Drug-therapy networks and the prediction of novel drug targets

J Biol. 2008 Jul 31;7(6):20. doi: 10.1186/jbiol81.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Communicable Diseases / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases / metabolism
  • Drug Delivery Systems / methods*
  • Drug Delivery Systems / trends
  • Drug Discovery / methods
  • Drug Discovery / trends
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / administration & dosage*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / metabolism
  • Predictive Value of Tests

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations