Cancer

MMPs

see the following paper:

Carrascal, N.; Rizzo, R. C. Calculation of Binding Free Energies for Non-zinc Chelating Pyrimidine Dicarboxamide Inhibitors with MMP-13. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2009, 19, 47-50. PDF

EGFR and ErbB family

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) is a drug target for treating several types of Cancers, Including Lung and breast cansers. We are instested in targeting the Tyrosine kinase domain.

See the following paper:

Balius, T. E.; Rizzo, R. C. Quantitative Prediction of Fold Resistance for Inhibitors of EGFR. Biochemistry, 2009, 48, 8435-8448. WEB PDF