Are Enantiomer of Chemical Probes Good Negative Controls?

Chemical probes typically bind off targets in addition to their intended target protein. Since it is hard to determine whether the phenotype is due to inhibition of the target protein or off-targets, the use of negative controls, which are structurally close to the probe but are inactive against the intended target, is highly recommended. Loss Read More …

Differential Expression of CD44 Variants in Normal and AD Brain

 Kun Qian, Ranjita Betarbet, Rachel Commander, Erik Johnson, Opher Gileadi, Haian Fu, and Allan Levey https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4900586 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by two pathological hallmarks – extracellular amyloid plaques that are made up of amyloid-peptide and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles that are comprised of hyperphosphorylated tau. AD neuropathology, however, begins decades before Read More …