Impact of GPCR structures on drug discovery

M Congreve, C de Graaf, NA Swain, CG Tate - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Structures of 70 unique G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been determined, with
over 370 structures in total bound to different ligands and the receptors in various …

Targeting adenosine A2A receptor antagonism for treatment of cancer

M Congreve, GA Brown, A Borodovsky… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Adenosine A2A Receptor (A2AR) antagonists are an emerging
class of agents that treat cancers, both as a monotherapy and in combination with other …

[PDF][PDF] Phase ia/b, open-label, multicenter study of AZD4635 (an adenosine A2A receptor antagonist) as monotherapy or combined with durvalumab, in patients with …

EA Lim, JC Bendell, GS Falchook, TM Bauer… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: To evaluate AZD4635, an adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, as monotherapy or
in combination with durvalumab in patients with advanced solid tumors. Patients and …

Adenosine signaling is prognostic for cancer outcome and has predictive utility for immunotherapeutic response

B Sidders, P Zhang, K Goodwin, G O'Connor… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: There are several agents in early clinical trials targeting components of the
adenosine pathway including A2AR and CD73. The identification of cancers with a …

Accurate prediction of GPCR ligand binding affinity with free energy perturbation

F Deflorian, L Perez-Benito, EB Lenselink… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The computational prediction of relative binding free energies is a crucial goal for drug
discovery, and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are arguably the most important drug …

Overcoming high level adenosine-mediated immunosuppression by DZD2269, a potent and selective A2aR antagonist

Y Bai, X Zhang, J Zheng, Z Liu, Z Yang… - Journal of Experimental & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Adenosine is a potent immunosuppressant whose levels in the tumor
microenvironment (TME) are often much higher than those in normal tissues. Binding of …

Molecular dynamics simulations of adenosine receptors: Advances, applications and trends

NA Al-Shar'i, QA Al-Balas - Current pharmaceutical design, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Adenosine receptors (ARs) are transmembrane proteins that belong to the G protein-
coupled receptors (GPCRs) superfamily and mediate the biological functions of adenosine …

Evaluation of Combination Strategies for the A2AR Inhibitor AZD4635 Across Tumor Microenvironment Conditions via a Systems Pharmacology Model

V Voronova, K Peskov, Y Kosinsky… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Adenosine receptor type 2 (A2AR) inhibitor, AZD4635, has been shown to
reduce immunosuppressive adenosine effects within the tumor microenvironment (TME) and …

Recent progress of adenosine receptor modulators in the development of anticancer chemotherapeutic agents

S Marwein, B Mishra, UC De… - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Increased risks of peripheral toxicity and undesired adverse effects associated with
chemotherapeutic agents are the major medical hurdles in cancer treatment that worsen the …

Transplantable syngeneic murine tumor models

R Woessner, A Borodovsky… - Animal models for …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional animal models in oncology consist of immunodeficient mice injected with
human‐derived tumor cells. Whilst such human xenograft models have been invaluable in …