An expanded lexicon for the ubiquitin code

I Dikic, BA Schulman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
Our understanding of the ubiquitin code has greatly evolved from conventional E1, E2 and
E3 enzymes that modify Lys residues on specific substrates with a single type of ubiquitin …

Development of PI3K inhibitors: Advances in clinical trials and new strategies

D Meng, W He, Y Zhang, Z Liang, J Zheng… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are the family of vital lipid kinases widely
distributed in mammalian cells. The overexpression of PI3Ks leads to hyperactivation of the …

Novel CRBN-recruiting proteolysis-targeting chimeras as degraders of stimulator of interferon genes with in vivo anti-inflammatory efficacy

J Liu, L Yuan, Y Ruan, B Deng, Z Yang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The activation of the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-stimulator of interferon gene (STING)
pathway has been associated with the pathogenesis of many autoimmune and inflammatory …

Attenuation of NLRP3 inflammasome activation by indirubin-derived PROTAC targeting HDAC6

Z Cao, Z Gu, S Lin, D Chen, J Wang, Y Zhao… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a potential therapeutic target for treating several
diseases. A recent study revealed that HDAC6 is important for NLRP3 inflammasome …

A comprehensive review of BET-targeting PROTACs for cancer therapy

XL Zhou, F Zhao, YT Xu, YY Guan, T Yu… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Targeted protein degradation using proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) has
emerged as an effective strategy for drug discovery, given their unique advantages over …

Advances in molecular targeted therapies to increase efficacy of (chemo) radiation therapy

K Viktorsson, T Rieckmann, M Fleischmann… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2023 - Springer
Recent advances in understanding the tumor's biology in line with a constantly growing
number of innovative technologies have prompted characterization of patients' individual …

Triple-negative breast cancer: Identification of circRNAs with efficacy in preclinical in vivo models

UH Weidle, F Birzele - Cancer Genomics & Proteomics, 2023 - cgp.iiarjournals.org
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer with
insufficient options for therapy. In order to identify new targets and treatment modalities we …

Mechanism of activation and the rewired network: new drug design concepts

R Nussinov, M Zhang, R Maloney… - Medicinal research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Precision oncology benefits from effective early phase drug discovery decisions. Recently,
drugging inactive protein conformations has shown impressive successes, raising the …

Structural-based design of HD-TAC7 PROteolysis TArgeting chimeras (PROTACs) candidate transformations to abrogate SARS-CoV-2 infection

S Zahid, Y Ali, S Rashid - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for about
672 million infections and 6.85 million deaths worldwide. Upon SARS-CoV-2 infection …

Current strategies for improving limitations of proteolysis targeting chimeras

C Pu, S Wang, L Liu, Z Feng, H Zhang, Q Gong… - Chinese Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are bifunctional degrader molecules via
hijacking the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) to specifically eliminate targeted proteins …