Jan Kihlberg
Researcher at Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences; Organic Chemistry; Kihlberg group
- E-mail:
- jan.kihlberg@kemi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Husargatan 3
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 576
75123 Uppsala
Publications
Selection of publications
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How Big Is Too Big for Cell Permeability?
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 1662-1664, 2017
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Drug discovery beyond the rule of 5-Opportunities and challenges
Part of Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, p. 115-119, 2017
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Part of Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2016
- DOI for Collagen epitope expression on B cells is sufficient to confer tolerance to collagen-induced arthritis
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Gene Therapy Induces Antigen-Specific Tolerance in Experimental Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Part of PLOS ONE, 2016
- DOI for Gene Therapy Induces Antigen-Specific Tolerance in Experimental Collagen-Induced Arthritis
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Structural and conformational determinants of macrocycle cell permeability
Part of Nature Chemical Biology, p. 1065-+, 2016
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How Beyond Rule of 5 Drugs and Clinical Candidates Bind to Their Targets.
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 2312-2327, 2016
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Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 6658-6670, 2016
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Cell permeability beyond the rule of 5
Part of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, p. 42-61, 2016
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Mild Oxidative Cleavage of 9-BBN-Protected Amino Acid Derivatives
Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 3767-3770, 2015
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Part of Organic and biomolecular chemistry, p. 6203-6216, 2015
- DOI for Hydroxyethylene isosteres introduced in type II collagen fragments substantially alter the structure and dynamics of class II MHC A(q)/glycopeptide complexes
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Oral Druggable Space beyond the Rule of 5: Insights from Drugs and Clinical Candidates
Part of Chemistry and Biology, p. 1115-1142, 2014
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Macrocyclic drugs and clinical candidates - what are the limits of oral bioavailability?
Part of Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2014
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Macrocyclic drugs and clinical candidates: what can medicinal chemists learn from their properties?
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 278-95, 2014
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Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 2746-2754, 2014
Recent publications
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Part of Nature Communications, 2026
- DOI for Docking of virtual libraries identifies small-molecule agonists of neurotensin receptors with analgesic activity
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Conformational Trajectory of the Molecular Chameleon Grazoprevir from Formulation to Target-Bound
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2026
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Ultra-large virtual screening unveils potent agonists of the neuromodulatory orphan receptor GPR139
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
- DOI for Ultra-large virtual screening unveils potent agonists of the neuromodulatory orphan receptor GPR139
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Virtual Fragment Screening for DNA Repair Inhibitors in Vast Chemical Space
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
- DOI for Virtual Fragment Screening for DNA Repair Inhibitors in Vast Chemical Space
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Autoantibodies to joint-related peptides as predictive markers in early rheumatoid arthritis
Part of Rheumatology, p. 2227-2232, 2025
- DOI for Autoantibodies to joint-related peptides as predictive markers in early rheumatoid arthritis
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Nature Communications, 2026
- DOI for Docking of virtual libraries identifies small-molecule agonists of neurotensin receptors with analgesic activity
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Conformational Trajectory of the Molecular Chameleon Grazoprevir from Formulation to Target-Bound
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2026
- DOI for Conformational Trajectory of the Molecular Chameleon Grazoprevir from Formulation to Target-Bound
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Ultra-large virtual screening unveils potent agonists of the neuromodulatory orphan receptor GPR139
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
- DOI for Ultra-large virtual screening unveils potent agonists of the neuromodulatory orphan receptor GPR139
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Virtual Fragment Screening for DNA Repair Inhibitors in Vast Chemical Space
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
- DOI for Virtual Fragment Screening for DNA Repair Inhibitors in Vast Chemical Space
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Autoantibodies to joint-related peptides as predictive markers in early rheumatoid arthritis
Part of Rheumatology, p. 2227-2232, 2025
- DOI for Autoantibodies to joint-related peptides as predictive markers in early rheumatoid arthritis
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Part of Molecular Therapy, p. 3528-3545, 2025
- DOI for Tolerogenic antigen-specific vaccine induces VISTA-enriched regulatory T cells and protects against arthritis in DRB1*04:01 mice
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Structure-based discovery of positive allosteric modulators of the A1 adenosine receptor
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025
- DOI for Structure-based discovery of positive allosteric modulators of the A1 adenosine receptor
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Part of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, p. 681-687, 2025
- DOI for Linker-Determined Folding and Hydrophobic Interactions Explain a Major Difference in PROTAC Cell Permeability
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A membrane permeability database for nonpeptidic macrocycles
Part of Scientific Data, 2025
- DOI for A membrane permeability database for nonpeptidic macrocycles
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Impact of Linker Composition on VHL PROTAC Cell Permeability
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 638-657, 2024
- DOI for Impact of Linker Composition on VHL PROTAC Cell Permeability
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Beware of extreme calculated lipophilicity when designing cyclic peptides
Part of Nature Chemical Biology, p. 1242-1245, 2024
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Discovery of a Series of Macrocycles as Potent Inhibitors of Leishmania Infantum
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 18170-18193, 2024
- DOI for Discovery of a Series of Macrocycles as Potent Inhibitors of Leishmania Infantum
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Design of Drug Efficacy Guided by Free Energy Simulations of the β2-Adrenoceptor
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023
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Conformational Sampling Deciphers the Chameleonic Properties of a VHL-Based Degrader
Part of Pharmaceutics, 2023
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Part of Arthritis & Rheumatology, p. 1110-1119, 2023
- DOI for Autoantibodies to Disease-Related Proteins in Joints as Novel Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023
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Part of Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2023
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Structure-based virtual screening discovers potent and selective adenosine A1 receptor antagonists
Part of European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023
- DOI for Structure-based virtual screening discovers potent and selective adenosine A1 receptor antagonists
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Macrocycles in Drug Discovery?Learning from the Past for the Future
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 5377-5396, 2023
- DOI for Macrocycles in Drug Discovery?Learning from the Past for the Future
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Going Viral: An Investigation into the Chameleonic Behaviour of Antiviral Compounds
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023
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Predictive Modeling of PROTAC Cell Permeability with Machine Learning
Part of ACS Omega, p. 5901-5916, 2023
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Simulation Reveals the Chameleonic Behavior of Macrocycles
Part of Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, p. 138-146, 2023
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Linker-Dependent Folding Rationalizes PROTAC Cell Permeability
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 13029-13040, 2022
- DOI for Linker-Dependent Folding Rationalizes PROTAC Cell Permeability
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Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 3473-3517, 2022
- DOI for Importance of Binding Site Hydration and Flexibility Revealed When Optimizing a Macrocyclic Inhibitor of the Keap1-Nrf2 Protein-Protein Interaction
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 2905-2920, 2022
- DOI for Ultralarge Virtual Screening Identifies SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors with Broad-Spectrum Activity against Coronaviruses
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Part of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, p. 480-489, 2022
- DOI for Key interactions in the trimolecular complex consisting of the rheumatoid arthritis-associated DRB1*04:01 molecule, the major glycosylated collagen II peptide and the T-cell receptor
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PROTAC cell permeability and oral bioavailability: a journey into uncharted territory
Part of Future Medicinal Chemistry, p. 123-126, 2022
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Part of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, p. 13-23, 2021
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Cell Permeability of Isomeric Macrocycles: Predictions and NMR Studies
Part of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, p. 983-990, 2021
- DOI for Cell Permeability of Isomeric Macrocycles: Predictions and NMR Studies
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Solution Conformations Shed Light on PROTAC Cell Permeability
Part of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, p. 107-114, 2021
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Mining Natural Products for Macrocycles to Drug Difficult Targets
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 1054-1072, 2021
- DOI for Mining Natural Products for Macrocycles to Drug Difficult Targets
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Structure-Guided Design of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Polypharmacology
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, p. 18022-18030, 2021
- DOI for Structure-Guided Design of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Polypharmacology
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Fragment-based design of selective GPCR ligands guided by free energy simulations
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 12305-12308, 2021
- DOI for Fragment-based design of selective GPCR ligands guided by free energy simulations
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Part of RSC Advances, p. 4200-4208, 2021
- DOI for Employing complementary spectroscopies to study the conformations of an epimeric pair of side-chain stapled peptides in aqueous solution
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Macrocyclic Peptides Uncover a Novel Binding Mode for Reversible Inhibitors of LSD1
Part of ACS Omega, p. 3979-3995, 2020
- DOI for Macrocyclic Peptides Uncover a Novel Binding Mode for Reversible Inhibitors of LSD1
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Solubility prediction in the bRo5 chemical space: where are we right now?
Part of ADMET and DMPK, p. 207-214, 2020
- DOI for Solubility prediction in the bRo5 chemical space: where are we right now?
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Docking Finds GPCR Ligands in Dark Chemical Matter
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 613-620, 2020
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Solution Conformations Explain the Chameleonic Behaviour of Macrocyclic Drugs
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 5231-5244, 2020
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Part of Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, p. 301-313, 2020
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Is GPR146 really the receptor for proinsulin C-peptide?
Part of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2020
- DOI for Is GPR146 really the receptor for proinsulin C-peptide?
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Part of ACS Omega, p. 22245-22250, 2019
- DOI for Conformation of the Macrocyclic Drug Lorlatinib in Polar and Nonpolar Environments: A MD Simulation and NMR Study
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Metabolite aberrations in early diabetes detected in rat kidney using mass spectrometry imaging
Part of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, p. 2809-2816, 2019
- DOI for Metabolite aberrations in early diabetes detected in rat kidney using mass spectrometry imaging
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Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 6982-6991, 2019
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Part of ACS Omega, p. 11742-11757, 2018
- DOI for Conformational Sampling of Macrocyclic Drugs in Different Environments: Can We Find the Relevant Conformations?
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Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
- DOI for A Shared Epitope of Collagen Type XI and Type II Is Recognized by Pathogenic Antibodies in Mice and Human with Arthritis
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Dynamics Determine Signaling in a Multicomponent System Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 4774-4790, 2018
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T cells specific for post-translational modifications escape intrathymic tolerance induction
Part of Nature Communications, 2018
- DOI for T cells specific for post-translational modifications escape intrathymic tolerance induction
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Part of Organic Letters, p. 5737-5742, 2018
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Cyclophilin Succumbs to a Macrocyclic Chameleon
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 9469-9472, 2018
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Part of Synlett, p. 1187-1190, 2018
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Integrative approaches in HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor design
Part of WIREs Comput Mol Sci, 2018
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Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 4189-4202, 2018
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How Big Is Too Big for Cell Permeability?
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 1662-1664, 2017
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Part of Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, p. 1473-1490, 2017
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Detection And Isolation Of Antigen Specific B Cells In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Part of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, p. 779-779, 2017
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Drug discovery beyond the rule of 5-Opportunities and challenges
Part of Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, p. 115-119, 2017
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Part of Journal of Immunology, p. 3937-3942, 2017
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Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies cause arthritis by cross-reactivity to joint cartilage
Part of JCI INSIGHT, 2017
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Part of Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2016
- DOI for Collagen epitope expression on B cells is sufficient to confer tolerance to collagen-induced arthritis
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Gene Therapy Induces Antigen-Specific Tolerance in Experimental Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Part of PLOS ONE, 2016
- DOI for Gene Therapy Induces Antigen-Specific Tolerance in Experimental Collagen-Induced Arthritis
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Structural and conformational determinants of macrocycle cell permeability
Part of Nature Chemical Biology, p. 1065-+, 2016
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How Beyond Rule of 5 Drugs and Clinical Candidates Bind to Their Targets.
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 2312-2327, 2016
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Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 6658-6670, 2016
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Mild Oxidative Cleavage of 9-BBN-Protected Amino Acid Derivatives
Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 3767-3770, 2015
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Part of Organic and biomolecular chemistry, p. 6203-6216, 2015
- DOI for Hydroxyethylene isosteres introduced in type II collagen fragments substantially alter the structure and dynamics of class II MHC A(q)/glycopeptide complexes
- Download full text (pdf) of Hydroxyethylene isosteres introduced in type II collagen fragments substantially alter the structure and dynamics of class II MHC A(q)/glycopeptide complexes
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Macrocyclic drugs and clinical candidates - what are the limits of oral bioavailability?
Part of Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2014
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Macrocyclic drugs and clinical candidates: what can medicinal chemists learn from their properties?
Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 278-95, 2014
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Part of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, p. 2746-2754, 2014
Articles, review/survey
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Molecular chameleons in drug discovery
Part of Nature Reviews Chemistry, p. 45-60, 2024
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Exploring the chemical space of orally bioavailable PROTACs
Part of Drug Discovery Today, 2024
- DOI for Exploring the chemical space of orally bioavailable PROTACs
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Enhancing preclinical drug discovery with artificial intelligence
Part of Drug Discovery Today, p. 967-984, 2022
- DOI for Enhancing preclinical drug discovery with artificial intelligence
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Drug Syntheses Beyond the Rule of 5
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, p. 49-88, 2020
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Intramolecular hydrogen bonding: An opportunity for improved design in medicinal chemistry
Part of Medicinal research reviews (Print), p. 1707-1729, 2019
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Opportunities and guidelines for discovery of orally absorbed drugs in beyond rule of 5 space
Part of Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, p. 23-29, 2018
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Cell permeability beyond the rule of 5
Part of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, p. 42-61, 2016
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Oral Druggable Space beyond the Rule of 5: Insights from Drugs and Clinical Candidates
Part of Chemistry and Biology, p. 1115-1142, 2014