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ReviewChemMedChem2016

Small-Molecule and Peptide Inhibitors of the Pro-Survival Protein Mcl-1.

Andrew M Beekman, Lesley A Howell

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Review in ChemMedChem, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Targeting protein-protein interactions in the BCL-2 family: opportunities for precision oncology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  2. Modeling the Binding of Anticancer Peptides and Mcl-1.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew M BeekmanSchool of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK.
Lesley A HowellSchool of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK. L.Howell@uea.ac.uk.
Norwich Research Park · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of protein-protein interactions to regulate cellular processes in both beneficial and detrimental ways has made them obvious drug targets. The Bcl-2 family of proteins undergo a series of protein-protein interactions which regulate the intrinsic cell-death pathway. The pro-survival members of the Bcl-2 family, including Bcl-2, Bcl-xL , and Mcl-1, are commonly overexpressed in a number of human cancers. Effective modulators of members of the Bcl-2 family have been developed and are undergoing clinical trials, but the efficient modulation of Mcl-1 is still not represented in the clinic. In addition, Mcl-1 is a major cause of resistance to radio- and chemotherapies, including inhibitors that target other Bcl-2 family members. Subsequently, the inhibition of Mcl-1 has become of significant interest to the scientific community. This review covers the progress made to date in modulating the activity of Mcl-1, by both stapled peptides and small molecules. The development of peptides as drug candidates, and the advancement of experimental and computational techniques used to discover small molecules are also highlighted.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryHumansMolecular StructureMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinPeptidesProtein BindingSmall Molecule LibrariesMCL1 protein, humanMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinPeptidesSmall Molecule LibrariesBcl-2Mcl-1protein-protein interactionssmall-molecule inhibitorsstapled peptides

Identifiers

PMID26696548
PMCPMC4991272
OpenAlexW2239142370

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