Some non-conventional biomolecular targets for diamidines. A short survey

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Increasing the affinity of diamidines for AT-rich regions of DNA has long been an important goal of medicinal chemists who wanted to improve the antiparasitic and antifungal properties of that class of derivatives. In recent years it was demonstrated that diamidines could interfere with many other biomolecular targets including ion channels as well as enzymes and modulate some RNA-protein, DNA-protein, and protein-protein interactions. It is therefore not surprising that diamidines now emerge as novel potential drug candidates for the treatment of various diseases, i.a. neurodegenerative disorders, acidosis-related pathological conditions, hypertension, thrombosis, type 2 diabetes, myotonic dystrophy, and cancers. A summary of the most striking results obtained to date in those domains is presented is this review.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry - 22(2014), 7 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1983-92

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Tien L [VerfasserIn]
Mayence, Annie [VerfasserIn]
Vanden Eynde, Jean Jacques [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

63231-63-0
9007-49-2
Amidines
DNA
Enzymes
Ion Channels
Ions channels
Journal Article
Nucleic acid–protein interactions
Protein–protein interactions
Proteins
RNA
Review

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Date Completed 25.11.2014

Date Revised 31.03.2014

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bmc.2014.02.049

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM236410172