«This makes it important to identify new
therapeutic targets for the development of effective treatments,» the investigators conclude.
His current research focuses on the identification and validation of
therapeutic targets in pediatric solid tumors and rare cancers.
The results of our studies should identify potential mechanisms underlying the white matter abnormalities seen in many degenerative diseases, and may reveal
novel therapeutic targets for regenerative medicine.
However, the next 5 years will see great improvements in our understanding of the biology which will lead to
better therapeutic targets.
Furthermore, results may encourage other research groups to use the M2 channel of influenza virus as
therapeutic target against the influenza A virus.
These mutations could
become therapeutic targets because there are already drugs blocking the activity of these genes which may be useful in complicated cases of mantle cell lymphoma.
Their involvement has been demonstrated in several diseases, among which chronic inflammation and cancer; therefore, they have been considered
interesting therapeutic targets.
For a stronger recommendation of iron depletion as a
valid therapeutic target in heart failure, well - designed and controlled studies with adequate follow - up are needed.
The goal of this work is to develop novel
therapeutic targets based on increased understanding of the interaction of tumor cells and immune cells.
However, a great deal of basic research is still required to understand the molecular bases of rare diseases and identify
potential therapeutic targets.
This technology helps researchers connect mutations in the so - called genomic «dark matter» with the genes they affect, potentially revealing new
therapeutic targets for genetic disorders.
Summary: Chicago researchers have discovered that a chaperone protein from yeast can regulate the folding not only of yeast but also mammalian prions,
providing therapeutic targets for diseases like «mad cow» or CJD.
«Our findings have important translational value since they establish this protein enzyme as a novel and
viable therapeutic target with real disease - modifying potential for AD,» Praticò said.
Our results therefore suggest that arterial stiffness represents a
major therapeutic target by which an otherwise intact physiological machinery may be exploited for blood pressure regulation.
Our program constitutes a highly interdisciplinary group addressing these important questions, which results in the identification of new and more
selective therapeutic targets not only for cancer but also for other pathologies.
«Neuroscientists are using these new gene - editing and molecular tools to develop potential
therapeutic targets across multiple disease fronts.»
«Since neurotrophins and their receptors control the communication between the brain and peripheral organs, they could be new
therapeutic targets with implications in both metabolic and neurologic diseases.»
Besides intracellular signal transduction, a host of
other therapeutic targets were discussed for the mediation of the anticancer activity of anthelminthics, ranging from inhibition of mitochondrial respiration, glucose utilization, cellular stress response and others.
«To our knowledge,» the authors wrote, «our study is the first to explore cfDNA systematically as a means to identify
therapeutic targets not detectable from standard tissue - based testing in untreated metastatic disease.»
This novel model also has the potential to help find new
therapeutic targets within the immune system and to help design vaccines for patients who do not typically respond to immunotherapy.
Ongoing epidemiological and genomic surveillance is imperative to identify viral determinants of transmission dynamics, monitor viral changes and adaptation, ensure accurate diagnosis, guide research
on therapeutic targets, and refine public health strategies.
Scientists Show Prions Mutate and Adapt to Host Environment — The findings from the Weissmann lab point to normal prion protein as the most
effective therapeutic target for «mad cow» and related diseases.
Members of the steroid receptor coactivator (SRC) family of oncogenes are especially promising as
therapeutic targets because these proteins sit at the nexus of key signaling pathways that cancer cells use to quickly grow, spread to other tissues, and acquire drug resistance.
Determining the individual contributions of each protein will help provide
strategic therapeutic targets to change the course of a patient's psoriasis or, at the very least, provide a better understanding of how a change in the regulation of these proteins contributes to skin inflammation and psoriatic disease.
Dario C. Altieri, M.D., Wistar's President and CEO and lead author of the study, and colleagues showed how the activation of this pathway leads to an unfavorable prognosis for patients with gliomas — a type of brain tumor — and how the pathway could be a
valuable therapeutic target in cancer.
Extracellular interactions are
excellent therapeutic targets because they are directly accessible to systematically delivered drugs such as monoclonal antibodies.