Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors for the treatment of inflammatory diseases

H Li, J Zuo, W Tang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4), mainly present in immune cells, epithelial cells, and brain
cells, manifests as an intracellular non-receptor enzyme that modulates inflammation and …

Targeting metalloenzymes for therapeutic intervention

AY Chen, RN Adamek, BL Dick, CV Credille… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metalloenzymes are central to a wide range of essential biological activities, including
nucleic acid modification, protein degradation, and many others. The role of metalloenzymes …

Mammalian cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases: molecular mechanisms and physiological functions

SH Francis, MA Blount, JD Corbin - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
The superfamily of cyclic nucleotide (cN) phosphodiesterases (PDEs) is comprised of 11
families of enzymes. PDEs break down cAMP and/or cGMP and are major determinants of …

Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases: molecular regulation to clinical use

AT Bender, JA Beavo - Pharmacological reviews, 2006 - ASPET
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are enzymes that regulate the cellular levels
of the second messengers, cAMP and cGMP, by controlling their rates of degradation. There …

Biochemistry and physiology of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases: essential components in cyclic nucleotide signaling

M Conti, J Beavo - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Although cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) were described soon after the
discovery of cAMP, their complexity and functions in signaling is only recently beginning to …

Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) superfamily: a new target for the development of specific therapeutic agents

C Lugnier - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2006 - Elsevier
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs), which are ubiquitously distributed in
mammalian tissues, play a major role in cell signaling by hydrolyzing cAMP and cGMP. Due …

PDE4 cAMP phosphodiesterases: modular enzymes that orchestrate signalling cross-talk, desensitization and compartmentalization

MD Houslay, DR Adams - Biochemical Journal, 2003 - portlandpress.com
cAMP is a second messenger that controls many key cellular functions. The only way to
inactivate cAMP is to degrade it through the action of cAMP phosphodiesterases (PDEs) …

Keynote review: phosphodiesterase-4 as a therapeutic target

MD Houslay, P Schafer, KYJ Zhang - Drug discovery today, 2005 - Elsevier
Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is a key second messenger in all cells. It is compartmentalized within
cells and its levels are controlled, as a result of spatially discrete signaling cassettes …

Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases

DM Essayan - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2001 - Elsevier
Cyclic nucleotide second messengers (cAMP and cGMP) play a central role in signal
transduction and regulation of physiologic responses. Their intracellular levels are …

[HTML][HTML] mAKAP assembles a protein kinase A/PDE4 phosphodiesterase cAMP signaling module

KL Dodge, S Khouangsathiene, MS Kapiloff… - The EMBO …, 2001 - embopress.org
Spatiotemporal regulation of protein kinase A (PKA) activity involves the manipulation of
compartmentalized cAMP pools. Now we demonstrate that the muscle‐selective A‐kinase …