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  2. Evaluation of selective inhibitors of 11β-HSD1 for the treatment of hypertension

Evaluation of selective inhibitors of 11β-HSD1 for the treatment of hypertension

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2013 Jun 15;23(12):3650-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.011.
David R Bauman 1 Alan Whitehead Lisa C Contino Jisong Cui Margarita Garcia-Calvo Xin Gu Nancy Kevin Xiuying Ma Lee-yuh Pai Kashmira Shah Xiaolan Shen Sloan Stribling Hratch J Zokian Joe Metzger Diane E Shevell Sherman T Waddell
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  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
Abstract

In an effort to understand the origin of blood-pressure lowering effects observed in recent clinical trials with 11β-HSD1 inhibitors, we examined a set of 11β-HSD1 inhibitors in a series of relevant in vitro and in vivo assays. Select 11β-HSD1 inhibitors reduced blood pressure in our preclinical models but most or all of the blood pressure lowering may be mediated by a 11β-HSD1 independent pathway.

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