Novel insights into the pleiotropic effects of human serum albumin in health and disease

CE Ha, NV Bhagavan - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Human serum albumin is the principal protein in human serum. It participates in
regulation of plasma oncotic pressure and transports endogenous and exogenous ligands …

Modeling kinetics of subcellular disposition of chemicals

S Balaz - Chemical Reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
The effects of low-molecular-weight (< 1000 g/mol) chemicals on biosystems ranging from
membranes to organisms are of interest in medicinal chemistry, chemical biology …

Albumin binding to FcRn: Distinct from the FcRn− IgG interaction

C Chaudhury, CL Brooks, DC Carter, JM Robinson… - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
The MHC-related Fc receptor for IgG (FcRn) protects albumin and IgG from degradation by
binding both proteins with high affinity at low pH in the acid endosome and diverting both …

A unitary anesthetic binding site at high resolution

LS Vedula, G Brannigan, NJ Economou, J Xi… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Propofol is the most widely used injectable general anesthetic. Its targets include ligand-
gated ion channels such as the GABA A receptor, but such receptor-channel complexes …

Survey of the year 2004: literature on applications of isothermal titration calorimetry

A Ababou, JE Ladbury - Journal of Molecular Recognition: An …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The market for commercially available isothermal titration calorimeters continues to grow as
new applications and methodologies are developed. Concomitantly the number of users …

Experimental characterization of the mechanism of perfluorocarboxylic acids' liver protein bioaccumulation: the key role of the neutral species

MW Woodcroft, DA Ellis, SP Rafferty… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) of chain length greater than seven carbon atoms
bioconcentrate in the livers of fish. However, a mechanistic cause for the empirically …

Monitoring free drug concentrations: challenges

FM Musteata - Bioanalysis, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Measurement of drug concentrations in biological samples is of utmost importance in many
research areas. The information about the amount of drug in a biological sample can be …

Binding properties of hydrophobic molecules to human serum albumin studied by fluorescence titration

K Takehara, K Yuki, M Shirasawa, S Yamasaki… - analytical sciences, 2009 - Springer
Two fluorescence modes were combined to analyze the binding properties of terminally
substituted alkanes (CnX, X= COOH, OH, CHO, NH2) to human serum albumin (HSA). A …

Structural basis for the binding mechanism of human serum albumin complexed with cyclic peptide dalbavancin

S Ito, A Senoo, S Nagatoishi, M Ohue… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cyclic peptides, with unique structural features, have emerged as new candidates for drug
discovery; their association with human serum albumin (HSA; long blood half-life) is crucial …

Fluorescence characterisation of multiply-loaded anti-HER2 single chain Fv-photosesitizer conjugates suitable for photodynamic therapy

MK Kuimova, M Bhatti, M Deonarain… - Photochemical & …, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the synthesis, spectroscopic properties and intracellular imaging of recombinant
antibody single chain fragment (scFv) conjugates with photosensitizers used for …