Drug-therapy networks and the prediction of novel drug targets.
A recent study in BMC Pharmacology presents a network of drugs and the therapies in which they are used. Network approaches open new ways of predicting novel drug targets and overcoming the cellular robustness that can prevent drugs from working.
Spiro
Zoltan
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Department of Medical Chemistry, Semmelweis University, H-1444 Budapest 8, Hungary.
Kovacs
Istvan A
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Csermely
Peter
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D000818:Animals; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations