Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) has presented 3C-like proteinase (3CLpro) (SARS-CoV-2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and SARS-CoV-2 infections (COVID-19).
Eurofarma Laboratórios SA and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro have synthesized N-acylhydrazone acting as sodium channel protein type 9 subunit alpha (SCN9A, Nav1.7) and/or SCN10A (Nav1.8) blockers reported to be useful for the treatment of pain.
Environmental factors, such as those from food allergens, can modulate IgE-driven hypersensitivity related to the genetics of allergy. Researchers from the Korea National Institute of Health aimed to investigate the impact of polymorphisms in the SORBS1 gene in relation to atopic dermatitis based on milk exposure.
It was previously demonstrated that the CNS-penetrant compound bryostatin-1 (bryo-1) exerts an immunomodulatory effect on myeloid-lineage innate immune cells in the periphery through its actions on protein kinase C (PKC). In a new study, researchers from Johns Hopkins University aimed to assess the potential of bryo-1 for the treatment of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) by investigating its effect on remyelination.
Researchers from Yonsei University reported their findings from a study that aimed to investigate the mechanisms underlying aberrant actin remodeling in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Revision of public gene expression datasets of rectum biopsy samples from patients with IBD identified a subset of patients that exhibited substantially higher levels of tripartite motif-containing protein 40 (TRIM40), a gene that is epigenetically silenced under healthy conditions.
At the ongoing AAAAI meeting in San Antonio, researchers from Escient Pharmaceuticals Inc. presented preclinical data for the Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor X2 (MRGPRX2) antagonist EP-262, being evaluated as a novel therapeutic approach for mast cell-mediated diseases. In vitro, EP-262 acted as a potent and highly selective antagonist of MRGPRX2, which inhibited MRGPRX2 activation induced by a wide variety of agonists.
Therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) have been effective in relapse prevention but emerging data still show the continued disability progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA), characterized by the presence of ectopic B-cell follicles and active lesions with microglia cells, resulting in a smoldering central nervous system (CNS)-driven inflammation, tissue damage and disease progression.
The use of anti-CD20 therapies has revolutionized treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, reducing relapses and halting disease progression. While CD20 is primarily expressed by B cells at different stages, a small T-cell subset also expresses CD20, and therefore anti-CD20 therapies also directly and indirectly affect T cells.
Genascence Corp. has been awarded US$11.6 million over 4 years from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to help advance the company's GNSC-001 gene therapy for knee osteoarthritis (OA). The funding will support a phase Ib trial and manufacturing activities.
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