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Biochem Biophys Res Commun
January 2025
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address:
Objective And Significance: Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) plays a pivotal role in breast development by modulating tissue composition during the developmental phase. The TGFβ type II receptor (TGFβ RII) is implicated in breast cancer and represents a valuable therapeutic target. Due to the off-target side effects of many existing TGFβI/TGFβ RII inhibitors, a more targeted approach to drug discovery is necessary.
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January 2025
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Center for Pathogen Biology and Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Transplantation of the Ministry of Education, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) poses an alarming threat in clinical settings and global public health owing to its high pathogenicity, epidemic success and rapid development of drug resistance, especially the emergence of carbapenem-resistant lineages (CR-hvKP). With the decline of the "last resort" antibiotic class and the decreasing efficacy of first-line antibiotics, innovative alternative therapeutics are urgently needed. Capsule, an essential virulence determinant, is a major cause of the enhanced pathogenicity of hvKP and represents an attractive drug target to prevent the devastating clinical outcomes caused by hvKP infection.
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January 2025
School of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518118, China.
The okaramine family of compounds, a class of alkaloids with broad-spectrum insecticidal activity, has been discovered from species of and . These okaramines, characterized by their complex structures and diverse biological activities, have attracted widespread attention from biologists and chemists. To date, only a few okaramines have been synthesized, notably the highly active okaramines A and B, which feature a polycyclic skeleton, including an azocine ring and an unprecedented 2-dimethyl-3-methyl-azetidine ring.
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January 2025
Light Chain Bioscience - Novimmune SA, Geneva, Switzerland.
Despite advances in cancer immunotherapy, such as targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis, a substantial number of patients harbor tumors that are resistant or relapse. Selective engagement of T-cell co-stimulatory molecules with bispecific antibodies may offer novel therapeutic options by enhancing signal 1-driven activation occurring via T-cell receptor engagement. In this study, we report the development and preclinical characterization of NI-3201, a PD-L1×CD28 bispecific antibody generated on the κλ-body platform that was designed to promote T-cell activity and antitumor function through a dual mechanism of action.
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January 2025
Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, China.
Methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) has emerged as a synthetic lethal drug target in cancers bearing homozygous methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) gene deletion. Despite the remarkable progress in the discovery and development of MAT2A inhibitors, current understanding about the selectivity of these compounds toward MTAP-deficient cancers is relatively limited. To improve the selectivity of MAT2A inhibitors for MTAP-deficient cancers remains a significant challenge.
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