Search Results - "Daly, Norelle L"
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Revisiting Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Pathology, Treatments, Challenges and Emerging Therapeutics Including Drug Leads from Natural Products
Published in Journal of clinical medicine (28-04-2020)“…Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and life-long disease characterized by gastrointestinal tract inflammation. It is caused by the interplay of the…”
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Efficient backbone cyclization of linear peptides by a recombinant asparaginyl endopeptidase
Published in Nature communications (18-12-2015)“…Cyclotides are diverse plant backbone cyclized peptides that have attracted interest as pharmaceutical scaffolds, but fundamentals of their biosynthetic origin…”
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Dual-targeting anti-angiogenic cyclic peptides as potential drug leads for cancer therapy
Published in Scientific reports (13-10-2016)“…Peptide analogues derived from bioactive hormones such as somatostatin or certain growth factors have great potential as angiogenesis inhibitors for cancer…”
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ApInAPDB: a database of apoptosis-inducing anticancer peptides
Published in Scientific reports (09-12-2022)“…ApInAPDB (Apoptosis-Inducing Anticancer Peptides Database) consists of 818 apoptosis-inducing anticancer peptides which are manually collected from research…”
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Decreased maternal serum acetate and impaired fetal thymic and regulatory T cell development in preeclampsia
Published in Nature communications (10-07-2019)“…Maternal immune dysregulation seems to affect fetal or postnatal immune development. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-associated disorder with an immune basis and…”
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Oxytocic plant cyclotides as templates for peptide G protein-coupled receptor ligand design
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-12-2013)“…Cyclotides are plant peptides comprising a circular backbone and three conserved disulfide bonds that confer them with exceptional stability. They were…”
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High-affinity Cyclic Peptide Matriptase Inhibitors
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (10-05-2013)“…The type II transmembrane serine protease matriptase is a key activator of multiple signaling pathways associated with cell proliferation and modification of…”
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Discovery, structure and biological activities of cyclotides
Published in Advanced drug delivery reviews (30-09-2009)“…Cyclotides are small disulfide-rich peptides that are characterized by a head-to-tail cyclized peptide backbone and a knotted arrangement of three conserved…”
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Disulfide Bridges: Bringing Together Frustrated Structure in a Bioactive Peptide
Published in Biophysical journal (26-04-2016)“…Disulfide bridges are commonly found covalent bonds that are usually believed to maintain structural stability of proteins. Here, we investigate the influence…”
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Discovery of an unusual biosynthetic origin for circular proteins in legumes
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-06-2011)“…Cyclotides are plant-derived proteins that have a unique cyclic cystine knot topology and are remarkably stable. Their natural function is host defense, but…”
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance seq (NMRseq): A New Approach to Peptide Sequence Tags
Published in Toxins (28-10-2018)“…Structural analysis of peptides with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy generally relies on knowledge of the primary sequence to enable assignment…”
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Structure-function and rational design of a spider toxin Ssp1a at human voltage-gated sodium channel subtypes
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (13-11-2023)“…The structure-function and optimization studies of Na V -inhibiting spider toxins have focused on developing selective inhibitors for peripheral pain-sensing…”
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Design of substrate-based BCR-ABL kinase inhibitors using the cyclotide scaffold
Published in Scientific reports (12-08-2015)“…The constitutively active tyrosine kinase BCR-ABL is the underlying cause of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Current CML treatments rely on the long-term use…”
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Cyclic thrombospondin-1 mimetics: grafting of a thrombospondin sequence into circular disulfide-rich frameworks to inhibit endothelial cell migration
Published in Bioscience reports (01-12-2015)“…Tumour formation is dependent on nutrient and oxygen supply from adjacent blood vessels. Angiogenesis inhibitors can play a vital role in controlling blood…”
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Gastrointestinal Helminth Infection Improves Insulin Sensitivity, Decreases Systemic Inflammation, and Alters the Composition of Gut Microbiota in Distinct Mouse Models of Type 2 Diabetes
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (05-02-2021)“…Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major health problem and is considered one of the top 10 diseases leading to death globally. T2D has been widely associated with…”
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The Biological Activity of the Prototypic Cyclotide Kalata B1 Is Modulated by the Formation of Multimeric Pores
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (31-07-2009)“…The cyclotides are a large family of circular mini-proteins containing a cystine knot motif. They are expressed in plants as defense-related proteins, with…”
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A Tarantula-Venom Peptide Antagonizes the TRPA1 Nociceptor Ion Channel by Binding to the S1–S4 Gating Domain
Published in Current biology (03-03-2014)“…The venoms of predators have been an excellent source of diverse highly specific peptides targeting ion channels. Here we describe the first known peptide…”
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Structure–activity relationship and conformational studies of the natural product cyclic depsipeptides YM-254890 and FR900359
Published in European journal of medicinal chemistry (05-08-2018)“…G proteins are key mediators in the signaling of G protein-coupled receptors and involved in a plethora of important physiological processes. The natural…”
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Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis of the Prototypic Cyclotide Reveals a Cluster of Residues Essential for Bioactivity
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (11-04-2008)“…The cyclotides are stable plant-derived mini-proteins with a topologically circular peptide backbone and a knotted arrangement of three disulfide bonds that…”
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Isolation of an orally active insecticidal toxin from the venom of an Australian tarantula
Published in PloS one (11-09-2013)“…Many insect pests have developed resistance to existing chemical insecticides and consequently there is much interest in the development of new insecticidal…”
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