Protein-protein interaction modulators: advances, successes and remaining challenges

L Mabonga, AP Kappo - Biophysical reviews, 2019 - Springer
Modulating disease-relevant protein-protein interactions (PPIs) using small-molecule
inhibitors is a quite indispensable diagnostic and therapeutic strategy in averting …

Targeting the eIF4F translation initiation complex: a critical nexus for cancer development

J Pelletier, J Graff, D Ruggero, N Sonenberg - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Elevated protein synthesis is an important feature of many cancer cells and often arises as a
consequence of increased signaling flux channeled to eukaryotic initiation factor 4F (eIF4F) …

A noncanonical function of EIF4E limits ALDH1B1 activity and increases susceptibility to ferroptosis

X Chen, J Huang, C Yu, J Liu, W Gao, J Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of lipid peroxidation-dependent cell death that is emerging as a
therapeutic target for cancer. However, the mechanisms of ferroptosis during the generation …

RNA-binding proteins in regulating mRNA stability and translation: roles and mechanisms in cancer

W Li, X Deng, J Chen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are key players in cellular physiology through
posttranscriptional regulation of the expression of target RNA transcripts. By modulating the …

Cancer the 'RBP'eutics–RNA-binding proteins as therapeutic targets for cancer

S Mohibi, X Chen, J Zhang - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a critical role in the regulation of various RNA processes,
including splicing, cleavage and polyadenylation, transport, translation and degradation of …

RNA-binding proteins in cancer: functional and therapeutic perspectives

D Kang, Y Lee, JS Lee - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play central roles in regulating
posttranscriptional expression of genes. Many of them are known to be deregulated in a …

Development of potent and selective inhibitors targeting the papain-like protease of SARS-CoV-2

H Shan, J Liu, J Shen, J Dai, G Xu, K Lu, C Han… - Cell chemical …, 2021 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous to society and effective drugs are urgently
needed. The papain-like protease domain (PLpro) of SARS-CoV-2 (SCoV2) is …

Viral and cellular mRNA translation in coronavirus-infected cells

K Nakagawa, KG Lokugamage, S Makino - Advances in virus research, 2016 - Elsevier
Coronaviruses have large positive-strand RNA genomes that are 5′ capped and 3′
polyadenylated. The 5′-terminal two-thirds of the genome contain two open reading frames …

Protein synthesis control in cancer: selectivity and therapeutic targeting

JR Kovalski, D Kuzuoglu‐Ozturk, D Ruggero - The EMBO Journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Translational control of mRNAs is a point of convergence for many oncogenic signals
through which cancer cells tune protein expression in tumorigenesis. Cancer cells rely on …

[HTML][HTML] RNA binding proteins (RBPs) and their role in DNA damage and radiation response in cancer

M Mehta, R Raguraman, R Ramesh… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditionally majority of eukaryotic gene expression is influenced by transcriptional and post-
transcriptional events. Alterations in the expression of proteins that act post-transcriptionally …