Sid Labed
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Depression is a leading cause of Suicide
Over 17 million people in US had sever depression episode.
economic burden of depression in the US was estimated to be over $210 billion in 2019
EvoDenovo’s science centers on GPR158, recently identified as a metabotropic glycine receptor (mGlyR): glycine binds an extracellular Cache domain and modulates a noncanonical signaling axis built around the RGS7–Gβ5 complex, with downstream effects on cAMP and cortical neuronal excitability. In the prefrontal cortex, GPR158 is reported to be upregulated in major depressive disorder, and in mice chronic stress increases GPR158 in a glucocorticoid-dependent manner; overexpression induces depressive-like behavior, while loss of GPR158 produces an antidepressant-like phenotype and stress resilience.