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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Selectivity of Butyrylcholinesterase Inhibitors Revisited.

Michael D Gambardella, Yigui Wang, Jiongdong Pang

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Michael D GambardellaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Yigui WangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, USA.
Jiongdong PangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors are the primary target for single-molecule anti-Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapeutics. Though AChE has historically been the focus of investigation for small-molecule inhibitors, interest in another cholinergic enzyme, butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), has grown in recent years. Attention stems from BChE's role in β-amyloid (Aβ) protein aggregation and an increase in BChE concentration during the late stages of AD, where a decrease in AChE concentration is also observed. Currently, five FDA-approved drugs are on the market for inhibiting AChE, though no BChE-selective drugs have been approved so far. In this review, we focus on newly identified BChE selective inhibitors and present the ideas behind these discoveries.

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Alzheimer DiseaseButyrylcholinesteraseCholinesterase InhibitorsAcetylcholinesteraseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsHumansAcetylcholinesteraseAmyloid beta-PeptidesButyrylcholinesteraseCholinesterase InhibitorsacetylcholinesteraseAlzheimer’s diseaseBChE selectivitybutyrylcholinesteraseinhibitorsynthesisvirtual screening

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PMID41226162
PMCPMC12609153

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