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Systemic Therapeutics at SDDS 2024
Members of Systemic Therapeutics attended the Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium 2024 from April 29 - 30.
Jun 1, 2024


Association of Coffee Consumption and Prediagnostic Caffeine Metabolites With Incident Parkinson Disease in a Population-Based Cohort
This study demonstrates that the neuroprotection of coffee on PD is attributed to caffeine and its metabolites.
Mar 21, 2024


Characterization of caffeine response regulatory variants in vascular endothelial cells
In hepatocytes, caffeine is known to suppress SREBF2 activity, which reduces PCSK9 expression, and thus increases LDLR expression
Feb 9, 2024


Targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9(PCSK9): from bench to bedside
This ground-breaking research suggested that PCSK9 could degrade CD36
Jan 8, 2024


Roles of Coffee and Its Components in Liver Diseases
coffee components can influence lipid and cancer metabolism by regulating adipogenesis and carcinogenesis
Sep 30, 2023


Current therapeutic targets and multifaceted physiological impacts of caffeine
caffeine has been demonstrated to enhance hepatic ER-linked Ca2+ levels and inhibit the transcriptional activation of SREBP2
Sep 7, 2023


Effect of PCSK9 on atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases and its mechanisms: Focus on immune regulation
Caffeine inhibits the expression of SREBP2 at the transcriptional level by increasing the Ca2+ concentration in the hepatic ER
Mar 10, 2023


SOPHIE Support for Our Caffeine Project
Systemic Therapeutics investigators have been approved for FedDev funding from the SOPHIE program.
Feb 3, 2023


Drinking tea may lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease and death, mounting research shows
Mounting evidence suggests that drinking several cups of tea per day has numerous health benefits.
Sep 17, 2022


Expanding Biology of PCSK9: Roles in Atherosclerosis and Beyond
To reduce ER stress, Lebeau et al. screened for compounds that enhance ER-entry of Ca2+
Jul 29, 2022
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