Revolutionizing medicinal chemistry: the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in early drug discovery

R Han, H Yoon, G Kim, H Lee, Y Lee - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated various sectors, including the pharmaceutical
industry and research, where it has been utilized to efficiently identify new chemical entities …

SLC25A39 is necessary for mitochondrial glutathione import in mammalian cells

Y Wang, FS Yen, XG Zhu, RC Timson, R Weber, C Xing… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Glutathione (GSH) is a small-molecule thiol that is abundant in all eukaryotes and has key
roles in oxidative metabolism. Mitochondria, as the major site of oxidative reactions, must …

CD4+ effector T cells accelerate Alzheimer's disease in mice

J Machhi, P Yeapuri, Y Lu, E Foster, R Chikhale… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by pathological deposition of misfolded self-protein amyloid beta (Aβ) which in …

Lipid transfer proteins (LTPs)—Structure, diversity and roles beyond antimicrobial activity

VC Amador, CA Santos-Silva, LMB Vilela… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) are among the most promising plant-exclusive antimicrobial
peptides (AMPs). They figure among the most challenging AMPs from the point of view of …

Characterization of the anti-biofilm and anti-quorum sensing activities of the β-adrenoreceptor antagonist atenolol against gram-negative bacterial pathogens

S Cavalu, SS Elbaramawi, AG Eissa… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an increasing public health issue
that worsens with the formation of biofilms. Quorum sensing (QS) orchestrates the bacterial …

FireProt 2.0: web-based platform for the fully automated design of thermostable proteins

M Musil, A Jezik, J Horackova, S Borko… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Thermostable proteins find their use in numerous biomedical and biotechnological
applications. However, the computational design of stable proteins often results in single …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic administration of novel engineered AAV capsids facilitates enhanced transgene expression in the macaque CNS

AC Stanton, KA Lagerborg, L Tellez, A Krunnfusz… - Med, 2023 - cell.com
Background Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are a promising vehicle for noninvasive
gene delivery to the central nervous system via intravenous infusion. However, naturally …

Diminishing the Pathogenesis of the Food-Borne Pathogen Serratia marcescens by Low Doses of Sodium Citrate

MT Khayat, SS Elbaramawi, SI Nazeih, MK Safo… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Sodium citrate is a safe and frequently used food additive; the objective of
this study is to assess the effectiveness of sodium citrate at low concentrations of 4% or 5 …

Muting bacterial communication: evaluation of prazosin anti-quorum sensing activities against gram-negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis …

AK Thabit, K Eljaaly, A Zawawi, TS Ibrahim, AG Eissa… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Bacterial infections are considered one of the main challenges to global
health. Bacterial virulence is controlled by interplayed systems to regulate bacterial invasion …

Cryo-EM structure of the fully assembled Elongator complex

M Jaciuk, D Scherf, K Kaszuba, M Gaik… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules are essential to decode messenger RNA codons during
protein synthesis. All known tRNAs are heavily modified at multiple positions through post …