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PROJECT DESCRIPTIONThis STTR Phase I proposal is intended to demonstrate the feasibility of developing tanshinone small molecule analogTSAas an effective and safe small molecule therapy for patients with sepsis and septic shockIn the USmore than one million people develop sepsis every yearYetno effective anti sepsis treatment exists other than antibiotics and supportive careWe have discovered that ...

Project Summary Occidiofungin is a cyclic nonribosomally synthesized antifungal peptide with submicromolar fungicidal activity against a broad spectrum of fungi Occidiofungin is produced by the Gram negative bacterium Burkholderia contaminans From our structural characterization studies occidiofungin was determined to have a unique chemical composition Our studies have also revealed that occi ...

ABSTRACT Recent studies of the applicants support the role of the endogenous gaseous biological mediator hydrogen sulfide H S in colorectal cancer In specific the selective upregulation of cystathionine synthase CBS and the subsequent production of H S in colonic cancer cells serves as a pro survival factor by stimulating tumor cell bioenergetics ...

ABSTRACT Triple negative breast cancerTNBCis a molecular subtype of breast cancer that is negative for expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors and human epidermal growth factor receptorHERClinicallyit is characterized by aggressive behaviordistinct patterns of metastasisand high rates of recurrence and mortalitySince TNBC tumor cells lack the necessary receptorsthe disease does not respo ...

Summary The goal of this study is to discover novelmechanism based pharmacological intervention for autisma devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with no treatment currentlyGenetic sequencing has revealed extensive overlap in risk genes for autism and for cancermany of which are chromatin remodeling factors important for transcriptional regulationsuggesting the possibility of repurposing the ant ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Mucus dysfunction underlies the pathophysiology of a number of common respiratory diseases including asthma cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD Asthma alone impacts of the US population resulting in considerable cost morbidity and occasional mortality caused by mucus hypersecretion Recently it was discovered that Synaptotagmin Syt regul ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Antibody drug conjugates ADCs are monoclonal antibodies mAbs that are covalently linked to cell killing drugs and have emerged as a major modality in anti cancer treatment This approach combines high specificity of mAbs against their antigen targets with highly potent cytotoxic drugs resulting in armed mAbs that deliver the payload drug to tumor cells with enriched levels ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Type diabetes T D is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects of population worldwide Exogenous insulin treatment is the standard of care for T D but often negatively affects the quality of life and is ineffective in preventing recurrent hyperglycemia episodes and chronic complications Recent studies show that human islet allografts can restore long term normoglycemia ...

Because of its high sensitivity polymerase chain reaction PCR is the gold standard for the diagnosis of many infectious diseases but generally only implemented in well equipped laboratories One of the major roadblocks for expanding PCR to point of care markets is the lack of simple robust single tube PCR designs which preserve its laboratory based high sensitivity and specificity In this F ...

Project Summary Technology advances now enable the cost effective acquisition of Kandgt distinct data types from a common set of N bio samples where i the kth data type is represented by a data matrix with columns containing Pk measurements in N samples for k K and ii at least one of the data types is big i e Pk is much bigger than N for some k The rapid accumulation of such mult ...