Search Results - "Wei, Ronnie"
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The Ndc80/HEC1 complex is a contact point for kinetochore-microtubule attachment
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-01-2007)“…Kinetochores are multicomponent assemblies that connect chromosomal centromeres to mitotic-spindle microtubules. The Ndc80 complex is an essential core element…”
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Trispecific broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies mediate potent SHIV protection in macaques
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (06-10-2017)“…The development of an effective AIDS vaccine has been challenging because of viral genetic diversity and the difficulty of generating broadly neutralizing…”
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The Ndc80 Kinetochore Complex Forms Load-Bearing Attachments to Dynamic Microtubule Tips via Biased Diffusion
Published in Cell (06-03-2009)“…Kinetochores couple chromosomes to the assembling and disassembling tips of microtubules, a dynamic behavior that is fundamental to mitosis in all eukaryotes…”
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Human acid sphingomyelinase structures provide insight to molecular basis of Niemann–Pick disease
Published in Nature communications (11-10-2016)“…Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) hydrolyzes sphingomyelin to ceramide and phosphocholine, essential components of myelin in neurons. Genetic alterations in ASM lead…”
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Trispecific antibodies enhance the therapeutic efficacy of tumor-directed T cells through T cell receptor co-stimulation
Published in Nature cancer (01-01-2020)“…Despite the significant therapeutic advances provided by immune-checkpoint blockade and chimeric antigen receptor T cell treatments, many malignancies remain…”
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Molecular Organization of the Ndc80 Complex, an Essential Kinetochore Component
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-04-2005)“…The four-protein Ndc80 complex, an essential kinetochore component conserved from yeast to humans, plays an indispensable role in proper chromosome alignment…”
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Trispecific antibody targeting HIV-1 and T cells activates and eliminates latently-infected cells in HIV/SHIV infections
Published in Nature communications (22-06-2023)“…Agents that can simultaneously activate latent HIV, increase immune activation and enhance the killing of latently-infected cells represent promising…”
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A multispecific antibody against SARS-CoV-2 prevents immune escape in vitro and confers prophylactic protection in vivo
Published in Science translational medicine (09-10-2024)“…Despite effective countermeasures, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) persists worldwide because of its ability to diversify and…”
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Potent anti-viral activity of a trispecific HIV neutralizing antibody in SHIV-infected monkeys
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (04-01-2022)“…Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) represent an alternative to drug therapy for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Immunotherapy with single bNAbs often…”
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Impact of cysteine variants on the structure, activity, and stability of recombinant human α‐galactosidase A
Published in Protein science (01-09-2015)“…Recombinant human α‐galactosidase A (rhαGal) is a homodimeric glycoprotein deficient in Fabry disease, a lysosomal storage disorder. In this study, each…”
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Engineering an anti-CD52 antibody for enhanced deamidation stability
Published in mAbs (03-10-2019)“…Deamidation evaluation and mitigation is an important aspect of therapeutic antibody developability assessment. We investigated the structure and function of…”
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Design of a broadly reactive Lyme disease vaccine
Published in npj vaccines (01-05-2020)“…A growing global health concern, Lyme disease has become the most common tick-borne disease in the United States and Europe. Caused by the bacterial spirochete…”
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X-ray and Biochemical Analysis of N370S Mutant Human Acid β-Glucosidase
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (07-01-2011)“…Gaucher disease is caused by mutations in the enzyme acid β-glucosidase (GCase), the most common of which is the substitution of serine for asparagine at…”
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Structural Analysis of Bub3 Interactions in the Mitotic Spindle Checkpoint
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-01-2007)“…The Mad3/BubR1, Mad2, Bub1, and Bub3 proteins are gatekeepers for the transition from metaphase to anaphase. Mad3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae has homology to…”
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Engineered Fc-glycosylation switch to eliminate antibody effector function
Published in mAbs (01-01-2020)“…Antibodies mediate effector functions through Fcγ receptor (FcγR) interactions and complement activation, causing cytokine release, degranulation,…”
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Structure-based engineering to restore high affinity binding of an isoform-selective anti-TGFβ1 antibody
Published in mAbs (03-04-2018)“…Metelimumab (CAT192) is a human IgG4 monoclonal antibody developed as a TGFβ1-specific antagonist. It was tested in clinical trials for the treatment of…”
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The discovery of novel benzofuran-2-carboxylic acids as potent Pim-1 inhibitors
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (15-05-2011)“…Fragment based screening using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) followed by Pim-1 biochemical assay identified hit 10. A X-ray structure of the bound complex of…”
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Implications of Promiscuous Pim-1 Kinase Fragment Inhibitor Hydrophobic Interactions for Fragment-Based Drug Design
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (22-03-2012)“…We have studied the subtleties of fragment docking and binding using data generated in a Pim-1 kinase inhibitor program. Crystallographic and docking data…”
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Structures of a pan‐specific antagonist antibody complexed to different isoforms of TGFβ reveal structural plasticity of antibody–antigen interactions
Published in Protein science (01-12-2014)“…Various important biological pathways are modulated by TGFβ isoforms; as such they are potential targets for therapeutic intervention. Fresolimumab, also known…”
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Structure of a Central Component of the Yeast Kinetochore: The Spc24p/Spc25p Globular Domain
Published in Structure (London) (01-06-2006)“…The Ndc80 complex, a kinetochore component conserved from yeast to humans, is essential for proper chromosome alignment and segregation during mitosis. It is…”
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