Advances in targeting 'undruggable'transcription factors with small molecules

MJ Henley, AN Koehler - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) represent key biological players in diseases including cancer,
autoimmunity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, outside nuclear receptors …

Induced protein degradation for therapeutics: past, present, and future

H Yoon, JC Rutter, YD Li… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The concept of induced protein degradation by small molecules has emerged as a
promising therapeutic strategy that is particularly effective in targeting proteins previously …

Discovery of ARD-2585 as an exceptionally potent and orally active PROTAC degrader of androgen receptor for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer

W Xiang, L Zhao, X Han, C Qin, B Miao… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report herein the discovery of exceptionally potent and orally bioavailable PROTAC AR
degraders with ARD-2585 being the most promising compound. ARD-2585 achieves DC50 …

The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2020: extending immunopharmacology content and introducing the IUPHAR/MMV Guide to MALARIA …

JF Armstrong, E Faccenda, SD Harding… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (www. guidetopharmacology. org) is
an open-access, expert-curated database of molecular interactions between ligands and …

Discovery of ARD-1676 as a highly potent and orally efficacious AR PROTAC degrader with a broad activity against AR mutants for the treatment of AR+ human …

W Xiang, L Zhao, X Han, T Xu, S Kregel… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report herein the discovery and extensive characterization of ARD-1676, a highly potent
and orally efficacious PROTAC degrader of the androgen receptor (AR). ARD-1676 was …

Gender differences in the pathogenesis and risk factors of hepatocellular carcinoma

R Nevola, G Tortorella, V Rosato, L Rinaldi, S Imbriani… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Significant gender disparities have been highlighted in the incidence,
aggressiveness, and prognosis of HCC. A different epidemiological distribution of the risk …

Inhibiting androgen receptor splice variants with cysteine-selective irreversible covalent inhibitors to treat prostate cancer

T Thiyagarajan, S Ponnusamy… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Androgen receptor (AR) and its splice variants (AR-SVs) promote prostate cancer (PCa)
growth by orchestrating transcriptional reprogramming. Mechanisms by which the low …

Therapeutic strategies to target the androgen receptor

W Xiang, S Wang - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The androgen receptor (AR) plays a key role in the maintenance of muscle and bone and
the support of male sexual-related functions, as well as in the progression of prostate …

A comprehensive overview of small-molecule androgen receptor degraders: Recent progress and future perspectives

S Ha, G Luo, H Xiang - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Prostate cancer (PC), the second most prevalent malignancy in men worldwide, has been
proven to depend on the aberrant activation of androgen receptor (AR) signaling. Long-term …

An overview of next-generation androgen receptor-targeted therapeutics in development for the treatment of prostate cancer

ML Mohler, A Sikdar, S Ponnusamy, DJ Hwang… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Traditional endocrine therapy for prostate cancer (PCa) has been directed at suppression of
the androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis since Huggins et al. discovered that …