Advances in oral peptide therapeutics

DJ Drucker - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Protein and peptide therapeutics require parenteral administration, which can be a deterrent
to medication adherence. For this reason, there have been extensive efforts to develop …

Drug metabolism in the liver

OA Almazroo, MK Miah… - Clinics in liver …, 2017 - liver.theclinics.com
Drugs are typically small molecules that are generally classified as xenobiotics, which are
foreign to the human body. Several endogenous molecules, however, such as steroids and …

BCRP/ABCG2 and high-alert medications: Biochemical, pharmacokinetic, pharmacogenetic, and clinical implications

D Hira, T Terada - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
The human breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) is an ATP-binding cassette
efflux transporter that uses ATP hydrolysis to expel xenobiotics from cells, including anti …

Clinical pharmacokinetics of approved RNA therapeutics

SJ Jo, SU Chae, CB Lee, SK Bae - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
RNA-mediated drugs are a rapidly growing class of therapeutics. Over the last five years, the
list of FDA-approved RNA therapeutics has expanded owing to their unique targets and …

Cellular mechanisms accounting for the refractoriness of colorectal carcinoma to pharmacological treatment

JJG Marin, RIR Macias, MJ Monte, E Herraez… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Colorectal cancer (CRC) causes a high number (more than 800,000) of
deaths worldwide each year. Better methods for early diagnosis and the development of …

Drug-food interactions with a focus on Mediterranean diet

M Spanakis, E Patelarou, A Patelarou - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is a growing interest among people in western countries for adoption of healthier
lifestyle habits and diet behaviors with one of the most known ones to be Mediterranean diet …

CYP2C19 phenotype and body weight-guided voriconazole initial dose in infants and children after hematopoietic cell transplantation

T Takahashi, MA Mohamud, AR Smith… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Prophylactic voriconazole use is recommended for children undergoing hematopoietic cell
transplantation (HCT). Dosing considerations are essential, due to the narrow therapeutic …

Biopharmaceutical characterization of rebamipide: The role of mucus binding in regional-dependent intestinal permeability

M Markovic, M Zur, A Dahan, S Cvijić - European Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to elucidate biopharmaceutical characteristics of the anti-ulcer drug
rebamipide, with special emphasis on the influence of gastrointestinal (GI) mucus on …

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of duodenal P-glycoprotein and MRP2 in healthy human subjects after chronic treatment with rifampin and …

S Brueck, H Bruckmueller, D Wegner… - Molecular …, 2019 - ACS Publications
To predict the outcome of intestinal drug transporter induction on pharmacokinetics,
signaling of the DNA message along with messenger RNA (mRNA) transcription and protein …

Sex differences in intestinal P-glycoprotein expression in Wistar versus Sprague Dawley rats

CM Madla, Y Qin, FKH Gavins, J Liu, L Dou, M Orlu… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wistar and Sprague Dawley are the most common strains of rat used in pharmaceutical
research and are used interchangeably in pre-clinical drug development. No studies have …