Pharmacological inhibitors of the NLRP3 inflammasome

A Zahid, B Li, AJK Kombe, T Jin, J Tao - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Inflammasomes play a crucial role in innate immunity by serving as signaling platforms
which deal with a plethora of pathogenic products and cellular products associated with …

Structure and function of TMEM16 proteins (anoctamins)

N Pedemonte, LJV Galietta - Physiological reviews, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
TMEM16 proteins, also known as anoctamins, are involved in a variety of functions that
include ion transport, phospholipid scrambling, and regulation of other membrane proteins …

Identification of a selective and direct NLRP3 inhibitor to treat inflammatory disorders

H Jiang, H He, Y Chen, W Huang, J Cheng… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
The NLRP3 inflammasome has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a wide variety of
human diseases. A few compounds have been developed to inhibit NLRP3 inflammasome …

New substructure filters for removal of pan assay interference compounds (PAINS) from screening libraries and for their exclusion in bioassays

JB Baell, GA Holloway - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
This report describes a number of substructural features which can help to identify
compounds that appear as frequent hitters (promiscuous compounds) in many biochemical …

Transplantation with autologous bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cells for alcoholic cirrhosis: Phase 2 trial

KT Suk, JH Yoon, MY Kim, CW Kim, JK Kim, H Park… - Hepatology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cell (BM‐MSC) transplantation has been
suggested as an effective therapy for liver cirrhosis. The efficacy and safety of autologous …

Rescue of CF airway epithelial cell function in vitro by a CFTR potentiator, VX-770

F Van Goor, S Hadida… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal genetic disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding the
CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a protein kinase A (PKA)-activated …

Structure, gating, and regulation of the CFTR anion channel

L Csanády, P Vergani, DC Gadsby - Physiological reviews, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) belongs to the ATP
binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily but functions as an anion channel crucial for …

Human enteroids/colonoids and intestinal organoids functionally recapitulate normal intestinal physiology and pathophysiology

NC Zachos, O Kovbasnjuk, J Foulke-Abel, J In… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Identification of Lgr5 as the intestinal stem cell marker as well as the growth factors
necessary to replicate adult intestinal stem cell division has led to the establishment of the …

Targeting virulence: a new paradigm for antimicrobial therapy

AE Clatworthy, E Pierson, DT Hung - Nature chemical biology, 2007 - nature.com
Clinically significant antibiotic resistance has evolved against virtually every antibiotic
deployed. Yet the development of new classes of antibiotics has lagged far behind our …

4-Thiazolidinones: the advances continue…

AC Tripathi, SJ Gupta, GN Fatima, PK Sonar… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The diversity in the biological response of 4-thiazolidinones has attracted the attention of
many researchers to explore this framework for its potential. It is, therefore, of prime …