Current Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 23, Issue 35, 2016

Reversible acetylation of histones is a well-known mechanism of epigenetic regulation of gene expression. More recently, studies have demonstrated that acetylation/deacetylation in several proteins regulate multiple aspects of cellular activity, especially those associated with energetic metabolism. Platelets are key participants in haemostasis and cardiovascular diseases. Although metabolic changes such as di Read More

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 may also cause diseases to a host such as hay fever, atherosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The enzymes Read More

Tuberculosis nowadays ranks as the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide. In the last twenty years, this disease has again started to spread mainly for the appearance of multi-drug resistant forms. Therefore, new targets are needed to address the growing emergence of bacterial resistance and for antitubercular drug development. Efficient iron acquisition is crucial for the pathogenesis of M Read More

The enzyme xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) catalyzes the last two steps of purine catabolism in the highest uricotelic primates. XOR is an enzyme with dehydrogenase activity that, in mammals, may be converted into oxidase activity under a variety of pathophysiologic conditions. XOR activity is highly regulated at the transcriptional and post-translational levels and may generate reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, which trig Read More

(R)-Ricinoleic acid (RA) [(12R,9Z)-hydroxyoctadecenoic acid], the main compound of castor seed oil, because of its unusual structure readily undergoes multi-directional chemical and biochemical transformations to produce derivatives with the retained carbon skeleton or with its degradation. Many of these are of high biological activity, as documented by an in vitro study, and possess therapeutic potential. This re Read More

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are one of the widely used nanoparticles with spectrum of application, in the areas like daily care products, sensors, antibacterial agents, and biomedical sector. With extensive application the risk of exposure at occupational and consumer level also increases. Huge amount of data are available on the biointeraction of ZnO NPs. Though the toxicity of ZnO NPs is attributed to particle d Read More