abstract：:FGF19 is a noncanonical FGF ligand that can control a broad spectrum of physiological responses, which include bile acid homeostasis, liver metabolism and glucose uptake. Many of these responses are mediated by FGF19 binding to its FGFR4/β-klotho receptor complex and controlling activation of an array of intracellular...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Prieto-Dominguez N,Shull AY,Teng Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FGFs and their receptors (FGFRs) are critical for many biologic processes, including angiogenesis, wound healing and tissue regeneration. Aberrations in FGFR signaling are common in cancer, making FGFRs a promising target in antitumor studies. To date, many FGFR inhibitors are being detected in clinical studies, and r...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Xue WJ,Li MT,Chen L,Sun LP,Li YY

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Hypertension is associated with development of cardiovascular disease and has become a significant health problem worldwide. Naturally-derived antihypertensive peptides have emerged as promising alternatives to synthetic drugs. MATERIALS & METHODS:This study introduces predictor of antihypertensive activity of pep...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Win TS,Schaduangrat N,Prachayasittikul V,Nantasenamat C,Shoombuatong W

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA repair protein, O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), can confer resistance to guanine O6-alkylating agents. Therefore, inhibition of resistant MGMT protein is a practical approach to increase the anticancer effects of such alkylating agents. Numerous small molecule inhibitors were synthesized and exh...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Sun G,Zhao L,Zhong R,Peng Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic stability is an important property of drug candidates and pharmaceutical companies often have human liver microsomal (HLM) data for a large number of molecules, enabling development of global quantitative structure-activity relationship models. RESULTS:This study describes a strategy for building a global H...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Stålring J,Sohlenius-Sternbeck AK,Terelius Y,Parkes K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Confirm the use of Plectanthus spp. plants in traditional medicine, particularly as anti-inflammatory and anti-infective agents. MATERIALS & METHODS:Compounds previously isolated from Plectranthus spp. were studied for their anti-inflammatory activity using the SNAP assay and RAW 264.7 cells, by the quantification...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Andrade JM,Custódio L,Romagnoli A,Reis CP,Rodrigues MJ,Garcia C,Petruccioli E,Goletti D,Faustino C,Fimia GM,Rijo P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epothilone is a newly developed antitumor drug; its antitumor principle is to stop the cell cycle by binding to tubulin in tumor cells, promoting tubulin polymerization, inhibiting depolymerization of microtubules, and ultimately inducing apoptosis. There are many analogs of epothilone, such as epothilone B, epothilon...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Cheng H,Huang G

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There is little information available on the monoamine oxidase isoform selectivity of N-alkyl harmine analogs, which exhibit a myriad of activities including MAO-A, DYRK1A and cytotoxicity to several select cancer cell lines. RESULTS:Compounds 3e and 4c exhibited an IC50 of 0.83 ± 0.03 and 0.43 ± 0.002 μM against ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Haider S,Alhusban M,Chaurasiya ND,Tekwani BL,Chittiboyina AG,Khan IA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer remains a complex problem as tumors frequently develop resistance against drugs, a mechanism sometimes mediated by ATP-Binding Cassette transporters. Our goal was to find compounds restricting their inhibition capacity to the cisplatin efflux mediated by ABCC2 pump, among prev...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Comsa E,Nguyen KA,Loghin F,Boumendjel A,Peuchmaur M,Andrieu T,Falson P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The design and synthesis of chromenopyrimidines as microtubule destabilizing agents. MATERIALS & METHODS:Novel chromenopyrimidines and chromenotriazolopyrimidines were prepared and evaluated for their cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cell line. The most potent compound was tested for its possible effect on tubulin inhib...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： El-Bakhshawangy NM,El-Nassan HB,Kassab AE,Taher AT

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New antibacterials that modulate less explored targets are needed to fight the emerging bacterial resistance. DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV are attractive targets in this search. These are both type II topoisomerases that can cleave both DNA strands, and can thus alter DNA topology during replication or similar proc...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Barančoková M,Kikelj D,Ilaš J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and neurodegenerative disorder of the CNS, affecting elderly people. The current pharmacological approach is based on the improvement of cholinergic neurotransmission by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase (AChE) with AChE inhibitors. The disease is also characterized by the acceler...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： de Almeida JR,Figueiro M,Almeida WP,de Paula da Silva CHT

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is an increasing public health problem in the world. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes whose complications contribute to its high death rate. It seriously impacts healthcare systems and patients' quality of life. Therefore, effective measures and new treatment strategies are needed ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Turdu G,Gao H,Jiang Y,Kabas M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), one of polyphenols isolated from green tea, exhibits biology-benefiting effects with minimum severe adverse. EGCG is known to be a mitochondrion-targeting medicinal agent, regulating mitochondrial metabolism, including mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial bioenergetics, and mitochon...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Shi W,Li L,Ding Y,Yang K,Chen Z,Fan X,Jiang S,Guan Y,Liu Z,Xu D,Wu L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bromodomain proteins, known as the key targets in epigenetics, are 'readers' of acetylated lysine of histones. As a member of bromodomain proteins, bromodomain-containing protein 9 (BRD9) is a subunit of mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes. However, the biological functions and the potential applicati...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hui M,Jian Z,Peiyuan Z,Zhenwei W,Huibin Z

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian carbonic anhydrases (CAs; EC 4.2.1.1) of which 16 isoforms are known, are involved in important physiological functions. Their inhibition is exploited pharmacologically for the treatment of many diseases (glaucoma, edema, epilepsy, obesity, hypoxic tumors, neuropathic pain, etc.) but the activators were less...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Supuran CT

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Triterpenes are natural compounds, whose wide biological activity predestines them for application as promising new chemotherapeutics. In this paper, we report the results of our investigations into the substitution of oleanolic acid with aromatic and nitroaromatic moieties acting as bioreducing agents. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Bednarczyk-Cwynar B,Ruszkowski P,Jarosz T,Krukiewicz K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present study was carried out to assess a new series of triazoloquinazolines 1-40 for their antioxidant activities using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl radical scavenging, ferric reduction antioxidant power and reducing power capability assays. RESULTS:All triazoloquinazolines 1-40 exhibited antioxidant activi...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Al-Salahi R,Anouar EH,Marzouk M,Taie HA,Abuelizz HA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic receptors are membrane proteins involved in several physiological processes. They are considered suitable drug targets for various CNS disorders or conditions, as shown by the large number of compounds which have entered clinical trials. In recent years, nonconventional agonists have been discovered: positiv...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Manetti D,Bellucci C,Chiaramonte N,Dei S,Teodori E,Romanelli MN

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New Delhi Metallo β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a member of the Metallo-β-lactamase family, capable of catalyzing the hydrolysis of all β-lactam antibiotics. The rapid dissemination of NDM producers, 'superbugs', has become a worldwide concern to health workers. Seventeen different variants of NDM have been reported so far...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Khan S,Ali A,Khan AU

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The similarity in the biological function of the bioisosteric pair, carboxyl and sulfonamide functional groups, is studied using the quantitative tool, average electron density of the bioisosteric moiety in drug molecules and the qualitative tool, electrostatic potential. Results/methodology: Five different capping...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Arabi AA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Camellia oleifera Abel is a member of Camellia, and its seeds are used to extract Camellia oil, which is generally used as cooking oil in the south of China. Camellia oil consists of unsaturated fatty acids, tea polyphenol, squalene, saponin, carrot element and vitamins, etc. The seed remains after oil extraction of C...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Xiao X,He L,Chen Y,Wu L,Wang L,Liu Z

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, the polysaccharide antitumor research is focused on how to further improve the antitumor activity of polysaccharides. The structural modification of polysaccharides can enhance their antitumor activity to a certain extent. The antitumor mechanisms of polysaccharide derivatives mainly contain the inducing a...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Huang G,Huang H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Richard H Ebright talks to Rachel Coleby, Commissioning Editor: Ebright is at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ, USA), where he performs research on the structure, mechanism, and regulation of bacterial transcription and on antibacterial drug discovery targeting bacterial transcription. He has received research aw...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Ebright RH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus by diet is achievable at the early stage of the disease; patients usually underestimate this approach and an appropriate drug therapy is required. RESULTS:Starting from quercetin and oleic acid, that have effect on insulin secretion, a small set of hybrid molecules was synthe...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Badolato M,Carullo G,Perri M,Cione E,Manetti F,Di Gioia ML,Brizzi A,Caroleo MC,Aiello F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Tuberculosis is responsible for 9.6 million infections and 1.5 million deaths in 2015. The development of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains has impeded the development of effective antitubercular therapy. Results/methodology: The present manuscript describes the synthesis of a series of 4-a...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Singh A,Viljoen A,Kremer L,Kumar V

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histone lysine demethylases (KDMs) are well-recognized targets in oncology drug discovery. They function at the post-translation level controlling chromatin conformation and gene transcription. KDM1A is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent amine oxidase, overexpressed in several tumor types, including acu...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Trifirò P,Cappa A,Brambillasca S,Botrugno OA,Cera MR,Zuffo RD,Dessanti P,Meroni G,Thaler F,Villa M,Minucci S,Mercurio C,Varasi M,Vianello P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria play a key role in ATP generation, redox homeostasis and regulation of apoptosis. Due to the essential role of mitochondria in metabolism and cell survival, targeting mitochondria in cancer cells is considered as an attractive therapeutic strategy. However, metabolic flexibility in cancer cells may enable...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Cui Q,Wen S,Huang P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EGFR is one of the most popular targets for anticancer therapies and many drugs, such as erlotinib and gefitinib, have got enormous success in clinical treatments of cancer in past decade. However, the efficacy of these agents is often limited because of the quick emergence of drug resistance. Fundamental structur...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Guan H,Du Y,Ning Y,Cao X

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic and thermodynamic ligand-protein binding parameters are gaining growing importance as key information to consider in drug discovery. The determination of the molecular structures, using particularly x-ray and NMR techniques, is crucial for understanding how a ligand recognizes its target in the final binding c...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Deganutti G,Moro S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrient-sensing receptors, including fatty acid receptors (FFA1-FFA4), Ca2+-sensing receptors and Zn2+-sensing receptors, are involved in several biological processes. These receptors are abundantly expressed in the GI tract, where they have been shown to play crucial roles in regulating GI function. This review prov...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Pongkorpsakol P,Moonwiriyakit A,Muanprasat C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Medical interest has focused on macrocyclic polyamines because of their properties as antitumor agents. Results/Methodology: We have designed and synthesized a series of 1,2-diaminocyclohexane derivatives with notable in vitro antiproliferative activities again...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Morales F,Ramírez A,Morata-Tarifa C,Navarro SA,Marchal JA,Campos JM,Conejo-García A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The finding of promising drugs represents a huge challenge in cancer therapeutics, therefore it is important to seek out novel approaches and elucidate essential cellular processes in order to identify potential drug targets. Studies on DNA repair pathway suggested that an enzyme, PARP, which plays a significant role ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar C,Rani N,Velan Lakshmi PT,Arunachalam A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The assumption in scaffold hopping is that changing the scaffold does not change the binding mode and the same structure-activity relationships (SARs) are seen for substituents decorating each scaffold. Results/methodology: We present the use of matched series analysis, an extension of matched molecular pair analys...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hunt P,Segall M,O'Boyle N,Sayle R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal complexes have been the subject of numerous investigations in oncology but, despite the plethora of newly synthesized compounds, their precise mechanisms of action remain generally unknown or, for the best, incompletely determined. The continuous development of efficient and sensitive techniques in analytical ch...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Marloye M,Berger G,Gelbcke M,Dufrasne F

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The pharmacotherapy of inflammatory bowel disease is difficult and currently available treatments bring mostly poor and unsatisfactory results. RESULTS:The purpose of this work was the synthesis of opiorphin, sialorphin, spinorphin and a series of their analogs and the in vitro characterization of their effect on ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kamysz E,Sałaga M,Sobocińska M,Giełdoń A,Fichna J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The use of 3D information has shown impact in numerous applications in drug design. However, it is often under-utilized and traditionally limited to specialists. We want to change that, and present an approach making 3D information and molecular modeling accessible and easy-to-use 'for the people'. METHODOLOGY/RES...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Grebner C,Norrby M,Enström J,Nilsson I,Hogner A,Henriksson J,Westin J,Faramarzi F,Werner P,Boström J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamenting temperature-sensitive mutant Z (FtsZ), an essential cell division protein in bacteria, has recently emerged as an important and exploitable antibacterial target. Cytokinesis in bacteria is regulated by the assembly dynamics of this protein, which is ubiquitously present in eubacteria. The perturbation of F...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Panda D,Bhattacharya D,Gao QH,Oza PM,Lin HY,Hawkins B,Hibbs DE,Groundwater PW

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections and is resistant to most antibiotics. With therapeutic options against P. aeruginosa dwindling, and the lack of new antibiotics in advanced developmental stages, strategies for preserving the effectiveness of current antibiotics are urgently req...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Lamers RP,Burrows LL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In total, 47,500,000 people worldwide are affected by dementia and this number is estimated to double by 2030 and triple within 2050 resulting in a huge burden on public health. Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 60-70% of all the ca...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Stotani S,Giordanetto F,Medda F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00