BACE1 inhibitors: Current status and future directions in treating Alzheimer's disease

NM Moussa‐Pacha, SM Abdin, HA Omar… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder
with no current cure. One of the important therapeutic approaches of AD is the inhibition of β …

Ligand-binding affinity estimates supported by quantum-mechanical methods

U Ryde, P Soderhjelm - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
One of the largest challenges of computational chemistry is calculation of accurate free
energies for the binding of a small molecule to a biological macromolecule, which has …

Docking and molecular dynamic of microalgae compounds as potential inhibitors of beta-lactamase

R Pestana-Nobles, Y Aranguren-Díaz… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacterial resistance is responsible for a wide variety of health problems, both in children and
adults. The persistence of symptoms and infections are mainly treated with β-lactam …

Computational insights into the protonation states of catalytic dyad in BACE1–acyl guanidine based inhibitor complex

A Kocak, I Erol, M Yildiz, H Can - Journal of Molecular Graphics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Develo** small compound based drugs targeting the β-secretase (BACE) enzyme is one
of the most promising strategies in treatment of the Alzheimer's disease. As the enzyme …

Fragment-based virtual screening approach and molecular dynamics simulation studies for identification of BACE1 inhibitor leads

P Manoharan, N Ghoshal - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Traditional structure-based virtual screening method to identify drug-like small molecules for
BACE1 is so far unsuccessful. Location of BACE1, poor Blood Brain Barrier permeability and …

Biological and computational evaluation of resveratrol inhibitors against Alzheimer's disease

C Koukoulitsa, C Villalonga-Barber… - Journal of enzyme …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
It has been reported that beta amyloid induces production of radical oxygen species and
oxidative stress in neuronal cells, which in turn upregulates β-secretase (BACE-1) …

Artificial neural network models driven novel virtual screening workflow for the identification and biological evaluation of BACE1 inhibitors

K Kashyap, L Panigrahi, S Ahmed… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Beta‐site amyloid‐β precursor protein‐cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) is a transmembrane
aspartic protease and has shown potential as a possible therapeutic target for Alzheimer's …

Scale alpha and beta of quantitative convergence and chemical reactivity analysis in dual cholinesterase/monoamine oxidase inhibitors for the Alzheimer disease …

A Morales-Bayuelo, R Baldiris… - Journal of Theoretical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular quantum similarity descriptors and Density Functional Theory (DFT) based
reactivity descriptors were studied for a series of cholinesterase/monoamine oxidase …

Cognitive enhancers (nootropics). Part 2: drugs interacting with enzymes

W Froestl, A Muhs, A Pfeifer - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Cognitive enhancers (nootropics) are drugs to treat cognition deficits in patients suffering
from Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, stroke, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or …

Computational analysis of BACE1-ligand complex crystal structures and linear discriminant analysis for identification of BACE1 inhibitors with anti P-glycoprotein …

P Manoharan, K Chennoju… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
More than 100 years of research on Alzheimer's disease didn't yield a potential cure for this
dreadful disease. Poor Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) permeability and P-glycoprotein binding of …