PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry (an update from 2020 to 2021)

M He, C Cao, Z Ni, Y Liu, P Song, S Hao, Y He… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a new protein-
degradation strategy that has emerged in recent years. It uses bifunctional small molecules …

The language of chromatin modification in human cancers

S Zhao, CD Allis, GG Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The genetic information of human cells is stored in the context of chromatin, which is
subjected to DNA methylation and various histone modifications. Such a 'language'of …

Epigenetic therapies for cancer

SE Bates - New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
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Bromodomains: a new target class for drug development

AG Cochran, AR Conery, RJ Sims III - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Less than a decade ago, it was shown that bromodomains, acetyl lysine 'reader'modules
found in proteins with varied functions, were highly tractable small-molecule targets. This is …

Epigenetic tools (The Writers, The Readers and The Erasers) and their implications in cancer therapy

S Biswas, CM Rao - European journal of pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Addition of chemical tags on the DNA and modification of histone proteins impart a distinct
feature on chromatin architecture. With the advancement in scientific research, the key …

Lung myofibroblasts promote macrophage profibrotic activity through lactate-induced histone lactylation

H Cui, N Xie, S Banerjee, J Ge, D Jiang… - American Journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Augmented glycolysis due to metabolic reprogramming in lung myofibroblasts is critical to
their profibrotic phenotype. The primary glycolysis byproduct, lactate, is also secreted into …

Developments of CRBN-based PROTACs as potential therapeutic agents

C Wang, Y Zhang, Y Wu, D Xing - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Protease-targeted chimeras (PROTACs) are a new technology that is receiving much
attention in the treatment of diseases. The mechanism is to inhibit protein function by …

Targeted degradation of the enhancer lysine acetyltransferases CBP and p300

R Vannam, J Sayilgan, S Ojeda, B Karakyriakou… - Cell chemical …, 2021 - cell.com
The enhancer factors CREB-binding protein (CBP) and p300 (also known as KAT3A and
KAT3B) maintain gene expression programs through lysine acetylation of chromatin and …

Therapeutic targeting of EP300/CBP by bromodomain inhibition in hematologic malignancies

L Nicosia, GJ Spencer, N Brooks, FMR Amaral… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
CCS1477 (inobrodib) is a potent, selective EP300/CBP bromodomain inhibitor which
induces cell-cycle arrest and differentiation in hematologic malignancy model systems. In …

[HTML][HTML] SCLC: epidemiology, risk factors, genetic susceptibility, molecular pathology, screening, and early detection

Q Wang, ZH Gümüş, C Colarossi, L Memeo… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2023 - Elsevier
We review research regarding the epidemiology, risk factors, genetic susceptibility,
molecular pathology, and early detection of SCLC, a deadly tumor that accounts for 14% of …