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SUBMITTER: Collibee SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5900333 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20180213 4
The identification and optimization of the first activators of fast skeletal muscle are reported. Compound <b>1</b> was identified from high-throughput screening (HTS) and subsequently found to improve muscle function via interaction with the troponin complex. Optimization of <b>1</b> for potency, metabolic stability, and physical properties led to the discovery of tirasemtiv (<b>25</b>), which has been extensively characterized in clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral scleros ...[more]