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ReviewCurrent topics in medicinal chemistry2025

Computer-aided Drug Discovery of Epigenetic Modulators in Dual-target Therapy of Multifactorial Diseases.

Slavica Oljacic, Marija Popovic-Nikolic, Brankica Filipic, Zarko Gagic, Katarina Nikolic

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Review in Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Slavica OljacicDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Marija Popovic-NikolicDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Brankica FilipicDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Zarko GagicDepartment of Pharmaceutical chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Katarina NikolicDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-3656-9245

Funding

COST Actions, of the European Community CA22125, CA22103, CA21135Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, Republic of Serbia, through University of Belgrade (Faculty of Pharmacy) 451-03-65/2024-03/200161, 451-03-66/2024-03/ 200161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous studies suggest that common genetic and epigenetic factors such as p53, histone deacetylase (HDAC), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), the (Ataxia Telangiectasia mutated) ATM gene, cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5), glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) and altered expression of microRNA (miRNA) play a crucial role in cancer and neurodegeneration. As there is growing evidence that epigenetic aberrations in cancer and neurological diseases lead to complex pathophysiological changes, the simultaneous targeting of epigenetic and other related pathways by dual-target inhibitors may contribute to the discovery of more effective and personalized therapeutic options. Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) provides comprehensive bioinformatic, chemoinformatic, and chemometric approaches for the design of novel chemotypes of epigenetic dual-target inhibitors, enabling efficient discovery of new drug candidates for innovative treatments of these multifactorial diseases. The detailed anticancer mechanisms by which the epigenetic dual-target inhibitors alter metastatic and tumorigenic properties, influence the tumor microenvironment, or regulate the immune response are also presented and discussed in the review. To improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of cancer and neurodegeneration, this review discusses novel therapeutic agents targeting different molecular mechanisms involved in these multifactorial diseases.

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Antineoplastic AgentsComputer-Aided DesignDrug DiscoveryEpigenesis, GeneticNeoplasmsNeurodegenerative DiseasesHumansAntineoplastic Agentschemoinformatic.Computer-aided drug design (CADD)dual-target inhibitorsepigenetic inhibitorsmulti-factorial diseasesneurodegeneration

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