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Daniel F. Ortwine

Daniel F. Ortwine

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Chemistry

D-Index
41
Citations
5782
World Ranking
17788
National Ranking
4341

Overview

Daniel F. Ortwine is a researcher affiliated with Genentech in the United States, specializing in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The research topics addressed by Ortwine cover a range of biomedical and chemical areas such as:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Ortwine has published multiple scholarly articles on these topics. Some of their recent publications include:

  • "GDC-9545 (Giredestrant): A Potent and Orally Bioavailable Selective Estrogen Receptor Antagonist and Degrader with an Exceptional Preclinical Profile for ER+ Breast Cancer," 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Discovery of Acyl-sulfonamide Nav1.7 Inhibitors GDC-0276 and GDC-0310," 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Cryo-EM reveals an unprecedented binding site for NaV1.7 inhibitors enabling rational design of potent hybrid inhibitors," 2023, eLife
  • "Discovery of GNE-502 as an orally bioavailable and potent degrader for estrogen receptor positive breast cancer," 2021, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • "BindingDB Entry 50008871: Discovery of a C-8 hydroxychromene as a potent degrader of estrogen receptor alpha with improved rat oral exposure over GDC-0927," 2021, PubMed

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Jae H. Chang
  • Steven J. McKerrall
  • David H. Hackos
  • Antonio G. DiPasquale
  • Philippe Bergeron

Ortwine's work is published frequently in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, eLife, and ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, reflecting a focus on the intersection of chemistry and biomedical research.

Best Publications

  • Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitor Kinetic Rate Constants Correlate with Cellular Histone Acetylation but Not Transcription and Cell Viability

    Benjamin E.L. Lauffer;Robert Mintzer;Rina Fong;Susmith Mukund

  • Structural basis of Nav1.7 inhibition by an isoform-selective small-molecule antagonist.

    Shivani Ahuja;Susmith Mukund;Lunbin Deng;Kuldip Khakh

  • Inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis. 3. Tetrahydro-4-hydroxy-6-[2-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)ethyl]-2H-pyran-2-one inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase. 2. Effects of introducing substituents at positions three and four of the pyrrole nucleus.

    B D Roth;C J Blankley;A W Chucholowski;E Ferguson

  • Discovery and Characterization of a Novel Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloprotease-13 That Reduces Cartilage Damage in Vivo without Joint Fibroplasia Side Effects

    Adam R. Johnson;Alexander G. Pavlovsky;Daniel F. Ortwine;Faith Prior

  • Discovery of GDC-0853: A Potent, Selective, and Noncovalent Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Early Clinical Development.

    James J. Crawford;Adam R. Johnson;Dinah L. Misner;Lisa D. Belmont

  • Substituted 2-Benzothiazolamines as Sodium Flux Inhibitors: Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships and Anticonvulsant Activity

    Sheryl J. Hays;Michael J. Rice;Daniel F. Ortwine;Graham Johnson

  • X-ray structure of a hydroxamate inhibitor complex of stromelysin catalytic domain and its comparison with members of the zinc metalloproteinase superfamily.

    V. Dhanaraj;Q. Z. Ye;L. L. Johnson;D. J. Hupe

  • Battling Btk Mutants With Noncovalent Inhibitors That Overcome Cys481 and Thr474 Mutations

    Adam R. Johnson;Pawan Bir Kohli;Arna Katewa;Emily Gogol

  • 4-Phenylpyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazole-1,3(2H,6H)-dione inhibitors of the checkpoint kinase Wee1. Structure-activity relationships for chromophore modification and phenyl ring substitution.

    Brian D Palmer;Andrew M Thompson;R John Booth;Ellen M Dobrusin

  • Structure−Activity Relationships and Pharmacokinetic Analysis for a Series of Potent, Systemically Available Biphenylsulfonamide Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors

    Patrick M. O'brien;Daniel F. Ortwine;Alexander G. Pavlovsky;Joseph A. Picard

  • N6-[2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(2-methylphenyl)ethyl]adenosine and its uronamide derivatives. Novel adenosine agonists with both high affinity and high selectivity for the adenosine A2 receptor.

    Alexander J. Bridges;Robert F. Bruns;Daniel F. Ortwine;Steven R. Priebe

  • GDC-9545 (Giredestrant): A Potent and Orally Bioavailable Selective Estrogen Receptor Antagonist and Degrader with an Exceptional Preclinical Profile for ER+ Breast Cancer.

    Jun Liang;Jason R Zbieg;Robert A Blake;Jae H Chang

  • Styrylpyrazoles, styrylisoxazoles, and styrylisothiazoles. Novel 5-lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase inhibitors.

    Daniel L. Flynn;Thomas R. Belliotti;Amal M. Boctor;David T. Connor

  • Novel Series of Achiral, Low Molecular Weight, and Potent HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors

    J. V. N. Vara Prasad;Kimberly S. Para;Elizabeth A. Lunney;Daniel F. Ortwine

  • Benzothiopyranoindazoles, a new class of chromophore modified anthracenedione anticancer agents. Synthesis and activity against murine leukemias.

    Showalter Hd;Angelo Mm;Berman Em;Kanter Gd

  • Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidin-7-ones as adenosine receptor antagonists

    Harriet W. Hamilton;Daniel F. Ortwine;Donald F. Worth;James A. Bristol

  • X-RAY STRUCTURE OF GELATINASE A CATALYTIC DOMAIN COMPLEXED WITH A HYDROXAMATE INHIBITOR

    Venugopal Dhanaraj;Mark G. Williams;Qi Zhuang Ye;Franck Molina

  • A rationalization of the acidic pH dependence for stromelysin-1 (Matrix metalloproteinase-3) catalysis and inhibition.

    Linda L. Johnson;Alexander G. Pavlovsky;Adam R. Johnson;Jeffrey A. Janowicz

  • Quinazolinones and Pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-ones as Orally Active and Specific Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis

    Jie Jack Li;Joe Nahra;Adam R. Johnson;Amy Bunker

  • X-ray structure of human stromelysin catalytic domain complexed with nonpeptide inhibitors: implications for inhibitor selectivity.

    Alexander G. Pavlovsky;Mark G. Williams;Qi Zhuang Ye;Daniel F. Ortwine

  • Inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis. 1. trans-6-(2-pyrrol-1-ylethyl)-4-hydroxypyran-2-ones, a novel series of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. 1. Effects of structural modifications at the 2- and 5-positions of the pyrrole nucleus.

    Bruce D. Roth;D. F. Ortwine;M. L. Hoefle;C. D. Stratton

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick Cohen
Frederick Cohen Nurix Therapeutics
Tom L. Blundell
Tom L. Blundell University of Cambridge
William A. Denny
William A. Denny University of Auckland

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