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ReviewNitric oxide : biology and chemistry2017

Nitric oxide synthase and structure-based inhibitor design.

Thomas L Poulos, Huiying Li

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Review in Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Association of NOS3 rs1799983 Polymorphism with Cognitive Function in Patients with First Episode Depression.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  5. iNOS in Macrophage Polarization: Pharmacological and Regulatory Insights.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  11. Novel 2-phenyl-4H-chromen derivatives: synthesis and anti-inflammatory activity evaluationJournal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2022
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  15. Role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase for early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in mice.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas L PoulosDepartments of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3900, USA. Electronic address: poulos@uci.edu.
Huiying LiDepartments of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3900, USA.
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASER01GM057353 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI POULOS, THOMAS L · 1998 to 2018
$6.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM057353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Once it was discovered that the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is responsible for the biosynthesis of NO, NOS became a drug target. Particularly important is the over production of NO by neuronal NOS (nNOS) in various neurodegenerative disorders. After the various NOS isoforms were identified, inhibitor development proceeded rapidly. It soon became evident, however, that isoform selectivity presents a major challenge. All 3 human NOS isoforms, nNOS, eNOS (endothelial NOS), and iNOS (inducible NOS) have nearly identical active site structures thus making selective inhibitor design especially difficult. Of particular importance is the avoidance of inhibiting eNOS owing to its vital role in the cardiovascular system. This review summarizes some of the history of NOS inhibitor development and more recent advances in developing isoform selective inhibitors using primarily structure-based approaches.

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Drug DesignAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsHumansNitric Oxide SynthaseAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsNitric Oxide SynthaseDrug designIsoform selectivity

Identifiers

PMID27890696
PMCPMC5569579
OpenAlexW2549532669

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