Researchers from Japan Tobacco Inc. presented the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel highly potent Keap1-Nrf2 protein-protein interaction (PPI) inhibitors.
Astrazeneca plc recently provided details on the discovery of the potent, direct and selective NLPR3 inflammasome inhibitor AZD-4144 for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Recent research indicates that CDC42 plays a role in the pathogenesis of kidney disorders such as congenital nephrotic syndrome or glomerulosclerosis because it is necessary for the correct function of renal podocyte and tubule.
Recent findings suggest gut microbiota dysbiosis may be behind the inflammation in diabetic nephropathy (DN), the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Shanghai Micurx Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has discovered peptide-drug conjugates consisting of peptide-targeting kidney cells covalently linked to anti-inflammatory or immunomodulating or nephron-protective drugs through linkers reported to be useful for the treatment of acute kidney injury, nephritis, chronic kidney disease, chronic glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy and systemic lupus erythematosus, among others.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common disease with high morbidity that still lacks effective drug treatments. The death of tubular epithelial cells is the principal basis for AKI. This cell death in AKI does not occur by necrosis but by other cell death mechanisms such as pyroptosis, among others. Recent findings have implicated chromodomain Y-like (CDYL) in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, but its role in AKI has not been established.
Meta Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the FDA has granted rare pediatric disease designation to its investigational new drug META-001-PH for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria (PH), an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder in which oxalate is overproduced and deposited in the body.
An antibody that binds to the latent form of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) prevented its release into the extracellular matrix and reduced the progression of fibrosis in the kidney. TGF-β is synthesized and secreted into the extracellular matrix in a latent inactive form associated with the latency peptide.
OTU deubiquitinase 5 (OTUD5) is a deubiquitinating enzyme that has been shown to play a key role in mediating innate immunity and inflammation development, and which is also involved in various cancers.
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