title: SLC transporters as therapeutic targets: emerging opportunities.
abstract: Solute carrier (SLC) transporters - a family of more than 300 membrane-bound proteins that facilitate the transport of a wide array of substrates across biological membranes - have important roles in physiological processes ranging from the cellular uptake of nutrients to the absorption of drugs and other xenobiotics. Several classes of marketed drugs target well-known SLC transporters, such as neurotransmitter transporters, and human genetic studies have provided powerful insight into the roles of more-recently characterized SLC transporters in both rare and common diseases, indicating a wealth of new therapeutic opportunities. This Review summarizes knowledge on the roles of SLC transporters in human disease, describes strategies to target such transporters, and highlights current and investigational drugs that modulate SLC transporters, as well as promising drug targets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
authors.forename: Sook Wah
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London Health Science Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5A5, Canada.
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA. [2] Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Giacomini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D015195:Drug Design; D015507:Drugs, Investigational / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D058990:Molecular Targeted Therapy; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D015507:Drugs, Investigational; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D015262:Xenobiotics