Search Results - "Derksen, Darren J."
-
1
From Inhibition to Degradation: Targeting the Antiapoptotic Protein Myeloid Cell Leukemia 1 (MCL1)
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (13-06-2019)“…Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) have emerged as significant targets for therapeutic development, owing to their critical nature in diverse biological…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
Rapid synthesis of pomalidomide-conjugates for the development of protein degrader libraries
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (01-04-2021)“…Current methods for the preparation of heterobifunctional pomalidomide-conjugates rely on methods that are often low yielding and produce intractable…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
Pannexin-1 channel inhibition alleviates opioid withdrawal in rodents by modulating locus coeruleus to spinal cord circuitry
Published in Nature communications (24-07-2024)“…Opioid withdrawal is a liability of chronic opioid use and misuse, impacting people who use prescription or illicit opioids. Hyperactive autonomic output…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
macroH2A2 antagonizes epigenetic programs of stemness in glioblastoma
Published in Nature communications (27-05-2023)“…Self-renewal is a crucial property of glioblastoma cells that is enabled by the choreographed functions of chromatin regulators and transcription factors…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
Generation of Benzyne Species from Diphenylphosphoryl Derivatives: Simultaneous Exchange of Three Functional Groups
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (13-06-2016)“…Interaction of (2‐diphenylphosphoryl‐3‐iodo‐4‐methoxy‐phenyl) methanol with NaH in DMF at ambient temperature results in the generation of benzyne…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
Natural-Product-Derived Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 8 (TRPM8) Channel Modulators
Published in Organic letters (03-06-2016)“…A library of novel structural hybrids of menthol and cubebol was tested for each derivative’s ability to interact with the transient receptor potential…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
7
Hydrophobic Interactions as Substitutes for a Conserved Disulfide Linkage in the Type IIa Bacteriocins, Leucocin A and Pediocin PA-1
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (11-08-2008)“…High and dry: Three analogues of leucocin A (shown in figure) and six analogues of pediocin PA‐1 were synthesized in which conserved cysteines that form a…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
8
-
9
Pannexin 1 Channels as a Therapeutic Target: Structure, Inhibition, and Outlook
Published in ACS chemical neuroscience (05-08-2020)“…Pannexin 1 (Panx1) channels are transmembrane proteins that release adenosine triphosphate and play an important role in intercellular communication. They are…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
10
ADAM protease inhibition overcomes resistance of breast cancer stem-like cells to γδ T cell immunotherapy
Published in Cancer letters (01-01-2021)“…Gamma delta T cells (γδTc) have tremendous anti-tumoral activity, thus γδTc immunotherapy is currently under development for various malignancies. We targeted…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
11
Leveraging Pyrazolium Ylide Reactivity to Access Indolizine and 1,2‐Dihydropyrimidine Derivatives
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (17-05-2024)“…N‐Heterocyclic ylides are important synthetic precursors to rapidly build molecular complexity. Pyrazolium ylides have largely been unexplored, and we…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
12
Regioselective Synthesis of C3-Hydroxyarylated Pyrazoles
Published in Journal of organic chemistry (07-01-2022)“…Pyrazoles are ubiquitous structures in medicinal chemistry. We report the first regioselective route to C3-hydroxyarylated pyrazoles obtained through reaction…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
13
Utilising the intrinsic fluorescence of pomalidomide for imaging applications
Published in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (07-12-2023)“…Optimisation of protein degraders requires balancing multiple factors including potency, cell permeability and solubility. Here we show that the fluorescence…”
Get more information
Journal Article -
14
Development of Tetrahydroquinoline-Based Inhibitors for Chronic Pain
Published in ACS chemical neuroscience (08-10-2024)“…Chronic pain affects a substantial portion of the population, posing a significant health challenge. Current treatments often come with limitations and side…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
15
Divergent Photocyclization/1,4-Sigmatropic Rearrangements for the Synthesis of Sesquiterpenoid Derivatives
Published in Organic letters (03-02-2017)“…Combined experimental and computational efforts have demonstrated the utility of divergent photocyclization/1,4-sigmatropic rearrangement reactions for…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
16
Photolysis of Diacyl Peroxides: A Radical-Based Approach for the Synthesis of Functionalized Amino Acids
Published in Organic letters (07-08-2003)“…Photolysis of the amino acid derived symmetrical and unsymmetrical diacyl peroxides at 254 nm at low temperature (−78 to −196 °C) generates various bis(amino…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
17
Synthesis and evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of derivatives of the marine natural products fuscol and eunicol
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (15-10-2014)“…The octocoral-derived terpenes fuscol and eunicol are known, potent anti-inflammatory agents. While total syntheses of one of the parent natural products have…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
18
Identification of ligand linkage vectors for the development of p300/CBP degraders
Published in RSC medicinal chemistry (22-06-2022)“…To develop new degrader molecules from an existing protein ligand a linkage vector must be identified and then joined with a suitable E3 ligase without…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
19
Inhibition of serine and proline racemases by substrate-product analogues
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (01-01-2014)“…d-Amino acids can play important roles as specific biosynthetic building blocks required by organisms or act as regulatory molecules. Consequently, amino acid…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
20
Antimicrobial Leucocin Analogues with a Disulfide Bridge Replaced by a Carbocycle or by Noncovalent Interactions of Allyl Glycine Residues
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (08-11-2006)“…The type IIa bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides isolated from lactic acid bacteria that act as food preservation agents and have nanomolar activity…”
Get full text
Journal Article