Advances in Developing Small Molecule Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease
Wei Zhang1, Liujie Zhang1, Mingti Lv1,2
1School of Basic Medical Science, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Abstract:
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia among middle-aged and elderly individuals. Accelerating the prevention and treatment of AD has become an urgent problem. New technology including Computer-aided drug design (CADD) can effectively reduce the medication cost for patients with AD, reduce the cost of living, and improve the quality of life of patients, providing new ideas for treating AD. This paper reviews the pathogenesis of AD, the latest developments in CADD and other small-molecule docking technologies for drug discovery and development; the current research status of small-molecule compounds for AD at home and abroad from the perspective of drug action targets; the future of AD drug development.
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