Therapeutic inhibition of CXCR1/2: where do we stand?

S Sitaru, A Budke, R Bertini, M Sperandio - Internal and Emergency …, 2023 - Springer
Mounting experimental evidence from in vitro and in vivo animal studies points to an
essential role of the CXCL8-CXCR1/2 axis in neutrophils in the pathophysiology of …

Chemokine signaling and the regulation of bidirectional leukocyte migration in interstitial tissues

D Powell, S Tauzin, LE Hind, Q Deng, DJ Beebe… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Motile cells navigate through complex tissue environments that include both attractive and
repulsive cues. In response to tissue wounding, neutrophils, primary cells of the innate …

[HTML][HTML] Designing efficient multi-epitope peptide-based vaccine by targeting the antioxidant thioredoxin of bancroftian filarial parasite

S Gorai, NC Das, PSS Gupta, SK Panda… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thioredoxin is a low molecular weight redox-active protein of filarial parasite that plays a
crucial role in downregulating the host immune response to prolong the survival of the …

Computer-aided discovery, design, and investigation of COVID-19 therapeutics

CC Chang, HJ Hsu, TY Wu, JW Liou - Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is currently the most serious
public health threat faced by mankind. Thus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Reverse vaccinology assisted design of a novel multi-epitope vaccine to target Wuchereria bancrofti cystatin: An immunoinformatics approach

NC Das, PSS Gupta, SK Panda, MK Rana… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Proteases are the critical mediators of immunomodulation exerted by the filarial parasites to
bypass and divert host immunity. Cystatin is a small (∼ 15 kDa) immunomodulatory filarial …

Stoichiometry and geometry of the CXC chemokine receptor 4 complex with CXC ligand 12: molecular modeling and experimental validation

I Kufareva, BS Stephens, LG Holden… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Chemokines and their receptors regulate cell migration during development, immune
system function, and in inflammatory diseases, making them important therapeutic targets …

A peptide derived from interleukin-10 exhibits potential anticancer activity and can facilitate cell targeting of gold nanoparticles loaded with anticancer therapeutics

CC Chang, CH Yang, CH Chuang, SJ Jiang… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Human interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory
cytokine, and its expression is upregulated in tumor tissues and serum samples of patients …

In-silico evidences on filarial cystatin as a putative ligand of human TLR4

NC Das, PS Sen Gupta, S Biswal, R Patra… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Cystatin is a small molecular weight immunomodulatory protein of filarial parasite that plays
a pivotal role in downregulating the host immune response to prolong the survival of the …

Internal water channel formation in CXCR4 is crucial for Gi-protein coupling upon activation by CXCL12

CC Chang, JW Liou, KTP Dass, YT Li… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Chemokine receptor CXCR4 is a major drug target for numerous diseases because of its
involvement in the regulation of cell migration and the developmental process. In this study …

Conformational plasticity and dynamic interactions of the N-terminal domain of the chemokine receptor CXCR1

S Kharche, M Joshi, A Chattopadhyay… - PLOS Computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The dynamic interactions between G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their cognate
protein partners are central to several cell signaling pathways. For example, the association …