Journal of Translational Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: Dec. 20, 2024
Severe
acute
pancreatitis
(SAP)
is
a
crucial
gastrointestinal
disease
characterized
by
systemic
inflammatory
responses
and
persistent
multiple
organ
failure.
The
role
of
bile
acids
(BAs)
in
diverse
diseases
increasingly
recognized
as
crucial,
but
the
underlying
BA
conjugation
remains
elusive.
Our
study
aim
to
investigate
potential
conjugated
SAP
reveal
molecular
mechanisms
its
regulatory
effects.
We
hypothesized
that
taurochenodeoxycholic
acid
(TCDCA)
glycochenodeoxycholic
(GCDCA)
could
protect
through
inhibiting
activation
NLRP3
inflammasomes
via
TGR5
pathway
macrophages.
To
test
our
hypothesis,
we
used
BA-CoA:
amino
N-acyltransferase
knockout
(Baat−/−)
mice
established
mouse
models
using
caerulein-
sodium
taurocholate-
induced.
utilized
range
methods,
including
pathology
sections,
qRT-PCR,
immunofluorescence,
Western
blotting,
ELISA,
identify
regulation.
Amino
significantly
exacerbated
increasing
pancreatic
damage
models.
Moreover,
serum
TCDCA
levels
Baat−/−
were
lower
than
those
wild-type
(WT)
with
or
without
SAP,
GCDCA
showed
stronger
anti-inflammatory
effects
chenodeoxycholic
(CDCA)
vitro.
treatment
alleviated
Takeda
G
protein-coupled
receptor
5
NOD-like
family,
pyrin
domain
containing
3—dependent
manner
vivo.
Reinforcing
conclusions
from
study,
clinical
patients
exhibited
decreased
content
BAs,
especially
GCDCA,
which
was
inversely
correlated
severity
responses.
Conjugated
inhibit
inflammasome
activating
pathway,
thereby
alleviating
immunopathology.
results
provide
new
insights
into
variability
outcomes
paves
way
for
developing
more
effective
therapeutic
interventions
AP.
Journal of Translational Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: June 16, 2024
Abstract
Background
Accurately
identifying
the
risk
level
of
drug
combinations
is
great
significance
in
investigating
mechanisms
combination
medication
and
adverse
reactions.
Most
existing
methods
can
only
predict
whether
there
an
interaction
between
two
drugs,
but
cannot
directly
determine
their
accurate
level.
Methods
In
this
study,
we
propose
a
multi-class
prediction
model
named
AERGCN-DDI,
utilizing
relational
graph
convolutional
network
with
multi-head
attention
mechanism.
Drug-drug
events
varying
levels
are
modeled
as
heterogeneous
information
graph.
Attribute
features
nodes
links
learned
based
on
compound
chemical
structure
information.
Finally,
AERGCN-DDI
proposed
to
heterogenous
neural
modules.
Results
To
evaluate
effectiveness
method,
five-fold
cross-validation
ablation
study
were
conducted.
Furthermore,
compared
its
predictive
performance
baseline
models
other
state-of-the-art
benchmark
datasets.
Empirical
studies
demonstrated
superior
performances
AERGCN-DDI.
Conclusions
emerges
valuable
tool
for
predicting
combinations,
thereby
aiding
clinical
decision-making,
mitigating
severe
side
effects,
enhancing
patient
prognosis.
Journal of Translational Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: July 3, 2024
Abstract
Objective
To
explore
the
correlation
between
asthma
risk
and
genetic
variants
affecting
expression
or
function
of
lipid-lowering
drug
targets.
Methods
We
conducted
Mendelian
randomization
(MR)
analyses
using
in
several
genes
associated
with
medication
targets:
HMGCR
(statin
target),
PCSK9
(alirocumab
NPC1L1
(ezetimibe
APOB
(mipomersen
ANGPTL3
(evinacumab
PPARA
(fenofibrate
APOC3
(volanesorsen
as
well
LDLR
LPL.
Our
objective
was
to
investigate
relationship
drugs
through
MR.
Finally,
we
assessed
efficacy
stability
MR
analysis
Egger
inverse
variance
weighted
(IVW)
methods.
Results
The
elevated
triglyceride
(TG)
levels
APOC3,
LPL
targets
were
found
increase
risk.
Conversely,
higher
LDL-C
driven
by
decrease
Additionally,
(driven
APOB,
targets)
TG
target)
improved
lung
(FEV1/FVC).
decreased
Conclusion
In
conclusion,
our
findings
suggest
a
likely
causal
drugs.
Moreover,
there
is
compelling
evidence
indicating
that
therapies
could
play
crucial
role
future
management
asthma.
iScience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
27(7), P. 110025 - 110025
Published: May 18, 2024
Drug
repurposing
is
a
promising
approach
to
find
new
therapeutic
indications
for
approved
drugs.
Many
computational
approaches
have
been
proposed
prioritize
candidate
anticancer
drugs
by
gene
or
pathway
level.
However,
these
methods
neglect
the
changes
in
interactions
at
edge
To
address
limitation,
we
develop
drug
method
(iEdgePathDDA)
based
on
information
and
topology.
First,
identify
drug-induced
disease-related
edges
(the
interactions)
within
pathways
using
Pearson
correlation
coefficient.
Next,
calculate
inhibition
score
between
edges.
Finally,
candidates
according
all
Case
studies
show
that
our
successfully
identifies
drug-disease
pairs
CTD
database.
Compared
state-of-the-art
approaches,
results
demonstrate
has
superior
performance
terms
of
five
metrics
across
colorectal,
breast,
lung
cancer
datasets.
IntechOpen eBooks,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 9, 2024
Drug
repurposing
is
a
drug
discovery
strategy
that
involves
identifying
new
therapeutic
uses
for
existing
drugs.
relies
on
the
idea
limited
number
of
genes
or
gene
products
mediate
biological
processes
and
several
entities—such
as
transcripts,
proteins,
genes—have
pleiotropic
effects
similar
tasks.
Recently,
has
gained
attention
different
approach
looks
novel
previously
approved
rejected
commercial
medications
to
address
conditions
other
than
those
they
were
designed
for.
It
offers
numerous
benefits,
such
faster
development
timelines,
reduced
costs,
established
safety
profiles,
potential
treatments
unmet
medical
needs.
This
chapter
explains
current
trends
in
future
perspectives
repurposed
Journal of Translational Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: Dec. 20, 2024
Severe
acute
pancreatitis
(SAP)
is
a
crucial
gastrointestinal
disease
characterized
by
systemic
inflammatory
responses
and
persistent
multiple
organ
failure.
The
role
of
bile
acids
(BAs)
in
diverse
diseases
increasingly
recognized
as
crucial,
but
the
underlying
BA
conjugation
remains
elusive.
Our
study
aim
to
investigate
potential
conjugated
SAP
reveal
molecular
mechanisms
its
regulatory
effects.
We
hypothesized
that
taurochenodeoxycholic
acid
(TCDCA)
glycochenodeoxycholic
(GCDCA)
could
protect
through
inhibiting
activation
NLRP3
inflammasomes
via
TGR5
pathway
macrophages.
To
test
our
hypothesis,
we
used
BA-CoA:
amino
N-acyltransferase
knockout
(Baat−/−)
mice
established
mouse
models
using
caerulein-
sodium
taurocholate-
induced.
utilized
range
methods,
including
pathology
sections,
qRT-PCR,
immunofluorescence,
Western
blotting,
ELISA,
identify
regulation.
Amino
significantly
exacerbated
increasing
pancreatic
damage
models.
Moreover,
serum
TCDCA
levels
Baat−/−
were
lower
than
those
wild-type
(WT)
with
or
without
SAP,
GCDCA
showed
stronger
anti-inflammatory
effects
chenodeoxycholic
(CDCA)
vitro.
treatment
alleviated
Takeda
G
protein-coupled
receptor
5
NOD-like
family,
pyrin
domain
containing
3—dependent
manner
vivo.
Reinforcing
conclusions
from
study,
clinical
patients
exhibited
decreased
content
BAs,
especially
GCDCA,
which
was
inversely
correlated
severity
responses.
Conjugated
inhibit
inflammasome
activating
pathway,
thereby
alleviating
immunopathology.
results
provide
new
insights
into
variability
outcomes
paves
way
for
developing
more
effective
therapeutic
interventions
AP.