Nucleotide metabolism: a pan-cancer metabolic dependency

NJ Mullen, PK Singh - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic alterations are a key hallmark of cancer cells, and the augmented synthesis and
use of nucleotide triphosphates is a critical and universal metabolic dependency of cancer …

Promising Schiff bases in antiviral drug design and discovery

S Kaushik, SK Paliwal, MR Iyer, VM Patil - Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2023 - Springer
Emerging and re-emerging illnesses will probably present a new hazard of infectious
diseases and have fostered the urge to research new antiviral agents. Most of the antiviral …

A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing

DE Gordon, GM Jang, M Bouhaddou, J Xu, K Obernier… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A newly described coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), which is the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has …

Meta-analysis of mucosal microbiota reveals universal microbial signatures and dysbiosis in gastric carcinogenesis

C Liu, SK Ng, Y Ding, Y Lin, W Liu, SH Wong, JJY Sung… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
The consistency of the associations between gastric mucosal microbiome and gastric cancer
across studies remained unexamined. We aimed to identify universal microbial signatures in …

[HTML][HTML] Indole derivatives: a versatile scaffold in modern drug discovery—an updated review on their multifaceted therapeutic applications (2020–2024)

X Mo, DP Rao, K Kaur, R Hassan, AS Abdel-Samea… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Indole derivatives have become an important class of compounds in medicinal chemistry,
recognized for their wide-ranging biological activities and therapeutic potential. This review …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of local GTP availability controls RAC1 activity and cell invasion

A Bianchi-Smiraglia, DW Wolff, DJ Marston… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Physiological changes in GTP levels in live cells have never been considered a regulatory
step of RAC1 activation because intracellular GTP concentration (determined by …

[PDF][PDF] A SARS-CoV-2-human protein-protein interaction map reveals drug targets and potential drug-repurposing

MJ O'Meara, JZ Guo, DL Swaney, TA Tummino… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
An outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19
respiratory disease, has infected over 290,000 people since the end of 2019, killed over …

Targeting purine metabolism in ovarian cancer

J Liu, S Hong, J Yang, X Zhang, Y Wang… - Journal of Ovarian …, 2022 - Springer
Purine, an abundant substrate in organisms, is a critical raw material for cell proliferation
and an important factor for immune regulation. The purine de novo pathway and salvage …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term results of mycophenolate mofetil vs. azathioprine use in individuals with autoimmune hepatitis

GN Dalekos, P Arvaniti, NK Gatselis, S Gabeta… - JHEP Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims We have shown previously that mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) might be
used as first-line treatment instead of azathioprine (AZA) in individuals with autoimmune …

Natural marine products: Anti-colorectal cancer in vitro and in vivo

N Han, J Li, X Li - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer, a malignant tumor with high mortality, has a poor prognosis due to drug
resistance and toxicity in clinical surgery and chemotherapy. Thus, finding safer and more …