2024
Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meisn. Ethanolic Extract Attenuates Endothelial Activation and Alleviates Cardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Lang X, Zhong C, Su L, Qin M, Xie Y, Shan D, Cui Y, Shi M, Li M, Quan H, Qiu L, Zhong G, Yu J. Edgeworthia gardneri (Wall.) Meisn. Ethanolic Extract Attenuates Endothelial Activation and Alleviates Cardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Molecules 2024, 29: 1068. PMID: 38474581, PMCID: PMC10935089, DOI: 10.3390/molecules29051068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracellular regulated protein kinasesEndothelium activationMitogen-activated protein kinaseI/R injuryEndothelial cellsCardiac ischemia-reperfusion injuryIschemia-reperfusion (I/RAdhesion to endothelial cellsIschemia-reperfusion injuryExpression of pro-inflammatory mediatorsNuclear factor kappa BCardiac I/R injuryPro-inflammatory mediatorsIn vivo findingsP38 mitogen-activated protein kinaseFactor kappa BPro-inflammatory activityI/R-induced inflammationMyocardial I/R injuryEndothelial activationCardiac injuryC-Jun <i>N</i>-terminal kinase (JTherapeutic efficacyFirm adhesion to endothelial cellsProtein kinase
2020
An allosteric site on MKP5 reveals a strategy for small-molecule inhibition
Gannam Z, Min K, Shillingford SR, Zhang L, Herrington J, Abriola L, Gareiss PC, Pantouris G, Tzouvelekis A, Kaminski N, Zhang X, Yu J, Jamali H, Ellman JA, Lolis E, Anderson KS, Bennett AM. An allosteric site on MKP5 reveals a strategy for small-molecule inhibition. Science Signaling 2020, 13 PMID: 32843541, PMCID: PMC7569488, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aba3043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllosteric SiteAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineDual-Specificity PhosphatasesEnzyme InhibitorsFemaleHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansKineticsMiceMice, KnockoutMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase PhosphatasesMyoblastsProtein BindingSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionSmall Molecule LibrariesConceptsDystrophic muscle diseaseMitogen-activated protein kinaseMuscle diseaseTGF-β1Promising therapeutic targetP38 mitogen-activated protein kinaseTherapeutic strategiesTherapeutic targetSmall molecule inhibitionSmad2 phosphorylationDiseasePotential targetSmall-molecule screenInhibitorsTreatmentInhibition