ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2015
What do drug transporters really do?
Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 267 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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267 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 513 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Integration of digital physicalomics and dual-fluid metabolomics flux ratios reveals tubular secretory dysfunction in early diabetic kidney disease.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
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- Developmentally dynamic chromatin state at loci regulating organ crosstalk by remote sensing and signaling.Epigenetics & chromatin · 2025Article
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Abstract
Potential drug-drug interactions mediated by the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter and solute carrier (SLC) transporter families are of clinical and regulatory concern. However, the endogenous functions of these drug transporters are not well understood. Discussed here is evidence for the roles of ABC and SLC transporters in the handling of diverse substrates, including metabolites, antioxidants, signalling molecules, hormones, nutrients and neurotransmitters. It is suggested that these transporters may be part of a larger system of remote communication ('remote sensing and signalling') between cells, organs, body fluid compartments and perhaps even separate organisms. This broader view may help to clarify disease mechanisms, drug-metabolite interactions and drug effects relevant to diabetes, chronic kidney disease, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, gout, liver disease, neuropsychiatric disorders, inflammatory syndromes and organ injury, as well as prenatal and postnatal development.
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