Research shows that microglia, macrophage cells found in the central nervous system, are needed to maintain nerve health by preventing the degeneration of the myelin sheath that protects neurons. The study, led by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Toronto and published on Dec. 14, 2022, in Nature, showed microglia could be a potential therapeutic target for neurological conditions involving myelin degeneration.
Alzheimer’s disease has a higher incidence in women. This sex difference was associated with a modification of certain proteins of the immune system. According to a recent study, the drop in estrogen with menopause increased the expression in the brain of a neurotransmitter, nitric oxide (NO), generating the S-nitrosylation of complement factor C3 (abbreviated SNO-C3), which activated the microglia.
Novartis AG has identified triazolo-pyrimidine analogues acting as Werner syndrome ATP-dependent helicase (WRN) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Innocure Therapeutics Inc. has divulged piperidinediones as proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase cereblon (CRBN)-binding moiety covalently linked to bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4)- and/or tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11)-targeting moiety via linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
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