Medicinal Research Reviews

Papers
(The median citation count of Medicinal Research Reviews is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Estrogen deficiency‐mediated osteoimmunity in postmenopausal osteoporosis136
Advances in drug design and therapeutic potential of selective or multitarget 5‐HT1A receptor ligands121
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Bivalent and bitopic ligands of the opioid receptors: The prospects of a dual approach91
Counter‐intuitive discovery in the formulation of poorly water‐soluble drugs: Amorphous small‐molecule gels91
Mutations of TRPM8 channels: Unraveling the molecular basis of activation by cold and ligands81
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Autosomic dominant polycystic kidney disease and metformin: Old knowledge and new insights on retarding progression of chronic kidney disease76
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β3‐Adrenoceptor, a novel player in the round‐trip from neonatal diseases to cancer: Suggestive clues from embryo57
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Antineoplastics for treating Alzheimer's disease and dementia: Evidence from preclinical and observational studies43
Galectin‐8 inhibition and functions in immune response and tumor biology42
Upgrade of an old drug: Auranofin in innovative cancer therapies to overcome drug resistance and to increase drug effectiveness40
Emerging potentials of Fe‐based nanomaterials for chiral sensing and imaging39
The antiviral and immunomodulatory activities of propolis: An update and future perspectives for respiratory diseases38
The application of zebrafish patient‐derived xenograft tumor models in the development of antitumor agents38
Recent advances in the development of allosteric protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors for drug discovery37
Natural products as Zika antivirals36
Key characters of glycodrugs32
Design, synthesis, and applications of ring‐functionalized histidines in peptide‐based medicinal chemistry and drug discovery31
Microglia‐derived galectin‐3 in neuroinflammation; a bittersweet ligand?31
Recent progress in the imaging of c‐Met aberrant cancers with positron emission tomography30
Molecular mechanism(s) of regulations of cancer stem cell in brain cancer propagation30
Peroral targeting of drug micro or nanocarriers to sites beyond the gastrointestinal tract30
Indirect influence on the BDNF/TrkB receptor signaling pathway via GPCRs, an emerging strategy in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders29
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The entrancing role of dietary polyphenols against the most frequent aging‐associated diseases28
Targeting orexin receptors: Recent advances in the development of subtype selective or dual ligands for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders28
Haste makes waste: A critical review of docking‐based virtual screening in drug repurposing for SARS‐CoV‐2 main protease (M‐pro) inhibition28
Rheumatoid arthritis molecular targets and their importance to flavonoid‐based therapy27
The role and prospect of lysine‐specific demethylases in cancer chemoresistance27
Skin cancer, including related pathways and therapy and the role of luteolin derivatives as potential therapeutics27
Next generation of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) agents for cancer treatment27
Ferroptosis‐modulating small molecules for targeting drug‐resistant cancer: Challenges and opportunities in manipulating redox signaling27
New drug approvals for 2022: Synthesis and clinical applications26
Dissecting the pleiotropic roles of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in lung cancer: From carcinogenesis toward therapy26
Glycogen synthesis and beyond, a comprehensive review of GSK3 as a key regulator of metabolic pathways and a therapeutic target for treating metabolic diseases26
Artemisinin inspired synthetic endoperoxide drug candidates: Design, synthesis, and mechanism of action studies25
Nanotechnology‐based electrochemical biosensors for monitoring breast cancer biomarkers24
Antimicrobial peptides, conventional antibiotics, and their synergistic utility for the treatment of drug‐resistant infections24
Connecting the dots: Targeting the microbiome in drug toxicity23
1,2,4,5‐Tetraoxane derivatives/hybrids as potent antimalarial endoperoxides: Chronological advancements, structure−activity relationship (SAR) studies and future perspectives23
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Bioactive atropisomers: Unraveling design strategies and synthetic routes for drug discovery23
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A comprehensive overview on the crosstalk between microRNAs and viral pathogenesis and infection22
Chemo‐proteomics in antimalarial target identification and engagement22
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(Nano)platforms in breast cancer therapy: Drug/gene delivery, advanced nanocarriers and immunotherapy21
Pipeline of anti‐Mycobacterium abscessussmall molecules: Repurposable drugs and promising novel chemical entities20
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The role of Toll‐like receptors in neuropsychiatric disorders: Immunopathology, treatment, and management19
Cardiovascular therapeutics: A new potential for anxiety treatment?19
Fast and furious: The neutrophil and its armamentarium in health and disease19
The menace of severe adverse events and deaths associated with viral gene therapy and its potential solution19
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Recent insights in the PI3K/Akt pathway as a promising therapeutic target in combination with EGFR‐targeting agents to treat head and neck squamous cell carcinoma18
Dual roles of drug or its metabolite−protein conjugate: Cutting‐edge strategy of drug discovery using shotgun proteomics18
Chemistry and biological activity of resin glycosides from Convolvulaceae species17
Preclinical evidence using synthetic compounds and natural products indicates that AMPK represents a potential pharmacological target for the therapy of pulmonary diseases17
Elimination of the hepatitis B virus: A goal, a challenge17
Analyzing the scaffold diversity of cyclin‐dependent kinase inhibitors and revisiting the clinical and preclinical pipeline17
Metabolomics as a tool for the early diagnosis and prognosis of diabetic kidney disease17
Fluorescent imaging probes for in vivo ovarian cancer targeted detection and surgery16
Profiling of small‐molecule necroptosis inhibitors based on the subpockets of kinase–ligand interactions16
Perspectives on pain in Down syndrome16
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)‐independent actions of capsaicin on cellular excitability and ion transport15
Dual‐target inhibitors of bromodomain and extra‐terminal proteins in cancer: A review from medicinal chemistry perspectives15
Pathophysiological significance and modulation of the transient receptor potential canonical 3 ion channel15
Emerging roles of microRNA‐208a in cardiology and reverse cardio‐oncology15
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Lipidomic landscape in cancer: Actionable insights for membrane‐based therapy and diagnoses14
Insights into Ganoderma fungi meroterpenoids opening a new era of racemic natural products in mushrooms14
Applications of medicinal chemistry for drug discovery against Acanthamoeba infections14
Biologically active secoiridoids: A comprehensive update13
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Extracellular vesicles: Emerging frontiers in wound healing13
The role of flavonoids in the regulation of epithelial‐mesenchymal transition in cancer: A review on targeting signaling pathways and metastasis13
Targeting tumor microenvironment with photodynamic nanomedicine13
Overcoming challenges of HERG potassium channel liability through rational design: Eag1 inhibitors for cancer treatment13
Histone deacetylase‐based dual targeted inhibition in multiple myeloma13
Unveiling gut microbiota's role: Bidirectional regulation of drug transport for improved safety13
Expedition of sulfur‐containing heterocyclic derivatives as cytotoxic agents in medicinal chemistry: A decade update12
The new direction of drug development: Degradation of undruggable targets through targeting chimera technology12
Metal complexes bearing EGFR‐inhibiting ligands as promising anticancer agents12
Computational benchmarking of putative KIFC1 inhibitors12
Purinergic receptors modulators: An emerging pharmacological tool for disease management11
Advances in ameliorating inflammatory diseases and cancers by andrographolide: Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and perspective11
GADD45A: With or without you11
Human mpox: Biology, epidemiology, therapeutic options, and development of small molecule inhibitors11
A comprehensive review on the development of chiral Cu, Ni, and Zn complexes as pharmaceutical agents over the past decades: Synthesis, molecular structure and biological activity11
Rethinking therapeutic strategies of dual‐target drugs: An update on pharmacological small‐molecule compounds in cancer10
Pharmaceuticals targeting signaling pathways of endometriosis as potential new medical treatment: A review10
Neuroprotective, neurogenic, and anticholinergic evidence ofGanoderma lucidumcognitive effects: Crucial knowledge is still lacking10
OGG1: An emerging multifunctional therapeutic target for the treatment of diseases caused by oxidative DNA damage10
Current and emerging approaches to noncompetitive AR inhibition10
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Corrigendum: Molecular targeting therapies for neuroblastoma: Progress and challenges9
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Trends in targeted delivery of nanomaterials in colon cancer diagnosis and treatment9
H+‐slip correlated to rotor free‐wheeling as cause of F1FO‐ATPase dysfunction in primary mitochondrial disorders8
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The ethnomedicinal and functional uses, phytochemical and pharmacology of compounds from Ardisia species: An updated review7
Targeting key proteins involved in transcriptional regulation for cancer therapy: Current strategies and future prospective7
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Genetically modified cancer vaccines: Current status and future prospects7
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Advances of antitumor drug discovery in traditional Chinese medicine and natural active products by using multi‐active components combination7
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Natural products as IL‐6 inhibitors for inflammatory diseases: Synthetic and SAR perspective6
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Development and therapeutic potential of GSPT1 molecular glue degraders: A medicinal chemistry perspective6
A review in radiomics: Making personalized medicine a reality via routine imaging6
Current nanocomposite advances for biomedical and environmental application diversity6
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Polymer nanotherapeutics: A promising approach toward microglial inhibition in neurodegenerative diseases6
Association predictions of genomics, proteinomics, transcriptomics, microbiome, metabolomics, pathomics, radiomics, drug, symptoms, environment factor, and disease networks: A comprehensive approach6
The adenosinergic pathway in mesenchymal stem cell fate and functions5
An overview of sphingosine‐1‐phosphate receptor 2: Structure, biological function, and small‐molecule modulators5
Research progress in spike mutations of SARS‐CoV‐2 variants and vaccine development5
1,3‐Diazepine: A privileged scaffold in medicinal chemistry5
A comprehensive and systemic review of ginseng‐based nanomaterials: Synthesis, targeted delivery, and biomedical applications5
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Targeting lysosomal quality control as a therapeutic strategy against aging and diseases5
Mitochondrial quality control proteases and their modulation for cancer therapy5
Recent advances in the adjunctive management of diabetic foot ulcer: Focus on noninvasive technologies5
Noncoding RNAs as regulators of STAT3 pathway in gastrointestinal cancers: Roles in cancer progression and therapeutic response5
Therapeutic potential of salicylamide derivatives for combating viral infections5
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Mechanism and application of β‐adrenoceptor blockers in soft tissue wound healing4
Antioxidant peptides, the guardian of life from oxidative stress4
Engineering peptide drug therapeutics through chemical conjugation and implication in clinics4
Targeting the HSP90–CDC37–kinase chaperone cycle: A promising therapeutic strategy for cancer4
Unrevealing the connection between real sample analysis and analytical method. The case of cytokines4
Artemisinins: Promising drug candidates for the treatment of autoimmune diseases4
Immunomodulatory potential of natural products from herbal medicines as immune checkpoints inhibitors: Helping to fight against cancer via multiple targets4
Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives of peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor α agonists in cardiovascular health and disease4
B‐cell lymphoma‐2 family proteins in the crosshairs: Small molecule inhibitors and activators for cancer therapy4
Leveraging the ATP‐P2X7 receptor signalling axis to alleviate traumatic CNS damage and related complications4
α‐Synuclein in Parkinson's Disease: From Bench to Bedside4
KEAP1‐NRF2 protein–protein interaction inhibitors: Design, pharmacological properties and therapeutic potential4
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