A New Class of Serine and Cysteine Protease Inhibitor with Chemotherapeutic Potential

A New Class of Serine and Cysteine Protease Inhibitor with Chemotherapeutic Potential
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Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
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Metastasis and angiogenesis in cancer are dependent on a variety of biologically active compounds including serine protease. Inhibition of proteases such as plasmin is a potential route for suppression of both metastasis and angiogenesis. Synthesis of tetrahydrothiopyran-4-one based inhibitors containing either a dialkylamino chain, a lysine analog side chain and a dipeptide (D-ile-phe or D-ile-Trp), or just the D-ile-phe dipeptide was accomplished. A compound with both the lysine analog side chain and the dipeptide but lacking a carbonyl was also produced.

Activation of Viruses by Host Proteases

Activation of Viruses by Host Proteases
Author: Eva Böttcher-Friebertshäuser
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319754742

This book will give an overview on viruses undergoing proteolytic activation through host proteases. The chapters will be organized in three themed parts, the first part describing respective viruses and their characteristics in detail. In the second part the molecular and cellular biology of the proteases involved as well as their physiological functions will be further explored. The third part will contain a chapter on protease inhibitors that are promising tools for antiviral therapy. This book will engage scholars in virology and medical microbiology as well as researchers with an interest in enzymology and protein structure and function relationship.