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Targeting iron metabolism in drug discovery and delivery
- Source :
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 16(6):400-423
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2017.
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Abstract
- Iron fulfils a central role in many essential biochemical processes in human physiology; thus, proper processing of iron is crucial. Although iron metabolism is subject to relatively strict physiological control, numerous disorders, such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, have recently been linked to deregulated iron homeostasis. Consequently, iron metabolism constitutes a promising and largely unexploited therapeutic target for the development of new pharmacological treatments for these diseases. Several iron metabolism-targeted therapies are already under clinical evaluation for haematological disorders, and these and newly developed therapeutic agents are likely to have substantial benefit in the clinical management of iron metabolism-associated diseases, for which few efficacious treatments are currently available.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14741784 and 14741776
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
- Accession number :
- edsair.dris...01423..c1b7611b4cb46b90e4ab3f3d86fa38db