Controlling the bioactivity of a peptide hormone in vivo by reversible self-assembly

Autor: Myriam M. Ouberai, Ana L. Gomes Dos Santos, Sonja Kinna, Shimona Madalli, David C. Hornigold, David Baker, Jacqueline Naylor, Laura Sheldrake, Dominic J. Corkill, John Hood, Paolo Vicini, Shahid Uddin, Steven Bishop, Paul G. Varley, Mark E. Welland
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01114-1
Popis: The clinical potential of peptide therapeutic agents can only be fully realised once their physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties are precisely controlled. Here the authors show a reversible peptide self-assembly strategy to control and prolong the bioactivity of a native peptide hormone in vivo.
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