Discovery of a potent, selective, and orally bioavailable pyridinyl-pyrimidine phthalazine aurora kinase inhibitor.
Cee, V.J., Schenkel, L.B., Hodous, B.L., Deak, H.L., Nguyen, H.N., Olivieri, P.R., Romero, K., Bak, A., Be, X., Bellon, S., Bush, T.L., Cheng, A.C., Chung, G., Coats, S., Eden, P.M., Hanestad, K., Gallant, P.L., Gu, Y., Huang, X., Kendall, R.L., Lin, M.H., Morrison, M.J., Patel, V.F., Radinsky, R., Rose, P.E., Ross, S., Sun, J.R., Tang, J., Zhao, H., Payton, M., Geuns-Meyer, S.D.(2010) J Med Chem 53: 6368-6377
- PubMed: 20684549 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm100394y
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3O51, 3O50 - PubMed Abstract: 
The discovery of aurora kinases as essential regulators of cell division has led to intense interest in identifying small molecule aurora kinase inhibitors for the potential treatment of cancer. A high-throughput screening effort identified pyridinyl-pyrimidine 6a as a moderately potent dual inhibitor of aurora kinases -A and -B ...