Critical Role of IL-8 Targeting in Gliomas.

abstract：BACKGROUND:N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) has shown widespread utility in different psychiatric disorders, including a beneficial role in schizophrenic patients. Although the replenishment of glutathione and the antioxidant activity of NAC have been suggested as the mechanisms that improve such a wide range of disorders, none...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Martínez-Banaclocha 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：:Inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) catalyzes the first committed step of guanosine 5'-monophosphate (GMP) biosynthesis, and thus regulates the guanine nucleotide pool, which in turn governs proliferation. Human IMPDHs are validated targets for immunosuppressive, antiviral and anticancer drugs, but as yet m...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hedstrom L,Liechti G,Goldberg JB,Gollapalli DR

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease are a heterogeneous group of disorders with the progressive and severe loss of neurons. There are no full proof cures for these diseases, and only medicines are available that can alleviate some of the symptoms. D...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Volcho KP,Laev SS,Ashraf GM,Aliev G,Salakhutdinov NF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of the high-affinity, high-specificity folate receptor in mamalian kidney cells, coupled with the ability of folate to enter cells by folate receptor-mediated endocytosis and the subsequent elucidation of the folate receptor's overexpression in specific cancer cell types; heralded the arrival of the area...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Carron PM,Crowley A,O'Shea D,McCann M,Howe O,Hunt M,Devereux M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are considered potentially carcinogenic. Substituted PAH derivatives, in contrast, may serve as anticancer agents, and as chemotherapeutics. This article presents a review of their use. Particular emphasis is placed on the synthesis of these new compounds, electrophilic substitut...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Banik BK,Becker FF

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:The incidence of pancreatic cancer (PC) is rising in parallel with the deaths caused by this malignant disease largely due to limited improvement in current treatment strategies. In spite of aggressive PC research, for the past three decades, there has been no significant improvement in the five-year surviva...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mohammed A,Janakiram NB,Madka V,Li M,Asch AS,Rao CV

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genito-urinary malignancies (prostate, bladder, renal and testicular cancers) rank high among human tumors with an incidence that varies with age and organ involvement. Prostate cancer is the most commonly detected male cancer followed by bladder and kidney cancers, less frequent in women. Testicular cancer, although ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cantile M,Franco R,Schiavo G,Procino A,Cindolo L,Botti G,Cillo C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant foods are not only a main source of nutrients, but they are also rich in physiologically bioactive bionutrients or phytochemicals. Consumption of fruit and vegetables is associated with a decreased risk of pathological status, including cancer. Reactive oxygen species play a key role in the genesis and developme...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Matés JM,Segura JA,Alonso FJ,Márquez J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With many advantages over other therapeutic agents such as monoclonal antibodies, aptamers have recently emerged as a novel and powerful class of ligands with excellent potential for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Typically generated through Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX), ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Wang P,Yang Y,Hong H,Zhang Y,Cai W,Fang D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) belong to the protein family of neurotrophins. They both display profound neuromodulatory functions and are essentially involved in the survival and homeostatic maintenance of central and peripheral neurons during development and adulthood. Moreove...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Schulte-Herbrüggen O,Braun A,Rochlitzer S,Jockers-Scherübl MC,Hellweg R

更新日期：2007-01-01 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

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：:Tuberculosis (TB) which is caused by the resilient pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) has re-emerged to become a leading public health problem in the world. The growing number of multi-drug resistant MTB strains and the more recently emerging problem with the extensively drug resistant strains of the pathogen a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Viganor L,Skerry C,McCann M,Devereux M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Peptide-based nanoparticles (pep-NPs) are emerging as promising imaging and therapeutic agents against cancer due to their biocompatibility and tunability. Optimized design of the peptide sequence and moderate conjugation of the sequence with extraneous molecules are crucial to the performance of the inherent properti...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： An L,Shah Gilani MR,Liang G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HupA is a potent, reversible AChEI, which crosses the blood-brain barrier smoothly, and shows high specificity for AChE with a prolonged biological half-life. It has been approved as the drug for the treatment of AD in China, and marketed in USA as a dietary supplement. HupA has been the subject of investigations by a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Jiang H,Luo X,Bai D

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:The cellular response to DNA damage is critical for determining whether carcinogenesis, cell death or other deleterious biological effects will ensue. Numerous cellular enzymatic mechanisms can directly repair damaged DNA, or allow tolerance of DNA lesions, and thus reduce potential harmful effects. These processes in...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lieberman HB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nature continues to be the main source of inspiration for synthetic chemists in their quest to make novel conjugates, which can have different physical, biological and medicinal properties. Nature makes these conjugates from mixed biosynthesis and some of these chimeras are found to exhibit unusual biological properti...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Salunke DB,Hazra BG,Pore VS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination therapy in the treatment of viral infections in which, for example, three different drugs against three different targets on three independent proteins are administered, has been highly successful clinically. However, it is only a matter of time before a virus will arise resistant to all three drugs, becau...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mangel WF,McGrath WJ,Brown MT,Baniecki ML,Barnard DL,Pang YP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a heightened inflammatory response in the lung generally resulting from tobacco smoking-induced recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells and/or activation of lower airway structural cells. Several mediators can modulate activation and recruitment of these...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Nucera F,Lo Bello F,Shen SS,Ruggeri P,Coppolino I,Di Stefano A,Stellato C,Casolaro V,Hansbro PM,Adcock IM,Caramori G

更新日期：2020-08-19 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：: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：: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：:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise a large protein family of transmembrane receptors involved in many physiological processes. They are engaged in various transduction processes of extracellular signals into intracellular responses. Due to their involvement in numerous diseases they represent an important ph...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Jakobs D,Sorkalla T,Häberlein H

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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