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Current Pharmaceutical Design - Volume 22, Issue 44, 2016
Volume 22, Issue 44, 2016
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Methods for Elucidation of DNA-Anticancer Drug Interactions and their Applications in the Development of New Drugs
Authors: Majus Misiak, Francesco Mantegazza and Giovanni L. BerettaDNA damaging agents including anthracyclines, camptothecins and platinum drugs are among most frequently used drugs in the chemotherapeutic routine. Due to their relatively low selectivity for cancer cells, administration of these drugs is associated with adverse side effects, inherent genotoxicity with risk of developing secondary cancers. Development of new drugs, which could be spared of these drawbacks and char Read More
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Emerging Role of G-quadruplex DNA as Target in Anticancer Therapy
Authors: Graziella Cimino-Reale, Nadia Zaffaroni and Marco FoliniDNA has represented the most exploited target for the development of anticancer agents. It is now established that DNA may assume a variety of non-B conformations. This evidence has generated a total novel wave of interest in DNA as a cancer-associated target, since its distinct non-B structures may be regarded as sites for selective therapeutic intervention. G-quadruplexes are peculiar non-B DNA conformations that Read More
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Genotype- or Phenotype-Targeting Anticancer Therapies? Lessons from Tumor Evolutionary Biology
Despite the efficacy of most cancer therapies, drug resistance remains a major problem in the clinic. The eradication of the entire tumor and the cure of the patient by chemotherapy alone are rare, in particular for advanced disease. From an evolutionary perspective, the selective pressure exerted by chemotherapy leads to the emergence of resistant clones where resistance can be associated with many different functional Read More
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Cisplatin Analogues with an Increased Interaction with DNA: Prospects for Therapy
Authors: Megan E. Hardie, Hieronimus W. Kava and Vincent MurrayCisplatin is widely used as a cancer chemotherapeutic agent and this review covers the mechanism of action of cisplatin, cellular resistance to cisplatin, the genomic location of cisplatin adducts and the properties of DNA-targeted Pt complexes. A particular focus of this review is the interaction of Pt compounds with DNA. The technology involved in determining Pt-drug/DNA interactions has advanced and permits clea Read More
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Organotin(IV) Carboxylates as Promising Potential Drug Candidates in the Field of Cancer Chemotherapy
Authors: Muhammad Sirajuddin and Saqib AliMedicinal inorganic chemistry plays an important role in exploring the properties of metal ions for the designing of new drugs. The field has been stimulated by the success of cis-platin, the world best selling anticancer drug and platinum complexes with reduced toxicity, oral activity and activity against resistant tumors are currently on clinical trial. The use of cis-platin is, however, severely limited by its toxic side-effects. Read More
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Polyphenol-Related Epigenetic Modifications in Osteoarthritis: Current Therapeutic Perspectives
Authors: Consuelo Arias, Tomas Zambrano, Dulcineia S.P. Abdalla and Luis A. SalazarThe hyaline cartilage is an avascular, aneural and alymphatic tissue with a limited ability to repair itself. When the cartilage is exposed to some kind of injury, it usually triggers osteoarthritis (OA), a prevalent and degenerative joint disease closely related to aging. OA is both complex and multifactorial, and is the most common form of arthritis, being positioned as a major cause of pain and dysfunction in the world. In addit Read More
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Development of Novel miRNA-based Vaccines and Antivirals against Enterovirus 71
Authors: Pinn Tsin Isabel Yee and Chit Laa PohThe Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) is caused by Enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) and Coxsackieviruses. Common HFMD symptoms are high fever (≥ 39°C), rashes, and ulcers but complications due to virulent EV-A71 may arise leading to cardiopulmonary failure and death. The lack of vaccines and antiviral drugs against EV-A71 highlights the urgency of developing preventive and treatment agents. Recent studies have reported Read More
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Functional Foods for Health: The Interrelated Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Role of Fruits, Vegetables, Herbs, Spices and Cocoa in Humans
Authors: Mauro Serafini and Ilaria PelusoThe health benefits of plant food-based diets could be related to both integrated antioxidant and antiinflammatory mechanisms exerted by a wide array of phytochemicals present in fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices. Therefore, there is mounting interest in identifying foods, food extracts and phytochemical formulations from plant sources which are able to efficiently modulate oxidative and inflammatory stress to prevent diet- Read More
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Short and Long Term Effects of a DPP-4 Inhibitor Versus Bedtime NPH Insulin as ADD-ON Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Background: We conducted a comparison between the dipeptidyl-peptidase-4(DPP-4) inhibitor sitagliptin versus NPH insulin as an add-on therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) failing oral medications. The objective was to ascertain the better indication in long-duration diabetes. Methods: thirty-five T2D patients inadequately controlled with metformin plus glyburide were randomized to receive sitagliptin Read More
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