Structure and activity relationships of tartrate-based TACE inhibitors.
Li, D., Popovici-Muller, J., Belanger, D.B., Caldwell, J., Dai, C., David, M., Girijavallabhan, V.M., Lavey, B.J., Lee, J.F., Liu, Z., Mazzola, R., Rizvi, R., Rosner, K.E., Shankar, B., Spitler, J., Ting, P.C., Vaccaro, H., Yu, W., Zhou, G., Zhu, Z., Niu, X., Sun, J., Guo, Z., Orth, P., Chen, S., Kozlowski, J.A., Lundell, D.J., Madison, V., McKittrick, B., Piwinski, J.J., Shih, N.Y., Shipps, G.W., Siddiqui, M.A., Strickland, C.O.(2010) Bioorg Med Chem Lett 20: 4812-4815
- PubMed: 20638281 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.06.104
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3LGP - PubMed Abstract: 
The syntheses and structure-activity relationships of the tartrate-based TACE inhibitors are discussed. The optimization of both the prime and non-prime sites led to compounds with picomolar activity. Several analogs demonstrated good rat pharmacokinetics.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Cambridge, 320 Bent Street, Cambridge, MA 02141, United States. dansu.li@spcorp.com