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IKZF3 (Aiolos)

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Aiolos is Ikaros' partner transcription factor in B cells and plasma cells. The myeloma drugs lenalidomide, pomalidomide and golcadomide destroy Aiolos and Ikaros together by rerouting them to the cell's protein-disposal system. This dossier gathers the 3 products (2 approved), 83 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Aiolos and Ikaros are destroyed by the same molecular-glue mechanism: the drug binds cereblon in the CRL4 ligase, the complex gains affinity for both transcription factors, and both are ubiquitinated (lenalidomide mechanism steps). Pomalidomide keeps this activity after lenalidomide failure.

Where it is found
  • Multiple myeloma (degradation by immunomodulatory drugs and CELMoDs)
  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (golcadomide trials)
Class: transcription · Gene: IKZF3 · Facts checked 2026-09-22 · Target page

External identifiers

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Products by modality and phase

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ModalityApprovedPhase 3
Degrader
1
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Immunomodulatory drug
1
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Small molecule
1
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83 trials
Trial
3Active
3Active
frontMIND
NCT04824092
3Positive
CEPHEUS
NCT03652064
3Positive
IMROZ
NCT03319667
3Positive
PERSEUS
NCT03710603
3Positive
DETERMINATION
NCT01208662
3Positive
AUGMENT
NCT01938001
3Positive
MAIA
NCT02252172
3Positive
RELEVANCE
NCT01476787
3Mixed
IFM 2009
NCT01191060
3Positive
3Recruiting
3Active
3Active
3Recruiting
3Active
3Active
3Active
3Active
3Active
3Recruiting
3Active
3Active
3Recruiting
3Recruiting
3Active
3Active
3Active
3Recruiting
3Active
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Query for this target: (TITLE:"IKZF3" OR ABSTRACT:"IKZF3" OR TITLE:"Aiolos" OR ABSTRACT:"Aiolos" OR TITLE:"ZNFN1A3" OR ABSTRACT:"ZNFN1A3" OR TITLE:"IKAROS family zinc finger 3" OR ABSTRACT:"IKAROS family zinc finger 3") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about IKZF3 (Aiolos), not a curated reading list.

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The dossier as machine-readable JSON: identifiers from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL, products with status, trials, pathways, hotspots, open questions and assays. The full entity record is in the open API at /api/v1/entities/ikzf3.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.