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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2024

Fluorinated Isoindolinone-Based Glucosylceramide Synthase Inhibitors with Low Human Dose Projections.

H Marie Loughran, Kathy M Schirripa, Anthony J Roecker, Michael J Breslin, Ling Tong, Kerry L Fillgrove, Yuhsin Kuo, Kelly Bleasby, Hannah Collier, Michael D Altman and 16 more

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Discovery of MK-5661, a Once-Daily Oral NaACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2026
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  2. Misconceptions among medicinal chemists regarding ADME and PK optimization.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

H Marie LoughranMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6519-0953
Kathy M SchirripaMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Anthony J RoeckerMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Michael J BreslinMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Ling TongMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-8184
Kerry L FillgroveMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Yuhsin KuoMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Kelly BleasbyMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Hannah CollierMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.
Michael D AltmanMerck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Melissa C FordMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Justin A NewmanMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2498-1259
Robert E DroletMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Mali CosdenMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Sarah JinnMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Rosemarie B FlickMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Xiaomei LiuMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Christina MinnickMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Marla L WattMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Wei LemaireMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Christine BurleinMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Gregory C AdamMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Lauren A AustinMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9546-2026
Jacob N MarcusMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Sean M SmithMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Mark E FraleyMerck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
United States Military Academy · USMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibition of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) has been proposed as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease (PD), particularly in patients where glycosphingolipid accumulation and lysosomal impairment are thought to be contributing to disease progression. Herein, we report the late-stage optimization of an orally bioavailable and CNS penetrant isoindolinone class of GCS inhibitors. Starting from advanced lead

Identifiers

PMID38229758
PMCPMC10788949
OpenAlexW4390062346

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