Blocking a Little-Known Protein May Offer New Hope for Devastating Lung Disease (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Blocking a Little-Known Protein May Offer New Hope for Devastating Lung Disease

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AM-001 blocks a key protein (Epac1), which helps protect another protein (FoxO3a) from being broken down. It also shuts down several harmful signals that drive lung scarring in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, helping to reduce lung damage. 

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Hadri, et al., European Respiratory Journal

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