Drug repurposing for stroke intervention

D Ghosh, K Sehgal, B Sodnar, N Bhosale… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Drug repurposing may be a novel approach towards developing adjunct therapy
for stroke.•Drug repurposing avoids time and expenses associated with new drug-discovery …

Natural products and other inhibitors of F1FO ATP synthase

BA Patel, TL D'Amico, BSJ Blagg - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract F 1 FO ATP synthase is responsible for the production of> 95% of all ATP synthesis
within the cell. Dysregulation of its expression, activity or localization is linked to various …

ATP synthase c-subunit leak causes aberrant cellular metabolism in fragile X syndrome

P Licznerski, HA Park, H Rolyan, R Chen… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Loss of the gene (Fmr1) encoding Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) causes
increased mRNA translation and aberrant synaptic development. We find neurons of the …

Neuroprotective Effects of Trilobatin, a Novel Naturally Occurring Sirt3 Agonist from Lithocarpus polystachyus Rehd., Mitigate Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury …

J Gao, N Chen, N Li, F Xu, W Wang, Y Lei… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Aims: Neuroinflammation and oxidative stress are deemed the prime causes of brain injury
after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Since the silent mating-type information regulation …

Dexpramipexole attenuates white matter injury to facilitate locomotion and motor coordination recovery via reducing ferroptosis after intracerebral hemorrhage

B Wang, X Zhang, J Zhong, S Wang… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Deciphering the factors causing damage to white matter fiber bundles and exploring new
strategies to alleviate white matter injury (WMI) is a promising treatment to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Inventing new therapies without reinventing the wheel: the power of drug repurposing

A Papapetropoulos, C Szabo - British journal of pharmacology, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Current drug development strategies devote extensive effort to identifying the molecular
mechanism of action of new drug candidates. Often, if more than one unrelated enzyme or …

Mitochondrial dynamics related neurovascular approaches in cerebral ischemic injury

H Khan, AK Grewal, TG Singh - Mitochondrion, 2022 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are double-membrane organelles that provide the majority of a cell's energy.
Furthermore, mitochondria are involved in various cellular biological activities, including …

Dexpramipexole blocks Nav1. 8 sodium channels and provides analgesia in multiple nociceptive and neuropathic pain models

M Urru, M Muzzi, E Coppi, G Ranieri, D Buonvicino… - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Selective targeting of sodium channel subtypes Nav1. 7, Nav1. 8, and Nav1. 9, preferentially
expressed by peripheral nociceptors, represents a unique opportunity to develop analgesics …

Neurotrauma investigation through spatial omics guided by mass spectrometry imaging: Target identification and clinical applications

K Mallah, K Zibara, C Kerbaj, A Eid… - Mass spectrometry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents one of the major public health concerns worldwide
due to the increase in TBI incidence as a result of injuries from daily life accidents such as …

Mass spectrometry imaging: new eyes on natural products for drug research and development

J Hou, Z Zhang, W Wu, Q He, T Zhang, Y Liu… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural products (NPs) and their structural analogs represent a major source of novel drug
development for disease prevention and treatment. The development of new drugs from NPs …