Small-molecule LRRK2 inhibitors for PD therapy: Current achievements and future perspectives

J Hu, D Zhang, K Tian, C Ren, H Li, C Lin… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is a multifunctional protein that orchestrates a diverse
array of cellular processes, including vesicle transport, autophagy, lysosome degradation …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting proliferation signals and the cell cycle machinery in acute leukemias: novel molecules on the horizon

A Ghelli Luserna di Rorà, M Jandoubi, G Martinelli… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Uncontrolled proliferative signals and cell cycle dysregulation due to genomic or functional
alterations are important drivers of the expansion of undifferentiated blast cells in acute …

Discovery of 2-aminopyrimidine derivatives as potent dual FLT3/CHK1 inhibitors with significantly reduced hERG inhibitory activities

X Li, P Wang, C Wang, T Jin, R Xu, L Tong… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
FLT3 inhibitors as single agents have limited effects because of acquired and adaptive
resistance and the cardiotoxicity related to human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) …

Identification of 2-aminopyrimidine derivatives as FLT3 kinase inhibitors with high selectivity over c-KIT

L Tong, P Wang, X Li, X Dong, X Hu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report two promising compounds 30 and 36 possessing nanomolar FLT3
inhibitory activities (IC50= 1.5–7.2 nM), high selectivity over c-KIT (> 1000-fold), and …

Discovery of SP-96, the first non-ATP-competitive Aurora Kinase B inhibitor, for reduced myelosuppression

NR Lakkaniga, L Zhang, B Belachew… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aurora Kinase B is a serine-threonine kinase known to be overexpressed in several
cancers, with no inhibitors approved for clinical use. Herein, we present the discovery and …

Pyrrolo [2, 3-d] pyrimidine derivatives as inhibitors of RET: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation

NR Lakkaniga, N Gunaganti, L Zhang… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gene fusions and point mutations of RET kinase are crucial for driving thoracic cancers,
including thyroid cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Various scaffolds based on different …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular Modeling Studies of N-phenylpyrimidine-4-amine Derivatives for Inhibiting FMS-like Tyrosine Kinase-3

S Ghosh, S Keretsu, SJ Cho - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Overexpression and frequent mutations in FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) are considered
risk factors for severe acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Hyperactive FLT3 induces premature …

Discovery of imidazo [1, 2-a] pyridine-thiophene derivatives as FLT3 and FLT3 mutants inhibitors for acute myeloid leukemia through structure-based optimization of …

L Zhang, NR Lakkaniga, JB Bharate… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) with an internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutation has
been validated as a driver lesion and a therapeutic target for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) …

Discovery of N-trisubstituted pyrimidine derivatives as type I RET and RET gatekeeper mutant inhibitors with a novel kinase binding pose

L Zhang, M Moccia, DC Briggs, JB Bharate… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mutations of the rearranged during transfection (RET) kinase are frequently reported in
cancer, which make it as an attractive therapeutic target. Herein, we discovered a series of N …

The state of the art in secondary pharmacology and its impact on the safety of new medicines

RJ Brennan, S Jenkinson, A Brown… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
Secondary pharmacology screening of investigational small-molecule drugs for potentially
adverse off-target activities has become standard practice in pharmaceutical research and …