Molecular target

Nonbenzodiazepine Benzodiazepine Receptor Ligands. The simultaneous discovery of the molecular target for the BZs, the GABA /BZ receptor complex, by two teams of workers (34,35) resulted ia the identification of a number of atypical or anxioselective anxiolytics that, whereas not having the BZ pharmacophore, interacted direcdy with the central BZ receptor. The anxioselective nature of such agents was considered to be... 

There is no denying (nor should there be any need to deny ) that the sheer sense of challenge posed by a complex molecular target serves to stimulate the creative impulses of the synthetic chemist. S. J. Danishefsky16... 

Molecular target Gastrointestinal lipases Serotonin and noradrenaline transporter Cannabinoid-1 receptor... 

Oligonucleic acid or peptide molecules that bind a specific target molecule. Nucleic acid aptamer species can be engineered through treated rounds of in vitro selection to bind to various molecular targets such as... 

The other important molecular target of ethanol is the N-methyl-D-apartate receptor (NMDA-R), which is acutely inhibited although the mechanism is not clear. It was speculated that at least in some brain region the coactivating glycine sites are involved and/or the coactivating polyamine sites. The receptors containing... 

Not all cell-based functional assays are directed against a specific molecular target. Indeed many drugs... 

The Na+/K+-ATPase as the Molecular Target for Cardiotonic Steroids (CIS) and Palytoxin... 

There are several hundred reported NF-kB inhibitors (see www.nf-kb.org for a complete and updated list). These inhibitors include natural products, chemicals, metabolites, and synthetic compounds. A large majority of these products, in particular commonly used antiinflammatory drugs such as corticosteroids and the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSADDs) aspirin, sulindac, ibuprofen and sulphasalazine, have the ability to partially inhibit NF-kB activity in cell culture. However, the precise mechanism of action and the specific molecular targets of most of these inhibitors remain unclear. 

The identification of specific nuclear receptors as molecular targets of P450 inducers impacts diug metabolism and diug development in several important ways ... 

Very large Serine/Threonine kinases and the molecular Target of Rapamycin, a naturally occurring secondary metabolite, TOR proteins function within multiprotein complexes to couple cell growth and stress responses to environmental and developmental cues. 

Here Z is the charge of the projectile with velocity v. In order to calculate stopping powers for atomic and molecular targets with reliability, however, one must choose a one-electron basis set appropriate for calculation of the generalized oscillator strength distribution (GOSD). The development of reasonable criteria for the choice of a reliable basis for such calculations is the concern of this paper. 

Depending on the relative concentration of reactive substrate and dissolved molecular oxygen ( 02), RF is able to induce photosensitized oxidation of molecular targets by either Type I (electron-transfer) or Type II (energy-transfer) processes (Foote, 1991). In Type I... 

Li Y, Hong X, Hussain M, Sarkar SH, Li R, Sarkar FH. Gene expression profiling revealed novel molecular targets of docetaxel and estramustine combination treatment in prostate cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther 2005 4 389-98. 

This chapter summarizes recent work on the molecular basis of the toxic actions of ciguatoxin and brevetoxins. It is shown (i) that the molecular target for these toxins is the voltage-dependent Na channel of excitable tissues arid (ii) that ciguatoxin and brevetoxins share a common receptor site on the Na channel. 

Scotton CJ, Chambers RC (2007) Molecular targets in pulmonary fibrosis the myofibroblast in focus. Chest 132 1311-1321... 

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