Bristol-myers Squibb Compnay

Bristol-myers Squibb Pharma Company

Quest Pharmaceutical Services

Fude Yang

Carl P Decicco

Timothy C Burn

Ronald L Magolda

Micky Daniel Tortorella

James M Trzaskos

Robert A Copeland

Elizabeth C Arner

Ruiqin Liu

Michael A Pratta

Kimberly A Solomon

5-[3-(4-benzyloxyphenylthio)-fur-2-yl]-imidazolidin-2,4-dione and analogues useful as inhibitors of macrophage elastase are disclosed.

5-[3-(4-benzyloxyphenylthio)-fur-2-yl]-imidazolidin-2, 4-dione and analogues as inhibitors of macrophage elastase

The invention is directed to the family of aggrecan degrading metallo proteases (ADMPs) that exhibit the ability to cleave the aggrecan core protein between amino acid residues Glu-Ala. The invention encompasses the nucleic acids encoding such enzymes, processes for production of recombinant ADMPs, compositions containing such enzymes, and the use of these enzymes in various assays and for the development of novel inhibitors for use as therapies for diseases involving aggrecanase-mediated degradation of cartilage or other aggrecanase-associated diseases.

Antibodies to aggrecan-degrading metalloprotease and diagnostic methods using same

The invention is directed to the family of aggrecan degrading metallo proteases (ADMPs) that exhibit the ability to cleave the aggrecan core protein between amino acid residues Glu -Ala . The invention encompasses the nucleic acids encoding such enzymes, processes for production of recombinant ADMPs, compositions containing such enzymes, and the use of these enzymes in various assays and for the development of novel inhibitors for use as therapies for diseases involving aggrecanase-mediated degradation of cartilage or other aggrecanase-associated diseases.

Aggrecan degrading metallo proteases

Nucleic acids encoding aggrecan degrading metallo proteases

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