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Gunaganti Naresh

Postdoctoral research associate

Also affiliated: Northeastern University (2020–2023); Central Drug Research Institute (2012–2019); E Ink (South Korea) (2019); Medicina (2014)

Postdoc Researcher

13 h-index 30 pubs 577 cited

  • Humans
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Molecular Structure
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Discovery
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Drug Design
  • Rats
  • Mice
  • Quinazolines
  • Aurora Kinase B
  • Trypanocidal Agents
  • Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Gunaganti Naresh's research focuses on the discovery and chemical optimization of novel therapeutic agents. His work has involved the development of compounds targeting specific molecular pathways implicated in disease. He has investigated potential treatments for Human African Trypanosomiasis and explored inhibitors for FLT3-ITD, including those resistant to existing therapies. His publications also detail the discovery of orally active selective aurora kinase B inhibitors.

Naresh collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Xiuqi Wang and Phuc Tran. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 13, with 30 total publications and 563 citations. He is actively publishing, with his most recent work in 2025.

Metrics

  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 30
  • Citations: 577

Selected Publications

  • Discovery of N-(3-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-((7-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)quinazolin-4-yl)amino)phenyl)acetamide as the first orally active selective aurora kinase B inhibitor (2025)
    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-pyridine derivative potently inhibits FLT3-ITD and FLT3-ITD secondary mutants, including gilteritinib-resistant FLT3-ITD/F691L (2023)
    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 5155: Orally bioavailable aurora-kinase B inhibitor (MK7) as a potential therapeutic approach in multiple myeloma (2020)
    Cancer Research DOI OpenAlex
  • Pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives as inhibitors of RET: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation (2020)
    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Discovery of SP-96, the first non-ATP-competitive Aurora Kinase B inhibitor, for reduced myelosuppression (2020)
    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 41 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Targeting Aurora-kinase B with the novel Aurora Kinase B inhibitor MK7 in multiple myeloma (2019)
    Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Use of Imidazo[1,2‐<i>a</i>]pyridine as a Carbonyl Surrogate in a Mannich‐Like, Catalyst Free, One‐Pot Reaction (2019)
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Catalyst free, C-3 functionalization of imidazo[1,2- <i>a</i> ]pyridines to rapidly access new chemical space for drug discovery efforts (2018)
    Chemical Communications 37 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Insights into Current Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase (TRK) Inhibitors: Development and Clinical Application (2018)
    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 87 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Selective, C-3 Friedel-Crafts acylation to generate functionally diverse, acetylated Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives (2018)
    Tetrahedron 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Rational Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Pyrimidine-4,6-diamine derivatives as Type-II inhibitors of FLT3 Selective Against c-KIT (2018)
    Scientific Reports 17 citations DOI OpenAlex

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