Past, present, and future perspectives on computer-aided drug design methodologies

D Bassani, S Moro - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The application of computational approaches in drug discovery has been consolidated in
the last decades. These families of techniques are usually grouped under the common …

Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Activities of Clinacanthus nutans (Burm. f.) Lindau

CM Lin, HH Chen, CW Lung, HJ Chen - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clinacanthus nutans (Burm. f.) Lindau has been used as a traditional herbal medicine for
treating snake bites, scalds, burns, and viral and bacterial infections. It has been attracting …

Molecular modeling unveils the effective interaction of B-RAF inhibitors with rare B-RAF insertion variants

MC Scaini, L Piccin, D Bassani, A Scapinello… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved MAPK inhibitors as a treatment for
melanoma patients carrying a mutation in codon V600 of the BRAF gene exclusively …

“Dual Anta-Inhibitors” of the A2A Adenosine Receptor and Casein Kinase CK1delta: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Modeling Studies

A Spinaci, M Buccioni, D Catarzi, C Cui, V Colotta… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Based on a screening of a chemical library of A2A adenosine receptor (AR) antagonists, a
series of di-and tri-substituted adenine derivatives were synthesized and tested for their …

Another string to your bow: machine learning prediction of the pharmacokinetic properties of small molecules

D Bassani, NJ Parrott, N Manevski… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Prediction of pharmacokinetic (PK) properties is crucial for drug discovery and
development. Machine-learning (ML) models, which use statistical pattern recognition to …

{\textquotedblleft} Dual Anta-Inhibitors {\textquotedblright} of the A2A Adenosine Receptor and Casein Kinase {CK} 1delta: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and …

S Andrea, B Michela, C Daniela, C Chang… - …, 2023 - research.unipd.it
Based on a screening of a chemical library of A2A adenosine receptor (AR) antagonists, a
series of di-and tri-substituted adenine derivatives were synthesized and tested for their …

In Silico Insights Toward the Exploration of Adenosine Receptors Ligand Recognition

D Bassani, S Moro - Purinergic Receptors and their Modulators, 2023 - Springer
Adenosine receptors have been studied for many years now, their structures have been
resolved and many of the determinants for their interaction patterns have been highlighted …

Promising Targets and Strategies to Control Neuroinflammation (Part I)

S Federico, S Moro - Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Neuroinflammation is a condition in which inflammation occurs in the central nervous system
(CNS: brain and spinal cord), leading to the activation of microglia and astrocytes. Its role in …