New Therapeutic Strategies for Cancer and Neurodegeneration Emerging from Yeast Cell-based Systems

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Clara Pereira (Author) Other; Mariana Leao (Author) Other; Joana Soares (Author) Other; Claudia Bessa (Author) Other; Lucilia Saraiva (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Current Pharmaceutical Design

Vol. 18

Pages: 4223-4235

ISSN: 1381-6128

Publisher: Bentham Science

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 17 Citations

Scopus - 18 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Basic medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-6K3

DOI: 10.2174/138161212802430422

Abstract (EN): Despite great advances in understanding the molecular etiology of cancer and neurodegeneration, therapeutic strategies against these diseases are still largely lacking. Hence, acceleration of the discovery of new therapeutic agents against these pathologies is of enormous interest. This review is focused on the role of multi-faceted and expanding yeast cell-based systems in the search for new drugs and therapeutic targets in cancer and neurodegeneration. Though the obvious limitations of using a microorganism to address human diseases, when used in the early phase and with complementary mammalian systems, it can have a tremendous impact in the discovery of new therapeutic opportunities. In this review, many evidence are provided demonstrating the valuable contribution of yeast in this area. Additionally, several yeast target-based drug screening approaches based on a readily screenable phenotype on genomic technologies increasingly oriented towards genetic and chemical high-throughput analysis are addressed. Altogether, with this review, we intend not only to recognize previous successes and ongoing work in this area, but also to point out new opportunities that may be of interest for yeast as a model organism and as a powerful system in the discovery of new lead compounds that have the potential to become novel drugs in cancer and neurodegeneration.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13