[HTML][HTML] PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologue

M Békés, DR Langley, CM Crews - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging therapeutic modality with the potential to
tackle disease-causing proteins that have historically been highly challenging to target with …

Advancing targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy

B Dale, M Cheng, KS Park, HÜ Kaniskan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The human proteome contains approximately 20,000 proteins, and it is estimated that more
than 600 of them are functionally important for various types of cancers, including nearly 400 …

Molecular glues for targeted protein degradation: from serendipity to rational discovery

G Dong, Y Ding, S He, C Sheng - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation is a promising area in the discovery and development of
innovative therapeutics. Molecular glues mediate proximity-induced protein degradation and …

Advances in targeting 'undruggable'transcription factors with small molecules

MJ Henley, AN Koehler - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) represent key biological players in diseases including cancer,
autoimmunity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, outside nuclear receptors …

Cell cycle on the crossroad of tumorigenesis and cancer therapy

J Liu, Y Peng, W Wei - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
Aberrancy in cell cycle progression is one of the fundamental mechanisms underlying
tumorigenesis, making regulators of the cell cycle machinery rational anticancer therapeutic …

Chasing molecular glue degraders: screening approaches

A Domostegui, L Nieto-Barrado… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) govern all biological processes. Some small molecules
modulate PPIs through induced protein proximity. In particular, molecular glue degraders …

Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles with surface‐mimicking protein secondary structure as lysosome‐targeting chimaeras for self‐synergistic cancer …

J Qi, S Jia, X Kang, X Wu, Y Hong, K Shan… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy has received tremendous attention for tumor treatment, but the efficacy is
greatly hindered by insufficient tumor‐infiltration of immune cells and immunosuppressive …

E3 ligase ligands for PROTACs: how they were found and how to discover new ones

T Ishida, A Ciulli - … Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Bifunctional degrader molecules, also called proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), are
a new modality of chemical tools and potential therapeutics to understand and treat human …

Proximity-based modalities for biology and medicine

X Liu, A Ciulli - ACS Central Science, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular proximity orchestrates biological function, and blocking existing proximities is an
established therapeutic strategy. By contrast, strengthening or creating neoproximity with …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways

Y Ding, D Xing, Y Fei, B Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) provides unprecedented opportunities for drug
discovery. While the proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology has already …