Mengchu Li

Mengchu Li

Virginia Commonwealth University

H-index: 5

North America-United States

About Mengchu Li

Mengchu Li, With an exceptional h-index of 5 and a recent h-index of 5 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializes in the field of drug discovery.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Molecular Pharmacology Profiling of Phenylfentanil and Its Analogues to Understand the Putative Involvement of an Adrenergic Mechanism in Fentanyl-Induced Respiratory Depression

Structure-activity Exploration of Positive Allosteric Modulators of the Mu-opioid Receptor

Agonist-promoted phosphorylation and internalization of the kappa opioid receptor in mouse brains: Lack of connection with conditioned place aversion

Rational design, chemical syntheses, and biological evaluations of peripherally selective mu opioid receptor ligands as potential opioid induced constipation treatment

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of NAP isosteres: a switch from peripheral to central nervous system acting mu-opioid receptor antagonists

Structural alterations of the “address” moiety of NAN leading to the discovery of a novel opioid receptor modulator with reduced hERG toxicity

Novel bivalent ligands carrying potential antinociceptive effects by targeting putative mu opioid receptor and chemokine receptor CXCR4 heterodimers

Characterization of a Potential KOR/DOR Dual Agonist with No Apparent Abuse Liability via a Complementary Structure–Activity Relationship Study on Nalfurafine Analogues

Mengchu Li Information

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Citations(all)

80

Citations(since 2020)

80

Cited By

5

hIndex(all)

5

hIndex(since 2020)

5

i10Index(all)

2

i10Index(since 2020)

2

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Mengchu Li Skills & Research Interests

drug discovery

Top articles of Mengchu Li

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Molecular Pharmacology Profiling of Phenylfentanil and Its Analogues to Understand the Putative Involvement of an Adrenergic Mechanism in Fentanyl-Induced Respiratory Depression

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Mengchu Li

Piyusha P Pagare

Hongguang Ma

Celsey M St. Onge

Rolando E Mendez

...

2023/12/29

Structure-activity Exploration of Positive Allosteric Modulators of the Mu-opioid Receptor

Mengchu Li

John Traynor

Sherrice Zhang

Matthew Stanczyk

Xinmin Gan

...

2023/6/1

Agonist-promoted phosphorylation and internalization of the kappa opioid receptor in mouse brains: Lack of connection with conditioned place aversion

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Chongguang Chen

Peng Huang

Kathryn Bland

Mengchu Li

Yan Zhang

...

2022/5/16

Rational design, chemical syntheses, and biological evaluations of peripherally selective mu opioid receptor ligands as potential opioid induced constipation treatment

Journal of medicinal chemistry

Boshi Huang

Mengchu Li

Pornprom Klongkumnuankarn

Rolando E Mendez

James C Gillespie

...

2022/3/8

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of NAP isosteres: a switch from peripheral to central nervous system acting mu-opioid receptor antagonists

Journal of medicinal chemistry

Piyusha P Pagare

Mengchu Li

Yi Zheng

Abhishek S Kulkarni

Samuel Obeng

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2022/3/8

Structural alterations of the “address” moiety of NAN leading to the discovery of a novel opioid receptor modulator with reduced hERG toxicity

Journal of medicinal chemistry

Hongguang Ma

Piyusha P Pagare

Mengchu Li

Logan T Neel

Rolando E Mendez

...

2022/12/20

Novel bivalent ligands carrying potential antinociceptive effects by targeting putative mu opioid receptor and chemokine receptor CXCR4 heterodimers

Bioorganic chemistry

Hongguang Ma

Mengchu Li

Piyusha P Pagare

Huiqun Wang

Nima Nassehi

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2022/3/1

Characterization of a Potential KOR/DOR Dual Agonist with No Apparent Abuse Liability via a Complementary Structure–Activity Relationship Study on Nalfurafine Analogues

ACS chemical neuroscience

Mengchu Li

David L Stevens

Michelle Arriaga

E Andrew Townsend

Rolando E Mendez

...

2022/11/30

Elucidating the binding mechanism of LPA species and analogs in an LPA4 receptor homology model

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Huiqun Wang

Mengchu Li

Celsey M St Onge

Babette Fuss

Yan Zhang

2022/11/1

Systematic Structure-activity Relationship Studies of Nalfurafine

Mengchu Li

2021

Structure-based design and development of chemical probes targeting putative MOR-CCR5 heterodimers to inhibit opioid exacerbated HIV-1 infectivity

Journal of medicinal chemistry

Boshi Huang

Huiqun Wang

Yi Zheng

Mengchu Li

Guifeng Kang

...

2021/5/24

Verifying the role of 3-hydroxy of 17-cyclopropylmethyl-4, 5α-epoxy-3, 14β-dihydroxy-6β-[(4′-pyridyl) carboxamido] morphinan derivatives via their binding affinity and …

Bioorganic chemistry

Boshi Huang

Rama Gunta

Huiqun Wang

Mengchu Li

Danni Cao

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2021/4/1

Stereoselective syntheses of 3-dehydroxynaltrexamines and N-methyl-3-dehydroxynaltrexamines

Tetrahedron letters

Mengchu Li

Celsey M St Onge

Yan Zhang

2020/9/24

Bivalent ligand aiming putative mu opioid receptor and chemokine receptor CXCR4 dimers in opioid enhanced HIV-1 entry

ACS medicinal chemistry letters

Hongguang Ma

Huiqun Wang

Mengchu Li

Victor Barreto-de-Souza

Bethany A Reinecke

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2020/9/13

Comparison of Pharmacological Properties between the Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonist Nalfurafine and 42B, Its 3-Dehydroxy Analogue: Disconnect between in Vitro Agonist …

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Danni Cao

Peng Huang

Yi-Ting Chiu

Chongguang Chen

Huiqun Wang

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2020/9/8

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