The cGAS–STING pathway as a therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases

A Decout, JD Katz, S Venkatraman… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The cGAS–STING signalling pathway has emerged as a key mediator of inflammation in the
settings of infection, cellular stress and tissue damage. Underlying this broad involvement of …

Small molecule NF-κB pathway inhibitors in clinic

V Ramadass, T Vaiyapuri, V Tergaonkar - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling is implicated in all major human chronic diseases,
with its role in transcription of hundreds of gene well established in the literature. This has …

Targeting tumor hypoxia and mitochondrial metabolism with anti-parasitic drugs to improve radiation response in high-grade gliomas

F Mudassar, H Shen, G O'Neill, E Hau - Journal of Experimental & Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract High-grade gliomas (HGGs), including glioblastoma and diffuse intrinsic pontine
glioma, are amongst the most fatal brain tumors. These tumors are associated with a dismal …

Targeting ribosome biogenesis in cancer: lessons learned and way forward

A Zisi, J Bartek, MS Lindström - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cells need to produce ribosomes to sustain continuous proliferation and
expand in numbers, a feature that is even more prominent in uncontrollably proliferating …

New insights into mechanisms of therapeutic effects of antimalarial agents in SLE

DJ Wallace, VS Gudsoorkar, MH Weisman… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
Antimalarial agents have routinely been used for the treatment of systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) for over 50 years. These agents continue to enjoy success as the initial …

Antimalarial drugs as immune modulators: new mechanisms for old drugs

J An, M Minie, T Sasaki, JJ Woodward… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The best known of the naturally occurring antimalarial compounds are quinine, extracted
from cinchona bark, and artemisinin (qinghao), extracted from Artemisia annua in China …

Drug Resistance in the Microaerophilic Parasite Giardia lamblia

D Leitsch - Current tropical medicine reports, 2015 - Springer
The microaerophilic parasite Giardia lamblia is a causative agent of dysentery affecting
hundreds of millions of people around the globe every year. The symptoms of the disease …

Anti-Giardia Drug Discovery: Current Status and Gut Feelings

A Riches, CJS Hart, KR Trenholme… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Giardia parasites are ubiquitous protozoans of global importance that impact a wide range
of animals including humans. They are the most common enteric pathogen of cats and dogs …

In silico mutagenesis-based designing of oncogenic SHP2 peptide to inhibit cancer progression

M Shahab, SS Khan, M Zulfat, YA Bin Jardan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer is among the top causes of death, accounting for an estimated 9.6 million deaths in
2018, it appeared that approximately 500,000 people die from cancer in the United States …

“Recycling” classical drugs for malaria

C Teixeira, N Vale, B Perez, A Gomes… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Malaria has been a human health concern ever since the dawn of mankind, but despite the
huge struggles made to date to fight this infection, in 2012 over half a million people were …