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Vanderbilt scientists have discovered that the receptor tyrosine phosphatase DEP-1 plays a significant role in angiogenesis and that modulation of the DEP-1 receptor with certain agents can affect endothelial cell growth. The research team has developed antibodies that bind to the ectodomain of a mammalian transmembrane protein known as DEP-1 (for density enhanced protein) or CD148. CD148 (also named DEP-1/PTPn) is a receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase that is abundantly expressed in vascular endothelial cells, hematopoietic-cell lineages, duct epithelia of thyroid, mammary and gastrointestinal tissues.

Vanderbilt researchers have developed an in-silico screening method to reveal new indications for existing drugs with known protein targets using a novel infrastructure. The infrastructure integrates multiple factors across system-biology models to create a drug discovery pipeline.

The Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD) has a mission to promote the translation of advances in basic science towards novel therapeutics. They have recruited faculty and staff with experience at over 10 different pharmaceutical companies to ensure a diverse set of approaches, techniques and philosophies to advancing compounds. Together they aim to de-risk drug discovery programs.