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Alex G Therien

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Dong S, Zhao Z, Tang H, Li G, Pan J, Gu X, et al.
J Med Chem . 2024 Feb; 67(5):3400-3418. PMID: 38387069
The use of β-lactam (BL) and β-lactamase inhibitor combination to overcome BL antibiotic resistance has been validated through clinically approved drug products. However, unmet medical needs still exist for the...
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Kasper S, Otten S, Squadroni B, Orr-Terry C, Kuang Y, Mussallem L, et al.
Bioeng Transl Med . 2023 Sep; 8(5):e10542. PMID: 37693049
Cyclic peptides are poised to target historically difficult to drug intracellular protein-protein interactions, however, their general cell impermeability poses a challenge for characterizing function. Recent advances in microfluidics have enabled...
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St-Onge M, Chefson A, Wu J, Caron-Duval E, Dumais V, Dorich S, et al.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett . 2023 Jun; 91:129351. PMID: 37270073
A property-focused optimization strategy was employed to modify the carboxylic acid head group of a class of EP4 agonists in order to minimize its absorption upon oral administration. The resulting...
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Parthasarathy U, Kuang Y, Thakur G, Hogan J, Wyche T, Norton Jr J, et al.
iScience . 2023 Feb; 26(2):105948. PMID: 36756375
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Despite continued efforts to understand the pathophysiology of sepsis, no effective therapies are currently available. While singular...
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Mandal M, Xiao L, Pan W, Scapin G, Li G, Tang H, et al.
J Med Chem . 2022 Dec; 65(24):16234-16251. PMID: 36475645
With the emergence and rapid spreading of NDM-1 and existence of clinically relevant VIM-1 and IMP-1, discovery of pan inhibitors targeting metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) became critical in our battle against bacterial...
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Parthasarathy U, Martinelli R, Vollmann E, Best K, Therien A
Biochem Pharmacol . 2021 Nov; 195:114847. PMID: 34801526
The host response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is highly heterogeneous, ranging from mild/asymptomatic to severe. The moderate to severe forms of COVID-19 often require hospitalization, are associated...
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Reens A, Cabral D, Liang X, Norton Jr J, Therien A, Hazuda D, et al.
Front Immunol . 2021 May; 12:643255. PMID: 34054810
Emerging evidence in clinical and preclinical studies indicates that success of immunotherapies can be impacted by the state of the microbiome. Understanding the role of the microbiome during immune-targeted interventions...
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Murgolo N, Therien A, Howell B, Klein D, Koeplinger K, Lieberman L, et al.
PLoS Pathog . 2021 Feb; 17(2):e1009225. PMID: 33596266
Since the initial report of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emanating from Wuhan, China, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally. While the effects of SARS-CoV-2...
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Gupta P, Zhang Z, Sugiman-Marangos S, Tam J, Raman S, Julien J, et al.
J Biol Chem . 2017 Aug; 292(42):17290-17301. PMID: 28842504
is a major nosocomial pathogen that produces two exotoxins, TcdA and TcdB, with TcdB thought to be the primary determinant in human disease. TcdA and TcdB are large, multidomain proteins,...
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Hernandez L, Kroh H, Hsieh E, Yang X, Beaumont M, Sheth P, et al.
J Mol Biol . 2017 Feb; 429(7):1030-1044. PMID: 28232034
The exotoxins toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB) are produced by the bacterial pathogen Clostridium difficile and are responsible for the pathology associated with C. difficile infection (CDI). The...