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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2023

Targeted degradation of extracellular secreted and membrane proteins.

Xuankun Chen, Yaxian Zhou, Yuan Zhao, Weiping Tang

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A Plug-and-Play Platform for Customizing Multivalent Degraders and Degrader-Drug Conjugates.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Dynamic reprogramming of the tumor immune network via multicycle checkpoint degradation for cancer immunotherapy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. Development of Prostate-Specific Lysosome-Targeting Degraders.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  11. Induced proximity at the cell surface.Nature biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xuankun ChenLachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Development, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Yaxian ZhouLachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Development, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Yuan ZhaoLachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Development, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Weiping TangLachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Development, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: weiping.tang@wisc.edu.

Funding

Chemical Synthesis and Biological Application of Carbohydrates and Glycoconjugates - Admin SupplementR35GM148266 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Weiping Tang · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM148266
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) involving chimeric molecules has emerged as one of the most promising therapeutic modalities in recent years. Among various reported TPD strategies, proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) stand out as a significant breakthrough in small-molecule drug discovery and have garnered the most attention to date. However, PROTACs are mainly capable of depleting intracellular proteins. Given that many important therapeutic targets such as cytokines, growth factors, and numerous receptors are membrane proteins or secreted extracellularly, there is interest in the development of novel strategies to degrade these protein categories. We review advances in this emerging area and provide insights to enhance the development of novel TPDs targeting extracellular proteins.

Indexed as

Membrane ProteinsProteolysisAnimalsDrug DiscoveryHumansMembrane ProteinsdegradationextracellularlysosomeLYTACPROTAC

Identifiers

PMID37758536
PMCPMC10591793

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