Discovery of the 3-amino-1, 2, 4-triazine-based library as selective PDK1 inhibitors with therapeutic potential in highly aggressive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

D Carbone, M De Franco, C Pecoraro… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases (PDKs) are serine/threonine kinases, that are directly
involved in altered cancer cell metabolism, resulting in cancer aggressiveness and …

Structural manipulations of marine natural products inspire a new library of 3-amino-1, 2, 4-triazine PDK inhibitors endowed with antitumor activity in pancreatic ductal …

D Carbone, M De Franco, C Pecoraro, D Bassani… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the main aggressive types of cancer,
characterized by late prognosis and drug resistance. Among the main factors sustaining …

VirtuousPocketome: a computational tool for screening protein–ligand complexes to identify similar binding sites

L Pallante, M Cannariato, L Androutsos, EA Zizzi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Protein residues within binding pockets play a critical role in determining the range of
ligands that can interact with a protein, influencing its structure and function. Identifying …

Molecular modeling unveils the effective interaction of B-RAF inhibitors with rare B-RAF insertion variants

MC Scaini, L Piccin, D Bassani, A Scapinello… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved MAPK inhibitors as a treatment for
melanoma patients carrying a mutation in codon V600 of the BRAF gene exclusively …

“Dual Anta-Inhibitors” of the A2A Adenosine Receptor and Casein Kinase CK1delta: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Modeling Studies

A Spinaci, M Buccioni, D Catarzi, C Cui, V Colotta… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Based on a screening of a chemical library of A2A adenosine receptor (AR) antagonists, a
series of di-and tri-substituted adenine derivatives were synthesized and tested for their …

“Dual Anta-Inhibitors” of the A2A Adenosine Receptor and Casein Kinase CK1delta: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Modeling Studies

A Spinaci, M Buccioni, D Catarzi, C Cui… - …, 2023 - research.unipd.it
Based on a screening of a chemical library of A2A adenosine receptor (AR) antagonists, a
series of di-and tri-substituted adenine derivatives were synthesized and tested for their …

In Silico Insights Toward the Exploration of Adenosine Receptors Ligand Recognition

D Bassani, S Moro - Purinergic Receptors and their Modulators, 2023 - Springer
Adenosine receptors have been studied for many years now, their structures have been
resolved and many of the determinants for their interaction patterns have been highlighted …

Special Issue “GPCRs: Ligands and beyond 2022”

E Cione, MC Caroleo - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The human genome encodes more than 800 different G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs),
uncovering their importance in human physiology. These integral membrane proteins sense …