Sentences with phrase «linked cell targeting»

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To target liposomes to certain tissues or cells, such as tumour cells, a specific binder of a unique protein (an antigen) on the targeted cell, known as a monoclonal antibody, must be linked to the liposome surface.

Yang said the study not only indicated which genes are affected by traumatic brain injury and linked to serious disease, but also might point to the genes that govern metabolism, cell communication and inflammation — which might make them the best targets for new treatments for brain disorders.

The discovery of an unexpected biochemical link within tumor cells should lead to clinical trials for experimental drug treatments that indirectly target myc and that already are being evaluated in human studies, the researchers said.

Because some of these neighbour proteins are as central and as global as the cancer - related proteins themselves, and link to so many other processes in the cell, there's a strong likelihood that drugs targeting them may have strong side - effects.

The authors report that their findings represent the first demonstration of a functional link between changes in T cell activation and targeting of specific integration sites by HIV - 1.

An experimental drug that targets abnormally high levels of a protein linked to cancer growth appears to significantly reduce the proliferation of prostate cancer cells in laboratory cell cultures and animals, while also making these cells considerably more vulnerable to radiation, according to results of a study led by Johns Hopkins scientists.

«Heart toxin reveals new insights into HIV - 1 integration in T cell genome: Digoxin exposes link between T cell activation and targeted HIV - 1 integration in specific genes.»

«The LINK - A dependent HIF1 signalizing cascade and the consequent effects on cancer cells implicate LINK - A and LINK - A interacting kinases and receptors as promising therapeutic targets for TNBC.»

MxA is thought to target influenza A by binding to the nucleoprotein that encapsulates the virus» genome, and mutations in this nucleoprotein have been linked to the virus» ability to infect human cells.

The ZFNs targeting either the cxcr4 or ccr5 genes were linked via a 2A peptide sequence and cloned into the pAdEasy - 1 / F35 vector under control of the CMV TetO promoter, and the Ad5 / F35 virus for each construct was generated using TREx 293T cells as described [33].

Euro - BioImaging — Extensive image data sets representing different biological scales spanning biomolecules, cells, tissues and organisms will be linked, enabling drug - target and biomarker discovery for human disease.

Malfunctioning regulation of NF - KB has been linked to various types of cancer, including lung cancer, but due to its many functions in the cell, drugs that directly target NF - KB would likely cause severe side effects.

The targeted drug brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris ®)-- a monoclonal antibody linked to a chemotherapy drug — is approved to treat Hodgkin lymphoma in patients whose disease has failed to respond to other treatment and, as of August 2015, to prevent relapse following a stem cell transplant.

Jared Mayers (Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, USA), winner of the prize category Translational Medicine, kicked the event off with his research on differences in how cancer cells and normal cells utilize of nutrients and how this has been linked to genetic changes in cancer, opening up an opportunity for drugs targeting metabolism.

Furthermore, direct injection in this small and immunologically privileged site can potentially overcome limitations linked to systemic injection which would require a very high dose to target the CNS and can be neutralized by anti AAV antibodies or may trigger the activation of CD8 + T cell response.

Abbreviations: Aβ, amyloid β - peptide; AD, Alzheimer's disease; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Ambra1, activating molecule in Beclin -1-regulated autophagy; AMPK, AMP - activated protein kinase; APP, amyloid precursor protein; AR, androgen receptor; Atg, autophagy - related; AV, autophagic vacuole; Bcl, B - cell lymphoma; BH3, Bcl - 2 homology 3; CaMKKβ, Ca2 + - dependent protein kinase kinase β; CHMP2B, charged multivesicular body protein 2B; CMA, chaperone - mediated autophagy; 2 ′ 5 ′ ddA, 2 ′, 5 ′ - dideoxyadenosine; deptor, DEP - domain containing mTOR - interacting protein; DRPLA, dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy; 4E - BP1, translation initiation factor 4E - binding protein - 1; Epac, exchange protein directly activated by cAMP; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; ERK1 / 2, extracellular - signal - regulated kinase 1/2; ESCRT, endosomal sorting complex required for transport; FAD, familial AD; FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; FIP200, focal adhesion kinase family - interacting protein of 200 kDa; FoxO3, forkhead box O3; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; FTD3, FTD linked to chromosome 3; GAP, GTPase - activating protein; GR, guanidine retinoid; GSK3, glycogen synthase kinase 3; HD, Huntington's disease; hiPSC, human induced pluripotent stem cell; hVps, mammalian vacuolar protein sorting homologue; IKK, inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase; IMPase, inositol monophosphatase; IP3R, Ins (1,4,5) P3 receptor; I1R, imidazoline - 1 receptor; JNK1, c - Jun N - terminal kinase 1; LC3, light chain 3; LD, Lafora disease; L - NAME, NG - nitro - L - arginine methyl ester; LRRK2, leucine - rich repeat kinase 2; MIPS, myo - inositol -1-phosphate synthase; mLST8, mammalian lethal with SEC13 protein 8; MND, motor neuron disease; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; mTORC, mTOR complex; MVB, multivesicular body; NAC, N - acetylcysteine; NBR1, neighbour of BRCA1 gene 1; NOS, nitric oxide synthase; p70S6K, ribosomal protein S6 kinase - 1; PD, Parkinson's disease; PDK1, phosphoinositide - dependent kinase 1; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PI3K, phosphoinositide 3 - kinase; PI3KC1a, class Ia PI3K; PI3KC3, class III PI3K; PI3KK, PI3K - related protein kinase; PINK1, PTEN - induced kinase 1; PKA, protein kinase A; PLC, phospholipase C; polyQ, polyglutamine; PS, presenilin; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted from chromosome 10; Rag, Ras - related GTP - binding protein; raptor, regulatory - associated protein of mTOR; Rheb, Ras homologue enriched in brain; rictor, rapamycin - insensitive companion of mTOR; SBMA, spinobulbar muscular atrophy; SCA, spinocerebellar ataxia; SLC, solute carrier; SMER, small - molecule enhancer of rapamycin; SMIR, small - molecule inhibitor of rapamycin; SNARE, N - ethylmaleimide - sensitive factor - attachment protein receptor; SOD1, copper / zinc superoxide dismutase 1; TFEB, transcription factor EB; TOR, target of rapamycin; TSC, tuberous sclerosis complex; ULK1, UNC -51-like kinase 1; UVRAG, UV irradiation resistance - associated gene; VAMP, vesicle - associated membrane protein; v - ATPase, vacuolar H + - ATPase; Vps, vacuolar protein sorting

High - resolution maps of enhancer - promoter interactions in rare primary human T cell subsets and coronary artery smooth muscle cells link variants associated with autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases to target genes.