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Evidence Snapshot

Dipeptidyl peptidase 8

CHEMBL4657 SINGLE PROTEIN Homo sapiens
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ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine

Target Snapshot 2026-09-13T22:30:06Z
Source · ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine
ChEMBL ChEMBL 36 CHEMBL4657
Identity Layer

Cross-source identity

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This review treats Dipeptidyl peptidase 8 as ChEMBL target CHEMBL4657, mapped to UniProt Q6V1X1. Disease framing currently uses the Open Targets-ready proxy contract.

Review anchor
Dipeptidyl peptidase 8
SINGLE PROTEIN · Homo sapiens
As of 2026-09-13
ChEMBL target ID
CHEMBL4657
Primary anchor for compounds, assays, approvals, and exports
ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine As of 2026-09-13
www.ebi.ac.uk
UniProt accession
Q6V1X1
Dipeptidyl peptidase 8
UniProt accession via ChEMBL component mapping As of 2026-09-13
www.uniprot.org
Disease evidence contract
Open Targets-ready proxy
ChEMBL drug mechanism + indication proxy
ChEMBL drug mechanism + indication proxy As of 2026-09-13
www.ebi.ac.uk

Reuse the same identifiers in notes, watch rules, exports, and review packs so provenance stays stable across surfaces.

Review-ready Target Rationale

Why Dipeptidyl peptidase 8 matters

As of 2026-09-13

Dipeptidyl peptidase 8 is reviewed as Dipeptidyl peptidase 8 (UniProt Q6V1X1); the current evidence base includes 8 approved drugs, 2087 compounds, and 154 assays, with lead potency reaching pChEMBL 10.1.

Disease context
Disease signal

Disease relevance is not yet populated for this evidence card.

This disease block keeps the Open Targets-ready contract explicit while current evidence comes from ChEMBL mechanism and indication mappings.

ChEMBL target record
Activity base
Portfolio and assay base

ChEMBL currently tracks 8 approved drugs, 2087 compounds, and 154 assays for this target. The dominant activity type is IC50. CHEMBL1215374 is the current potency anchor at pChEMBL 10.1.

Use CHEMBL1215374 as the tractability anchor when discussing potency (pChEMBL 10.1).

Activity source · ChEMBL 36 via Core Engine
8 approved pChEMBL 10.1
Source Guidance

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Review-ready Target Rationale
One-page rationale with as-of-date and attribution

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UniProt Target Context
UniProt accession via ChEMBL component mapping

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Open Protein Context
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Disease Relevance & Evidence Level
ChEMBL drug mechanism + indication proxy

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Open Disease Context

Snapshot State

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2087
Total Compounds
154
Total Assays
8
Approved Drugs
IC50: 2080.0, KI: 229.0, KD: 4.0
Activity Types

pChEMBL Activity Distribution

Top 5 Inhibitors (by pChEMBL)

Structure Compound pChEMBL Type Phase
No preferred name
CHEMBL1215374
 10.1 Ki —
No preferred name
CHEMBL1215376
 9.6 Ki —
No preferred name
CHEMBL1215167
 9.4 Ki —
No preferred name
CHEMBL1215087
 9.4 Ki —
No preferred name
CHEMBL1215448
 9.2 Ki —

Approved Drugs

Structure Compound First Approval
TENELIGLIPTIN
CHEMBL2147777
 2012
SAXAGLIPTIN ANHYDROUS
CHEMBL385517
 2009
VILDAGLIPTIN
CHEMBL142703
 2007
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Target Snapshot 2026-09-13T22:30:06Z
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