Descubrimiento de moduladores integrados de respuesta al estrés habilitados por la optogenética

Felix Wong1, Alicia Li1, Satotaka Omori1

  • 1Integrated Biosciences, Redwood City, CA 94065, USA.

Cell
|July 12, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron una plataforma optogenética para descubrir nuevos medicamentos que modulan la respuesta integrada al estrés (ISR, por sus siglas en inglés). Este enfoque identificó nuevos compuestos que mejoran la muerte celular mediada por ISR, ofreciendo potencial terapéutico para diversas enfermedades.

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