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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Identification of potent inhibitors of JUN N-terminal kinases for treatment of endometriosis and associated pain.

Chandrashekhar Madasu, Tirupataiah Sirupangi, Genesis J Herrera, Kurt M Bohren, Kiran L Sharma, Zhi Tan, Hai Minh Ta, Fei Yuan, Murugesan Palaniappan, Caterina Clementi and 15 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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25 authors.

Chandrashekhar Madasu *Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-2152-9689
Tirupataiah Sirupangi *Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0009-0002-3190-8540
Genesis J HerreraDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Kurt M BohrenDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-3183-4118
Kiran L SharmaDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-1988-389X
Zhi TanDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Hai Minh TaVerna and Marrs McLean, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-7298-6177
Fei YuanDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Murugesan PalaniappanDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0003-4916-6565
Caterina ClementiCelmatix Therapeutics, New York, NY 10006.
Suni TangDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Anna Catherine UnserDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0009-0001-4678-1469
Jennifer WilkinsonPromega Corporation, Madison, WI 53711.ORCID 0009-0002-1994-715X
Matthew B RobersPromega Corporation, Madison, WI 53711.
Xiaoming GuanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-2744-4512
Feng LiDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-9680-4614
Choel KimCenter for Drug Discovery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Banumathi SankaranMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Ramakrishna KommaganiDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Srinivas ChamakuriDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Damian W YoungDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Piraye Y BiemCelmatix Therapeutics, New York, NY 10006.
Martin M MatzukDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0002-1445-8632
Stephen S PalmerDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Diana MonsivaisDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.ORCID 0000-0001-5660-6392

Funding

Tumor BiologyP30CA125123 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Suzanne AW Fuqua · 2007 to 2026
$73.9M
User Training and OutreachP30GM124169 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI Gregory L Hura · 2017 to 2026
$28.6M
Kinases as Therapeutic Targets for EndometriosisR01HD110038 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MARTIN M. MATZUK · 2022 to 2026
$3.4M
Discovery and development of potent inhibitors of Jun N-terminal kinase for non-hormonal treatment of endometriosis and associated painR01HD099341 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MONSIVAIS, DIANA · 2021 to 2025
$2.8M
Targeting the endometrial stem cell niche inendometriosisR01HD105800 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Diana Monsivais · 2022 to 2026
$2.5M
CyTOF XT with Hyperion XTi platformS10OD036336 · OD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BEETON, CHRISTINE · 2024 to 2024
$829k
Protein Crystallization ImagerS10OD030246 · OD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LEE, SUKYEONG · 2021 to 2021
$136k
HHS | NIH | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) HD099341HHS | NIH | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) HD105800HHS | NIH | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) HD110038NCI NIH HHS P30 CA125123NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD099341NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD105800NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD110038NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM124169NIH HHS S10 OD030246NIH HHS S10 OD036336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriosis, defined as the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity, is an inflammatory and hormone-dependent disease that causes excruciating pelvic pain, infertility, and significantly decreases quality of life in affected patients. The JUN N-terminal kinases (JNKs) are a leading class of nonhormonal therapeutic targets that have been validated in preclinical models of endometriosis and in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial. Despite their therapeutic potential, JNK inhibitors with increased potency and specificity are needed to address the inflammatory pathology of endometriosis and to prevent disease progression. Leveraging a DNA-encoded chemical library collection of ~4 billion compounds, we identified lead inhibitor CDD-2428 and optimized derivatives, CDD-2728 and CDD-3013, with excellent binding affinity to JNK1-3 (K

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EndometriosisJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPainProtein Kinase InhibitorsAnimalsFemaleHumansMiceJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtein Kinase Inhibitorsc-Jun N-terminal kinasesDNA-encoded chemical libraryendometriosisinflammationpain

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PMID42616792
PMCPMC13505988

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