COVID-19 and cellular senescence

CA Schmitt, T Tchkonia, LJ Niedernhofer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The clinical severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is largely determined by host
factors. Recent advances point to cellular senescence, an ageing-related switch in cellular …

Recent advances in targeting the “undruggable” proteins: from drug discovery to clinical trials

X Xie, T Yu, X Li, N Zhang, LJ Foster, C Peng… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Undruggable proteins are a class of proteins that are often characterized by large, complex
structures or functions that are difficult to interfere with using conventional drug design …

Affinity and cooperativity modulate ternary complex formation to drive targeted protein degradation

RP Wurz, H Rui, K Dellamaggiore… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation via “hijacking” of the ubiquitin-proteasome system using
proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) has evolved into a novel therapeutic modality …

Bioorthogonal PROTAC prodrugs enabled by on-target activation

M Chang, F Gao, D Pontigon, G Gnawali… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have become promising therapeutic
modalities, important concerns exist about the potential toxicity of the approach owing to …

PROTAC technology: A new drug design for chemical biology with many challenges in drug discovery

N Guedeney, M Cornu, F Schwalen, C Kieffer… - Drug Discovery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Target Protein Degradation TPD is a new avenue and revolutionary for therapeutics
because redefining the principles of classical drug discovery and guided by event-based …

Advancing strategies for proteolysis-targeting chimera design

M Li, Y Zhi, B Liu, Q Yao - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have shown great therapeutic potential by
degrading various disease-causing proteins, particularly those related to tumors. Therefore …

The rise of degrader drugs

M Teng, NS Gray - Cell Chemical Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The cancer genomics revolution has served up a plethora of promising and challenging
targets for the drug discovery community. The field of targeted protein degradation (TPD) …

PROTAC therapy as a new targeted therapy for lung cancer

JW Li, G Zheng, FJ Kaye, L Wu - Molecular therapy, 2023 - cell.com
Despite recent advances in molecular therapeutics, lung cancer is still a leading cause of
cancer deaths. Currently, limited targeted therapy options and acquired drug resistance …

Targeted protein degradation in cancers: Orthodox PROTACs and beyond

J Li, X Chen, A Lu, C Liang - The Innovation, 2023 - cell.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is emerging as a strategy to overcome the limitations of
traditional small-molecule inhibitors. Proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology …

[HTML][HTML] A beginner's guide to current synthetic linker strategies towards VHL-recruiting PROTACs

NA Zografou-Barredo, AJ Hallatt, J Goujon-Ricci… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last two decades, proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have been
revolutionary in drug development rendering targeted protein degradation (TPD) as an …