Targeting protein self-association in drug design

L Thabault, M Liberelle, R Frédérick - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Homomeric interfaces are a pool of potential allosteric sites for challenging
targets.•Homomeric disruption can lead to target degradation and sub-stoichiometric …

Ligand-based pharmacophore modeling of TNF-α to design novel inhibitors using virtual screening and molecular dynamics

DD Jade, R Pandey, R Kumar… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is one of the promising targets for treating inflammatory
(Crohn disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis) and various other …

Di-sulfide containing cell penetrating peptides and methods of making and using thereof

D Pei, Q Ziqing - US Patent 11,351,222, 2022 - Google Patents
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Tumor necrosis factor-α trimer disassembly and inactivation via peptide-small molecule synergy

JW Checco, GA Eddinger, NJ Rettko… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aberrant signaling by tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) is associated with inflammatory
diseases that can be treated with engineered proteins that inhibit binding of this cytokine to …

Cyclic cell penetrating peptides comprising beta-hairpin motifs and methods of making and using thereof

D Pei, Q Ziqing - US Patent 11,352,394, 2022 - Google Patents
Srinivas et al. Biaryl amino acid templates in place of D-Pro-L-Pro in cyclic beta-hairpin
cationic antimicrobial peptidemimetics. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. vol. 5, pp …

Bicyclic peptidyl inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor-alpha

D Pei - US Patent 10,913,773, 2021 - Google Patents
Anticachexin C1 inhibits the TNFa-TNFa receptor interac tion. In this work, analogs of
anticachexin C1 are disclosed. The resulting bicyclic peptides inhibit TNFa TNFa-induced …

[PDF][PDF] Targeting proteins self-association in drug design

R Frédérick - dial.uclouvain.be
Protein self-association is a universal phenomenon essential for stability and molecular
recognition. Disrupting constitutive homomers constitutes an original and emerging strategy …

Di-sulfide containing cell penetrating peptides and methods of making and using thereof

D Pei, Q Ziqing - US Patent 11,878,046, 2024 - Google Patents
US11878046B2 - Di-sulfide containing cell penetrating peptides and methods of making and
using thereof - Google Patents US11878046B2 - Di-sulfide containing cell penetrating …

Bicyclic peptidyl inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor-alpha

D Pei - US Patent 11,859,019, 2024 - Google Patents
2021-01-12 Assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), US DEPT. OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), US GOVERNMENT reassignment NATIONAL …

Cyclic cell-penetrating peptides with one or more hydrophobic residues

D Pei - US Patent 11,987,647, 2024 - Google Patents
2023-01-09 Assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), US DEPT. OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), US GOVERNMENT reassignment NATIONAL …