Geoffrey Wells, PhD - Publications

Affiliations: 
1998 Cancer Research Laboratories, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 
 1998-2002 The School of Pharmacy University of London, London, England, United Kingdom 
 2002-2004 Pharminox Ltd 
 2007- School of Pharmacy University College London, London, United Kingdom 

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2020 Ferguson L, Bhakta S, Fox KR, Wells G, Brucoli F. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Novel C8-Pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) Adenosine Conjugate. A Study on the Role of the PBD Ring in the Biological Activity of PBD-Conjugates. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland). 25. PMID 32164166 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051243  0.327
2019 Ferguson L, Wells G, Bhakta S, Johnson J, Guzman J, Parish T, Prentice RA, Brucoli F. Integrated target-based and phenotypic screening approaches for the identification of anti-tubercular agents that bind to the mycobacterial adenylating enzyme MbtA. Chemmedchem. PMID 31454170 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201900217  0.304
2018 Shih PC, Yang Y, Parkinson GN, Wilderspin A, Wells G. A high-throughput fluorescence polarization assay for discovering inhibitors targeting the DNA-binding domain of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3). Oncotarget. 9: 32690-32701. PMID 30220975 DOI: 10.18632/Oncotarget.26013  0.706
2018 Gacesa R, Lawrence KP, Georgakopoulos ND, Yabe K, Dunlap WC, Barlow DJ, Wells G, Young AR, Long PF. The mycosporine-like amino acids porphyra-334 and shinorine are antioxidants and direct antagonists of Keap1-Nrf2 binding. Biochimie. PMID 30071261 DOI: 10.1016/J.Biochi.2018.07.020  0.646
2017 Gacesa R, Barlow D, Dunlap W, Georgakopoulos N, Wells G, Long P. Mycosporine-like amino acid activation of the Keap1-Nrf2 pathway Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 108. DOI: 10.1016/J.Freeradbiomed.2017.04.096  0.66
2016 Kaminska KK, Bertrand HC, Tajima H, Stafford WC, Cheng Q, Chen W, Wells G, Arner ES, Chew EH. Indolin-2-one compounds targeting thioredoxin reductase as potential anticancer drug leads. Oncotarget. PMID 27244886 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9579  0.348
2014 Schwalbe C, Wells G, Stevens M. Influence of steric crowding on hydrogen bonding in anti-cancer quinols Acta Crystallographica Section a Foundations and Advances. 70: C561-C561. DOI: 10.1107/S2053273314094388  0.486
2013 Brucoli F, Hawkins RM, James CH, Jackson PJ, Wells G, Jenkins TC, Ellis T, Kotecha M, Hochhauser D, Hartley JA, Howard PW, Thurston DE. An extended pyrrolobenzodiazepine-polyamide conjugate with selectivity for a DNA sequence containing the ICB2 transcription factor binding site. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 56: 6339-51. PMID 23889553 DOI: 10.1021/Jm4001852  0.678
2013 Hancock R, Schaap M, Pfister H, Wells G. Peptide inhibitors of the Keap1-Nrf2 protein-protein interaction with improved binding and cellular activity. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11: 3553-7. PMID 23615671 DOI: 10.1039/c3ob40249e  0.328
2011 Brucoli F, Hawkins RM, James CH, Wells G, Jenkins TC, Ellis T, Hartley JA, Howard PW, Thurston DE. Novel C8-linked pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD)-heterocycle conjugates that recognize DNA sequences containing an inverted CCAAT box. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21: 3780-3. PMID 21570842 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bmcl.2011.04.054  0.513
2011 König J, Wyllie S, Wells G, Stevens MF, Wyatt PG, Fairlamb AH. Antitumor quinol PMX464 is a cytocidal anti-trypanosomal inhibitor targeting trypanothione metabolism. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286: 8523-33. PMID 21212280 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M110.214833  0.597
2010 McCarroll AJ, Matthews CS, Wells G, Bradshaw TD, Stevens MF. Synthesis of antitumour (1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ones by copper-catalysed Huisgen cycloadditions. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 8: 2078-84. PMID 20401384 DOI: 10.1039/B920039H  0.622
2010 Brucoli F, Hawkins R, Wells G, Jenkins T, Ellis T, Kotecha M, Hochhauser D, Hartley J, Howard P, Thurston D. 526 A potent PBD-heterocyclic polyamide conjugate targeting an ICB2 transcription factor binding site European Journal of Cancer Supplements. 8: 168. DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6349(10)72233-3  0.507
2008 Aiello S, Wells G, Stone EL, Kadri H, Bazzi R, Bell DR, Stevens MF, Matthews CS, Bradshaw TD, Westwell AD. Synthesis and biological properties of benzothiazole, benzoxazole, and chromen-4-one analogues of the potent antitumor agent 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5-fluorobenzothiazole (PMX 610, NSC 721648). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 51: 5135-9. PMID 18666770 DOI: 10.1021/Jm800418Z  0.633
2008 Kotecha M, Kluza J, Wells G, O'Hare CC, Forni C, Mantovani R, Howard PW, Morris P, Thurston DE, Hartley JA, Hochhauser D. Inhibition of DNA binding of the NF-Y transcription factor by the pyrrolobenzodiazepine-polyamide conjugate GWL-78. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7: 1319-28. PMID 18483319 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.Mct-07-0475  0.552
2008 Wells G, Suggitt M, Coffils M, Baig MA, Howard PW, Loadman PM, Hartley JA, Jenkins TC, Thurston DE. Fluorescent 7-diethylaminocoumarin pyrrolobenzodiazepine conjugates: synthesis, DNA interaction, cytotoxicity and differential cellular localization. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18: 2147-51. PMID 18280154 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bmcl.2008.01.083  0.528
2006 Wells G, Martin CRH, Howard PW, Sands ZA, Laughton CA, Tiberghien A, Woo CK, Masterson LA, Stephenson MJ, Hartley JA, Jenkins TC, Shnyder SD, Loadman PM, Waring MJ, Thurston DE. Design, synthesis, and biophysical and biological evaluation of a series of pyrrolobenzodiazepine-poly(N-methylpyrrole) conjugates Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 49: 5442-5461. PMID 16942018 DOI: 10.1021/Jm051199Z  0.547
2006 Lion CJ, Matthews CS, Wells G, Bradshaw TD, Stevens MF, Westwell AD. Antitumour properties of fluorinated benzothiazole-substituted hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dienones ('quinols'). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16: 5005-8. PMID 16908135 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bmcl.2006.07.072  0.653
2006 Mortimer CG, Wells G, Crochard JP, Stone EL, Bradshaw TD, Stevens MF, Westwell AD. Antitumor benzothiazoles. 26.(1) 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5-fluorobenzothiazole (GW 610, NSC 721648), a simple fluorinated 2-arylbenzothiazole, shows potent and selective inhibitory activity against lung, colon, and breast cancer cell lines. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 49: 179-85. PMID 16392802 DOI: 10.1021/Jm050942K  0.639
2006 Shah M, Wells G, Bradshaw T, Laughton C, Stevens M, Westwell A. Antitubercular Properties of Substituted Hydroxycyclohexadienones Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. 3: 419-423. DOI: 10.2174/157018006777805486  0.507
2005 Bradshaw TD, Matthews CS, Cookson J, Chew EH, Shah M, Bailey K, Monks A, Harris E, Westwell AD, Wells G, Laughton CA, Stevens MF. Elucidation of thioredoxin as a molecular target for antitumor quinols. Cancer Research. 65: 3911-9. PMID 15867391 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.Can-04-4141  0.597
2005 Berry JM, Bradshaw TD, Fichtner I, Ren R, Schwalbe CH, Wells G, Chew EH, Stevens MF, Westwell AD. Quinols as novel therapeutic agents. 2.(1) 4-(1-Arylsulfonylindol-2-yl)-4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ones and related agents as potent and selective antitumor agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48: 639-44. PMID 15658878 DOI: 10.1021/jm040859h  0.634
2003 Wells G, Berry JM, Bradshaw TD, Burger AM, Seaton A, Wang B, Westwell AD, Stevens MF. 4-Substituted 4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ones with selective activities against colon and renal cancer cell lines. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 46: 532-41. PMID 12570375 DOI: 10.1021/Jm020984Y  0.647
2000 Wells G, Seaton A, Stevens MF. Structural studies on bioactive compounds. 32. Oxidation of tyrphostin protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors with hypervalent iodine reagents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 43: 1550-62. PMID 10780912 DOI: 10.1021/Jm990947F  0.636
2000 Wells G, Bradshaw TD, Diana P, Seaton A, Shi DF, Westwell AD, Stevens MF. Antitumour benzothiazoles. Part 10: the synthesis and antitumour activity of benzothiazole substituted quinol derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 10: 513-5. PMID 10743960 DOI: 10.1016/S0960-894X(00)00027-5  0.65
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