Brain disposition of antibody-based therapeutics: dogma, approaches and perspectives

A Kouhi, V Pachipulusu, T Kapenstein, P Hu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to their high specificity, monoclonal antibodies have been widely investigated for their
application in drug delivery to the central nervous system (CNS) for the treatment of …

Toward in vivo relevant drug design

RA Pearlstein, H Wan, V Aravamuthan - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Molecular systems behavior differs fundamentally under biochemical vs native
cellular conditions.•Many binding sites (including those of drug targets) build and decay over …

Control of viscosity in biopharmaceutical protein formulations

M Zidar, P Rozman, K Belko-Parkel… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Controlling the viscosity of concentrated protein solutions–usually reducing–is an open
challenge, with major recent relevance in protein formulations for biopharmaceutical …

Probing the dynamic structure–function and structure-free energy relationships of the coronavirus main protease with biodynamics theory

H Wan, V Aravamuthan… - ACS pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) is of major interest as an antiviral drug target.
Structure-based virtual screening efforts, fueled by a growing list of apo and inhibitor-bound …

Toward in vivo-relevant hERG safety assessment and mitigation strategies based on relationships between non-equilibrium blocker binding, three-dimensional …

H Wan, G Selvaggio, RA Pearlstein - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The human ether-a-go-go-related voltage-gated cardiac ion channel (commonly known as
hERG) conducts the rapid outward repolarizing potassium current in cardiomyocytes (IKr) …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions of the membrane dipole potential to the function of voltage-gated cation channels and modulation by small molecule potentiators

RA Pearlstein, CJ Dickson, V Hornak - Biochimica et biophysica acta (BBA) …, 2017 - Elsevier
The membrane dipole potential (Ψ d) constitutes one of three electrical potentials generated
by cell membranes. Ψ d arises from the unfavorable parallel alignment of phospholipid and …

Metformin prevents nephrolithiasis formation by inhibiting the expression of OPN and MCP-1 in vitro and in vivo

X Yang, T Yang, J Li, R Yang, S Qi… - International …, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
Abstract Treatment targeting osteopontin (OPN) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1
(MCP‑1) has been recognized as a novel approach in renal crystal formation. The present …

Biodynamics: A novel quasi-first principles theory on the fundamental mechanisms of cellular function/dysfunction and the pharmacological modulation thereof

G Selvaggio, RA Pearlstein - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Cellular function depends on heterogeneous dynamic intra-, inter-, and supramolecular
structure-function relationships. However, the specific mechanisms by which cellular …

Design and Discovery of Orally Bioavailable Macrocycles: Toward Orally Bioavailable Peptide Therapeutics

AA Golosov, AN Flyer, LG Monovich - Approaching the Next …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Achieving cell permeability and oral bioavailability are key challenges for peptide
therapeutics. In this chapter, we review the evolution of and recent advances in rational …

Solvation dynamics-powered structure and function of multi-molecular cellular systems exemplified by non-equilibrium cereblon-degrader-CK1α ternary complex …

H Wan, V Aravamuthan, S Williams, C Wartchow… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Cellular functions are executed via a form of analog computing that is based on the
switchable covalent and non-covalent states of multi-molecular fluxes (ie, time-dependent …