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

X **e, 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 …

FOXO transcription factors as therapeutic targets in human diseases

A Orea-Soufi, J Paik, J Bragança, TA Donlon… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Forkhead box (FOX) O proteins are transcription factors (TFs) with four members in
mammals designated FOXO1, FOXO3, FOXO4, and FOXO6. FOXO TFs play a pivotal role in …

Targeting androgen receptor phase separation to overcome antiandrogen resistance

J **e, H He, W Kong, Z Li, Z Gao, D **e, L Sun… - Nature Chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer inevitably acquire resistance to
antiandrogen therapies in part because of androgen receptor (AR) mutations or splice …

c-Myc-targeting PROTAC based on a TNA-DNA bivalent binder for combination therapy of triple-negative breast cancer

X Li, Z Zhang, F Gao, Y Ma, D Wei, Z Lu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is highly aggressive with a poor clinical prognosis and
no targeted therapy. The c-Myc protein is a master transcription factor and a potential …

FOXO family isoforms

BF Santos, I Grenho, PJ Martel, BI Ferreira… - Cell death & disease, 2023 - nature.com
FOXO family of proteins are transcription factors involved in many physiological and
pathological processes including cellular homeostasis, stem cell maintenance, cancer …

Small molecules in the treatment of COVID-19

S Lei, X Chen, J Wu, X Duan, K Men - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
The outbreak of COVID-19 has become a global crisis, and brought severe disruptions to
societies and economies. Until now, effective therapeutics against COVID-19 are in high …

A molecular glue degrader of the WIZ transcription factor for fetal hemoglobin induction

PY Ting, S Borikar, JR Kerrigan, NM Thomsen… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a prevalent, life-threatening condition attributable to a heritable
mutation in β-hemoglobin. Therapeutic induction of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) can ameliorate …

Macrocycles and macrocyclization in anticancer drug discovery: Important pieces of the puzzle

C Zhang, F Liu, Y Zhang, C Song - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing disease-related proteins have been identified as novel therapeutic targets.
Macrocycles are emerging as potential solutions, bridging the gap between conventional …

Chromatin remodellers as therapeutic targets

HA Malone, CWM Roberts - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale cancer genome sequencing studies have revealed that chromatin regulators
are frequently mutated in cancer. In particular, more than 20% of cancers harbour mutations …

STAT family of transcription factors in breast cancer: Pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities and challenges

GL Wong, SG Manore, DL Doheny, HW Lo - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and second-leading cause of cancer
deaths in women. Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) promote metastasis and therapeutic …