Targeting protein modifications in metabolic diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies

X Wu, M Xu, M Geng, S Chen, PJ Little, S Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represents a major
public health burden worldwide. The most common form of NCD is metabolic diseases …

Protein neddylation and its alterations in human cancers for targeted therapy

L Zhou, W Zhang, Y Sun, L Jia - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
Neddylation, a post-translational modification that conjugates an ubiquitin-like protein
NEDD8 to substrate proteins, is an important biochemical process that regulates protein …

Histone deacetylase 9 activates IKK to regulate atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability

Y Asare, TA Campbell-James, Y Bokov, LL Yu… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Arterial inflammation manifested as atherosclerosis is the leading cause of
mortality worldwide. Genome-wide association studies have identified a prominent role of …

Protein neddylation and its role in health and diseases

S Zhang, Q Yu, Z Li, Y Zhao, Y Sun - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2024 - nature.com
NEDD8 (Neural precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated protein 8) is an
ubiquitin-like protein that is covalently attached to a lysine residue of a protein substrate …

Designed CXCR4 mimic acts as a soluble chemokine receptor that blocks atherogenic inflammation by agonist-specific targeting

C Kontos, O El Bounkari, C Krammer, D Sinitski… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Targeting a specific chemokine/receptor axis in atherosclerosis remains challenging.
Soluble receptor-based strategies are not established for chemokine receptors due to their …

Proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has anti‐proliferative activity in lung cancer cells

Z Xiao, S Song, D Chen, R van Merkerk… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is involved in protein‐protein interactions that
play key roles in inflammation and cancer. Current strategies to develop small molecule …

Diverse and pivotal roles of neddylation in metabolism and immunity

T Zou, J Zhang - The FEBS Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neddylation is one type of protein post‐translational modification by conjugating a ubiquitin‐
like protein neural precursor cell‐expressed developmentally downregulated protein 8 to …

Functional analysis of deubiquitylating enzymes in tumorigenesis and development

J Cheng, J Guo, BJ North, B Wang, CP Cui, H Li… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) are proteases that remove the ubiquitin moiety from
ubiquitylated substrates to antagonize the modification mediated by E3 ubiquitin ligases …

Neddylation regulation of immune responses

H Mao, X Lin, Y Sun - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Neddylation plays a vital role in post-translational modification, intricately shaping the
regulation of diverse biological processes, including those related to cellular immune …

Association between neddylation and immune response

J Zhu, F Chu, M Zhang, W Sun, F Zhou - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neddylation is a ubiquitin-like post-translational protein modification. It occurs via the
activation of the neural precursor cell expressed, developmentally downregulated protein 8 …