Targeting post-translational modification of transcription factors as cancer therapy

M Qian, F Yan, T Yuan, B Yang, Q He, H Zhu - Drug Discovery Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Transcription factors are generally dysregulated in tumors.•Most oncogenic
transcription factors are considered as “undruggable” targets.•Post-translational …

Targeting transcription factors in cancer

AS Bhagwat, CR Vakoc - Trends in cancer, 2015 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) are commonly deregulated in the pathogenesis of human cancer
and are a major class of cancer cell dependencies. Consequently, targeting of TFs can be …

Targeting DNA binding proteins for cancer therapy

Y Shiroma, R Takahashi, Y Yamamoto… - Cancer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dysregulation or mutation of DNA binding proteins such as transcription factors (TFs) is
associated with the onset and progression of various types of disease, including cancer …

Current strategies and progress for targeting the “undruggable” transcription factors

J Zhuang, Q Liu, D Wu, L Tie - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2022 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) specifically bind to DNA, recruit cofactor proteins and modulate
target gene expression, rendering them essential roles in the regulation of numerous …

Targeting transcription factors in cancer—from undruggable to reality

JH Bushweller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Mutated or dysregulated transcription factors represent a unique class of drug targets that
mediate aberrant gene expression, including blockade of differentiation and cell death gene …

Transcription factors and cancer: approaches to targeting

JV Shiah, DE Johnson, JR Grandis - The Cancer Journal, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Cancer is defined by the presence of uncontrollable cell growth, whereby improper
proliferative signaling has overcome regulation by cellular mechanisms. Transcription …

Targeting transcription factors in cancer: Challenges and evolving strategies

MS Redell, DJ Tweardy - Drug Discovery Today: Technologies, 2006 - Elsevier
As investigators uncover the molecular pathways leading to cancer, an abundance of
potential molecular targets is accumulating. Among these targets, transcription factors are …

Insights into the post-translational modification and its emerging role in shaping the tumor microenvironment

W Li, F Li, X Zhang, HK Lin, C Xu - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
More and more in-depth studies have revealed that the occurrence and development of
tumors depend on gene mutation and tumor heterogeneity. The most important …

Targeting key proteins involved in transcriptional regulation for cancer therapy: Current strategies and future prospective

H Pei, W Guo, Y Peng, H Xiong… - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The key proteins involved in transcriptional regulation play convergent roles in cellular
homeostasis, and their dysfunction mediates aberrant gene expressions that underline the …

Targeting transcription factors for cancer treatment

M Lambert, S Jambon, S Depauw… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Transcription factors are involved in a large number of human diseases such as cancers for
which they account for about 20% of all oncogenes identified so far. For long time, with the …