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ReviewBiomolecules2026

Targeted Protein Degradation in Cancer: PROTACs, New Targets, and Clinical Mechanisms.

Bushra Faryal, Zain Ul Abideen, Muhammad Irfan, Haseeb Ahmed, Fazliddin Jalilov, Lola Abduraximova, Ghulam Abbas Ashraf

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Review in Biomolecules, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bushra FaryalDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-6813-9249
Zain Ul AbideenDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan.ORCID 0009-0006-6815-514X
Muhammad IrfanDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan.ORCID 0009-0001-1265-2765
Haseeb AhmedDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan.
Fazliddin JalilovThe Department of Pharmaceutical and Chemistry, Alfraganus University, Tashkent 100190, Uzbekistan.
Lola AbduraximovaKimyo International University in Tashkent, Shota Rustaveli str. 156, Tashkent 100121, Uzbekistan.
Ghulam Abbas AshrafLow Dimensional Materials Research Center, Khazar University, Baku AZ1096, Azerbaijan.ORCID 0000-0001-9839-4121

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The onset of proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) has reshaped the entire context of targeted cancer therapy by offering a novel approach for the selective degradation of disease-causing proteins, overcoming the limitations of traditional occupancy-driven inhibition. This heterobifunctional technology recruits endogenous E3 ubiquitin ligases to mark proteins of interest (POI) for proteosomal degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). Unlike conventional inhibitors, PROTACs function catalytically and can target previously "

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Antineoplastic AgentsNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteolysisProteolysis Targeting ChimeraUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAntineoplastic AgentsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteolysis Targeting ChimeraUbiquitin-Protein LigasescancerE3 ubiquitin ligasenext-generation cancer therapeuticsPROTACstargeted protein degradation

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PMID41750393
PMCPMC12937832

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