Low BCL-xL expression in triple-negative breast cancer cells favors chemotherapy efficacy, and this effect is limited by cancer-associated fibroblasts

L Nocquet, J Roul, CC Lefebvre, L Duarte… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) present a poor prognosis primarily due to their
resistance to chemotherapy. This resistance is known to be associated with elevated …

Progress of small molecules for targeted protein degradation: PROTACs and other technologies

HY Zhao, M Xin, SQ Zhang - Drug Development Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have witnessed the rapid development of targeted protein degradation (TPD),
especially proteolysis targeting chimeras. These degraders have manifested many …

Benchmarking Methods for PROTAC Ternary Complex Structure Prediction

E Rovers, M Schapira - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are bifunctional compounds that recruit an E3
ligase to a target protein to induce ubiquitination and degradation of the target. Rational …

PROTACs, molecular glues and bifunctionals from bench to bedside: Unlocking the clinical potential of catalytic drugs

M Maneiro, E De Vita, D Conole, CS Kounde… - Progress in medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The vast majority of currently marketed drugs rely on small molecules with an 'occupancy-
driven'mechanism of action (MOA). Therefore, the efficacy of these therapeutics depends on …

Patent landscape of inhibitors and PROTACs of the anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family proteins

P Pal, P Zhang, SK Poddar, G Zheng - Expert opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family proteins, such as BCL-2, BCL-XL, and MCL-1,
are excellent cancer therapeutic targets. The FDA approval of BCL-2 selective inhibitor …

Small-molecule PROTACs for cancer immunotherapy

Z Liu, Y Zhang, Y Xiang, X Kang - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unsatisfactory physicochemical properties of macromolecular drugs seriously hinder their
application in tumor immunotherapy. However, these problems can be effectively solved by …

[PDF][PDF] Revolutionizing diabetic foot ulcer care: the senotherapeutic approach

G Zhang, PN Samarawickrama, L Gui, Y Ma… - Aging and …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a prevalent and profoundly debilitating complication that
afflicts individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM). These ulcers are associated with substantial …

[HTML][HTML] Underlying mechanisms and treatment of cellular senescence-induced biological barrier interruption and related diseases

R Sun, J Feng, J Wang - Aging and Disease, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Given its increasing prevalence, aging is of great concern to researchers worldwide. Cellular
senescence is a physiological or pathological cellular state caused by aging and a …

Cellular senescence and the skeleton: pathophysiology and therapeutic implications

S Khosla, JN Farr, DG Monroe - The Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cellular senescence is a fundamental aging mechanism that is currently the focus of
considerable interest as a pathway that could be targeted to ameliorate aging across …

[HTML][HTML] PROTACs are effective in addressing the platelet toxicity associated with BCL-XL inhibitors

P Zhang, X Zhang, X Liu, S Khan, D Zhou… - Exploration of targeted …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract BCL-X L is an anti-apoptotic protein that plays an important role in tumorigenesis,
metastasis, and intrinsic or therapy-induced cancer drug resistance. More recently, BCL-X L …