Bicyclic and tricyclic thiophenes as protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors.
Moretto, A.F., Kirincich, S.J., Xu, W.X., Smith, M.J., Wan, Z.K., Wilson, D.P., Follows, B.C., Binnun, E., Joseph-McCarthy, D., Foreman, K., Erbe, D.V., Zhang, Y.L., Tam, S.K., Tam, S.Y., Lee, J.(2006) Bioorg.Med.Chem. 14: 2162-2177
- PubMed: 16303309 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.11.005
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- PubMed Abstract: 
A novel pyridothiophene inhibitor of PTP1B was discovered by rational screening of phosphotyrosine mimics at high micromolar concentrations. The potency of this lead compound has been improved significantly by medicinal chemistry guided by X-ray crys ...