The use of therapies based on immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) in melanoma patients has greatly improved survival rates; however, many individuals either develop resistances or are nonresponsive to treatment.
The activation of GPR65 on tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) is a key tumor-promoting process and GPR65 has been previously described as a genetically validated target in cancer. It was demonstrated that GPR65 functions as an immune checkpoint in acidic tumor microenvironment (TME), as it is activated by low pH in the TME.
Patients suffering from neuropathic pain, a chronic condition, have few treatment options and often develop tolerance to existing pain therapy that decreases its effectiveness. Now, a group of scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Baylor College of Medicine have described the pathophysiological mechanism of initiation, transmission and maintenance of neuropathic pain and identified a potential therapeutic target to treat it efficiently.
Integrated Biosciences Inc., an early-stage startup that is combining synthetic biology and machine learning in the hunt for drugs that tackle cell senescence, has demonstrated its capabilities in a newly published study in Nature Aging on May 4, 2023, which employed artificial intelligence (AI) to identify three novel compounds that are highly selective for Bcl-2 and that exhibit favorable medicinal chemistry profiles.
Nanjing Zhihe Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd. has described nucleotide derivatives acting as prodrugs reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections.
Halda Therapeutics Opco Inc. has divulged proteolysis-targeting chimeric (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently bonded to a protein targeting moiety via linker; they are reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
The Research Foundation of State University of New York has identified compounds targeting the synthesis of fungal sphingolipids, particularly ceramide glucosyltransferase (glucosylceramide) inhibitors, reported to be useful for the treatment of fungal infections.
Astrazeneca AB has synthesized octahydrofuro[3,4-b]pyrazines acting as glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
Tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells such as tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) can suppress T-cell recruitment and function and promote the expansion and dissemination of cancer cells depending on their functional states. In hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), TAMs are associated with resistance to sorafenib, the first-line treatment for advanced HCC.
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