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The planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 interacts with the PDZ‐domains of Scribble but not with a unique PDZ‐like domain in Inturned

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Structural and biochemical characterisations show that the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Inturned harbours a unique PDZ‐like domain that does not bind canonical PDZ‐binding motifs (PBMs) like that of another PCP protein Vangl2. In contrast, the apical‐basal polarity protein Scribble contains four PDZ domains that bind Vangl2, but one PDZ domain ...
Stephan Wilmes, Jan Brysch, Carmen Gelze, Lilli Meier, Daniel Kümmel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maximizing activity and selectivity of antibody-mediated effector functions using antibody mixtures

mAbs
Fc-mediated effector functions are key for conferring potent antibody-mediated killing of cancer cells. However, it is difficult to achieve highly selective targeting of cancer cells while minimizing toxicity on healthy tissue because of the expression ...
Tiexin Wang, Alec A. Desai, Greg M. Thurber, Peter M. Tessier   +3 more
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Engineering SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies for increased potency and reduced viral escape pathways

iScience, 2022
Summary: The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants poses a constant threat of escape from monoclonal antibody and vaccine countermeasures. Mutations in the ACE2 receptor binding site on the surface S protein have been shown to disrupt antibody binding and ...
Fangzhu Zhao, Celina Keating, Gabriel Ozorowski, Namir Shaabani, Irene M. Francino-Urdaniz, Shawn Barman, Oliver Limbo, Alison Burns, Panpan Zhou, Michael J. Ricciardi, Jordan Woehl, Quoc Tran, Hannah L. Turner, Linghang Peng, Deli Huang, David Nemazee, Raiees Andrabi, Devin Sok, John R. Teijaro, Timothy A. Whitehead, Andrew B. Ward, Dennis R. Burton, Joseph G. Jardine   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

In Vitro Maturation of a Humanized Shark VNAR Domain to Improve Its Biophysical Properties to Facilitate Clinical Development [PDF]

, 2017
Acknowledgments: The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support for this work from Scottish Enterprise [VNAR_001(2012)] and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/K010905/1).Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Andrew J. Porter, Andrew J. Porter, Caroline Jane Barelle, Dawn Cornock, Gerard Donohoe, John Steven, Kenneth Saunders, Marina Kovaleva, Miguel F. Carvalho, Mischa R. Müller, Obinna C. Ubah, Thomas Baddeley   +11 more
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Calpain small subunit homodimerization is robust and calcium‐independent

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Calpains dimerize via penta‐EF‐hand (PEF) domains. Using single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we measured the strength and kinetics of PEF–PEF homodimer binding. The interaction is robust, shows a transient conformational step before dissociation, and remains largely insensitive to Ca2+.
Nesha May O. Andoy, Trina Dykstra‐MacPherson, Mathias A. Bell, Peter L. Davies, Ruby May A. Sullan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physiological Considerations for Modeling in vivo Antibody-Target Interactions

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
The number of therapeutic antibodies in development pipelines is increasing rapidly. Despite superior success rates relative to small molecules, therapeutic antibodies still face many unique development challenges. There is often a translational gap from
Tyler Dunlap, Yanguang Cao, Yanguang Cao
doaj   +1 more source

Controlled method of reducing electrophoretic mobility of macromolecules, particles, or cells [PDF]

, 1992
A method of reducing electrophoretic mobility of macromolecules, particles, cells, and other substances is provided which comprises interacting in a conventional electrophoretic separating procedure, the substances with a polymer-linked affinity compound
Vanalstine, James M.
core   +1 more source

Sequence Space Localization in the Immune System Response to Vaccination and Disease

, 2003
We introduce a model of protein evolution to explain limitations in the immune system response to vaccination and disease. The phenomenon of original antigenic sin, wherein vaccination creates memory sequences that can \emph{increase} susceptibility to ...
Deem, Michael W., Lee, Ha Youn
core   +1 more source

Germline-encoded neutralization of a Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor by the human antibody repertoire. [PDF]

, 2016
Staphylococcus aureus is both an important pathogen and a human commensal. To explore this ambivalent relationship between host and microbe, we analysed the memory humoral response against IsdB, a protein involved in iron acquisition, in four healthy ...
Abdiche, Yasmina, Chaparro-Riggers, Javier, Deng, Xiaodi, Foletti, Davide, Glanville, Jacob, Hasa-Moreno, Adela, Lindquist, Kevin, Melton Witt, Jody, Ni, Irene, Pham, Amber, Pitts, Steven, Pons, Jaume, Rajpal, Arvind, Shelton, David, Sirota, Marina, Strop, Pavel, Sundar, Purnima D, Yeung, Yik Andy   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source