Degrading the signal amplifier: ITK as a target for targeted protein degradation.

Cell Chem Biol

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Cornell Center for Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Defense, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Cornell Center for Health Equity, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Electronic address:

Published: April 2023

In this issue of Cell Chemical Biology, Jiang and colleagues show for the first time that the Tec kinase ITK can be targeted using PROTAC approaches. This new modality has implications for the treatment of T cell lymphomas, but also potentially for the treatment of T cell-mediated inflammatory diseases, that depend on ITK signaling.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.04.001DOI Listing

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