In Vitro Immunodetection of Prothymosin Alpha in Normal and Pathological Conditions.

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：:Normal somatic stem cells (SC) are naturally resistant to chemotherapeutic agents due to their expression of various membrane transporter molecules (such as MDR-1), detoxifying enzymes and DNA repair proteins. In addition, they also have a slow rate of cell turnover and therefore escape from chemotherapeutic agents th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gangemi R,Paleari L,Orengo AM,Cesario A,Chessa L,Ferrini S,Russo P

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：:From the discovery of Endothelial Progenitor Cells (EPC), these bone marrowderived precursors have been placed as crucial mediators of the endothelial repair. Accordingly, altered levels and function of EPC have been found in different scenarios of CV risk. Despite the fact that EPC exhibit important characteristics w...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rodríguez-Carrio J,López P,Suárez A

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：: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：:Modification of cysteine (Cys) residues in proteins, due to (i) the participation of the thiol moiety of this amino acid in oxido-reductions reactions; (ii) its ability to strongly coordinate transition metal ions; or (iii) its nucleophilic nature and facile reaction with electrophiles, may be of critical importance f...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Scozzafava A,Casini A,Supuran CT

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-based polymers are some of the most promising candidates for a new generation of innovative biomaterials as recent advances in genetic-engineering and biotechnological techniques mean that protein-based biomaterials can be designed and constructed with a higher degree of complexity and accuracy. Moreover, thei...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Santos M,Serrano-Dúcar S,González-Valdivieso J,Vallejo R,Girotti A,Cuadrado P,Arias FJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is already an old acquaintance, there are often exciting discoveries that improve our knowledge of it and open new therapeutic possibilities. Moreover, well-established drugs, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), or be...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ramírez-Sánchez M,Prieto I,Wangensteen R,Banegas I,Segarra AB,Villarejo AB,Vives F,Cobo J,de Gasparo M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few decades, remarkable advances have been achieved in cancer therapy, including chemotherapeutic agents, their mode of application and more broader therapeutic strategies. Promising new therapeutic targets have emerged in the past ten years as a result of recent advances in our understanding of the path...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Dobashi Y,Takehana T,Ooi A

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Post-exercise cardiac troponin T (cTnT) release has been widely reported in adult athletes but limited data is available for adolescents. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and magnitude of cTnT appearance in a large group of adolescent runners, and to determine any association between cTnT...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Nie J,George KP,Tong TK,Gaze D,Tian Y,Lin H,Shi Q

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticancer drugs are often nonselective antiproliferative agents (cytotoxins) that preferentially kill dividing cells by attacking their DNA at some level. The lack of selectivity results in significant toxicity to noncancerous proliferating cells. These toxicities along with drug resistance exhibited by the solid tum...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Singh Y,Palombo M,Sinko PJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 1 diabetes, T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells by proinflammatory autoreactive T cells. In the past, several therapeutic approaches have been exploited by immunologists aiming to regulate the autoim...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fierabracci A

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Bone pain arising from secondary skeletal malignancy constitutes one of the most common types of chronic pain among patients with cancer which can lead to rapid deterioration of the quality of life. Radionuclide therapy using bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals based on the concept of localization of the agent at bone m...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Dash A,Das T,Knapp FFR

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Bipolar disorder (BD) is a long-term illness with mood swings which are characterized by recurrent episodes of mania/hypomania and depression, with variable interpolations of relatively asymptomatic periods, called euthymic, in which, however, some psychopathological symptoms may persist. Although mood stabilizers, su...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Musenga A,Saracino MA,Sani G,Raggi MA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), originally isolated from the mammalian hypothalamus, is a 41 amino acid peptide that plays an important physiological role and is implicated in the pathophysiology of various diseases. In addition to CRF and its related peptides, a large number of small non-peptide CRF analogs hav...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Liapakis G,Venihaki M,Margioris A,Grigoriadis D,Gkountelias K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although resin-based chemistry offers many practical advantages over conventional solution phase for the synthesis of combinatorial libraries, effective monitoring of reactions conducted on the support remains a challenge. A number of techniques have been developed to enable the analysis of solid phase organic synthes...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Scicinski JJ,Congreveb MS,Kay C,Ley SV

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable evidence demonstrates the importance of dithiocarbamates especially disulfiram as anticancer drugs. However there are no systematic reviews outlining how their metal-binding ability is related to their anticancer activity. This review aims to summarize chemical features and metal-binding activit...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Viola-Rhenals M,Patel KR,Jaimes-Santamaria L,Wu G,Liu J,Dou QP

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycans, highly charged polycarboxylated, polysulfated polysaccharides, are an important class of therapeutic agents and investigational drug candidates. Heparin has been widely used as a clinical anticoagulant for over 60 years. Low molecular weight heparins have begun to displace heparin and recently a sy...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Karst NA,Linhardt RJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal brain hemorrhage (NBH) of prematurity is an unfortunate consequence of preterm birth. Complications result in shunt dependence and long-term structural changes such as posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, periventricular leukomalacia, gliosis, and neurological dysfunction. Several animal models are available to stu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Lekic T,Klebe D,Poblete R,Krafft PR,Rolland WB,Tang J,Zhang JH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aminocoumarin antibiotics novobiocin, clorobiocin and coumermycin A(1) are produced by different Streptomyces strains and are potent inhibitors of DNA gyrase. The biosynthetic gene clusters of all three antibiotics have been cloned and sequenced, and the function of most genes contained therein has been elucidated...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Li SM,Heide L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of liver-specific autoantigens has given a fresh impetus to research in the pathogenesis of autoimmune liver diseases, viral-triggered and drug-induced autoimmunity affecting the liver. Intriguing is the fact that most of the liver-specific autoantigens are enzymes of key importance for cell's homeost...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bogdanos DP,Dalekos GN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioactivation of xenobiotics can, in certain circumstances, result in the formation of reactive electrophilic species. These reactive metabolites may covalently modify proteins and macromolecules and it has been suggested that protein modification is a key initial step in provoking idiosyncratic adverse drug reactions...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Edwards PJ,Sturino C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a diatomic free radical produced from L-arginine by constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthase (cNOS and iNOS) in numerous mammalian cells and tissues. Nitric oxide (NO), superoxide (O2-) and their reaction product peroxynitrite (ONOO-) may be generated in excess during the host response aga...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Conforti F,Menichini F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physalia physalis is a marine cnidarian from which high molecular weight toxins with hemolytic and neurotoxic effects have been isolated. In the present work, two novel toxins, PpV9.4 and PpV19.3 were purified from P. physalis by bioactive guideline isolation. It involved two steps of column chromatography, gel filtra...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Diaz-Garcia CM,Fuentes-Silva D,Sanchez-Soto C,Domínguez-Pérez D,García-Delgado N,Varela C,Mendoza-Hernández G,Rodriguez-Romero A,Castaneda O,Hiriart M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemostatic system comprises platelet aggregation, coagulation and fibrinolysis also termed primary, secondary and tertiary hemostasis. From the platelet transcriptome 6000 mRNA species and represent receptors, ion channels, signalling molecules, kinases, phosphatases, and structural, metabolic and regulatory prote...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Stassen JM,Arnout J,Deckmyn H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetics is a field of biological sciences focused on the study of reversible, heritable changes in gene function not due to modifications of the genomic sequence. These changes are the result of a complex cross-talk between several molecular mechanisms, that is in turn orchestrated by genetic and environmental fac...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： De Riso G,Cocozza S

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00