title: Non-steroidal steroid receptor modulators.
abstract: The discovery and launch of non-steroidal ligands for estrogen receptors (ERs) and for androgen receptors (ARs) demonstrated the potential of these ligands as therapeutic agents. Based on these successes, substantial attention in the past ten years has been focused on identifying non-steroidal ligands for all of the classic steroid receptors. Non-steroidal ligands are currently in the discovery phase or in early clinical development for glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid and progesterone receptors, and therefore must still provide evidence of their beneficial features over their steroidal counterparts. Although many new compounds for ERs and ARs are also undergoing discovery phase investigation or (early) development, none have been launched in the past ten years. The complexity of steering functional selectivity remains an ongoing challenge in the development on non-steroidal ligands.
authors.affiliation: NV Organon, Molenstraat 110, PO Box 20, 5340 BH Oss, The Netherlands. pedro.hermkens@organon.com
authors.forename: Pedro H H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Hermkens
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamp
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lusher
authors.forename: Gerrit H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Veeneman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018161:Receptors, Mineralocorticoid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D018161:Receptors, Mineralocorticoid; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D011987:Receptors, Steroid