Small molecule metabolites: discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets

S Qiu, Y Cai, H Yao, C Lin, Y Xie, S Tang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic abnormalities lead to the dysfunction of metabolic pathways and metabolite
accumulation or deficiency which is well-recognized hallmarks of diseases. Metabolite …

Sources and sinks of serine in nutrition, health, and disease

MK Handzlik, CM Metallo - Annual Review of Nutrition, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Amino acid dysregulation has emerged as an important driver of disease progression in
various contexts. l-Serine lies at a central node of metabolism, linking carbohydrate …

[HTML][HTML] A deep learning platform to assess drug proarrhythmia risk

R Serrano, DAM Feyen, AAN Bruyneel, AP Hnatiuk… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Drug safety initiatives have endorsed human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) as
an in vitro model for predicting drug-induced cardiac arrhythmia. However, the extent to …

Serine signaling governs metabolic homeostasis and health

L He, Y Ding, X Zhou, T Li, Y Yin - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Serine has functions that are involved in metabolic homeostasis and health in pathological
or stressful situations. Notably, the de novo serine synthesis pathway (SSP) plays a vital role …

Phenotypic screening models for rapid diagnosis of genetic variants and discovery of personalized therapeutics

CE Hopkins, T Brock, TR Caulfield… - Molecular aspects of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Precision medicine strives for highly individualized treatments for disease under the notion
that each individual's unique genetic makeup and environmental exposures imprints upon …

Serine and glycine physiology reversibly modulate retinal and peripheral nerve function

EW Lim, RJ Fallon, C Bates, Y Ideguchi, T Nagasaki… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Metabolic homeostasis is maintained by redundant pathways to ensure adequate nutrient
supply during fasting and other stresses. These pathways are regulated locally in tissues …

The role of glycolytic metabolic pathways in cardiovascular disease and potential therapeutic approaches

S Chen, Y Zou, C Song, K Cao, K Cai, Y Wu… - Basic Research in …, 2023 - Springer
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major threat to human health, accounting for 46% of non-
communicable disease deaths. Glycolysis is a conserved and rigorous biological process …

Harnessing human genetics and stem cells for precision cardiovascular medicine

A Caudal, MP Snyder, JC Wu - Cell Genomics, 2024 - cell.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) platforms are valuable for biomedical and
pharmaceutical research by providing tissue-specific human cells that retain patients' …

Clinical trials in-a-dish for cardiovascular medicine

X Wu, K Swanson, Z Yildirim, W Liu… - European Heart …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular diseases persist as a global health challenge that requires methodological
innovation for effective drug development. Conventional pipelines relying on animal models …

Mendelian randomization study with clinical follow‐up links metabolites to risk and severity of pulmonary arterial hypertension

E Alhathli, T Julian, ZUA Girach… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) exhibits phenotypic heterogeneity and
variable response to therapy. The metabolome has been implicated in the pathogenesis of …