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Pirotte B, Florence X, Goffin E, Leleux F, Lebrun P. Research Advancements on Fluorinated and Non-Fluorinated 4-Phenyl(thio)ureido-Substituted 2,2-Dimethylchromans Acting as Inhibitors of Insulin Release and Smooth Muscle Relaxants. Med Chem 2022; 18:884-894. [PMID: 35189799 DOI: 10.2174/1573406418666220221145500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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AIMS The present study aimed at characterizing the impact of the presence or absence of fluorine atoms on the phenyl and benzopyran rings of 4-phenyl(thio)ureido-substituted 2,2-dimethylchromans on their ability to inhibit insulin release from pancreatic -cells or to relax vascular smooth muscle cells. METHODS Most compounds were found to inhibit insulin secretion and to provoke a marked myorelaxant activity. RESULTS The lack of a fluorine or a chlorine atom at the 6-position of the 2,2-dimethylchroman core structure reduced the inhibitory activity on the pancreatic endocrine tissue. One of the most active compounds on both tissues, compound 11h (BPDZ 678), was selected for further pharmacological investigations. CONCLUSION The biological data suggested that 11h mainly expressed the profile of a KATP channel opener on pancreatic -cells, although a calcium entry blockade effect was also observed. On vascular smooth muscle cells, 11h behaved as a calcium entry blocker.
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- Bernard Pirotte
- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Université de Liège, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Université de Liège, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pharmacologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Médecine, 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Université de Liège, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pharmacologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Médecine, 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pharmacologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Médecine, 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Mouithys-Mickalad A, Ceusters J, Charif M, El Moualij B, Schoumacher M, Plyte S, Franck T, Bettendorff L, Pirotte B, Serteyn D, de Tullio P. Modulation of mitochondrial respiration rate and calcium-induced swelling by new cromakalim analogues. Chem Biol Interact 2020; 331:109272. [PMID: 33010220 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A cellular model of cardiomyocytes (H9c2 cell line) and mitochondria isolated from mouse liver were used to understand the drug action of BPDZ490 and BPDZ711, two benzopyran analogues of the reference potassium channel opener cromakalim, on mitochondrial respiratory parameters and swelling, by comparing their effects with those of the parent compound cromakalim. For these three compounds, the oxygen consumption rate (OCR) was determined by high-resolution respirometry (HRR) and their impact on adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production and calcium-induced mitochondrial swelling was investigated. Cromakalim did not modify neither the OCR of H9c2 cells and the ATP production nor the Ca-induced swelling. By contrast, the cromakalim analogue BPDZ490 (1) induced a strong increase of OCR, while the other benzopyran analogue BPDZ711 (2) caused a marked slowdown. For both compounds, 1 displayed a biphasic behavior while 2 still showed an inhibitory effect. Both compounds 1 and 2 were also found to decrease the ATP synthesis, with pronounced effect for 2, while cromakalim remained without effect. Overall, these results indicate that cromakalim, as parent molecule, does not induce per se any direct effect on mitochondrial respiratory function neither on whole cells nor on isolated mitochondria whereas both benzopyran analogues 1 and 2 display totally opposite behavior profiles, suggesting that compound 1, by increasing the maximal respiration capacity, might behave as a mild uncoupling agent and compound 2 is taken as an inhibitor of the mitochondrial electron-transfer chain.
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- Ange Mouithys-Mickalad
- Center for Oxygen, Research & Development (CORD) & Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Institute of Chemistry, B6a, ULiège, Allée du six Août, 11, B-4000, Liège, Belgium.
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- Center for Oxygen, Research & Development (CORD) & Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Institute of Chemistry, B6a, ULiège, Allée du six Août, 11, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre de Recherche sur les Protéines Prions (CRPP), ULiège, Quartier Hôpital, 15, Avenue Hippocrate, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre de Recherche sur les Protéines Prions (CRPP), ULiège, Quartier Hôpital, 15, Avenue Hippocrate, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), ULiège, Quartier Hôpital, 15, Avenue de l'Hospital, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Merus, Closing in on Cancer, Immuno-Oncology, Yalelaan 62, 3584 CM, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Oxygen, Research & Development (CORD) & Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Institute of Chemistry, B6a, ULiège, Allée du six Août, 11, B-4000, Liège, Belgium; Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Quartier Vallée 2, 5A-5D, Avenue de Cureghem, ULiège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, GIGA-neurosciences, ULiège, Quartier Hôpital, 15, Avenue Hippocrate, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Center for Oxygen, Research & Development (CORD) & Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Institute of Chemistry, B6a, ULiège, Allée du six Août, 11, B-4000, Liège, Belgium; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), ULiège, Quartier Hôpital, 15, Avenue de l'Hospital, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Center for Oxygen, Research & Development (CORD) & Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Institute of Chemistry, B6a, ULiège, Allée du six Août, 11, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Center for Oxygen, Research & Development (CORD) & Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), Institute of Chemistry, B6a, ULiège, Allée du six Août, 11, B-4000, Liège, Belgium; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), ULiège, Quartier Hôpital, 15, Avenue de l'Hospital, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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Vyas VK, Parikh P, Ramani J, Ghate M. Medicinal Chemistry of Potassium Channel Modulators: An Update of Recent Progress (2011-2017). Curr Med Chem 2019; 26:2062-2084. [PMID: 29714134 DOI: 10.2174/0929867325666180430152023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Potassium (K+) channels participate in many physiological processes, cardiac function, cell proliferation, neuronal signaling, muscle contractility, immune function, hormone secretion, osmotic pressure, changes in gene expression, and are involved in critical biological functions, and in a variety of diseases. Potassium channels represent a large family of tetrameric membrane proteins. Potassium channels activation reduces excitability, whereas channel inhibition increases excitability. OBJECTIVE Small molecule K+ channel activators and inhibitors interact with voltage-gated, inward rectifying, and two-pore tandem potassium channels. Due to their involvement in biological functions, and in a variety of diseases, small molecules as potassium channel modulators have received great scientific attention. METHODS In this review, we have compiled the literature, patents and patent applications (2011 to 2017) related to different chemical classes of potassium channel openers and blockers as therapeutic agents for the treatment of various diseases. Many different chemical classes of selective small molecule have emerged as potassium channel modulators over the past years. CONCLUSION This review discussed the current understanding of medicinal chemistry research in the field of potassium channel modulators to update the key advances in this field.
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- Vivek K Vyas
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad 382 481 Gujarat, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad 382 481 Gujarat, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad 382 481 Gujarat, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad 382 481 Gujarat, India
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Pirotte B, Florence X, Goffin E, Lebrun P. 2,2-Dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2 H-1,4-benzoxazines as isosteres of 2,2-dimethylchromans acting as inhibitors of insulin release and vascular smooth muscle relaxants. MEDCHEMCOMM 2019; 10:431-438. [PMID: 31015906 DOI: 10.1039/c8md00593a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The present study describes the synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-phenylureido/thioureido-substituted 2,2-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzoxazines as isosteres of corresponding 2,2-dimethylchromans reported to be pancreatic β-cell KATP channel openers. The benzoxazines were found to be less active as inhibitors of the glucose-induced insulin release than their corresponding chromans, while the myorelaxant activity of some 4-arylureido-substituted benzoxazines was more pronounced than that exhibited by their chroman counterparts. The myorelaxant activity of the most potent benzoxazine 8e was further characterized on rat aortic rings precontracted by 30 mM KCl in the presence of glibenclamide (10 μM) or precontracted by 80 mM extracellular KCl. Our findings indicate that, on vascular smooth muscle cells, the benzoxazine 8e mainly behaved as a calcium entry blocker.
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- Bernard Pirotte
- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique , Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM) , Université de Liège , Quartier Hôpital , Avenue Hippocrate 15 , B-4000 Liège , Belgium .
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique , Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM) , Université de Liège , Quartier Hôpital , Avenue Hippocrate 15 , B-4000 Liège , Belgium . .,Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pharmacologie , Université Libre de Bruxelles , Faculté de Médecine , 808 Route de Lennik , B-1070 Bruxelles , Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique , Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM) , Université de Liège , Quartier Hôpital , Avenue Hippocrate 15 , B-4000 Liège , Belgium .
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pharmacologie , Université Libre de Bruxelles , Faculté de Médecine , 808 Route de Lennik , B-1070 Bruxelles , Belgium
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Bouhedja M, Peres B, Fhayli W, Ghandour Z, Boumendjel A, Faury G, Khelili S. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel ring-opened cromakalim analogues with relaxant effects on vascular and respiratory smooth muscles and as stimulators of elastin synthesis. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 144:774-796. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.12.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Pirotte B, Florence X, Goffin E, Lebrun P. Deciphering Structure-Activity Relationships in a Series of 2,2-Dimethylchromans Acting as Inhibitors of Insulin Release and Smooth Muscle Relaxants. ChemMedChem 2017; 12:1810-1817. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201700409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Bernard Pirotte
- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM); Université de Liège; Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15 4000 Liège Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM); Université de Liège; Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15 4000 Liège Belgium
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pharmacologie; Université Libre de Bruxelles; Faculté de Médecine; 808 Route de Lennik 1070 Bruxelles Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM); Université de Liège; Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15 4000 Liège Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pharmacologie; Université Libre de Bruxelles; Faculté de Médecine; 808 Route de Lennik 1070 Bruxelles Belgium
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Schnekenburger M, Goffin E, Lee JY, Jang JY, Mazumder A, Ji S, Rogister B, Bouider N, Lefranc F, Miklos W, Mathieu V, de Tullio P, Kim KW, Dicato M, Berger W, Han BW, Kiss R, Pirotte B, Diederich M. Discovery and Characterization of R/S-N-3-Cyanophenyl-N'-(6-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-4-yl)urea, a New Histone Deacetylase Class III Inhibitor Exerting Antiproliferative Activity against Cancer Cell Lines. J Med Chem 2017; 60:4714-4733. [PMID: 28475330 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A new series of N-aryl-N'-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-4-yl)ureas bearing an alkoxycarbonylamino group at the 6-position were synthesized and examined as putative anticancer agents targeting sirtuins in glioma cells. On the basis of computational docking combined to in vitro sirtuin 1/2 inhibition assays, we selected compound 18 [R/S-N-3-cyanophenyl-N'-(6-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-4-yl)urea] which displays a potent antiproliferative activity on various glioma cell types, assessed by quantitative videomicroscopy, eventually triggering senescence. The impact on normal glial cells was lower with a selectivity index of >10. Furthermore, human U373 and Hs683 glioblastoma cell lines served to demonstrate the inhibitory activity of 18 against histone deacetylase (HDAC) class III sirtuins 1 and 2 (SIRT1/2) by quantifying acetylation levels of histone and non-histone proteins. The translational potential of 18 was validated by an NCI-60 cell line screen and validation of growth inhibition of drug resistant cancer cell models. Eventually, the anticancer potential of 18 was validated in 3D glioblastoma spheroids and in vivo by zebrafish xenografts. In summary, compound 18 is the first representative of a new class of SIRT inhibitors opening new perspectives in the medicinal chemistry of HDAC inhibitors.
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- Michael Schnekenburger
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Hôpital Kirchberg , 9, Rue Edward Steichen, L-2540 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liège , 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Nervous System Diseases and Treatment, GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liège , 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liège , 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna , 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratoire de Cancérologie et de Toxicologie Expérimentale, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Libre de Bruxelles , 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liège , 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- SNU-Harvard Neurovascular Protection Center, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Hôpital Kirchberg , 9, Rue Edward Steichen, L-2540 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna , 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Laboratoire de Cancérologie et de Toxicologie Expérimentale, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Libre de Bruxelles , 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liège , 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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