The Clinical Outcomes of Inflammatory Disease: The Pharmaceutical Perspective

A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Pharmaceutics".

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College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: drug–drug interaction; drug–food interaction; pharmacovigilance; drug use evaluation; pharmacoepidemiology

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Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
Interests: drug use evaluation; pharmacy education; medication safety

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College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women’s University, Seoul 02748, Republic of Korea
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Dear Colleagues,

Recently, it was revealed that inflammation appears as a complex process in the immune system, and it has been found to be related to cardiovascular disease, cancer, systemic infection, and systemic inflammatory diseases. Thus, if many drugs were used to simply treat and/or control the patient's symptoms in the past, recent approaches to suppress or prevent inflammation have been suggested, and attention is paid to the fact that inflammation plays a major role in the patient's clinical prognosis.

This Special Issue aims to present various treatment strategies in treating or preventing diseases related to inflammation. In particular, it was planned to present research results that can improve clinical outcome and efficacy, and can minimize adverse effects and drug interactions. We welcome all articles related to pharmaceutical care services in inflammatory diseases (status).

Dr. Kiyon Rhew
Dr. Young Sook Lee
Dr. Ji-Eun Chang
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Keywords

  • inflammation
  • inflammatory disease
  • immune system
  • clinical efficacy for inflammatory condition
  • drug-drug interaction
  • drug-disease interaction

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Repurposing Niclosamide as a Therapeutic Drug against Acute Liver Failure by Suppressing Ferroptosis
by Xiao Zhong, Xue-Gong Fan and Ruochan Chen
Pharmaceutics 2023, 15(7), 1950; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15071950 - 14 Jul 2023
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Acute liver failure (ALF) is a severe liver disease with a high mortality rate without effective therapeutic drugs. Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death that plays an important role in ALF. In this study, we aimed to identify ferroptosis-related genes in [...] Read more.
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a severe liver disease with a high mortality rate without effective therapeutic drugs. Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death that plays an important role in ALF. In this study, we aimed to identify ferroptosis-related genes in ALF, thereby predicting promising compounds to treat ALF. First, mRNA microarray data were utilized to identify the ferroptosis-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Hub genes were screened in the protein–protein interaction network and validated. Subsequently, potential drugs to treat ALF were predicted. One of the predicted drugs was tested in an ALF model of mice. Ferroptosis examination and molecular docking were analyzed to explore the mechanism. A total of 37 DEGs were identified, ten hub genes were extracted, and their expression in ALF was validated. The predicted drug niclosamide mitigated lipopolysaccharide/D-galactosamine-induced hepatotoxicity, and decreased mortality of mice in the ALF model. Mechanically, niclosamide may combine with signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 to inhibit ALF progression by suppressing ferroptosis. This study may help advance our understanding of the role of ferroptosis in ALF, and niclosamide may be promising for therapeutic efficacy in patients with ALF. Full article
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