Impact of Natural Dietary Agents on Multiple Myeloma Prevention and Treatment: Molecular Insights and Potential for Clinical Translation.

abstract：:Kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites comprise a group of protozoans responsible for human diseases, with a serious impact on human health and the socioeconomic growth of developing countries. Chemotherapy is the main option to control these pathogenic organisms and nucleotide metabolism is considered a promising a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Valente M,Vidal AE,González-Pacanowska D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracyclines (TCs) and their non-antimicrobial analogs (CMTs) have therapeutic potential to inhibit tissue destructive disease processes, such as cancer invasion and metastasis, by inhibiting certain matrix metalloproteinases. Enhanced matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2; gelatinase A) activity has been correlated to c...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lee HM,Golub LM,Cao J,Teronen O,Laitinen M,Salo T,Zucker S,Sorsa T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and oleamide are two fatty acid amides which 1) share some cannabimimetic actions with delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol, anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, and 2) may interact with proteins involved in the biosynthesis, action and inactivation of endocannabinoids. Due to its pharmacological ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lambert DM,Di Marzo V

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the long human tradition honey has been used not only as a nutrient but also as a medicine. Its composition is rather variable and depends on the floral source and on external factors, such as seasonal, environmental conditions and processing. In this review, specific attention is focused on absorption, metabolism,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Alvarez-Suarez JM,Giampieri F,Battino M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of oxacephalotin and oxacephamandol, which are more active than natural, sulfur-containing congeners, and the isolation of clavulanic acid, a potent inhibitor of beta-lactamase enzymes, directed attention of many academic and industrial laboratories the synthesis of oxygen analogues of penicillins and ce...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Łysek R,Borsuk K,Furman B,Kałuza Z,Kazimierski A,Chmielewski M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D has been known for a long time as a major factor involved in the calcium- phosphate balance and homeostasis, along with parathyroid hormone (PTH). While vitamin D effects on calcium and phosphate are fully known, recent studies attempted to link vitamin D status and cardiovascular diseases. The involvement o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Santoro D,Pellicanò V,Cernaro V,Lacava V,Lacquaniti A,Atteritano M,Buemi M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary amyloidogenic transthyretin (TTR) (ATTR) amyloidosis is an autosomal dominant form of fatal hereditary amyloidosis. Owing to progress in biochemical and molecular genetic analyses, this disease is now believed to occur worldwide. As of today, reports of about 120 different points of single or double mutatio...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ando Y,Ueda M

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：:The utilization of graphene-based nanomaterials combined with magnetic nanoparticles offers key benefits in the modern biomedicine. In this minireview, we focus on the most recent advances in hybrids of magnetic graphene derivatives for biomedical applications. We initially analyze the several methodologies employed f...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Alegret N,Criado A,Prato M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The possibilities of treatment for oncological diseases are growing enormously in the last decades. Unfortunately, these developments have led to the onset of resistances with regards to the new treatments. This is particularly true if we face with the therapeutic field of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs). ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zanforlin E,Zagotto G,Ribaudo G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A BRAF somatic mutation at residue 600 of the BRAF protein (BRAFV600E) is highly prevalent in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). This mutation occurs in approximately 44% (from 29% to 83%) of PTC depending on the different studies. BRAFV600E is almost always found in PTC with a papillary or a mixed follicular/papilla...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lassalle S,Hofman V,Ilie M,Butori C,Bozec A,Santini J,Vielh P,Hofman P

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：:Dendrotoxins are small proteins isolated from mamba (Dendroaspis) snakes. The original dendrotoxin was found in venom of the Eastern green mamba, Dendroaspis angusticeps, and related proteins were subsequently found in other mamba venoms. The dendrotoxins contain 57-60 amino acid residues cross-linked by three disulph...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Harvey AL,Robertson B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bi-aryl urea multi-kinase inhibitor Sorafenib (BAY 43-9006, Nexavar) was initially approved for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma and advanced renal cell carcinoma. Eleven years after its first description in PubMed, the therapeutic potential of Sorafenib has been evaluated in an increasing nu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zauli G,Voltan R,Tisato V,Secchiero P

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance is found in all microorganisms and has become one of the biggest threats to global health. New antimicrobials with different action mechanisms are effective weapons to fight against antibiotic-resistance. OBJECTIVE:This review aims to find potential drugs which can be further develo...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Yi L,Lü X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signalling lipids are known to control a wide array of cellular processes, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and energy metabolism. Fatty acids and their derivatives, eicosanoids, phosphoinositides, sphingolipids, some cannabinoid-like molecules bind and activate nuclear receptors, including peroxiso...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fidaleo M,Fanelli F,Ceru MP,Moreno S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally occurring nonanolides (synonym decanolides) are a large family of secondary metabolites with an interesting 10- membered macrolide subunit. Metabolites of the nonanolide family have been found to have various biological activities, including cytotoxic, phytotoxic, antimalarial, antifungal, antibacterial, and...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Sun P,Lu S,Ree TV,Krohn K,Li L,Zhang W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated sodium channels are large transmembrane protein complexes responsible for the propagation and transmission of electrical impulses through nerve, muscle and endocrine cells and cell systems. Dysregulated expression and/or functional changes of ion channel isoforms are found in many associated pathological...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Jukič M,Kikelj D,Anderluh M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparanase is an endo-beta-D-glucuronidase that degrades heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycan side chains of the proteoglycans in extracellular matrix and basement membrane. Heparanase enzymatic activity is important in the promotion of tumor angiogenesis, primary tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis. Expression of hep...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Miao HQ,Liu H,Navarro E,Kussie P,Zhu Z

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：:A comprehensive outline for understanding and recommending the therapeutic use of ozone in combination with established therapy in diseases characterized by a chronic oxidative stress is currently available. The view of the absolute ozone toxicity is incorrect, because it has been based either on lung or on studies pe...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zanardi I,Borrelli E,Valacchi G,Travagli V,Bocci V

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) are first-line treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Since response is often inadequate, in recent years researchers investigated whether combining CBT and SRIs, either ab initio or sequentially, results in a grea...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Albert U,Di Salvo G,Solia F,Rosso G,Maina G

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:The concept of click chemistry represented by the formation of the 1,2,3-triazole core has found wide application in drug discovery, particularly in the early discovery phases and the lead optimization process. 1,2,3-Triazoles ha ve attracted considerable attention in recent years because of their wide range of biolog...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Raic-Malic S,Mescic A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is the most common disorder of cardiac rhythm. In spite of diagnosis simplicity, patients with atrial fibrillation are difficult to treat. In the recent years with the description of the phenomenon called remodelling, it has been possible to better define the principle mechanisms responsible for in...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lombardi F,Terranova P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic, experimental and clinical studies have consistently confirmed that inhibition of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) can result in significant lowering of LDL-C and two fully human PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies have received regulatory approval for use in highrisk patients. Co-administration o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Panagiotopoulou O,Chiesa ST,Tousoulis D,Charakida M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00