The present and future of the Cancer Dependency Map

R Arafeh, T Shibue, JM Dempster, WC Hahn… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite tremendous progress in the past decade, the complex and heterogeneous nature of
cancer complicates efforts to identify new therapies and therapeutic combinations that …

Cell-penetrating peptide-mediated biomolecule transportation in artificial lipid vesicles and living cells

A Miwa, K Kamiya - Molecules, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Signal transduction and homeostasis are regulated by complex protein interactions in the
intracellular environment. Therefore, the transportation of impermeable macromolecules …

PBK correlates with prognosis, immune escape and drug response in LUAD

H Ma, J Zhang, Y Shi, Z Wang, W Nie, J Cai… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
PBK (PDZ-binding kinase) is a protein-coding gene that encodes a serine/threonine protein
kinase associated with the dual-specific mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPKK) family …

Phosphorylation of GCN2 by mTOR confers adaptation to conditions of hyper-mTOR activation under stress

O Darawshi, O Yassin, M Shmuel, RC Wek… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - jbc.org
Adaptation to the shortage in free amino acids (AA) is mediated by 2 pathways, the
integrated stress response (ISR) and the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR). In …

Highlights from the 1st European cancer dependency map symposium and workshop

L Trastulla, A Savino, P Beltrao, IC Ciriano… - FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The systematic identification of tumour vulnerabilities through perturbational experiments on
cancer models, including genome editing and drug screens, is playing a crucial role in …

cirSIRT5 induces ferroptosis in bladder cancer by forming a ternary complex with SYVN1/PHGDH

W Li, Y Ou, F Ye, Z Cheng, Z Chen, Q Zhou, X Yan… - Cell Death …, 2024 - nature.com
Bladder cancer (BC) represents a prevalent and formidable malignancy necessitating
innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emerged …

Ribosome subunit attrition and activation of the p53–MDM4 axis dominate the response of MLL-rearranged cancer cells to WDR5 WIN site inhibition

GC Howard, J Wang, KL Rose, C Jones, P Patel, T Tsui… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
The chromatin-associated protein WD Repeat Domain 5 (WDR5) is a promising target for
cancer drug discovery, with most efforts blocking an arginine-binding cavity on the protein …

Convergence of orphan quality control pathways at a ubiquitin chain-elongating ligase

SC Roas, Y Yagita, P Murphy, R Kurzbauer, T Clausen… - Molecular Cell, 2025 - cell.com
Unassembled and partially assembled subunits of multi-protein complexes have emerged
as major quality control clients, particularly under conditions of imbalanced gene expression …

SKI complex loss renders 9p21. 3-deleted or MSI-H cancers dependent on PELO

PC Borck, I Boyle, K Jankovic, N Bick, K Foster, AC Lau… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Cancer genome alterations often lead to vulnerabilities that can be used to selectively target
cancer cells. Various inhibitors of such synthetic lethal targets have been approved by the …

Metformin as a promising target for DPP4 expression: computational modeling and experimental validation

AA El-Arabey, H Zhang, M Abdalla, ST Al-Shouli… - Medical Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Metformin is a regularly prescribed and low-cost generic medication. Metformin has been
proposed as a target for Dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 (DPP4) expression in various clinical …