2014
Crystallographic and Receptor Binding Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Complexed to Two Potent Inhibitors
Pantouris G, Rajasekaran D, Garcia AB, Ruiz VG, Leng L, Jorgensen WL, Bucala R, Lolis EJ. Crystallographic and Receptor Binding Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Complexed to Two Potent Inhibitors. Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry 2014, 57: 8652-8656. PMID: 25268646, PMCID: PMC4207548, DOI: 10.1021/jm501168q.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Virtual Screening and Optimization Yield Low-Nanomolar Inhibitors of the Tautomerase Activity of Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
Dahlgren MK, Garcia AB, Hare AA, Tirado-Rives J, Leng L, Bucala R, Jorgensen WL. Virtual Screening and Optimization Yield Low-Nanomolar Inhibitors of the Tautomerase Activity of Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor. Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry 2012, 55: 10148-10159. PMID: 23067344, PMCID: PMC3509768, DOI: 10.1021/jm301269s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responsePlasmodium falciparum macrophage migration inhibitory factorInhibitory factorMacrophage migration inhibitory factorTautomerase activityMacrophage migratory inhibitory factorMigration inhibitory factorHost immune responseMalaria infectionSmall molecule inhibitorsCytokine activityHuman MIFHuman cytokinesPlasmodium falciparum orthologuePfMIFInhibitorsLow nanomolar inhibitorsScreeningVirtual screeningCytokinesEnzymatic siteActivityInfection
2010
Optimization of N-benzyl-benzoxazol-2-ones as receptor antagonists of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF)
Hare AA, Leng L, Gandavadi S, Du X, Cournia Z, Bucala R, Jorgensen WL. Optimization of N-benzyl-benzoxazol-2-ones as receptor antagonists of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2010, 20: 5811-5814. PMID: 20728358, PMCID: PMC2939296, DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.07.129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorCytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorMigration inhibitory factorHuman synovial fibroblastsReceptor CD74Receptor antagonistSynovial fibroblastsInhibitory factorAdditional studiesERK1/2 phosphorylationCell proliferationTautomerase activityAntagonistPotent inhibitorBinding assaysInhibitorsAssaysInflammationCD74