Trends in kinase drug discovery: targets, indications and inhibitor design

MM Attwood, D Fabbro, AV Sokolov, S Knapp… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
The FDA approval of imatinib in 2001 was a breakthrough in molecularly targeted cancer
therapy and heralded the emergence of kinase inhibitors as a key drug class in the oncology …

PROTAC degraders as chemical probes for studying target biology and target validation

V Němec, MP Schwalm, S Müller… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Small molecule degraders such as PROTACs (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) have
emerged as new promising pharmacological modalities and the first PROTAC drug …

Advances in computational methods for ligand binding kinetics

F Sohraby, A Nunes-Alves - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Binding kinetic parameters can be correlated with drug efficacy, which in recent years led to
the development of various computational methods for predicting binding kinetic rates and …

The importance of binding kinetics and drug–target residence time in pharmacology

KE Knockenhauer, RA Copeland - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A dominant assumption in pharmacology throughout the 20th century has been that in vivo
target occupancy—and attendant pharmacodynamics—depends on the systemic …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on FAK inhibitors with dual targeting capabilities for cancer treatment

X Wu, J Wang, Q Liang, R Tong, J Huang… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK, also known as PTK2) is a tyrosine kinase that regulates
integrin and growth factor signaling pathways and is involved in the migration, proliferation …

Predicting protein–ligand binding and unbinding kinetics with biased MD simulations and coarse-graining of dynamics: Current state and challenges

S Wolf - Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2023 - ACS Publications
The prediction of drug–target binding and unbinding kinetics that occur on time scales
between milliseconds and several hours is a prime challenge for biased molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Decisive role of water and protein dynamics in residence time of p38α MAP kinase inhibitors

T Pantsar, PD Kaiser, M Kudolo, M Forster… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Target residence time plays a crucial role in the pharmacological activity of small molecule
inhibitors. Little is known, however, about the underlying causes of inhibitor residence time …

In-silico analysis reveals Quinic acid as a multitargeted inhibitor against cervical cancer

S Ahmad, S Sayeed, N Bano, K Sheikh… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The cervix is the lowermost part of the uterus that connects to the vagina, and cervical
cancer is a malignant cervix tumour. One of this cancer's most important risk factors is HPV …

G protein-coupled receptor–ligand dissociation rates and mechanisms from τRAMD simulations

DB Kokh, RC Wade - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is a growing appreciation of the importance of drug-target binding kinetics for lead
optimization. For G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which mediate signaling over a …

[HTML][HTML] Focal adhesion kinase inhibitors, a heavy punch to cancer

Y Wu, N Li, C Ye, X Jiang, H Luo, B Zhang, Y Zhang… - Discover Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Kinases are the ideal druggable targets for diseases and especially were highlighted on
cancer therapy. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase and its …