3,4-Dihydropyrimido(1,2-a)indol-10(2H)-ones as potent non-peptidic inhibitors of caspase-3
Havran, L.M., Chong, D.C., Childers, W.E., Dollings, P.J., Dietrich, A., Harrison, B.L., Marathias, V., Tawa, G., Aulabaugh, A., Cowling, R., Kapoor, B., Xu, W., Mosyak, L., Moy, F., Hum, W.T., Wood, A., Robichaud, A.J.(2009) Bioorg.Med.Chem. 17: 7755-7768
- PubMed: 19836248 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.09.036
- PubMed Abstract: 
Cysteine-dependant aspartyl protease (caspase) activation has been implicated as a part of the signal transduction pathway leading to apoptosis. It has been postulated that caspase-3 inhibition could attenuate cell damage after an ischemic event and ...