1. Biphenyl amide p38 kinase inhibitors 3: Improvement of cellular and in vivo activity.
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Angell R, Aston NM, Bamborough P, Buckton JB, Cockerill S, deBoeck SJ, Edwards CD, Holmes DS, Jones KL, Laine DI, Patel S, Smee PA, Smith KJ, Somers DO, and Walker AL
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- Administration, Oral, Animals, Benzamides blood, Benzamides chemistry, Biphenyl Compounds blood, Biphenyl Compounds chemistry, Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques, Crystallography, X-Ray, Disease Models, Animal, Molecular Conformation, Molecular Structure, Protein Kinase Inhibitors blood, Protein Kinase Inhibitors chemistry, Rats, Benzamides chemical synthesis, Benzamides pharmacology, Biphenyl Compounds chemical synthesis, Biphenyl Compounds pharmacology, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14 antagonists & inhibitors, Protein Kinase Inhibitors chemical synthesis, Protein Kinase Inhibitors pharmacology
- Abstract
The biphenyl amides (BPAs) are a novel series of p38alpha MAP kinase inhibitor. The optimisation of the series to give compounds that are potent in an in vivo disease model is discussed. SAR is presented and rationalised with reference to the crystallographic binding mode.
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- 2008
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