abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignant primary brain tumor, with an incidence of 3.19 cases per 100,000 person years and remarkably poor prognosis showing a 5-year survival rate of 4-5%, and only a 26-33% survival rate at 2 years in clinical trials. OBJECTIVE:In this paper, we review the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Batash R,Asna N,Schaffer P,Francis N,Schaffer M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last two decades, there have been significant technological advances in the early detection of brain tumors. However, no notable improvements have been observed in the treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), the most common brain neoplasm coupled with the worst prognosis. GBM is characterized by a...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Arévalo ÁST,Erices JI,Uribe DA,Howden J,Niechi I,Muñoz S,Martín RS,Monrás CAQ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy specific β1-glycoproteins (PSGs) have long been recognized as trophoblast quality and embryo viability markers. However, biological roles of PSGs remain obscure, and structure/function relationships to other feto-placental proteins as well as implications for drug design have not been reviewed. Thi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Moldogazieva NT,Mokhosoev IM,Terentiev AA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is an important diabetic microvascular complication, and it is becoming the leading cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. Unfortunately, there are no effective therapies to treat established DN. Therefore, new therapeutic targets are urgently required. Accumulating studies ind...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Yang S,Han Y,Liu J,Song P,Xu X,Zhao L,Hu C,Xiao L,Liu F,Zhang H,Sun L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onychomycosis (fungal nail infections) is very common worldwide but is fortunately not often lethal. Several powerful drugs have been introduced into clinical practice in recent years, but these infections remain difficult to cure primarily due to the difficulty of penetration of drug to the site of the infection in t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Basha A,Basha F,Ali SK,Hanson PR,Oakley BR,Hajovsky H,Mitscher LA

更新日期：2016-05-27 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：:The arachidonic acid metabolizing enzymes, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and 5- lipoxygenase (5-LOX), are both highly expressed during the carcinogenesis in colons. Cigarette smoking promotes these carcinogenic processes at the early stage during adenoma formation. In this article, the involvement of COX-2 and 5-LOX, along...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Shen J,Li WX,Xiao ZG,Zhang L,Li MX,Li LF,Hu W,Lu L,Boudreau F,Cho CH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric Oxide (NO) is a signaling radical, highly diffusible pleiotropic regulator of a large set of different molecular and biological pathways, including, neurotransmission, vasodilatation and macrophagemediated responses against infections. It is produced from the amino acid L-Arginine and oxygen by the enzymatic ac...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Fionda C,Abruzzese MP,Santoni A,Cippitelli M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stilbene scaffold is a basic element for a number of biologically active natural and synthetic compounds, and it is considered as a privileged structure. Stilbenes exemplified by resveratrol, combretastatin A-4 and pterostilbene are of significant interest for drug research and development because of their potenti...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Giacomini E,Rupiani S,Guidotti L,Recanatini M,Roberti M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholesterol efflux as a key event in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is considered now as both diagnostic tool and a promising target for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Radioactive in vitro cholesterol efflux assay (CEA) is the gold standard for determination of efflux at cellular level. Fluorescent t...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Litvinov DY,Savushkin EV,Garaeva EA,Dergunov AD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of dopaminergic agonists is key in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and related central nervous system (CNS) neurodegenerative disorders. Despite there are a number of commercialized dopaminergic agonists that are currently being used successfully in the first stages of the disease, they often fail to prov...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Matute MS,Matute R,Merino P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review covers the compounds isolated from marine sponges with neuroprotective activities during the period between 1999 and 2014 based on their chemical structures, collections sites, sponge taxonomy and neuroprotective effects. These compounds were isolated from marine sponges collected from 18 countries, most o...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Alghazwi M,Kan YQ,Zhang W,Gai WP,Yan XX

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rutin (quercetin-3-O-rutinoside) is a multifunctional natural flavonoid glycoside with profound effects on the various cellular functions under pathological conditions. Due to the ability of rutin and/or its metabolites to cross the blood brain barrier, it has also been shown to modify the cognitive and various behavi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Habtemariam S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney has numerous complex interactions with the heart, including shared risk factors (e.g., hypertension, dyslipidemia, etc.) and mutual amplification of morbidity and mortality. Both cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease (CKD) may cause various alterations in cardiovascular system, metabolic homeos...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Potpara TS,Jokic V,Dagres N,Marin F,Prostran MS,Blomstrom-Lundqvist C,Lip GY

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in drug absorption, distribution and elimination. They also mediate multidrug resistance in cancer cells. Isoflavones, such as genistein (GNT), belong to a class of naturally-occurring compounds found at high concentrations in commonly consumed soya based-foods and ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Rigalli JP,Ciriaci N,Mottino AD,Catania VA,Ruiz ML

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyphenols are probably the most known and investigated molecules of nutritional interest as micronutrients present in abundance in our diet. Some of the most important food sources of polyphenols in the Mediterranean diet are olives and olive oil. A growing body of evidence from animal models to clinical s...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Carito V,Ceccanti M,Tarani L,Ferraguti G,Chaldakov GN,Fiore M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are natural plant-derived polyphenolic compounds with various biological properties particularly in the cardiovascular system, including antiatherogenic, antioxidant, vasodilation, antihypertensive, and antiplatelet activities. These biological properties have been evaluated in several experimental and clin...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Almeida Rezende B,Pereira AC,Cortes SF,Lemos VS

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin-related 7 (TRPM7) is a non-selective cation channel fused with a functional kinase domain. Physiologically, TRPM7 channel is involved in magnesium homeostasis, cell survival and gastrulation. The channel part is responsible for calcium, magnesium, and metal trace entries. Cation...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Gautier M,Perrière M,Monet M,Vanlaeys A,Korichneva I,Dhennin-Duthille I,Ouadid-Ahidouch H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) is recognised as a main feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Increasing evidence suggests that small soluble oligomers of Aβ are the toxic form of the peptide and may instigate AD. Different factors including some key residues within Aβ molecule, the cell membrane, prion protein and metals pl...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Jamasbi E,Wade JD,Separovic F,Hossain MA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is an initial response of the body to a harmful stimuli and it is achieved by the increased movement of leukocytes (especially granulocytes) from blood into injured tissues. It is required for healing wounds and infections. Despite their indispensable role in microbial killing, the inflammation reactions ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Soubhye J,Aldib I,Delporte C,Prévost M,Dufrasne F,Antwerpen PV

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence came out showing that oxidative stress has a pivotal role in development and maintenance of inflammation and aberrant immune responses. Biomarkers of oxidative stress may define the proportion of oxidative damage underlying pathological conditions, and also foresee and monitor the possible efficacy of therape...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cristani M,Speciale A,Saija A,Gangemi S,Minciullo PL,Cimino F

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Traditional opioids, mainly alkaloids, have been used in the clinical management of pain for a number of years but are often associated with numerous side-effects including sedation, dizziness, physical dependence, tolerance, addiction, nausea, vomiting, constipation and respiratory depression which prevent their effe...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Garg S,Nurgali K,Mishra VK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimitotics binding at the colchicine site of tubulin are important antitumour and vascular disrupting agents. Pyridines and azines are privileged scaffolds in medicinal chemistry and in recent years many colchicine site ligands (CSL) have incorporated them into their structures with the aim of improving their pharma...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Álvarez R,Aramburu L,Puebla P,Caballero E,González M,Vicente A,Medarde M,Peláez R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic properties of cannabinoids are well-known since ancient years. Growing evidence exist on endocannabinoid system (ECS) modulation related with human tumorigenesis. OBJECTIVE:Taking into account the substantial role of ECS on immune cell regulation, the present review is aimed to summarize the...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Giaginis C,Lakiotaki E,Korkolopoulou P,Konstantopoulos K,Patsouris E,Theocharis S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamins are dietary components which are necessary for life. They play a major role in health and their deficiency may be linked to symptoms of psychiatric disorders. B vitamins are required for proper functioning of the methylation cycle, monoamine oxidase production, DNA synthesis and the repair and maintenance of ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Mikkelsen K,Stojanovska L,Apostolopoulos V

更新日期：2016-01-01 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

abstract：:Balance between excitatory glutamate and inhibitory GABA neurotransmitter is essential and critical for proper development and functioning of brain. GABAergic (gamma aminobutyric acid) and glutamatergic interneurons maintain excitability, integrity and synaptic plasticity. Several evidences implicated relative loss of...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Purkayastha P,Malapati A,Yogeeswari P,Sriram D

更新日期：2015-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion channel dysfunction has been identified as a contributor to symptom development and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS). The molecular insights have been translated into new lines of research, with ion channel modulation now representing a therapeutic approach in MS. Studies of Na+ channel function have d...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Arnold R,Huynh W,Kiernan MC,Krishnan AV

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF, TNF-α, cachectin) is a pleiotropic, proinflammatory cytokine with multiple biological effects, many of which are not yet fully understood. Although TNF was initially described as an anti-tumor agent more than three decades ago, current knowledge places it central to immune system homeostasi...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Richmond V,Michelini FM,Bueno CA,Alché LE,Ramírez JA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During past two decades, plant-derived bioactive compounds have been reported as novel therapeutic agents for prevention and/or mitigation of different human diseases such as cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Hesperidin is known as one of the most common and bioactive constituents of...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Ahmadi A,Shadboorestan A,Nabavi SF,Setzer WN,Nabavi SM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TB drug development pipeline represents varied structural classes of molecules. Oxazolidinones represent synthetic anti-bacterial agents with unique mechanism of action having wide spectrum of activity, oral bioavailability and well established SAR. They act by inhibiting translation at the initiation phase of protein...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Jadhavar PS,Vaja MD,Dhameliya TM,Chakraborti AK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the understanding the pathophysiology of atherogenesis and atherosclerosis progression has been one of the major goals of cardiovascular research during the last decades, the precise mechanisms underlying plaque destabilization are still unknown. The disruption of the plaque and the thrombosis in the lumen th...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Cominacini L,Garbin U,Mozzini C,Stranieri C,Pasini A,Solani E,Tinelli IA,Pasini AF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin, a tryptophan-derived neurohormone found in animals, plants, and microbes, participates in various biological and physiological functions. Among other properties, numerous in vitro or in vivo studies have reported its therapeutic potential against many parasites, bacteria and viruses. In this concern, melato...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Elmahallawy EK,Luque JO,Aloweidi AS,Gutiérrez-Fernández J,Sampedro-Martínez A,Rodriguez-Granger J,Kaki A,Agil A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The available therapy is limited to the symptomatic treatment and its efficacy remains unsatisfactory. In view of the prevalence and expected increase in the incidence of AD, the development of an effective therapy is crucial for public ...

journal_title：Current medicinal chemistry

authors： Guzior N,Wieckowska A,Panek D,Malawska B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00