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ArticleActa pharmacologica Sinica2022

Discovery of novel MIF inhibitors that attenuate microglial inflammatory activation by structures-based virtual screening and in vitro bioassays.

Yu Zhang, Lei Xu, Yao Zhang, Jie Pan, Pu-Qing Wang, Sheng Tian, Huan-Ting Li, Bo-Wen Gao, Ting-Jun Hou, Xue-Chu Zhen and 1 more

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Article in Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Yu Zhang *Department of Pharmacy, Hubei Clinical Research Center of Parkinson's disease, Xiangyang Key Laboratory of Movement Disorders, Xiangyang No.1 People'Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China.
Lei Xu *Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, 213001, China.
Yao Zhang *Department of Pharmacy, Hubei Clinical Research Center of Parkinson's disease, Xiangyang Key Laboratory of Movement Disorders, Xiangyang No.1 People'Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China.
Jie PanDepartment of Pharmacy, Hubei Clinical Research Center of Parkinson's disease, Xiangyang Key Laboratory of Movement Disorders, Xiangyang No.1 People'Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China.
Pu-Qing WangDepartment of Pharmacy, Hubei Clinical Research Center of Parkinson's disease, Xiangyang Key Laboratory of Movement Disorders, Xiangyang No.1 People'Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China.
Sheng TianJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.
Huan-Ting LiSchool of Pharmacy, Baotou Medical College, Baotou, 014060, China.
Bo-Wen GaoSchool of Pharmacy, Baotou Medical College, Baotou, 014060, China.
Ting-Jun HouCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. tjhou@zju.edu.cn.
Xue-Chu ZhenJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China. zhenxuechu@suda.edun.cn.
Long-Tai ZhengJiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China. zhenglongtai@suda.edu.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pluripotent pro-inflammatory cytokine and is related to acute and chronic inflammatory responses, immune disorders, tumors, and other diseases. In this study, an integrated virtual screening strategy and bioassays were used to search for potent MIF inhibitors. Twelve compounds with better bioactivity than the prototypical MIF-inhibitor ISO-1 (IC

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Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBiological AssayMicrogliaNF-kappa BAnti-Inflammatory AgentsMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsNF-kappa Bmacrophage migration inhibitory factornaive Bayesian classificationneuroinflammationtautomerase assayvirtual screening

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PMID34429524
PMCPMC9160002

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