Pharmacophore modeling and applications in drug discovery: challenges and recent advances.
- Sheng-yong Yang
- Chemistry, BiologyDrug Discovery Today
- 1 June 2010
Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials.
- Yuan Cheng, Cai He, Xiawei Wei
- BiologySignal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
- 17 December 2019
The aberrant functions of enzymes in DNA methylation, histone acetylation and histone methylation during tumor progression are summarized and the development of inhibitors of or drugs targeted at epigenetic enzymes are highlighted.
SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors with antiviral activity in a transgenic mouse model
- J. Qiao, Yue-Shan Li, Sheng-yong Yang
- Biology, ChemistryScience
- 18 February 2021
32 new bicycloproline-containing Mpro inhibitors derived from either boceprevir or telaprevir, both of which are approved antivirals are designed and synthesized and display excellent antiviral activity both in vitro and in a transgenic mouse model.
Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials
- Yuan Cheng, Cai He, Xiawei Wei
- BiologySignal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
- 1 December 2019
The aberrant functions of enzymes in DNA methylation, histone acetylation and histone methylation during tumor progression are summarized and the development of inhibitors of or drugs targeted at epigenetic enzymes are highlighted.
Cationic nanocarriers induce cell necrosis through impairment of Na+/K+-ATPase and cause subsequent inflammatory response
- Xiawei Wei, B. Shao, Zhirong Zhang
- BiologyCell Research
- 23 January 2015
The results reveal a novel mechanism whereby cationic nanocarriers induce acute cell necrosis through the interaction with Na+/K+-ATPase, with the subsequent exposure of mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns as a key event that mediates the inflammatory responses.
Chloroquine Inhibits Colon Cancer Cell Growth In Vitro and Tumor Growth In Vivo via Induction of Apoptosis
- Yu-zhu Zheng, Ying-Lan Zhao, Yuquan Wei
- Biology, ChemistryCancer Investigation
- 1 January 2009
Observations indicated chloroquine could inhibit CT26 proliferation by inducing apoptosis both in vitro and in vivo, providing its chemotherapeutic potential of human cancers.
ID-Score: A New Empirical Scoring Function Based on a Comprehensive Set of Descriptors Related to Protein-Ligand Interactions
- Guo-Bo Li, Ling-Ling Yang, Wen-Jing Wang, Lin-Li Li, Sheng-yong Yang
- Chemistry, BiologyJournal of Chemical Information and Modeling
- 26 February 2013
The better performance of ID-Score enables it as a useful tool in assessing protein-ligand binding affinity in structure-based drug discovery as well as in lead optimization.
SKLB1002, a Novel Potent Inhibitor of VEGF Receptor 2 Signaling, Inhibits Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth In Vivo
- Shuang Zhang, Z. Cao, Yuquan Wei
- Biology, ChemistryClinical Cancer Research
- 27 May 2011
The findings suggest that SKLB1002 inhibits angiogenesis and may be a potential drug candidate in anticancer therapy.
Discovery of New SIRT2 Inhibitors by Utilizing a Consensus Docking/Scoring Strategy and Structure-Activity Relationship Analysis
- Shenzhen Huang, Chun-li Song, Sheng-yong Yang
- Chemistry, BiologyJournal of Chemical Information and Modeling
- 28 March 2017
This investigation adopted a consensus docking/scoring strategy to screen for novel SIRT2 inhibitors and discovered 2-((5-benzyl-5H-[1,2,4]triazino[5,6-b]indol-3-yl)thio)-N-(naphthalen-1-yl]acetamide (SR86), which could serve as a promising lead compound, hence deserving further studies.
Arginine Methyltransferase 1 in the Nucleus Accumbens Regulates Behavioral Effects of Cocaine.
- Yan Li, Ruiming Zhu, X. Cen
- Biology, PsychologyJournal of Neuroscience
- 16 September 2015
It is demonstrated that repeated noncontingent cocaine injections led to an increase of protein arginine N-methyltransferase (PRMT1) in nucleus accumbens (NAc) of C57BL/6 mice, and a selective inhibitor of PRMT1 (SKLB-639) was identified, which inhibited cocaine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP).
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