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ReviewJournal of medicinal chemistry2021

Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Modulation through the Development of EZH2-EED Interaction Inhibitors and EED Binders.

Stefano Tomassi, Annalisa Romanelli, Clemens Zwergel, Sergio Valente, Antonello Mai

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Review in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefano TomassiDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3152-4467
Annalisa RomanelliDepartment of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, "Sapienza" University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Clemens ZwergelDepartment of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, "Sapienza" University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3097-0003
Sergio ValenteDepartment of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, "Sapienza" University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2241-607X
Antonello MaiDepartment of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, "Sapienza" University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9176-2382
Sapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetics is nowadays a well-accepted area of research. In the last years, tremendous progress was made regarding molecules targeting EZH2, directly or indirectly. Recently tazemetostat hit the market after FDA-approval for the treatment of lymphoma. However, the impairment of EZH2 activity by orthosteric intervention has proven to be effective only in a limited subset of cancers. Considering the multiproteic nature of the PRC2 complex and the marked dependence of EZH2 functions on the other core subunits such as EED, in recent years, a new targeting approach ascended to prominence. The possibility to cripple the function of the PRC2 complex by interfering with its multimeric integrity fueled the interest in developing EZH2-EED protein-protein interaction and EED inhibitors as indirect modulators of PRC2-dependent methyltransferase activity. In this Perspective, we aim to summarize the latest findings regarding the development and the biological activity of these emerging classes of PRC2 modulators from a medicinal chemist's viewpoint.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEnzyme InhibitorsHumansNeoplasmsPolycomb Repressive Complex 2Protein BindingAntineoplastic AgentsEED protein, humanEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEnzyme InhibitorsEZH2 protein, humanPolycomb Repressive Complex 2

Identifiers

PMID34351144
PMCPMC8404197
OpenAlexW3189658128

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