Cystine Depleting Agents

Compounds and drugs that react with CYSTINE and convert it into a compound that can be more easily metabolized or intracellularly transported. Drugs in this class have been used to treat CYSTINOSIS.

Also Known As:

Cystine Disulfide Reducers; Cystine Disulfide Reducing Agents; Agents, Cystine Depleting; Depleting Agents, Cystine; Disulfide Reducers, Cystine; Reducers, Cystine Disulfide

Networked: 2 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

Bio-Agent Context: Research Results

Chemical Actions and Uses
- Pharmacologic Actions: 160
  - Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action: 24
    - Cystine Depleting Agents: 2

Related Diseases

Cystinosis

10/01/1987 - "The use of cystine-depleting agents should be considered in posttransplant cystinosis as an attempt to prevent potential damage to the pancreas and other organs from cystine deposition."
10/01/1986 - "All these late complications of nephropathic cystinosis contribute to a description of the natural history of the disease and provide a rationale for the therapeutic use of cystine-depleting agents after renal transplantation."

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Therapeutic Uses
2.	Cystine (L-Cystine)

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Kidney Transplantation