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Use of Viral Entry Assays and Molecular Docking Analysis for the Identification of Antiviral Candidates against Coxsackievirus A16
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2019
The goal of the protocol is to illustrate the different assays relating to viral entry that can be used to identify candidate viral entry inhibitors.
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Incorporating Target Protein Structure Flexibility and Dynamics in Computational Drug Discovery Using Ensemble-Based Docking Analysis
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2025
Computational methods hold promises for expediting drug discovery, yet they frequently overlook the dynamic nature of protein structures. Here, we discuss ensemble-based docking analysis to indirectly incorporate protein flexibility, potentially improving the accuracy and reliability of drug discovery efforts.
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A Digital Microfluidic Electroporation Platform for Low-Input CRISPR Genome Editing and mRNA Transfection In Suspension T Cells and 3D Cell Models
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2026
This protocol describes miniaturized CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing of TCRα/β receptor in primary human T cells using ‘DMF-ection’, a digital microfluidic (DMF) electroporation platform. The method enables parallel, low-input gene editing with high viability and is further adaptable for mRNA delivery into multicellular 3D spheroids.
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Screening Traditional Chinese Medicine Compounds for Inhibiting UCHL3 Activity Based on Molecular Docking and Deubiquitinating Enzyme Probe Technology
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2024
The experiment used here shows a method of molecular docking combined with probe technologies to predict and validate the interaction between small molecules of traditional Chinese medicine and protein targets.
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The Submerged Printing of Cells onto a Modified Surface Using a Continuous Flow Microspotter
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2014
This 3D microfluidic printing technology prints arrays of cells onto submerged surfaces. We describe how arrays of cells are delivered microfluidically in 3D flow cells onto submerged surfaces. By printing onto submerged surfaces, cell microarrays were produced that allow for drug screening and cytotoxicity assessment in a multitude of areas.
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Specificity begins when complementary receptors on one cell recognize matching ligands on another cell or a cellular target. This molecular pairing helps distinguish appropriate interaction partners during immune surveillance and host defense. In infection research, examining these receptor-ligand engagements can clarify how T cells identify infected cells and how immune cells selectively coordinate responses.
Adhesion molecules stabilize the initial contact so interacting cells remain connected long enough for communication to proceed. Their role is distinct from receptor-ligand recognition: recognition helps establish the appropriate cellular partnership, whereas adhesion strengthens and maintains the contact. This stabilization supports formation of a focused interface for immune signaling and coordinated responses.
After receptor and adhesion interactions engage, signaling reorganizes the cytoskeleton at the contact site. This reorganization helps create an immunological synapse, a specialized interface that concentrates communication between interacting cells. Studying this step shows how physical attachment becomes an organized signaling platform rather than a passive cell-to-cell contact during immune activation.
Analyzing docking interactions can show how pathogen-infected cells engage immune cells and how those contacts influence host defense. Changes in receptor engagement, adhesion, or interface formation may help explain why immune recognition succeeds or is disrupted. These observations provide context for investigating immune evasion and inflammation at sites of pathogen invasion.
A conceptual analysis follows the interaction from receptor-ligand engagement through adhesion and cytoskeletal organization at the contact site. Researchers can then relate the resulting specialized interface to T-cell recognition of an infected cell. This framework connects the physical interaction with immune surveillance and helps interpret how cellular contact supports host defense.
Interactions between antigen-presenting cells and lymphocytes provide a context for studying how immune responses are coordinated. Examining their contact can link receptor recognition, adhesion, and signaling organization to lymphocyte activation. In immunology research, this perspective helps explain how cellular interactions organize responses rather than treating immune activity as a collection of isolated cell behaviors.