The invention relates to compounds that inhibit DUBs, particularly USP9X. The invention also includes methods of inhibiting DUBs, including USP9X, and methods of treating cancers.

Methods of treating aging related skin changes and of increasing skin thickness with topical administration of N-acyldipeptide derivatives are described. Compositions comprising N-acyldipeptide derivatives, are therapeutically effective for increasing skin thickness, and for treating extrinsic and intrinsic aging and aging related skin changes, such as fine lines, wrinkles, photoaging, hyperpigmentation, laxity, age spots, lentigines, mottled skin, and cellulite.

An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof is provided. In formula (I), p is an integer ranging from 1 to 26, A is an antibody, and -(L-D) is a linker-drug unit. L is a linker unit having a glycopeptide, and D is a drug unit. The antibody is conjugated to the linker unit through a cysteine residue of the antibody. A method for forming an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) is also provided.

A-(L-D).sub.p(I)