Mathematics Faculty Articles

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-30-2013

Publication Title

Molecules

Keywords

ombinatorial libraries, mixture-based libraries, harmonic mean mixture model, mathematical modeling, formylpeptide receptors

ISSN

1420-3049

Volume

18

Issue/No.

6

First Page

6408

Last Page

6424

Abstract

In the past 20 years, synthetic combinatorial methods have fundamentally advanced the ability to synthesize and screen large numbers of compounds for drug discovery and basic research. Mixture-based libraries and positional scanning deconvolution combine two approaches for the rapid identification of specific scaffolds and active ligands. Here we present a quantitative assessment of the screening of 32 positional scanning libraries in the identification of highly specific and selective ligands for two formylpeptide receptors. We also compare and contrast two mixture-based library approaches using a mathematical model to facilitate the selection of active scaffolds and libraries to be pursued for further evaluation. The flexibility demonstrated in the differently formatted mixture-based libraries allows for their screening in a wide range of assays.

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© 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

DOI

10.3390/molecules18066408

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