Liquid–liquid phase separation drives cellular function and dysfunction in cancer

S Mehta, J Zhang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer is a disease of uncontrollably reproducing cells. It is governed by biochemical
pathways that have escaped the regulatory bounds of normal homeostatic balance. This …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting KRAS mutant cancers: from druggable therapy to drug resistance

C Zhu, X Guan, X Zhang, X Luan, Z Song, X Cheng… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Viral Oncogene Homolog (KRAS) is the most frequently
mutated oncogene, occurring in a variety of tumor types. Targeting KRAS mutations with …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting protein phosphatases in cancer immunotherapy and autoimmune disorders

SM Stanford, N Bottini - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Protein phosphatases act as key regulators of multiple important cellular processes and are
attractive therapeutic targets for various diseases. Although extensive effort has been …

The RASopathies: from pathogenetics to therapeutics

KE Hebron, ER Hernandez… - Disease models & …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
The RASopathies are a group of disorders caused by a germline mutation in one of the
genes encoding a component of the RAS/MAPK pathway. These disorders, including …

Double-edged roles of protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 in cancer and its inhibitors in clinical trials

Y Song, M Zhao, H Zhang, B Yu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphorylation is a reversible post-translational modification regulated by phosphorylase
and dephosphorylase to mediate important cellular events. Src homology-2-containing …

Strategies targeting protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 for cancer therapy

Y Song, S Wang, M Zhao, X Yang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 encoded by PTPN11 is a promising therapeutic
target for cancer therapy, while the multifaceted roles of SHP2 complicate the drug discovery …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting protein phosphatases for the treatment of inflammation-related diseases: From signaling to therapy

J Pan, L Zhou, C Zhang, Q Xu, Y Sun - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
Inflammation is the common pathological basis of autoimmune diseases, metabolic
diseases, malignant tumors, and other major chronic diseases. Inflammation plays an …

Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screens reveal shared and cell-specific mechanisms of resistance to SHP2 inhibition

W Wei, MJ Geer, X Guo, I Dolgalev… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
SHP2 (PTPN11) acts upstream of SOS1/2 to enable RAS activation. Allosteric SHP2
inhibitors (SHP2i) in the clinic prevent SHP2 activation, block proliferation of RTK-or cycling …

[HTML][HTML] Allosteric inhibition reveals SHP2-mediated tumor immunosuppression in colon cancer by single-cell transcriptomics

J Gao, Z Wu, M Zhao, R Zhang, M Li, D Sun… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC), a malignant tumor worldwide consists of microsatellite instability
(MSI) and stable (MSS) phenotypes. Although SHP2 is a hopeful target for cancer therapy …

VHL-based PROTACs as potential therapeutic agents: Recent progress and perspectives

C Wang, Y Zhang, J Wang, D Xing - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs), which hijack proteins of interest (POIs) and
recruit E3 ligases for target degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, are a novel …