Its lead asset is PIPE-791, a novel, brain penetrant, small molecule inhibitor of the lysophosphatidic acid 1 receptor (LPA1R) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive ...
Dr. Iweka discovered that PLPPR1 impedes the inhibitory activity of CSPGs and other inhibitory molecules such as lysophosphatidic acid, by modulating Rho-GTPases during CNS injury. During her ...
Biochem J. 2007 Oct 15;407(2):243-54. PubMed PMID: 17617061. Khurana S, Tomar A, George SP, Wang Y, Siddiqui MR, Guo H, Tigyi G, Mathew S. Autotaxin and lysophosphatidic acid stimulate intestinal cell ...
Lipin1 is an enzyme that, when inhibited in retinal ganglion cells, promotes nerve repair by shifting lipid synthesis from storage lipids to phospholipids, while also producing signaling lipids like ...