Identification of Desmogleins as Disease Targets

Angiotensins as therapeutic targets beyond heart disease.

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a pivotal role in cardiovascular and hydro-electrolyte homeostasis. Blockade of the RAS as a therapeutic strategy for treating hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases is well established. However, actions of the RAS go far beyond the targets initially described. In this regard, the recent identification of novel components of the RAS, including ...

Identification of therapeutic targets for Parkinson's disease via bioinformatics analysis

The present study aimed to identify molecular targets that have important roles in the progression of Parkinson's disease. The gene expression profile dataset GSE7621 and the microRNA (miRNA) expression profile dataset GSE16658 were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. R programing software was used to identify differentially expressed genes and miRNAs. Subsequently, enriched G...

DTMiner: identification of potential disease targets through biomedical literature mining

MOTIVATION Biomedical researchers often search through massive catalogues of literature to look for potential relationships between genes and diseases. Given the rapid growth of biomedical literature, automatic relation extraction, a crucial technology in biomedical literature mining, has shown great potential to support research of gene-related diseases. Existing work in this field has produce...

Identification of suitable immune checkpoints as targets for cancer immunotherapy

Identification of novel immune checkpoints as targets for cancer immunotherapy

Members of the B7/CD28 family of immune checkpoints, such as CTLA4, PD1 and PDL-1, play critical roles in T cell regulation, and have emerged as promising drug targets for cancer immunotherapy. We hypothesize that additional novel members of the B7/CD28 family play a role as negative immune regulators, and thus may serve as targets for therapeutic mAbs. Utilizing Compugen’s predictive discovery...