Tingting Li, Qussay Marashly, Jitae A Kim, Na Li, Mihail G Chelu
{"title":"Cardiac conduction diseases: understanding the molecular mechanisms to uncover targets for future treatments.","authors":"Tingting Li, Qussay Marashly, Jitae A Kim, Na Li, Mihail G Chelu","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2351501","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2351501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The cardiac conduction system (CCS) is crucial for maintaining adequate cardiac frequency at rest and modulation during exercise. Furthermore, the atrioventricular node and His-Purkinje system are essential for maintaining atrioventricular and interventricular synchrony and consequently maintaining an adequate cardiac output.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>In this review article, we examine the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the CCS. We then discuss in detail the most common genetic mutations and the molecular mechanisms of cardiac conduction disease (CCD) and provide our perspectives on future research and therapeutic opportunities in this field.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>Significant advancement has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms of CCD, including the recognition of the heterogeneous signaling at the subcellular levels of sinoatrial node, the involvement of inflammatory and autoimmune mechanisms, and the potential impact of epigenetic regulations on CCD. However, the current treatment of CCD manifested as bradycardia still relies primarily on cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). On the other hand, an I<sub>f</sub> specific inhibitor was developed to treat inappropriate sinus tachycardia and sinus tachycardia in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction. More work is needed to translate current knowledge into pharmacologic or genetic interventions for the management of CCDs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":" ","pages":"385-400"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11395937/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140862768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New targets and mechanisms of action for lipid-lowering and anti-inflammatory therapies in atherosclerosis: where does the field stand?","authors":"Stephen J Nicholls, Adam J Nelson","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2362644","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2362644","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, despite widespread use of statins. There is a need to develop additional therapeutic strategies that will complement statins to achieve more effective reductions in cardiovascular risk.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>This review provides a comprehensive summary of current areas of therapeutic development targeting both lipid and inflammatory factors implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In addition to develop of novel approaches that will produce more effective lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, clinical trials are currently evaluating the potential to target other atherogenic lipid parameters such as triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and Lp(a), in addition to promoting the biological properties of high-density lipoproteins. Targeting inflammation within the vascular wall has emerged as a new frontier in cardiovascular prevention, with early evidence that use of anti-inflammatory agents have the potential to reduce cardiovascular risk.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>Clinical practice has an increasing array of therapeutic tools to achieve more effective lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol for high-risk patients. In addition, clinical trials have the potential to deliver a range of additional agents to the clinic, that target alternative lipid and inflammatory mediators. This will permit the potential to personalize cardiovascular prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":" ","pages":"375-384"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141178541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dorothea Noll, Dorothea Kehr, Patrick Most, Julia Ritterhoff
{"title":"S100A1: a promising therapeutic target for heart failure","authors":"Dorothea Noll, Dorothea Kehr, Patrick Most, Julia Ritterhoff","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2345746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2345746","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets (Just accepted, 2024)","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140623717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular drilling to combat salmonella typhi biofilm using L-Asparaginase via multiple targeting process","authors":"Aditya Upadhyay, Dharm Pal, Awanish Kumar","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2344699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2344699","url":null,"abstract":"Salmonella Typhibiofilm condition is showing as a major public health problem due to the developmentof antibiotic resistance and less available druggable target proteins.Therefore, we aimed to iden...","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140623716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ozasvi R Shanker, Sonali Kumar, Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Manjari Tripathi, P Sarat Chandra, Aparna Banerjee Dixit
{"title":"Role of Non-receptor tyrosine kinases in epilepsy: significance and potential as therapeutic targets","authors":"Ozasvi R Shanker, Sonali Kumar, Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Manjari Tripathi, P Sarat Chandra, Aparna Banerjee Dixit","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2343952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2343952","url":null,"abstract":"Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition characterized by a persistent propensity for seizure generation. About one-third of patients do not achieve seizure control with the first-line treatmen...","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140610282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Promising therapeutic targets for the treatment of urine storage dysfunction: what’s the status?","authors":"Karl-Erik Andersson","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2344698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2344698","url":null,"abstract":"Opinions differ on what drugs have both a rationale and a development potential for the treatment of bladder storage dysfunction.In the present review, the focus is given to small molecule blockers...","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140610671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Arrabal-Gómez, Pedro Serrano-Castro, Jose Andrés Sánchez-Pérez, Natalia Garcia-Casares, Kjell Fuxe, Dasiel Borroto-Escuela, Manuel Narváez
{"title":"Potentiation of antidepressant effects: NPY1R agonist and ketamine synergy enhances TrkB signaling and neurogenesis in the ventral hippocampus","authors":"Carlos Arrabal-Gómez, Pedro Serrano-Castro, Jose Andrés Sánchez-Pérez, Natalia Garcia-Casares, Kjell Fuxe, Dasiel Borroto-Escuela, Manuel Narváez","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2342524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2342524","url":null,"abstract":"Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) poses a significant challenge to global health, with current treatments often limited by efficacy and onset delays. This study explores the synergistic antidepressan...","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140599131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dasiel Borroto-Escuela, Pedro Serrano-Castro, Jose Andrés Sánchez-Pérez, Miguel Angel Barbancho-Fernández, Kjell Fuxe, Manuel Narváez
{"title":"Enhanced neuronal survival and BDNF elevation via long-term co-activation of galanin 2 (GALR2) and neuropeptide Y1 receptors (NPY1R): potential therapeutic targets for Major depressive disorder","authors":"Dasiel Borroto-Escuela, Pedro Serrano-Castro, Jose Andrés Sánchez-Pérez, Miguel Angel Barbancho-Fernández, Kjell Fuxe, Manuel Narváez","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2342517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2342517","url":null,"abstract":"Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a prevalent and debilitating condition, necessitating novel therapeutic strategies due to the limited efficacy and adverse effects of current treatments. We explo...","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140598729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prasanna Anjaneyulu Yakkalaa, Shaik Rahaman, P.S. Lakshmi Soukya, Sajeli Ahil Begum, A Kamal
{"title":"An update on the development on tubulin inhibitors for the treatment of solid tumors","authors":"Prasanna Anjaneyulu Yakkalaa, Shaik Rahaman, P.S. Lakshmi Soukya, Sajeli Ahil Begum, A Kamal","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2341630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2341630","url":null,"abstract":"Microtubules play a vital role in cancer therapeutics. They are implicated in tumorigenesis, thus inhibiting tubulin polymerization in cancer cells, and have now become a significant target for ant...","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140599220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guillain-Barré syndrome: immunopathogenesis and therapeutic targets.","authors":"Shan Liu, Wei Wei Zhang, Linpei Jia, Hong-Liang Zhang","doi":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2330435","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14728222.2024.2330435","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a group of acute immune-mediated disorders in the peripheral nervous system. Both infectious and noninfectious factors are associated with GBS, which may act as triggers of autoimmune responses leading to neural damage and dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its vaccines as well as flaviviruses have been associated with GBS, although a robust conclusion has yet to be reached. Immunomodulatory treatments, including intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) and plasma exchange (PE), have long been the first-line therapies for GBS. Depending on GBS subtype and severity at initial presentation, the efficacy of IVIg and PE can be variable. Several new therapies showing benefits to experimental animals merit further investigation before translation into clinical practice. We review the state-of-the-art knowledge on the immunopathogenesis of GBS in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Immunomodulatory therapies in GBS, including IVIg, PE, corticosteroids, and potential therapies, are summarized.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>The association with SARS-CoV-2 remains uncertain, with geographical differences that are difficult to explain. Evidence and guidelines are lacking for the decision-making of initiating immunomodulatory therapies in mildly affected patients or patients with regional subtypes of GBS.</p>","PeriodicalId":12185,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets","volume":" ","pages":"131-143"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140101380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}