O'Brien / Linton Design of Caspase Inhibitors as Potential Clinical Agents

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4200-4541-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Reihe: Enzyme Inhibitors Series

Presents the Therapeutic Potential for Caspase Inhibitors: Present and Future
Caspases represent one of the most specific protease families described to date. These extremely important enzymes are crucial to the destruction of aberrant cells – the body’s self-protection mechanism for warding off the growth of abnormal cells, many of which can promote cancer. Design of Caspase Inhibitors as Potential Clinical Agents introduces cutting-edge evidence regarding caspases’ role in pro-inflammatory responses. New research now shows that the inhibition of caspase function is a critical component for the treatment of many diseases, including:

- Arthritic and neurological disorders

- Lung disease

- Hereditary fever syndromes

- Inflammatory bowel and skin diseases

- Sepsis

- Liver fibrosis

Outlines Efforts to Develop Molecule Inhibitors for Caspase Activity Transformation
Under the editorial guidance of authoritative inflammatory disease, small molecule discovery, and apoptosis researchers, the book organizes the wide array of caspase literature into one convenient resource. It also summarizes the relative difficulty of transitioning a caspase small molecule inhibitor from the lab to the clinic and suggests approaches to circumvent this difficulty. Taking a novel, yet core approach to disease treatment, this seminal work sets the stage to combat a slew of debilitating diseases through groundbreaking drug development.

Zielgruppe

Academic researchers in medicinal chemistry, cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and pharmacology. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology researchers in inflammatory or apoptotic-related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Brien, Tom

Linton, Steven D.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mammalian Caspase Activation Pathways in Apoptosis and Inflammation, S.E. Logue and S.J. Martin
Role of Caspases in Inflammation-Driven Diseases, K. Kersse, T.V. Berghe, S. Lippens, W. Declercq, and P. Vandenabeele
Role of Caspases in Apoptotic-Driven Indications, T. Matsui
Kinetics and Catalytic Activity of Caspases, K.A. Nalley
Nonpeptide Small Molecule Inhibitors of Caspases, A. V. Ivachtchenko, I. Okun, S.E. Tkachenko, A.S. Kiselyov, Y.A. Ivanenkov, and K.V. Balakin
Identification of Inflammatory Caspase Inhibitors, J.A. Wos and T.P. Demuth Jr.
Identification of Apoptotic Caspase Inhibitors, B.R. Ullman
Discovery of a First-in-Class Apoptotic Caspase Inhibitor Emricasan (PF-03491390/IDN-6556), N.C. Hoglen
Novel Approaches to Caspase Inhibitor Discovery, J.M. Scheer and M.J. Romanowski
Therapeutic Potential for Caspase Inhibitors: Present and Future, H. Eda
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