Strategies for structural modification of small molecules to improve blood–brain barrier penetration: a recent perspective

B Xiong, Y Wang, Y Chen, S Xing, Q Liao… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the development of central nervous system (CNS) drugs, the blood–brain barrier (BBB)
restricts many drugs from entering the brain to exert therapeutic effects. Although many …

Investigational phosphodiesterase inhibitors in phase I and phase II clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease

J Prickaerts, PRA Heckman… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors improve signaling pathways in brain
circuits by increasing intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and/or cyclic …

cAMP-induced phosphorylation of 26S proteasomes on Rpn6/PSMD11 enhances their activity and the degradation of misfolded proteins

S Lokireddy, NV Kukushkin… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Although rates of protein degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPS) are
determined by their rates of ubiquitination, we show here that the proteasome's capacity to …

Identification and immunological characterization of cuproptosis-related molecular clusters in Alzheimer's disease

Y Lai, C Lin, X Lin, L Wu, Y Zhao, F Lin - Frontiers in aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Alzheimer's disease is the most common dementia with clinical and
pathological heterogeneity. Cuproptosis is a recently reported form of cell death, which …

[HTML][HTML] Selective PDE4 subtype inhibition provides new opportunities to intervene in neuroinflammatory versus myelin damaging hallmarks of multiple sclerosis

M Schepers, D Paes, A Tiane, B Rombaut… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system
(CNS) characterized by focal inflammatory lesions and prominent demyelination. Even …

Phosphodiesterases as therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease

A García-Osta, M Cuadrado-Tejedor… - ACS chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among the elderly. In AD
patients, memory loss is accompanied by the formation of beta-amyloid plaques and the …

Phosphodiesterase-4 enzyme as a therapeutic target in neurological disorders

A Bhat, B Ray, AM Mahalakshmi, S Tuladhar… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phosphodiesterases (PDE) are a diverse family of enzymes (11 isoforms so far identified)
responsible for the degradation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic …

Phosphodiesterase inhibitors as a target for cognition enhancement in aging and Alzheimer's disease: a translational overview

PRA Heckman, C Wouters… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDE-Is) enhance cAMP and/or cGMP signaling via reducing
the degradation of these cyclic nucleotides. Since both cAMP and cGMP signaling are …

Advances in the development of phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors

T Peng, B Qi, J He, H Ke, J Shi - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) specifically hydrolyzes cyclic adenosine
monophosphate (cAMP) and plays vital roles in biological processes such as cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Synaptic therapy in Alzheimer's disease: a CREB-centric approach

AF Teich, RE Nicholls, D Puzzo, J Fiorito, R Purgatorio… - …, 2015 - Elsevier
Therapeutic attempts to cure Alzheimer's disease (AD) have failed, and new strategies are
desperately needed. Motivated by this reality, many laboratories (including our own) have …