Advances in drug design with RXR modulators

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1003-1016

  Vaz, Belén ^a   De Lera, Ángel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heterodimers; Ligand modulation; Nuclear receptors; Rexinoids; RXR; Structure; Therapy

Indexed keywords

6 [1 (5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDRO 3,5,5,8,8 PENTAMETHYL 2 NAPHTHYL)CYCLOPROPYL]NICOTINIC ACID; 9CUAB30; AGN194204; ALITRETINOIN; BEXAROTENE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DANTRON; ETODOLAC; HONOKIOL; LG101506; METHOPRENIC ACID; NAVELBINE; OLEIC ACID; PACLITAXEL; PHYTANIC ACID; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RETINOID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RHEIN; SULINDAC SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XCT0135908;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STRUCTURE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; DRUG DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; RETINOIDS;

EID: 84867928062     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: 1746045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2012.722992     Document Type: Review

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