A Systematic Review on Anti-diabetic Properties of Chalcones.

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the administration of a photosensitizer (PS) followed by illumination with visible light, leading to generation of reactive oxygen species. The mechanisms of resistance to PDT ascribed to the PS may be shared with the general mechanisms of drug resistance, and are related to altered...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Casas A,Di Venosa G,Hasan T,Al Batlle

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) catalyzes the conversion of IMP to XMP with the concomitant reduction of NAD to NADH. This reaction is the rate-limiting step in guanine nucleotide biosynthesis. IMPDH is a proven target for immunosuppressive, anticancer and antiviral chemotherapy, and may also be a target f...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Hedstrom L

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteomics has unraveled important questions in the biology of cardiovascular disease and holds even greater promise for the development of novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. This approach may establish early detection strategies, and monitor responses to therapies. Technological advances (most notably blue n...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Balestrieri ML,Giovane A,Mancini FP,Napoli C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, drug resistant invasive mycoses have become significantly more common and new antifungal drugs and ways to specifically deliver them to the fungal cell are being looked for. One of the biggest obstacles in finding such comes from the fact that fungi share essential metabolic pathways with humans. O...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Walencik PK,Watly J,Rowinska-Zyrek M

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Since photodynamic therapy emerged as a promising cancer treatment, the development of photosensitizers has gained great interest. In this context, the photosynthetic pigments, chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls, as excellent natural photosensitizers, attracted much attention. In effect, several (bacterio) chloroph...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Staron J,Boron B,Karcz D,Szczygieł M,Fiedor L

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：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：:The ionotropic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) has become the focus of intense research interest for a number of reasons: i) it is a cation selective ion channel that is modulated by extracellular ATP. Upon stimulation by high concentrations of ATP it generates a non-selective membrane pore which is permeable to hydrophilic mol...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gunosewoyo H,Coster MJ,Kassiou M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COVID-19 has brought the world to its knees and there is an urgent need for new strategies to identify molecules capable of fighting the pandemic. During the last few decades NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectroscopy has emerged as an intriguing structural biology instrument in the antiviral drug discove...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vincenzi M,Leone M

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This review presents the detailed account of factors leading to cancer and design strategy for the synthesis of benzimidazole derivatives as anticancer agents. The recent survey for cancer treatment in Cancer facts and figures 2017 American Chemical Society has shown progressive development in fighting cancer. Researc...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Akhtar MJ,Yar MS,Sharma VK,Khan AA,Ali Z,Haider MDR,Pathak A

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：: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：: ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Stepnowski P,Paszkiewicz M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rising emergence of antibiotic resistance urges the search for new strategies to defeat microorganisms that lead to persistent infections of the host. Tolerant to antibiotics, slowly replicating bacteria often cause latent and persistent infections that are the most challenging for pharmacological treatment. Persi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Campanini B,Pieroni M,Raboni S,Bettati S,Benoni R,Pecchini C,Costantino G,Mozzarelli A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The development of bacterial resistance is a significant problem in the treatment of infection, and the importance of research directed toward the discovery of novel agents to treat infections cannot be underestimated. In the past, discovery programs have focused on modification of natural products or existing classes...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Harris CR,Thorarensen A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation therapy of acute promyelocytic leukemia with all-trans retinoic acid represents the most successful pharmacological therapy of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Numerous studies demonstrate that drugs that inhibit mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and activate AMP-kinase (AMPK) have beneficial effects...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Visnjic D,Dembitz V,Lalic H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 (FGFR4) is a tyrosine kinase with a range of important physiological functions. However, it is also frequently mutated in various cancers and is now generating significant interest as a potential therapeutic target. Unfortunately, biochemical characterization of its role in disease,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ho HK,Németh G,Ng YR,Pang E,Szántai-Kis C,Zsákai L,Breza N,Greff Z,Horváth Z,Pató J,Szabadkai I,Szokol B,Baska F,Őrfî L,Ullrich A,Kéri G,Chua BT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose-limiting toxicity to healthy tissues is among the major hurdles in anticancer treatment along with intrinsic or acquired multi-drug resistance. Development of small molecule inhibitors (SMI) specific for antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins is a novel approach in a way that these antagonists are aimed to interfere with s...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bodur C,Basaga H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histone deacetylases (HDAC) are an important class of enzymes that play a pivotal role in epigenetic regulation of gene expression that modifies the terminal of core histones leading to remodelling of chromatin topology and thereby controlling gene expression. HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) counter this action and ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Sultana F,Manasa KL,Shaik SP,Bonam SR,Kamal A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large eukaryotic protein family of transmembrane receptors that react to a signal coming from the extracellular environment to generate an intracellular response through the activation of a signal transduction pathway mediated by a heterotrimeric G protein. Their diversity, di...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Vanni S,Rothlisberger U

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The branched-chain fatty acid valproic acid (VPA) is the most commonly used antiepileptic drug for treating generalized epilepsy. Although originally considered to be of low toxicity, VPA has proved to possess considerable teratogenic potential when applied to the pregnant epileptic women. During the last few years, i...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Blaheta RA,Nau H,Michaelis M,Cinatl J Jr

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer metabolic reprogramming rekindles enthusiasm for the research of metabolic regulation in cancer drug resistance. A growing number of metabolic modifiers combined with cancer drugs obtain the expected efficacy in in vitro or in vivo studies, also in clinical trial studies, indicating a good potential o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Tan W,Zhong Z,Wang S,Liu H,Yu H,Tan R,Hu X,Pan T,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-11-17 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：:This review covers recent literature from 2012-2019 concerning 170 marine natural products and their semisynthetic analogues with strong anticancer biological activities. Reports that shed light on cellular and molecular mechanisms and biological functions of these compounds, thus advancing the understanding in cancer...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Matulja D,Wittine K,Malatesti N,Laclef S,Turks M,Markovic MK,Ambrožić G,Marković D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most powerful antigen-presenting cells which link the innate and adaptive immune responses. Depending on the context DCs initiate the immune responses or contribute to immune tolerance. Any disturbance in their phenotypes and functions may initiate inflammatory or autoimmune diseases. Hen...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rahimi K,Hassanzadeh K,Khanbabaei H,Haftcheshmeh SM,Ahmadi A,Izadpanah E,Mohammadi A,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoA reductase), the rate-limiting enzyme of cholesterol synthesis. In recent years, statins have become the major choice of treatment for hypercholesterolemia. Emerging evidence from both animal and human studies indicates that mechanisms i...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Luo JD,Chen AF

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00