Theranostic fluorescent probes

A Sharma, P Verwilst, M Li, D Ma, N Singh… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ability to gain spatiotemporal information, and in some cases achieve spatiotemporal
control, in the context of drug delivery makes theranostic fluorescent probes an attractive …

Protein degraders enter the clinic—a new approach to cancer therapy

D Chirnomas, KR Hornberger, CM Crews - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Heterobifunctional protein degraders, such as PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC)
protein degraders, constitute a novel therapeutic modality that harnesses the cell's natural …

Targeted protein degradation: from mechanisms to clinic

JM Tsai, RP Nowak, BL Ebert, ES Fischer - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation refers to the use of small molecules to induce the selective
degradation of proteins. In its most common form, this degradation is achieved through …

An update on the nitrogen heterocycle compositions and properties of US FDA-approved pharmaceuticals (2013–2023)

CM Marshall, JG Federice, CN Bell… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This Perspective is a continuation of our analysis of US FDA-approved small-molecule drugs
(1938–2012) containing nitrogen heterocycles. In this study we report drug structure and …

Targeting HER2-positive breast cancer: advances and future directions

SM Swain, M Shastry, E Hamilton - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2023 - nature.com
The long-sought discovery of HER2 as an actionable and highly sensitive therapeutic target
was a major breakthrough for the treatment of highly aggressive HER2-positive breast …

Exploring the next generation of antibody–drug conjugates

K Tsuchikama, Y Anami, SYY Ha… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2024 - nature.com
Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) are a promising cancer treatment modality that enables
the selective delivery of highly cytotoxic payloads to tumours. However, realizing the full …

Molecular targeted therapy for anticancer treatment

HY Min, HY Lee - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Since the initial clinical approval in the late 1990s and remarkable anticancer effects for
certain types of cancer, molecular targeted therapy utilizing small molecule agents or …

The evolving role of investigative toxicology in the pharmaceutical industry

F Pognan, M Beilmann, HCM Boonen… - Nature reviews drug …, 2023 - nature.com
For decades, preclinical toxicology was essentially a descriptive discipline in which
treatment-related effects were carefully reported and used as a basis to calculate safety …

PROTACs: past, present and future

K Li, CM Crews - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules consisting of
one ligand that binds to a protein of interest (POI) and another that can recruit an E3 …

Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders

C Cao, M He, L Wang, Y He, Y Rao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a novel and promising therapeutic
strategy using small molecules to induce ubiquitin-dependent degradation of proteins. It has …