5-Ene-4-thiazolidinones–An efficient tool in medicinal chemistry

D Kaminskyy, A Kryshchyshyn, R Lesyk - European journal of medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
The presented review is an attempt to summarize a huge volume of data on 5-ene-4-
thiazolidinones being a widely studied class of small molecules used in modern organic and …

Recent developments with rhodanine as a scaffold for drug discovery

D Kaminskyy, A Kryshchyshyn… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Rhodanines, as one of the 4-thiazolidinones subtypes, are recognized as
privileged heterocycles in medicinal chemistry. The main achievements include the …

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 …

The Ded1/DDX3 subfamily of DEAD-box RNA helicases

D Sharma, E Jankowsky - Critical reviews in biochemistry and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In eukaryotic organisms, the orthologs of the DEAD-box RNA helicase Ded1p from yeast
and DDX3 from human form a well-defined subfamily that is characterized by high sequence …

History of DNA helicases

RM Brosh Jr, SW Matson - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of the DNA double helix, there has been a fascination in understanding
the molecular mechanisms and cellular processes that account for:(i) the transmission of …

DExD/H-box RNA helicases as mediators of anti-viral innate immunity and essential host factors for viral replication

A Fullam, M Schröder - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2013 - Elsevier
Traditional functions of DExD/H-box helicases are concerned with RNA metabolism; they
have been shown to play a part in nearly every cellular process that involves RNA. On the …

Multiple functions of DDX3 RNA helicase in gene regulation, tumorigenesis, and viral infection

Y Ariumi - Frontiers in genetics, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX3 is a multifunctional protein involved in all aspects of
RNA metabolism, including transcription, splicing, mRNA nuclear export, translation, RNA …

Human DDX3 protein is a valuable target to develop broad spectrum antiviral agents

A Brai, R Fazi, C Tintori, C Zamperini… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Targeting a host factor essential for the replication of different viruses but not for the cells
offers a higher genetic barrier to the development of resistance, may simplify therapy …

Human DEAD-box protein 3 has multiple functions in gene regulation and cell cycle control and is a prime target for viral manipulation

M Schröder - Biochemical pharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
The human DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX3 has been implicated to play a role in the whole
repertoire of processes regulating gene expression, including transcription, splicing, mRNA …

Wanted DEAD/H or alive: helicases winding up in cancers

W Cai, Z Xiong Chen, G Rane… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cancer is one of the most studied areas of human biology over the past century. Despite
having attracted much attention, hype, and investments, the search to find a cure for cancer …