Drexel University

Fei Shen

Alessandro Fatatis

Joseph M Salvino

Olimpia Meucci

Xin Feng

Danielle Jernigan

Kristina Susan Shahriari

The disclosure provides compounds of formula (II) having the structure: Compounds of formula (II) are fractalkine receptor agonists and useful in treating, preventing or minimizing metastasis in a subject diagnosed with cancer. The compounds of the disclosure are further useful in treating central nervous system diseases (such as, but not limited to, HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND), and/or Alzheimer's disease), pain, inflammation (such as, but not limited to, arthritis), cardiovascular disease (such as, but not limited to, undesired vascular smooth muscle proliferation, atherosclerosis, coronary vascular endothelial dysfunction, and/or coronary artery disease), and/or multiple sclerosis.

Substituted pyrrolo[1,2-α]quinoxalin-4(5H)-ones as CXCR1 antagonists

The disclosure provides compounds of formula (I) having the structure:  Compounds of formula (I) are fractalkine receptor agonists and useful in treating, preventing or minimizing metastasis in a subject diagnosed with cancer. The compounds of the invention are further useful in treating central nervous system diseases (such as, but not limited to, HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND), and/or Alzheimer's disease), pain, inflammation (such as, but not limited to, arthritis), cardiovascular disease (such as, but not limited to, undesired vascular smooth muscle proliferation, atherosclerosis, coronary vascular endothelial dysfunction, and/or coronary artery disease), and/or multiple sclerosis.

Substituted pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-ones as CX3CR1 antagonists

The invention includes a method of preventing or treating metastasis in a subject diagnosed with prostate cancer. In certain embodiments, the metastasis comprises bone cancer. In other embodiments, the subject suffers from castration-resistant prostate cancer.

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