Search Results - "Redinbo, Matthew R."
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The role of the microbiome in cancer development and therapy
Published in CA: a cancer journal for clinicians (01-07-2017)“…Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The human body harbors enormous numbers of microbiota that influence cancer susceptibility, in part through their prodigious…”
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Glucuronides in the gut: Sugar-driven symbioses between microbe and host
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (26-05-2017)“…The intestinal milieu is astonishingly complex and home to a constantly changing mixture of small and large molecules, along with an abundance of bacteria,…”
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Symbiotic Bacterial Metabolites Regulate Gastrointestinal Barrier Function via the Xenobiotic Sensor PXR and Toll-like Receptor 4
Published in Immunity (Cambridge, Mass.) (21-08-2014)“…Intestinal microbial metabolites are conjectured to affect mucosal integrity through an incompletely characterized mechanism. Here we showed that…”
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Gut-Derived Protein-Bound Uremic Toxins
Published in Toxins (11-09-2020)“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) afflicts more than 500 million people worldwide and is one of the fastest growing global causes of mortality. When glomerular…”
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Plant "helper" immune receptors are Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channels
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (23-07-2021)“…Plant nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) regulate immunity and cell death. In Arabidopsis, a subfamily of "helper" NLRs is required by…”
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Alleviating Cancer Drug Toxicity by Inhibiting a Bacterial Enzyme
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (05-11-2010)“…The dose-limiting side effect of the common colon cancer chemotherapeutic CPT-11 is severe diarrhea caused by symbiotic bacterial β-glucuronidases that…”
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Multiple NSAID-induced hits injure the small intestine: underlying mechanisms and novel strategies
Published in Toxicological sciences (01-02-2013)“…Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can cause serious gastrointestinal (GI) injury including jejunal/ileal mucosal ulceration, bleeding, and even…”
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Crystal Structure of an Ancient Protein: Evolution by Conformational Epistasis
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (14-09-2007)“…The structural mechanisms by which proteins have evolved new functions are known only indirectly. We report x-ray crystal structures of a resurrected ancestral…”
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Molecular basis for pH-dependent mucosal dehydration in cystic fibrosis airways
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-10-2013)“…The ability to maintain proper airway surface liquid (ASL) volume homeostasis is vital for mucus hydration and clearance, which are essential aspects of the…”
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Diverse but desolate landscape of gut microbial azoreductases: A rationale for idiopathic IBD drug response
Published in Gut microbes (31-12-2023)“…Prodrugs reliant on microbial activation are widely used but exhibit a range of efficacies that remain poorly understood. The anti-inflammatory compound…”
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Metagenomics combined with activity-based proteomics point to gut bacterial enzymes that reactivate mycophenolate
Published in Gut microbes (31-12-2022)“…Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an important immunosuppressant prodrug prescribed to prevent organ transplant rejection and to treat autoimmune diseases. MMF…”
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Xenobiotic-sensing nuclear receptors involved in drug metabolism: a structural perspective
Published in Drug metabolism reviews (01-02-2013)“…Xenobiotic compounds undergo a critical range of biotransformations performed by the phase I, II, and III drug-metabolizing enzymes. The oxidation,…”
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Understanding and modulating mammalian-microbial communication for improved human health
Published in Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology (01-01-2014)“…The fact that the bacteria in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract play a symbiotic role was noted as early as 1885, well before we began to manage microbial…”
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Enhanced biofilm prevention activity of a SPLUNC1-derived antimicrobial peptide against Staphylococcus aureus
Published in PloS one (14-09-2018)“…SPLUNC1 is a multifunctional protein of the airway with antimicrobial properties. We previously reported that it displayed antibiofilm activities against P…”
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Challenges predicting ligand-receptor interactions of promiscuous proteins: the nuclear receptor PXR
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-12-2009)“…Transcriptional regulation of some genes involved in xenobiotic detoxification and apoptosis is performed via the human pregnane X receptor (PXR) which in turn…”
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Characterizing the metabolic effects of the selective inhibition of gut microbial β-glucuronidases in mice
Published in Scientific reports (19-10-2022)“…The hydrolysis of xenobiotic glucuronides by gut bacterial glucuronidases reactivates previously detoxified compounds resulting in severe gut toxicity for the…”
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unusual CsrA family member operates in series with RsmA to amplify posttranscriptional responses in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (10-09-2013)“…Members of the CsrA family of prokaryotic mRNA-binding proteins alter the translation and/or stability of transcripts needed for numerous global physiological…”
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Identification of BPIFA1/SPLUNC1 as an epithelium-derived smooth muscle relaxing factor
Published in Nature communications (06-02-2017)“…Asthma is a chronic airway disease characterized by inflammation, mucus hypersecretion and abnormal airway smooth muscle (ASM) contraction. Bacterial…”
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Post-translational Claisen Condensation and Decarboxylation en Route to the Bicyclic Core of Pantocin A
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (04-05-2016)“…Pantocin A (PA) is a member of the growing family of ribosomally encoded and post-translationally modified peptide natural products (RiPPs). PA is much smaller…”
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Activation of the human nuclear xenobiotic receptor PXR by the reverse transcriptase‐targeted anti‐HIV drug PNU‐142721
Published in Protein science (01-10-2011)“…The human pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand‐regulated transcription factors. PXR responds to a structurally…”
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