Abstract
TNF-α was discovered more then 20 years ago as a cytokine implicated in a wide range of cell signaling pathways, many of which are known to lead to the activation of genes involved in inflammation and carcinogenesis. TNF-α is involved in the pathogenesis of many diseases, including Crohn’s disease, diabetes, septic shock, tumorigenesis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. Multidisciplinary research endeavoring to understand the biomolecular and biomedicinal properties of TNF-α has never faded away, and the search for natural products able to inhibit TNF-α remains, to date, a hot topic of investigation. Over the last 10 years, many TNF-α-inhibiting natural compounds have been discovered, and their anti-TNF-α activities have been described. The present review describes the major cell signaling pathways activated by TNF-α and discusses the chemical and biological properties of TNF-α-inhibiting natural products, focusing on compounds that are able to inhibit TNF-α-related signal transduction pathways or TNF-α gene expression.
Keywords: Cell signaling, dietary spices, marine, natural products, nutraceuticals, TNF-α, Crohn’s disease, diabetes, septic shock, tumorigenesis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:From the Deepest Sea Shelf to the Uppermost Kitchen Cabinet Shelf: The Quest for Novel TNF-α Inhibitors
Volume: 12 Issue: 13
Author(s): F. Folmer, M. Dicato and M. Diederich
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Keywords: Cell signaling, dietary spices, marine, natural products, nutraceuticals, TNF-α, Crohn’s disease, diabetes, septic shock, tumorigenesis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease
Abstract: TNF-α was discovered more then 20 years ago as a cytokine implicated in a wide range of cell signaling pathways, many of which are known to lead to the activation of genes involved in inflammation and carcinogenesis. TNF-α is involved in the pathogenesis of many diseases, including Crohn’s disease, diabetes, septic shock, tumorigenesis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. Multidisciplinary research endeavoring to understand the biomolecular and biomedicinal properties of TNF-α has never faded away, and the search for natural products able to inhibit TNF-α remains, to date, a hot topic of investigation. Over the last 10 years, many TNF-α-inhibiting natural compounds have been discovered, and their anti-TNF-α activities have been described. The present review describes the major cell signaling pathways activated by TNF-α and discusses the chemical and biological properties of TNF-α-inhibiting natural products, focusing on compounds that are able to inhibit TNF-α-related signal transduction pathways or TNF-α gene expression.
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Folmer F., Dicato M. and Diederich M., From the Deepest Sea Shelf to the Uppermost Kitchen Cabinet Shelf: The Quest for Novel TNF-α Inhibitors, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2012; 12 (13) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802612801784416
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