A Comprehensive Review on Oxysterols and Related Diseases.

abstract：:The nucleotide metabolism has been targeted for many years and in various clinical settings, including cancer. The increased knowledge of certain enzymes involved in this metabolism and in associated cellular processes accumulated over the last few years, gives important information to the druggability of certain prot...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Forey P,Cros-Perrial E,Dumontet C,Jordheim LP

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer arises in about 48% of patients older than 65 years and more than 30% occurs in those over 70 years being the leading cause of cancer-related death in women older than 65. Elderly patients tolerate chemotherapy poorly compared to their younger counterpart because of progressive reduction of organ functio...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rossi A,Colantuoni G,Maione P,Ferrara C,Airoma G,Barzelloni ML,Castaldo V,Gridelli C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:APN is an important zinc dependent metallo-exopeptidase; it has been considered as a suitable target for anti-cancer drug design. In this review we focus on the most effective and the most promising inhibitors of aminopeptidase N. Their binding modes to the enzyme, the attempt to explain the origin of the inhibitory a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang X,Xu W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are disorders with increasing prevalence. The presence of CKD increases the risk of incident AF and vice versa, and the presence of AF may accelerate CKD progression. Nearly a third of patients with established CKD also have AF, whilst half of AF patients may h...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Potpara TS,Jokic V,Dagres N,Larsen TB,Lane DA,Hindricks G,Lip GY

更新日期：2016-01-01 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: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：:This review summarizes our knowledge of biochemical, biological and medical applications and properties of phosphinic acid compounds. Phosphinic acid compounds (phosphinates) are derivatives of phosphinic acid H2P(O)(OH). The major attention of this article is focused on applications of phosphinates of a pseudopeptide...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Collinsová M,Jirácek J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximum therapeutic potentials of pharmacologically active molecules are generally not attained due to their non specific delivery. Ligands associated with drug or delivery system through which it is delivered provide navigation and direction to the carrier system(s) so as to reach and release bioactive(s) at the ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rai S,Paliwal R,Vaidya B,Gupta PN,Mahor S,Khatri K,Goyal AK,Rawat A,Vyas SP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in endoscopic techniques such as capsule endoscopy have revealed that aspirin and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) often cause mucosal lesions not only in the upper gastrointestinal tract, but also in the small intestine in humans. Gastric and duodenal lesions caused by NSAIDs can be ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Satoh H,Takeuchi K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutical use of drugs involves the application of dosage forms, serving as carrier systems together with several excipients to deliver the active ingredient to the site of action. Drug delivery technology combines an understanding of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology with the skill of formulation, aiming t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kalász H,Antal I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evolutionarily conserved Hedgehog (Hh) signaling cascade is one of the key mediators of embryonic development of many metazoans. This pathway has been extensively targeted by small molecule inhibitors as its misregulation leads to various malignancies and developmental disorders. Thus, blocking this path...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Khatra H,Bose C,Sinha S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunophilin ligands cyclosporin A, FK506 and rapamycin are best known for their immunosuppressive properties and their clinical use in transplantation medicine. These compounds or their analogs are also clinically used or investigated in various types of cancer, coronary angioplasty, dermatology, hepatitis C infe...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gaali S,Gopalakrishnan R,Wang Y,Kozany C,Hausch F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase (TDT) catalyzes the non-template-directed polymerization of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates and has a key role in V(D)J recombination during lymphocyte and repertoire development. Over 90% of leukemic cells in acute lymphocytic leukemia and approximately 30% of leu...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Di Santo R,Maga G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression, both tissue specific or inducible, is controlled at the level of transcription by various transcription factors interacting with specific sequences of DNA. Anticancer drugs and other potential therapeutic agents alter interactions of regulatory proteins with DNA by a variety of different mechanisms. T...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gniazdowski M,Denny WA,Nelson SM,Czyz M

更新日期：2003-06-01 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 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：:COVID-19, a type of infection that emerged in Wuhan, has become a pandemic affecting people worldwide and is rapidly spreading and evolving. Day by day, the confirmed cases and deaths are increasing many folds. SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus; therefore, limited data are available to curb the disease. Epidemiological appr...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar R,Harilal S,Al-Sehemi AG,Mathew GE,Carradori S,Mathew B

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last centuries, there were many important discoveries in medicine that were crucial for gaining a better understanding of several physiological processes. Molecular modelling techniques are powerful tools that have been successfully used to analyse and interface medicinal chemistry studies with electrochemica...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Almeida MO,Maltarollo VG,de Toledo RA,Shim H,Santos MC,Honorio KM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for novel drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases, autoimmunity and cancer. Cyclic peptides constitute a class of compounds that have made crucial contributions to the treatment of certain diseases. Penicillin, Vancomycin, Cyclosporin, the Echinocandins and Bleomycin are well-known cyclic peptid...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Katsara M,Tselios T,Deraos S,Deraos G,Matsoukas MT,Lazoura E,Matsoukas J,Apostolopoulos V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1996 dramatically changed the course of HIV infection. This therapy involves the use of at least three agents from two distinct classes of antivirals: a protease inhibitor (PI) in combination with two nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mastrolorenzo A,Rusconi S,Scozzafava A,Barbaro G,Supuran CT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similarly to a series of chronic diseases, essential arterial hypertension (HTN) may be manifested during childhood as a blood pressure (BP) reading which repeatedly rises above the 95(th) percentile of population-specific standards. Since BP tends to track along the same percentiles throughout life, children with hig...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Bassareo PP,Bassareo V,Iacovidou N,Mercuro G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine is an important autocoid, exerting its physiological effects on the human body by activation of four different G-protein-coupled-receptors (GPCRs) classified as A(1), A(2A), A(2B), and A(3). These receptors are coupled to secondary messenger systems including adenylate cyclase, inositol phosphate metabolism,...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Romagnoli R,Baraldi PG,Tabrizi MA,Gessi S,Borea PA,Merighi S

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Galectins form a family of carbohydrate-binding proteins defined by their affinity for beta-galactosides containing glycoconjugates. The carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) is responsible for the specificity of galectins for saccharides. This binding may result in modulated cell proliferation, cell death and cell mi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ingrassia L,Camby I,Lefranc F,Mathieu V,Nshimyumukiza P,Darro F,Kiss R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular signaling is regulated by several biochemical reactions, whose dynamics depends on changes in the fluxes of specific ligands through the containment barriers that are the biological membranes. The regulation of this complex dynamic equilibrium is mainly due to the activity of border proteins, that must be abl...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Dainese E,Oddi S,Maccarrone M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient level of gamma -aminobutyric acid (GABA), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter of the brain is mediated by neuronal and glial GABA transporters (GATs), members of the sodium and chloride ion-dependent solute carrier family. The neuronal GABA transporter subtype (GAT-1) has already been proven to be the target...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Kardos J,Palló A,Bencsura A,Simon A

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Antisynthetase syndrome is a group of closely related rare diseases which clinically manifest with inflammatory myopathies, interstitial lung disease, inflammatory arthritis, skin hyperkeratosis (mechanic’s hands) and Raynaud phenomenon. The pathophysiology of antisynthetase syndrome is not entirely understood, but ge...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mirrakhimov AE

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00