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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Dana-farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Nathanael Gray, Boston, MA (US);
Tinghu Zhang, Brookline, MA (US);
Hai-Tsang Huang, Boston, MA (US);
Yubao Wang, Newton, MA (US);
Jean Zhao, Brookline, MA (US);
Hwan Geun Choi, Seoul, KR;
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are tricyclic small molecule inhibitors of maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK). The compounds are useful for treating cancer and other conditions or diseases associated with aberrant MELK expression. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a tricyclic compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods of treating cancers associated with over-expression of MELK.