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SUBMITTER: Rosen MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4007848 | biostudies-other | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20101005 9
HIF prolyl 4-hydroxylases (PHD) are a family of enzymes that mediate key physiological responses to hypoxia by modulating the levels of hypoxia inducible factor 1-α (HIF1α). Certain benzimidazole-2-pyrazole carboxylates were discovered to be PHD2 inhibitors using ligand- and structure-based methods and found to be potent, orally efficacious stimulators of erythropoietin secretion in vivo. ...[more]