Biology – Quantitative Biology – Molecular Networks
Scientific paper
2004-12-27
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 26, 178-182 (2005)
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Molecular Networks
6 pages, 2 figures, 1 box, 38 references
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.tips.2005.02.007
Despite considerable progress in genome- and proteome-based high-throughput screening methods and rational drug design, the number of successful single target drugs did not increase appreciably during the past decade. Network models suggest that partial inhibition of a surprisingly small number of targets can be more efficient than the complete inhibition of a single target. This and the success stories of multi-target drugs and combinatorial therapies led us to suggest that systematic drug design strategies should be directed against multiple targets. We propose that the final effect of partial, but multiple drug actions might often surpass that of complete drug action at a single target. The future success of this novel drug design paradigm will depend not only on a new generation of computer models to identify the correct multiple hits and their multi-fitting, low-affinity drug candidates but also on more efficient in vivo testing.
Agoston Vilmos
Csermely Peter
Pongor Sandor
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