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Long-acting forms of Sonic hedgehog with improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties are efficacious in a nerve injury model.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences - 1 Feb 2002
Pepinsky R Blake, Shapiro Renee I, Wang Shaoshan, Chakraborty Abhijit, Gill Alan, Lepage Doreen J, Wen Dingyi, Rayhorn Paul, Horan Gerald S B, Taylor Frederick R, Garber Ellen A, Galdes Alphonse, Engber Thomas M
Abstract excerpt
The therapeutic effects of the Sonic hedgehog (Shh) have been difficult to evaluate because of its relatively short serum half-life. To address this issue polyethylene glycol modification (PEGylation) was investigated as an approach to improve systemic exposure. Shh was PEGylated by a targeted approach using cysteines that were engineered into the protein by site-directed mutagenesis as the sites of attachment....
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