Aminoimidazoles as potent and selective human beta-secretase (BACE1) inhibitors
Malamas, M.S., Erdei, J., Gunawan, I., Barnes, K., Johnson, M., Hui, Y., Turner, J., Hu, Y., Wagner, E., Fan, K., Olland, A., Bard, J., Robichaud, A.J.(2009) J Med Chem 52: 6314-6323
- PubMed: 19757823 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm9006752
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3IGB - PubMed Abstract: 
The identification of small molecule aminoimidazoles as potent and selective human beta-secretase inhibitors is reported. These analogues demonstrate low nannomolar potency for BACE1 in a FRET assay, exhibit comparable activity in a cell-based (ELISA) assay, and show >100x selectivity for the other structurally related aspartyl proteases BACE2, cathepsin D, renin, and pepsin ...