[HTML][HTML] Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) in cancer therapy

X Li, W Pu, Q Zheng, M Ai, S Chen, Y Peng - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are engineered techniques for targeted protein
degradation. A bifunctional PROTAC molecule with two covalently-linked ligands recruits …

Photoluminescent nanoparticles for chemical and biological analysis and imaging

WR Algar, M Massey, K Rees, R Higgins… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic modifications of histones in cancer

Z Zhao, A Shilatifard - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
The epigenetic modifications of histones are versatile marks that are intimately connected to
development and disease pathogenesis including human cancers. In this review, we will …

ImmunoPET: concept, design, and applications

W Wei, ZT Rosenkrans, J Liu, G Huang, QY Luo… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Immuno-positron emission tomography (immunoPET) is a paradigm-shifting molecular
imaging modality combining the superior targeting specificity of monoclonal antibody (mAb) …

General design strategy to precisely control the emission of fluorophores via a twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) process

K Hanaoka, S Iwaki, K Yagi, T Myochin… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fluorogenic probes for bioimaging have become essential tools for life science and
medicine, and the key to their development is a precise understanding of the mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Proteolysis-targeting chimeras as therapeutics and tools for biological discovery

GM Burslem, CM Crews - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
New biological tools provide new techniques to probe fundamental biological processes.
Here we describe the burgeoning field of proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), which …

Redox signaling by reactive electrophiles and oxidants

S Parvez, MJC Long, JR Poganik, Y Aye - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The concept of cell signaling in the context of nonenzyme-assisted protein modifications by
reactive electrophilic and oxidative species, broadly known as redox signaling, is a uniquely …

Small‐molecule PROTACS: new approaches to protein degradation

M Toure, CM Crews - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The current inhibitor‐based approach to therapeutics has inherent limitations owing to its
occupancy‐based model: 1) there is a need to maintain high systemic exposure to ensure …

NanoLuc: a small luciferase is brightening up the field of bioluminescence

CG England, EB Ehlerding, W Cai - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
The biomedical field has greatly benefited from the discovery of bioluminescent proteins.
Currently, scientists employ bioluminescent systems for numerous biomedical applications …

[HTML][HTML] Degradation of proteins by PROTACs and other strategies

Y Wang, X Jiang, F Feng, W Liu, H Sun - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Blocking the biological functions of scaffold proteins and aggregated proteins is a
challenging goal. PROTAC proteolysis-targeting chimaera (PROTAC) technology may be …