Virtual Screening and Optimization Yield Low-Nanomolar Inhibitors of the Tautomerase Activity of Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
Dahlgren MK, Garcia AB, Hare AA, Tirado-Rives J, Leng L, Bucala R, Jorgensen WL. Virtual Screening and Optimization Yield Low-Nanomolar Inhibitors of the Tautomerase Activity of Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor. Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry 2012, 55: 10148-10159. PMID: 23067344, PMCID: PMC3509768, DOI: 10.1021/jm301269s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responsePlasmodium falciparum macrophage migration inhibitory factorInhibitory factorMacrophage migration inhibitory factorTautomerase activityMacrophage migratory inhibitory factorMigration inhibitory factorHost immune responseMalaria infectionSmall molecule inhibitorsCytokine activityHuman MIFHuman cytokinesPlasmodium falciparum orthologuePfMIFInhibitorsLow nanomolar inhibitorsScreeningVirtual screeningCytokinesEnzymatic siteActivityInfectionSmall‐Molecule Inhibitors of the Interaction between the E3 Ligase VHL and HIF1α
Buckley DL, Gustafson JL, Van Molle I, Roth AG, Tae HS, Gareiss PC, Jorgensen WL, Ciulli A, Crews CM. Small‐Molecule Inhibitors of the Interaction between the E3 Ligase VHL and HIF1α. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51: 11463-11467. PMID: 23065727, PMCID: PMC3519281, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206231.Peer-Reviewed Original Research