Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Table of Contents: 2009, vol. 52, No. 1


Editorial

Revision of Purity Criteria for Tested Compounds
Philip S. Portoghese
1-1
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Perspectives

Discovery of Innovative Small Molecule Therapeutics
Magid Abou-Gharbia
2-9

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Letters

Short Antisense Oligonucleotides with Novel 2′−4′ Conformationaly Restricted Nucleoside Analogues Show Improved Potency without Increased Toxicity in Animals
Punit P. Seth, Andrew Siwkowski, Charles R. Allerson, Guillermo Vasquez, Sam Lee, Thazha P. Prakash, Edward V. Wancewicz, Donna Witchell and Eric E. Swayze
10-13

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Articles

Selectively Targeting T- and B-Cell Lymphomas: A Benzothiazole Antagonist of α4β1 Integrin
Richard D. Carpenter, Mirela Andrei, Olulanu H. Aina, Edmond Y. Lau, Felice C. Lightstone, Ruiwu Liu, Kit S. Lam and Mark J. Kurth
14-19

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Pharmacophore Guided Discovery of Small-Molecule Human Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease 1 Inhibitors
Zahrah Zawahir, Raveendra Dayam, Jinxia Deng, Cherelene Pereira and Nouri Neamati
20-32

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Antagonists of the Human A2A Adenosine Receptor. 4. Design, Synthesis, and Preclinical Evaluation of 7-Aryltriazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidines
Roger J. Gillespie, Samantha J. Bamford, Ruth Botting, Mike Comer, Sarah Denny, Suneel Gaur, Michael Griffin, Allan M. Jordan, Anthony R. Knight, Joanne Lerpiniere, Stefania Leonardi, Sean Lightowler, Steven McAteer, Angela Merrett, Anil Misra, Antony Padfield, Mark Reece, Mona Saadi, Daniel L. Selwood, Gemma C. Stratton, Dominic Surry, Richard Todd, Xin Tong, Vicki Ruston, Rebecca Upton and Scott M. Weiss
33-47

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Discovery of Potent Thermolysin Inhibitors Using Structure Based Virtual Screening and Binding Assays
Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Ole-Martin Fuskevåg and Ingebrigt Sylte
48-61

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Synthesis, Radiosynthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Carbon-11 and Fluorine-18 Labeled Reboxetine Analogues: Potential Positron Emission Tomography Radioligands for in Vivo Imaging of the Norepinephrine Transporter
Fanxing Zeng, Jiyoung Mun, Nachwa Jarkas, Jeffrey S. Stehouwer, Ronald J. Voll, Gilles D. Tamagnan, Leonard Howell, John R. Votaw, Clinton D. Kilts, Charles B. Nemeroff and Mark M. Goodman
62-73

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Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Inhibitors of Pim-1 and Pim-2 Protein Kinases
Zuping Xia, Christian Knaak, Jian Ma, Zanna M. Beharry, Campbell McInnes, Wenxue Wang, Andrew S. Kraft and Charles D. Smith
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New Uracil Dimers Showing Erythroid Differentiation Inducing Activities
Alessandro Accetta, Roberto Corradini, Stefano Sforza, Tullia Tedeschi, Eleonora Brognara, Monica Borgatti, Roberto Gambari and Rosangela Marchelli
87-94

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Highly Potent 4-Amino-indolo[2,3-c]azepin-3-one-Containing Somatostatin Mimetics with a Range of sst Receptor Selectivities
Debby Feytens, Magali De Vlaeminck, Renzo Cescato, Dirk Tourwé and Jean Claude Reubi
95-104

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Modulation of Wnt Signaling Through Inhibition of Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein I (sFRP-1) with N-Substituted Piperidinyl Diphenylsulfonyl Sulfonamides
William J. Moore, Jeffrey C. Kern, Ramesh Bhat, Thomas J. Commons, Shoichi Fukayama, Igor Goljer, Girija Krishnamurthy, Ronald L. Magolda, Lisa Nogle, Keith Pitts, Barb Stauffer, Eugene J. Trybulski, Gregory S. Welmaker, Matthew Wilson and Peter V. N. Bodine
105-116

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Total Synthesis and Cytoprotective Properties of Dykellic Acid
Christina M. Thompson, Catherine A. Quinn and Paul J. Hergenrother
117-125

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Discovery of Targeting Ligands for Breast Cancer Cells Using the One-Bead One-Compound Combinatorial Method
Nianhuan Yao, Wenwu Xiao, Xiaobing Wang, Jan Marik, See Hyoung Park, Yoshikazu Takada and Kit S. Lam
126-133

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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Vinca Alkaloids and Phomopsin Hybrids
Quoc Anh Ngo, Fanny Roussi, Anthony Cormier, Sylviane Thoret, Marcel Knossow, Daniel Guénard and Françoise Guéritte
134-142

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Fast Three Dimensional Pharmacophore Virtual Screening of New Potent Non-Steroid Aromatase Inhibitors
Marco A. C. Neves, Teresa C. P. Dinis, Giorgio Colombo and M. Luisa Sá e Melo
143-150

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Discovery of a New Class of Potential Multifunctional Atypical Antipsychotic Agents Targeting Dopamine D3 and Serotonin 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A Receptors: Design, Synthesis, and Effects on Behavior
Stefania Butini, Sandra Gemma, Giuseppe Campiani, Silvia Franceschini, Francesco Trotta, Marianna Borriello, Nicoletta Ceres, Sindu Ros, Salvatore Sanna Coccone, Matteo Bernetti, Meri De Angelis, Margherita Brindisi, Vito Nacci, Isabella Fiorini, Ettore Novellino, Alfredo Cagnotto, Tiziana Mennini, Karin Sandager-Nielsen, Jesper Tobias Andreasen, Jorgen Scheel-Kruger, Jens D. Mikkelsen and Caterina Fattorusso
151-169

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Synthesis and Evaluation of Benzothiazole-Based Analogues as Novel, Potent, and Selective Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Inhibitors
Xueqing Wang, Katerina Sarris, Karen Kage, Di Zhang, Scott P. Brown, Teodozyi Kolasa, Carol Surowy, Odile F. El Kouhen, Steven W. Muchmore, Jorge D. Brioni and Andrew O. Stewart
170-180

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Identification and Optimization of a Novel Inhibitor of Mitochondrial Calpain 10
Kyle A. Rasbach, David D. Arrington, Sina Odejinmi, Chris Giguere, Craig C. Beeson and Rick G. Schnellmann
181-188

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Chemical Modification and Biological Evaluation of New Semisynthetic Derivatives of 28,29-Didehydronystatin A1 (S44HP), a Genetically Engineered Antifungal Polyene Macrolide Antibiotic
Maria N. Preobrazhenskaya, Evgenia N. Olsufyeva, Svetlana E. Solovieva, Anna N. Tevyashova, Marina I. Reznikova, Yuryi N. Luzikov, Larisa P. Terekhova, Aleksei S. Trenin, Olga A. Galatenko, Ivan D. Treshalin, Elena P. Mirchink, Vladimir M. Bukhman, Håvard Sletta and Sergey B. Zotchev
189-196

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New Derivatives of Farnesylthiosalicylic Acid (Salirasib) for Cancer Treatment: Farnesylthiosalicylamide Inhibits Tumor Growth in Nude Mice Models
Liat Goldberg, Roni Haklai, Victor Bauer, Aaron Heiss and Yoel Kloog
197-205

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Synthesis and Anti-Hepatitis B Virus and Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Activities of 7-Deazaneplanocin A Analogues in Vitro
Hyo-Joong Kim, Ashoke Sharon, Chandralata Bal, Jianing Wang, Madhan Allu, Zhuhui Huang, Michael G. Murray, Leda Bassit, Raymond F. Schinazi, Brent Korba and Chung K. Chu
206-213

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Brief Articles

Design and Synthesis of a Cyclic Double Mutant Peptide (cyclo(87−99)[A91,A96]MBP87−99) Induces Altered Responses in Mice after Conjugation to Mannan: Implications in the Immunotherapy of Multiple Sclerosis
Maria Katsara, George Deraos, Theodore Tselios, Minos-Timotheos Matsoukas, Irene Friligou, John Matsoukas and Vasso Apostolopoulos
214-218

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The Design, Synthesis, and Antiviral Activity of 4′-Azidocytidine Analogues against Hepatitis C Virus Replication: The Discovery of 4′-Azidoarabinocytidine
David B. Smith, Genadiy Kalayanov, Christian Sund, Anna Winqvist, Pedro Pinho, Tatiana Maltseva, Veronique Morisson, Vincent Leveque, Sonal Rajyaguru, Sophie Le Pogam, Isabel Najera, Kurt Benkestock, Xiao-Xiong Zhou, Hans Maag, Nick Cammack, Joseph A. Martin, Steven Swallow, Nils Gunnar Johansson, Klaus Klumpp and Mark Smith
219-223

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Additions and Corrections

Synthesis and Quantitative Structure−Activity Relationship of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Inhibitors: Modulation at the N-Portion of Biphenyl-3-yl Alkylcarbamates
Marco Mor, Alessio Lodola, Silvia Rivara, Federica Vacondio, Andrea Duranti, Andrea Tontini, Silvano Sanchini, Giovanni Piersanti, Jason R. Clapper, Alvin R. King, Giorgio Tarzia and Daniele Piomelli
224-224
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