2024 Vol. 14, No. 1

Review paper
Lipid metabolism analysis in esophageal cancer and associated drug discovery
Ruidi Jiao, Wei Jiang, Kunpeng Xu, Qian Luo, Luhua Wang, Chao Zhao
2024, 14(1): 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.019
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Esophageal cancer is an upper gastrointestinal malignancy with a bleak prognosis. It is still being explored in depth due to its complex molecular mechanisms of occurrence and development. Lipids play a crucial role in cells by participating in energy supply, biofilm formation, and signal transducti...
Push forward LC-MS-based therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacometabolomics for anti-tuberculosis precision dosing and comprehensive clinical management
Nguyen Quang Thu, Nguyen Tran Nam Tien, Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, Thuc-Huy Duong, Nguyen Phuoc Long, Huy Truong Nguyen
2024, 14(1): 16-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.09.009
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The spread of tuberculosis (TB), especially multidrug-resistant TB and extensively drug-resistant TB, has strongly motivated the research and development of new anti-TB drugs. New strategies to facilitate drug combinations, including pharmacokinetics-guided dose optimization and toxicology studies o...
The role of innate immunity in diabetic nephropathy and their therapeutic consequences
Min Yang, Chun Zhang
2024, 14(1): 39-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.09.003
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is an enduring condition that leads to inflammation and affects a substantial number of individuals with diabetes worldwide. A gradual reduction in glomerular filtration and emergence of proteins in the urine are typical aspects of DN, ultimately resulting in renal failure....
Original article
Metformin: A promising clinical therapeutical approach for BPH treatment via inhibiting dysregulated steroid hormones-induced prostatic epithelial cells proliferation
Tingting Yang, Jiayu Yuan, Yuting Peng, Jiale Pang, Zhen Qiu, Shangxiu Chen, Yuhan Huang, Zhenzhou Jiang, Yilin Fan, Junjie Liu, Tao Wang, Xueyan Zhou, Sitong Qian, Jinfang Song, Yi Xu, Qian Lu, Xiaoxing Yin
2024, 14(1): 52-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.012
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The occurrence of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) was related to disrupted sex steroid hormones, and metformin (Met) had a clinical response to sex steroid hormone-related gynaecological disease. However, whether Met exerts an antiproliferative effect on BPH via sex steroid hormones remains unclea...
Epimedin B exhibits pigmentation by increasing tyrosinase family proteins expression, activity, and stability
Chen Hong, Yifan Zhang, Lili Yang, Haoyang Xu, Kang Cheng, Zhi Lv, Kaixian Chen, Yiming Li, Huali Wu
2024, 14(1): 69-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.09.006
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Epimedin B (EB) is one of the main flavonoid ingredients present in Epimedium brevicornum Maxim., a traditional herb widely used in China. Our previous study showed that EB was a stronger inducer of melanogenesis and an activator of tyrosinase (TYR). However, the role of EB in melanogenesis and the ...
Hydralazine represses Fpn ubiquitination to rescue injured neurons via competitive binding to UBA52
Shengyou Li, Xue Gao, Yi Zheng, Yujie Yang, Jianbo Gao, Dan Geng, Lingli Guo, Teng Ma, Yiming Hao, Bin Wei, Liangliang Huang, Yitao Wei, Bing Xia, Zhuojing Luo, Jinghui Huang
2024, 14(1): 86-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.006
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A major impedance to neuronal regeneration after peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is the activation of various programmed cell death mechanisms in the dorsal root ganglion. Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death distinguished by imbalance in iron and thiol metabolism, leading to lethal lipid pe...
Distinct molecular targets of ProEGCG from EGCG and superior inhibition of angiogenesis signaling pathways for treatment of endometriosis
Sze Wan Hung, Massimiliano Gaetani, Yiran Li, Zhouyurong Tan, Xu Zheng, Ruizhe Zhang, Yang Ding, Gene Chi Wai Man, Tao Zhang, Yi Song, Yao Wang, Jacqueline Pui Wah Chung, Tak Hang Chan, Roman A. Zubarev, Chi Chiu Wang
2024, 14(1): 100-114. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.09.005
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Endometriosis is a common chronic gynecological disease with endometrial cell implantation outside the uterus. Angiogenesis is a major pathophysiology in endometriosis. Our previous studies have demonstrated that the prodrug of epigallocatechin gallate (ProEGCG) exhibits superior anti-endometriotic ...
Licorice-saponin A3 is a broad-spectrum inhibitor for COVID-19 by targeting viral spike and anti-inflammation
Yang Yi, Wenzhe Li, Kefang Liu, Heng Xue, Rong Yu, Meng Zhang, Yang-Oujie Bao, Xinyuan Lai, Jingjing Fan, Yuxi Huang, Jing Wang, Xiaomeng Shi, Junhua Li, Hongping Wei, Kuanhui Xiang, Linjie Li, Rong Zhang, Xin Zhao, Xue Qiao, Hang Yang, Min Ye
2024, 14(1): 115-127. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.05.011
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Currently, human health due to corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been seriously threatened. The coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein plays a crucial role in virus transmission and several S-based therapeutic approaches have been a...
A proteomic landscape of pharmacologic perturbations for functional relevance
Zhiwei Liu, Shangwen Jiang, Bingbing Hao, Shuyu Xie, Yingluo Liu, Yuqi Huang, Heng Xu, Cheng Luo, Min Huang, Minjia Tan, Jun-Yu Xu
2024, 14(1): 128-139. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.08.021
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Pharmacological perturbation studies based on protein-level signatures are fundamental for drug discovery. In the present study, we used a mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomic platform to profile the whole proteome of the breast cancer MCF7 cell line under stress induced by 78 bioactive compounds....
Simultaneously quantifying hundreds of acylcarnitines in multiple biological matrices within ten minutes using ultrahigh-performance liquid-chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry
Jingxian Zhang, Qinsheng Chen, Lianglong Zhang, Biru Shi, Men Yu, Qingxia Huang, Huiru Tang
2024, 14(1): 140-148. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.10.004
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Acylcarnitines are metabolic intermediates of fatty acids and branched-chain amino acids having vital biofunctions and pathophysiological significances. Here, we developed a high-throughput method for quantifying hundreds of acylcarnitines in one run using ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography...
Short communication
Identification of different degrees of processed ginger using GC-IMS combined with machine learning
Shuang Liu, Hongjing Dong, Minmin Zhang, Wei Geng, Xiao Wang
2024, 14(1): 149-151. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.10.005
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Platycodin D inhibits angiogenic vascular mimicry in NSCLC by regulating the eIF4E-mediated RNA methylome
Shuyu Zheng, Yanlin Xin, Jiamin Lin, Zejuan Xie, Keyu Cheng, Shanshan Wang, Wenli Lu, Hao Yang, Tianming Lu, Jun Li, Ruogu Qi, Yuanyuan Guo
2024, 14(1): 152-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.10.003
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