Small-molecule modulation of protein homeostasis

GM Burslem, CM Crews - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Control of protein levels by nucleic-acid-based technologies has proven to be a useful
research tool but lacks the advantages of small molecules with respect to cell permeability …

Hippocampal neurogenesis: learning to remember

O Lazarov, C Hollands - Progress in neurobiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease, the most prevalent form of dementia in the elderly, is characterized by
progressive memory loss and cognitive dysfunction. It has become increasingly clear that …

A stem cell–based approach to cartilage repair

K Johnson, S Zhu, MS Tremblay, JN Payette, J Wang… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease that involves the destruction of articular
cartilage and eventually leads to disability. Molecules that promote the selective …

Pattern separation: a common function for new neurons in hippocampus and olfactory bulb

A Sahay, DA Wilson, R Hen - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
While adult-born neurons in the olfactory bulb (OB) and the dentate gyrus (DG) subregion of
the hippocampus have fundamentally different properties, they may have more in common …

Differential diffusivity of Nodal and Lefty underlies a reaction-diffusion patterning system

P Müller, KW Rogers, BM Jordan, JS Lee, D Robson… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Biological systems involving short-range activators and long-range inhibitors can generate
complex patterns. Reaction-diffusion models postulate that differences in signaling range …

Role of natural product diversity in chemical biology

J Hong - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Through the natural selection process, natural products possess a unique and vast chemical
diversity and have been evolved for optimal interactions with biological macromolecules …

Non-nociceptive roles of opioids in the CNS: opioids' effects on neurogenesis, learning, memory and affect

C Kibaly, C Xu, CM Cahill, CJ Evans… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Mortality due to opioid use has grown to the point where, for the first time in history, opioid-
related deaths exceed those caused by car accidents in many states in the United States …

Efficient viral delivery system for unnatural amino acid mutagenesis in mammalian cells

A Chatterjee, H **ao, M Bollong… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Here we report the development of a baculovirus-based delivery system that enables the
efficient incorporation of unnatural amino acids into proteins in mammalian cells. We have …

Cancer cell death induced by novel small molecules degrading the TACC3 protein via the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway

N Ohoka, K Nagai, T Hattori, K Okuhira, N Shibata… - Cell death & …, 2014 - nature.com
The selective degradation of target proteins with small molecules is a novel approach to the
treatment of various diseases, including cancer. We have developed a protein knockdown …

Mass spectrometry-based Cellular Thermal Shift Assay (CETSA®) for target deconvolution in phenotypic drug discovery

T Friman - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent renewed interest in phenotypic drug discovery has concomitantly put a focus on
target deconvolution in order to achieve drug-target identification. Even though there are …