Implications of 12-Lipoxygenase and NOX-1 in beta-Cell dysfunction, a potential target for Diabetes

National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences

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Project highlights: a small set of NOX-1 inhibitors were synthesized. Further screening and development for NOX-1 inhibitors will be pursued. Current efforts focused on developing more selective and potent 12-LOX inhibitors with improved ADME properties to use in in vivo models. During this period, the NCGC has fostered and maintained over 180 active collaborations with both NIH and extramural investigators, facilitating drug discovery efforts across the entire spectrum of human disease. These efforts have led to over 100 high-throughput screens and nearly 60 medicinal chemistry campaigns, providing our collaborators and the general research community a wealth of publications and promising small molecule leads. In addition, the NCGC has undertaken a number of informatic challenges to make better use of existing drug and disease target information and provide the general public with easily accessible resources, further catalyzing the development of new therapies for human disease.