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ArticleNature2025

Designed endocytosis-inducing proteins degrade targets and amplify signals.

Buwei Huang, Mohamad Abedi, Green Ahn, Brian Coventry, Isaac Sappington, Cong Tang, Rong Wang, Thomas Schlichthaerle, Jason Z Zhang, Yujia Wang and 35 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 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

69 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

45 authors.

Buwei Huang *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Mohamad Abedi *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Green Ahn *Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3086-4849
Brian Coventry *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-6255
Isaac SappingtonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Cong TangInstituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1661-6793
Rong WangDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7342-5278
Thomas SchlichthaerleDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jason Z ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0091-6273
Yujia WangInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Inna GoreshnikDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ching Wen ChiuInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Adam Chazin-GrayDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sidney ChanInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Stacey GerbenInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0313-6248
Analisa MurrayInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1560-6673
Shunzhi WangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5033-7478
Jason O'NeillNovo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark.
Li YiNovo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark.
Ronald YehNovo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark.
Ayesha MisquithNovo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark.
Anitra WolfNovo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark.
Luke M TomasovicDepartments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1459-3252
Dan I PiranerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Maria J Duran GonzalezDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nathaniel R BennettDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-1454
Preetham VenkateshDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Maggie AhlrichsInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4793-3890
Craig DobbinsInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Wei YangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Xinru WangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5994-707X
Danny D SahtoeHubrecht Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9095-0744
Dionne VafeadosInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2560-8907
Rubul MoutHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Shirin ShivaeiDivision of Biology and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Longxing CaoSchool of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China.
Lauren CarterInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lance StewartInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4264-5125
Jamie B SpanglerNovo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark.
Kole T RoybalDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3030-7954
Per Jr GreisenNovo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark.
Xiaochun LiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0177-0803
Gonçalo J L BernardesInstituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6594-8917
Carolyn R BertozziDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-2754
David BakerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. dabaker@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7896-6217

Funding

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007334 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CYSTER, JASON G · 1988 to 2023
$11.0M
METABOLIC OLIGOSACCHARIDE ENGINEERINGR01GM058867 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Carolyn Bertozzi · 1999 to 2026
$5.6M
Metabolic Engineering with Bioorthogonal Chemical ReportersR37GM058867 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI BERTOZZI, CAROLYN · 2009 to 2018
$4.7M
De Novo Design of Minibinder Antagonists for COVID-19 and Future PandemicsR01AI160052 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BAKER, DAVID, FULLER, DEBORAH H. · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
Designed Vehicles for Blood Brain Barrier TraversalR01AG063845 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BAKER, DAVID · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Design of de novo interleukin mimics for targeted immunotherapyR01CA240339 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BAKER, DAVID · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA240339NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI160052NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007334NIA NIH HHS R01 AG063845NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058867NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM058867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endocytosis and lysosomal trafficking of cell surface receptors can be triggered by endogenous ligands. Therapeutic approaches such as lysosome-targeting chimaeras

Indexed as

EndocytosisProtein EngineeringProteolysisSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportAnimalsAsialoglycoprotein ReceptorFemaleHumansLigandsLysosomesMiceReceptor, IGF Type 2Receptors, TransferrinRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSortilinAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportAsialoglycoprotein ReceptorLigandsReceptor, IGF Type 2Receptors, TransferrinRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSortilin

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PMID39322662
PMCPMC11839401

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