Design of a Highly Selective and Potent Class of Non??planar Estrogen Receptor β Agonists

H Sundén, JN Ma, LK Hansen, AL Gustavsson…

Index: Sunden, Henrik; Ma, Jian-Nong; Hansen, Lars K.; Gustavsson, Anna-Lena; Burstein, Ethan S.; Olsson, Roger ChemMedChem, 2013 , vol. 8, # 8 p. 1283 - 1294

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Abstract

Abstract Selective activation of the estrogen receptor β (ERβ) could be a safe approach to hormone replacement therapy for both women and men, in contrast to the estrogens currently used for women which activate both ERβ and ERα, occasionally causing severe side effects. The selective ERβ agonist AC-131 has shown efficacy in animal models of Parkinson's disease and neuropathic pain. With the use of AC-131 as template, herein we ...