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Design and structural validation of peptide–drug conjugate ligands of the kappa-opioid receptor

Nature Communications, 2023
Despite the increasing number of GPCR structures and recent advances in peptide design, the development of efficient technologies allowing rational design of high-affinity peptide ligands for single GPCRs remains an unmet challenge.
Edin Muratspahić, Kristine Deibler, Jianming Han, Nataša Tomašević, Kirtikumar B. Jadhav, Aina-Leonor Olivé-Marti, Nadine Hochrainer, Roland Hellinger, Johannes Koehbach, Jonathan F. Fay, Mohammad Homaidur Rahman, Lamees Hegazy, Timothy W. Craven, Balazs R. Varga, Gaurav Bhardwaj, Kevin Appourchaux, Susruta Majumdar, Markus Muttenthaler, Parisa Hosseinzadeh, David J. Craik, Mariana Spetea, Tao Che, David Baker, Christian W. Gruber   +23 more
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Biomaterial Strategies for Targeted Intracellular Delivery to Phagocytes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Phagocytes are essential to a functional immune system, and their behavior defines disease outcomes. Engineered particles offer a strategic opportunity to target phagocytes, harnessing inflammatory modulation in disease. By tuning features like size, shape, and surface, these systems can modulate immune responses and improve targeted treatment for a ...
Kaitlyn E. Woodworth, Neal I. Callaghan, Locke Davenport Huyer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

IUPHAR Review - Bivalent and bifunctional opioid receptor ligands as novel analgesics

Pharmacological Research, 2023
Though efficacious in managing chronic, severe pain, opioid analgesics are accompanied by significant adverse effects including constipation, tolerance, dependence, and respiratory depression.
Kyle J. Rehrauer, Christopher W. Cunningham   +1 more
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Electrosynthesis of Bioactive Chemicals, From Ions to Pharmaceuticals

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses recent advances in electrosynthesis for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. It covers key electrochemical materials enabling precise delivery of ions and small molecules for cellular modulation and disease treatment, alongside catalytic systems for pharmaceutical synthesis.
Gwangbin Lee, Sojin Kim, Myeongeun Lee, Kyoungsuk Jin, Jimin Park   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Body Biofluids for Minimally‐Invasive Diagnostics: Insights, Challenges, Emerging Technologies, and Clinical Potential

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Recent advances in diagnostics have accelerated the development of miniaturized wearable technologies for the continuous monitoring of diseases. This paradigm is shifting healthcare away from invasive, centralized blood tests toward decentralized monitoring, using alternative body biofluids.
Lanka Tata Rao, Chandan Kumar Mandal, Fernando Patolsky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advanced Biomaterial Delivery of Hypoxia‐Conditioned Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) as a Therapeutic Platform for Traumatic Brain Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This research introduces a novel approach to enhance neuroregeneration following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) are isolated from human neural progenitor cells under hypoxic conditions, leading to enhanced expression of neurogenic and angiogenic factors.
Joshua B. Stein, Songzi Zhang, Eun Ji Roh, Jeffrey Luo, Meizi Chen, Hyunjun Jang, Li Ling Goldston, Brandon Conklin, Inbo Han, Ki‐Bum Lee   +9 more
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INVESTIGATION OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DERMORPHIN ANALOGS AND µ-OPIOID RECEPTOR

TASK Quarterly, 2014
Opioid receptors play the pain control function in the body. Most of the research is carried out to find the most effective analgesic. The earliest analgesic is morphine, however, unfortunately it has many side effects [Mizoguchi H et al.
AGNIESZKA KARCZYŃSKA, BARTŁOMIEJ ZABOROWSKI, MAGDALENA ŚLUSARZ   +2 more
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Morphine Tolerance Gated through EZH2‐Mediated Suppression of Trpc5 in Spinal GABAergic Interneurons in Male Mice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chronic morphine suppresses Trpc5 in spinal GABAergic interneurons via EZH2‐mediated histone modification, reducing Ca2+ influx and GABA release. TRPC5 activation enhances morphine analgesia, while EZH2 inhibition restores efficacy and reverses tolerance.
Li Wan, Mengyao Zhang, Haiyue Guo, Yan Xu, Chenjie Xu, Fan Hu, Yinbing Pan, Xian Wang, Wentao Liu, Chun‐Yi Jiang   +9 more
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Enkephalins and Pain Modulation: Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Perspectives

Biomolecules
Enkephalins, a subclass of endogenous opioid peptides, play a pivotal role in pain modulation. Enkephalins primarily exert their effects through opioid receptors located widely throughout both the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Mario García-Domínguez
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Efficacy and safety of a selective partial agonist for nociception/orphanin‐FQ peptide (NOP) receptors in patients with insomnia disorder

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Insomnia is a common sleep disorder, affecting up to 20% of the world population and adversely impacting productivity, health, and overall well‐being. Although pharmacologic options exist to treat insomnia, the health‐related quality of life for patients who are prescribed hypnotics is no higher than for those who are not, revealing a significant ...
Garth T. Whiteside, Ellie He, Manjunath S. Shet, Mingyan Zhou, Maha Ahmad, Stephen C. Harris   +5 more
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