Aggregation of Therapeutic Proteins

by Wei Wang

Author	: Wei Wang
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 400
Release	: 2010-12-28
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1118043588

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This book gives pharmaceutical scientists an up-to-date resource on protein aggregation and its consequences, and available methods to control or slow down the aggregation process. While significant progress has been made in the past decade, the current understanding of protein aggregation and its consequences is still immature. Prevention or even moderate inhibition of protein aggregation has been mostly experimental. The knowledge in this book can greatly help pharmaceutical scientists in the development of therapeutic proteins, and also instigate further scientific investigations in this area. This book fills such a need by providing an overview on the causes, consequences, characterization, and control of the aggregation of therapeutic proteins.

Analysis of Aggregates and Particles in Protein Pharmaceuticals

by Hanns-Christian Mahler

Author	: Hanns-Christian Mahler
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 480
Release	: 2011-12-20
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1118150562

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This book describes how to address the analysis of aggregates and particles in protein pharmaceuticals, provides a comprehensive overview of current methods and integrated approaches used to quantify and characterize aggregates and particles, and discusses regulatory requirements. Analytical methods covered in the book include separation, light scattering, microscopy, and spectroscopy.

Therapeutic Proteins

by Vladimir Voynov

Author	: Vladimir Voynov
Publisher	: Humana Press
Total Pages	: 516
Release	: 2016-05-01
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 9781493959495

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Emphasizing the newest developments in the field, this volume presents detailed methodswith added emphasison therapeutic protein discovery. It features key tips and valuable implementation advice to ensure successful results."

Protein Self-Assembly

by Jennifer J. McManus

Author	: Jennifer J. McManus
Publisher	: Humana
Total Pages	: 266
Release	: 2020-08-08
Genre	: Science
ISBN	: 9781493996803

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This volume explores experimental and computational approaches to measuring the most widely studied protein assemblies, including condensed liquid phases, aggregates, and crystals. The chapters in this book are organized into three parts: Part One looks at the techniques used to measure protein-protein interactions and equilibrium protein phases in dilute and concentrated protein solutions; Part Two describes methods to measure kinetics of aggregation and to characterize the assembled state; and Part Three details several different computational approaches that are currently used to help researchers understand protein self-assembly. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Thorough and cutting-edge, Protein Self-Assembly: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for researchers who are interested in learning more about this developing field.

Molecular Chaperones in Health and Disease

by Matthias Gaestel

Author	: Matthias Gaestel
Publisher	: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages	: 464
Release	: 2005-09-27
Genre	: Science
ISBN	: 9783540258759

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Molecular chaperones are involved in a wide variety of essential cellular processes in living cells. A subset of molecular chaperones have been initially described as heat shock proteins protecting cells from stress damage by keeping cellular proteins in a folding competent state and preventing them from irreversible aggregation. Later it became obvious that molecular chaperones are also expressed constitutively in the cell and are involved in complex processes such as protein synthesis, intracellular protein transport, post-translational modification and secretion of proteins as well as receptor signalling. Hence, it is not surprising that molecular chaperones are implicated in the pathogenesis of many relevant diseases and could be regarded as potential pharmacological targets. Starting with the analysis of the mode of action of chaperones at the molecular, cellular and organismic level, this book will then describe specific aspects where modulation of chaperone action could be of pharmacological and therapeutic interest.

Protein Misfolding Diseases

by Marina Ramirez-Alvarado

Author	: Marina Ramirez-Alvarado
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 1311
Release	: 2010-12-01
Genre	: Science
ISBN	: 1118031814

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An increasingly aging population will add to the number of individuals suffering from amyloid. Protein Misfolding Diseases provides a systematic overview of the current and emerging therapies for these types of protein misfolding diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Mad Cow. The book emphasizes therapeutics in an amyloid disease context to help students, faculty, scientific researchers, and doctors working with protein misfolding diseases bridge the gap between basic science and pharmaceutical applications to protein misfolding disease.

Fusion Protein Technologies for Biopharmaceuticals

by Stefan R. Schmidt

Author	: Stefan R. Schmidt
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 995
Release	: 2013-01-28
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1118354583

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The state of the art in biopharmaceutical FUSION PROTEIN DESIGN Fusion proteins belong to the most lucrative biotech drugs—with Enbrel® being one of the best-selling biologics worldwide. Enbrel® represents a milestone of modern therapies just as Humulin®, the first therapeutic recombinant protein for human use, approved by the FDA in 1982 and Orthoclone® the first monoclonal antibody reaching the market in 1986. These first generation molecules were soon followed by a plethora of recombinant copies of natural human proteins, and in 1998, the first de novo designed fusion protein was launched. Fusion Protein Technologies for Biopharmaceuticals examines the state of the art in developing fusion proteins for biopharmaceuticals, shedding light on the immense potential inherent in fusion protein design and functionality. A wide pantheon of international scientists and researchers deliver a comprehensive and complete overview of therapeutic fusion proteins, combining the success stories of marketed drugs with the dynamic preclinical and clinical research into novel drugs designed for as yet unmet medical needs. The book covers the major types of fusion proteins—receptor-traps, immunotoxins, Fc-fusions and peptibodies—while also detailing the approaches for developing, delivering, and improving the stability of fusion proteins. The main body of the book contains three large sections that address issues key to this specialty: strategies for extending the plasma half life, the design of toxic proteins, and utilizing fusion proteins for ultra specific targeting. The book concludes with novel concepts in this field, including examples of highly relevant multifunctional antibodies. Detailing the innovative science, commercial realities, and brilliant potential of fusion protein therapeutics, Fusion Protein Technologies for Biopharmaceuticals is a must for pharmaceutical scientists, biochemists, medicinal chemists, molecular biologists, pharmacologists, and genetic engineers interested in determining the shape of innovation in the world of biopharmaceuticals.

Protein Actions: Principles and Modeling

by Ivet Bahar

Author	: Ivet Bahar
Publisher	: Garland Science
Total Pages	: 337
Release	: 2017-02-14
Genre	: Science
ISBN	: 1351815016

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Protein Actions: Principles and Modeling is aimed at graduates, advanced undergraduates, and any professional who seeks an introduction to the biological, chemical, and physical properties of proteins. Broadly accessible to biophysicists and biochemists, it will be particularly useful to student and professional structural biologists and molecular biophysicists, bioinformaticians and computational biologists, biological chemists (particularly drug designers) and molecular bioengineers. The book begins by introducing the basic principles of protein structure and function. Some readers will be familiar with aspects of this, but the authors build up a more quantitative approach than their competitors. Emphasizing concepts and theory rather than experimental techniques, the book shows how proteins can be analyzed using the disciplines of elementary statistical mechanics, energetics, and kinetics. These chapters illuminate how proteins attain biologically active states and the properties of those states. The book ends with a synopsis the roles of computational biology and bioinformatics in protein science.

Pharmaceutical Excipients

by Otilia M. Y. Koo

Author	: Otilia M. Y. Koo
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 369
Release	: 2016-10-03
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1118992423

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This book provides an overview of excipients, their functionalities in pharmaceutical dosage forms, regulation, and selection for pharmaceutical products formulation. It includes development, characterization methodology, applications, and up-to-date advances through the perspectives of excipients developers, users, and regulatory experts. Covers the sources, characterization, and harmonization of excipients: essential information for optimal excipients selection in pharmaceutical development Describes the physico-chemical properties and biological effects of excipients Discusses chemical classes, safety and toxicity, and formulation Addresses recent efforts in the standardization and harmonization of excipients