[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic Therapy for Atherosclerosis

W Mytych, D Bartusik-Aebisher, A Łoś… - International journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis, which currently contributes to 31% of deaths globally, is of critical
cardiovascular concern. Current diagnostic tools and biomarkers are limited, emphasizing …

Chemical proteomics to study metabolism, a reductionist approach applied at the systems level

MY Ali, L Bar-Peled - Cell Chemical Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Cellular metabolism encompasses a complex array of interconnected biochemical pathways
that are required for cellular homeostasis. When dysregulated, metabolism underlies …

Myeloid cell-derived creatine in the hypoxic niche promotes glioblastoma growth

A Rashidi, LK Billingham, A Zolp, T Chia, C Silvers… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignancy dominated by the infiltration of tumor-associated
myeloid cells (TAMCs). Examination of TAMC metabolic phenotypes in mouse models and …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalizing tandem mass tags for streamlining click-based quantitative chemoproteomics

NR Burton, KM Backus - Communications Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Mapping the ligandability or potential druggability of all proteins in the human proteome is a
central goal of mass spectrometry-based covalent chemoproteomics. Achieving this …

[HTML][HTML] Primary Human M2 Macrophage Subtypes Are Distinguishable by Aqueous Metabolite Profiles

AL Fuchs, SM Costello, SM Schiller, BP Tripet… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The complexity of macrophage (MΦ) plasticity and polarization states, which include
classically activated pro-inflammatory (M1) and alternatively activated anti-inflammatory …

Animal‐derived food allergen: A review on the available crystal structure and new insights into structural epitope

Y Yang, X He, F Li, S He, M Liu, M Li… - … Reviews in Food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Immunoglobulin E (IgE)‐mediated food allergy is a rapidly growing public health problem.
The interaction between allergens and IgE is at the core of the allergic response. One of the …

[HTML][HTML] Redox regulation of macrophages

N Tran, EL Mills - Redox Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Redox signaling, a mode of signal transduction that involves the transfer of electrons from a
nucleophilic to electrophilic molecule, has emerged as an essential regulator of …

[HTML][HTML] Context-dependent roles for ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase CKMT1 in breast cancer progression

V Ayyappan, NM Jenkinson, CM Tressler, Z Tan… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer, enabling cancer cells to rapidly
proliferate, invade, and metastasize. We show that creatine levels in metastatic breast …

A new era of cysteine proteomics–Technological advances in thiol biology

N Burger, ET Chouchani - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cysteines are amenable to a diverse set of modifications that exhibit critical regulatory
functions over the proteome and thereby control a wide range of cellular processes …

[HTML][HTML] Covalent fragment-based drug discovery for target tractability

WJ McCarthy, AJ van der Zouwen, JT Bush… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
An important consideration in drug discovery is the prioritization of tractable protein targets
that are not only amenable to binding small molecules, but also alter disease biology in …