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Remimazolam attenuates inflammation in bronchopneumonia through the inhibition of NLRP3 activity by PDPK1 ubiquitination

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Remimazolam induced PDPK1 and p-AKT protein expressions, and suppressed NLRP3 protein expression in lung tissue of mice model. In vitro model, Remimazolam also induced PDPK1 and p-AKT protein expressions, and suppressed NLRP3 protein expression. Remimazolam interlinked PDPK1 protein.

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Protein Engineering and Parallel Protein Expression-Purification: A Match Made in Heaven

Zobio

Since nearly all projects begin with protein, the GIGO principle means that we must have well-behaved proteins so that all downstream activities such as assays and structural biology do not result in “Garbage Out”. Many of the other issues with ill-behaved proteins.

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Artesunate Suppresses the Migration and Invasion of Thyroid Cancer Cells via Upregulating PTEN to Block M2 Polarization of Tumor‐Associated Macrophages

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

The mRNA or protein expressions of examined genes were measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction or Western blot. The viability, migration, and invasion of TC cells were detected by cell counting kit-8, wound healing, and transwell assays.

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Scientific workflow for hypothesis testing in drug discovery: Part 2 of 3

Drug Target Review

In the next article, we will discuss the tools scientists can use to execute the workflow described in Figure 1. For instance, a dataset generated to study protein expression in one context might also reveal valuable information about other biological pathways or processes. Figure 1: High-level workflow for early drug discovery.

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Targeting Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Schisandrin A Triggers Mitochondrial Disruption and Ferroptosis

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Biochemical kits was utilized for checking the ATP, mitochondrial DNA, MDA, GSH, and Fe 2+ levels in the Huh7 cells, and western blot for measuring the ferroptosis and AMPK/mTOR related-protein expression levels.

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Matrine exerts an anti?tumor effect via regulating HN1 in triple breast cancer both in vitro and in vivo

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Western blot analysis was applied to detect the protein expression of apoptosis HN1. The effects of matrine on tumor growth, protein expression of HN1, and apoptosis in vivo were validated by xenograft tumor models and histology. HN1 overexpression perceptibly reversed the above-mentioned additive effect in vitro.

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Discovery of small molecule c?Maf inhibitors using molecular docking?based virtual screening, molecular dynamics simulation, and biological evaluation

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Sorafenib and glimepiride simultaneously downregulated c-Maf protein expression to induce G1 phase arrest and apoptosis in myeloma cells. Moreover, both compounds simultaneously downregulated c-Maf protein expression to induce G1 phase arrest and apoptosis in myeloma cells.