Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33208943›Full record

ArticleNature2020

Small-molecule-induced polymerization triggers degradation of BCL6.

Mikołaj Słabicki, Hojong Yoon, Jonas Koeppel, Lena Nitsch, Shourya S Roy Burman, Cristina Di Genua, Katherine A Donovan, Adam S Sperling, Moritz Hunkeler, Jonathan M Tsai and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 135 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
135citing papers in PubMed
11.6field-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

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

135 citing papers in PubMed, 258 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mikołaj Słabicki *Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6317-9296
Hojong Yoon *Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6062-5489
Jonas Koeppel *Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1306-3994
Lena NitschBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Shourya S Roy BurmanDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9274-9104
Cristina Di GenuaBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Katherine A DonovanDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8539-5106
Adam S SperlingBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Moritz HunkelerDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0246-1188
Jonathan M TsaiBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Rohan SharmaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Andrew GuirguisBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3134-0596
Charles ZouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Priya ChudasamaPrecision Sarcoma Research Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany.
Jessica A GasserBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Peter G MillerBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Claudia SchollDivision of Applied Functional Genomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-322X
Stefan FröhlingDivision of Translational Medical Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-4595
Radosław P NowakDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-0071
Eric S FischerDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. eric_fischer@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7337-6306
Benjamin L EbertBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. benjamin_ebert@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0197-5451
Broad Institute · USHarvard University · USGerman Cancer Research Center · DEDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

TYROSINE KINASE ONCOGENESIS IN MYELOID LEUKEMIAP01CA066996 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI SCOTT A ARMSTRONG · 1996 to 2026
$52.5M
Targeting SYK Kinase in AMLP50CA206963 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI ASTER, JON C. · 2017 to 2021
$10.6M
Tyrosine Kinases, Serine-Threonine Kinases,&Phosophatases in PathogenesisP01CA108631 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI ESTEY, ELIHU · 2005 to 2009
$9.7M
Functional Genomic Dissection of Refractory AnemiaR01HL082945 · NHLBI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI EBERT, BENJAMIN LEVINE · 2005 to 2022
$6.8M
The role of clonal hematopoiesis in the development and therapy of myeloid malignanciesR35CA253125 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI EBERT, BENJAMIN LEVINE · 2020 to 2024
$4.9M
Degrading therapeutically important kinases using small moleculesR01CA218278 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Eric Sebastian Fischer, NATHANAEL Schiander GRAY · 2019 to 2026
$4.6M
The molecular basis of IMiD induced neo-substrate recruitment to the CRL4CRBN ubiquitin E3 ligase.R01CA214608 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Eric Sebastian Fischer · 2017 to 2026
$4.0M
Expanding pharmacological modalities for targeted cancer therapyF99CA253754 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI YOON, HOJONG · 2020 to 2020
$33k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS F99 CA253754NCI NIH HHS P01 CA066996NCI NIH HHS P01 CA108631NCI NIH HHS P50 CA206963NCI NIH HHS R01 CA214608NCI NIH HHS R01 CA218278NCI NIH HHS R35 CA253125NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL082945
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective and sustained inhibition of non-enzymatic oncogenic driver proteins is a major pharmacological challenge. The clinical success of thalidomide analogues demonstrates the therapeutic efficacy of drug-induced degradation of transcription factors and other cancer targets

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyHumansIn Vitro TechniquesLigandsModels, MolecularNuclear ProteinsPolymerizationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteolysisProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Seven in Absentia ProteinsSolventsSynthetic BiologyUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Protein LigasesBCL6 protein, humanLigandsNuclear ProteinsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Seven in Absentia ProteinsSolventsUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID33208943
PMCPMC7816212
OpenAlexW3099442067

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