Structural basis of μ-opioid receptor targeting by a nanobody antagonist

J Yu, A Kumar, X Zhang, C Martin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The μ-opioid receptor (μOR), a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), is the target
of opioid analgesics such as morphine and fentanyl. Due to the severe side effects of current …

Molecular basis for chemokine recognition and activation of XCR1

X Zhang, RR Schlimgen, S Singh, MP Tomani… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The XC motif chemokine receptor XCR1, which selectively binds to the chemokine XCL1, is
highly expressed in conventional dendritic cells subtype 1 (cDC1s) and crucial for their …

[HTML][HTML] Autoimmunity in Cardiomyopathy-Induced Heart Failure and Cardiac Autoantibody Removal by Immunoadsorption

M Dandel - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2025 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is increasing evidence that β1-adrenoreceptor autoantibody (β1AR-AAb) elimination
can break the vicious circle induced by certain pathological conditions associated with …

Constitutive activity of an atypical chemokine receptor revealed by inverse agonistic nanobodies

CV Perez Almeria, O Otun, R Schlimgen, TD Lamme… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Chemokine stimulation of atypical chemokine receptor 3 (ACKR3) does not activate G
proteins but recruits arrestins. It is a chemokine scavenger that indirectly influences …

Development of antibody-based tools to study PAD4 protein dynamics and cell surface interactions

S Kong - 2024 - escholarship.org
The development of engineered biologics as both tools and therapeutic molecules have
transformed the scientific landscape tremendously. Due to their increased specificity …

A fully synthetic route towards simplified pleuromutilin antibiotic candidates

AA Tran - 2024 - escholarship.org
(+)-Pleuromutilin is a fungal natural product that binds to the peptidyl transferase center of
bacterial ribosomes, inhibiting protein synthesis as its mechanism of action. This tricyclic …

Antibody Engineering to Modulate PAD4 Activity and Investigate Cell Surface Citrullination

S Kong - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The development of engineered biologics as both tools and therapeutic molecules have
transformed the scientific landscape tremendously. Due to their increased specificity …