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2021

Journal Article

Development of synthetic human and mouse C5a: application to binding and functional assays in vitro and in vivo

Gorman, Declan M., Li, Xaria X., Payne, Colton D., Cui, Cedric S., Lee, John D., Rosengren, K. Johan, Woodruff, Trent M. and Clark, Richard J. (2021). Development of synthetic human and mouse C5a: application to binding and functional assays in vitro and in vivo. ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science, 4 (6) acsptsci.1c00199, 1808-1817. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.1c00199

Development of synthetic human and mouse C5a: application to binding and functional assays in vitro and in vivo

2021

Journal Article

Development of Potent and Selective Agonists for Complement C5a Receptor 1 with In Vivo Activity

Gorman, Declan M., Li, Xaria X., Lee, John D., Fung, Jenny N., Cui, Cedric S., Lee, Han Siean, Rolfe, Barbara E., Woodruff, Trent M. and Clark, Richard J. (2021). Development of Potent and Selective Agonists for Complement C5a Receptor 1 with In Vivo Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (22) acs.jmedchem.1c01174, 16598-16608. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01174

Development of Potent and Selective Agonists for Complement C5a Receptor 1 with In Vivo Activity

2021

Journal Article

Anaphylatoxin receptor promiscuity for commonly used complement C5a peptide agonists

Li, Xaria X., Clark, Richard J. and Woodruff, Trent M. (2021). Anaphylatoxin receptor promiscuity for commonly used complement C5a peptide agonists. International Immunopharmacology, 100 108074, 108074. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2021.108074

Anaphylatoxin receptor promiscuity for commonly used complement C5a peptide agonists

2021

Journal Article

LEAP-2: an emerging endogenous ghrelin receptor antagonist in the pathophysiology of obesity

Lu, Xuehan, Huang, Lili, Huang, Zhengxiang, Feng, Dandan, Clark, Richard J. and Chen, Chen (2021). LEAP-2: an emerging endogenous ghrelin receptor antagonist in the pathophysiology of obesity. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12 717544, 717544. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.717544

LEAP-2: an emerging endogenous ghrelin receptor antagonist in the pathophysiology of obesity

2021

Journal Article

Synthetic hookworm-derived peptides are potent modulators of primary human immune cell function that protect against experimental colitis in vivo

Smallwood, Taylor B., Navarro, Severine, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Watkins, Thomas S., Tungatt, Katie, Ryan, Rachael Y.M., Haigh, Oscar L., Lutzky, Viviana P., Mulvenna, Jason P., Rosengren, K. Johan, Loukas, Alex, Miles, John J. and Clark, Richard J. (2021). Synthetic hookworm-derived peptides are potent modulators of primary human immune cell function that protect against experimental colitis in vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 297 (1) 100834, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100834

Synthetic hookworm-derived peptides are potent modulators of primary human immune cell function that protect against experimental colitis in vivo

2021

Journal Article

Design of a stable cyclic peptide analgesic derived from sunflower seeds that targets the κ-opioid receptor for the treatment of chronic abdominal pain

Muratspahić, Edin, Tomašević, Nataša, Koehbach, Johannes, Duerrauer, Leopold, Hadžić, Seid, Castro, Joel, Schober, Gudrun, Sideromenos, Spyridon, Clark, Richard J., Brierley, Stuart M., Craik, David J. and Gruber, Christian W. (2021). Design of a stable cyclic peptide analgesic derived from sunflower seeds that targets the κ-opioid receptor for the treatment of chronic abdominal pain. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (13) acs.jmedchem.1c00158, 9042-9055. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00158

Design of a stable cyclic peptide analgesic derived from sunflower seeds that targets the κ-opioid receptor for the treatment of chronic abdominal pain

2021

Journal Article

Effects of backbone cyclization on the pharmacokinetics and drug efficiency of the orally active analgesic conotoxin cVc1.1

Poth, Aaron G., Chiu, Francis C.K., Stalmans, Sofie, Hamilton, Brett R., Huang, Yen-Hua, Shackleford, David M., Patil, Rahul, Le, Thao T., Kan, Meng-Wei, Durek, Thomas, Wynendaele, Evelien, De Spiegeleer, Bart, Powell, Andrew K., Venter, Deon J., Clark, Richard J., Charman, Susan A. and Craik, David J. (2021). Effects of backbone cyclization on the pharmacokinetics and drug efficiency of the orally active analgesic conotoxin cVc1.1. Medicine in Drug Discovery, 10 100087, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.medidd.2021.100087

Effects of backbone cyclization on the pharmacokinetics and drug efficiency of the orally active analgesic conotoxin cVc1.1

2021

Journal Article

Advances in venom peptide drug discovery: where are we at and where are we heading?

Smallwood, Taylor B. and Clark, Richard J. (2021). Advances in venom peptide drug discovery: where are we at and where are we heading?. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 16 (10) 17460441.2021.1922386, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/17460441.2021.1922386

Advances in venom peptide drug discovery: where are we at and where are we heading?

2021

Journal Article

A chameleonic macrocyclic peptide with drug delivery applications

Payne, Colton D., Franke, Bastian, Fisher, Mark F., Hajiaghaalipour, Fatemeh, McAleese, Courtney E., Song, Angela, Eliasson, Carl, Zhang, Jingjing, Jayasena, Achala S., Vadlamani, Grishma, Clark, Richard J., Minchin, Rodney F., Mylne, Joshua S. and Rosengren, K. Johan (2021). A chameleonic macrocyclic peptide with drug delivery applications. Chemical Science, 12 (19), 6670-6683. doi: 10.1039/d1sc00692d

A chameleonic macrocyclic peptide with drug delivery applications

2021

Journal Article

ERK and mTORC1 inhibitors enhance the anti-cancer capacity of the octpep-1 venom-derived peptide in melanoma BRAF(V600E) mutations

Moral-Sanz, Javier, Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Potriquet, Jeremy, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Brust, Andreas, Wilhelm, Patrick, Smallwood, Taylor B., Clark, Richard J., Fry, Bryan G., Alewood, Paul F., Waddell, Nicola, Miles, John J., Mulvenna, Jason P. and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2021). ERK and mTORC1 inhibitors enhance the anti-cancer capacity of the octpep-1 venom-derived peptide in melanoma BRAF(V600E) mutations. Toxins, 13 (2) 146, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/toxins13020146

ERK and mTORC1 inhibitors enhance the anti-cancer capacity of the octpep-1 venom-derived peptide in melanoma BRAF(V600E) mutations

2021

Journal Article

Pursuing orally bioavailable hepcidin analogues via cyclic N-methylated mini-hepcidins

Goncalves Monteiro, Daniela, van Dijk, Johannes W. A., Aliyanto, Randy, Fung, Eileen, Nemeth, Elizabeta, Ganz, Tomas, Rosengren, Johan and Clark, Richard J. (2021). Pursuing orally bioavailable hepcidin analogues via cyclic N-methylated mini-hepcidins. Biomedicines, 9 (2) 164, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9020164

Pursuing orally bioavailable hepcidin analogues via cyclic N-methylated mini-hepcidins

2021

Journal Article

The “C3aR Antagonist” SB290157 is a partial C5aR2 agonist

Li, Xaria X., Kumar, Vinod, Clark, Richard J., Lee, John D. and Woodruff, Trent M. (2021). The “C3aR Antagonist” SB290157 is a partial C5aR2 agonist. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 11 591398, 591398. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.591398

The “C3aR Antagonist” SB290157 is a partial C5aR2 agonist

2021

Journal Article

Chemical synthesis and characterisation of the complement C5 inhibitory peptide zilucoplan

Gorman, Declan M., Lee, John, Payne, Colton D., Woodruff, Trent M. and Clark, Richard J. (2021). Chemical synthesis and characterisation of the complement C5 inhibitory peptide zilucoplan. Amino Acids, 53 (1), 143-147. doi: 10.1007/s00726-020-02921-5

Chemical synthesis and characterisation of the complement C5 inhibitory peptide zilucoplan

2020

Journal Article

Defining the familial fold of the vicilin-buried peptide family

Payne, Colton D., Vadlamani, Grishma, Fisher, Mark F., Zhang, Jingjing, Clark, Richard J., Mylne, Joshua S. and Rosengren, K. Johan (2020). Defining the familial fold of the vicilin-buried peptide family. Journal of Natural Products, 83 (10), 3030-3040. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00594

Defining the familial fold of the vicilin-buried peptide family

2020

Journal Article

Exploring the use of helicogenic amino acids for optimising single chain relaxin-3 peptide agonists

Lee, Han Siean, Wang, Shu Hui, Daniel, James T., Hossain, Mohammed Akhter, Clark, Richard J., Bathgate, Ross A. D. and Rosengren, K. Johan (2020). Exploring the use of helicogenic amino acids for optimising single chain relaxin-3 peptide agonists. Biomedicines, 8 (10) 415, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8100415

Exploring the use of helicogenic amino acids for optimising single chain relaxin-3 peptide agonists

2020

Journal Article

Pharmacological characterisation of small molecule C5aR1 inhibitors in human cells reveals biased activities for signalling and function

Li, Xaria X., Lee, John D., Massey, Nicholas L., Guan, Carolyn, Robertson, Avril A. B., Clark, Richard J. and Woodruff, Trent M. (2020). Pharmacological characterisation of small molecule C5aR1 inhibitors in human cells reveals biased activities for signalling and function. Biochemical Pharmacology, 180 114156, 114156. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114156

Pharmacological characterisation of small molecule C5aR1 inhibitors in human cells reveals biased activities for signalling and function

2020

Journal Article

C5aR2 activation broadly modulates the signaling and function of primary human macrophages

Li, Xaria X., Clark, Richard J. and Woodruff, Trent M. (2020). C5aR2 activation broadly modulates the signaling and function of primary human macrophages. Journal of Immunology, 205 (4), 1-11. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000407

C5aR2 activation broadly modulates the signaling and function of primary human macrophages

2020

Journal Article

Development of relaxin-3 agonists and antagonists based on grafted disulfide-stabilized scaffolds

Lee, Han Siean, Postan, Michael, Song, Angela, Clark, Richard J., Bathgate, Ross A. D., Haugaard-Kedström, Linda M. and Rosengren, K. Johan (2020). Development of relaxin-3 agonists and antagonists based on grafted disulfide-stabilized scaffolds. Frontiers in Chemistry, 8 87, 87. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00087

Development of relaxin-3 agonists and antagonists based on grafted disulfide-stabilized scaffolds

2020

Journal Article

Preclinical pharmacokinetics of complement C5a receptor antagonists PMX53 and PMX205 in mice

Kumar, Vinod, Lee, John D., Clark, Richard J., Noakes, Peter G., Taylor, Stephen M. and Woodruff, Trent M. (2020). Preclinical pharmacokinetics of complement C5a receptor antagonists PMX53 and PMX205 in mice. ACS Omega, 5 (5) acsomega.9b03735, 2345-2354. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03735

Preclinical pharmacokinetics of complement C5a receptor antagonists PMX53 and PMX205 in mice

2020

Conference Publication

The antiproliferative profile of a linear octopus-derived peptide in melanoma of BRAF-mutation

Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Brust, Andreas, Potriquet, Jeremy, Daley, Joshua, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Andersson, Asa, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Wilhelm, Patrick, Chin, Yanni, Smallwood, Taylor, Clark, Richard, King, Glenn, Ramm, Grant, Waddell, Nic, Lewis, Richard, Boyle, Glen, Fry, Bryan, Alewood, Paul, Mulvenna, Jason, Miles, John and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2020). The antiproliferative profile of a linear octopus-derived peptide in melanoma of BRAF-mutation. 20th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-13 September 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.10.014

The antiproliferative profile of a linear octopus-derived peptide in melanoma of BRAF-mutation