Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) is a neuroprotectant candidate for neurodegenerative diseases. However, there are several clinical concerns about its therapeutic applications. In the current study, we selected BDNF-mimicking small peptides from phage-displayed peptide library as alternative molecules to the clinical challenges. The peptide library was screened against BDNF receptor (Ne...

  Introduction: Bombesin is a 14-aminoacid peptide isolated from frog skin. The mammalian counterparts of the frog peptide are neuromedin B (NMB) and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP). Bombesin (BBN) is a peptide showing high affinity for the gastrin releasing peptide receptor (GRPr). Prostate, small cell lung cancer, breast, gastric, and colon cancers are known to over...

Interferon is a protein secreted by eucaryotic cells following stimulation by viruses, bacteria, and many other immunogenes. Recent medical studies indicate that interferons have effective role in the treatment of virus infections, immunodeficiency and certain types of cancer such as hairy cell leukaemia (HCL). The aim of the present study is to apply yeast strain for secreting human IFNα2b fol...

heavy metal toxicity has serious adverse effects on the environment. the metal sequestering characteristics of a novel metal binding peptide (glu-cys) 11 gly+linker+hexahistidine (ec 11 :his 6 ) was investigated to determine if it can absorb cu 2+ or zn 2+ cations. molecular dynamics simulations were carried out using a model of 6 cu 2+ or zn 2+ and other ions enclosed in a fully hydrated simul...

phage-displayed random peptide libraries (rpl) provide a powerful technique for identification, structural and functional analysis of ligands for many different target molecules, including, antibodies, receptors or other proteins. this strategy has been verified to be an effective tool for research in immunology and successfully has been used to determine the target sequence for monoclonal and ...

fabms analysis of t-lb peptide before and after one cycle of edman degradation indicated an unblocked n-terminal thr residue for this tryptic peptide. in contrast , our data showed a molecular protonated ion, mh + for t- la peptide at 655 mass units (mu) which is 42 mu higher than the mh ion of t- 1b peptide. in addition, t- la peptide was not amenable to one cycle of manual edman degradation. ...

conclusions this study showed that compared to standard drug treatment, treatment with hydrogel containing peptide had substantial antibacterial effects on s. aureus wound infections in mice. results the highest and lowest numbers of wounds were observed on day 2 in the negative and positive control groups, respectively. during the 8-day period, the positive control and hydrogel containing pept...

acute dyspnea is a common cause of hospitalization in emergency departments (ed).distinguishing the cardiac causes of acute dyspnea from pulmonary ones is a major challenge for responsible physicians in eds. this study compares the characteristics of bedside ultrasonography with serum level of blood natriuretic peptide (bnp) in this regard. methods: this diagnostic accuracy study compares bedsi...