Therapeutic approaches targeting the neurotensin receptors

MR Iyer, G Kunos - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Neurotensin is a gut-brain peptide hormone, a 13 amino acid neuropeptide
found in the central nervous system and in the GI tract. The neurotensinergic system is …

Regulation of lysosomal trafficking of progranulin by sortilin and prosaposin

H Du, X Zhou, T Feng, F Hu - Brain Communications, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Haploinsufficiency of the progranulin protein is a leading cause of frontotemporal lobar
degeneration. Accumulating evidence support a crucial role of progranulin in the lysosome …

Rapid traversal of ultralarge chemical space using machine learning guided docking screens

A Luttens, IC de Vaca, L Sparring, U Norinder… - 2023 - chemrxiv.org
The accelerating growth of make-on-demand chemical libraries provides novel opportunities
to identify starting points for drug discovery with virtual screening. However, the recently …

Inductive effect of SORT1 on odontoblastic differentiation of human dental pulp-derived stem cells

D Omagari, T Toriumi, H Tsuda, M Hayatsu… - Differentiation, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the expression of sortilin 1 (SORT1) in cultured human dental pulp-
derived stem cells (hDPSCs) and its role in their odontoblastic differentiation. Permanent …

Discovery of Small‐Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Progranulin‐Sortilin: An in‐silico Approach Using Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, and DFT …

A Anand, A Shah, S Perumal, M Jain - ChemistrySelect, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Reduction in progranulin (PGRN) have been associated with various
neurodegenerative diseases. PGRN binds with high affinity to sortilin (SORT), a membrane …

Discovery of Chemical Probes through Structure-based Virtual Screening of Vast Compound Databases

A Luttens - 2023 - diva-portal.org
Vast Compound Databases. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations
from the Faculty of Science and Technology 2261. 68 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis …

Discovery of novel small molecule inhibitors targeting progranulin-sortilin: A virtual high throughput screening approach

A Anand, M Jain, A Shah, B Medhi - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Introduction: Reduction in progranulin (PGRN) have been associated with various
neurodegenerative diseases. PGRN binds with high affinity to sortilin (SORT), a membrane …

A sortilin antagonist for use in the prevention or treatment of hearing loss

MF Kjølby, A Nykjaer, P Little… - US Patent App. 18/030,639, 2023 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to the use of sortilin antagonists, in particular compounds of
Formula (I),(II),(III), and (IV), in the treatment or prevention of hearing loss. Also provided are …

Methods and Compositions for Treating Lysosomal Storage Disorders

J Brudvig, J Weimer - US Patent App. 18/284,825, 2024 - Google Patents
JWCUSQCZMQIBMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 2-[(6-methylpyridin-2-yl) carbamoyl]-5-
(trifluoromethyl) benzoic acid Chemical compound CC1= CC= CC (NC (= O) C= 2C (= CC …