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A two-directional approach to pyrrolizidines: total syntheses and biological evaluation of alkaloid cis-223B and (+/-)-xenovenine (2013)
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Barthelme, A., Richards, D., Mellor, I. R., & Stockman, R. A. (2013). A two-directional approach to pyrrolizidines: total syntheses and biological evaluation of alkaloid cis-223B and (+/-)-xenovenine. Chemical Communications, 49(89), https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc46800c

Total syntheses of alkaloid cis-223B and xenovenine are reported in 3 and 4 steps respectively using a two-directional synthesis/triple reductive amination strategy, and their neurotoxic properties assessed.

The bivalent ligand approach as a tool for improving the in vitro anti-alzheimer multitarget profile of dimebon (2013)
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Rosini, M., Simoni, E., Bartolini, M., Soriano, E., Marco-Contelles, J., Andrisano, V., …Bolognesi, M. L. (2013). The bivalent ligand approach as a tool for improving the in vitro anti-alzheimer multitarget profile of dimebon. ChemMedChem, 8(8), 1276-1281. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201300263

Inspired by the concept of bivalent ligands, we prepared a small set of analogues of the drug candidate dimebon. They were shown to inhibit AChE, Aβ42 aggregation, and NMDA receptor activation to a greater extent than dimebon. Some of these compounds... Read More about The bivalent ligand approach as a tool for improving the in vitro anti-alzheimer multitarget profile of dimebon.

Allele-specific RNA interference rescues the long-QT syndrome phenotype in human-induced pluripotency stem cell cardiomyocytes (2013)
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Matsa, E., Dixon, J. E., Medway, C., Georgiou, O., Patel, M. J., Morgan, K., …Denning, C. (2014). Allele-specific RNA interference rescues the long-QT syndrome phenotype in human-induced pluripotency stem cell cardiomyocytes. European Heart Journal, 35(16), 1078-1087. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/eht067

Aims Long-QT syndromes (LQTS) are mostly autosomal-dominant congenital disorders associated with a 1:1000 mutation frequency, cardiac arrest, and sudden death. We sought to use cardiomyocytes derived from human-induced pluripotency stem cells (hiPSCs... Read More about Allele-specific RNA interference rescues the long-QT syndrome phenotype in human-induced pluripotency stem cell cardiomyocytes.