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ReviewMedicinal research reviews2020

Strategies for developing pregnane X receptor antagonists: Implications from metabolism to cancer.

Sergio C Chai, William C Wright, Taosheng Chen

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Review in Medicinal research reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Patchouli alcohol suppressesFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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  6. Physiological Functions and Pathological Roles of PXR.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2025
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  8. Mechanisms and Therapeutic Advances of PXR in Metabolic Diseases and Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. Microbial Metabolites as Ligands to Xenobiotic Receptors: Chemical Mimicry as Potential Drugs of the Future.Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sergio C ChaiDepartment of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
William C WrightDepartment of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
Taosheng ChenDepartment of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.ORCID 0000-0001-6420-3809
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
Regulation of xenobiotic receptors PXR and CAR: implications in drug dispositionR35GM118041 · NIGMS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Taosheng Chen · 2016 to 2026
$4.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a ligand-activated nuclear receptor (NR) that was originally identified as a master regulator of xenobiotic detoxification. It regulates the expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters to control the degradation and excretion of endobiotics and xenobiotics, including therapeutic agents. The metabolism and disposition of drugs might compromise their efficacy and possibly cause drug toxicity and/or drug resistance. Because many drugs can promiscuously bind and activate PXR, PXR antagonists might have therapeutic value in preventing and overcoming drug-induced PXR-mediated drug toxicity and drug resistance. Furthermore, PXR is now known to have broader cellular functions, including the regulation of cell proliferation, and glucose and lipid metabolism. Thus, PXR might be involved in human diseases such as cancer and metabolic diseases. The importance of PXR antagonists is discussed in the context of the role of PXR in xenobiotic sensing and other disease-related pathways. This review focuses on the development of PXR antagonists, which has been hampered by the promiscuity of PXR ligand binding. However, substantial progress has been made in recent years, suggesting that it is feasible to develop selective PXR antagonists. We discuss the current status, challenges, and strategies in developing selective PXR antagonists. The strategies are based on the molecular mechanisms of antagonism in related NRs that can be applied to the design of PXR antagonists, primarily driven by structural information.

Indexed as

Drug DesignAllosteric SiteAnimalsBinding SitesCell ProliferationChemistry, PharmaceuticalCrystallography, X-RayGlucoseHumansLigandsLipid MetabolismMolecular ConformationMolecular Dynamics SimulationNeoplasmsPregnane X ReceptorProtein BindingGlucoseLigandsNR1I2 protein, humanPregnane X ReceptorReceptors, CalcitriolReceptors, EstrogenXenobioticsantagonistdetoxificationPXRsmall moleculexenobiotics

Identifiers

PMID31782213
PMCPMC7166136
OpenAlexW2991538699

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