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Biomed Pharmacother
January 2025
IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, Calambrone, via dei Giacinti 2, Pisa 56128, Italy.
Lafora disease (LD) is an ultra-rare and still incurable neurodegenerative condition. Although several therapeutic strategies are being explored, including gene therapy, there are currently no treatments that can alleviate the course of the disease and slow its progression. Recently, gliflozins, a series of SGLT2 transporter inhibitors approved for use in type 2 diabetes mellitus, heart failure and chronic kidney disease, have been proposed as possible repositioning drugs for the treatment of LD.
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December 2024
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, State Key Laboratory of Female Fertility Promotion, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China.
Animals (Basel)
April 2024
Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Islamic University, Kushtia 7003, Bangladesh.
Lumpy skin disease (LSD), caused by a virus within the family and genus, induces nodular skin lesions in cattle. This spreads through direct contact and insect vectors, significantly affecting global cattle farming. Despite the availability of vaccines, their efficacy is limited by poor prophylaxis and adverse effects.
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January 2024
Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
The aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) also known as retinal dehydrogenase, is an enzyme normally involved in the cellular metabolism, development and detoxification processes in healthy cells. However, it's also considered a cancer stem cell marker and its high levels of expression in several cancers, including breast, lung, ovarian, and colon cancer have been associated with poor prognosis and resistance to chemotherapy. Given its crucial role in chemotherapy resistance by detoxification of chemotherapeutic drugs, ALDH1A1 has attracted significant research interest as a potential therapeutic target for cancer.
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November 2023
Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine (CEMEX), Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 Universitatii Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
The incidence of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), is continuously growing worldwide, which leads to a heavy economic and societal burden. The lack of a safe and effective causal therapy in cognitive decline is an aggravating factor and requires investigations into the repurposing of commonly used drugs. Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are a new and efficient class of hypoglycemic drugs and, due to their pleiotropic effects, have indications that go beyond diabetes.
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