The expanding role of pyridine and dihydropyridine scaffolds in drug design

Y Ling, ZY Hao, D Liang, CL Zhang… - Drug design …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pyridine-based ring systems are one of the most extensively used heterocycles in the field of
drug design, primarily due to their profound effect on pharmacological activity, which has led …

Recent scaffold hopping applications in central nervous system drug discovery

TB Callis, TR Garrett, AP Montgomery… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The concept of bioisosterism and the implementation of bioisosteric replacement is
fundamental to medicinal chemistry. The exploration of bioisosteres is often used to probe …

Seeking heterocyclic scaffolds as antivirals against dengue virus

S De, B Aamna, R Sahu, S Parida, SK Behera… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dengue is one of the most typical viral infection categorized in the Neglected Tropical
Diseases (NTDs). It is transmitted via the female Aedes aegypti mosquito to humans and …

Preparing for the next viral threat with broad-spectrum antivirals

M Karim, CW Lo, S Einav - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
There is a large global unmet need for the development of countermeasures to combat
hundreds of viruses known to cause human disease and for the establishment of a …

Small-molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of nononcologic diseases

Z Xie, X Yang, Y Duan, J Han… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Great successes have been achieved in developing small-molecule kinase inhibitors as
anticancer therapeutic agents. However, kinase deregulation plays essential roles not only …

Medicinal chemistry strategies toward host targeting antiviral agents

X Ji, Z Li - Medicinal Research Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Direct‐acting antiviral agents (DAAs) represent a class of drugs targeting viral proteins and
have been demonstrated to be very successful in combating viral infections in clinic …

Antiviral activities of pyridine fused and pyridine containing heterocycles, a review (from 2000 to 2020)

SR Alizadeh, MA Ebrahimzadeh - Mini Reviews in Medicinal …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Heterocyclic compounds play a critical role in medicinal chemistry, and many available
drugs contain heterocyclic rings. A six-membered heterocyclic compound, pyridine, showed …

Dengue drug discovery: Progress, challenges and outlook

SP Lim - Antiviral research, 2019 - Elsevier
In the context of the only available vaccine (DENGVAXIA) that was marketed in several
countries, but poses higher risks to unexposed individuals, the development of antivirals for …

GAK and PRKCD are positive regulators of PRKN-independent mitophagy

MJ Munson, BJ Mathai, MYW Ng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The mechanisms involved in programmed or damage-induced removal of mitochondria by
mitophagy remains elusive. Here, we have screened for regulators of PRKN-independent …

Ebola virus entry: from molecular characterization to drug discovery

C Salata, A Calistri, G Alvisi, M Celestino, C Parolin… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is one of the most lethal transmissible infections, characterized
by a high fatality rate, and caused by a member of the Filoviridae family. The recent large …