Synthesis, assembly, and applications of hybrid nanostructures for biosensing

S Zhang, R Geryak, J Geldmeier, S Kim… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The robust, sensitive, and selective detection of targeted biomolecules in their native
environment by prospective nanostructures holds much promise for real-time, accurate, and …

Cytokines in psoriasis

J Baliwag, DH Barnes, A Johnston - Cytokine, 2015 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease with an incompletely understood etiology.
The disease is characterized by red, scaly and well-demarcated skin lesions formed by the …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities for non-antibody scaffold drugs

R Vazquez-Lombardi, TG Phan, C Zimmermann… - Drug discovery today, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Non-antibody scaffold drugs are a promising new class of biologics drugs.•The
first candidate scaffolds are now moving into clinical development and practice.•Challenges …

Non-immunoglobulin scaffolds: a focus on their targets

K Škrlec, B Štrukelj, A Berlec - Trends in biotechnology, 2015 - cell.com
Non-immunoglobulin (non-Ig) scaffolds are, in contrast to antibodies, small single-domain
proteins that require no post-translational modification, often lack disulfide bonds, and can …

Decoding IL-23 signaling cascade for new therapeutic opportunities

G Pastor-Fernández, IR Mariblanca, MN Navarro - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The interleukin 23 (IL-23) is a key pro-inflammatory cytokine in the development of chronic
inflammatory diseases, such as psoriasis, inflammatory bowel diseases, multiple sclerosis …

Phage-assisted continuous evolution of proteases with altered substrate specificity

MS Packer, HA Rees, DR Liu - Nature Communications, 2017 - nature.com
Here we perform phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE) of TEV protease, which
canonically cleaves ENLYFQS, to cleave a very different target sequence, HPLVGHM, that is …

Structural activation of pro-inflammatory human cytokine IL-23 by cognate IL-23 receptor enables recruitment of the shared receptor IL-12Rβ1

Y Bloch, L Bouchareychas, R Merceron… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Interleukin-23 (IL-23), an IL-12 family cytokine, plays pivotal roles in pro-
inflammatory T helper 17 cell responses linked to autoimmune and inflammatory diseases …

Beyond antibodies as binding partners: the role of antibody mimetics in bioanalysis

X Yu, YP Yang, E Dikici, SK Deo… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The emergence of novel binding proteins or antibody mimetics capable of binding to ligand
analytes in a manner analogous to that of the antigen–antibody interaction has spurred …

IL-12 and IL-23—close relatives with structural homologies but distinct immunological functions

DM Floss, JM Moll, J Scheller - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cytokines of the IL-12 family show structural similarities but have distinct functions in the
immune system. Prominent members of this cytokine family are the pro-inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Direct-acting antivirals and host-targeting strategies to combat enterovirus infections

L Bauer, H Lyoo, HM van der Schaar… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Enteroviruses cause many human diseases, yet no antiviral drugs are
available.•Capsids and viral enzymes are promising targets for direct-acting antiviral …