[HTML][HTML] Regulated cell death (RCD) in cancer: key pathways and targeted therapies

F Peng, M Liao, R Qin, S Zhu, C Peng, L Fu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Regulated cell death (RCD), also well-known as programmed cell death (PCD), refers to the
form of cell death that can be regulated by a variety of biomacromolecules, which is …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting mutant p53 for cancer therapy: direct and indirect strategies

J Hu, J Cao, W Topatana, S Juengpanich, S Li… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
TP53 is a critical tumor-suppressor gene that is mutated in more than half of all human
cancers. Mutations in TP53 not only impair its antitumor activity, but also confer mutant p53 …

Asymmetric organocatalysis: an enabling technology for medicinal chemistry

B Han, XH He, YQ Liu, G He, C Peng… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficacy and synthetic versatility of asymmetric organocatalysis have contributed
enormously to the field of organic synthesis since the early 2000s. As asymmetric …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting p53 for the treatment of cancer

MJ Duffy, NC Synnott, S O'Grady, J Crown - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Dysfunction of the TP53 (p53) gene occurs in most if not all human malignancies. Two
principal mechanisms are responsible for this dysfunction; mutation and downregulation of …

Overcoming anti-cancer drug resistance via restoration of tumor suppressor gene function

L Gao, ZX Wu, YG Assaraf, ZS Chen, L Wang - Drug Resistance Updates, 2021 - Elsevier
The cytotoxic anti-cancer drugs cisplatin, paclitaxel, doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), as
well as targeted drugs including imatinib, erlotinib, and nivolumab, play key roles in clinical …

Small-molecule MDM2 inhibitors in clinical trials for cancer therapy

S Wang, FE Chen - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Disruption of the MDM2-p53 protein-protein interaction by small-molecule inhibitors has
been highly pursued by many academic laboratories and pharmaceutical companies as a …

Targeting the p53-MDM2 pathway for neuroblastoma therapy: Rays of hope

A Zafar, W Wang, G Liu, W Xian, F McKeon, J Zhou… - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite being the subject of extensive research and clinical trials, neuroblastoma remains a
major therapeutic challenge in pediatric oncology. The p53 protein is a central safeguard …

[HTML][HTML] PROTAC degraders with ligands recruiting MDM2 E3 ubiquitin ligase: an updated perspective

X Han, W Wei, Y Sun - Acta materia medica, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Mouse double minute 2 (MDM2) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase which effectively
degrades tumor suppressor p53. In the past two decades, many MDM2 inhibitors that disrupt …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting USP7-mediated deubiquitination of MDM2/MDMX-p53 pathway for cancer therapy: are we there yet?

SM Qi, G Cheng, XD Cheng, Z Xu, B Xu… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The p53 tumor suppressor protein and its major negative regulators MDM2 and MDMX
oncoproteins form the MDM2/MDMX-p53 circuitry, which plays critical roles in regulating …

Dual inhibitors of histone deacetylases and other cancer-related targets: A pharmacological perspective

Y Gao, H Zhang, F Lirussi, C Garrido, XY Ye… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Epigenetic enzymes histone deacetylases (HDACs) are clinically validated anticancer drug
targets which have been studied intensively in the past few decades. Although several drugs …