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. 2019 Mar 22;24(6):1140. doi: 10.3390/molecules24061140
FA Folic acid
THF tetrahydrofolate
DHFR dihydrofolate reductase enzyme
hDHFR human DHFR
bDHFR bovine DHFR
rhDHFR recombinant human DHFR
hTS human thymidylate synthase
NADPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
dUMP dihydrofolate synthase (DHFS), deoxyuridine monophosphate
dTMP deoxythymidine monophosphate
5,10-Methylene THF N5-N10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
TrxR thioredoxin reductases
FRs folate receptors
ct-DNA calf thymus-DNA
RNR ribonucleotide reductase
TS thymidylate synthase
TP thymidylated phosphorylase
MTX methotrexate
ANN artificial neural network
PDB Protein Data Bank
Asp127 Aspartate 127
Glu30 Glutamate 30
Phe31 Phenylalanine
ELISA assay enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
EMA European Medicines Agency
ADMET absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, toxicity
OVCAR-3 ovarian cancer cell line
MDA-MB-435 melanoma cell line
NSCLC non-small-cell lung carcinoma
HCC hepatocellular carcinoma
A549 adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cells
SK-OV-3 human ovary cancer cell line
HCT15; HCT116 human colon adenocarcinoma colorectal adenocarcinoma
K562 human chronic myeloid leukemia cell
HeLa human of immortal cervical cancer cell
KB keratin-forming tumor cell line HeLa
MCF-7; MDA-MB-231; MDA-MB-468 human breast cancer cell line
DU145 human prostate cancer cell line
HMEC normal human mammary epithelial cells
HL-60 human caucasian promyelocytic leukemia cell line
NCI-H1299; NCI-H522 human non-small cell lung carcinoma cell line
HepG2 human liver cancer cell line
SK-n-SH human neuroblastoma
A17 amacrine cells in mammalian retina
SAR structure activity relationships