Novel target for pulmonary fibrosis identified using tissue from COVID-19 patients
Study suggests reducing the expression of the methyl-CpG-binding domain 2 (MBD2) protein on macrophages could be a viable therapeutic strategy for lung fibrosis.
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Study suggests reducing the expression of the methyl-CpG-binding domain 2 (MBD2) protein on macrophages could be a viable therapeutic strategy for lung fibrosis.
According to new research, the protein ALDH4A1 is a possible therapeutic target and diagnostic biomarker for cardiovascular disease.
The novel probes, known as positive controls, could make it easier to validate rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests for COVID-19 across the globe.
A new study has identified the mechanisms through which the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the brain and how the immune system responds once it does.
Researchers demonstrate that the CARD8 protein plays a key role in regulating the inflammation that causes atherosclerosis and other inflammatory diseases.
Using a new CRISPR-Cas9 tagging strategy, researchers have developed a method that enables the imaging of hundreds of proteins in parallel.
Researchers have identified that autoreactive B cells and a protein that enables them to invade joints could be promising drug targets for the most common inflammatory arthritis.
A study has shown that inhibiting sortilin, a neuroprotein known to have increased expression in cancers, reduces pancreatic cancer invasiveness in vitro.
A study of the SARS-CoV-2 nonstructural protein 1 (Nsp1) showed it can supress translation and inhibit anti-viral defence mechanisms, making it a potential target for drugs.
Researchers reveal drugs inhibiting Neuropilin-1 (NRP1), a protein expressed on T cells, could improve the efficacy of immunotherapies.
Researchers reveal the Vav3 protein is responsible for the formation of bacterial docking stations in the airway cells which promote the recurrent lung infections seen in Cystic Fibrosis patients.
Scientists demonstrated that NELL2, a factor release by the testis, is essential for sperm to mature into motile cells able to fertilise an egg.
The proteomic map based on data from 103 patients reveals novel prognostic biomarkers and potential drug targets for lung adenocarcinoma.
Researchers found breast cancer cells reprogrammed natural killer T cells, altering gene expression and receptor expression so they help cancerous metastases spread.
Ophthalmology and engineering combine in a novel nanoparticle-delivered gene therapy approach to treating wet age-related macular degeneration.