Structure based virtual screening attempts to discover DUSP1 inhibitors have yielded a scaffold featuring benzoxazole and acylthiourea pharmacophore. A series of its analogues were synthesized to explore structure activity relationship (SAR) of DUSP1 inhibition.
Keywords: Cancer; Dual specificity phosphatase; Enzyme inhibition; Mitogen-activated protein kinase; Structure activity relationship.
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