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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1995
Minoru Moriwaki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kitani, Chikujo-gun, JP;
Syuji Ehara, Chikujo-gun, JP;
Hirotsugu Komatsu, Iruma, JP;
Mariko Amano, Iruma, JP;
Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
N-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3,9-trimethyl-6H-thieno �3,2-f!�1,2,4!triazolo�4,3-a!�1,4!diazepin-6-yl )-N'- (2-methoxyphenyl)urea, optical isomers thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the present invention strongly and selectively inhibit the expression of VCAM-1 and have an inhibitory effect on leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelial cells. Accordingly, the compounds of the present invention can be used as cell adhesion inhibitors for prophylaxis or treatment of various diseases in which cell adhesion is involved in the onset and progress thereof.