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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2023

Targeting Transcription Factors in Cancer: From "Undruggable" to "Druggable".

Zhipeng Tao, Xu Wu

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
16.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. From Hypoxia to Bone: Reprogramming the Prostate Cancer Metastatic Cascade.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  17. Targeting Gene Transcription Prevents Antibiotic Resistance.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhipeng TaoCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA. ZTAO@mgh.harvard.edu.
Xu WuCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA. XWU@CBRC2.mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Targeting dynamic palmitoylation of TEAD transcription factorsR01CA238270 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MAO, JUNHAO, WU, XU · 2019 to 2023
$2.7M
Targeting Hippo pathway in melanomaR01CA219814 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WU, XU, ZHENG, BIN · 2019 to 2023
$2.6M
Chemical approach to study autopalmitoylation of transcription factorsR01DK107651 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LUO, XUELIAN, WU, XU · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA219814NCI NIH HHS R01 CA238270NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK107651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deregulation of transcription factors is critical to hallmarks of cancer. Genetic mutations, gene fusions, amplifications or deletions, epigenetic alternations, and aberrant post-transcriptional modification of transcription factors are involved in the regulation of various stages of carcinogenesis, including cancer initiation, progression, and metastasis. Thus, targeting the dysfunctional transcription factors may lead to new cancer therapeutic strategies. However, transcription factors are conventionally considered as "undruggable." Here, we summarize the recent progresses in understanding the regulation of transcription factors in cancers and strategies to target transcription factors and co-factors for preclinical and clinical drug development, particularly focusing on c-Myc, YAP/TAZ, and β-catenin due to their significance and interplays in cancer.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsTranscription FactorsAdaptor Proteins, Signal Transducingbeta CateninCarcinogenesisHumansAdaptor Proteins, Signal Transducingbeta CateninTranscription FactorsCancerDruggableTranscription co-factorsTranscription factorUndruggable

Identifiers

PMID36264492
PMCPMC9724592
OpenAlexW4306865862

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