Discovery of an in Vivo Tool to Establish Proof-of-Concept for MAP4K4-Based Antidiabetic Treatment.
Ammirati, M., Bagley, S.W., Bhattacharya, S.K., Buckbinder, L., Carlo, A.A., Conrad, R., Cortes, C., Dow, R.L., Dowling, M.S., El-Kattan, A., Ford, K., Guimaraes, C.R., Hepworth, D., Jiao, W., LaPerle, J., Liu, S., Londregan, A., Loria, P.M., Mathiowetz, A.M., Munchhof, M., Orr, S.T., Petersen, D.N., Price, D.A., Skoura, A., Smith, A.C., Wang, J.(2015) ACS Med Chem Lett 6: 1128-1133
- PubMed: 26617966 
- DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00215
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5DI1 - PubMed Abstract: 
Recent studies in adipose tissue, pancreas, muscle, and macrophages suggest that MAP4K4, a serine/threonine protein kinase may be a viable target for antidiabetic drugs. As part of the evaluation of MAP4K4 as a novel antidiabetic target, a tool compound, 16 (PF-6260933) and a lead 17 possessing excellent kinome selectivity and suitable properties were delivered to establish proof of concept in vivo ...