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Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) has recently emerged, in the field of medicinal chemistry, as one of the most attractive therapeutic targets for the development of selective inhibitors as promising new drugs for numerous serious pathologies, including Alzheimer's disease, stroke, bipolar disorders, chronic inflammatory processes, cancer, alopecia and Type II diabetes. The full potential of GSK-3 inhibitors is yet to be realised and the number of drug candidates being developed by both academic centres and pharmaceutical companies has increased exponentially in the last three years. This review discloses recent discoveries on peptides and small molecules targeting GSK-3. Antisense therapy for the modulation of GSK-3 expression is also discussed. Focusing attention on this exciting target could thus reap considerable clinical and economic rewards.[http://www.expertopin.com/doi/abs/10.1517/13543776.16.6.773 source]
* In the absence of β-catenin, stem cells can differentiate into the epidermal lineage but not into the hair follicular lineage. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=154144 source]
* In a research, expression of stabilized β-catenin in the epidermis of transgenic mice resulted in hair follicle morphogenesis. [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2121/7/4#B8 source]
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