Protein intrinsic disorder and oligomericity in cell signaling

AB Sigalov - Molecular bioSystems, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Receptor-mediated signaling plays an important role in health and disease. Recent reports
have revealed that many proteins that do not adopt globular structures under native …

A novel ligand-independent peptide inhibitor of TREM-1 suppresses tumor growth in human lung cancer xenografts and prolongs survival of mice with …

AB Sigalov - International Immunopharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) amplifies the inflammatory
response and plays a role in cancer and sepsis. Inhibition of TREM-1 by short hairpin RNA …

Structural biology of intrinsically disordered proteins: Revisiting unsolved mysteries

AB Sigalov - Biochimie, 2016 - Elsevier
The emergence of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) has challenged the classical
protein structure-function paradigm by introducing a new paradigm of “coupled binding and …

Novel TREM-1 inhibitors attenuate tumor growth and prolong survival in experimental pancreatic cancer

ZT Shen, AB Sigalov - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2017 - ACS Publications
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly lethal cancer with an urgent need to expand the limited
treatment options for patients. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) promote tumor …

Rationally designed ligand‐independent peptide inhibitors of TREM‐1 ameliorate collagen‐induced arthritis

ZT Shen, AB Sigalov - Journal of cellular and molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (TREM‐1) is critically involved in the
pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In contrast to cytokine blockers, therapeutic …

HIV-1 gp41 and TCRα trans-membrane domains share a motif exploited by the HIV virus to modulate T-cell proliferation

T Cohen, SJ Cohen, N Antonovsky, IR Cohen… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Viruses have evolved several strategies to modify cellular processes and evade the immune
response in order to successfully infect, replicate, and persist in the host. By utilizing in-silico …

SARS coronavirus fusion peptide-derived sequence suppresses collagen-induced arthritis in DBA/1J mice

ZT Shen, AB Sigalov - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
During the co-evolution of viruses and their hosts, the viruses have evolved numerous
strategies to counter and evade host antiviral immune responses in order to establish a …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 may affect the immune response via direct inhibition of T cell receptor: Mechanistic hypothesis and rationale

AB Sigalov - Biochimie, 2022 - Elsevier
During co-evolution with their hosts, many viruses have evolved a membrane fusion
mechanism to facilitate host cell entry. Examples are human immunodeficiency virus type 1 …

[HTML][HTML] The SCHOOL of nature: I. Transmembrane signaling

AB Sigalov - Self Nonself, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Receptor-mediated transmembrane signaling plays an important role in health and disease.
Recent significant advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms linking …

[HTML][HTML] SCHOOL of nature: ligand-independent immunomodulatory peptides

AB Sigalov - Drug Discovery Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•SCHOOL model reveals the protein-protein interactions in transmembrane
signaling.•Intramembrane protein-protein interactions involved in signaling are …