Virtual screening web servers: designing chemical probes and drug candidates in the cyberspace

N Singh, L Chaput, BO Villoutreix - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The interplay between life sciences and advancing technology drives a continuous cycle of
chemical data growth; these data are most often stored in open or partially open databases …

TTD: Therapeutic Target Database describing target druggability information

Y Zhou, Y Zhang, D Zhao, X Yu, X Shen… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Target discovery is one of the essential steps in modern drug development, and the
identification of promising targets is fundamental for developing first-in-class drug. A variety …

An up-to-date overview of computational polypharmacology in modern drug discovery

R Chaudhari, LW Fong, Z Tan, B Huang… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction In recent years, computational polypharmacology has gained significant
attention to study the promiscuous nature of drugs. Despite tremendous challenges …

Network pharmacology of adaptogens in the assessment of their pleiotropic therapeutic activity

A Panossian, T Efferth - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The reductionist concept, based on the ligand–receptor interaction, is not a suitable model
for adaptogens, and herbal preparations affect multiple physiological functions, revealing …

The latest automated docking technologies for novel drug discovery

J Caballero - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Molecular docking has been consolidated as one of the most important methods
in the molecular modeling field. It has been recognized as a prominent tool in the study of …

LigAdvisor: a versatile and user-friendly web-platform for drug design

L Pinzi, A Tinivella, L Gagliardelli… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Although several tools facilitating in silico drug design are available, their results are usually
difficult to integrate with publicly available information or require further processing to be …

Dual targeting strategies on histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)

D Bonanni, A Citarella, D Moi, L Pinzi… - Current Medicinal …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The design of multi-target drugs acting simultaneously on multiple signaling pathways is a
growing field in medicinal chemistry, especially for the treatment of complex diseases, such …

Advances in computational polypharmacology

C Feldmann, J Bajorath - Molecular Informatics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In drug discovery, polypharmacology encompasses the use of small molecules with defined
multi‐target activity and in vivo effects resulting from multi‐target engagement. Multi‐target …

Discovery of a Potent Dual Inhibitor of Aromatase and Aldosterone Synthase

A Tinivella, M Banchi, G Gambacorta… - ACS pharmacology & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Estrogen deficiency derived from inhibition of estrogen biosynthesis is a typical condition of
postmenopausal women and breast cancer (BCs) patients undergoing antihormone therapy …

Identification of Promising Drug Candidates against Prostate Cancer through Computationally-Driven Drug Repurposing

L Bernal, L Pinzi, G Rastelli - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the most common types of cancer in males. Although early
stages of PC are generally associated with favorable outcomes, advanced phases of the …