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ReviewCell communication and signaling : CCS2016

Motif mediated protein-protein interactions as drug targets.

Carles Corbi-Verge, Philip M Kim

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Review in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Uncovering cancer dependencies in peptide-interacting protein pockets.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. A proteome-wide dependency map of protein interaction motifs.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carles Corbi-VergeTerrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E1, Canada. carles.corbiverge@utoronto.ca.
Philip M KimTerrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E1, Canada. pi@kimlab.org.
University of Toronto · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-123526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-protein interactions (PPI) are involved in virtually every cellular process and thus represent an attractive target for therapeutic interventions. A significant number of protein interactions are frequently formed between globular domains and short linear peptide motifs (DMI). Targeting these DMIs has proven challenging and classical approaches to inhibiting such interactions with small molecules have had limited success. However, recent new approaches have led to the discovery of potent inhibitors, some of them, such as Obatoclax, ABT-199, AEG-40826 and SAH-p53-8 are likely to become approved drugs. These novel inhibitors belong to a wide range of different molecule classes, ranging from small molecules to peptidomimetics and biologicals. This article reviews the main reasons for limited success in targeting PPIs, discusses how successful approaches overcome these obstacles to discovery promising inhibitors for human protein double minute 2 (HDM2), B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP), and provides a summary of the promising approaches currently in development that indicate the future potential of PPI inhibitors in drug discovery.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryAnimalsHumansMacrocyclic CompoundsModels, MolecularPeptidomimeticsProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein Interaction MapsSmall Molecule LibrariesMacrocyclic CompoundsPeptidomimeticsSmall Molecule Libraries

Identifiers

PMID26936767
PMCPMC4776425
OpenAlexW2292990827

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