Author: Wei Zhou
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Identification and characterization of influenza variants resistant to a viral endonuclease inhibitor
The influenza endonuclease is an essential subdomain of the viral RNA polymerase. It processes host pre-mRNAs to serve as primers for viral mRNA and is an attractive target for antiinfluenza drug discovery.
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Pharmacological Characterization of GPR120 Ligands
The goal of the current study was to understand GPR120 ligand selectivity by testing agonist activity of various fatty acids in cell based assays to measure G-protein activated second messengers, β-arrestin recruitment and inhibition of cytokine production.
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SR16388 Impairs Protein Homeostasis and Induces Autophagy in Diverse Human Cancer Cell Lines
SR16388 is a novel amino steroid that targets estrogen-binding proteins including genomic estrogen receptors.