Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors derived from a modified proline scaffold.
Cheng, M., De, B., Almstead, N.G., Pikul, S., Dowty, M.E., Dietsch, C.R., Dunaway, C.M., Gu, F., Hsieh, L.C., Janusz, M.J., Taiwo, Y.O., Natchus, M.G., Hudlicky, T., Mandel, M.(1999) J.Med.Chem. 42: 5426-5436
- PubMed: 10639284 
- PubMed Abstract: 
The synthesis and structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies of a series of proline-based matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors are described. The data reveal a remarkable potency enhancement in those compounds that contain an sp(2) center at the C- ...