Fundamental aspects of protein− protein association kinetics

G Schreiber, G Haran, HX Zhou - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
The structure of a protein complex together with information about its affinity and other
thermodynamic characteristics provide a “frozen” view of the complex. This picture ignores …

Insights into cytokine–receptor interactions from cytokine engineering

JB Spangler, I Moraga, JL Mendoza… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Cytokines exert a vast array of immunoregulatory actions critical to human biology and
disease. However, the desired immunotherapeutic effects of native cytokines are often …

Molecular and structural basis of cytokine receptor pleiotropy in the interleukin-4/13 system

SL LaPorte, ZS Juo, J Vaclavikova, LA Colf, X Qi… - Cell, 2008 - cell.com
Summary Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-13 are cytokines critical to the development of T cell-
mediated humoral immune responses, which are associated with allergy and asthma, and …

[HTML][HTML] Promiscuity and specificity in BMP receptor activation

TD Mueller, J Nickel - FEBS letters, 2012 - Elsevier
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs), together with Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β
and Activins/Inhibins constitute the TGF-β superfamily of ligands. This superfamily is formed …

Predicting protein flexibility with AlphaFold

P Ma, DW Li, R Brüschweiler - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
AlphaFold2 has revolutionized protein structure prediction from amino‐acid sequence. In
addition to protein structures, high‐resolution dynamics information about various protein …

Evolution of in silico strategies for protein-protein interaction drug discovery

SJY Macalino, S Basith, NAB Clavio, H Chang, S Kang… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
The advent of advanced molecular modeling software, big data analytics, and high-speed
processing units has led to the exponential evolution of modern drug discovery and better …

Interleukin-4 as a therapeutic target

Y Gärtner, L Bitar, F Zipp, CF Vogelaar - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a pleiotropic cytokine mainly known for its role in type 2
immunity. Therapies antagonizing or blocking IL-4 activity have been developed to …

The molecular architecture of protein–protein binding sites

D Reichmann, O Rahat, M Cohen, H Neuvirth… - Current opinion in …, 2007 - Elsevier
The formation of specific protein interactions plays a crucial role in most, if not all, biological
processes, including signal transduction, cell regulation, the immune response and others …

Interleukin-4 receptor signaling and its binding mechanism: A therapeutic insight from inhibitors tool box

Z Ul-Haq, S Naz, MA Mesaik - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Studies on Interlukin-4 (IL-4) disclosed great deal of information about its various
physiological and pathological roles. All these roles depend upon its interaction and …

Post-translational control of protein function by disulfide bond cleavage

KM Cook, PJ Hogg - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Protein action in nature is largely controlled by the level of expression and by post-
translational modifications. Post-translational modifications result in a proteome that is at …