Illuminating the druggable genome: Pathways to progress

KR Sharma, CM Colvis, GP Rodgers, DM Sheeley - Drug discovery today, 2023 - Elsevier
There are∼ 4500 genes within the 'druggable genome', the subset of the human genome
that expresses proteins able to bind drug-like molecules, yet existing drugs only target a few …

Metal–Organic Frameworks for Nerve Repair and Neural Stem Cell Therapy

L Meng, N Ren, M Dong, S Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, neurological disorders have led to a growing global burden of fatalities and
disabilities. The limited capacity for natural self‐regeneration poses a significant challenge …

Nucleic acid and protein methylation modification in renal diseases

J Jin, X Liu, W Shao, X Meng - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2024 - nature.com
Although great efforts have been made to elucidate the pathological mechanisms of renal
diseases and potential prevention and treatment targets that would allow us to retard kidney …

Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies phospholipid scramblase 3 as the biological target of mitoprotective drug SS-31

JA Silvaroli, B Bisunke, JY Kim, A Stayton… - Journal of the …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: The synthetic tetra-peptide SS-31 shows promise in alleviating mitochondrial
dysfunction associated with common diseases. However, the precise pharmacological basis …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of retinoic acid signaling in proximal tubular epithelial cells protects against acute kidney injury

M Yang, LN Lopez, M Brewer, R Delgado, A Menshikh… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Retinoic acid receptor (RAR) signaling is essential for mammalian kidney development but,
in the adult kidney, is restricted to occasional collecting duct epithelial cells. We now show …

Tryptophan Metabolites Target Transmembrane and Immunoglobulin Domain-Containing 1 Signaling to Augment Renal Tubular Injury

M Belghasem, W Yin, S Lotfollahzadeh, X Yang… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by the accumulation of uremic toxins and
renal tubular damage. Tryptophan-derived uremic toxins [indoxyl sulfate (IS) and kynurenine …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional Chinese Medicine and renal regeneration: experimental evidence and future perspectives

D Zhang, H Jiang, X Yang, S Zheng, Y Li, S Liu, X Xu - Chinese Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Repair of acute kidney injury (AKI) is a typical example of renal regeneration. AKI is
characterized by tubular cell death, peritubular capillary (PTC) thinning, and immune system …

Inhibition of Retinoic Acid Signaling in Proximal Tubular Epithelial cells Protects against Acute Kidney Injury by Enhancing Kim-1-dependent Efferocytosis

M Yang, LN Lopez, M Brewer, R Delgado, A Menshikh… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Retinoic acid receptor (RAR) signaling is essential for mammalian kidney development, but
in the adult kidney is restricted to occasional collecting duct epithelial cells. We now show …