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Overview

Miles Congreve is a researcher affiliated with the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, with a primary focus in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work predominantly explores Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, with additional contributions in Physiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Oncology.

The main topics covered in Congreve's research include:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Among recent significant publications are:

  • Impact of GPCR Structures on Drug Discovery, 2020, published in Cell
  • Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3, 2024, published in Nature
  • Addendum: Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3, 2024, published in Nature
  • Small molecule AZD4635 inhibitor of A2AR signaling rescues immune cell function including CD103+ dendritic cells enhancing anti-tumor immunity, 2020, published in Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • From structure to clinic: Design of a muscarinic M1 receptor agonist with the potential to treat Alzheimer's disease, 2021, published in Cell

Congreve has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Mark Pickworth
  • Giles A. Brown
  • Alastair Brown
  • Pradeep J. Nathan
  • Chris de Graaf

The scientist's work has appeared mostly in the following publication venues:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Nature
  • Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • A 'rule of three' for fragment-based lead discovery?

    Miles Congreve;Robin Carr;Chris Murray;Harren Jhoti

  • Fragment-based lead discovery

    David C. Rees;Miles Congreve;Christopher W. Murray;Robin Carr

  • Oxidation state of the active-site cysteine in protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B

    Rob L. M. van Montfort;Miles Congreve;Dominic Tisi;Robin Carr

  • Recent Developments in Fragment-Based Drug Discovery

    Miles Congreve;Gianni Chessari;Dominic Tisi;Andrew J. Woodhead

  • Keynote review: Structural biology and drug discovery

    Miles Congreve;Christopher W. Murray;Tom L. Blundell

  • Fragment-based lead discovery: leads by design

    Robin A.E. Carr;Miles Congreve;Christopher W. Murray;David C. Rees

  • Impact of GPCR Structures on Drug Discovery

    Miles Congreve;Chris de Graaf;Nigel A. Swain;Christopher G. Tate

  • Discovery of 1,2,4-Triazine Derivatives as Adenosine A(2A) Antagonists using Structure Based Drug Design

    Miles Congreve;Stephen P Andrews;Andrew S Dore;Kaspar Hollenstein

  • Discovery of (2,4-dihydroxy-5-isopropylphenyl)-[5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-ylmethyl)-1,3-dihydroisoindol-2-yl]methanone (AT13387), a novel inhibitor of the molecular chaperone Hsp90 by fragment based drug design.

    Andrew J. Woodhead;Hayley Angove;Maria G. Carr;Gianni Chessari

  • Intracellular allosteric antagonism of the CCR9 receptor

    Christine Oswald;Mathieu Rappas;James Kean;Andrew S. Doré

  • Progress in structure based drug design for G protein-coupled receptors.

    Miles Congreve;Christopher J. Langmead;Jonathan S. Mason;Fiona H. Marshall

  • Identification of Novel P38Alpha Map Kinase Inhibitors Using Fragment-Based Lead Generation.

    Adrian L Gill;Martyn Frederickson;Anne Cleasby;Steven J Woodhead

  • Fragment-Based Drug Discovery Applied to Hsp90. Discovery of Two Lead Series with High Ligand Efficiency.

    Christopher W. Murray;Maria G. Carr;Owen Callaghan;Gianni Chessari

  • Crystal structure of the GLP-1 receptor bound to a peptide agonist

    Ali Jazayeri;Mathieu Rappas;Alastair J. H. Brown;James Kean

  • Application of Fragment-Based Lead Generation to the Discovery of Novel, Cyclic Amidine β-Secretase Inhibitors with Nanomolar Potency, Cellular Activity, and High Ligand Efficiency

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  • Fragment and Structure-Based Drug Discovery for a Class C GPCR: Discovery of the mGlu5 Negative Allosteric Modulator HTL14242 (3-Chloro-5-[6-(5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl]benzonitrile).

    John A. Christopher;Sarah J. Aves;Kirstie A. Bennett;Andrew S. Doré

  • New insights from structural biology into the druggability of G protein-coupled receptors

    Jonathan S. Mason;Andrea Bortolato;Miles Congreve;Fiona H. Marshall

  • Biophysical fragment screening of the β1-adrenergic receptor: identification of high affinity arylpiperazine leads using structure-based drug design.

    John A. Christopher;Jason Brown;Andrew S. Doré;James C. Errey

  • Application of Fragment Screening and Fragment Linking to the Discovery of Novel Thrombin Inhibitors

    Nigel Howard;Chris Abell;Wendy Blakemore;Gianni Chessari

  • The impact of GPCR structures on pharmacology and structure-based drug design.

    Miles Congreve;Fiona Marshall

  • Application of fragment screening by X-ray crystallography to the discovery of aminopyridines as inhibitors of beta-secretase.

    Miles Congreve;David Aharony;Jeffrey Albert;Owen Callaghan

Frequent Co-Authors

Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge
Chris de Graaf
Chris de Graaf Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andrew B. Holmes
Andrew B. Holmes University of Melbourne
Johan Åqvist
Johan Åqvist Uppsala University
Jack R. Mellor
Jack R. Mellor University of Bristol
Christopher G. Tate
Christopher G. Tate MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
David G. Myszka
David G. Myszka University of Utah
Steven V. Ley
Steven V. Ley University of Cambridge
Arthur Christopoulos
Arthur Christopoulos Monash University
Patrick M. Sexton
Patrick M. Sexton Monash University

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