Yeast as a tool to identify anti-aging compounds

A Zimmermann, S Hofer, T Pendl, K Kainz… - FEMS yeast …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In the search for interventions against aging and age-related diseases, biological screening
platforms are indispensable tools to identify anti-aging compounds among large substance …

Novel molecular targets participating in myocardial ischemia‐reperfusion injury and cardioprotection

NB Liu, M Wu, C Chen, M Fujino… - Cardiology research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide morbidity and mortality from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and related heart
failure remain high. While effective early reperfusion of the criminal coronary artery after a …

Studying Huntington's disease in yeast: from mechanisms to pharmacological approaches

S Hofer, K Kainz, A Zimmermann, MA Bauer… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to progressive
neuronal loss, provoking impaired motor control, cognitive decline, and dementia. So far, HD …

More than just an immunosuppressant: the emerging role of FTY720 as a novel inducer of ROS and apoptosis

T Takasaki, K Hagihara, R Satoh… - Oxidative medicine and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fingolimod hydrochloride (FTY720) is a first‐in‐class of sphingosine‐1‐phosphate (S1P)
receptor modulator approved to treat multiple sclerosis by its phosphorylated form (FTY720 …

Amino acid metabolism and transport mechanisms as potential antifungal targets

MW McCarthy, TJ Walsh - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Discovering new drugs for treatment of invasive fungal infections is an enduring challenge.
There are only three major classes of antifungal agents, and no new class has been …

A Normalization Protocol Reduces Edge Effect in High-Throughput Analyses of Hydroxyurea Hypersensitivity in Fission Yeast

UTF Lam, TTT Nguyen, R Raechell, J Yang, H Singer… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Edge effect denotes better growth of microbial organisms situated at the edge of the solid
agar media. Although the precise reason underlying edge effect is unresolved, it is generally …

Chemical genetic analysis of FTY720‐ and Ca2+‐sensitive mutants reveals a functional connection between FTY720 and membrane trafficking

K Hagihara, Y Kanda, K Ishida, R Satoh… - Genes to …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract FTY720, a sphingosine‐1‐phosphate (S1P) analog, is used as an immune
modulator to treat multiple sclerosis. Accumulating evidence has suggested the mode of …