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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Structure-Based Discovery of Dual-Target Hits for Acetylcholinesterase and the α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: In Silico Studies and In Vitro Confirmation.

Sebastian Oddsson, Natalia M Kowal, Philip K Ahring, Elin S Olafsdottir, Thomas Balle

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sebastian OddssonFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland.ORCID 0000-0001-8967-0235
Natalia M KowalFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland.
Philip K AhringSydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Elin S OlafsdottirFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland.
Thomas BalleSydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

Funding

Icelandic Centre for Research 152604University of Iceland Doctoral Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite extensive efforts in the development of drugs for complex neurodegenerative diseases, treatment often remains challenging or ineffective, and hence new treatment strategies are necessary. One approach is the design of multi-target drugs, which can potentially address the complex nature of disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. We report a method for high throughput virtual screening aimed at identifying new dual target hit molecules. One of the identified hits,

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Acetylcholinesterasealpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorAlzheimer DiseaseCholinesterase InhibitorsComputer SimulationDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Targeted TherapyProtein ConformationStructure-Activity RelationshipUser-Computer InterfaceAcetylcholinesterasealpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorCholinesterase InhibitorsLigandsacetylcholinesteraseAlzheimer’s diseasedual mode of actiondual-target lead discoveryhigh-throughput virtual screeningmolecular dockingmulti-modalneurodegenerative disordersnicotinic acetylcholine receptor

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PMID32580406
PMCPMC7355937

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