Androgen receptor: structure, role in prostate cancer and drug discovery

MH Tan, J Li, HE Xu, K Melcher, E Yong - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2015 - nature.com
Androgens and androgen receptors (AR) play a pivotal role in expression of the male
phenotype. Several diseases, such as androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) and prostate …

Boron in drug discovery: carboranes as unique pharmacophores in biologically active compounds

F Issa, M Kassiou, LM Rendina - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Boron, in the form of boric acid, has played a role in medicine as a mild antiseptic and an
eye wash since its preparation from borax in the 18th century. However, the use of boron in …

Anti-androgens and androgen-depleting therapies in prostate cancer: new agents for an established target

Y Chen, NJ Clegg, HI Scher - The lancet oncology, 2009 - thelancet.com
Activation of the androgen receptor is crucial for prostate cancer growth at all points of the
illness. Current therapies targeting the androgen receptor, including androgen-depletion …

[HTML][HTML] Green tea polyphenol EGCG blunts androgen receptor function in prostate cancer

IA Siddiqui, M Asim, BB Hafeez, VM Adhami… - The FASEB …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Androgen deprivation therapy is the major treatment for advanced prostate cancer (PCa).
However, it is a temporary remission, and the patients almost inevitably develop hormone …

A magic drug target: Androgen receptor

D Li, W Zhou, J Pang, Q Tang, B Zhong… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Androgen receptor (AR) is closely associated with a group of hormone‐related diseases
including the cancers of prostate, breast, ovary, pancreas, etc and anabolic deficiencies …

In silico evaluation of the binding energies of androgen receptor agonists in wild-type and mutational models

ACC Albuquerque, KS Bezerra… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are substances with androgenic and anabolic
characteristics. Among the many side effects of hormone therapy with AAS, the following …

Suitability of MMGBSA for the selection of correct ligand binding modes from docking results

M Ahinko, S Niinivehmas, E Jokinen… - Chemical Biology & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The estimation of the correct binding mode and affinity of a ligand into a target protein using
computational methods is challenging. However, docking can introduce poses from which …

Screening androgen receptor agonists of fish species using machine learning and molecular model in NORMAN water-relevant list

XB Long, CR Yao, SY Li, JG Zhang, ZJ Lu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Androgen receptor (AR) agonists have strong endocrine disrupting effects in fish. Most
studies mainly investigate AR binding capacity using human AR in vitro. However, there is …

Identification of a potent synthetic FXR agonist with an unexpected mode of binding and activation

SM Soisson, G Parthasarathy… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a member of the nuclear hormone receptor family, plays
important roles in the regulation of bile acid and cholesterol homeostasis, glucose …

Mapping functional group free energy patterns at protein occluded sites: nuclear receptors and G-protein coupled receptors

SK Lakkaraju, W Yu, EP Raman… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Occluded ligand-binding pockets (LBP) such as those found in nuclear receptors (NR) and
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) represent a significant opportunity and challenge for …