Discovery and evaluation of 7-alkyl-1,5-bis-aryl-pyrazolopyridinones as highly potent, selective, and orally efficacious inhibitors of p38alpha mitogen-activated protein kinase.
Pettus, L.H., Wurz, R.P., Xu, S., Herberich, B., Henkle, B., Liu, Q., McBride, H.J., Mu, S., Plant, M.H., Saris, C.J., Sherman, L., Wong, L.M., Chmait, S., Lee, M.R., Mohr, C., Hsieh, F., Tasker, A.S.(2010) J Med Chem 53: 2973-2985
- PubMed: 20218619 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm100095x
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3LHJ - PubMed Abstract: 
The p38alpha mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase is a central signaling molecule in many proinflammatory pathways, regulating the cellular response to a multitude of external stimuli including heat, ultraviolet radiation, osmotic shock, and a variety of cytokines especially interleukin-1beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha ...