Carbohydrates as Drugs
Carbohydrates as Drugs
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碳水化合物作为药物
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-08675-0
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发表时间:
2014
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通讯作者:
Rademacher C (Eds.)
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作者:
Seeberger PH;Rademacher C (Eds.)
Carbohydrates are the most abundant class of biomolecules and nature has made use of these structurally complex molecules for many applications. Every living cell is covered by oligosaccharides contributing to their stability, promoting cell–cell communication, or control cell migration and tissue homing. The diversity of this biopolymer exceeds that of any other organic structure. Consequently, the number of glycosylation-associated genes is high, with approximately 2% of the human genome encoding for these proteins. With novel tools for the synthesis and analysis of glycans becoming available to the broader community, the role of glycosylation-associated genes in health and disease is beginning to unravel. These advances have spurred increasing interest in carbohydrates and their derivatives as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals such as inhibitors of carbohydratebinding or-processing proteins, or novel adjuvants and vaccines. However, in contrast to the potential of glycans for the treatment of human disease, the number of carbohydrate-based drugs is rather limited. The fact that each glycosidic linkage constitutes a new stereogenic center renders the synthesis of carbohydrates challenging. Carbohydrates are hydrophilic, metabolically unstable and sometimes promiscuous, as in many cases low affinity recognition is essential for some of their biological functions. Efficient synthetic access to carbohydrate-derivatives enables us to overcome these obstacles. Stability and hydrophilicity can be controlled and specificity can be established by evolution of the carbohydrate scaffold. Although a monosaccharide often has a rather low affinity to its target receptor, it provides high ligand efficiency, because of its low molecular weight. Moreover, the enthalpy-driven interaction is based on directed interactions, an exquisite starting point for small molecule evolution. Otherwise inaccessible binding sites can addressed that do not accommodate flat and aromatic molecules. This volume is comprised of a collection of chapters addressing the problems and the potentials of carbohydrates as drugs from different perspectives. The opening chapter describes the target-oriented synthesis of carbohydrate-derivatives, in particular highlighting the synthesis of C-glycosides to overcome metabolic instability of carbohydrates. Moreover, the authors explore domino carbopalladation to transform carbohydrates into drug-like scaffolds. The improved synthetic accessibility of v
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发表时间:
1993
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影响因子:
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作者:
Y. Kishi
通讯作者:
Y. Kishi
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
1998
期刊:
Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology.
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.1992.263.3.f459
发表时间:
1992-09
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The American journal of physiology
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Rebecca G. Wells;A. Pajor;Y. Kanai;E. Turk;E. M. Wright;M. Hediger
影响因子:
3.1
作者:
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通讯作者:
Bundle, David R.