2026 to Date

The MEK–RAF molecular glue IK-595 has potent antitumor activity across RAS/MAPK pathway-altered cancers
Haines, Eric; Burke, Michael; Catterall, Rachel; De Jesus, Victor; Hidalgo, Daniel; Li, Bin; Manna, Joseph D.; Yang, Ao; Cavanaugh, Jill; Wessell, Sarah R.; Sanchez-Martin, Marta; Ivliev, Alexander; Bartolini, Wilmin; Santillana, Sergio; Ecsedy, Jeffrey; Zhang, Michelle X.; Ruppel, Sabine K.
Nature Cancer (2026doi
 
Discovery and Characterization of a First-In-Class HCK/BTK PROTAC DFCI-002-06 for the Treatment of MYD88 Mutated B Cell Malignancies
Hatcher, John M.; Liu, Shirong; Kofides, Amanda; Canning, Alexa; Pizzarella, Dominic; Liu, Xia; Tsakmaklis, Nickolas; Guerrera, Maria; Patterson, Christopher; Guijosa, Alberto; Gokhale, Prafulla; Hunter, Zachary; Sarosiek, Shayna; Castillo, Jorge; Wang, Jinhua; Buhrlage, Sara J.; Treon, Steven P.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2026doi
 
Discovery of Histone Deacetylase 8-Specific Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeras with Anticancer Activity against Hematological Malignancies
Zhai, Shiyang; Kemkes, Marie; Kponomaizoun, Cindy-Esther; Gerhartz, Jan; Feller, Felix; Tu, Jia-Wey; Pieńkowska, Dominika Ewa; Schliehe-Diecks, Julian; Dressel, Ina; Gütschow, Michael; Nowak, Radosław P.; Steinebach, Christian; Bhatia, Sanil; Hansen, Finn K.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2026doi
 
Directed evolution of shikimate dehydrogenase to improve non-natural cofactor preference
Liu, Xiaobei; Su, Weiwei; Wu, Jing; Zhang, Xiaofan; Zhao, Zongbao K.; Liu, Yuxue
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 337 (2026149470 doi
 
A droplet microfluidics-based platform for generating target-specific, natively-paired immune libraries and identifying potent and developable antibodies
Ramasubramanian, Anusuya; Deveney, Brendan T.; Clark, Sarah A.; Boutin, Paula; Keepseagle, Kayla; Riahi, Saleh; Lao, Taotao; Salemi, Megan; Kathuria, Sagar; Amengual-Rigo, Pep; Dimova, Dilyana; Marcovici, Leighton; Hopke, Joern; Newton, Jocelyn; Mix, Kalie; Kramer, Kevin; Erasimus, Hélène; Furtmann, Norbert; Mottet, Guillaume; Suslov, Nikolai; Mahendra, Ankit; Pemmaraju, Sambasiva Rao; Chowdhury, Partha S.; Weitz, David A.; Heyman, John A.
Scientific Reports (2026doi
 
2'-Nitroflavone targets PARP1 and alters cytoskeleton to inhibit triple-negative breast cancer progression
Vachetta, Vanina S.; Blank, Viviana C.; Marder, Mariel; Nicoud, Melisa B.; Cantero, Jorge; Benso, Miriam; Vanzulli, Silvia; Ortega, María G.; Zunini, Margot Paulino; Medina, Vanina A.; Elola, María T.; Troncoso, María F.
Scientific Reports (2026doi
 
Discovery of thiadiazole-based small-molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 spike-ACE2 interaction through integrated computational prediction and experimental validation
Gul, Zakkia; Shahid, Syed Ahsan; Abid, Obaid-ur-Rahman; Waqas, Muhammad; Rafique, Shazia; Al-Sabri, Ahmed E.; Sardar, Asma; Alkhuriji, Afrah F.; Al-Malahi, Nawal M.; Irfan, Muhammad; Ali, Amjad
Scientific Reports (2026doi
 
L-tetrahydropalmatine attenuates methamphetamine-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling via CaSR-BMP2/mTOR signaling
Chen, Lei; Wang, Xin; Zhu, Xu; Hu, Wei-Ting; Yang, Ding; Wang, Yun
Bioorganic Chemistry 169 (2026109418 doi
 
Synthesis and mechanistic exploration of novel oxadiazole–thiadiazinone frameworks: DFT, pathway-oriented docking and enzyme kinetics targeting diabetes mellitus
Khan, Shoaib; Iqbal, Tayyiaba; Chinnam, Sampath; Abass, Kasim Sakran; Alzahrani, Eman; Gomha, Sobhi M.; Zaki, Magdi E. A.; Alshehri, Faez Falah; Shehri, Zafer Saad Al
Journal of Molecular Structure 1350 (2026144028 doi
 
Targeting HDAC3 dynamics: Allosteric role of Phe200 in inhibitor binding and breast cancer therapy
Bahena-Culhuac, Erick; Ávila-Avilés, Rodolfo Daniel; Bello, Martiniano
Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 142 (2026109226 doi
 
ACE1-targeting peptide Acein ameliorates UV-induced skin damage and aging in vivo and in vitro via downregulation of the pro-aging factor CLEC4G
Zhou, Tianxiong; Wang, Yunfan; Wang, Jiaqi; Wu, Yixin; Setrerrahmane, Sarra; Zhang, Ruohui; Sun, Baogang; Zhu, Yanzhi; Xu, Hanmei
Biochemical Pharmacology 243 (2026117542 doi
 
Structural characterization of a L-dehydroascorbic acid–L-homocysteine thiolactone reaction product: Intracellular formation in neuronal cells
Loubane, Ghizlane; Robert, Gabriel; Firdaus, Syed Benazir; Robidas, Raphaël; Comeau, Christian; Boudreault, Pierre-Luc; Komba, Jeampy E.; Gagnon, Hugo; Wagner, J. Richard; Naylor, Stephen; Klarskov, Klaus
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) 1870 (1) (2026130882 doi
 
DAT-delivered astaxanthin reprograms adipogenesis through RhoGDI1 dephosphorylation at Ser174 and RhoA/FAK/ERK1/2 cascade suppression
Hou, Yapeng; Zhang, Yanhui; Ma, Ziyu; Chen, Xin; Xiao, Yuanmao; Zhong, Yuxuan; Wang, Fanglin; Tong, Hao; Wang, Xiaohong; Fan, Jun
Biomaterials 329 (2026123979 doi
 
Sequence-dependent RNA cleavage by the 8–17 DNAzyme: Identification of preferred tetranucleotide motifs
Nakajima, Satoko; Miyakawa, Shuhei; Ohno, Shu; Ikemoto, Haruki; Maruyama, Rikuto; Chiba, Kosuke; Suginaka, Ryota; Oda, Chihiro; Kasahara, Yuuya; Fukuzawa, Kaori; Obika, Satoshi; Yamaguchi, Takao
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 134 (2026118520 doi
 
Discovery of a macrocyclic FAK inhibitor GZD-257 for treatment of glioblastoma
Wu, Ting; Zuo, Yaqing; Chen, Kehui; Xu, Ying; Wu, Daili; Le, Yi; Liu, Li; Yan, Longjia
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 130 (2026130424 doi
 
Structural diversity of aldehydes determines covalent versus non-covalent inhibition mechanisms against steroid 5α-reductase type 1: Species-specific differences and preliminary structure-activity relationships
Chen, Junying; Qi, Shufang; Lin, Zijian; Fang, Haonan; Zhang, Putian; Li, Wanyu; Ge, Ren-shan; Wang, Yiyan
Chemico-Biological Interactions 424 (2026111888 doi
 
Molecular dynamics study of M-Trifluoromethyl diphenyl diselenide binding to the μ-opioid receptor: A computational perspective on morphine-induced tolerance
Sardar, Madiha; Ahmad, Nadeem; Huzaifa, Muhammad; Mushtaq, Mamoona; Nur-e-Alam, Mohammad; Sun, Pinghua; Ul-Haq, Zaheer
Computational Biology and Chemistry 120 (2026108659 doi
 
Mathematical and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Modern Drug Discovery: A Review
Agrwal, Akansha; Kumar, Rohit; Maheshwari, Swati; Sharma, Manisha; Batra, C. M.; Sharma, Shubham; Gaur, Vinay
Drug Development Research 87 (1) (2026e70212 doi
 
Pharmacological Evaluation of Novel N- and C-Modified Peptide Analogues of VV-hemorphin-5 and VV-hemorphin-7 as Potential Agents With Anti-Seizure Activity
Tchekalarova, Jana; Rangelov, Miroslav; Todorova, Nadezhda; Stoyanova, Tsveta; Todorov, Petar
Drug Development Research 87 (1) (2026e70209 doi
 
Integrative discovery of novel antioxidant peptides from bovine hide via peptidomics-guided molecular simulation, quantum chemistry, and experimental validation
Xin, Xuanying; Park, Sungkwon; Zhang, Wen; Yu, Jia; Hur, Sun Jin; Li, Xiangzi; Choi, Seong-Ho
Food Research International 226 (2026118196 doi
 
From bench to brain: novel thieno-oxazine hybrids as potent pleiotropic anti-Alzheimer’s agents with in vivo/in vitro validation and in silico insights
Fayed, Eman A.; A. A. Najm, Mazin; Oudah, Khulood H.; Ebrahim, Maha A.; Gohar, Nirvana A.; Abu-Elfotuh, Karema; Khedre Mohamed, Ehsan; Hamdan, Ahmed M. E.; Albalawi, Najla A.; Faisal Alzahrani, Shahad; Hamdan, Amira M.; Almotairi, Reema; Hafez, Shaimaa M.; Ramsis, Triveena M.
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 41 (1) (20262598741 doi
 
Divergent roles of crassifolin B and cyperenoic acid from Gentiana kurroo in regulating adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells through PPARγ and MAPK pathways
Nishina, Atsuyoshi; Sato, Daisuke; Udagawa, Taro; Ninomiya, Masayuki; Koketsu, Mamoru; Kimura, Hirokazu; Myint, Lwin Mon Mon; Okada, Taichi; Satsu, Hideo; Hirano, Yoshiaki; Matsuyoshi, Hiroko
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 357 (2026120923 doi
 
Polypyridyl Ru(II) tamoxifen analogues: Estrogen receptor-targeted dual photodynamic and chemotherapeutic agents
Moreno-Alcántar, Guillermo; Schmidt, Claudia; Wragg, Darren Dennis; Scotti, Riccardo; Aguirre, Iñigo Iribarren; Bonsignore, Riccardo; Casini, Angela; Lovison, Denise
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 277 (2026113202 doi
 
Imeglimin ameliorates MASLD by targeting PEN2 to activate AMPK pathway
Li, Jinghe; Zhang, Ruizhong; Zeng, Xin; Xu, Weilong; Gao, Ling; He, Shuyun; Wu, Bingbing; Ma, Yanjie; Nie, Yunzhong; Shirakawa, Jun; Xia, Huimin; Li, Wei
Metabolism 175 (2026156458 doi
 
METTL1-mediated m7G methylation of FoxO1 regulates lipid metabolism in metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease
Du, Jiang; Li, Yujie; Zhu, Xinxing; Gao, Jingwen; Zhang, Yuxuan; Wang, Chiheng; Han, Di; Qiao, Liang; Kou, Beilin; Guo, Rui; Zhang, Hongen; Lin, Juntang
Metabolism 174 (2026156420 doi
 
Virtual screening and activity evaluation of novel ecdysone analogues targeting overlapping binding pockets in Lepidoptera ecdysone receptor
Feng, Yanjiao; Cui, Jialin; Wang, Hongyan; Tan, Qinyan; Liu, Shangzhong; Liu, Libing; Zhang, Li
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 216 (2026106723 doi
 
Assessment of resistance risk and molecular basis of bixafen in Alternaria alternata causing early blight of potato in China
Wu, Xinyan; Cai, Yuanyuan; Lu, Liang; Chen, Xi; Lu, Xingxing; Miao, Jianqiang; Liu, Xili
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 216 (2026106735 doi
 
Graveoumarins A–C: chiral resolution, absolute configuration, and anticoagulant/anti-inflammatory activities of 3′-methyl-3′-butenyl coumarins from ruta graveolens L
Wu, Zhihao; Liao, Xiaolin; Wang, Yuxin; Yin, Jian; Feng, Xu; Tong, Lingfei; Huang, Hao; Jiang, Yueping; Hou, Xiongjun
Pharmaceutical Biology 64 (1) (202617-26 doi
 
From Bolinaquinone, a Marine Hydroxyquinone sesquiterpene, to Naphthoquinones with Clathrin inhibitory effects
O'Brien, Nicholas; Ghods, Azadeh; Xue, Jing; Garson, Mary; Yong, Ken; Sakoff, Jennette; Gilbert, Jayne; Chircop, Megan; Fink, Uwe; Haucke, Volker; Robinson, Phillip J.; McCluskey, Adam
RSC Medicinal Chemistry (2026doi
 
Integration of Multiple Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Molecular Network Analysis With Bioinformatics Approaches Revealed the Mechanism of Jiuwei Xifeng Granules in the Treatment of Tourette's Syndrome
Zhang, Chenning; Zhao, Pengfei; Xing, Limin; Zhu, Ruiqi; Liu, Zhiyan; Li, Ying; Li, Shuang; Bao, Chun; Sun, Mo; Wang, Zhenzhong; Xiao, Wei
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 40 (2) (2026e10156 doi
 
Metabolic activation of pentachlorophenol: TCBQ as a potent inhibitor of gonadal steroidogenesis via 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase NAD+ binding-site thiolalkylation
Lv, Yao; Zhang, Jingwei; Su, Ming; Lu, Shun; Wang, Shaowei; Ge, Ren-shan; Li, Huitao
Reproductive Toxicology 139 (2026109115 doi
 
Glabridin attenuates dibutyl phthalate-induced testicular toxicity via regulating oxidative stress, inflammation, apoptosis, and Wnt/β-catenin pathway
Hassan, Hesham M.; Ashfaq, Hafsa; Alzahrani, Fuad M.; Alzahrani, Khalid J.; Aljohani, Abrar
Tissue and Cell 98 (2026103223 doi
 
Antiparasitic agent emodepside exerts cytotoxicity in human corneal stromal cells by blocking the interaction between mini-chromosome maintenance 6 protein (MCM6) and chromatin licensing and DNA replication factor 1 (CDT1)
Gao, Han; Gao, Hanyu; Yin, Hao
Toxicology 519 (2026154334 doi
 
Inhibitors of GapN-dependent NADPH supply as potential lead compounds for novel therapeutics against Streptococcus pyogenes
Schütt, Isabell; Einwohlt, Philip; Wandinger, Anna-Maria; Teuffel, Jonathan; Wirsing, Regina; Hlawatschke, Ben H.; Fehlauer, Hanna L.; Bothe, Sebastian; Bader, Nicole; Monaci, Emanuele; Kreikemeyer, Bernd; Schindelin, Hermann; Wade, Rebecca C.; Fiedler, Tomas
Virulence 17 (1) (20262609393 doi
 
Chapter 4
Khalifa, Ibrahim; Xiaobo, Zou; Benjakul, Soottawat; Rehman, Abdur; Karim, Aiman; Rasheed, Hafiz Abdul; Iqbal, Muhammad Waheed
Interaction of Food Macromolecules Academic Press (202669-80 doi
 
Computational Methods Applied to Drug Discovery of Protein–Protein Interaction Systems
Gu, Zhiyong; Cheng, Xi
Targeting Protein–Protein Interactions for Drug Discovery (2026389-408 doi
 
Synergistic Effect of Nanoplastics and GenX on Human Serum Albumin: The Role of Protein Corona Formation and Co-Adsorption
Qi, Yuntao; Yin, Qianyue; Ni, Penghang; Zong, Wansong; Niu, Qigui; Liu, Rutao
Toxics 14 (1) (202612 doi