[HTML][HTML] Metabolomics and systems pharmacology: why and how to model the human metabolic network for drug discovery

DB Kell, R Goodacre - Drug Discovery Today, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•We now have metabolic network models; the metabolome is represented by their
nodes.•Metabolite levels are sensitive to changes in enzyme activities.•Drugs hitchhike on …

Chemokines and atherosclerosis: focus on the CX3CL1/CX3CR1 pathway

S Apostolakis, D Spandidos - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2013 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is currently considered an inflammatory disease. Much attention has been
focused on the potential role of inflammatory mediators as prognostic/diagnostic markers or …

Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals molecular strategies of oriental river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense in response to acute and chronic nitrite stress

Z Xu, T Li, E Li, K Chen, Z Ding, JG Qin, L Chen… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2016 - Elsevier
Macrobrachium nipponense is an economically and nutritionally important species
threatened by ambient superfluous nitrite. De novo RNA-Seq was used to explore the …

Neopterin: a promising candidate biomarker for severe COVID-19

W Hailemichael, M Kiros, Y Akelew, S Getu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has rapidly
spread across the world since its first emergence in China in late 2019. It is a major public …

SERS Signature of SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva and Nasopharyngeal Swabs: Towards Perspective COVID-19 Point-of-Care Diagnostics

SM Berus, AB Nowicka, J Wieruszewska… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, the intrinsic surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-based approach
coupled with chemometric analysis was adopted to establish the biochemical fingerprint of …

Neopterin derivatives–a novel therapeutic target rather than biomarker for atherosclerosis and related diseases

T Watanabe - Vasa, 2020 - econtent.hogrefe.com
This review provides an updated overview of the emerging roles of neopterin derivatives in
atherosclerosis. Neopterin, a metabolite of guanosine triphosphate, is produced by …

Associations between plasma immunomodulatory and inflammatory mediators with VACS index scores among older HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy

TA Premeaux, S Javandel, KRJ Hosaka… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The prevalence of age-related comorbidities is increased in people living with HIV, even in
those well-controlled on combination antiretroviral therapy (ART). Persistent immune …

Simultaneous analysis of tryptophan and its metabolites in human plasma using liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

S KARAKAWA, R NISHIMOTO, M HARADA… - …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A simplified method for analyzing tryptophan (Trp) and its metabolites in human plasma was
developed using liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical significance of increased serum neopterin in chronic kidney failure as a biomarker of cell-mediated immunity

S Ünüvar, H Aslanhan - Journal of medical biochemistry, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Neopterin is a pyrazino-pyrimidine compound which is used as a marker of cell-
mediated immunity in a variety of diseases. It is known that neopterin levels increase in …

Role of neopterin as a biochemical marker for peripheral neuropathy in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes: Relation to nerve conduction studies

NS Elbarbary, EAR Ismail, RA El-Hilaly… - International …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Neopterin, a marker of inflammation and cellular immune response, is elevated
in conditions of T-cell or macrophages activation. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is …