Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41675371›Full record

ArticleNPJ drug discovery2026

A genetics-guided integrative framework for drug repurposing: identifying antihypertensive drugs for type 2 diabetes.

Xue Zhong, Qiang Wei, Anshul Tiwari, Quan Wang, Yuting Tan, Rui Chen, Yan Yan, Nancy J Cox, Bingshan Li

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in NPJ drug discovery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xue Zhong *Department of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA.
Qiang Wei *Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Nashville, TN USA.
Anshul TiwariVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Nashville, TN USA.
Quan WangVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Nashville, TN USA.
Yuting TanVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Nashville, TN USA.
Rui ChenVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Nashville, TN USA.
Yan YanDepartment of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA.
Nancy J CoxDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN USA.
Bingshan LiVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Nashville, TN USA.

Funding

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)UL1TR000445 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
Drug repositioning for Alzheimer's disease via genetics, electronic health records, and human iPSC modelsR01AG069900 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI LI, BINGSHAN, WEI, WEI-QI · 2021 to 2025
$4.0M
Towards a better understanding of genetic architecture of Alzheimer's disease with human iPSC modelsR01AG065611 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LI, BINGSHAN, WEN, ZHEXING · 2020 to 2024
$3.8M
Genetics-informed dissection of human brain cell-cell communication in Alzheimer's disease progressionR01AG089717 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BINGSHAN LI, Zhexing Wen · 2024 to 2026
$2.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000445NIA NIH HHS R01 AG065611NIA NIH HHS R01 AG069900NIA NIH HHS R01 AG089717
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetics-informed drug repurposing holds promise in translating genetic findings into therapeutics. In this study, we developed a Genetics Informed Network-based Drug Repurposing via in silico Perturbation (GIN-DRIP) framework and applied the framework to repurpose drugs for type-2 diabetes (T2D). In GIN-DRIP for T2D, it integrates multi-level omics data to translate T2D Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) signals into a genetics-informed network that simultaneously encodes gene importance scores and a directional effect (up/down) of risk genes for T2D; it then bases on the GIN to perform signature matching with drug perturbation experiments to identify drugs that can counteract the effect of T2D risk alleles. We identified telmisartan that belongs to the Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARB) drug category as a candidate, and validated the ARB antihypertensive drugs' potential therapeutic effects on T2D in Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)'s Electronic Health Records (EHR) data with over 3 million patients.

Indexed as

Drug screeningTarget identificationVirtual screening

Identifiers

PMID41675371
PMCPMC12885947

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.