Previous research has demonstrated that overexpression or gain-of-function mutations of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) are significantly associated with tumor cell proliferation of a number of cancers.
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified G-protein coupled receptor 84 (GPR84) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, fibrosis, neurodegenerative disease and arthritis.
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have synthesized amide compounds reported to be useful for the treatment of dengue virus infection, skin inflammation, inflammatory joint disease, inflammatory bowel disease and autoimmune disease.
At first blush, to say that depression occurs with other diseases may seem like belaboring the obvious. After all, to put it in the bluntest possible terms, it’s sad to be sick. But by looking more closely, it soon becomes clear that the association is stronger than that. The strongest association between depression and other diseases, Stefan Gold told the audience at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) annual conference in Vienna this week, is “not necessarily the most severe or most immediately life-threatening disorders… [it’s] across the spectrum."
