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Letters in Drug Design & Discovery

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1570-1808
ISSN (Online): 1875-628X

Discovery of Novel CYP17 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer with Structure-Based Drug Design

Author(s): Pelin Armutlu, Muhuttin Emre Ozdemir, Sule Ozdas, Ibrahim Halil Kavakli and Metin Turkay

Volume 6, Issue 5, 2009

Page: [337 - 344] Pages: 8

DOI: 10.2174/1570180810906050337

Price: $65

Abstract

It has been shown that prostate cancer is associated with elevated androgen biosynthesis; therefore, inhibiting the activity of Cytochrome P450 17 (CYP17) may prevent progression of prostate cancer. In this study we identified, using in silico and experimental methods, two novel steroidal and non-steroidal lead compounds that inhibit the activity CYP17.

Keywords: Prostate Cancer, Androgen Biosynthesis, Cytochrome P450 enzyme 17R-hydroxylase-17, 20-lyase, Virtual Screening


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