Advances in the implications of the gut microbiota on the treatment efficacy of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis

J Fan, T Jiang, D He - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Alterations in the composition or function of the gut microbiota are associated with the
etiology of human diseases. Drug-microbiota interactions can affect drug bioavailability …

Applications of NMR in drug discovery

GCK Roberts - Drug Discovery Today, 2000 - Elsevier
In the half-century since its discovery, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become the
single most powerful form of spectroscopy in both chemistry and structural biology. The …

Dmards–gut microbiota feedback: implications in the response to therapy

O Zaragoza-García, N Castro-Alarcón, G Pérez-Rubio… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to its immunomodulatory effects and the limitation in the radiological damage
progression, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) work as first-line rheumatoid …

Dihydrofolate reductase as a target for chemotherapy in parasites

A Gangjee, S Kurup, O Namjoshi - Current pharmaceutical …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Opportunistic infections are known to cause morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised
individuals. In addition, serious infections due to several parasites are also known to affect …

Phage display technology for target determination of small-molecule therapeutics: an update

Y Takakusagi, K Takakusagi, K Sakaguchi… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Our understanding of the mechanism of action of bioactive small molecules
contributes to the research and development of new medical drugs, as well as elucidating …

Identification and characterization of the direct interaction between methotrexate (MTX) and high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein

Y Kuroiwa, Y Takakusagi, T Kusayanagi, K Kuramochi… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Methotrexate (MTX) is an agent used in chemotherapy of tumors and
autoimmune disease including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, MTX has some anti …

A versatile method of identifying specific binding proteins on affinity resins

K Yamamoto, A Yamazaki, M Takeuchi, A Tanaka - Analytical biochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
The isolation of both specific and nonspecific binding proteins on affinity matrices bearing
bioactive compounds hinders the identification of drug cellular targets. Although solid-phase …

Halogenated derivatives of methotrexate as human dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors in cancer chemotherapy

N Uddin, S Ahmed, AM Khan, MM Hoque… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Methotrexate is a widely used anti-metabolite in cancer chemotherapy. A series of
halogenated drugs is designed from Methotrexate to assess their interactions with human …

NMR spectroscopy in structure-based drug design

GCK Roberts - Current opinion in biotechnology, 1999 - Elsevier
NMR methods for the study of motion in proteins continue to improve, and a number of
studies of protein–ligand complexes relevant to drug design have been reported over the …

NMR studies of ligand binding to dihydrofolate reductase

J Feeney - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Unique capabilities are offered by NMR spectroscopy for probing specific interactions of
enzymes with substrates and substrate analogues, for characterizing the multiple …