| Literature DB >> 30728114 |
Evan Perry1, Jonathan J Mills1, Bin Zhao1, Feng Wang1, Qi Sun1, Plamen P Christov2, James C Tarr1, Tyson A Rietz1, Edward T Olejniczak1, Taekyu Lee1, Stephen Fesik3.
Abstract
The PD-1 immune checkpoint pathway is a highly validated target for cancer immunotherapy. Despite the potential advantages of small molecule inhibitors over antibodies, the discovery of small molecule checkpoint inhibitors has lagged behind. To discover small molecule inhibitors of the PD-1 pathway, we have utilized a fragment-based approach. Small molecules were identified that bind to PD-L1 and crystal structures of these compounds bound to PD-L1 were obtained.Entities:
Keywords: Cancer drug discovery; Fragment-based screening; Immunotherapy; PD-L1 inhibitor; Structure-based design
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30728114 PMCID: PMC6474755 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.01.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823