The expanding role of prodrugs in contemporary drug design and development

J Rautio, NA Meanwell, L Di… - Nature reviews drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Prodrugs are molecules with little or no pharmacological activity that are converted to the
active parent drug in vivo by enzymatic or chemical reactions or by a combination of the two …

The traditional medicine and modern medicine from natural products

H Yuan, Q Ma, L Ye, G Piao - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Natural products and traditional medicines are of great importance. Such forms of medicine
as traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, Kampo, traditional Korean medicine, and Unani …

Modulating epigenetic modifications for cancer therapy

LJ Castro-Muñoz, E Vázquez Ulloa… - Oncology …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
Cancer is a global public health concern. Alterations in epigenetic processes are among the
earliest genomic aberrations occurring during cancer development and are closely related …

Histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer, neurological diseases and immune disorders

KJ Falkenberg, RW Johnstone - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Epigenetic aberrations, which are recognized as key drivers of several human diseases, are
often caused by genetic defects that result in functional deregulation of epigenetic proteins …

From oxiranes to oligomers: Architectures of US FDA approved pharmaceuticals containing oxygen heterocycles

MD Delost, DT Smith, BJ Anderson… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Oxygen heterocycles are the second most common type of heterocycles that appear as
structural components of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved …

A survey of the role of noncovalent sulfur interactions in drug design

BR Beno, KS Yeung, MD Bartberger… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Electron deficient, bivalent sulfur atoms have two areas of positive electrostatic potential, a
consequence of the low-lying σ* orbitals of the C–S bond that are available for interaction …

Natural products as sources of new drugs over the 30 years from 1981 to 2010

DJ Newman, GM Cragg - Journal of natural products, 2012 - ACS Publications
This review is an updated and expanded version of the three prior reviews that were
published in this journal in 1997, 2003, and 2007. In the case of all approved therapeutic …

Rational design of multitarget-directed ligands: strategies and emerging paradigms

J Zhou, X Jiang, S He, H Jiang, F Feng… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Due to the complexity of multifactorial diseases, single-target drugs do not always exhibit
satisfactory efficacy. Recently, increasing evidence indicates that simultaneous modulation …

Recent advancements in stimuli responsive drug delivery platforms for active and passive cancer targeting

MA Rahim, N Jan, S Khan, H Shah, A Madni, A Khan… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally. Several studies,
efforts and treatment strategies have been put forth for the treatment of different types of …

Mutational signatures are jointly shaped by DNA damage and repair

NV Volkova, B Meier, V González-Huici… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cells possess an armamentarium of DNA repair pathways to counter DNA damage and
prevent mutation. Here we use C. elegans whole genome sequencing to systematically …