"Drug Repositioning" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The deliberate and methodical practice of finding new applications for existing drugs.
| Descriptor ID |
D058492
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.295.875
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Repositioning" by people in Profiles.
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A drug repurposing screen identifies decitabine as an HSV-1 antiviral. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Nov 05; 12(11):e0175424.
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Repurposing medications for treatment of age-related macular degeneration: Insights from novel approaches to data mining. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2023 05; 248(9):798-810.
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Rapid emergence from dexmedetomidine sedation in Sprague Dawley rats by repurposing an a2-adrenergic receptor competitive antagonist in combination with caffeine. BMC Anesthesiol. 2023 02 01; 23(1):39.
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Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association analyses yield insights into tobacco use biology and drug repurposing. Nat Genet. 2023 Feb; 55(2):291-300.
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Hallmarks of aging-based dual-purpose disease and age-associated targets predicted using PandaOmics AI-powered discovery engine. Aging (Albany NY). 2022 03 29; 14(6):2475-2506.
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Integrating gene expression and clinical data to identify drug repurposing candidates for hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Nat Commun. 2022 01 10; 13(1):46.
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Targeting glioblastoma signaling and metabolism with a re-purposed brain-penetrant drug. Cell Rep. 2021 11 02; 37(5):109957.
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Antiparasitic mebendazole (MBZ) effectively overcomes cisplatin resistance in human ovarian cancer cells by inhibiting multiple cancer-associated signaling pathways. Aging (Albany NY). 2021 07 07; 13(13):17407-17427.
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Bisindolylmaleimide IX: A novel anti-SARS-CoV2 agent targeting viral main protease 3CLpro demonstrated by virtual screening pipeline and in-vitro validation assays. Methods. 2021 11; 195:57-71.
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A network medicine approach to investigation and population-based validation of disease manifestations and drug repurposing for COVID-19. PLoS Biol. 2020 11; 18(11):e3000970.