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When producing recombinant proteins, one can follow the purification process either by antibodies detecting the target protein specifically, or by adding a tag to it, thus using antibodies detecting not

Montelukast is a marketed drug used for asthma treatment and to relieve symptoms of seasonal allergies. It is known to function as a leukotriene receptor antagonist.

The treatment of diseases by inducing, enhancing, or surpressing an immune response is referred to

Transporters have become increasingly important in drug development due to the major role they play in absorption, distribution and excretion of

Knowledge about which epitopes are recognized by a blocking antibody can help researchers to develop

Trpytophan (trp) is an important and essential amino acid that has a variety of functions within the cell. In addition to being incorporated

In a recent post,  I invited you to discover a cell

For humans, IFN-α consists of a group of proteins that are greater than 85% homologous by amino acid sequence.  A lot of individual human IFN-α subtypes have been identified and many have

Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a family of 6 closely related cytokines, designated IL-17A-F, that play a central role in mediating inflammation, autoimmunity,

Immune checkpoint molecules play an important role in T cell functionality after TCR/MHC signaling. In fact, blockade of two B7/CD28 family checkpoint molecules, namely CTLA-4 and PD-1, have already demonstrated

Over the past months, we have released a number of posts introducing inhibitor screening assays intended to investigate immuno checkpoint

Extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is released by dying and damaged cells, and it acts on many immune