Wei Deng
Merck & Co.
2 Papers
Wei Deng is an academic researcher from Merck & Co.. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kinase & Chemistry. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Discovery of Potent and Selective Tricyclic Inhibitors of Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase with Improved Druglike Properties
Xiaojing Wang,James Barbosa,Peter Blomgren,Meire Bremer,Jacob Z. Chen,James J. Crawford,Wei Deng,Liming Dong,Charles Eigenbrot,Steve Gallion,Jonathon Hau,Huiyong Hu,Adam R. Johnson,Arna Katewa,Kropf Jeffrey E,Seung H. Lee,Lichuan Liu,Joseph W. Lubach,Jen Macaluso,Pat Maciejewski,Scott A. Mitchell,Daniel F. Ortwine,Julie DiPaolo,Karin Reif,Heleen Scheerens,Aaron C. Schmitt,Harvey Wong,Jin-Ming Xiong,Jianjun Xu,Zhongdong Zhao,Fusheng Zhou,Kevin S. Currie,Wendy B. Young +32 more
TL;DR: A series of novel tricyclic compounds that improved upon the druglike properties of previous chemical matter are devised that are highly potent, selective for Btk, metabolically stable, well tolerated, and efficacious in an animal model of arthritis.
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Discovery of novel pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as potent pan-Pim inhibitors by structure- and property-based drug design.
Xiaojing Wang,Steven Magnuson,Rich Pastor,Eric Fan,Huiyong Hu,Vickie Tsui,Wei Deng,Jeremy Murray,Micah Steffek,Heidi J.A. Wallweber,John Moffat,Jason Drummond,Grace Ka Yan Chan,Eric Harstad,Allen J. Ebens +14 more
TL;DR: Using property-based drug design and co-crystal structures with Pim-1 kinase to guide analog design, this work was able to improve potency against all three Pim isoforms including a significant 10,000-fold gain against PIM-2.