Recent advance in the design of small molecular modulators of estrogen-related receptors

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3421-3431

  Lu, Xiaoyun ^a   Peng, Lijie ^a   Lv, Man ^a   Ding, Ke ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

Agonist; Biological function; ERR ; ERR ; Estrogen related receptors (ERRs); Inverse agonist; Lbd; Modulators

Indexed keywords

AFIMOXIFENE; ANTIESTROGEN; BIOCHANIN A; CAMPHECLOR; DAIDZEIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; GENISTEIN; GSK 4716; GSK 5182; GSK 9089; KAEMPFEROL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PYRIDO[1,2 ALPHA]PYRIMIDIN 4 ONE DERIVATIVE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; THIOAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XCT 790;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BREAST CANCER; CHROMOSOME; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

DRUG DESIGN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES;

EID: 84863517853     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161212801227113     Document Type: Review

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