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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2017

Discovery of GBT440, an Orally Bioavailable R-State Stabilizer of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin.

Brian Metcalf, Chihyuan Chuang, Kobina Dufu, Mira P Patel, Abel Silva-Garcia, Carl Johnson, Qing Lu, James R Partridge, Larysa Patskovska, Yury Patskovsky and 14 more

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Brian MetcalfGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Chihyuan ChuangCytokinetics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Kobina DufuGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Mira P PatelGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Abel Silva-GarciaGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Carl JohnsonGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Qing LuCytokinetics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
James R PartridgeGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Larysa PatskovskaAlbert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx, New York 10461, United States.
Yury PatskovskyAlbert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx, New York 10461, United States.
Steven C AlmoAlbert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx, New York 10461, United States.
Matthew P JacobsonDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California , San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Lan HuaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California , San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Qing XuGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Stephen L GwaltneyGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Calvin YeeGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Jason HarrisGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Bradley P MorganCytokinetics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Joyce JamesCytokinetics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Donghong XuCytokinetics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Athiwat HutchaleelahaGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Kumar PaulvannanTandem Sciences, Inc. , Menlo Park, California 94025, United States.
Donna OksenbergGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
Zhe LiGlobal Blood Therapeutics, Inc. , South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.

Funding

X-ray Screening and Rapid Structure DeterminationP50GM082250 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STROUD, ROBERT M · 2007 to 2018
$48.8M
Yeast ExpressionP50GM073210 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STROUD, ROBERT M · 2004 to 2013
$21.5M
Project 6 (Holton)U54GM094625 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MINOR, DANIEL L · 2010 to 2014
$8.0M
MINOS (Macromolecular Insights on Nucleic acids Optimized by Scattering)R01GM105404 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI TAINER, JOHN A. · 2012 to 2015
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM073210NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM082250NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105404NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM094625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the discovery of a new potent allosteric effector of sickle cell hemoglobin, GBT440 (

Indexed as

aldehydeallosteric modulatoroxygen affinityred blood cell partitioningSchiff-base formationSickle cell diseasesickle cell hemoglobin

Identifiers

PMID28337324
PMCPMC5346980

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