Transition metal chemistry of cyclopropenes and cyclopropanes

M Rubin, M Rubina, V Gevorgyan - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Three-membered carbocycles are extremely important versatile building blocks for organic
chemistry. Their unique structural and electronic properties give rise to an array of very …

Chemistry and biology of mycotoxins and related fungal metabolites

S Bräse, A Encinas, J Keck, CF Nising - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Nature produces a variety of different species, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Among them,
fungi play a very important, but yet mostly unexplored role. Their widespread occurrence on …

HSP90 inhibitors: current development and potential in cancer therapy

K Sidera, E Patsavoudi - Recent patents on anti-cancer drug …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
In the last decade, the molecular chaperone HSP90 has emerged as an important target in
cancer therapeutics and has subsequently become the focus of several drug discovery and …

Macrocyclization by ring‐closing metathesis in the total synthesis of natural products: reaction conditions and limitations

A Gradillas, J Pérez‐Castells - … Chemie International Edition, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of macrocycles by ring‐closing metathesis (RCM) is often used as the key
step in the synthesis of natural products containing large rings. This reaction is attractive …

The Hsp90 molecular chaperone: an open and shut case for treatment

LH Pearl, C Prodromou, P Workman - Biochemical Journal, 2008 - portlandpress.com
The molecular chaperone Hsp90 (90 kDa heat-shock protein) is a remarkably versatile
protein involved in the stress response and in normal homoeostatic control mechanisms. It …

Small molecule natural products in the discovery of therapeutic agents: the synthesis connection

RM Wilson, SJ Danishefsky - The Journal of organic chemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
Natural products have been a rich source of agents of value in medicine. They have also
inspired, at various levels, the fashioning of nonnatural agents of pharmaceutical import …

Heat shock proteins as emerging therapeutic targets

C Sõti, E Nagy, Z Giricz, L Vígh… - British journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Chaperones (stress proteins) are essential proteins to help the formation and maintenance
of the proper conformation of other proteins and to promote cell survival after a large variety …

Inhibitors of the HSP90 molecular chaperone: current status

S Sharp, P Workman - Advances in cancer research, 2006 - Elsevier
The molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) has emerged as an exciting
molecular target for cancer therapy. It operates as part of a multichaperone complex and is …

Discovery and development of Hsp90 inhibitors: a promising pathway for cancer therapy

JR Porter, CC Fritz, KM Depew - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2010 - Elsevier
The Hsp90 chaperone is a master regulator of the stability and activity of multiple
oncoproteins such as Her2, Akt, Bcr-Abl, c-Kit, EGFR and mutant BRAF. The promise of …

Hsp90 inhibitors: small molecules that transform the Hsp90 protein folding machinery into a catalyst for protein degradation

BSJ Blagg, TD Kerr - Medicinal research reviews, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The 90 kDa heat shock proteins (Hsp90) are responsible for the conformational maturation
of nascent polypeptides and the renaturation of denatured proteins. In transformed cells …