BC‐11 is a covalent TMPRSS2 fragment inhibitor that impedes SARS‐CoV‐2 host cell entry
Drug repurposing has the potential to accelerate the discovery of TMPRSS2 inhibitors acting as COVID‐19 antivirals. In this regard, a low throughput screening led to the identification of BC‐11 as a covalent TMPRSS2 fragment inhibitor (IC50 = 1.44 µM), displaying significant SARS‐CoV‐2 entry inhibition (EC50 = 66 µM). Abstract Host cell entry of severe
Aurélien F. A. Moumbock+3 more
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Toward a better analysis of secreted proteins: the example of the myeloid cells secretome [PDF]
The analysis of secreted proteins represents a challenge for current proteomics techniques. Proteins are usually secreted at low concentrations in the culture media, which makes their recovery difficult. In addition, culture media are rich in salts and other compounds interfering with most proteomics techniques, which makes selective precipitation of ...
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Biosynthesis of thiocarboxylic acid-containing natural products. [PDF]
Thiocarboxylic acid-containing natural products are rare and their biosynthesis and biological significance remain unknown. Thioplatensimycin (thioPTM) and thioplatencin (thioPTN), thiocarboxylic acid congeners of the antibacterial natural products ...
Deng, Youchao+9 more
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From Lab to Life: Self‐Powered Sweat Sensors and Their Future in Personal Health Monitoring
This review focuses on recent advances in self‐powered sweat sensors in personal health monitoring, including sweat sensors, energy harvesters, energy management, and their applications. It analyzes the difficulties and challenges in the research field of self‐powered sweat sensors and looks into the future direction of self‐powered sweat sensors from ...
Nan Gao+3 more
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Mono-exponential Current Attenuation with Distance across 16 nm Thick Bacteriorhodopsin Multilayers [PDF]
The remarkable ability of natural proteins to conduct electricity in the dry state over long distances remains largely inexplicable despite intensive research. In some cases, a (weakly) exponential length-attenuation, as in off-resonant tunneling transport, extends to thicknesses even beyond 10 nm.
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Dissecting the functional role of polyketide synthases in Dictyostelium discoideum [PDF]
Dictyostelium discoideum exhibits the largest repository of polyketide synthase (PKS) proteins of all known genomes. However, the functional relevance of these proteins in the biology of this organism remains largely obscure.
Chhabra, Arush+8 more
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NRAS mutations are widespread in hematologic malignancies. Our study shows that GOLGA7 serves as a safe and effective therapeutic target for NRAS‐driven leukemia. Loss of Golga7 in adult mice effectively suppresses NrasG12D‐driven myeloproliferative neoplasm by disrupting its PM localization and impairing subsequent MAPK signaling, without affecting ...
Bo Jiao+18 more
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The role of PAF in immunopathology: From immediate hypersensitivity reactions to fungal defense
Abstract Platelet‐activating factor (PAF, 1‐alkyl‐2‐acetyl‐sn‐glycero‐3‐phosphorylcholine) was discovered when the mechanisms involved in the deposition of immune complex in tissues were being scrutinized in the experimental model of rabbit serum sickness.
Mariano Sánchez Crespo+2 more
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From protein binding to pharmacokinetics: a novel approach to active drug absorption prediction [PDF]
Due to inherent complexity active transport presents a landmark hurdle for oral absorption properties prediction. We present a novel approach carrier-mediated drug absorption parameters calculation based on entirely different paradigm than QSPR. We capitalize on recently emerged ideas that molecule activities against a large protein set can be used for
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Comparative genomic analyses reveal a lack of a substantial signature of host adaptation in Rhodococcus equi (‘Prescottella equi’) [PDF]
Rhodococcus equi (‘Prescottella equi’) is a pathogenic actinomycete primarily infecting horses but has emerged as an opportunistic human pathogen. We have sequenced the genome of the type strain of this species, R.
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