1区 · 医学
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作者: Brown, Richard J. ; Hardy, George ; Williams, Jonathan G. ; Joly, Kevin ; Smith, Alun ; Murray, P. John ; Colucci, Marie ; Rani, Anjna ; Kizawa, Yasuo ; Strong, Peter ; Ito, Kazuhiro ; Rapeport, Garth ; Onions, Stuart T. ; King-Underwood, John ; Taddei, David M. ; Charron, Catherine E. ; Knowles, Ian ; Novak, Andrew ; Frickel, Fritz
The discovery of a novel series of therapeutic agents that has been designed and optimized for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is reported. The pharmacological strategy was based on the identification of compounds that inhibit a defined subset of kinase enzymes modulating inflammatory processes that would be effective against steroid refractory disease and exhibit a sustained duration of action after inhaled delivery.