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2022, Preface
,, 2022, Oxytocin, Werry EL; Reekie TA; Kassiou M, (eds.), Springer US, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1759-5
Book Chapters
2023, 'Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists: An overview', in Neurobiology and Physiology of the Endocannabinoid System, pp. 493 - 504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90877-1.00038-3
,2022, 'The Current Status of Drug Discovery for the Oxytocin Receptor', in Methods in Molecular Biology, pp. 153 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1759-5_10
,Journal articles
2024, 'Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of substituted piperazine-2,5-dione derivatives', Tetrahedron, 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2024.133838
,2023, 'The pyrazole derivative of usnic acid inhibits the proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and in vivo', Cancer Cell International, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12935-023-03054-x
,2023, 'Divergent reactivity of usnic acid and evaluation of its derivatives for antiproliferative activity against cancer cells', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2023.117157
,2022, 'The Isoxazole Derivative of Usnic Acid Induces an ER Stress Response in Breast Cancer Cells that Leads to Paraptosis-like Cell Death', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, pp. 1802, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031802
,2021, 'Tobramycin and Colistin display anti-inflammatory properties in CuFi-1 cystic fibrosis cell line', European Journal of Pharmacology, 902, pp. 174098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174098
,2021, 'Prodromal neuroinflammatory, cholinergic and metabolite dysfunction detected by PET and MRS in the TgF344-AD transgenic rat model of AD: A collaborative multi-modal study', Theranostics, 11, pp. 6644 - 6667, http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.56059
,2020, 'Tricyclic heterocycles display diverse sensitivity to the A147T TSPO polymorphism', European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 207, pp. 112725, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112725
,2020, 'Targeting the MAPK7/MMP9 axis for metastasis in primary bone cancer', Oncogene, 39, pp. 5553 - 5569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41388-020-1379-0
,2020, 'Rapid antibacterial activity of cannabichromenic acid against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus', Antibiotics, 9, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9080523
,2020, 'Reversing binding sensitivity to A147T translocator protein', RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 11, pp. 511 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9md00580c
,2020, 'Low intrinsic efficacy for G protein activation can explain the improved side effect profiles of new opioid agonists', Science Signaling, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.aaz3140
,2020, 'Erratum: Synthesis of Usnic Acid Derivatives and Evaluation of Their Antiproliferative Activity against Cancer Cells (Journal of Natural Products (2019) 82:7 (1768-1778) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00980)', Journal of Natural Products, 83, pp. 563 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00129
,2019, 'An overview of late-stage functionalization in today’s drug discovery', Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 14, pp. 1137 - 1149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17460441.2019.1653850
,2019, 'First Nondiscriminating Translocator Protein Ligands Produced from a Carbazole Scaffold', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 62, pp. 8235 - 8248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00980
,2019, 'Challenges and Opportunities in Central Nervous System Drug Discovery', Trends in Chemistry, 1, pp. 612 - 624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trechm.2019.04.009
,2019, 'Synthesis of Usnic Acid Derivatives and Evaluation of Their Antiproliferative Activity against Cancer Cells', Journal of Natural Products, 82, pp. 1768 - 1778, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00980
,2019, 'New-generation azaindole-adamantyl-derived synthetic cannabinoids', Forensic Toxicology, 37, pp. 350 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11419-019-00466-1
,2019, 'Cubanes in Medicinal Chemistry', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 62, pp. 1078 - 1095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00888
,2019, 'Targeting the Oxytocin System: New Pharmacotherapeutic Approaches', Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 40, pp. 22 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2018.11.001
,2018, 'The evolving science of phytocannabinoids', Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2, pp. 0101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/S41570-017-0101
,2018, 'Imaging glial activation in patients with post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms: A pilot study using [ 11 C]DPA-713 PET', Journal of Neuroinflammation, 15, pp. 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-018-1381-4
,2018, 'Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of diverse heterocyclic diphenolic compounds as inhibitors of DYRK1A', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 26, pp. 5852 - 5869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2018.10.034
,2018, 'In vivo assessment of neuroinflammation in progressive multiple sclerosis: A proof of concept study with [18F]DPA714 PET', Journal of Neuroinflammation, 15, pp. 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-018-1352-9
,2018, 'Peptides, Peptidomimetics, and Carbohydrate-Peptide Conjugates as Amyloidogenic Aggregation Inhibitors for Alzheimer's Disease', ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 9, pp. 1530 - 1551, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00185
,2018, 'The role of polycyclic frameworks in modulating P2X
2018, 'Conformationally rigid derivatives of WAY-267,464: Synthesis and pharmacology at the human oxytocin and vasopressin-1a receptors', European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 143, pp. 1644 - 1656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.10.059
,2018, 'Flexible Analogues of Azaindole DYRK1A Inhibitors Elicit Cytotoxicity in Glioblastoma Cells', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 71, pp. 789 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH18251
,2017, 'Porphyrin Donor and Tunable Push–Pull Acceptor Conjugates—Experimental Investigation of Marcus Theory', Chemistry - A European Journal, 23, pp. 6357 - 6369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201700043
,2017, 'Structural Optimization and Pharmacological Evaluation of Inhibitors Targeting Dual-Specificity Tyrosine Phosphorylation-Regulated Kinases (DYRK) and CDC-like kinases (CLK) in Glioblastoma', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 60, pp. 2052 - 2070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01840
,2017, 'Comparative Evaluation of Three TSPO PET Radiotracers in a LPS-Induced Model of Mild Neuroinflammation in Rats', Molecular Imaging and Biology, 19, pp. 77 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11307-016-0984-3
,2017, 'Determination and reduction of translocator protein (TSPO) ligand rs6971 discrimination', MedChemComm, 8, pp. 202 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6md00523c
,2017, 'Discovery and pharmacological evaluation of a novel series of adamantyl cyanoguanidines as P2X
2017, 'Investigation of pyrazolo-sulfonamides as putative small molecule oxytocin receptor agonists', European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 136, pp. 330 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.05.013
,2017, 'Metal-acetylide addition to tetracyanoethylene', Tetrahedron Letters, 58, pp. 2414 - 2416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.05.009
,2017, 'Pharmacological evaluation of a novel series of urea, thiourea and guanidine derivatives as P2X
2017, 'Rapid access to N-(indol-2-yl)amides and N-(indol-3-yl)amides as unexplored pharmacophores', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 15, pp. 576 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ob02622b
,2017, 'Ring-opened aminothienopyridazines as novel tau aggregation inhibitors', MedChemComm, 8, pp. 1275 - 1282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6md00306k
,2016, 'The Formation of Seven-Membered Heterocycles under Mild Pictet-Spengler Conditions: A Route to Pyrazolo[3,4]benzodiazepines', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81, pp. 4883 - 4889, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6b00710
,2016, 'A Three-Step Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted NH-Pyrroles', Organic Letters, 18, pp. 2252 - 2255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00890
,2016, 'Penta-2,4-dien-1-ones by Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition–Rearrangement of Electron-Deficient Diethyl 2-(Dicyanomethylene)malonate with Alkynes', European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, pp. 716 - 724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201501473
,2016, 'Flexible analogues of WAY-267,464: Synthesis and pharmacology at the human oxytocin and vasopressin 1
2016, 'A systematic exploration of the effects of flexibility and basicity on sigma (σ) receptor binding in a series of substituted diamines', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14, pp. 9388 - 9405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ob00615a
,2016, 'ChemInform Abstract: A Three‐Step Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted NH‐Pyrroles.', ChemInform, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201637091
,2016, 'ChemInform Abstract: Penta‐2,4‐dien‐1‐ones by Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition‐Rearrangement of Electron‐Deficient Diethyl 2‐(Dicyanomethylene)malonate with Alkynes.', ChemInform, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201625063
,2016, 'ChemInform Abstract: The Formation of Seven‐Membered Heterocycles under Mild Pictet—Spengler Conditions: A Route to Pyrazolo[3,4]benzodiazepines.', ChemInform, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201642188
,2015, 'Ester-Substituted Electron-Poor Alkenes for Cycloaddition-Retroelectrocyclization (CA-RE) and Related Reactions', European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, pp. 7264 - 7275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201501085
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