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List of works by Hyekyung P Cho

A novel M1 PAM VU0486846 exerts efficacy in cognition models without displaying agonist activity or cholinergic toxicity

scientific article published on 27 April 2018

A novel class of succinimide-derived negative allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1 provides insight into a disconnect in activity between the rat and human receptors

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Challenges in the development of an M4 PAM in vivo tool compound: The discovery of VU0467154 and unexpected DMPK profiles of close analogs

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Challenges in the development of an M4 PAM preclinical candidate: The discovery, SAR, and in vivo characterization of a series of 3-aminoazetidine-derived amides

scientific article published on 6 May 2017

Chemical lead optimization of a pan G(q) mAChR M(1), M(3), M(5) positive allosteric modulator (PAM) lead. Part I: Development of the first highly selective M(5) PAM.

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Chemical modulation of mutant mGlu1 receptors derived from deleterious GRM1 mutations found in schizophrenics

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Continued optimization of the M5 NAM ML375: Discovery of VU6008667, an M5 NAM with high CNS penetration and a desired short half-life in rat for addiction studies

scientific article published on 13 February 2017

Continued optimization of the MLPCN probe ML071 into highly potent agonists of the hM1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

scientific article published on March 29, 2012

Design and Synthesis of mGlu2 NAMs with Improved Potency and CNS Penetration Based on a Truncated Picolinamide Core

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Development of Novel, CNS Penetrant Positive Allosteric Modulators for the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 (mGlu1), Based on an N-(3-Chloro-4-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)phenyl)-3-methylfuran-2-carboxamide Scaffold, That Potentiate Wild Type

scientific article published in October 2015

Development of a highly potent, novel M5 positive allosteric modulator (PAM) demonstrating CNS exposure: 1-((1H-indazol-5-yl)sulfoneyl)-N-ethyl-N-(2-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)piperidine-4-carboxamide (ML380)

scientific article (publication date: 25 September 2014)

Development of a highly selective, orally bioavailable and CNS penetrant M1 agonist derived from the MLPCN probe ML071.

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Differential Pharmacology and Binding of mGlu2 Receptor Allosteric Modulators

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Discovery and optimization of a novel, selective and brain penetrant M1 positive allosteric modulator (PAM): The development of ML169, an MLPCN probe

scientific article published on December 9, 2010

Discovery of a Novel Series of Orally Bioavailable and CNS Penetrant Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor (GLP-1R) Noncompetitive Antagonists Based on a 1,3-Disubstituted-7-aryl-5,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-5,8-dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-di

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Discovery of a novel 2,4-dimethylquinoline-6-carboxamide M4 positive allosteric modulator (PAM) chemotype via scaffold hopping

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Discovery of a novel, CNS penetrant M4 PAM chemotype based on a 6-fluoro-4-(piperidin-1-yl)quinoline-3-carbonitrile core

scientific article published on 20 August 2017

Discovery of the first M5-selective and CNS penetrant negative allosteric modulator (NAM) of a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor: (S)-9b-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(3,4-difluorobenzoyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazo[2,1-a]isoindol-5(9bH)-one (ML375)

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Discovery, synthesis and characterization of a highly muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR)-selective M5-orthosteric antagonist, VU0488130 (ML381): a novel molecular probe

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Diverse Effects on M1 Signaling and Adverse Effect Liability within a Series of M1 Ago-PAMs

scientific article published on 21 December 2016

Functional impact of allosteric agonist activity of selective positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 in regulating central nervous system function.

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

Further exploration of M1 allosteric agonists: Subtle structural changes abolish M1 allosteric agonism and result in pan-mAChR orthosteric antagonism

scientific article published on November 9, 2012

Further optimization of the M1 PAM VU0453595: Discovery of novel heterobicyclic core motifs with improved CNS penetration

scientific article published on 29 April 2016

Further optimization of the M5 NAM MLPCN probe ML375: tactics and challenges

scientific article published on 13 December 2014

Lead optimization of the VU0486321 series of mGlu(1) PAMs. Part 2: SAR of alternative 3-methyl heterocycles and progress towards an in vivo tool

scientific article published on 2 January 2016

Lead optimization of the VU0486321 series of mGlu1 PAMs. Part 1: SAR of modifications to the central aryl core

scientific article published on 09 October 2015

Lead optimization of the VU0486321 series of mGlu1 PAMs. Part 3. Engineering plasma stability by discovery and optimization of isoindolinone analogs

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

Ligand-based virtual screen for the discovery of novel M5 inhibitor chemotypes

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M-positive allosteric modulators lacking agonist activity provide the optimal profile for enhancing cognition

N-Acyl-N'-arylpiperazines as negative allosteric modulators of mGlu1: identification of VU0469650, a potent and selective tool compound with CNS exposure in rats

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Novel allosteric agonists of M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors induce brain region-specific responses that correspond with behavioral effects in animal models

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Octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole negative allosteric modulators of mGlu1.

scientific article published on 23 July 2013

Optimization of M4 positive allosteric modulators (PAMs): The discovery of VU0476406, a non-human primate in vivo tool compound for translational pharmacology

scientific article published on 13 April 2017

PF-06827443 Displays Robust Allosteric Agonist and Positive Allosteric Modulator Activity in High Receptor Reserve and Native Systems

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Prefrontal Cortex-Mediated Impairments in a Genetic Model of NMDA Receptor Hypofunction Are Reversed by the Novel M1 PAM VU6004256.

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Re-exploration of the mGlu₁ PAM Ro 07-11401 scaffold: Discovery of analogs with improved CNS penetration despite steep SAR.

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Structure of a class C GPCR metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 bound to an allosteric modulator

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Synthesis and evaluation of 4,6-disubstituted pyrimidines as CNS penetrant pan-muscarinic antagonists with a novel chemotype

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Targeting selective activation of M(1) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: further chemical optimization and pharmacological characterization of the M(1) positive allosteric modulator ML169.

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Unique signaling profiles of positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 determine differences in in vivo activity

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