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Future Pharmacology, Volume 3, Issue 1

March 2023 - 21 articles

Cover Story: Ezrin (EZR), a member of the ERM (ezrin, radixin, moesin) protein family, is essential for linking the actin cytoskeleton to the cell membrane and participates in multiple key signal transduction pathways. Several clinical and preclinical studies on a wide variety of solid and hematological tumors indicate that EZR is highly expressed and predicts an unfavorable clinical outcome. Additionally, EZR inhibition reduces proliferation, migration, and invasion in experimental cancer models. The development of pharmacological inhibitors for EZR or the signaling pathways it mediates has sparked a new round of investigation. In this review, studies on EZR in cancer are compiled, providing proof of concept that targeting EZR has antineoplastic potential and could pave the way for therapeutic developments. View this paper
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Articles (21)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,096 Views
35 Pages

Systems Pharmacology and Network Analysis to Advance Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine Decisions in Type-2 Diabetes Therapy

  • Aikaterini Saiti,
  • Alexandros Giannopoulos-Dimitriou,
  • Ioannis Kazakos,
  • Eleftheria Galatou and
  • Ioannis S. Vizirianakis

Diabetes mellitus type-2 (DMT2) molecular pathophysiology is still challenging since the disease represents a complex, multifactorial metabolic disease caused by polygenic defects and environmental factors. In addition, the resulting secondary organ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,610 Views
12 Pages

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic progressive ocular disease and the main cause of severe visual impairment in the elderly. Vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for AMD. Additionally, current evidence suggests dietary advice of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
22,487 Views
21 Pages

The proper drug choice determines the treatment quality for a disease. The pharmacotherapeutic strategy for respiratory diseases often involves the combination of different drugs with different mechanisms of action. Salbutamol is a short-acting &beta...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
9,982 Views
44 Pages

In the 21st century, plant-derived metal nanoparticles (PDMNPs) have gained considerable interest because of their tremendous and remarkable potential as therapeutic agents as well as development of less expensive, safer, and easier biomedical equipm...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,520 Views
14 Pages

Obeticholic Acid—A Pharmacological and Clinical Review

  • Caezaan Keshvani,
  • Jonathan Kopel and
  • Hemant Goyal

Obeticholic acid (OCA) or 6-alpha-ethyl-chenodeoxycholic acid is a semisynthetic modified bile acid derivative that acts on the farnesoid X receptor (FXR) as an agonist with a higher potency than bile acid. The FXR is a nuclear receptor highly expres...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,832 Views
9 Pages

Polyols Permeability on Caco-2 Cells and Their Effects on Transport of Low-Permeability Drugs

  • Damien Truffin,
  • Olaf Häusler,
  • Maryse Martin,
  • Sandrine Cotier,
  • Jerôme Laparre and
  • Manilduth Ramnath

Some pharmaceutical excipients are able to modify intestinal permeability, thus influencing drug absorption and bioavailability. The effect of four polyols (mannitol, maltitol, sorbitol and xylitol) on the permeability of seven active pharmaceutical...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,272 Views
16 Pages

Applications and Utility of Three-Dimensional In Vitro Cell Culture for Therapeutics

  • Suchitra Maheswari Ajjarapu,
  • Apoorv Tiwari and
  • Sundip Kumar

The field of 3D cell culture and its applications is rooted in the understanding of cell biology, tissue engineering, tissue morphology, disease mechanisms, and drug action. For many years, traditional 2D cell culture systems have been widely used bu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,839 Views
15 Pages

Role of Senescence-Resumed Proliferation in Keloid Pathogenesis

  • Ching-Yun Wang,
  • Chieh-Wen Wu and
  • Ting-Yi Lin

Senescence-resumed proliferation (SRP) is proposed to be a mechanism associated with the escape of p21-mediated senescence and the activation of Wnt/β-catenin pathways that enhance malignancy. The keloid genomic landscape shows heavy intersectio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,662 Views
18 Pages

A Synergistic Antibacterial Platform Combining Low–Temperature Photothermal Therapy and Antibiotic Therapy

  • Qiming Zhang,
  • Lei Chang,
  • Caixia Sun,
  • Wanchao Zuo,
  • Shibo Zhang,
  • Cong Liu,
  • Shuyue Deng,
  • Pengcheng Wu,
  • Panpan Dai and
  • Jianjun Dai
  • + 1 author

Antimicrobial resistance has brought great burden to global public health. Alternative strategies are needed to reduce the development of drug resistance. Herein, we have developed an effective synergistic antibacterial strategy combining low–t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
14,900 Views
18 Pages

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL): A Review of the Classic and Emerging Target Therapies towards Molecular Heterogeneity

  • Tâmara Dauare de Almeida,
  • Fernanda Cristina Gontijo Evangelista and
  • Adriano de Paula Sabino

The occurrence of severe bleeding syndrome because of the PML-RARα fusion protein is a life-threatening event in APL. This protein destabilizes homeostasis, maturation, remodeling, and tissue regeneration in addition to hampering the maintenanc...

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Future Pharmacol. - ISSN 2673-9879