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Identification of direct target genes of NUP98-KDM5A reveals
regulatory gene networks in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. KLINISCHE PADIATRIE 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Stability-Indicating Method Development and Validation for Busulfan Drug Substance by Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detector. J Chromatogr Sci 2021; 59:112-119. [PMID: 33290539 DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/bmaa093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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A new, simple and stability-indicating gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (GC-FID) method was developed and validated for the quantitative determination of busulfan and its organic impurities (OI) in drug substance without derivatization. The chromatographic attributes were achieved on a fused silica capillary column (0.53 mm × 30 m, 1.0 μm, USP Phase G42), using hydrogen as a carrier gas with a split ratio of 1:1. Forced degradation studies were conducted to establish the stability-indicating capability and method specificity that showed the stressed busulfan peak was free from any co-elution. Robustness study demonstrated the chromatograms remained mostly unaffected under deliberate, but small variations of chromatographic parameters, establishing the reliability of the method during routine usage. The method was shown to be reliable, sensitive, specific, linear, accurate, precise and rugged in the 1,4-butanediol concentration range of 1-20 μg/mL. The method, intended for compendial uses, is suitable for quantitative analysis of busulfan and its organic impurities in drug substances.
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Structure determination and crystal chemistry of large repeat mixed-layer hexaferrites. IUCRJ 2018; 5:681-698. [PMID: 30443353 PMCID: PMC6211530 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252518011351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hexaferrites are an important class of magnetic oxides with applications in data storage and electronics. Their crystal structures are highly modular, consisting of Fe- or Ba-rich close-packed blocks that can be stacked in different sequences to form a multitude of unique structures, producing large anisotropic unit cells with lattice parameters typically >100 Å along the stacking axis. This has limited atomic-resolution structure solutions to relatively simple examples such as Ba2Zn2Fe12O22, whilst longer stacking sequences have been modelled only in terms of block sequences, with no refinement of individual atomic coordinates or occupancies. This paper describes the growth of a series of complex hexaferrite crystals, their atomic-level structure solution by high-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction, electron diffraction and imaging methods, and their physical characterization by magnetometry. The structures include a new hexaferrite stacking sequence, with the longest lattice parameter of any hexaferrite with a fully determined structure.
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Letter to the Editor. Radiography (Lond) 2017; 23:268. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2017.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Testing and clinical implications for non-V600 BRAF mutations in metastatic NRAS mt melanoma. Br J Dermatol 2017; 177:860-861. [PMID: 27925152 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.15222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Preliminary evaluation of cytosine-phosphate-guanine oligodeoxynucleotides bound to gelatine nanoparticles as immunotherapy for canine atopic dermatitis. Vet Rec 2017; 181:118. [PMID: 28526774 DOI: 10.1136/vr.104230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Cytosine-phosphate-guanine oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODN) are a promising new immunotherapeutic treatment option for canine atopic dermatitis (AD). The aim of this uncontrolled pilot study was to evaluate clinical and immunological effects of gelatine nanoparticle (GNP)-bound CpG ODN (CpG GNP) on atopic dogs. Eighteen dogs with AD were treated for 8 weeks (group 1, n=8) or 18 weeks (group 2, n=10). Before inclusion and after 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks (group 1+2), 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 16 weeks (group 2) 75 µg CpG ODN/dog (bound to 1.5 mg GNP) were injected subcutaneously. Pruritus was evaluated daily by the owner. Lesions were evaluated and serum concentrations and mRNA expressions of interferon-γ, tumour necrosis factor-α, transforming growth factor-β, interleukin (IL) 10 and IL-4 (only mRNA expression) were determined at inclusion and after 8 weeks (group 1+2) and 18 weeks (group 2). Lesions and pruritus improved significantly from baseline to week 8. Mean improvements from baseline to week 18 were 23 per cent and 44 per cent for lesions and pruritus, respectively, an improvement of ≥50 per cent was seen in six out of nine and three out of six dogs, respectively. IL-4 mRNA expression decreased significantly. The results of this study show a clinical improvement of canine AD with CpG GNP comparable to allergen immunotherapy. Controlled studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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Transcription control by the ENL YEATS domain in acute leukemia. Eur J Cancer 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)32850-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A simple methodology for characterization of germanium coaxial detectors by using Monte Carlo simulation and evolutionary algorithms. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY 2015; 149:8-18. [PMID: 26188622 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 04/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The determination in a sample of the activity concentration of a specific radionuclide by gamma spectrometry needs to know the full energy peak efficiency (FEPE) for the energy of interest. The difficulties related to the experimental calibration make it advisable to have alternative methods for FEPE determination, such as the simulation of the transport of photons in the crystal by the Monte Carlo method, which requires an accurate knowledge of the characteristics and geometry of the detector. The characterization process is mainly carried out by Canberra Industries Inc. using proprietary techniques and methodologies developed by that company. It is a costly procedure (due to shipping and to the cost of the process itself) and for some research laboratories an alternative in situ procedure can be very useful. The main goal of this paper is to find an alternative to this costly characterization process, by establishing a method for optimizing the parameters of characterizing the detector, through a computational procedure which could be reproduced at a standard research lab. This method consists in the determination of the detector geometric parameters by using Monte Carlo simulation in parallel with an optimization process, based on evolutionary algorithms, starting from a set of reference FEPEs determined experimentally or computationally. The proposed method has proven to be effective and simple to implement. It provides a set of characterization parameters which it has been successfully validated for different source-detector geometries, and also for a wide range of environmental samples and certified materials.
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Nanoparticulate CpG immunotherapy in RAO-affected horses: phase I and IIa study. J Vet Intern Med 2015; 29:286-93. [PMID: 25619520 PMCID: PMC4858074 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.12524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), an asthma‐like disease, is 1 of the most common allergic diseases in horses in the northern hemisphere. Hypersensitivity reactions to environmental antigens cause an allergic inflammatory response in the equine airways. Cytosine‐phosphate‐guanosine‐oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG‐ODN) are known to direct the immune system toward a Th1‐pathway, and away from the pro‐allergic Th2‐line (Th2/Th1‐shift). Gelatin nanoparticles (GNPs) are biocompatible and biodegradable immunological inert drug delivery systems that protect CpG‐ODN against nuclease degeneration. Preliminary studies on the inhalation of GNP‐bound CpG‐ODN in RAO‐affected horses have shown promising results. Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and immunological effects of GNP‐bound CpG‐ODN in a double‐blinded, placebo‐controlled, prospective, randomized clinical trial and to verify a sustained effect post‐treatment. Animals and Methods Twenty‐four RAO‐affected horses received 1 inhalation every 2 days for 5 consecutive administrations. Horses were examined for clinical, endoscopic, cytological, and blood biochemical variables before the inhalation regimen (I), immediately afterwards (II), and 4 weeks post‐treatment (III). Results At time points I and II, administration of treatment rather than placebo corresponded to a statistically significant decrease in respiratory effort, nasal discharge, tracheal secretion, and viscosity, AaDO2 and neutrophil percentage, and an increase in arterial oxygen pressure. Conclusion and Clinical Importance Administration of a GNP‐bound CpG‐ODN formulation caused a potent and persistent effect on allergic and inflammatory‐induced clinical variables in RAO‐affected horses. This treatment, therefore, provides an innovative, promising, and well‐tolerated strategy beyond conventional symptomatic long‐term therapy and could serve as a model for asthma treatment in humans.
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Comparison of Nanoparticulate CpG Immunotherapy with and without Allergens in Rao-Affected Horses. Equine Vet J 2015; 47 Suppl 48:26. [DOI: 10.1111/evj.12486_58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Spezifische nanopartikuläre inhalative Immuntherapie bei Pferden mit Asthma. Pneumologie 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1552909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Encoded libraries of chemically modified peptides. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2015; 26:89-98. [PMID: 25768886 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The use of powerful technologies for generating and screening DNA-encoded protein libraries has helped drive the development of proteins as pharmaceutical ligands. However the development of peptides as pharmaceutical ligands has been more limited. Although encoded peptide libraries are typically several orders of magnitude larger than classical chemical libraries, can be more readily screened, and can give rise to higher affinity ligands, their use as pharmaceutical ligands is limited by their intrinsic properties. Two of the intrinsic limitations include the rotational flexibility of the peptide backbone and the limited number (20) of natural amino acids. However these limitations can be overcome by use of chemical modification. For example, the libraries can be modified to introduce topological constraints such as cyclization linkers, or to introduce new chemical entities such as small molecule ligands, fluorophores and photo-switchable compounds. This article reviews the chemistry involved, the properties of the peptide ligands, and the new opportunities offered by chemical modification of DNA-encoded peptide libraries.
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Subunit disassembly and inhibition of TNFα by a semi-synthetic bicyclic peptide. Protein Eng Des Sel 2015; 28:45-52. [PMID: 25614525 PMCID: PMC4378371 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzu055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Macrocyclic peptides are potentially a source of powerful drugs, but their de novo discovery remains challenging. Here we describe the discovery of a high-affinity (Kd = 10 nM) peptide macrocycle (M21) against human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (hTNFα), a key drug target in the treatment of inflammatory disorders, directly from diverse semi-synthetic phage peptide repertoires. The bicyclic peptide M21 (ACPPCLWQVLC) comprises two loops covalently anchored to a 2,4,6-trimethyl-mesitylene core and upon binding induces disassembly of the trimeric TNFα cytokine into dimers and monomers. A 2.9 Å crystal structure of the M21/hTNFα complex reveals the peptide bound to a hTNFα dimer at a normally buried epitope in the trimer interface overlapping the binding site of a previously discovered small molecule ligand (SPD304), which also induces TNF trimer dissociation and synergizes with M21 in the inhibition of TNFα cytotoxicity. The discovery of M21 underlines the potential of semi-synthetic bicyclic peptides as ligands for the discovery of cryptic epitopes, some of which are poorly accessible to antibodies.
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Ultramarin-Gelb II: Herstellung und Charakterisierung einer Rarität / Ultramarine-Yellow II: Preparation and Characterization of a Rarity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1515/znb-1987-0601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The missing link in the series of ultramarine pigments, a synthetic sodalite containing yellow S2
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Controlled ice nucleation in the field of freeze-drying: fundamentals and technology review. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2013; 85:214-22. [PMID: 23643793 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Revised: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the scientific community as well as in commercial freeze-drying, controlled ice nucleation has received a lot of attention because increasing the ice nucleation temperature can significantly reduce primary drying duration. Furthermore, controlled ice nucleation enables to reduce the randomness of the ice nucleation temperature, which can be a serious scale-up issue during process development. In this review, fundamentals of ice nucleation in the field of freeze-drying are presented. Furthermore, the impact of controlled ice nucleation on product qualities is discussed, and methods to achieve controlled ice nucleation are presented.
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P051 Mapping the TNF-induced necroptosis pathway by experimental test-tube genetics in human haploid cells. Cytokine 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.06.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The structure of the human histamine H1 receptor. Acta Crystallogr A 2012. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767312099448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cover Picture: Bicyclic Peptides with Optimized Ring Size Inhibit Human Plasma Kallikrein and its Orthologues While Sparing Paralogous Proteases (ChemMedChem 7/2012). ChemMedChem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201290029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Bicyclic peptide inhibitor reveals large contact interface with a protease target. ACS Chem Biol 2012; 7:817-21. [PMID: 22304751 DOI: 10.1021/cb200478t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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From a large combinatorial library of chemically constrained bicyclic peptides we isolated a selective and potent (K(i) = 53 nM) inhibitor of human urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and crystallized the complex. This revealed an extended structure of the peptide with both peptide loops engaging the target to form a large interaction surface of 701 Å(2) with multiple hydrogen bonds and complementary charge interactions, explaining the high affinity and specificity of the inhibitor. The interface resembles that between two proteins and suggests that these constrained peptides have the potential to act as small protein mimics.
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Bicyclic peptides with optimized ring size inhibit human plasma kallikrein and its orthologues while sparing paralogous proteases. ChemMedChem 2012; 7:1173-6. [PMID: 22492508 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201200071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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83 EFFECTS OF HUMAN INTERFERON-α ON GENE EXPRESSION IN THE BOVINE ENDOMETRIUM IN COMPARISON TO DAYS 15 AND 18 OF PREGNANCY. Reprod Fertil Dev 2012. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv24n1ab83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Interferon-τ (IFNT), a Type-I interferon (IFN), is the pregnancy recognition signal produced by the ruminant conceptus (Godkin et al. 1984; Hansen et al. 1985; Helmer et al. 1987; Spencer et al. 2007). In addition to these specific functions of IFNT in ruminants, many studies suggest that IFNs play a general role in establishment of pregnancy and conceptus attachment/implantation in most mammalian species (Bazer et al. 2009; Bazer et al. 2010; Johnson et al. 2009; Roberts et al. 2008). To characterise the effects of prototype Type-I IFNs on bovine endometrium, in experiment one, Simmental heifers were treated from Day 14 to Day 16 of the oestrous cycle with a rod-shaped intrauterine device releasing human interferon-α (IFNA) or placebo lipid extrudates or PBS only as controls (n = 4 each). Lipid formulation and concentration of human IFNA were adjusted to release 8–9 × 107 IU of IFNA over a period of 2 days in in vitro release experiments. On Day 16, endometrial biopsy samples were collected after flushing the uterus. In experiment 2, endometrial tissue samples were obtained on Day 12, 15 and 18 post-mating from nonpregnant or pregnant heifers. All samples from both experiments were analysed with an Affymetrix Bovine Genome Array (Santa Clara, CA). In experiment one, IFNA treatment resulted in differential gene expression in the bovine endometrium. Significant differences were found between the IFNA group and both control groups, whereas no differences were observed between the placebo and the PBS control group. In experiment 2, differentially expressed genes were found between pregnant and nonpregnant endometria on Day 15 and 18, but not on Day 12, with many of them known IFN-stimulated genes. The comparison of the data sets from both experiments showed very similar gene expression changes for most of the typical IFN-stimulated genes. In addition, several genes were identified which were differentially expressed after IFNA treatment but not different at Day 15 or 18 of pregnancy compared with nonpregnant animals. Conversely, some genes were found as differentially expressed during pregnancy but not after IFNA treatment. Differential expression of selected genes was verified by quantitative real-time PCR and 4 genes, namely jumonji C domain containing histone demethylase 1 homologue D (JHDM1D), indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1), fatty acid binding protein 3, muscle and heart (mammary-derived growth inhibitor) (FABP3) and dickkopf homologue 1 (DKK1), were selected for localization of mRNA expression in endometrial tissue sections. The findings of this study suggest that there may be differential effects of bovine IFNT compared with human IFNA and that some pregnancy-specific changes in the endometrium are elicited by conceptus-derived factors other than IFNT.
This study was supported by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF, FUGATO-plus, COMPENDIUM) and the German Research Foundation (DFG FOR478). The authors are part of the European Union COST action GEMINI.
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Molecular dynamics simulations of rigid and flexible water models: Temperature dependence of viscosity. Chem Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2011.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Graphical user interface for automated crystallography data reduction. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311083309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Molecular basis of antihistamine specificity against human histamine H1 receptor. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311099648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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New developments for the phase 1 macromolecular crystallography beamlines at Diamond Light Source. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311093512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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More speed, more data, more automation, less work! Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311096012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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I04-1, a fixed-wavelength protein crystallography station in its first year of operations. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311093044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Structure of the human histamine H1 receptor with doxepin. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311095377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Optimization of a pharmaceutical freeze-dried product and its process using an experimental design approach and innovative process analyzers. Talanta 2011; 83:1623-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.11.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Revised: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Systematic investigation of the effect of lyophilizate collapse on pharmaceutically relevant proteins I: Stability after freeze‐drying. J Pharm Sci 2010; 99:2256-78. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.22000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Vesicular phospholipid gel-based depot formulations for pharmaceutical proteins: Development and in vitro evaluation. J Control Release 2010; 142:319-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Revised: 11/07/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Phage-encoded combinatorial chemical libraries based on bicyclic peptides. Nat Chem Biol 2009; 5:502-7. [PMID: 19483697 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 510] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Here we describe a phage strategy for the selection of ligands based on bicyclic or linear peptides attached covalently to an organic core. We designed peptide repertoires with three reactive cysteine residues, each spaced apart by several random amino acid residues, and we fused the repertoires to the phage gene-3-protein. Conjugation with tris-(bromomethyl)benzene via the reactive cysteines generated repertoires of peptide conjugates with two peptide loops anchored to a mesitylene core. Iterative affinity selections yielded several enzyme inhibitors; after further mutagenesis and selection, we were able to chemically synthesize a lead inhibitor (PK15; Ki =1.5 nM) specific to human plasma kallikrein that efficiently interrupted the intrinsic coagulation pathway in human plasma tested ex vivo. This approach offers a powerful means of generating and selecting bicyclic macrocycles (or if cleaved, linear derivatives thereof) as ligands poised at the interface of small-molecule drugs and biologics.
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A novel technique for selective NF-kappaB inhibition in Kupffer cells: contrary effects in fulminant hepatitis and ischaemia-reperfusion. Gut 2009; 58:1670-8. [PMID: 19470497 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.165647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) has risen as a promising target for anti-inflammatory therapeutics. In the liver, however, NF-kappaB inhibition mediates both damaging and protective effects. The outcome is deemed to depend on the liver cell type addressed. Recent gene knock-out studies focused on the role of NF-kappaB in hepatocytes, whereas the role of NF-kappaB in Kupffer cells has not yet been investigated in vivo. Here we present a novel approach, which may be suitable for clinical application, to selectively target NF-kappaB in Kupffer cells and analyse the effects in experimental models of liver injury. METHODS NF-kappaB inhibiting decoy oligodeoxynucleotides were loaded upon gelatin nanoparticles (D-NPs) and their in vivo distribution was determined by confocal microscopy. Liver damage, NF-kappaB activity, cytokine levels and apoptotic protein expression were evaluated after lipopolysaccharide (LPS), d-galactosamine (GalN)/LPS, or concanavalin A (ConA) challenge and partial warm ischaemia and subsequent reperfusion, respectively. RESULTS D-NPs were selectively taken up by Kupffer cells and inhibited NF-kappaB activation. Inhibition of NF-kappaB in Kupffer cells improved survival and reduced liver injury after GalN/LPS as well as after ConA challenge. While anti-apoptotic protein expression in liver tissue was not reduced, pro-apoptotic players such as cJun N-terminal kinase (JNK) were inhibited. In contrast, selective inhibition of NF-kappaB augmented reperfusion injury. CONCLUSIONS NF-kappaB inhibiting decoy oligodeoxynucleotide-loaded gelatin nanoparticles is a novel tool to selectively inhibit NF-kappaB activation in Kupffer cells in vivo. Thus, liver injury can be reduced in experimental fulminant hepatitis, but increased at ischaemia-reperfusion.
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An expert system for macromolecular crystallography data reduction is presented, which builds on existing software to automate the complete data reduction process from images to merged structure factor amplitudes. This can automatically identify multi-wedge, multi-pass and multiwavelength data sets and includes explicit procedures to test for crystallographic special cases. With the push towards high-thoughput crystallography at synchrotron beamlines and automation of structure solution, the ability to reduce data with no user input fills an important gap in the pipeline.
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Ultrafiltration concentration of monoclonal antibody solutions: Development of an optimized method minimizing aggregation. J Memb Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Grundsätze für die Behandlung des fieberhaften Aborts1). Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1132609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Tuberkulose und Schwangerschaft1). I. Welchen Einfluß hat die Schwangerschaft auf den Verlauf der Tuberkulose? Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1131757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Importance of Using Complementary Process Analyzers for the Process Monitoring, Analysis, and Understanding of Freeze Drying. Anal Chem 2009; 81:7639-49. [DOI: 10.1021/ac9010414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rational Design of a Stable, Freeze-Dried Virus-Like Particle-Based Vaccine Formulation. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2009; 35:83-97. [DOI: 10.1080/03639040802192806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Einfluss von Bewegungstraining im hohen Lebensalter auf die Entwicklung einer kognitiven Beeinträchtigung, Demenz bzw. Alzheimer-Demenz. PHYSIOSCIENCE 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Correlation of in vivo and in vitro release data for rh-INFα lipid implants. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2008; 70:690-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2008.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2008] [Revised: 05/06/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Thermodynamically stable aggregation-resistant antibody domains through directed evolution. J Mol Biol 2007; 376:926-31. [PMID: 18199455 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2007] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Protein aggregates are usually formed by interactions between unfolded or partially unfolded species, and often occur when a protein is denatured by, for example, heat or low pH. In earlier work, we used a Darwinian selection strategy to create human antibody variable domains that resisted heat aggregation. The repertoires of domains were displayed on filamentous phage and denatured (at 80 degrees C in pH 7.4), and folded domains were selected by binding to a generic ligand after cooling. This process appeared to select for domains with denatured states that resisted aggregation, but the domains only had low free energies of folding (Delta G(N-D)(o)=15-20 kJ/mol at 25 degrees C in pH 7.4). Here, using the same phage repertoire, we have extended the method to the selection of domains resistant to acid aggregation. In this case, however, the thermodynamic stabilities of selected domains were higher than those selected by thermal denaturation (under both neutral and acidic conditions; Delta G(N-D)(o)=26-47 kJ/mol at 25 degrees C in pH 7.4, or Delta G(N-D)(o)=27-34 kJ/mol in pH 3.2). Furthermore, we identified a key determinant (Arg28) that increased the aggregation resistance of the denatured states of the domains at low pH without compromising their thermodynamic stabilities. Thus, the selection process yielded domains that combined thermodynamic stability and aggregation-resistant unfolded states. We suggest that changes to these properties are controlled by the extent to which the folding equilibrium is displaced during the process of selection.
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We recently described a method for the generation of a large human domain antibody repertoire involving combinatorial assembly of CDR building blocks from a smaller repertoire comprising a high frequency of aggregation-resistant antibody domains. Here we show that the frequency of aggregation-resistant domains in the combinatorial repertoire remained high. Furthermore, one of the antigen-binding domains selected from the combinatorial repertoire retained its binding properties through 25 cycles of thermal denaturation, suggesting that antibody domains can be created that rival the heat-resistance of thermophilic proteins such as Taq polymerase.
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β-Edge Interactions in a Pentadecameric Human Antibody Vκ Domain. J Mol Biol 2007; 367:603-8. [PMID: 17292396 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2006] [Revised: 10/25/2006] [Accepted: 10/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Antibodies are the archetypal molecules of the Ig-fold superfamily. Their highly conserved beta-sheet architecture has evolved to avoid aggregation by protecting edge strands. However, the crystal structure of a human V kappa domain described here, reveals an exposed beta-edge strand which mediates assembly of a helical pentadecameric oligomer. This edge strand is highly conserved in V kappa domains but is both shortened and capped by the use of two sequential trans-proline residues in V lambda domains. We suggest that the exposure of this beta-edge in V kappa domains may explain why light-chain deposition disease is mediated predominantly by kappa antibodies.
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Steriltechnik in der Herstellung pharmazeutischer Produkte. CHEM-ING-TECH 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200600106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Early Protein Evolution: Building Domains from Ligand-binding Polypeptide Segments. J Mol Biol 2006; 363:460-8. [PMID: 16978646 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2006] [Revised: 08/09/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It has been suggested that in the early evolution of proteins, segments of polypeptide, unable to fold in isolation, may have collapsed together to form folded proto-domains. We wondered whether the incorporation of segments with a pre-existing binding activity into a folded domain could, by fixing the ligand binding conformation and/or providing additional contacts, lead to large affinity improvements and provide an evolutionary advantage. As a model, we took a segment of polypeptide from hen egg lysozyme that in the native protein forms the binding interface with the monoclonal antibodies HyHEL5 and F10 (KD=60 pM). When expressed in bacteria the isolated segment was unfolded, readily proteolysed and only bound weakly to the antibodies (KD>1 microM). We then combined the segment with random genomic segments to create a repertoire of chimaeric polypeptides displayed on filamentous bacteriophage. By use of proteolysis (to select folded polypeptide) and anti-lysozyme antibodies (to select an active conformation) we isolated a folded dimeric protein with an enhanced antibody affinity (KD=400 pM). Unexpectedly the dimer also incorporated a single heme molecule (KD=33 nM) that stabilised the dimer (Tm=59 degrees C with heme, 35 degrees C without heme). These results show that the binding affinities of flexible polypeptide segments can be greatly enhanced on protein folding, and that the folding can be stabilised by prosthetic groups. This supports the hypothesis that sub-domain polypeptide segments with functional activities may have contributed to domain creation in early evolution.
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