| Literature DB >> 12617920 |
Toshiki Murata1, Mitsuyuki Shimada, Sachiko Sakakibara, Takashi Yoshino, Hiroshi Kadono, Tsutomu Masuda, Makoto Shimazaki, Takuya Shintani, Kinji Fuchikami, Katsuya Sakai, Hisayo Inbe, Keisuke Takeshita, Toshiro Niki, Masaomi Umeda, Kevin B Bacon, Karl B Ziegelbauer, Timothy B Lowinger.
Abstract
IkappaB kinase beta (IKK-beta) is a serine-threonine protein kinase critically involved in the activation of the transcription factor Nuclear Factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) in response to various inflammatory stimuli. We have identified a small molecule inhibitor of IKK-beta. Optimization of the lead compound resulted in improvements in both in vitro and in vivo potency, and provided IKK-beta inhibitors exhibiting potent activity in an acute cytokine release model (LPS-induced TNFalpha).Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12617920 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)01046-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823