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ReviewACS bio & med chem Au2026

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor as a Model Drug Target for Scrutinizing the Status Quo in Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology.

David E Heppner, Monica R MacDonald, Nader N Nasief, Shilpa E Naik, Sahba Cunningham

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Review in ACS bio & med chem Au, 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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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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

David E HeppnerDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0722-5160
Monica R MacDonaldDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9325-8291
Nader N NasiefDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.
Shilpa E NaikDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.
Sahba CunninghamDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.

Funding

Improving Drug Development Through Studies of Protein Kinase InhibitorsR35GM155353 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI David E. Heppner · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM155353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug discovery scientists and chemical biologists continually seek to improve strategies for compound development. Here, we present insights derived from multiple studies of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), illustrating how this well-established target can inform practical aspects of drug discovery. Case studies spanning fragment-based drug design, bivalent inhibitor discovery, and the optimization of irreversible covalent inhibitors demonstrate how focused investigation of a single system can serve as a framework for methodological innovation and generation of broadly applicable knowledge. We propose that these collective efforts exemplify an emerging paradigm in medicinal chemistry, wherein "model drug targets" are deliberately leveraged to yield generalizable design principles and uncover new strategies for ligand discovery and chemical probe development.

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epidermal growth factor receptorkinase inhibitorsmedicinal chemistrymodel drug targetstructural biologystructure-guided drug design

Identifiers

PMID42630996
PMCPMC13495019

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