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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Network pharmacology-based discovery and experimental validation of novel drug repurposing candidates in Alzheimer's Disease.

Attila Jones, Tina Loeffler, Evan Wu, Vijay R Varma, Hae Kyung Im, Madhav Thambisetty

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Attila JonesClinical and Translational Neuroscience Section, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0257-8781
Tina LoefflerScantox Neuro GmbH, Parkring 12, Grambach, 8074, Austria.
Evan WuSection of Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Vijay R VarmaClinical and Translational Neuroscience Section, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hae Kyung ImSection of Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-0333-5685
Madhav ThambisettyClinical and Translational Neuroscience Section, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite a growing body of evidence implicating genetic variants and proteins encoded by them with risk and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), this knowledge has not been successfully translated into effective AD treatments. We integrated current genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic profiles of AD into a network pharmacology framework that leverages comprehensive gene-gene and drug-target interactions. This approach allowed us to screen 2,413 drugs for repurposing opportunities in AD. Computational validation and drug prioritization was followed by experimental validation in 33 cell culture-based phenotypic assays combined with Bayesian hypothesis testing. Our network-based screen rediscovered drugs in clinical trials for AD, providing computational validation. Besides many cancer drugs, the screen identified three drugs previously implicated in AD-related endophenotypes: the primary bile acid chenodiol, arundine (3,3'-diindolylmethane), and cysteamine. In analysis of results from culture-based phenotypic assays, large Bayes factors supported the hypothesized benefits of arundine and the chenodiol derivative, tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), in amyloid-

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Alzheimer’s diseasearundineBayesian analysisdiindolylmethanedrug repurposinggenomicsnetwork pharmacologyphenotypic assaysRGS4tauroursodeoxycholic acidTUDCA

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