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ReviewAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Nanoparticle-Mediated Targeted Protein Degradation: An Emerging Therapeutics Technology.

Andrew G Baker, Adrian Pui Ting Ho, Laura S Itzhaki, Ljiljana Fruk

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Review in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing 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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Supramolecular Degraders: An Emerging Paradigm in Targeted Protein Degradation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  8. Enzyme-Assisted Synthesis and In Vitro Characterization of Bifunctional PCSK9 Inhibitors.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical 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

4 authors.

Andrew G BakerDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK.
Adrian Pui Ting HoDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK.
Laura S ItzhakiDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK.
Ljiljana FrukDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK.

Funding

EPSRC EP/W035049/1EPSRC NanoDTC EP/S022953/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as a transformative therapeutic strategy for eliminating disease-associated proteins, with relevance across disorders ranging from cancer to neurodegeneration. Since its inception nearly two decades ago, TPD has attracted strong academic and commercial interest, with multiple candidates advancing into clinical trials. Despite this progress, the field faces persistent challenges, including limited solubility, poor cellular uptake, and unpredictable structure-activity relationship of small-molecule degraders, which complicate rational design. To address these limitations, alternative platforms such as nanoparticle-mediated protein degraders (NanoPDs) have gained attention. First reported 17 years ago, NanoPDs harness a diverse array of materials, degradation mechanisms, and linker chemistries to achieve protein clearance through novel pathways. Although promising, their clinical translation remains constrained by barriers such as lysosomal entrapment, protein corona formation, and biocompatibility concerns. In this review, we present a comprehensive overview of the current landscape of nanoparticle-mediated TPD. We emphasize the design principles underlying nano-bio interfaces and explore the role of proximity-induced biology as a mechanism for orchestrating protein interactions. Finally, we highlight critical challenges and key questions that must be addressed to fully realize the therapeutic potential of NanoPDs.

Indexed as

NanoparticlesProteinsProteolysisAnimalsHumansProteinsLysosome‐targeting chimeraNanomedicinePROTACProteolysis‐targeting chimeraTargeted protein degradation

Identifiers

PMID40324952
PMCPMC12232892

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