Multiscale profiling of protease activity in cancer

AP Amini, JD Kirkpatrick, CS Wang, AM Jaeger… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Diverse processes in cancer are mediated by enzymes, which most proximally exert their
function through their activity. High-fidelity methods to profile enzyme activity are therefore …

Artificial urinary biomarker probes for diagnosis

C Xu, K Pu - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2024 - nature.com
Urinalysis is a widely used medical test for healthcare monitoring and disease diagnosis.
However, traditional urinalysis relies on endogenous biomarkers that have limited …

Targeting and monitoring ovarian cancer invasion with an RNAi and peptide delivery system

L Hao, N Boehnke, SK Elledge… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics are an emerging class of medicines that selectively
target mRNA transcripts to silence protein production and combat disease. Despite the …

Inhalable point-of-care urinary diagnostic platform

Q Zhong, EKW Tan, C Martin-Alonso, T Parisi… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Although low-dose computed tomography screening improves lung cancer survival in at-risk
groups, inequality remains in lung cancer diagnosis due to limited access to and high costs …

COVID-19 on Oral Health: A New Bilateral Connection for the Pandemic

L Bellocchio, G Dipalma, AM Inchingolo, AD Inchingolo… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and transmission
are generally known to be produced by respiratory droplets and aerosols from the oral cavity …

Protease activity analysis: A toolkit for analyzing enzyme activity data

AP Soleimany, C Martin-Alonso, M Anahtar… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Analyzing the activity of proteases and their substrates is critical to defining the biological
functions of these enzymes and to designing new diagnostics and therapeutics that target …

An Introductory Guide to Protease Sensitive Linker Design Using Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 as an Example

P Hamm, L Meinel, MD Driessen - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Proteases play a crucial role, not only in physiological, but also in pathological processes,
such as cancer, inflammation, arthritis, Alzheimer's, and infections, to name but a few. Their …

Diagnostic Potential for Collaborative Pharyngitis Biomarkers

NA Ledeboer, JM Caldwell… - The Journal of Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Pharyngitis is an inflammatory condition of the pharynx and/or tonsils commonly seen in
both children and adults. Viruses and bacteria represent the most common encountered …

A breath-based in vitro diagnostic assay for the detection of lower respiratory tract infections

D Chen, MA Mirski, S Chen, WA Bryden… - PNAS …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
An accurate diagnosis is critical to reducing mortality in people with lower respiratory tract
infections (LRTIs). Current microbiological culture is time-consuming, and nucleic acid …

Nanobody-targeted conditional antimicrobial therapeutics

C Ngambenjawong, H Ko, N Pishesha, HL Ploegh… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Conditional therapeutics that rely on disease microenvironment-specific triggers for
activation are a promising strategy to improve therapeutic cargos. Among the investigated …