Baylor College of Medicine

Jin Wang

Jianwei Chen

Bert W O'Malley

David Michael Lonard

Jianming Xu

Xiqian Jiang

Fude Feng

Small molecule regulators of steroid receptor coactivator (SRC) family proteins are provided, as well as methods for their use in treating or preventing SRC-related diseases. The SRC-related diseases can include cancer, metabolic disorders, human immunodeficiency virus, neurodegenerative disorders, and/or inflammatory diseases. Also provided are methods for regulating SRC family proteins in a cell.

Small molecule regulators of steroid receptor coactivators and methods of use thereof

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of detecting a thiol in an environment by exposing the environment to a probe molecule that contains a marker and a thiol responsive group. The thiol responsive group reversibly reacts with the thiol in the environment to form a probe-thiol adduct. This in turn causes a ratiometric change in a spectrometric property of the probe molecule and the probe-thiol adduct, which can then be correlated to the presence of the thiol in the environment. The correlation can occur by quantifying the thiol concentration in the environment. In addition, thiol detection can occur in real-time. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to probe molecules that are utilized for detecting a thiol in an environment. In some embodiments, the probe molecule includes a marker and a thiol responsive group. In some embodiments, the probe molecule also includes an organelle targeting moiety.

Probes for quantitative imaging of thiols in various environments

In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to compositions for nucleic acid delivery into cells. In some embodiments, the composition comprises: (1) a cationic polymer unit comprising a plurality of polymeric arms, where the plurality of polymeric arms comprise poly(aspartic acid) derivatives; and (2) a nucleic acid associated with the cationic polymer unit. In some embodiments, the cationic polymer unit comprises a linker covalently associated with the plurality of polymeric arms. In some embodiments, the cationic polymer unit has a dendritic shape. In some embodiments, the cationic polymer unit has a star-like shape. In some embodiments, the cationic polymer unit is biodegradable. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of delivering a nucleic acid into cells by introducing into the cells one or more of the compositions of the present disclosure.

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