Computational approaches in cancer multidrug resistance research: Identification of potential biomarkers, drug targets and drug-target interactions

A Tolios, J De Las Rivas, E Hovig, P Trouillas… - Drug Resistance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Like physics in the 19th century, biology and molecular biology in particular, has been
fertilized and enhanced like few other scientific fields, by the incorporation of mathematical …

Docking and scoring with ICM: the benchmarking results and strategies for improvement

MAC Neves, M Totrov, R Abagyan - Journal of computer-aided molecular …, 2012 - Springer
Flexible docking and scoring using the internal coordinate mechanics software (ICM) was
benchmarked for ligand binding mode prediction against the 85 co-crystal structures in the …

Bioinformatics approaches for functional annotation of membrane proteins

MM Gromiha, YY Ou - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Membrane proteins perform diverse functions in living organisms such as transporters,
receptors and channels. The functions of membrane proteins have been investigated with …

Catalytic transitions in the human MDR1 P-glycoprotein drug binding sites

JG Wise - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Multidrug resistance proteins that belong to the ATP-binding cassette family like the human
P-glycoprotein (ABCB1 or Pgp) are responsible for many failed cancer and antiviral …

Silencing of the ABCC4 gene by RNA interference reverses multidrug resistance in human gastric cancer

G Zhang, Z Wang, F Qian, C Zhao… - Oncology …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
The identification of genes associated with recurrent drug resistance in gastric cancer and
the elucidation of the underlying molecular mechanisms associated with recurrent drug …

Targeting ABCB1 and ABCC1 with their specific inhibitor CBT-1® can overcome drug resistance in osteosarcoma

M Fanelli, C Maria Hattinger, S Vella… - Current cancer drug …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Clinical treatment response achievable with conventional chemotherapy in high-grade
osteosarcoma (OS) is severely limited by the presence of intrinsic or acquired drug …

Discovery of novel multidrug resistance protein 4 (MRP4) inhibitors as active agents reducing resistance to anticancer drug 6-Mercaptopurine (6-MP) by structure and …

Y Chen, X Yuan, Z Xiao, H Jin, L Zhang, Z Liu - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Multidrug resistance protein 4 (MRP4/ABCC4) is an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter.
It is associated with multidrug resistance (MDR), which is becoming a growing challenge to …

Structure and ligand-based design of P-glycoprotein inhibitors: a historical perspective

A Palmeira, E Sousa… - Current …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Computer-assisted drug design (CADD) is a valuable approach for the discovery of new
chemical entities in the field of cancer therapy. There is a pressing need to design and …

Strategies to optimize the brain availability of central nervous system drug candidates

TT Wager, A Villalobos, PR Verhoest… - Expert Opinion on …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Access to the CNS is essential for most neurotherapeutics to elicit their effects.
Leveraging design strategies incorporating physicochemical properties, in vitro and in vivo …

Comparative analysis of ABCB1 reveals novel structural and functional conservation between monocots and dicots

AK Dhaliwal, A Mohan, KS Gill - Frontiers in plant science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Phytohormone auxin plays a critical role in modulating plant architecture by creating a
gradient regulated via its transporters such as ATP-binding cassette (ABC) B1. Except for …