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ArticleCurrent issues in molecular biology2022

Drug Investigation to Dampen the Comorbidity of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis via Molecular Docking Test.

Ki-Kwang Oh, Md Adnan, Dong-Ha Cho

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Article in Current issues in molecular biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Ki-Kwang OhDepartment of Bio-Health Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4199-7575
Md AdnanDepartment of Bio-Health Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1330-2169
Dong-Ha ChoDepartment of Bio-Health Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At present, most rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at risk of osteoporosis (OP), which is increased by 1.5 times compared to non-RA individuals. Hence, we investigated overlapping targets related directly to the occurrence and development of RA and OP through public databases (DisGeNET, and OMIM) and literature. A total of 678 overlapping targets were considered as comorbid factors, and 604 out of 678 were correlated with one another. Interleukin 6 (IL-6), with the highest degree of value in terms of protein−protein interaction (PPI), was considered to be a core target against comorbidity. We identified 31 existing small molecules (< 1000 g/mol) as IL-6 inhibitors, and 19 ligands were selected by the 3 primary criteria (Lipinski’s rule, TPSA, and binding energy). We postulated that MD2-TLR4-IN-1 (PubChem ID: 138454798), as confirmed by the three criteria, was the key ligand to alleviate comorbidity between RA and OP. In conclusion, we described a promising active ligand (MD2-TLR4-IN-1), and a potential target (IL-6) against comorbidity of RA and OP, providing scientific evidence for a further clinical trial.

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comorbidityinterleukin 6MD2-TLR4-IN-1osteoporosisrheumatoid arthritis

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PMID35723292
PMCPMC8947408

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