An overview of quinazolines: Pharmacological significance and recent developments

V Alagarsamy, K Chitra, G Saravanan… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Most of the drugs and pharmacologically relevant molecules possess heterocyclic ring
structures and presence of hetero atoms or groupings divulges privileged specificities in …

Antibiotic discovery in the artificial intelligence era

T Lluka, JM Stokes - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the global burden of antibiotic resistance continues to grow, creative approaches to
antibiotic discovery are needed to accelerate the development of novel medicines. A rapidly …

Exploring new targets and chemical space with affinity selection-mass spectrometry

R Prudent, DA Annis, PJ Dandliker… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Affinity selection-mass spectrometry (AS-MS) is a high-throughput screening (HTS)
technique for drug discovery that enables rapid screening of large collections of compounds …

Targeting RNA with small molecules: identification of selective, RNA-binding small molecules occupying drug-like chemical space

NF Rizvi, JP Santa Maria Jr, A Nahvi… - … the Science of Drug …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Although the potential value of RNA as a target for new small molecule therapeutics is
becoming increasingly credible, the physicochemical properties required for small …

Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors for use as antimicrobial agents

J He, W Qiao, Q An, T Yang, Y Luo - European journal of medicinal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drug-resistant bacteria pose an increasingly serious threat to mankind all over the world.
However, the currently available clinical treatments do not meet the urgent demand …

Use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for discovery of drugs for neglected tropical diseases

DA Winkler - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neglected tropical diseases continue to create high levels of morbidity and mortality in a
sizeable fraction of the world's population, despite ongoing research into new treatments …

Exploration and Biological Evaluation of 1,3-Diamino-7H-pyrrol[3,2-f]quinazoline Derivatives as Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitors

Z Zhu, C Chen, J Zhang, F Lai, J Feng… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), a core enzyme of folate metabolism, plays a crucial role in
the biosynthesis of purines and thymidylate for cell proliferation and growth in both …

Redirecting raltitrexed from cancer cell thymidylate synthase to Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphopantetheinyl transferase

A Singh, S Ottavi, I Krieger, K Planck, A Perkowski… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
There is a compelling need to find drugs active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).
4′-Phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PptT) is an essential enzyme in Mtb that has attracted …

Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science breaking into drug design and neglected diseases

J Peña‐Guerrero, PA Nguewa… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Machine learning (ML) is becoming capable of transforming biomolecular
interaction description and calculation, promising an impact on molecular and drug design …

The application of machine learning techniques to innovative antibacterial discovery and development

MSM Serafim, T Kronenberger, PR Oliveira… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction After the initial wave of antibiotic discovery, few novel classes of antibiotics have
emerged, with the latest dating back to the 1980's. Furthermore, the pace of antibiotic drug …