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Locally anchoring enzymes to tissues via extracellular glycan recognition

Authors :
Shaheen A. Farhadi
Evelyn Bracho-Sanchez
Margaret M. Fettis
Dillon T. Seroski
Sabrina L. Freeman
Antonietta Restuccia
Benjamin G. Keselowsky
Gregory A. Hudalla
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

The use of enzymes as drugs requires that they persist within target tissues over therapeutically relevant time frames. Here the authors use a galectin-3 fusion to anchor enzymes at injection sites for up to 14 days.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.99b77a528cc74b09b0fb7568fbf3a3a5
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07129-6