A long-acting prolactin to combat lactation insufficiency

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A long-acting prolactin to combat lactation insufficiency

Preprint 2023 EN Green

. Here, we engineer a variant of the naturally-occurring driver of lactation, the hormone Prolactin, to increase its serum half-life and produce a viable drug candidate. Our engineered variant, Prolactin-eXtra Long-acting (Prolactin-XL), is comprised of endogenously active human prolactin fused to an engineered human IgG Fc domain designed to overcome the unique drug development challenges specifi…

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1 Kasia M. Kready Corresponding Harvard University (US) Center for Systems Biology (US) +1
2 Kailyn E. Doiron Harvard University (US) Center for Systems Biology (US) +1
3 Katherine Redfield Chan Brigham and Women's Hospital (US) —
4 Jeffrey C. Way Harvard University (US) Center for Systems Biology (US) +1
5 Quincey A. Justman Harvard University (US) Center for Systems Biology (US)
6 Camille Elise Powe Broad Institute (US) Harvard University (US) +1
7 Pamela A. Silver Corresponding Harvard University (US) Center for Systems Biology (US) +1

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