AMP-activated protein kinase: the current landscape for drug development

GR Steinberg, D Carling - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Since the discovery of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) as a central regulator of energy
homeostasis, many exciting insights into its structure, regulation and physiological roles …

Chemotherapeutic drugs and mitochondrial dysfunction: focus on doxorubicin, trastuzumab, and sunitinib

S Gorini, A De Angelis, L Berrino… - Oxidative medicine …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many cancer therapies produce toxic side effects whose molecular mechanisms await full
elucidation. The most feared and studied side effect of chemotherapeutic drugs is …

Regulatory genomic circuitry of human disease loci by integrative epigenomics

CA Boix, BT James, YP Park, W Meuleman, M Kellis - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Annotating the molecular basis of human disease remains an unsolved challenge, as 93%
of disease loci are non-coding and gene-regulatory annotations are highly incomplete …

Liver-specific ATP-citrate lyase inhibition by bempedoic acid decreases LDL-C and attenuates atherosclerosis

SL Pinkosky, RS Newton, EA Day, RJ Ford… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Despite widespread use of statins to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and
associated atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk, many patients do not achieve sufficient LDL …

Role of bempedoic acid in clinical practice

CM Ballantyne, H Bays, AL Catapano… - … Drugs and Therapy, 2021 - Springer
Many patients do not achieve optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels with
statins alone; others are unable to tolerate statin therapy. Additional non-statin treatment …

Molecular mechanisms underlying cardiac adaptation to exercise

RB Vega, JP Konhilas, DP Kelly, LA Leinwand - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Exercise elicits coordinated multi-organ responses including skeletal muscle, vasculature,
heart, and lung. In the short term, the output of the heart increases to meet the demand of …

The aldolase inhibitor aldometanib mimics glucose starvation to activate lysosomal AMPK

CS Zhang, M Li, Y Wang, X Li, Y Zong, S Long… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The activity of 5′-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is inversely
correlated with the cellular availability of glucose. When glucose levels are low, the …

Systemic pan-AMPK activator MK-8722 improves glucose homeostasis but induces cardiac hypertrophy

RW Myers, HP Guan, J Ehrhart, A Petrov, S Prahalada… - Science, 2017 - science.org
5′-Adenosine monophosphate–activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a master regulator of
energy homeostasis in eukaryotes. Despite three decades of investigation, the biological …

Structural basis of AMPK regulation by small molecule activators

B Xiao, MJ Sanders, D Carmena, NJ Bright… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) plays a major role in regulating cellular energy
balance by sensing and responding to increases in AMP/ADP concentration relative to ATP …

Glycogen and its metabolism: some new developments and old themes

PJ Roach, AA Depaoli-Roach, TD Hurley… - Biochemical …, 2012 - portlandpress.com
Glycogen is a branched polymer of glucose that acts as a store of energy in times of
nutritional sufficiency for utilization in times of need. Its metabolism has been the subject of …