1. Discovery of potent, highly selective, and orally bioavailable pyridine carboxamide c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase inhibitors.
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Zhao H, Serby MD, Xin Z, Szczepankiewicz BG, Liu M, Kosogof C, Liu B, Nelson LT, Johnson EF, Wang S, Pederson T, Gum RJ, Clampit JE, Haasch DL, Abad-Zapatero C, Fry EH, Rondinone C, Trevillyan JM, Sham HL, and Liu G
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- Administration, Oral, Amides pharmacokinetics, Amides pharmacology, Animals, Biological Availability, Crystallography, X-Ray, Humans, In Vitro Techniques, Mice, Microsomes metabolism, Models, Molecular, Pyridines pharmacokinetics, Pyridines pharmacology, Rats, Structure-Activity Relationship, Thermodynamics, Amides chemical synthesis, JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Pyridines chemical synthesis
- Abstract
C-Jun NH2 terminal kinases (JNKs) are important cell signaling enzymes. JNK1 plays a central role in linking obesity and insulin resistance. JNK2 and JNK3 may be involved in inflammatory and neurological disorders, respectively. Small-molecule JNK inhibitors could be valuable tools to study the therapeutic benefits of inhibiting these enzymes and as leads for potential drugs targeting JNKs. In this report, we disclose a series of potent and highly selective JNK inhibitors with good pharmacokinetic profiles.
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- 2006
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