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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2026

Emerging opportunities for nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) inhibitor clinical translation.

Noah Puleo, Maria Francesca Allega, Claus U Niemann, Ernst Lengyel

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Noah PuleoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Center for Integrated Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Maria Francesca AllegaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Center for Integrated Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Claus U NiemannDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Center for Integrated Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ernst LengyelDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Center for Integrated Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: elengyel@uchicago.edu.

Funding

Metabolic reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment and therapy resistanceR35CA264619 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Ernst Lengyel · 2021 to 2026
$5.2M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA264619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) is an enzyme that helps regulate how cells balance energy and methylation potential; however, its abnormal activation can disrupt this balance, fueling diseases such as diabetes, obesity, fibrosis, and cancer. As a result, small-molecule inhibitors targeting NNMT have been developed to reduce this elevated activity, but insufficient target engagement, reduced bioavailability, and unknown safety profiles have led to limited preclinical success across diseases. Advances in NNMT small-molecule inhibitor development have yielded a number of compounds that address these concerns, resulting in drug-like compounds with high affinities for cellular NNMT and promising safety profiles. In this review, we assess the growing therapeutic potential of NNMT inhibitors by highlighting recent developments in NNMT pathophysiology and inhibitor medicinal chemistry.

Indexed as

Enzyme InhibitorsNicotinamide N-MethyltransferaseAnimalsHumansNeoplasmsEnzyme InhibitorsNicotinamide N-Methyltransferasecancerfibroblastfibrosismetabolic syndromenicotinamide N-methyltransferase

Identifiers

PMID42067476
PMCPMC13138456

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