Chlorinated solvents: their advantages, disadvantages, and alternatives in organic and medicinal chemistry

A Jordan, P Stoy, HF Sneddon - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chlorinated Solvents: Their Advantages, Disadvantages, and Alternatives in Organic and
Medicinal Chemistry | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS Find my …

Integrins as a drug target in liver fibrosis

SR Rahman, JA Roper, JI Grove, GP Aithal… - Liver …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As the worldwide prevalence of chronic liver diseases is high and continuing to increase,
there is an urgent need for treatment to prevent cirrhosis‐related morbidity and mortality …

An αv‐RGD integrin inhibitor toolbox: drug discovery insight, challenges and opportunities

RJD Hatley, SJF Macdonald, RJ Slack… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is a requirement for efficacious and safe medicines to treat diseases with high unmet
need. The resurgence in αv‐RGD integrin inhibitor drug discovery is poised to contribute to …

New β-lactam derivatives modulate cell adhesion and signaling mediated by RGD-binding and leukocyte integrins

M Baiula, P Galletti, G Martelli, R Soldati… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A novel series of β-lactam derivatives that was designed and synthesized to target RGD-
binding and leukocyte integrins is reported. The compound library was evaluated by …

Discovery of (S)-3-(3-(3, 5-Dimethyl-1 H-pyrazol-1-yl) phenyl)-4-((R)-3-(2-(5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydro-1, 8-naphthyridin-2-yl) ethyl) pyrrolidin-1-yl) butanoic Acid, a …

PA Procopiou, NA Anderson, J Barrett… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A series of 3-aryl (pyrrolidin-1-yl) butanoic acids were synthesized using a
diastereoselective route, via a rhodium catalyzed asymmetric 1, 4-addition of arylboronic …

[HTML][HTML] RGD-binding integrins in head and neck cancers

HT Ahmedah, LH Patterson, SD Shnyder… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Alterations in integrin expression and function promote tumour growth, invasion, metastasis
and neoangiogenesis. Head and neck cancers are highly vascular tumours with a tendency …

Active search for computer‐aided drug design

D Oglic, SA Oatley, SJF Macdonald… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We consider lead discovery as active search in a space of labelled graphs. In particular, we
extend our recent data‐driven adaptive Markov chain approach, and evaluate it on a …

Core Modifications of GSK3335103 toward Orally Bioavailable αvβ6 Inhibitors with Improved Synthetic Tractability

HF Hryczanek, J Barrett, TN Barrett… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The αvβ6 integrin has been identified as a target for the treatment of fibrotic diseases, based
on the role it has in activating TGF-β1, a protein implicated in the pathogenesis of fibrosis …

Using β-amino acids and β-peptide templates to create bioactive ligands and biomaterials

MP Del Borgo, K Kulkarni… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
β-Amino acids are being increasingly used in the design of bioactive ligands and more
recently in the generation of novel biomaterials. Peptides containing either individual β …

Development of a solvent-reagent selection guide for the formation of thioesters

A Jordan, HF Sneddon - Green Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
For the first time a solvent-reagent guide has been developed with a view to providing
greener synthetic conditions for the preparation of thioesters. A number of solvents and …