Targeting pyrimidine metabolism in the era of precision cancer medicine

W Wang, J Cui, H Ma, W Lu, J Huang - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic rewiring is considered as a primary feature of cancer. Malignant cells reprogram
metabolism pathway in response to various intrinsic and extrinsic drawback to fuel cell …

The purinergic system as a pharmacological target for the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

L Antonioli, C Blandizzi, P Pacher, G Haskó… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) encompass a wide range of seemingly
unrelated conditions, such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory …

Emerging roles of nucleoside transporters

M Pastor-Anglada, S Pérez-Torras - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Since human Nucleoside Transporters (hNTs) were identified by their activity as transport
systems, extensive work has been done to fully characterize them at the molecular and …

Uric acid extrarenal excretion: the gut microbiome as an evident yet understated factor in gout development

EO Méndez-Salazar, GA Martínez-Nava - Rheumatology International, 2022 - Springer
Humans do not produce uricase, an enzyme responsible for degrading uric acid. However,
some bacteria residing in the gut can degrade one-third of the dietary and endogenous uric …

Insights into the pharmacogenetics of tacrolimus pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

M Brunet, M Pastor-Anglada - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The influence of pharmacogenetics in tacrolimus pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
needs further investigation, considering its potential in assisting clinicians to predict the …

Who is who in adenosine transport

M Pastor-Anglada, S Pérez-Torras - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular adenosine concentrations are regulated by a panel of membrane transporters
which, in most cases, mediate its uptake into cells. Adenosine transporters belong to two …

Toward a molecular basis of cellular nucleoside transport in humans

NJ Wright, SY Lee - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nucleosides play central roles in all facets of life, from metabolism to cellular signaling.
Because of their physiochemical properties, nucleosides are lipid bilayer impermeable and …

“Open Sesame?”: Biomarker status of the human equilibrative nucleoside transporter-1 and molecular mechanisms influencing its expression and activity in the …

O Randazzo, F Papini, G Mantini, A Gregori, B Parrino… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite the enormous advance in biomarker discovery, many potential
biomarkers of drug activity are unable to satisfy the clinical need due to inadequate …

The adenosine system at the crossroads of intestinal inflammation and neoplasia

V D'Antongiovanni, M Fornai, C Pellegrini… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adenosine is a purine nucleoside, resulting from the degradation of adenosine triphosphate
(ATP). Under adverse conditions, including hypoxia, ischemia, inflammation, or cancer, the …

Important roles of transporters in the pharmacokinetics of anti-viral nucleoside/nucleotide analogs

M Yang, X Xu - Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Nucleoside analogs are an important class of antiviral agents. Due to the high
hydrophilicity and limited membrane permeability of antiviral nucleoside/nucleotide analogs …