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Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel protopanoxadiol derivatives based PROTACs technology for the treatment of lung cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, P., Zhu, H., Liu, J., xie, S., Xu, S., Chen, Y., …Xu, J. (2023). Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel protopanoxadiol derivatives based PROTACs technology for the treatment of lung cancer. Bioorganic Chemistry, 131, Article 106327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106327

Protopanoxadiol is a key active ingredient derived from Panax ginseng that is well-known to exhibit anti-tumor activity. Previous research focused on the natural protopanaxadiol derivative AD-1 has demonstrated that it possesses broad spectrum anti-t... Read More about Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel protopanoxadiol derivatives based PROTACs technology for the treatment of lung cancer.

Current development of bicyclic peptides (2022)
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Feng, D., Liu, L., Shi, Y., Du, P., Xu, S., Zhu, Z., …Yao, H. (2023). Current development of bicyclic peptides. Chinese Chemical Letters, 34(6), Article 108026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2022.108026

Bicyclic peptides, a class of polypeptides with two loops within their structure, have emerged as powerful tools in the development of new peptide drugs. They have the potential to bind to challenged drug targets, with antibody-like affinity and sele... Read More about Current development of bicyclic peptides.

Mineral metabolism and ferroptosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (2022)
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Ma, C., Han, L., Zhu, Z., Heng Pang, C., & Pan, G. (2022). Mineral metabolism and ferroptosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases. Biochemical Pharmacology, 205, Article 115242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2022.115242

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide. Minerals including iron, copper, zinc, and selenium, fulfil an essential role in various biochemical processes. Moreover, the identification of fe... Read More about Mineral metabolism and ferroptosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases.

Development of novel 9-O-substituted-13-octylberberine derivatives as potential anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents (2022)
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Chen, J., Duan, Y., Yu, X., Zhong, J., Bai, J., Li, N. G., …Xu, J. (2022). Development of novel 9-O-substituted-13-octylberberine derivatives as potential anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 37(1), 2423-2433. https://doi.org/10.1080/14756366.2022.2118268

A series of novel 9-O-substituted-13-octylberberine derivatives were designed, synthesised and evaluated for their anti-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) activities. Compound 6k showed the strongest activity against three human hepatoma cells including... Read More about Development of novel 9-O-substituted-13-octylberberine derivatives as potential anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents.

Design and synthesis of NAD(P)H: Quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1)-activated prodrugs of 23-hydroxybetulinic acid with enhanced antitumor properties (2022)
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Zhu, H., Lu, L., Zhu, W., Tan, Y., Duan, Y., Liu, J., …Xu, S. (2022). Design and synthesis of NAD(P)H: Quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1)-activated prodrugs of 23-hydroxybetulinic acid with enhanced antitumor properties. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 240, Article 114575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114575

A series of NQO1 selectively activated prodrugs were designed and synthesized by introducing indolequinone moiety to the C-3, C-23 or C-28 position of 23-hydroxybetulinic acid (23-HBA) and its analogues. Among them, the representative compound 32j ex... Read More about Design and synthesis of NAD(P)H: Quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1)-activated prodrugs of 23-hydroxybetulinic acid with enhanced antitumor properties.

New Insights into Neuroinflammation Involved in Pathogenic Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Potential for Therapeutic Intervention (2022)
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Li, T., Lu, L., Pember, E., Li, X., Zhang, B., & Zhu, Z. (2022). New Insights into Neuroinflammation Involved in Pathogenic Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Potential for Therapeutic Intervention. Cells, 11(12), Article 1925. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11121925

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 50 million people worldwide with an estimated increase to 139 million people by 2050. The exact pathogenic mechanisms of AD remain elusive, resulting in the fact that t... Read More about New Insights into Neuroinflammation Involved in Pathogenic Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Potential for Therapeutic Intervention.

Novel and Potent Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease from Natural (±)-7,8-Dihydroxy-3-methyl-isochroman-4-one (2022)
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Li, X., Jia, Y., Li, J., Zhang, P., Li, T., Lu, L., …Xu, J. (2022). Novel and Potent Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease from Natural (±)-7,8-Dihydroxy-3-methyl-isochroman-4-one. Molecules, 27(10), Article 3090. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27103090

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes memory and cognitive decline as well as behavioral problems. It is a progressive and well recognized complex disease; therefore, it is very urgent to develop novel and effective anti... Read More about Novel and Potent Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease from Natural (±)-7,8-Dihydroxy-3-methyl-isochroman-4-one.

Molecular glues modulate protein functions by inducing protein aggregation: A promising therapeutic strategy of small molecules for disease treatment (2022)
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Wu, H., Yao, H., He, C., Jia, Y., Zhu, Z., Xu, S., …Xu, J. (2022). Molecular glues modulate protein functions by inducing protein aggregation: A promising therapeutic strategy of small molecules for disease treatment. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 12(9), 3548-3566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2022.03.019

Molecular glues can specifically induce aggregation between two or more proteins to modulate biological functions. In recent years, molecular glues have been widely used as protein degraders. In addition, however, molecular glues play a variety of vi... Read More about Molecular glues modulate protein functions by inducing protein aggregation: A promising therapeutic strategy of small molecules for disease treatment.