VEGF-A in cardiomyocytes and heart diseases

M Braile, S Marcella, L Cristinziano… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a homodimeric vasoactive glycoprotein, is
the key mediator of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is …

Overview of the therapeutic potential of aptamers targeting coagulation factors

M Liu, K Zaman, YM Fortenberry - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA sequences that bind target molecules with high
specificity and affinity. Aptamers exhibit several notable advantages over protein-based …

Exploring protein hotspots by optimized fragment pharmacophores

D Bajusz, WS Wade, G Satała, AJ Bojarski… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fragment-based drug design has introduced a bottom-up process for drug development,
with improved sampling of chemical space and increased effectiveness in early drug …

Effective estimation of ligand-binding affinity using biased sampling method

ST Ngo, KB Vu, LM Bui, VV Vu - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
The binding between two biomolecules is one of the most critical factors controlling many
bioprocesses. Therefore, it is of great interest to derive a reliable method to calculate the free …

Synthesis, Docking, and In Vitro Anticoagulant Activity Assay of Hybrid Derivatives of Pyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]Quinolin-2(1H)-one as New Inhibitors of Factor Xa and Factor …

N Novichikhina, I Ilin, A Tashchilova, A Sulimov… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coagulation factor Xa and factor XIa are proven to be convenient and crucial protein targets
for treatment for thrombotic disorders and thereby their inhibitors can serve as effective …

Salvianolic acid exerts cardioprotection through promoting angiogenesis in animal models of acute myocardial infarction: preclinical evidence

L Yu, KJ Zhang, JZ Zhu, Q Zheng… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae, danshen root (danshen), is one of the widely used Chinese
herbal medicines in clinics, containing rich phenolic compounds. Salvianolic acid is the …

Ergothioneine improves myocardial remodeling and heart function after acute myocardial infarction via S-glutathionylation through the NF-ĸB dependent Wnt5a-sFlt-1 …

R Duan, H Pan, DC Li, S Liao, B Han - European Journal of Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction (MI) remains the leading cause of cardiovascular death worldwide.
Studies have shown that soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) has a harmful effect on …

Discovery and development of Factor Xa inhibitors (2015–2022)

W Zheng, X Dai, B Xu, W Tian, J Shi - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
As a pathological coagulation process, thrombus can lead to many serious diseases,
including ischemic stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), acute coronary syndrome …

Mechanistic QSAR analysis to predict the binding affinity of diverse heterocycles as selective cannabinoid 2 receptor inhibitor

RD Jawarkar, MEA Zaki, SA Al-Hussain… - Journal of Taibah …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
CB2R are fascinating targets for neuropathic pain and mood disorders because of their
improved biological characteristics. Experimental data on 1296 cannabinoid-2 receptor …

Green by design: Convergent synthesis, computational analyses, and activity evaluation of new fxa inhibitors bearing peptide triazole linking units

DF Rodríguez, F Durán-Osorio, Y Duarte, P Olivares… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Green chemistry implementation has led to promising results in waste reduction in the
pharmaceutical industry. However, the early sustainable development of pharmaceutically …