The Tim-3-galectin-9 secretory pathway is involved in the immune escape of human acute myeloid leukemia cells

IG Silva, IM Yasinska, SS Sakhnevych, W Fiedler… - …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a severe and often fatal systemic malignancy. Malignant
cells are capable of esca** host immune surveillance by inactivating cytotoxic lymphoid …

Modular assembly of proteins on nanoparticles

W Ma, A Saccardo, D Roccatano… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Generally, the high diversity of protein properties necessitates the development of unique
nanoparticle bio-conjugation methods, optimized for each different protein. Here we …

A conformational switch controlling the toxicity of the prion protein

K Frontzek, M Bardelli, A Senatore, A Henzi… - Nature Structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
Prion infections cause conformational changes of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) and lead
to progressive neurological impairment. Here we show that toxic, prion-mimetic ligands …

High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) acts as an “alarmin” to promote acute myeloid leukaemia progression

IM Yasinska, I Gonçalves Silva, SS Sakhnevych… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a non-histone protein localised in the cell nucleus,
where it interacts with DNA and promotes nuclear transcription events. HMGB1 levels are …

Circular dichroism imaging: map** the local supramolecular order in thin films of chiral functional polymers

F Zinna, C Resta, M Gorecki, G Pescitelli… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We introduce the concept of circular dichroism (CD) imaging CD i, which is made possible
by the use of the highly collimated light beam of synchrotron radiation (SR) only available at …

Modelling the adsorption of proteins to nanoparticles at the solid-liquid interface

M Soloviev, G Siligardi, D Roccatano… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis We developed a geometrical model to determine the theoretical maximum
number of proteins that can pack as a monolayer surrounding a spherical nanoparticle. We …

Structural and functional basis for lipid synergy on the activity of the antibacterial peptide ABC transporter McjD

S Mehmood, V Corradi, HG Choudhury… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - jbc.org
The lipid bilayer is a dynamic environment that consists of a mixture of lipids with different
properties that regulate the function of membrane proteins; these lipids are either annular …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of Blenoxane and Congeners Bleomycins A2 and B2 with Human Plasma Proteins Using Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

E Longo, G Siligardi, R Hussain - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bleomycin is a glycopeptide congeners' family of antitumor antibiotics employed for the
treatment of several types of tumors such as squamous cell carcinomas and malignant …

Conformational analysis and interaction of the Staphylococcus aureus transmembrane peptidase AgrB with its AgrD propeptide substrate

P Bardelang, EJ Murray, I Blower… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Virulence gene expression in the human pathogen, S. aureus is regulated by the agr
(accessory gene regulator) quorum sensing (QS) system which is conserved in diverse …

The stoichiometric interaction of the Hsp90-Sgt1-Rar1 complex by CD and SRCD spectroscopy

G Siligardi, M Zhang, C Prodromou - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
While the molecular details by which Hsp90 interacts with Sgt1 and Rar1 were previously
described the exact stoichiometric complex that is formed remains elusive. Several …