A potent peptide as adiponectin receptor 1 agonist to against fibrosis

• Main Authors: Lingman Ma (Author), Zhen Zhang (Author), Xiaowen Xue (Author), Yumeng Wan (Author), Boping Ye (Author), Kejiang Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Fibrotic diseases have become a major cause of death in the developed world. AdipoR1 agonists are potent inhibitors of fibrotic responses. Here, we focused on the in silico identification of novel AdipoR1 peptide agonists. A homology model was constructed to predict the 3D structure of AdipoR1. By d...