Glycomimetics for the inhibition and modulation of lectins

S Leusmann, P Ménová, E Shanin, A Titz… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbohydrates are essential mediators of many processes in health and disease. They
regulate self-/non-self-discrimination, are key elements of cellular communication, cancer …

Small-molecule probes from bench to bedside: advancing molecular analysis of drug–target interactions toward precision medicine

S Pan, A Ding, Y Li, Y Sun, Y Zhan, Z Ye… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, remarkable advances have been witnessed in the development of
small-molecule probes. These molecular tools have been widely applied for interrogating …

Degradation of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 9/Cyclin T1 by optimized microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 beta-recruiting coumarin analogs

Y Zeng, J Xiao, Y Xu, F Wei, L Tian, Y Gao… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Autophagy is an efficient and attractive protein degradation pathway in addition to the
ubiquitin-proteasome system. Herein, systematic optimization of coumarin analogs linked …

Targeting mitochondrial degradation by chimeric autophagy-tethering compounds

Z Liu, G Qin, J Yang, W Wang, W Zhang, B Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to regulate mitophagy in a living system with small molecules remains a great
challenge. We hypothesize that adding fragments specific to the key autophagosome protein …

Targeted protein degradation in cancers: Orthodox PROTACs and beyond

J Li, X Chen, A Lu, C Liang - The Innovation, 2023 - cell.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is emerging as a strategy to overcome the limitations of
traditional small-molecule inhibitors. Proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology …

Innovative, combinatorial and high-throughput approaches to degrader synthesis

R Stevens, JDF Thompson, JCL Fournier… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degraders such as PROTACs and molecular glues are a rapidly emerging
therapeutic modality within industry and academia. Degraders possess unique mechanisms …

Selenium Nanodots (SENDs) as Antioxidants and Antioxidant‐Prodrugs to Rescue Islet β Cells in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Restoring Mitophagy and Alleviating …

Q Huang, Z Liu, Y Yang, Y Yang, T Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Preventing islet β‐cells death is crucial for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Currently, clinical drugs are being developed to improve the quality of T2DM care and self …

Application of novel degraders employing autophagy for expediting medicinal research

X Li, Q Liu, X Xie, C Peng, Q Pang, B Liu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) technology is based on a unique pharmacological
mechanism that has profoundly revolutionized medicinal research by overcoming limitations …

Bioorthogonally Activatable Autophagy-Tethering Compounds for Aptamer-Guided Mitochondrial Degradation

M Liu, Z Liu, G Qin, J Ren, X Qu - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although macroautophagy degradation targeting chimeras (MADTACs) have been
demonstrated to be efficient in a broad spectrum from intracellular proteins to …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse drug delivery systems for the enhancement of cancer immunotherapy: an overview

X Liu, Y Cheng, Y Liu, X Hu, T Wen - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Despite the clear benefits demonstrated by immunotherapy, there is still an inevitable off-
target effect resulting in serious adverse immune reactions. In recent years, the research and …