Publication number: 20100267836
Abstract: Novel melatonin ligands of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein: n is 1 or 2; m is 0, 1 or 2; p is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8; v is 2 or 3; A is aryl or heteroaryl; Z is O, S or NR8; Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, —OCF3, CF3, C1-C8 alkyl, C1-C8 alkyloxy, C1-C8 alkylthio, halogen and —Z—(CH2)p-A; R1 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, CF3, hydroxy-substituted C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy-substituted C3-C8 cycloalkyl, and NHR5, wherein R5 is C1-C3 alkyl or C3-C6 cycloalkyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyloxy, OCF3, CF3, hydroxyl, and halogen; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyloxy, OCF3, CF3, hydroxyl, and halogen; R and R3 may be connected together to form an —O—(CH2)v bridge representing with the carbon atoms to which the
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 12, 2007
Publication date:
October 21, 2010
Applicants:
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI URBINO, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA
Inventors:
Gabriella Gobbi, Marco Mor, Silvia Rivara, Franco Fraschini, Giorgio Tarzia, Annalida Bedini, Gilberto Spadoni, Valeria Lucini
Publication number: 20100081704
Abstract: The use of compounds is described which are capable of functionally blocking at least one of the genes chosen from the group composed of EphA1, EphA2, EphA8, EphB2, CSF1R, VEGFR2, RAMP2, RAMP3, CLRN1, MAPK4, PIK3C2A, PIK3CG, GSK3alpha, GSK3beta, IRAK3, DAPK1, JAK1, PIM1, TRB3, BTG1, LATS1, LIMK2, MYLK, PAK1, PAK2, CDC2, BTK, PNRC2, NCOA4, NR2C1, TPR, RBBP8, TRPC7, FXYD1, ERN1, PRSS16, RPS3, CCL23 and SERPINE1, for the manufacture of a medicament destined to diminish the resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs in the therapeutic treatment of epithelial tumour pathologies. Also described is a method for the determination of the drug resistance in tumour cells, as well as a method for the identification of tumour stem cells.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 14, 2008
Publication date:
April 1, 2010
Applicant:
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA
Inventors:
Marialuisa Lavitrano, Emanuela Grassilli, Kristian Helin