Shouyao Holdings (Beijing) Co. Ltd. has synthesized DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Investigators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have reported data on a series of 3 patients with perinatal-onset of neutrophilic cutaneous small vessel vasculitis and systemic inflammation, with 2 of them developing liver fibrosis in the first year of their lives.
Although COVID-19 may be more severe in people with HIV (PWH), the underlying biological mechanisms among PWH treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) remain largely unknown.
Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is the most prevalent glomerulonephritis worldwide that does not have a specific treatment. Its pathogenesis is complex and not well understood, but there is increasing evidence that the lectin-driven complement activation may be behind it. Mannose-binding lectin serine protease 2 (MASP-2) has been studied as a therapeutic target in the treatment of IgA nephropathy, as it is one of the main lectin pathway activators.