Rational design of peptide-based inhibitors disrupting protein-protein interactions

X Wang, D Ni, Y Liu, S Lu - Frontiers in chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are well-established as a class of promising drug targets
for their implications in a wide range of biological processes. However, drug development …

Engineering precise sequence-defined polymers for advanced functions

Q Shi, Z Deng, M Hou, X Hu, S Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Unlike natural macromolecules (eg, nucleic acids and proteins) possessing precisely
defined molar mass, chain sequence, chirality, and topology, synthetic polymers are typically …

Unnatural helical peptidic foldamers as protein segment mimics

P Sang, J Cai - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Unnatural helical peptidic foldamers have attracted considerable attention owing to their
unique folding behaviours, diverse artificial protein binding mechanisms, and promising …

Computational approaches for the design of modulators targeting protein-protein interactions

AU Rehman, B Khurshid, Y Ali, S Rasheed… - Expert opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are intriguing targets for
designing novel small-molecule inhibitors. The role of PPIs in various infectious and …

Modulating angiogenesis by proteomimetics of vascular endothelial growth factor

S Abdulkadir, C Li, W Jiang, X Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Angiogenesis, formation of new blood vessels from the existing vascular network, is a
hallmark of cancer cells that leads to tumor vascular proliferation and metastasis. This …

Geared toward applications: A perspective on functional sequence-controlled polymers

C Yang, KB Wu, Y Deng, J Yuan, J Niu - ACS macro letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sequence-controlled polymers are an emerging class of synthetic polymers with a regulated
sequence of monomers. In the past decade, tremendous progress has been made in the …

Tackling undruggable targets with designer peptidomimetics and synthetic biologics

CS Swenson, G Mandava, DM Thomas… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of potent, specific, and pharmacologically viable chemical probes and
therapeutics is a central focus of chemical biology and therapeutic development. However, a …

Sulfono-γ-AApeptides as helical mimetics: Crystal structures and applications

P Sang, Y Shi, B Huang, S Xue, T Odom… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Foldamers have defined and predictable structures, improved resistance to
proteolytic degradation, enhanced chemical diversity, and are versatile in their mimicry of …

Inhibition of hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF-1α) signaling with sulfonyl-γ-AApeptide helices

W Jiang, S Abdulkadir, X Zhao, P Sang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of inhibitors that selectively block protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is
crucial for chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, and biomedical sciences. Herein, we …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a novel heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2B1 (hnRNPA2B1) ligand that disrupts HnRNPA2B1/nucleic acid interactions to inhibit the …

L Hu, S Liu, H Yao, Y Hu, Y Wang, J Jiang, X Li… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gastric carcinoma is a highly malignant tumor that still lacks effective molecular targets.
Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2B1 (hnRNPA2B1) is an essential oncogenic …