Douglas A Lauffenburger

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus · active 2012-2022

Study types

  • article 6
  • other 1
  • preprint 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • infertility 2
article 2022
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.11.024
preprint 2022
·doi:10.1101/2022.01.29.22269829

Summary Endometriosis is a debilitating gynecological disorder affecting approximately 10% of the female population. Despite its prevalence, robust methods to classify and treat endometriosis remain elusive. Changes throughout the menstrual…

other 2019
Biochemistry ·doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00584

Metalloproteinases (MMPs) are zinc-dependent endopeptidases that cleave various proteins to regulate normal and diseased cellular functions, and as such, they play significant roles in human tissue development, homeostasis, and the pathogen…

article 2017
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.03.013
article 2015
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/srep15150

Dysregulation of ErbB-family signaling underlies numerous pathologies and has been therapeutically targeted through inhibiting ErbB-receptors themselves or their cognate ligands. For the latter, "decoy" antibodies have been developed to seq…

article 2014
Science translational medicine ·doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3007988

Clinical management of endometriosis is limited by the complex relationship between symptom severity, heterogeneous surgical presentation, and variability in clinical outcomes. As a complement to visual classification schemes, molecular pro…

article 2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·doi:10.1073/pnas.1222387110

A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinases (ADAMs) are the principal enzymes for shedding receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) ectodomains and ligands from the cell surface. Multiple layers of activity regulation, feedback, and catalytic promiscuity im…

article 2012
Journal of the American Chemical Society ·doi:10.1021/ja307866z

As principal degrading enzymes of the extracellular matrix, metalloproteinases (MPs) contribute to various pathologies and represent a family of promising drug targets and biomarker candidates. However, multiple proteases and endogenous inh…