Medical Research
- Loss of HDAC11 ameliorates clinical symptoms in a multiple sclerosis mouse model
In an animal model for multiple sclerosis, the absence of HDAC11 reduces clinical severity, spinal cord demyelination, and immune cell infiltration, suggesting that HDAC11 is a promising target for MS treatment.
- Identification of Plasmodium GAPDH epitopes for generation of antibodies that inhibit malaria infection
This study reports on the identification of two Plasmodium GAPDH epitope peptides that are responsible for sporozoite–Kupffer cell interaction and act as antigens against malaria infection.
- Discovery of a cofactor-independent inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis InhA
AN12855 is a novel cofactor-independent inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis InhA. AN12855 has potent activity against M. tuberculosis, good oral bioavailability, and comparable efficacy to isoniazid in infection models.
- Multi-region proteome analysis quantifies spatial heterogeneity of prostate tissue biomarkers
Application of pressure cycling technology and Sequential Windowed Acquisition of all THeoretical mass spectrometry allows quantifying the degree of intra-tumor heterogeneity of protein expression in prostate tumors. The data show that protein intra-tumor heterogeneity, if not characterized, may distort protein biomarker suitability in tumor tissues.