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ReviewCell death & disease2020

Ubiquitination and deubiquitination of MCL1 in cancer: deciphering chemoresistance mechanisms and providing potential therapeutic options.

Xiaowei Wu, Qingyu Luo, Zhihua Liu

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Xiaowei Wu *State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 100021, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4176-7198
Qingyu Luo *State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 100021, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4164-637X
Zhihua LiuState Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 100021, Beijing, China. liuzh@cicams.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4242-033X
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MCL1 is an important antiapoptotic member of the BCL-2 family that is distinguishable from other family members based on its relatively short half-life. Emerging studies have revealed the crucial role of MCL1 in the chemoresistance of cancer cells. The antiapoptotic function of MCL1 makes it a popular therapeutic target, although specific inhibitors have begun to emerge only recently. Notably, emerging studies have reported that several E3 ligases and deubiquitinases modulate MCL1 stability, providing an alternate means of targeting MCL1 activity. In addition, the emergence and development of proteolysis-targeting chimeras, the function of which is based on ubiquitination-mediated degradation, has shown great potential. In this review, we provide an overview of the studies investigating the ubiquitination and deubiquitination of MCL1, summarize the latest evidence regarding the development of therapeutic strategies targeting MCL1 in cancer treatment, and discuss the promising future of targeting MCL1 via the ubiquitin-proteasome system in clinical practice.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmUbiquitinationApoptosisHumansMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinNeoplasmsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexMyeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 ProteinProteasome Endopeptidase Complex

Identifiers

PMID32699213
PMCPMC7376237
OpenAlexW3045352707

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