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Engineering protein-based therapeutics through structural and chemical design.

Sasha B EbrahimiDevleena Samanta
Published in: Nature communications (2023)
Protein-based therapeutics have led to new paradigms in disease treatment. Projected to be half of the top ten selling drugs in 2023, proteins have emerged as rivaling and, in some cases, superior alternatives to historically used small molecule-based medicines. This review chronicles both well-established and emerging design strategies that have enabled this paradigm shift by transforming protein-based structures that are often prone to denaturation, degradation, and aggregation in vitro and in vivo into highly effective therapeutics. In particular, we discuss strategies for creating structures with increased affinity and targetability, enhanced in vivo stability and pharmacokinetics, improved cell permeability, and reduced amounts of undesired immunogenicity.
Keyphrases
  • small molecule
  • protein protein
  • amino acid
  • high resolution
  • binding protein
  • endothelial cells
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • combination therapy
  • mass spectrometry
  • capillary electrophoresis