[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria targeting drugs for neurodegenerative diseases—Design, mechanism and application

J Xu, W Du, Y Zhao, K Lim, L Lu, C Zhang… - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's
disease (PD) are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by progressive …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy and beyond: Unraveling the complexity of UNC-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1) from biological functions to therapeutic implications

L Zou, M Liao, Y Zhen, S Zhu, X Chen, J Zhang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract UNC-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1), as a serine/threonine kinase, is an autophagic
initiator in mammals and a homologous protein of autophagy related protein (Atg) 1 in yeast …

Recent advances in covalent drug discovery

D Schaefer, X Cheng - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
In spite of the increasing number of biologics license applications, the development of
covalent inhibitors is still a growing field within drug discovery. The successful approval of …

[HTML][HTML] Non-small molecule PROTACs (NSM-PROTACs): protein degradation kaleidoscope

S Ma, J Ji, Y Tong, Y Zhu, J Dou, X Zhang, S Xu… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
The proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) technology has been rapidly developed
since its birth in 2001, attracting rapidly growing attention of scientific institutes and …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of epigenetic degraders based on PROTAC, molecular glue, and hydrophobic tagging technologies

X Peng, Z Hu, L Zeng, M Zhang, C Xu, B Lu… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2024 - Elsevier
Epigenetic pathways play a critical role in the initiation, progression, and metastasis of
cancer. Over the past few decades, significant progress has been made in the development …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting autophagy and beyond: deconvoluting the complexity of Beclin-1 from biological function to cancer therapy

J Ye, J Zhang, Y Zhu, L Wang, X Jiang, B Liu… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Beclin-1 is the firstly-identified mammalian protein of the autophagy machinery, which
functions as a molecular scaffold for the assembly of PI3KC3 (class III phosphatidylinositol 3 …

The new direction of drug development: Degradation of undruggable targets through targeting chimera technology

X Liang, H Ren, F Han, R Liang… - Medicinal Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Imbalances in protein and noncoding RNA levels in vivo lead to the occurrence of many
diseases. In addition to the use of small molecule inhibitors and agonists to restore these …

Epigenetic mechanisms underlying subtype heterogeneity and tumor recurrence in prostate cancer

G Chakraborty, K Gupta, N Kyprianou - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease. Progression on androgen deprivation
therapy (ADT) to castration-resistant (CRPC), or neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC), is …

PROTACs: A novel strategy for cancer drug discovery and development

X Han, Y Sun - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology has become a powerful strategy in drug
discovery, especially for undruggable targets/proteins. A typical PROTAC degrader consists …

[HTML][HTML] Function, mechanism and drug discovery of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modification with mulitiomics profiling for cancer therapy

Y Jiang, S Ni, B Xiao, L Jia - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like (Ubl) pathways are critical post-translational modifications
that determine whether functional proteins are degraded or activated/inactivated. To date,> …