Role of computer-aided drug design in modern drug discovery

SJY Macalino, V Gosu, S Hong, S Choi - Archives of pharmacal research, 2015 - Springer
Drug discovery utilizes chemical biology and computational drug design approaches for the
efficient identification and optimization of lead compounds. Chemical biology is mostly …

The holistic integration of virtual screening in drug discovery

Y Tanrikulu, B Krüger, E Proschak - Drug Discovery Today, 2013 - Elsevier
During the past decade, virtual screening (VS) has come of age. In this review, we document
the evolution and maturation of VS from a rather exotic, stand-alone method toward a …

Discovery of Novel Trypanosoma brucei Phosphodiesterase B1 Inhibitors by Virtual Screening against the Unliganded TbrPDEB1 Crystal Structure

C Jansen, H Wang, AJ Kooistra… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Trypanosoma brucei cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase B1 (TbrPDEB1) and TbrPDEB2
have recently been validated as new therapeutic targets for human African trypanosomiasis …

Rapid identification of potential drug candidates from multi-million compounds' repositories. combination of 2D similarity search with 3D ligand/structure based …

K Szilágyi, B Flachner, I Hajdú, M Szaszkó, K Dobi… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rapid in silico selection of target focused libraries from commercial repositories is an
attractive and cost-effective approach in early drug discovery. If structures of active …

Investigation of PDE5/PDE6 and PDE5/PDE11 selective potent tadalafil-like PDE5 inhibitors using combination of molecular modeling approaches, molecular …

G Kayık, NŞ Tüzün, S Durdagi - Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The essential biological function of phosphodiesterase (PDE) type enzymes is to regulate
the cytoplasmic levels of intracellular second messengers, 3′, 5′-cyclic guanosine …

Looking for SARS-coV-2 therapeutics through computational approaches

M Vincenzi, FA Mercurio… - Current Medicinal …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: In the last few years, in silico tools, including drug repurposing coupled with
structure-based virtual screening, have been extensively employed to look for anti-COVID …

Natural phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors: A computational approach

A Ongaro, G Zagotto, M Memo… - Natural Product …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In 1998, sildenafil was marketed as the first FDA-approved oral drug for the treatment of
erectile dysfunction (ED). During the last two decades, the commercialization of other …

Virtual screening methods as tools for drug lead discovery from large chemical libraries

XH Ma, F Zhu, X Liu, Z Shi, JX Zhang… - Current medicinal …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Virtual screening methods have been developed and explored as useful tools for searching
drug lead compounds from chemical libraries, including large libraries that have become …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of 2D/3D ligand-based similarity search in rapid virtual screening from multimillion compound repositories. Selection and biological evaluation of …

K Dobi, I Hajdú, B Flachner, G Fabó, M Szaszkó… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Rapid in silico selection of target focused libraries from commercial repositories is an
attractive and cost effective approach. If structures of active compounds are available rapid …

Design and selection of novel C1s inhibitors by in silico and in vitro approaches

K Szilágyi, I Hajdú, B Flachner, Z Lőrincz, J Balczer… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
The complement system is associated with various diseases such as inflammation or auto-
immune diseases. Complement-targeted drugs could provide novel therapeutic intervention …