Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Targeting adaptor protein SLP76 of RAGE as a therapeutic approach for lethal sepsis

  • Zhengzheng Yan,
  • Haihua Luo,
  • Bingyao Xie,
  • Tian Tian,
  • Shan Li,
  • Zhixia Chen,
  • Jinghua Liu,
  • Xuwen Zhao,
  • Liyong Zhang,
  • Yongqiang Deng,
  • Timothy R. Billiar,
  • Yong Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20577-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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RAGE signalling is implicated in sepsis. Here the authors use T7 phage display to identify SLP76 as a binding partner for the cytosolic tail of RAGE and provide a reagent that can block this interaction and protect mice from sepsis in a caecal ligation and puncture model.