In the rapidly expanding field of peptide therapeutics,the short in vivo half-life of peptides represents a considerable limitation for drug action.D-peptides,consisting entirely of the dextrorotatory enantiomers of n...
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In the rapidly expanding field of peptide therapeutics,the short in vivo half-life of peptides represents a considerable limitation for drug action.D-peptides,consisting entirely of the dextrorotatory enantiomers of naturally occurring levorotatory amino acids(AAs),do not suffer from these shortcomings as they are intrinsically resistant to proteolytic degradation,resulting in a favourable pharmacokinetic *** experimentally identify D-peptide binders to interesting therapeutic targets,so-called mirror-image phage display is typically performed,whereby the target is synthesized in D-form and L-peptide binders are screened as in conventional phage *** technique is extremely powerful,but it requires the synthesis of the target in D-form,which is challenging for large *** we present finDr,a novel web server for the computational identification and optimization of D-peptide ligands to any protein structure(https://***/).finDr performs molecular docking to virtually screen a library of helical 12-mer peptides extracted from the RCSB Protein Data Bank(PDB)for their ability to bind to the *** a separate,heuristic approach to search the chemical space of 12-mer peptides,finDr executes a customizable evolutionary algorithm(EA)for the de novo identification or optimization of D-peptide *** a proof of principle,we demonstrate the validity of our approach to predict optimal binders to the pharmacologically relevant target phenol soluble modulin alpha 3(PSMα3),a toxin of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA).We validate the predictions using in vitro binding assays,supporting the success of this *** to conventional methods,finDr provides a low cost and easy-to-use alternative for the identification of D-peptide ligands against protein targets of choice without size *** believe finDr will facilitate D-peptide discovery with implications in biotechnology and biomedicine.
Lesser celandine, also known as Ranunculus ficaria, is a herbaceous perennial plant that commonly utilizes piles and is taken either internally or used *** causality assessment of several reports provided evidence for...
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Lesser celandine, also known as Ranunculus ficaria, is a herbaceous perennial plant that commonly utilizes piles and is taken either internally or used *** causality assessment of several reports provided evidence for the existence of Greater Celandine hepatotoxicity. However, there hasn't been any case report published thus far, about lesser celandine induced liver injury. Here, we present a case of 36-year-old woman admitted to the hospital with acute hepatitis and jaundice on her sclera with no history of drug abuse or alcohol consumption. However, the patient had a recent history of lesser celandine extract consumption for hemorrhoids, for about 10 d, prior to the admission. Viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, and drug induced toxic hepatitis were ruled out by further imaging studies and laboratory analysis. Using the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences scale, the type of liver injury was assumed as hepatocellular and was scored as 7 which shows probable causality. Immediate discontinuation of lesser celandine extract resulted in rapid decrease of the elevated enzymes. Herbs have been reported to cause liver injury and therefore should be suspected in the case of acute hepatitis with an unknown etiology. This case is important to be the first to explain hepatotoxicity caused by lesser celandine. Physicians should consider lesser celandine as a causative agent for hepatotoxicity.
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