploited for clinical uses. However, the chemistries in the molecular design of nano-nitric oxide delivery systems is currently lacking. OBJECTIVE:The overarching aim of this r...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Nguyen KT,Wu Z,Huang T,Tay CY

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomatids are a group of flagellated unicellular eukaryotes, causing serious human diseases including Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi), sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei spp.) and Leishmaniasis (Leishmania spp.). The second messenger cAMP is involved in numerous and fundamental processes in these parasites...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schoijet AC,Sternlieb T,Alonso GD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some DNA or RNA sequences rich in guanine (G) nucleotides can adopt noncanonical conformations known as G-quadruplexes (G4). In the nuclear genome, G4 motifs have been associated with genome instability and gene expression defects, but they are increasingly recognized to be regulatory structures. Recent studies have r...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Falabella M,Fernandez RJ,Johnson FB,Kaufman BA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNA (siRNA) constitutes an excellent way of knocking down genes. However, it requires the use of delivery systems to reach the target cells, especially to neuronal cells. Dendrimers are one of the most widely used synthetic nanocarriers for siRNA delivery. However, due to the complexity of the dendri...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Pavan GM,Monteagudo S,Guerra J,Carrión B,Ocaña V,Rodríguez-Lopez J,Danani A,Pérez-Martínez FC,Ceña V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF, TNF-α, cachectin) is a pleiotropic, proinflammatory cytokine with multiple biological effects, many of which are not yet fully understood. Although TNF was initially described as an anti-tumor agent more than three decades ago, current knowledge places it central to immune system homeostasi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Richmond V,Michelini FM,Bueno CA,Alché LE,Ramírez JA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sufficient organ blood flow of healthy newborn babies is maintained by relatively low systemic blood pressure. Premature infants are at an increased risk of systemic hypotension, often but not obviously, resulting in hypoperfusion of the cerebral, renal and intestinal vascular beds. Maintaining a stable blood pressure...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Toth-Heyn P,Cataldi L

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Calcium is essential for many metabolic process, including nerve function, muscle contraction, and blood clotting. The metabolic pathways that contribute to maintain serum calcium levels are bone remodeling processes, intestinal absorption and secretion, and renal handling, but hypercalcemia occurs when at least 2 of ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lumachi F,Motta R,Cecchin D,Ave S,Camozzi V,Basso SM,Luisetto G

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：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：:Inflammation is an initial response of the body to a harmful stimuli and it is achieved by the increased movement of leukocytes (especially granulocytes) from blood into injured tissues. It is required for healing wounds and infections. Despite their indispensable role in microbial killing, the inflammation reactions ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Soubhye J,Aldib I,Delporte C,Prévost M,Dufrasne F,Antwerpen PV

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leukotrienes (LTs) constitute a bioactive group of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolites molded by the enzymatic activity of lipoxygenase (LO) and have a pivotal role in inflammation and allergy. Evidence is accumulating both by in vitro cell culture experiments and animal tumor model studies in supp...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mahboubi-Rabbani M,Zarghi A

更新日期：2019-12-09 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：:Natural products are regarded as vital key source of lead compounds for drug discovery due to their structural diversity and broad array of biological activities. Phenylpropanoid sucrose esters are naturally occurring compounds isolated from various plants and are structurally characterized by a sucrose core connected...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Panda P,Appalashetti M,Judeh ZM

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) family of nuclear receptors, a set of three receptor sub-types encoded by distinct genes, function as lipid sensors to regulate a broad range of genes in many metabolically active tissues. Synthetic PPAR agonists have exhibited therapeutic benefits in treating diab...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Shearer BG,Hoekstra WJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcin J25 (MccJ25) is a plasmid-encoded peptide of 21 L-amino acids (G1-G-A-G-H5-V-P-E-Y-F10-V-G-I-G-T15-P-I-S-F-Y20-G), excreted to the medium by an Escherichia coli strain. MccJ25 is active on Gram-negative bacteria related to the producer strain, including some pathogenic strains. The four-plasmid genes mcjABCD,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vincent PA,Morero RD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, the long-term usage of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) in HIVAIDS patients eventually leads to the development of drug resistance and severe side effect. Therefore, it is imperative to look for the novel NNRTIs with potent and broad spectrum anti-mutant activity that are also safe a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhan P,Liu X,Li Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is one of the most misunderstood aspects of human health. People have been encouraged to eat foods that have a high antioxidant capacity, and in vitro tests for total antioxidant capacity emerged. They were based on measuring the destruction of oxidized test compounds in direct reactions with th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Smith RE

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are essential for the degradation and turnover of components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and, when pathologically elevated, mediate connective tissue loss (including bone destruction) in various inflammatory and other diseases. Tetracyclines (TCs) are known inhibitors of mammalia...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang Y,Gu Y,Lee HM,Hambardjieva E,Vranková K,Golub LM,Johnson F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomedicine is certainly one of the scientific and technological challenges of the coming years. In particular, biodegradable nanoparticles formulated from poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) have been extensively investigated for sustained and targeted delivery of different agents, including recombinant proteins,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Tosi G,Bortot B,Ruozi B,Dolcetta D,Vandelli MA,Forni F,Severini GM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During lead identification and optimization, the advancement criteria may be driven based on scientific principles, prior experiences, and/or by examining the path paved by approved drugs. However, accessing the discovery data on physicochemical and ADME properties of the approved kinase inhibitors is a monu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： O Brien Z,Moghaddam MF

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:In this review, we report the functionalization of textiles composed of nanoscale reactive materials in the treatment of wounds and skin diseases such as acne. In view of the growing demand for high-quality textiles, much research is focused on the creation of antimicrobial finishings for fabrics, in order to protect ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gedanken A,Perkas N,Perelshtein I,Lipovsky A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing suitable medicines for genetic diseases requires a detailed understanding of not only the pathways that cause the disease, but also the identification of the genetic components involved in disease manifestation. This article focuses on the complexities associated with ocular ciliopathies - a class of debili...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Shivanna M,Anand M,Chakrabarti S,Khanna H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme is an essential molecule with contradictory biological functions. In hemoproteins such as hemoglobin and cytochromes protein-bound heme is a prosthetic group serving physiological functions as a transporter for oxygen and electrons. On the other hand free heme can have deleterious effects by generating reactive o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wijayanti N,Katz N,Immenschuh S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric Oxide (NO) is a signaling radical, highly diffusible pleiotropic regulator of a large set of different molecular and biological pathways, including, neurotransmission, vasodilatation and macrophagemediated responses against infections. It is produced from the amino acid L-Arginine and oxygen by the enzymatic ac...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fionda C,Abruzzese MP,Santoni A,Cippitelli M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00