Expanding chemical probe space: quality criteria for covalent and degrader probes

IV Hartung, J Rudolph, MM Mader… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Within druggable target space, new small-molecule modalities, particularly covalent
inhibitors and targeted degraders, have expanded the repertoire of medicinal chemists …

Transcription associated cyclin-dependent kinases as therapeutic targets for prostate cancer

TA Constantin, KK Greenland, A Varela-Carver… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Transcriptional deregulation has emerged as a hallmark of several cancer types. In
metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, a stage in which systemic androgen …

Discovery of a highly potent and selective dual PROTAC degrader of CDK12 and CDK13

J Yang, Y Chang, JCY Tien, Z Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Selective degradation of the cyclin-dependent kinases 12 and 13 (CDK12/13) presents a
novel therapeutic opportunity for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), but there is still a lack …

Covalent proximity scanning of a distal cysteine to target PI3Kα

C Borsari, E Keles, JA McPhail… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Covalent protein kinase inhibitors exploit currently noncatalytic cysteines in the adenosine
5′-triphosphate (ATP)-binding site via electrophiles directly appended to a reversible …

CDK12 is a potential biomarker for diagnosis, prognosis and immunomodulation in pan-cancer

KQ Lu, ZL Li, Q Zhang, Q Yin, YL Zhang, WJ Ni… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Cell cycle-dependent protein kinase 12 (CDK12) plays a key role in a variety of
carcinogenesis processes and represents a promising therapeutic target for cancer …

Discovery of ZLC491 as a Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable CDK12/13 PROTAC Degrader

L Zhou, K Zhou, Y Chang, J Yang, B Fan… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Selective degradation of cyclin-dependent kinases 12 and 13 (CDK12/13) emerges as a
new potential therapeutic approach for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and other …

Discovery of a novel dual-target inhibitor of CDK12 and PARP1 that induces synthetic lethality for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer

L Zhang, Y Zhen, L Feng, Z Li, Y Lu, G Wang… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•A series of dual-target inhibitors of CDK12-PARP1 were designed and
synthesized.•The SARs of dual-target inhibitors of CDK12-PARP1 were investigated.•The …

CDK12 regulates co-transcriptional splicing and RNA turnover in human cells

B Magnuson, K Bedi, IV Narayanan, B Bartkowiak… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
The cyclin-dependent kinase CDK12 has garnered interest as a cancer therapeutic target as
DNA damage response genes are particularly suppressed by loss of CDK12 activity. In this …

Transcriptional cyclin-dependent kinases: Potential drug targets in cancer therapy

Y Liu, L Fu, J Wu, M Liu, G Wang, B Liu… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the wake of the development of the concept of cell cycle and its limiting points, cyclin-
dependent kinases (CDKs) are considered to play a central role in regulating cell cycle …

Bad to the bone: emerging approaches to aggressive bone sarcomas

GE Wood, LA Graves, EM Rubin, DR Reed… - American Society of …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
Bone sarcomas are rare heterogeneous tumors that affect patients of all ages including
children, adolescent young adults, and older adults. They include many aggressive …