Therapeutic peptides: current applications and future directions

L Wang, N Wang, W Zhang, X Cheng, Z Yan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Peptide drug development has made great progress in the last decade thanks to new
production, modification, and analytic technologies. Peptides have been produced and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of existing strategies for designing long-acting parenteral formulations: Focus on underlying mechanisms, and future perspectives

Y Shi, A Lu, X Wang, Z Belhadj, J Wang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
The need for long-term treatments of chronic diseases has motivated the widespread
development of long-acting parenteral formulations (LAPFs) with the aim of improving drug …

Site-specific PEGylation of interleukin-2 enhances immunosuppression via the sustained activation of regulatory T cells

B Zhang, J Sun, Y Wang, D Ji, Y Yuan, S Li… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The preferential activation of regulatory T (Treg) cells by interleukin-2 (IL-2), which
selectively binds to the trimeric IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) on Treg cells, makes this cytokine a …

Aggregation of protein therapeutics enhances their immunogenicity: causes and mitigation strategies

MLE Lundahl, S Fogli, PE Colavita… - RSC chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein aggregation in biotherapeutics has been identified to increase immunogenicity,
leading to immune-mediated adverse effects, such as severe allergic responses including …

Chemical approaches to synthetic drug delivery systems for systemic applications

D Braatz, M Cherri, M Tully, M Dimde… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Poor water solubility and low bioavailability of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are
major causes of friction in the pharmaceutical industry and represent a formidable hurdle for …

Genetic code expansion: inception, development, commercialization

M Manandhar, E Chun… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Virtually all natural proteins are built from only 20 amino acids, and while this makes
possible all the functions they perform, the ability to encode other amino acids selected for …

Noncanonical amino acids as doubly bio-orthogonal handles for one-pot preparation of protein multiconjugates

Y Wang, J Zhang, B Han, L Tan, W Cai, Y Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Genetic encoding of noncanonical amino acid (ncAA) for site-specific protein modification
has been widely applied for many biological and therapeutic applications. To efficiently …

Oral peptide delivery: Challenges and the way ahead

SK Dubey, S Parab, N Dabholkar, M Agrawal… - Drug discovery today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Oral route of administration is the preferred route for drug delivery.•Dosage form
designing plays an essential role in oral peptide delivery.•Preclinical and clinical aspects of …

Proximity-enabled covalent binding of IL-2 to IL-2Rα selectively activates regulatory T cells and suppresses autoimmunity

B Zhang, J Sun, Y Yuan, D Ji, Y Sun, Y Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a pleiotropic cytokine that orchestrates bidirectional immune
responses via regulatory T cells (Tregs) and effector cells, leading to paradoxical …

Polyglycerol for half-life extension of proteins—alternative to PEGylation?

M Tully, M Dimde, C Weise, P Pouyan, K Licha… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since several decades, PEGylation is known to be the clinical standard to enhance
pharmacokinetics of biotherapeutics. In this study, we introduce polyglycerol (PG) of different …