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Anti-inflammatories against Neurodegenerative Diseases

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2018) | Viewed by 365

Special Issue Editor

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: synthesis and biological studies on anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents, on inhibitors of enzymes implicated in the inflammation and in the coagulation process in general; correlation of inflammation with cancer; neurodegeneration; antioxidant activity; theoretical and experimental calculation of physicochemical parameters implicated in biological response; use of computational chemistry in drug design as well as bioactive compounds of natural origin, e.g., essential oils
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Special Issue Information

Inflammation is implicated in the pathogenesis of a broad spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases. These include Alzheimer's (AD), Parkinson's (PD), and Huntington's diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, all of the tauopathies, multiple sclerosis and many other less common conditions. The level of inflammation is determined by the concentration and degree of activation of microglial cells while the presence of a spectrum of inflammatory mediators is recorded. Epidemiological studies indicate that anti-inflammatory agents, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), have a sparing effect on AD and PD indicating that inflammation exacerbates the pathology in these diseases. NSAIDs inhibit the generation of nitric oxide radicals and modulate transcription factors which are related to inflammatory reactions including cytokine expression

There are reports suggesting that NSAIDs act independently of cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition. However classical NSAIDs are still the choice for agents that will slow the progression or delay the onset of AD and other neurodegenerative diseases despite failures of naproxen, celecoxib and rofecoxib in AD clinical trials. Several other classes of anti-inflammatory drugs have been identified as potentially beneficial agents. Thus, combination therapy with other anti-inflammatory agents that work through different mechanisms of action might prove to be beneficial.

Prof. Dr. Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • inflammation
  • neurodegenerative diseases
  • Alzheimer
  • Parkinson
  • Huntington diseases
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • tauopathies
  • multiple sclerosis
  • non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • drug design
  • drug synthesis
  • biological evaluation
  • cycloxygenase

Published Papers

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