S100 proteins in cancer

AR Bresnick, DJ Weber, DB Zimmer - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
In humans, the S100 protein family is composed of 21 members that exhibit a high degree of
structural similarity, but are not functionally interchangeable. This family of proteins …

Functions of S100 proteins

R Donato, BR cannon, G Sorci, F Riuzzi… - Current molecular …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
The S100 protein family consists of 24 members functionally distributed into three main
subgroups: those that only exert intracellular regulatory effects, those with intracellular and …

CHARMM general force field: A force field for drug‐like molecules compatible with the CHARMM all‐atom additive biological force fields

K Vanommeslaeghe, E Hatcher… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The widely used CHARMM additive all‐atom force field includes parameters for proteins,
nucleic acids, lipids, and carbohydrates. In the present article, an extension of the CHARMM …

Features of protein–protein interactions that translate into potent inhibitors: topology, surface area and affinity

MC Smith, JE Gestwicki - Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2012 - cambridge.org
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) control the assembly of multi-protein complexes and,
thus, these contacts have enormous potential as drug targets. However, the field has …

The S100B protein in biological fluids: more than a lifelong biomarker of brain distress

F Michetti, V Corvino, MC Geloso… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem.(2012) 120, 644–659. Abstract S100B is a calcium‐binding protein
concentrated in glial cells, although it has also been detected in definite extra‐neural cell …

Friend or foe: S100 proteins in cancer

C Allgöwer, AL Kretz, S von Karstedt, M Wittau… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
S100 proteins are widely expressed small molecular EF-hand calcium-binding proteins of
vertebrates, which are involved in numerous cellular processes, such as Ca2+ homeostasis …

A small-molecule inhibitor of BCL6 kills DLBCL cells in vitro and in vivo

LC Cerchietti, AF Ghetu, X Zhu, GF Da Silva, S Zhong… - Cancer cell, 2010 - cell.com
The BCL6 transcriptional repressor is the most frequently involved oncogene in diffuse large
B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). We combined computer-aided drug design with functional …

Inhibition of TLR2 signaling by small molecule inhibitors targeting a pocket within the TLR2 TIR domain

P Mistry, MHW Laird, RS Schwarz… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling is initiated by dimerization of intracellular Toll/IL-1 receptor
resistance (TIR) domains. For all TLRs except TLR3, recruitment of the adapter, myeloid …

S100B protein, a damage‐associated molecular pattern protein in the brain and heart, and beyond

G Sorci, R Bianchi, F Riuzzi, C Tubaro… - Cardiovascular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
S100B belongs to a multigenic family of Ca2+‐binding proteins of the EF‐hand type and is
expressed in high abundance in the brain. S100B interacts with target proteins within cells …

Emerging roles of allosteric modulators in the regulation of protein‐protein interactions (PPIs): A new paradigm for PPI drug discovery

D Ni, S Lu, J Zhang - Medicinal research reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Protein‐protein interactions (PPIs) are closely implicated in various types of cellular activities
and are thus pivotal to health and disease states. Given their fundamental roles in a wide …