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Noble, James W. and Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2022. Exploring Calbindin-IMPase fusion proteins structure and activity. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 30 , 101266. 10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101266 |
Gendron, Thibault, Destro, Gianluca, Straathof, Natan J. W, Sap, Jeroen B. I, Guibbal, Florian, Vriamont, Charles, Caygill, Claire, Atack, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Watkins, Andrew, Marshall, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-883X, Hueting, Rebekka, Warnier, Corentin, Gouverneur, Veronique and Tredwell, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-5611 2022. Multi‐patient dose synthesis of [18F] Flumazenil via a copper‐mediated 18F‐fluorination. EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry 7 , 5. 10.1186/s41181-022-00158-z |
Manzo, Marc A., Wang, Dian-Shi, Li, Winston W., Pinguelo, Arsène, Popa, Mariana O., Khodaei, Shahin, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Ross, Ruth A. and Orser, Beverley A. 2021. Inhibition of a tonic inhibitory conductance in mouse hippocampal neurones by negative allosteric modulators of α5 subunit-containing γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors: implications for treating cognitive deficits. British Journal of Anaesthesia 126 (3) , pp. 674-683. 10.1016/j.bja.2020.11.032 |
Fenn, Gareth, Waller-Evans, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-6064, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X and Bax, Benjamin D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1940-3785 2020. Crystallization and structure of ebselen bound to cysteine 141 of human inositol monophosphatase (IMPase). Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications F76 (10) , pp. 469-476. 10.1107/S2053230X20011310 |
Maramai, Samuele, Benchekroun, Mohamed, Ward, Simon E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-8377 and Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2020. Subtype selective y-Aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAAR) modulators acting at the benzodiazepine binding site: An update. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 63 (7) , pp. 3425-3446. 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01312 |
Koulouris, Chloe R., Bax, Benjamin D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1940-3785, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X and Roe, S. Mark 2020. Conformational flexibility within the small domain of human serine racemase. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications 76 (2) , pp. 65-73. 10.1107/S2053230X20001193 |
Ward, Simon E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-8377, Harries, Mark H., Aldegheri, Laura, Bradford, Andrea M., Ballini, Elisa, Dawson, Lee, Lacroix, Laurent, Pardoe, Joanne, Starr, Kathryn, Weil, Annette, Waters, Kerry, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X and Woolley, Marie 2020. Pharmacological characterisation of MDI-222, a novel AMPA receptor positive allosteric modulator with an improved safety profile. Journal of Psychopharmacology 34 (1) , pp. 93-102. 10.1177/0269881119872198 |
Raulin, Ana-Caroline, Kraft, Lucas, Al-Hilaly, Youssra K., Xue, Wei-Feng, McGeehan, John E., Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X and Serpell, Louise 2019. The molecular basis for apolipoprotein E4 as the major risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Molecular Biology 431 (12) , pp. 2248-2265. 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.04.019 |
Kraft, Lucas, Serpell, Louise C and Atack, John R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2019. A biophysical approach to the identification of novel ApoE chemical probes. Biomolecules 9 (2) , 48. 10.3390/biom9020048 |
Noble, James W., Almalki, Rehab, Roe, S. Mark, Wagner, Armin, Duman, Ramona and Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2018. The X-ray structure of human calbindin-D28K: an improved model. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Structural Biology 74 (10) , pp. 1008-1014. 10.1107/S2059798318011610 |
Duke, Angela N., Meng, Zhiqiang, Platt, Donna M., Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Dawson, Gerard R., Reynolds, David S., Tiruveedhula, V. V. N. Phani Babu, Li, Guanguan, Stephen, Michael Rajesh, Sieghart, Werner, Cook, James M. and Rowlett, James K. 2018. Evidence that sedative effects of benzodiazepines involve unexpected GABAA receptor subtypes: Quantitative observation studies in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 366 (1) , pp. 145-157. 10.1124/jpet.118.249250 |
Kraft, Lucas, Roe, S. Mark, Gill, Raj and Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2018. Co-crystallization of human inositol monophosphatase with the lithium mimetic L-690,330. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Structural Biology 74 (10) , p. 973. 10.1107/S2059798318010380 |
West, Ryan A., O'Doherty, Oran G., Askwith, Trevor, Atack, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Beswick, Paul, Laverick, Jamie, Paradowski, Michael, Pennicott, Lewis E., Rao, Srinivasa P.S., Williams, Gareth and Ward, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-8377 2017. African trypanosomiasis: Synthesis & SAR enabling novel drug discovery of ubiquinol mimics for trypanosome alternative oxidase. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 141 , pp. 676-689. 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.09.067 |
Khan, Raysa, Boonseng, Sarote, Kemmitt, Paul D., Felix, Robert, Coles, Simon J., Tizzard, Graham J., Williams, Gareth, Simmonds, Olivia, Harvey, Jessica-Lily, Atack, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Cox, Hazel and Spencer, John 2017. Combining Sanford Arylations on Benzodiazepines with the nuisance effect. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 359 (18) , pp. 3261-3269. 10.1002/adsc.201700626 |
Hornyak, Peter, Askwith, Trevor, Walker, Sarah, Komulainen, Emilia, Paradowski, Michael, Pennicott, Lewis E., Bartlett, Edward J., Brissett, Nigel C., Raoof, Ali, Watson, Mandy, Jordan, Allan M., Ogilvie, Donald J., Ward, Simon E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-8377, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Pearl, Laurence H., Caldecott, Keith W. and Oliver, Antony W. 2016. Mode of action of DNA-competitive small molecule inhibitors of tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase 2. Biochemical Journal 473 (13) , pp. 1869-1879. 10.1042/BCJ20160180 |
Gaekens, Tim, Guillaume, Michel, Borghys, Herman, De Zwart, Loeckie L., de Vries, Ronald, Embrechts, Roger C.A., Vermeulen, An, Megens, Anton A.H.P., Leysen, Josée E., Herdewijn, Piet, Annaert, Pieter P. and Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2016. Lipophilic nalmefene prodrugs to achieve a one-month sustained release. Journal of Controlled Release 232 , p. 196. 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.04.029 |
Spurny, Radovan, Debaveye, Sarah, Farinha, Ana, Veys, Ken, Vos, Ann M., Gossas, Thomas, Atack, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Bertrand, Sonia, Bertrand, Daniel, Danielson, U. Helena, Tresadern, Gary and Ulens, Chris 2015. Molecular blueprint of allosteric binding sites in a homologue of the agonist-binding domain of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 (19) , E2543. 10.1073/pnas.1418289112 |
Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Shook, Brian C., Rassnick, Stefanie, Jackson, Paul F., Rhodes, Kenneth, Drinkenburg, Wilhelmus H., Ahnaou, Abdallah, te Riele, Paula, Langlois, Xavier, Hrupka, Brian, De Haes, Patrick, Hendrickx, Herman, Aerts, Nancy, Hens, Koen, Wellens, Annemie, Vermeire, Jef and Megens, Anton A. H. P. 2014. JNJ-40255293, a novel adenosine A2A/A1 antagonist with efficacy in preclinical models of Parkinson's disease. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 5 (10) , pp. 1005-1019. 10.1021/cn5001606 |
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Lavreysen, Hilde and Atack, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2014. Receptors: Functional assays. Stolerman, Ian P. and Price, Lawrence H., eds. Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology, Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer, (10.1007/978-3-642-27772-6_208-2) |
Lavreysen, H., Langlois, X., Ahnaou, A., Drinkenburg, W., te Riele, P., Biesmans, I., Van der Linden, I., Peeters, L., Megens, A., Wintmolders, C., Cid, J. M., Trabanco, A. A., Andres, J. I., Dautzenberg, F. M., Lutjens, R., Macdonald, G. and Atack, J. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2013. Pharmacological characterization of JNJ-40068782, a new potent, selective, and systemically active positive allosteric modulator of the mGlu2 receptor and its radioligand [3H]JNJ-40068782. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 346 (3) , pp. 514-527. 10.1124/jpet.113.204990 |
Shinday, Nina M, Sawyer, Eileen K, Fischer, Bradford D, Platt, Donna M, Licata, Stephanie C, Atack, John R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Dawson, Gerard R, Reynolds, David S and Rowlett, James K 2013. Reinforcing effects Of compounds lacking intrinsic efficacy at α1 subunit-containing GABAA receptor subtypes in midazolam- but not cocaine-experienced Rhesus Monkeys. Neuropsychopharmacology 38 (6) , pp. 1006-1014. 10.1038/npp.2012.265 |
Langlois, X., Megens, A., Lavreysen, H., Atack, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Cik, M., te Riele, P., Peeters, L., Wouters, R., Vermeire, J., Hendrickx, H., Macdonald, G. and De Bruyn, M. 2012. Pharmacology of JNJ-37822681, a specific and fast-dissociating D2 antagonist for the treatment of schizophrenia. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 342 (1) , pp. 91-105. 10.1124/jpet.111.190702 |
Mirza, Naheed R., Atack, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X and Wafford, Keith 2012. Receptor subtypes: novel targets for novel medicines. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences 2012 , 529861. 10.1155/2012/529861 |
Swanson, Devin M., Wong, Victoria D., Jablonowski, Jill A., Shah, Chandra, Rudolph, Dale A., Dvorak, Curt A., Seierstad, Mark, Dvorak, Lisa K., Morton, Kirsten, Nepomuceno, Diane, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Bonaventure, Pascal, Lovenberg, Timothy W. and Carruthers, Nicholas I. 2011. The discovery and synthesis of JNJ 31020028, a small molecule antagonist of the Neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 21 (18) , pp. 5552-5556. 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.06.136 |
Fischer, Bradford D., Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Platt, Donna M., Reynolds, David S., Dawson, Gerard R. and Rowlett, James K. 2011. Contribution of GABAA receptors containing α3 subunits to the therapeutic-related and side effects of benzodiazepine-type drugs in monkeys. Psychopharmacology 215 (2) , pp. 311-319. 10.1007/s00213-010-2142-y |
Atack, JR ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Wafford, KA, Street, LJ, Dawson, GR, Tye, S, Van Laere, K, Bormans, G, Sanabria-Bohórquez, SM, De Lepeleire, I, de Hoon, JN, Van Hecken, A, Burns, HD, McKernan, RM, Murphy, MG and Hargreaves, RJ 2011. MRK-409 (MK-0343), a GABAA receptor subtype-selective partial agonist, is a non-sedating anxiolytic in preclinical species but causes sedation in humans. Journal of Psychopharmacology 25 (3) , pp. 314-328. 10.1177/0269881109354927 |
Atack, JR ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Hallett, DJ, Tye, S, Wafford, KA, Ryan, C, Sanabria-Bohórquez, SM, Eng, Wai-si, Gibson, RE, Burns, HD, Dawson, GR, Carling, RW, Street, LJ, Pike, A, De Lepeleire, I, Van Laere, K, Bormans, G, de Hoon, JN, Van Hecken, A, McKernan, RM, Murphy, MG and Hargreaves, RJ 2011. Preclinical and clinical pharmacology of TPA023B, a GABAA receptor α2/α3 subtype-selective partial agonist. Journal of Psychopharmacology 25 (3) , pp. 329-344. 10.1177/0269881109354928 |
Atack, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2011. GABAA receptor subtype-selective modulators. II. α5-selective inverse agonists for cognition enhancement. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 11 (9) , pp. 1203-1214. 10.2174/156802611795371314 |
Atack, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2011. GABAA receptor subtype-selective modulators. I. α2/α3-selective agonists as non-sedating anxiolytics. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 11 (9) , pp. 1176-1202. 10.2174/156802611795371350 |
Eng, W., Atack, J.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Bergstrom, M., Sanabria, S., Appel, L., Dawson, G.R., Sciberras, D., Hargreaves, R.J., Langstrom, B. and Burns, H.D. 2010. Occupancy of human brain GABAA receptors by the novel α5 subtype-selective benzodiazepine site inverse agonist α5IA as measured using [11C]flumazenil PET imaging. Neuropharmacology 59 (7-8) , pp. 635-639. 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.07.024 |
Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2010. Development of subtype-selective GABAA receptor compounds for the treatment of anxiety, sleep disorders and epilepsy. Monti, James M., Pandi-Perumal, Seithikurippu Ratnas and Mohler, Hanns, eds. GABA and Sleep, Basel: Springer, pp. 25-72. (10.1007/978-3-0346-0226-6_2) |
Letavic, Michael A., Aluisio, Leah, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Bonaventure, Pascal, Carruthers, Nicholas I., Dugovic, Christine, Everson, Anita, Feinstein, Mark A., Fraser, Ian C., Hoey, Kenway, Jiang, Xiaohui, Keith, John M., Koudriakova, Tatiana, Leung, Perry, Lord, Brian, Lovenberg, Timothy W., Ly, Kiev S., Morton, Kirsten L., Timothy Motley, S., Nepomuceno, Diane, Rizzolio, Michele, Rynberg, Raymond, Sepassi, Kia and Shelton, Jonathan 2010. Pre-clinical characterization of aryloxypyridine amides as histamine H3 receptor antagonists: Identification of candidates for clinical development. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 20 (14) , pp. 4210-4214. 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.05.041 |
Stocking, Emily M., Aluisio, Leah, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Bonaventure, Pascal, Carruthers, Nicholas I., Dugovic, Christine, Everson, Anita, Fraser, Ian, Jiang, Xiaohui, Leung, Perry, Lord, Brian, Ly, Kiev S., Morton, Kirsten L., Nepomuceno, Diane, Shah, Chandravadan R., Shelton, Jonathan, Soyode-Johnson, Akinola and Letavic, Michael A. 2010. Novel substituted pyrrolidines are high affinity histamine H3 receptor antagonists. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 20 (9) , pp. 2755-2760. 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.03.071 |
Dixon, C. I., Morris, H. V., Breen, G., Desrivieres, S., Jugurnauth, S., Steiner, R. C., Vallada, H., Guindalini, C., Laranjeira, R., Messas, G., Rosahl, T. W., Atack, J. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Peden, D. R., Belelli, D., Lambert, J. J., King, S. L., Schumann, G. and Stephens, D. N. 2010. Cocaine effects on mouse incentive-learning and human addiction are linked to α2 subunit-containing GABAA receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (5) , pp. 2289-2294. 10.1073/pnas.0910117107 |
Licata, Stephanie C., Platt, Donna M., Rüedi-Bettschen, Daniela, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Dawson, Gerard R., Van Linn, Michael L., Cook, James M. and Rowlett, James K. 2010. Discriminative stimulus effects of L-838,417 (7-tert-butyl-3-(2,5-difluoro-phenyl)-6-(2-methyl-2H-[1,2,4]triazol-3-ylmethoxy)-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine): Role of GABAA receptor subtypes. Neuropharmacology 58 (2) , pp. 357-364. 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.10.004 |
Shoblock, James R., Welty, Natalie, Nepomuceno, Diane, Lord, Brian, Aluisio, Leah, Fraser, Ian, Motley, S. Timothy, Sutton, Steve W., Morton, Kirsten, Galici, Ruggero, Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Dvorak, Lisa, Swanson, Devin M., Carruthers, Nicholas I., Dvorak, Curt, Lovenberg, Timothy W. and Bonaventure, Pascal 2010. In vitro and in vivo characterization of JNJ-31020028 (N-(4-{4-[2-(diethylamino)-2-oxo-1-phenylethyl]piperazin-1-yl}-3-fluorophenyl)-2-pyridin-3-ylbenzamide), a selective brain penetrant small molecule antagonist of the neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor. Psychopharmacology 208 (2) , pp. 265-277. 10.1007/s00213-009-1726-x |
Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2010. Preclinical and clinical pharmacology of the GABAA receptor α5 subtype-selective inverse agonist α5IA. Pharmacology and Therapeutics 125 (1) , pp. 11-26. 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.09.001 |
Atack, J. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Wong, D. F., Fryer, T. D., Ryan, C., Sanabria, S., Zhou, Y., Dannals, R. F., Eng, W.-s., Gibson, R. E., Burns, H. D., Vega, J. M., Vessy, L., Scott-Stevens, P., Beech, J. S., Baron, J.-C., Sohal, B., Schrag, M. L., Aigbirhio, F. I., McKernan, R. M. and Hargreaves, R. J. 2010. Benzodiazepine binding site occupancy by the Novel GABAA receptor subtype-selective drug 7-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-6-(2-ethyl-2H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylmethoxy)-3-(2-fluorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine (TPA023) in rats, primates, and humans. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 332 (1) , pp. 17-25. 10.1124/jpet.109.157909 |
Ator, N. A., Atack, J. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X, Hargreaves, R. J., Burns, H. D. and Dawson, G. R. 2010. Reducing abuse liability of GABAA/Benzodiazepine ligands via selective partial agonist efficacy at α1 and α2/3 subtypes. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 332 (1) , pp. 4-16. 10.1124/jpet.109.158303 |
Atack, John R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-791X 2009. GABAA receptor α2/α3 subtype-selective modulators as potential nonsedating anxiolytics. Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience 2 , pp. 331-360. 10.1007/7854_2009_30 |