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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Targeting Receptor Tyrosine Kinase VEGFR-2 in Hepatocellular Cancer: Rational Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 1,2-Disubstituted Benzimidazoles.

Heba T Abdel-Mohsen, Mona A Abdullaziz, Ahmed M El Kerdawy, Fatma A F Ragab, Keith J Flanagan, Abeer E E Mahmoud, Mamdouh M Ali, Hoda I El Diwani, Mathias O Senge

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Heba T Abdel-MohsenDepartment of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Division of Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Cairo, Egypt.
Mona A AbdullazizDepartment of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Division of Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed M El KerdawyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Aini Street, P.O. Box 11562, Cairo, Egypt.
Fatma A F RagabDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Aini Street, P.O. Box 11562, Cairo, Egypt.
Keith J FlanaganMedicinal Chemistry, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, 8, Ireland.
Abeer E E MahmoudDepartment of Biochemistry, Division of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Mamdouh M AliDepartment of Biochemistry, Division of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Hoda I El DiwaniDepartment of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Division of Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, P.O. 12622, Cairo, Egypt.
Mathias O SengeMedicinal Chemistry, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, 8, Ireland.
National Research Centre · EGCairo University · EGTrinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

Science Foundation Ireland IvP 13/IA/1894The Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) project ID 15063
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, a novel series of 1,2-disubstituted benzo[d]imidazoles was rationally designed as VEGFR-2 inhibitors targeting hepatocellular carcinoma. Our design strategy is two-fold; it aimed first at studying the effect of replacing the 5-methylfuryl moiety of the well-known antiangiogenic 2-furylbenzimidazoles with an isopropyl moiety on the VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity and the cytotoxic activity. Our second objective was to further optimize the structures of the benzimidazole derivatives through elongation of the side chains at their one-position for the design of more potent type II-like VEGFR-2 inhibitors. The designed 1,2-disubstituted benzimidazoles demonstrated potent cytotoxic activity against the HepG2 cell line, reaching IC

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Drug DesignBenzimidazolesBinding SitesCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell CycleCell Line, TumorChemistry Techniques, SyntheticDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansMolecular ConformationMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingProtein Kinase InhibitorsStructure-Activity RelationshipVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2BenzimidazolesProtein Kinase InhibitorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-21,2-disubstituted benzimidazoleangiogenesisdesignHepG-2synthesisVEGFR-2

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PMID32053964
PMCPMC7071059
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