Discovery and computer aided potency optimization of a novel class of small molecule CXCR4 antagonists.
Amongst the chemokine signalling axes involved in cancer, chemokine CXCL12 acting on chemokine receptor CXCR4 is particularly significant since it orchestrates migration of cancer cells miken pro series 13 in a tissue-specific metastatic process.High CXCR4 tumour expression is associated with poor prognosis of lung, brain, CNS, blood and breast can