Simple, efficient and thorough shotgun proteomic analysis with PatternLab V

MDM Santos, DB Lima, JSG Fischer, MA Clasen… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
Shotgun proteomics aims to identify and quantify the thousands of proteins in complex
mixtures such as cell and tissue lysates and biological fluids. This approach uses liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Itaconate and itaconate derivatives target JAK1 to suppress alternative activation of macrophages

MC Runtsch, S Angiari, A Hooftman, R Wadhwa… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
The Krebs cycle-derived metabolite itaconate and its derivatives suppress the inflammatory
response in pro-inflammatory" M1" macrophages. However, alternatively activated" M2" …

[HTML][HTML] Mass spectrometry-based structural virology

TP Wörner, TM Shamorkina, J Snijder… - Analytical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Here we review recent developments in mass spectrometry that have enabled its growing
contribution to the field of structural virology. Evidently, there is a strong renewed general …

[HTML][HTML] ATGL is a biosynthetic enzyme for fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids

R Patel, A Santoro, P Hofer, D Tan, M Oberer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Branched fatty acid (FA) esters of hydroxy FAs (HFAs; FAHFAs) are recently discovered
lipids that are conserved from yeast to mammals,. A subfamily, palmitic acid esters of …

[HTML][HTML] Deubiquitinase-targeting chimeras for targeted protein stabilization

NJ Henning, L Boike, JN Spradlin, CC Ward… - Nature chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Many diseases are driven by proteins that are aberrantly ubiquitinated and degraded. These
diseases would be therapeutically benefited by targeted protein stabilization (TPS). Here we …

[HTML][HTML] An acetylation switch of the NLRP3 inflammasome regulates aging-associated chronic inflammation and insulin resistance

M He, HH Chiang, H Luo, Z Zheng, Q Qiao, L Wang… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
It is well documented that the rate of aging can be slowed, but it remains unclear to which
extent aging-associated conditions can be reversed. How the interface of immunity and …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding control of the tumor cell cycle with a CDK2/4/6 inhibitor

K Freeman-Cook, RL Hoffman, N Miller, J Almaden… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary The CDK4/6 inhibitor, palbociclib (PAL), significantly improves progression-free
survival in HR+/HER2− breast cancer when combined with anti-hormonals. We sought to …

Rational chemical design of molecular glue degraders

ES Toriki, JW Papatzimas, K Nishikawa… - ACS central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation with molecular glue degraders has arisen as a powerful
therapeutic modality for eliminating classically undruggable disease-causing proteins …

Harnessing the anti-cancer natural product nimbolide for targeted protein degradation

JN Spradlin, X Hu, CC Ward, SM Brittain… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
Nimbolide, a terpenoid natural product derived from the Neem tree, impairs cancer
pathogenicity; however, the direct targets and mechanisms by which nimbolide exerts its …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM structure of SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a in lipid nanodiscs

DM Kern, B Sorum, SS Mali, CM Hoel… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a is a putative viral ion channel implicated in autophagy
inhibition, inflammasome activation and apoptosis. 3a protein and anti-3a antibodies are …