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ArticleNature chemical biology2018

Discovery and characterization of highly potent and selective allosteric USP7 inhibitors.

Gerald Gavory, Colin R O'Dowd, Matthew D Helm, Jakub Flasz, Elias Arkoudis, Anthony Dossang, Caroline Hughes, Eamon Cassidy, Keeva McClelland, Ewa Odrzywol and 4 more

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Gerald GavoryAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Colin R O'DowdAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Matthew D HelmAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Jakub FlaszCentre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Elias ArkoudisCentre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Anthony DossangAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Caroline HughesAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Eamon CassidyAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Keeva McClellandAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Ewa OdrzywolAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Natalie PageAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Oliver BarkerAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Hugues MielAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Timothy HarrisonAlmac Discovery Ltd, Centre for Precision Therapeutics, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8782-6697

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the importance of ubiquitin-specific protease 7 (USP7) in oncogenic pathways, identification of USP7 inhibitors has attracted considerable interest. Despite substantial efforts, however, the development of validated deubiquitinase (DUB) inhibitors that exhibit drug-like properties and a well-defined mechanism of action has proven particularly challenging. In this article, we describe the identification, optimization and detailed characterization of highly potent (IC

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Drug DiscoveryAllosteric SiteAntineoplastic AgentsBinding SitesCell Line, TumorCrystallography, X-RayDrug DesignDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansInhibitory Concentration 50KineticsOxidation-ReductionProtease InhibitorsProtein BindingProtein ConformationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Antineoplastic AgentsMDM2 protein, humanProtease InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2TP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53Ubiquitin-Specific Peptidase 7USP7 protein, human

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