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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2025

Discovery of AZD4144, a Selective and Potent NLRP3 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases.

Anders Johansson, Hiroshi Sugama, Niklas Larsson, Susanne Winiwarter, Kosuke Yoshida, Henrik Gradén, Giulia Bergonzini, Takehiko Matsumura, Shiki Miyazaki, Ryuichi Fuchigami and 22 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Anders JohanssonBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1467-6795
Hiroshi SugamaMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Niklas LarssonDiscovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Susanne WiniwarterBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9808-1683
Kosuke YoshidaMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Henrik GradénBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3103-4388
Giulia BergonziniBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Takehiko MatsumuraMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Shiki MiyazakiMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Ryuichi FuchigamiMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.ORCID 0009-0004-9711-0069
Masahiro EdaMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Hisayuki TakamatsuMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Kaori IguchiMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Mitsuya HonguMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Tetsuji MatsudairaMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Daniel HovdalBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Marlene FredenwallBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Ulf FahlanderBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Anna LuchniakDiscovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Johan BrengdahlBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Bomi JungDiscovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Magdalena RhedinBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Juhi SardanaDiscovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Akiko IdeiMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Yosuke KatoMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Junpei KimuraMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Jenny ViklundBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Peter BrandtBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Anna-Karin SjögrenBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden.
Yui HibinoMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.
Kevin WoollardBioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
Hikaru YonedaMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory disease is a major burden on health care, and new treatments are needed to manage exaggerated inflammatory responses. The NLRP3 inflammasome is a key player in inflammation, the activation of which is believed to be associated with an increased cardiovascular and renal risk and play a major role in several common noncommunicable diseases. The emergence of evidence that small molecules can work as NLRP3 inhibitors has initiated a surge of drug discovery activities within the field. In this paper, we describe the discovery of the clinical candidate

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsDrug DiscoveryInflammationNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinAnimalsHumansInflammasomesMiceRatsStructure-Activity RelationshipAnti-Inflammatory AgentsInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, human

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PMID40631926
PMCPMC12305497

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