A Selective and Brain Penetrant p38 alpha MAPK Inhibitor Candidate for Neurologic and Neuropsychiatric Disorders That Attenuates Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Dysfunction.
Roy, S.M., Minasov, G., Arancio, O., Chico, L.W., Van Eldik, L.J., Anderson, W.F., Pelletier, J.C., Watterson, D.M.(2019) J Med Chem 62: 5298-5311
- PubMed: 30978288 
- DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00058
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4EWQ, 4ZTH - PubMed Abstract: 
The p38αMAPK is a serine/threonine protein kinase and a key node in the intracellular signaling networks that transduce and amplify stress signals into physiological changes. A preponderance of preclinical data and clinical observations established p38αMAPK as a brain drug discovery target involved in neuroinflammatory responses and synaptic dysfunction in multiple degenerative and neuropsychiatric brain disorders ...