Pharmacophore modeling and virtual screening for the discovery of new type 4 cAMP phosphodiesterase (PDE4) inhibitors.

Type 4 cAMP phosphodiesterase (PDE4) inhibitors show a broad spectrum of anti-inflammatory effects in almost all kinds of inflamed cells, by an increase in cAMP levels which is a pivotal second messenger responsible for various biological processes. These inhibitors are now considered as the potenti...

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Main Authors: Miaomiao Niu, Fenggong Dong, Shi Tang, Guissi Fida, Jingyi Qin, Jiadan Qiu, Kangbo Liu, Weidong Gao, Yueqing Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24340020/?tool=EBI