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List of works by Rafael León

A reinvestigation of the acid-promoted heterocyclization of 2-(2-oxo-2-arylethyl)malononitriles in the presence of amines.

scientific article published on 13 March 2009

Addition to "ITH14001, a CGP37157-Nimodipine Hybrid Designed to Regulate Calcium Homeostasis and Oxidative Stress, Exerts Neuroprotection in Cerebral Ischemia".

scientific article published on 23 November 2016

Alpha7 nicotinic receptor activation protects against oxidative stress via heme-oxygenase I induction

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Anti-inflammatory role of microglial alpha7 nAChRs and its role in neuroprotection

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory and Neuroprotective Profiles of Novel 1,4-Dihydropyridine Derivatives for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Aza-CGP37157-lipoic hybrids designed as novel Nrf2-inducers and antioxidants exert neuroprotection against oxidative stress and show neuroinflammation inhibitory properties

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Benzothiazepine CGP37157 and its isosteric 2'-methyl analogue provide neuroprotection and block cell calcium entry

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Calcium signalling mediated through α7 and non-α7 nAChR stimulation is differentially regulated in bovine chromaffin cells to induce catecholamine release

scientific article published on January 2011

Discovery of the first dual GSK3β inhibitor/Nrf2 inducer. A new multitarget therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease

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Effects of novel tacripyrines ITH12117 and ITH12118 on rat vas deferens contractions, calcium transients and cholinesterase activity

scientific article published on 09 April 2011

Elucidating the reaction mechanism of the benzoate oxidation pathway encoded aldehyde dehydrogenase from Burkholderia xenovorans LB400

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Enzymatic and solid-phase synthesis of new donepezil-based L- and d-glutamic acid derivatives and their pharmacological evaluation in models related to Alzheimer's disease and cerebral ischemia

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Gram-scale enantioselective formal synthesis of morphine through an ortho-para oxidative phenolic coupling strategy

scientific article published on 6 October 2014

ITH14001, a CGP37157-Nimodipine Hybrid Designed to Regulate Calcium Homeostasis and Oxidative Stress, Exerts Neuroprotection in Cerebral Ischemia.

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

ITH4012 (ethyl 5-amino-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-phenylbenzol[1,8]naphthyridine-3-carboxylate), a novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitor with "calcium promotor" and neuroprotective properties

scientific article published on 26 April 2004

Identification and characterization of binding sites on S100A7, a participant in cancer and inflammation pathways

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Identification of 4,6-diaryl-1,4-dihydropyridines as a new class of neuroprotective agents

Inclusion complex of ITH12674 with 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin: Preparation, physical characterization and pharmacological effect.

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MAFG is a potential therapeutic target to restore chemosensitivity in cisplatin-resistant cancer cells by increasing reactive oxygen species

scientific article published on 30 June 2018

Melatonin-sulforaphane hybrid ITH12674 induces neuroprotection in oxidative stress conditions by a 'drug-prodrug' mechanism of action

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N-acylaminophenothiazines: neuroprotective agents displaying multifunctional activities for a potential treatment of Alzheimer's disease

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Neuroprotective effect of dimebon against ischemic neuronal damage

scientific article published on 4 March 2014

Neuroprotective effect of melatonin against ischemia is partially mediated by alpha-7 nicotinic receptor modulation and HO-1 overexpression

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

Neuroprotective mechanism of the novel melatonin derivative Neu-P11 in brain ischemia related models

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

New 5-unsubstituted dihydropyridines with improved CaV1.3 selectivity as potential neuroprotective agents against ischemic injury

scientific article published on 7 May 2014

New melatonin-cinnamate hybrids as multi-target drugs for neurodegenerative diseases: Nrf2-induction, antioxidant effect and neuroprotection.

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

New multipotent tetracyclic tacrines with neuroprotective activity

scientific article published on 26 September 2006

New tacrine-dihydropyridine hybrids that inhibit acetylcholinesterase, calcium entry, and exhibit neuroprotection properties

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Novel Multitarget Hybrid Compounds for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

Novel multipotent tacrine-dihydropyridine hybrids with improved acetylcholinesterase inhibitory and neuroprotective activities as potential drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published in December 2006

Novel multitarget ligand ITH33/IQM9.21 provides neuroprotection in in vitro and in vivo models related to brain ischemia

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Novel sulfoglycolipid IG20 causes neuroprotection by activating the phase II antioxidant response in rat hippocampal slices

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Nrf2-ARE pathway: An emerging target against oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.

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Recent advances in the multitarget-directed ligands approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

scientific article published on 26 July 2011

Resveratrol-Based MTDLs to Stimulate Defensive and Regenerative Pathways and Block Early Events in Neurodegenerative Cascades

scientific article published on 04 March 2022

Saffron (Crocus sativus) intake provides nutritional preconditioning against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in Wild Type and ApoE(-/-) mice: Involvement of Nrf2 activation

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Structural and Biophysical Characterization of BoxC from Burkholderia xenovorans LB400: A NOVEL RING-CLEAVING ENZYME IN THE CROTONASE SUPERFAMILY

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Subthreshold Concentrations of Melatonin and Galantamine Improves Pathological AD-Hallmarks in Hippocampal Organotypic Cultures

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Synthesis and biological assessment of diversely substituted furo[2,3-b]quinolin-4-amine and pyrrolo[2,3-b]quinolin-4-amine derivatives, as novel tacrine analogues

Synthesis and biological evaluation of new 4H-pyrano[2,3-b]quinoline derivatives that block acetylcholinesterase and cell calcium signals, and cause neuroprotection against calcium overload and free radicals

scientific article published on 6 October 2006

Synthesis of 6-amino-1,4-dihydropyridines that prevent calcium overload and neuronal death

scientific article published on 5 July 2007

Synthesis, acetylcholinesterase inhibition and neuroprotective activity of new tacrine analogues

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Synthesis, inhibitory activity of cholinesterases, and neuroprotective profile of novel 1,8-naphthyridine derivatives

scientific article published on July 2010

Tacripyrines, the first tacrine-dihydropyridine hybrids, as multitarget-directed ligands for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on May 2009

The APPswe/PS1A246E mutations in an astrocytic cell line leads to increased vulnerability to oxygen and glucose deprivation, Ca2+ dysregulation and mitochondrial abnormalities.

scientific article published on 6 January 2018

The Antioxidant Additive Approach for Alzheimer's Disease Therapy: New Ferulic (Lipoic) Acid Plus Melatonin Modified Tacrines as Cholinesterases Inhibitors, Direct Antioxidants, and Nuclear Factor (Erythroid-Derived 2)-Like 2 Activators

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

The N-terminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth factor-I protects against beta-amyloid-induced somatostatin depletion by calcium and glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta modulation.

scientific article published on 11 February 2009

Transcription Factor NRF2 as a Therapeutic Target for Chronic Diseases: A Systems Medicine Approach.

scientific article published in April 2018

When It Comes to an End: Oxidative Stress Crosstalk with Protein Aggregation and Neuroinflammation Induce Neurodegeneration

scientific article published on 12 August 2020