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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2011

Ubiquitin-like protein conjugation and the ubiquitin-proteasome system as drug targets.

Lynn Bedford, James Lowe, Lawrence R Dick, R John Mayer, James E Brownell

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 304 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
304citing papers in PubMed
17.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

304 citing papers in PubMed, 549 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lynn BedfordSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. james.brownell@mpi.com
James Lowe
Lawrence R Dick
R John Mayer
James E Brownell
University of Nottingham · GBMillennium Engineering and Integration (United States) · US

Funding

Parkinson's UK F-0702Parkinson's UK G-4055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and ubiquitin-like protein (UBL) conjugation pathways are integral to cellular protein homeostasis. The growing recognition of the fundamental importance of these pathways to normal cell function and in disease has prompted an in-depth search for small-molecule inhibitors that selectively block the function of these pathways. However, our limited understanding of the molecular mechanisms and biological consequences of UBL conjugation is a significant hurdle to identifying drug-like inhibitors of enzyme targets within these pathways. Here, we highlight recent advances in understanding the role of some of these enzymes and how these new insights may be the key to developing novel therapeutics for diseases including immuno-inflammatory disorders, cancer, infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative disorders.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsDrug DesignEnzyme InhibitorsHumansProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitinUbiquitinsEnzyme InhibitorsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitinUbiquitins

Identifiers

PMID21151032
PMCPMC7097807
OpenAlexW1999353132

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