New Strategies for Probing the Biological Functions of Protein Post-translational Modifications in Mammalian Cells with Genetic Code Expansion

W Ding, H Zhao, Y Chen, S Lin - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Protein post-translational modification (PTM) is a major mechanism for
functional diversification of the human genome and plays a crucial role in almost every …

Peptide–Drug Conjugates: An Emerging Direction for the Next Generation of Peptide Therapeutics

TT Dean, J Jelú-Reyes, ALC Allen… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Building on recent advances in peptide science, medicinal chemists have developed a
hybrid class of bioconjugates, called peptide–drug conjugates, that demonstrate improved …

Uncovering CNS access of lipidated exendin-4 analogues by quantitative whole-brain 3D light sheet imaging

G Skovbjerg, U Roostalu, CG Salinas, JL Skytte… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Peptide-based drug development for CNS disorders is challenged by poor blood-brain
barrier (BBB) penetrability of peptides. While acylation protractions (lipidation) have been …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalisation of brush polyethylene glycol polymers with specific lipids extends their elimination half-life through association with natural lipid trafficking …

M Abdallah, L Lin, IK Styles, A Mörsdorf, JL Grace… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Polymeric prodrugs have been applied to control the delivery of various types of
therapeutics. Similarly, conjugation of peptide therapeutics to lipids has been used to …

Effective GH replacement with somapacitan in children with GHD: REAL4 2-year results and after switch from daily GH

BS Miller, JC Blair, MH Rasmussen… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Context Somapacitan is a long-acting GH derivative for treatment of GH deficiency (GHD).
Objective Evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of somapacitan in children with GHD after 2 …

Cell-based relay delivery strategy in biomedical applications

Y Chen, S Pal, Q Hu - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The relay delivery strategy is a two-step targeting approach based on two distinct modules in
which the first step with an initiator is to artificially create a target/environment which can be …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating therapeutic protein design with computational approaches toward the clinical stage

Z Chen, X Wang, X Chen, J Huang, C Wang… - Computational and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Therapeutic protein, represented by antibodies, is of increasing interest in human medicine.
However, clinical translation of therapeutic protein is still largely hindered by different …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of conjugation to different lipids on the lymphatic uptake and biodistribution of brush PEG polymers

M Abdallah, L Lin, IK Styles, A Mörsdorf… - Journal of Controlled …, 2024 - Elsevier
Delivery to peripheral lymphatics can be achieved following interstitial administration of
nano-sized delivery systems (nanoparticles, liposomes, dendrimers etc) or molecules that …

Molecular engineering of insulin for recombinant expression in yeast

T Kjeldsen, AS Andersen, F Hubálek, E Johansson… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Since the first administration of insulin to a person with diabetes in 1922, scientific
contributions from academia and industry have improved insulin therapy and access. The …

Lipidated brush-PEG polymers as low molecular weight pulmonary drug delivery platforms

LM Kaminskas, NJ Butcher, CN Subasic… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Nanomedicines are being actively developed as inhalable drug delivery systems.
However, there is a distinct utility in developing smaller polymeric systems that can bind …