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Saif Ullah, Mohammed El-Gamal, Randa El-Gamal, Julie Pelletier, Jean Sevigny, Mahmoud K. Shehata, Hanan S. Anbar, Jamshed Iqbal
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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Francisco J. Ballester, Enrique Ortega-Forte, Delia Bautista, M. Dolores Santana, Giampaolo Barone, Jose Ruiz
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Motahareh Mortazavi, Masoomeh Eskandari, Fatemeh Moosavi, Tahereh Damghani, Mehdi Khoshneviszadeh, Somayeh Pirhadi, Luciano Saso, Najmeh Edraki, Omidreza Firuzi
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Qiaomei Jin, Dongjian Zhang, Meng Gao, Cuihua Jiang, Jian Zhang
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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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Oriol Bosch-Sanz, Yvette Rabada, Xevi Biarnes, Javier Pedreno, Luis Caveda, Mercedes Balcells, Jordi Martorell, David Sanchez-Garcia
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Zhang Tao, Wei Haiyuan, Ma Wen, Li Zhangyuan, Hu Panpan, Zhou Nanqian, He Jianchao, Li Ting, Su Mingming, Bai Suping
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Eunsun Park, Sun Joo Lee, Heegyum Moon, Jongmi Park, Hyeonho Jeon, Ji Sun Hwang, Hayoung Hwang, Ki Bum Hong, Seung-Hee Han, Sun Choi, Soosung Kang
Summary: JAK1 inhibition presents a promising therapeutic strategy for various diseases by designing selective inhibitors. In particular, the compound 31g showed potent activity against JAK1 and inhibited TGF-beta-induced HSCs migration effectively.
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Andrea Bistrovic Popov, Robert Vianelo, Petra Grbcic, Mirela Sedic, Sandra Kraljevic Pavelic, Kresimir Pavelic, Silvana Raic-Malic
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Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Anber F. Mohammed, Ola I. A. Salem, Safwat M. Rabea, Bahaa G. M. Youssif
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Yongjin Hao, Jiawan Ma, Jin Wang, Xiaoliang Yu, Zhanhui Li, Shuwei Wu, Sheng Tian, Haikuo Ma, Sudan He, Xiaohu Zhang
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Mohamed T-E Maghraby, Tahani Mazyad Almutairi, Stefan Brase, Ola I. A. Salem, Bahaa G. M. Youssif, Mahmoud M. Sheha
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Anna Wojcicka, Aleksandra Redzicka
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Linxiao Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhe Wang, Wufu Zhu, Ninghua Tan
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Xin Sun, Binliang Zhang, Leixuan Luo, Yang Yang, Bin He, Qian Zhang, Linxiao Wang, Shan Xu, Pengwu Zheng, Wufu Zhu
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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
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Wei Zhang, Wei Liu, Ya-Dong Zhao, Li-Zi Xing, Ji Xu, Rui-Jun Li, Yun-Xiao Zhang
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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
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Mani Sharma, S. S. S. S. Sudha Ambadipudi, Neeraj Kumar Chouhan, V. Lakshma Nayak, Srihari Pabbaraja, Sai Balaji Andugulapati, Ramakrishna Sistla
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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
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