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  2. Potent tricyclic pyrazole tetrazole agonists of the nicotinic acid receptor (GPR109a)

Potent tricyclic pyrazole tetrazole agonists of the nicotinic acid receptor (GPR109a)

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 May 1;20(9):2797-800. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.03.062.
P Douglas Boatman 1 Thomas O Schrader Michelle Kasem Benjamin R Johnson Philip J Skinner Jae-Kyu Jung Jerry Xu Martin C Cherrier Peter J Webb Graeme Semple Carleton R Sage Jens Knudsen Ruoping Chen Andrew K Taggart Ester Carballo-Jane Jeremy G Richman
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Arena Pharmaceuticals, 6166 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. dboatman@arenapharm.com
Abstract

Tricyclic pyrazole tetrazoles which are potent partial agonists of the high affinity niacin receptor, GPR109A, have been discovered and optimized. One of these compounds has proven to be effective at lowering free fatty acids in vitro and in vivo.

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