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Interactions of small molecule inhibitors with secreted phospholipase A2: A review of the structural data

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Besides their roles in the degradation of phospholipids, these enzymes also play an important role in the immune response by promoting inflammation. Knowledge of the molecular interactions acquired from such structures would greatly aid the discovery of small molecule inhibitors of sPLA 2 s for the treatment of snakebite envenoming.

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Lilly and Kumquat Biosciences Announce Collaboration to Discover and Develop Novel Small Molecules that Stimulate Tumor-Specific Immune Responses

The Pharma Data

Loxo Oncology at Lilly, a research and development group of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), and Kumquat Biosciences today announced an exclusive collaboration focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of potential novel small molecules that stimulate tumor-specific immune responses.

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Lead Pharma Teams with Roche on Oral Small Molecules for Immune-Mediated Diseases

The Pharma Data

Lead Pharma has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Roche , hoping to lead the way in the development of oral small molecules for immune-mediated diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel diseases. . Humans as well as cats and dogs can be affected. . Source link.

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Cancer immunotherapy candidate provokes powerful dual response in cancer and immune cells

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato October 4, 2023 Credit: AbbVie The new small molecule inhibitor (green) sits inside the PTPN2 protein, where acidic sites are marked in red and basic sites are marked in blue. A new small-molecule drug candidate being tested in an early-stage clinical trial aims to improve patient responses to immunotherapy.

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Unlocking Undruggable Targets: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Drug Discovery

DrugBank

Researchers would sift through natural extracts , hoping to stumble upon a compound that exhibited beneficial effects. In fact, it's one of the most exciting areas in drug research today. With billions in funding and innovative research, we're starting to see strategies that can tackle these tough targets.

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Design, Synthesis and Pro‐Inflammatory Activity of Palmitoylated Derivatives of Thioglycolic Acid as New Immunomodulators

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

The new palmitoylated derivatives of thioglycolic acid are designed to mimic microbial lipopeptides as a new class of small-molecule immunomodulators. The current study includes a new design of palmitoylated derivatives of thioglycolic acids (PTGAs) capable of triggering innate immune responses.

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Antibody-drug conjugates payloads: then, now and next

Drug Target Review

The research community pressed on, turning to novel compounds that were substantially more potent than those used in the first generation. Groundbreaking strategies like proteolysis-targeting chimeric molecules (PROTACs) are also being explored. Dual cytotoxic payload ADCs could address the inherent heterogeneity in tumours.