PROTAC'ing oncoproteins: targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy

JM Kelm, DS Pandey, E Malin, H Kansou, S Arora… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Molecularly targeted cancer therapies substantially improve patient outcomes, although the
durability of their effectiveness can be limited. Resistance to these therapies is often related …

IRAK1 and IRAK4 as emerging therapeutic targets in hematologic malignancies

J Bennett, DT Starczynowski - Current Opinion in Hematology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
IRAK-targeted therapies that have matriculated to early phase trials are yielding promising
preliminary results. However, studies of IRAK kinase signaling continue to defy conventional …

The IRAK4 scaffold integrates TLR4-driven TRIF and MYD88 signaling pathways

M Pereira, DF Durso, CE Bryant, EA Kurt-Jones… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinases (IRAKs)− 4,− 2, and− 1 are involved in
transducing signals from Toll-like receptors (TLRs) via the adaptor myeloid differentiation …

MyD88 TIR domain higher-order assembly interactions revealed by microcrystal electron diffraction and serial femtosecond crystallography

MTB Clabbers, S Holmes, TW Muusse… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
MyD88 and MAL are Toll-like receptor (TLR) adaptors that signal to induce pro-inflammatory
cytokine production. We previously observed that the TIR domain of MAL (MALTIR) forms …

Molecular definition of the endogenous Toll-like receptor signalling pathways

D Fisch, T Zhang, H Sun, W Ma, Y Tan, SP Gygi… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Innate immune pattern recognition receptors, such as the Toll-like receptors (TLRs), are key
mediators of the immune response to infection and central to our understanding of health …

Structural and functional understanding of the toll‐like receptors

J Asami, T Shimizu - Protein Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recognition of invading pathogens by the innate immune system is essential to initiate
antimicrobial responses and trigger adaptive immunity. This is largely mediated by an array …

Myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88 (MyD88): the central hub of TLR/IL-1R signaling

L Chen, L Zheng, P Chen, G Liang - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88 (MyD88) is a ubiquitously expressed
cytoplasmic adaptor protein that plays a central role in the Toll-like receptor (TLR) and …

Regulation of innate immune signaling by IRAK proteins

M Pereira, RT Gazzinelli - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and interleukin-1 receptors (IL-1R) families are of paramount
importance in coordinating the early immune response to pathogens. Signaling via most …

There's more to death than life: Noncatalytic functions in kinase and pseudokinase signaling

PD Mace, JM Murphy - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Protein kinases are present in all domains of life and play diverse roles in cellular signaling.
Whereas the impact of substrate phosphorylation by protein kinases has long been …

Structural evolution of TIR-domain signalosomes

S Nimma, W Gu, N Maruta, Y Li, M Pan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
TIR (Toll/interleukin-1 receptor/resistance protein) domains are cytoplasmic domains widely
found in animals and plants, where they are essential components of the innate immune …