Search Results - "Farhadi, Shaheen A"
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Intra-articular delivery of an indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase galectin-3 fusion protein for osteoarthritis treatment in male Lewis rats
Published in Arthritis research & therapy (18-09-2023)“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is driven by low-grade inflammation, and controlling local inflammation may offer symptomatic relief. Here, we developed an indoleamine…”
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Locally anchoring enzymes to tissues via extracellular glycan recognition
Published in Nature communications (22-11-2018)“…Success of enzymes as drugs requires that they persist within target tissues over therapeutically effective time frames. Here we report a general strategy to…”
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Hierarchical self-assembly and emergent function of densely glycosylated peptide nanofibers
Published in Communications chemistry (06-05-2019)“…Glycosylation alters protein form and function by establishing intermolecular forces that mediate specific interactions while preventing non-specific…”
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A Synthetic Tetramer of Galectin-1 and Galectin-3 Amplifies Pro-apoptotic Signaling by Integrating the Activity of Both Galectins
Published in Frontiers in chemistry (10-01-2020)“…Galectin-1 (G1) and galectin-3 (G3) are carbohydrate-binding proteins that can signal apoptosis in T cells. We recently reported that a synthetic tetramer with…”
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Physical tuning of galectin-3 signaling
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-05-2021)“…Galectin-3 (Gal3) exhibits dynamic oligomerization and promiscuous binding, which can lead to concomitant activation of synergistic, antagonistic, or…”
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Enzymes as Immunotherapeutics
Published in Bioconjugate chemistry (21-03-2018)“…Enzymes are attractive as immunotherapeutics because they can catalyze shifts in the local availability of immunostimulatory and immunosuppressive signals…”
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Engineering galectin–glycan interactions for immunotherapy and immunomodulation
Published in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) (01-05-2016)“…Galectins, a 15-member family of soluble carbohydrate-binding proteins, are receiving increasing interest as therapeutic targets for immunotherapy and…”
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Experimental and Computational Models of Transport of Galectin-3 Through Glycosylated Matrix
Published in Annals of biomedical engineering (01-06-2022)“…Altered extracellular matrix (ECM) production is a hallmark of many fibroproliferative diseases, including certain cancers. The high incidence of glycan-rich…”
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A chimeric, multivalent assembly of galectin-1 and galectin-3 with enhanced extracellular activity
Published in Biomaterials science (23-04-2019)“…Galectins are attractive therapeutic candidates to control aberrant immune system activation because they can alter the phenotype and function of various…”
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Site-Specific Cross-Linking of Galectin-1 Homodimers via Poly(ethylene glycol) Bismaleimide
Published in Cellular and molecular bioengineering (01-10-2021)“…Introduction The promise of the natural immunoregulator, Galectin-1 (Gal1), as an immunomodulatory therapeutic is challenged by its unstable homodimeric…”
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Suppression of local inflammation via galectin-anchored indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
Published in Nature biomedical engineering (01-09-2023)“…The treatment of chronic inflammation with systemically administered anti-inflammatory treatments is associated with moderate-to-severe side effects, and the…”
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Evaluation of Self-Assembled Glycopeptide Nanofibers Modified with N,N′‑Diacetyllactosamine for Selective Galectin‑3 Recognition and Inhibition
Published in ACS biomaterials science & engineering (08-10-2018)“…The carbohydrate-binding protein galectin-3 (Gal3) is an attractive drug target due to its role as a modulator of cell behavior in various pathological…”
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