1.Cavernous Lymphangioma of the Digits: A Rare Cause of Macrodactyly
LEONG JF ; LEVIN KB ; RAJKUMAR V ; ABDULLAH S ; JAMARI S
Medicine and Health 2019;14(2):261-265
Cavernous lymphangioma is a congenital malformation of lymphatic system causing dilated lymphatic sinuses that involve the skin and subcutaneous tissues. This was an interesting case of dystrophic macrodactyly of the left ring and little finger in a 18-month-old girl who presented with swollen and sausage like fingers deformity which turned out to be an isolated cavernous lymphangioma. This tumor, although rare to occur in the extremeties, must be differentiated from other congenital vascular lesions of the hand that include arteriovenous malformations and hemangiomas. Diagnosis should be solely based on histopathological analysis of the excised tissue mass. Surgical excision is usually necessary for satisfactory functional and cosmetic outcome.
2.Novel PF74-like small molecules targeting the HIV-1 capsid protein: Balance of potency and metabolic stability.
Lei WANG ; Mary C CASEY ; Sanjeev Kumar V VERNEKAR ; Rajkumar Lalji SAHANI ; Karen A KIRBY ; Haijuan DU ; Huanchun ZHANG ; Philip R TEDBURY ; Jiashu XIE ; Stefan G SARAFIANOS ; Zhengqiang WANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2021;11(3):810-822
Of all known small molecules targeting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) capsid protein (CA), PF74 represents by far the best characterized chemotype, due to its ability to confer antiviral phenotypes in both early and late phases of viral replication. However, the prohibitively low metabolic stability renders PF74 a poor antiviral lead. We report herein our medicinal chemistry efforts toward identifying novel and metabolically stable small molecules targeting the PF74 binding site. Specifically, we replaced the inter-domain-interacting, electron-rich indole ring of PF74 with less electron-rich isosteres, including imidazolidine-2,4-dione, pyrimidine-2,4-dione, and benzamide, and identified four potent antiviral compounds (