Synfacts 2009(10): 1061-1061  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217868
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of an S1P1 Agonist

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski
S. R. Fix-Stenzel, M. E. Hayes*, X. Zhang, G. A. Wallace, P. Grongsaard, L. M. Schaffter, S. M. Hannick, T. S. Franczyk, R. H. Stoffel, K. P. Cusack
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park and Abbott Research Center, Worcester, USA
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Publication Date:
22 September 2009 (online)

Significance

The sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P1) receptor is involved in the sequestration of lymphocytes into secondary organs thereby preventing them from causing an autoimmune ­response. Agonism of the S1P1 receptor may ­offer a treatment for multiple sclerosis. The target molecule induces lymphocyte sequestration in mice.