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AUTHOR
Yudith Cañizares-carmenate
Thorough evaluation of OECD principles in modelling of 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine derivatives using QSARINS.
The human immunodeficiency virus is a lethal pathology considered as a worldwide problem. The search for new strategies for the treatment of this disease continues to be a great challenge in the scientific community. In this study, a series of 107 derivatives of 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine, previously evaluated experimentally against HIV-I reverse transcriptase, was used to model antiretroviral activity. A model of linear regression, implemented in the QSARINS software, was developed with a genetic algorithm for variable selection. The fit of its parameters was good and exhaustive validation, according to the OECD regulatory principles, was performed. Also, the applica…
Multiple Linear Regression to predict larvicidal activity against <em>Aedes aegypti </em>mosquito
Vector-borne diseases are one of the important health problems in most tropical countries. Aedes aegypti is an important vector for transmission of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, arthritis, and Zika fever. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that Ae. aegypti causes 50 million infections and 25,000 deaths per year. The emerging scenario highlights that the eco-friendly and effective control measures for mosquito vectors is of crucial importance. One of the most effective vector control measures has been the use of larvicidal compounds however; this success was short lived due to development of resistance against them in many mosquito strains, ecological imbalance …
Enzimas de la biosíntesis del virus SARS-CoV-2 como dianas potenciales para el descubrimiento de nuevos antivirales
La aparición de la pandemia producida por la COVID-19 (enfermedad producida por coronavirus 2019), cuyo agente causal es el SARS-CoV-2, ha provocado una gran preocupación a nivel mundial. Esta emergencia sanitaria ha puesto de manifiesto la necesidad urgente que existe de desarrollar o bien una nueva vacuna o bien agentes terapéuticos antivirales que permitan combatir al SARS-CoV-2. El reposicionamiento de fármacos es una de las estrategias más rápidas y prácticas de identificar rápidamente nuevos fármacos que permitirían prevenir, controlar o incluso erradicar el virus. Encontrar agentes terapéuticos que actúen directamente sobre enzimas específicas que tengan un rol esencial en la replica…
An approach to identify new antihypertensive agents using Thermolysin as model: In silico study based on QSARINS and docking
Thermolysin is a bacterial proteolytic enzyme, considered by many authors as a pharmacological and biological model of other mammalian enzymes, with similar structural characteristics, such as angiotensin converting enzyme and neutral endopeptidase. Inhibitors of these enzymes are considered therapeutic targets for common diseases, such as hypertension and heart failure. In this report, a mathematical model of Multiple Linear Regression, for ordinary least squares, and genetic algorithm, for selection of variables, are developed and implemented in QSARINS software, with appropriate parameters for its fitting. The model is extensively validated according to OECD standards, so that its robust…