James Cain, Ph.D.

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2011 Chemistry University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 
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Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
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Victor J. Hruby grad student 2011 University of Arizona
 (Design, synthesis, and evaluation of new ligands for G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) and kinases.)
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Vardanyan RS, Cain JP, Haghighi SM, et al. (2017) Synthesis and Investigation of Mixed μ-Opioid and δ-Opioid Agonists as Possible Bivalent Ligands for Treatment of Pain. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 54: 1228-1235
Podolsky AT, Sandweiss A, Hu J, et al. (2013) Novel fentanyl-based dual μ/δ-opioid agonists for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. Life Sciences. 93: 1010-6
Mayorov AV, Cai M, Palmer ES, et al. (2011) Cyclic lactam hybrid α-MSH/Agouti-related protein (AGRP) analogues with nanomolar range binding affinities at the human melanocortin receptors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21: 3099-102
Hruby VJ, Cai M, Cain J, et al. (2011) Design of novel melanocortin receptor ligands: multiple receptors, complex pharmacology, the challenge. European Journal of Pharmacology. 660: 88-93
Mayorov AV, Cai M, Palmer ES, et al. (2010) Solid-phase peptide head-to-side chain cyclodimerization: discovery of C(2)-symmetric cyclic lactam hybrid α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)/agouti-signaling protein (ASIP) analogues with potent activities at the human melanocortin receptors. Peptides. 31: 1894-905
Mayorov AV, Cai M, Palmer ES, et al. (2008) Structure-activity relationships of cyclic lactam analogues of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) targeting the human melanocortin-3 receptor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 51: 187-95
Lee YS, Agnes RS, Cain JP, et al. (2008) Opioid and melanocortin receptors: do they have overlapping pharmacophores? Biopolymers. 90: 433-8
Hruby VJ, Cai M, Cain JP, et al. (2007) Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of ligands selective for the melanocortin-3 receptor. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 7: 1107-19
Ndungu JM, Cain JP, Davis P, et al. (2006) Synthesis of constrained analogues of cholecystokinin/opioid chimeric peptides. Tetrahedron Letters. 47: 2233-2236
Cain JP, Mayorov AV, Cai M, et al. (2006) Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a new class of small molecule peptide mimetics targeting the melanocortin receptors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16: 5462-7
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