Neuropilins in the context of tumor vasculature

S Niland, JA Eble - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Neuropilin-1 and Neuropilin-2 form a small family of plasma membrane spanning receptors
originally identified by the binding of semaphorin and vascular endothelial growth factor …

Neuropilin: Handyman and power broker in the tumor microenvironment

S Niland, JA Eble - Tumor Microenvironment: Signaling Pathways–Part A, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Neuropilin-1 and neuropilin-2 form a small family of transmembrane receptors,
which, due to the lack of a cytosolic protein kinase domain, act primarily as co-receptors for …

Engineering of anti-human interleukin-4 receptor alpha antibodies with potent antagonistic activity

JE Kim, K Jung, JA Kim, SH Kim, HS Park, YS Kim - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Development of antagonistic antibody (Ab) against interleukin-4 receptor alpha (IL-
4Rα) subunit of IL-4/IL-13 receptors is a promising therapeutic strategy for T helper 2 (TH2) …

Expanding the therapeutic window of EGFR-targeted PE24 immunotoxin for EGFR-overexpressing cancers by tailoring the EGFR binding affinity

SY Jun, DS Kim, YS Kim - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immunotoxins (ITs), which are toxin-fused tumor antigen-specific antibody chimeric proteins,
have been developed to selectively kill targeted cancer cells. The epidermal growth factor …

Enhanced Omicron Variant Neutralization by a Human Antibody Tailored to Wild-Type and Delta-Variant SARS-CoV-2 RBDs

J Lee, B Kim, HM Woo, JW Kim, I Jung… - Molecular …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Given the previous SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the inherent unpredictability of viral
antigenic drift and shift, preemptive development of diverse neutralizing antibodies targeting …

Design and screening of a novel neuropilin-1 targeted penetrating peptide for anti-angiogenic therapy in glioma

L Zhao, H Chen, L Lu, C Zhao, CV Malichewe, L Wang… - Life Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims This study aimed to design and screen a dual functional fusion peptide that could
penetrate the blood-brain barrier and target neuropilin 1 (NRP1) overexpressed in vascular …

Engineering of an EpCAM-targeting cyclic peptide to improve the EpCAM-mediated cellular internalization and tumor accumulation of a peptide-fused antibody

SW Park, SY Jun, JS Kim, YS Kim - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fusion of a target-specific peptide to a full-length antibody (Ab) can result in a peptide–Ab
fusion protein with additional specificity and enhanced activity. We recently developed an …

Characterization of peptide binding to the SARS-CoV-2 host factor neuropilin

A Jobe, R Vijayan - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a global health concern. It is now well …

Engineering a U-box of E3 ligase E4B through yeast surface display-based functional screening generates a variant with enhanced ubiquitin ligase activity

SW Park, DS Lee, YS Kim - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ubiquitination is the covalent attachment of ubiquitin (Ub) to substrate proteins and
regulates several cellular processes, including protein degradation. Ub ligases (E3s) bring a …

Yeast Mating as a Tool for Highly Effective Discovery and Engineering of Antibodies via Display Methodologies

DS Baek, SW Park, C Adams, DS Dimitrov… - Yeast Surface Display, 2022 - Springer
Yeast surface display (YSD) is a powerful methodology for discovery and engineering of
antibodies, and the yeast mating has been used to overcome low transformation efficiency of …