Targeting pleuro-alveolar junctions reverses lung fibrosis in mice.

Lung fibrosis development utilizes alveolar macrophages, with mechanisms that are incompletely understood. Here, we fate map connective tissue during mouse lung fibrosis and observe disassembly and transfer of connective tissue macromolecules from pleuro-alveolar junctions (PAJs) into deep lung tissue, to activate fibroblasts and fibrosis. Disassembly and transfer of PAJ macromolecules into deep lung tissue occurs by alveolar macrophages, activating cysteine-type proteolysis on pleural mesothelium.

Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, kinetic studies and molecular modeling of imidazo-isoxazole derivatives targeting both α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitors.

Herein, a novel set of imidazo-isoxazole derivatives containing thiourea and urea scaffolds were synthesized, characterized (H NMR, C NMR, and elemental analysis). These compounds were biologically evaluated for their α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity, identifying as the most active (IC 26.67 ± 1.

Dispersion-corrected DFT calculations and dynamic molecular simulations to investigate conformational stability of Lidocaine towards β-CD and HP-β-CD.

Lidocaine (LDC) is one of the most important local anaesthesia compounds (LAs), designated to treat acute and chronic pain, especially in clinical applications. In the purpose to improve its lower solubility and bioavailability, numerous researches have been conducted to study the exact mode of association between the LDC molecule and cyclodextrins as drug carriers. Although, the reported structural details on LDC/β-CD and LDC/HP-β-CD inclusion complexes remain largely unexplored.

Synthesis, optical properties, DNA, β-cyclodextrin interactions, and antioxidant evaluation of novel isoxazolidine derivative (ISoXD2): A multispectral and computational analysis.

are well explored among versatile and outstanding class of pharmacophores for the preparation and discovery of drugs. Herein, the electronic absorption and emission spectra of were investigated in three different solvents. The observed transition was attributed to π-π* with charge transfer character.