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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2026

Potent, Selective, and Brain Penetrant Ether-Linked 2-Aminopyridine Inhibitors of Human Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase with Excellent Oral Bioavailability.

Anas Ansari, Radoslaw T Chrzanowski, Huiying Li, Christine D Hardy, Amardeep Awasthi, Thomas L Poulos, Richard B Silverman

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2026. 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

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Dynamic tail amine interactions drive isoform selectivity for potent human neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitors.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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Anas AnsariDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9069-8470
Radoslaw T ChrzanowskiDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States.
Huiying LiDepartments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3900, United States.
Christine D HardyDepartments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3900, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0780-025X
Amardeep AwasthiDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3237-9281
Thomas L PoulosDepartments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3900, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5648-3510
Richard B SilvermanDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9034-1084

Funding

Selective inhibition of nitric oxide synthase for multiple indicationsR35GM131788 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SILVERMAN, RICHARD B · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131788
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is a therapeutic target for the treatment of various neurological disorders and for melanoma. As part of our ongoing efforts to develop potent and selective nNOS inhibitors, we modified our previously reported compound

Indexed as

AminopyridinesBrainEnzyme InhibitorsNitric Oxide Synthase Type IAdministration, OralAnimalsBiological AvailabilityBlood-Brain BarrierCrystallography, X-RayHumansModels, MolecularRatsStructure-Activity Relationshipalpha-aminopyridineAminopyridinesEnzyme InhibitorsNitric Oxide Synthase Type I

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PMID41630196
PMCPMC13001636

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