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ReviewNature biotechnology2025

Induced proximity at the cell surface.

Nicholas A Till, Muthukumar Ramanathan, Carolyn R Bertozzi

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Review in Nature biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Subcellular localization as a driver of protein function.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nicholas A TillDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Muthukumar RamanathanSarafan ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Carolyn R BertozziDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. bertozzi@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-2754

Funding

METABOLIC OLIGOSACCHARIDE ENGINEERINGR01GM058867 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Carolyn Bertozzi · 1999 to 2026
$5.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular proximity is a governing principle of biology that is essential to normal and disease-related biochemical pathways. At the cell surface, protein-protein proximity regulates receptor activation, inhibition and protein recycling and degradation. Induced proximity is a molecular engineering principle in which bifunctional molecules are designed to bring two protein targets into close contact, inducing a desired biological outcome. Researchers use this engineering principle for therapeutic purposes and to interrogate fundamental biological mechanisms. This Review focuses on the use of induced proximity at the cell surface for diverse applications, such as targeted protein degradation, receptor inhibition and activating intracellular signaling cascades. We see a rich future for proximity-based modulation of cell surface protein activity both in basic and translational science.

Indexed as

Cell MembraneMembrane ProteinsProtein EngineeringAnimalsHumansSignal TransductionMembrane Proteins

Identifiers

PMID40140559
PMCPMC13041533

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