Dual-Target Inhibitors Based on Acetylcholinesterase: Novel Agents for Alzheimer's Disease

X Zhao, Q Hu, X Wang, C Li, X Chen, D Zhao… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among the elderly,
accounting for 60% to 70% of cases. At present, the pathogenesis of this condition remains …

Current in vitro kinase assay technologies: the quest for a universal format

Y Jia, CM Quinn, S Kwak… - Current Drug Discovery …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
The rapidly growing interest in kinases as drug targets has prompted the development of
many kinase assay technologies. These technologies can be grouped into three categories …

ADP-Glo: A Bioluminescent and homogeneous ADP monitoring assay for kinases

H Zegzouti, M Zdanovskaia, K Hsiao… - Assay and drug …, 2009 - liebertpub.com
ADP-Glo™ is a novel bioluminescent, homogeneous assay for monitoring ADP producing
biochemical reactions and thus it is an ideal assay for detecting enzyme activity using a wide …

Discovery of novel tacrine–pyrimidone hybrids as potent dual AChE/GSK-3 inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

H Yao, G Uras, P Zhang, S Xu, Y Yin, J Liu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Based on a multitarget strategy, a series of novel tacrine–pyrimidone hybrids were identified
for the potential treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Biological evaluation results …

Tau-centric multitarget approach for Alzheimer's disease: development of first-in-class dual glycogen synthase kinase 3β and tau-aggregation inhibitors

A Gandini, M Bartolini, D Tedesco… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Several findings propose the altered tau protein network as an important target for
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Particularly, two points of pharmacological intervention can be …

Multitarget drug discovery for Alzheimer's disease: triazinones as BACE‐1 and GSK‐3β inhibitors

F Prati, A De Simone, P Bisignano… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cumulative evidence strongly supports that the amyloid and tau hypotheses are not mutually
exclusive, but concomitantly contribute to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer′ s disease (AD) …

Amaryllidaceae alkaloids from Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. cv. Dutch Master as potential drugs in treatment of Alzheimer's disease

D Hulcová, J Maříková, J Korábečný, A Hošťálková… - Phytochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Twenty-one known Amaryllidaceae alkaloids of various structural types and one
undescribed alkaloid, named narcimatuline, have been isolated from fresh bulbs of …

Versatility of the curcumin scaffold: discovery of potent and balanced dual BACE-1 and GSK-3β inhibitors

RMC Di Martino, A De Simone… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The multitarget approach has gained increasing acceptance as a useful tool to address
complex and multifactorial maladies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). The concurrent …

Bioassays for anticancer activities

J McCauley, A Zivanovic, D Skropeta - Metabolomics tools for natural …, 2013 - Springer
The MTT/MTS in vitro cell proliferation assay is one of the most widely used assays for
evaluating preliminary anticancer activity of both synthetic derivatives and natural products …

Protein kinase CK-1 inhibitors as new potential drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

IG Salado, M Redondo, ML Bello, C Perez… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease where motor neurons in
cortex, brain stem, and spinal cord die progressively, resulting in muscle wasting, paralysis …