Pequeñas moléculas dirigidas a la vía HSF1: estrategias químicas y potencial terapéutico

Caiyiren Wen1,2, Yiqi Geng1,2, Jiayue Pei1,2

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.

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Resumen

El factor de choque térmico 1 (HSF1) es un regulador clave del estrés celular y el cáncer, pero tradicionalmente no se puede medicar. Los recientes avances en la química medicinal ofrecen nuevas estrategias de moléculas pequeñas para dirigirse a HSF1 para el desarrollo terapéutico.

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