Drug research is a multidisciplinary as well as resource intensive endeavor. In this the center of attention is biological response of an agent which gives the first insight of the activity (or receptor) space in the backdrop of chemical landscape. Here, molecular topology has significant role in explaining and exploring different phenomena associated with the chemical entities. Thus it provides direction to the design of therapeutic agents. In the backdrop the review highlighted the contribution of topological indices from different concepts in the HIV-1 drug research. In this article selected reports dealing with the topological descriptors in the QSARs of the anti-HIV-1 compounds acting as reverse transcriptase, protease and integrase inhibitors are appraised and elaborated.
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Neuroscience
January 2025
School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi'an, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanics Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. Electronic address:
Schizophrenia (SCHZ), bipolar disorder (BD), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) share clinical symptoms and risk genes, but the shared and distinct neural dynamic mechanisms remain inadequately understood. Degree is a fundamental and important graph measure in network neuroscience, and we here extended the degree to hierarchical levels based on eigenmodes and compared the resting-state brain networks of three disorders and healthy controls (HC). First, compared to HC, SCHZ and BD patients exhibited substantially overlapped abnormalities in brain networks, wherein BD patients displayed more significant alterations.
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January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Following recent advances in post-thrombectomy stroke care, the role of neuroinflammation and neuroprotective strategies in mitigating secondary injury has gained prominence. Yet, while neuroprotection and anti-inflammatory agents have re-emerged in clinical trials, their success has been limited. The neuroinflammatory response in cerebral ischemia is robust and multifactorial, complicating therapeutic approaches targeting single pathways.
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January 2025
Department of Mathematics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia.
Amino acids, as the fundamental constituents of proteins and enzymes, play a vital role in various biological processes. Amino acids such as histidine, cysteine, and methionine are known to coordinate with metal ions in proteins and enzymes, playing critical roles in their structure and function. In metalloproteins, metal ions are often coordinated by specific amino acid residues, contributing to the protein's stability and catalytic activity.
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December 2024
Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Background: The accumulation of misfolded tau proteins, an Alzheimer's disease (AD) hallmark, starts decades before the emergence of cognitive decline and clinical diagnosis. Autopsy studies support a predictable progression of tau pathology through large-scale systems. However, less is known about the specific progression patterns.
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January 2025
LAQV@REQUIMTE/Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, 4169-007, Portugal.
Mood disorders affect the daily lives of millions of people worldwide. The search for more efficient therapies for mood disorders remains an active field of research. In silico approaches can accelerate the search for inhibitors against protein targets related to mood disorders.
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