[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges in phenotypic drug discovery: an industry perspective

JG Moffat, F Vincent, JA Lee, J Eder… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Phenotypic drug discovery (PDD) approaches do not rely on knowledge of the identity of a
specific drug target or a hypothesis about its role in disease, in contrast to the target-based …

Phenotypic screening in cancer drug discovery—past, present and future

JG Moffat, J Rudolph, D Bailey - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
There has been a resurgence of interest in the use of phenotypic screens in drug discovery
as an alternative to target-focused approaches. Given that oncology is currently the most …

Ser1292 Autophosphorylation Is an Indicator of LRRK2 Kinase Activity and Contributes to the Cellular Effects of PD Mutations

…, ZK Sweeney, K Scearce-Levie, JG Moffat… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene are the most common cause of
familial Parkinson’s disease (PD). Although biochemical studies have shown that certain PD …

[HTML][HTML] A simple high-content cell cycle assay reveals frequent discrepancies between cell number and ATP and MTS proliferation assays

GKY Chan, TL Kleinheinz, D Peterson, JG Moffat - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In order to efficiently characterize both antiproliferative potency and mechanism of action of
small molecules targeting the cell cycle, we developed a high-throughput image-based …

Discovery of highly potent, selective, and brain-penetrable leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) small molecule inhibitors

…, JP Lyssikatos, AD Medhurst, JG Moffat… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
There is a high demand for potent, selective, and brain-penetrant small molecule inhibitors
of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) to test whether inhibition of LRRK2 kinase activity is …

Discovery of highly potent, selective, and brain-penetrant aminopyrazole leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) small molecule inhibitors

…, JP Lyssikatos, AD Medhurst, JG Moffat… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has drawn significant interest in the neuroscience
research community because it is one of the most compelling targets for a potential disease-…

Translational termination efficiency in both bacteria and mammals is regulated by the base following the stop codon

…, SA Mannering, CM Brown, JG Moffat… - … and cell biology, 1995 - cdnsciencepub.com
The translational stop signal and polypeptide release factor (RF) complexed with
Escherichia coli ribosomes have been shown to be in close physical contact by site-directed …

Discovery of spiro-azaindoline inhibitors of hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1)

…, X Luo, A Madin, S Malhotra, JG Moffat… - ACS Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1) is implicated as a negative regulator of T-cell
receptor-induced T-cell activation. Studies using HPK1 kinase-dead knock-in animals have …

Design of a brain-penetrant CDK4/6 inhibitor for glioblastoma

…, KA Merrick, J Murray, L Salphati, JG Moffat… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
CDK4 and CDK6 are kinases with similar sequences that regulate cell cycle progression
and are validated targets in the treatment of cancer. Glioblastoma is characterized by a high …

[HTML][HTML] Conformation selection by ATP-competitive inhibitors and allosteric communication in ERK2

…, DN Jones, LM Pegram, GP Vigers, H Chen, JG Moffat… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase-2 (ERK2) by phosphorylation has
been shown to involve changes in protein dynamics, as determined by hydrogen-deuterium …