Elsevier, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 6(21), p. 1844-1848
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.01.039
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Rho kinase (ROCK) is an attractive therapeutic target for various diseases including glaucoma, hypertension, and spinal cord injury. Herein, we report the development of a series of ROCK-II inhibitors based on 4-quinazolinone and quinazoline scaffolds. SAR studies at three positions of the quinazoline core led to the identification of analogs with high potency against ROCK-II and good selectivity over protein kinase A (PKA).