On the contribution of molecular topology to drug design and discovery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kinase domain of VEGFR-2 displays conformational flexibility which leads to existence of two kinds of inhibitors viz. type I and type II inhibitors. They exhibit different binding modes and this necessitates the development of separate pharmacophore models for them. METHODS:The virtual screening study for d...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Bhojwani HR,Joshi UJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated several biological activities of curcumin with therapeutic potential against Alzheimer's disease, among them the inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Aiming at identifying the chemical features relevant for this activity, the inhibition of curcumin and a set of 7 deriv...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Tello-Franco V,Lozada-García MC,Soriano-García M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models could provide both statistical significance and useful chemical insights for drug design. The QSAR method has found applications for predicting diverse properties of organic compounds, including antiviral activities, toxicities and biological activit...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Pargolghasemi P,Hoseininezhad-Namin MS,Jadid AP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular Carcinoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of the liver. Development of multidrug resistance is the main obstacle to the success of anticancer drugs. In this study, designing and docking study of thiosemicarbazide hybrids with amino acids or peptides against hepatocellular carcinoma was perfor...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Chacko S,Samanta S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 4 (SFRP4) is a glycoprotein that acts as a competitor of both canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways. SFRP4 is mostly expressed in ovary and plays a significant role as a target molecule to cure ovarian carcinoma. OBJECTIVE:Multiple chemical agonists are being used to cur...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Hassan M,Azhar M,Abbas Q,Raza H,Moustafa AA,Shahzadi S,Ashraf Z,Seo SY

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Virtual screening of candidate drug molecules using machine learning techniques plays a key role in pharmaceutical industry to design and discovery of new drugs. Computational classification methods can determine drug types according to the disease groups and distinguish approved drugs from withdrawn ones. ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Onay A,Onay M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work employs 152 benzene-carboxylic acid' esters having computed the toxicity within the range [2.251, 10.222] for fathead minnow fish (Pimephales promelas). Calibration set includes many pairs having very similar chemical structure, size, shape and hydrophilicity, but very different value of ECOSAR toxici...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Tarko L,Putz MV,Ionascu C,Putz AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new mathematical approach is proposed in the definition of molecular descriptors (MDs) based on the application of information theory concepts. This approach stems from a new matrix representation of a molecular graph (G) which is derived from the generalization of an incidence matrix whose row entries correspond to...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Barigye SJ,Marrero-Ponce Y,Santiago OM,López YM,Pérez-Giménez F,Torrens F

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To generate and validate predictive models for blood brain permeation (BBB) of CNS molecules using QSPR approach. BACKGROUND:Prediction of molecules crossing BBB remain a challenge in drug delivery. Predictive models are designed for evaluation of set of preclinical drugs which may serve as alternatives for determ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Dhavale RP,Choudhari PB,Bhatia MS

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Machine Learning is a useful tool for the prediction of cell-penetration compounds as drug candidates. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this study, we developed a novel method for predicting Cell-Penetrating Peptides (CPPs) membrane penetrating capability. For this, we used orthogonal encoding to encode amino aci...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Tang J,Ning J,Liu X,Wu B,Hu R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3D-QSAR selectivity analysis of 53 adamantyl heteroaryl urea derivatives active against M. tuberculosis is reported. These analogs inhibit Mycobacterial Membrane Protein Large 3 (MmpL3), a proposed transporter for cell wall mycolic acids. However, these analogs also exhibit affinity towards human soluble epoxide hyd...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Wadhwa P,Bagchi S,Sharma A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mycobacterium tuberculosis has instigated a serious challenge toward the effective treatment of tuberculosis. The reoccurrence of the resistant strains of the disease to accessible drugs/medications has mandate for the development of more effective anti-tubercular agents with efficient activities. Time exp...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Adeniji SE

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:PMD (p-menthane-3-8-diol) is an insect repellent that can be synthesized chemically or derived from a steam distillate residue of the leaves of lemon eucalyptus, Corymbia citriodora. It is one of the few natural product endorsed by the Center for Disease Control (USA) for topical application to protect against mosquit...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Bhattacharjee AK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common mechanism of the so-called multidrug resistance (MDR), is mainly associated with an over expression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp). It is an ATP-dependent transport protein that limits the intracellular accumulation of a variety of structurally unrelated compounds within various organs and normal tissues such...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Vázquez RN,Camargo AB,Marchevsky EJ,Luco JM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pakistan possesses a rich and vast source of natural products (NPs). Some of these secondary metabolites have been identified as potent therapeutic agents. However, the medicinal usage of most of these compounds has not yet been fully explored. The discoveries for new scaffolds of NPs as inhibitors of certain enzymes ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Mirza SB,Bokhari H,Fatmi MQ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper is an attempt for QSAR modeling based on topological, electrostatic, quantum chemical, constitutional, geometrical and physicochemical indices computed from the structures of 59 set of synthesized chalcone derivatives tested for the cell cycle inhibition of mitotic G2/M phase using multiple linear regression...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Nandi S,Bagchi MC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unconventional Knoevenagel-type indoles have been the topic of interest of many synthetic chemists because of its promising efficacy in different diseases including cancer. OBJECTIVE:To explore the structural requirements of Knoevenagel-type cytotoxic indoles for higher efficacy. METHODS:Multi-QSAR modelin...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Amin SA,Adhikari N,Jha T,Gayen S

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An important area of theoretical drug design research is quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) using structural invariants. The impetus for this research trend comes from various directions. Researchers in chemical documentation have searched for a set of invariants which will be more convenient than the...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Nandi S,Bagchi MC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As crucial members of the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily, alpha (1)-adrenergic receptors (alpha(1)-ARs) are recognized to intervene the actions of endogenous catecholamines such as norepinephrine and epinephrine. So far three distinct alpha(1)-AR subtypes, alpha(1A), alpha(1B) and alpha(1D), have been c...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Du L,Li M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For three random splits, one-variable models of oximes reactivation of sarin inhibited acetylcholinesterase (logarithm of the AChE reactivation percentage by oximes with concentration of 0.001 M) have been calculated with CORAL software. The total number of considered oximes was 42. Simplified molecular input line ent...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Veselinović AM,Veselinović JB,Toropov AA,Toropova AP,Nikolić GM

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accuracy of molecular conformation for Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) studies is an important criteria, and the most favourable bioactive conformer selection is a tough task. Correct ligand alignment as input for 3D-QSAR is an important step that is prone to human biases. Multiple-di...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Radhika V,Jaraf HA,Kanth SS,Vijjulatha M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibition of penicillin binding protein 2A (PBP2A) represents a sound drug design strategy in combatting Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Considering the urgent need for effective antimicrobials in combatting MRSA infections, we have developed a statistically robust ensemble of molecular ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Ogunleye AJ,Eniafe GO,Inyang OK,Adewumi B,Omotuyi OI

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lung carcinoma is the most commonly cancer causing deaths throughout the world that mainly occurs due to smoking. Small cell lung cancer and Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are the two different types of Lung cancer. For the detection and classification of lung cancer, there are different techniques in ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Jain S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Euterpe oleracea Martius, popularly known as açaí, is a fruit rich in α-tocopherols, fibers, lipids, mineral ions and polyphenols. It is believed that the high content of polyphenols, specially flavonoids, provides several health-promoting effects to the açaí fruit, including anti-inflammatory, immunomodulat...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： de Oliveira NKS,Almeida MRS,Pontes FMM,Barcelos MP,Silva GM,de Paula da Silva CHT,Cruz RAS,da Silva Hage-Melim LI

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to find out the role of auranofin as a promising broad spectrum antibacterial agent. METHODS:In-vitro assays (Percentage growth retardation, Bacterial growth kinetics, Biofilm formation assay) and In-silico study (Molegro virtual docker (MVD) version 6.0 and Molecular operating environment...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Sharma N,Singh A,Sharma R,Kumar A

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) alone is responsible for the sovereignty of demises worldwide related to the other cancers.ROS1 is a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK), eminently recognized as the stereotyped oncogenic driver. These RTKs trigger an array of physiological regulations via cellular signal tr...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Adhikary R,Khandelwal R,Hussain T,Nayarisseri A,Singh SK

更新日期：2020-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemotherapy and radiotherapy have negative effects on normal tissues and they are very expensive and lengthy treatments. These disadvantages have recently attracted researchers to the new methods that specifically affect cancerous tissues and have lower damage to normal tissues. One of these methods is the ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Siahmazgi MG,Khalili MAN,Ahmadpour F,Khodadadi S,Zeinoddini M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM AND OBJECTIVE:Isoflavone phytoestrogens, which commonly present in natural plants, are closely related to human health. The combination of them with estrogen receptors in the body can play a more important role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and menopausal diseases. This researc...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Wang T,Liu Y,Zhuang X,Luan F,Zhao C

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The QSAR and docking studies were performed on fifty seven steroids with binding affinities for corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) and eighty four steroids with binding affinities for sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). Since the steroidal compounds have binding affinity for both CBG and SHBG, multi-target QSAR ap...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Nikolic K,Filipic S,Agbaba D

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step in the process of drug development is to determine those lead compounds that demonstrate significant biological activity with regard to a target protein. Because this process is often costly and time consuming, there is a need to develop efficient methodologies for the generation of lead compounds for p...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Funatsu K,Miyao T,Arakawa M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00