Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Potent BRD4 inhibitor suppresses cancer cell-macrophage interaction

  • Mingzhu Yin,
  • Ying Guo,
  • Rui Hu,
  • Wesley L. Cai,
  • Yao Li,
  • Shiyao Pei,
  • Hongyin Sun,
  • Cong Peng,
  • Jiali Li,
  • Rui Ye,
  • Qiaohong Yang,
  • Nenghui Wang,
  • Yongguang Tao,
  • Xiang Chen,
  • Qin Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15290-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Inhibitors of the BET family proteins are limited by their potency and oral bio-availability. Here, the authors report a new BET inhibitor, NHWD-870, with improved potency compared to previous BET inhibitors, and show that it suppresses BRD4 and targets tumour associated macrophages.