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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2003
Sui Xiong Cai, San Diego, CA (US);
John a Drewe, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Sungchun Jiang, San Diego, CA (US);
Shailaja Kasibhatla, San Diego, CA (US);
Jared Daniel Kuemmerle, Del Mar, CA (US);
Nilantha Sudath Sirisoma, San Diego, CA (US);
Han-zhong Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Sui Xiong Cai, San Diego, CA (US);
John A Drewe, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Sungchun Jiang, San Diego, CA (US);
Shailaja Kasibhatla, San Diego, CA (US);
Jared Daniel Kuemmerle, Del Mar, CA (US);
Nilantha Sudath Sirisoma, San Diego, CA (US);
Han-Zhong Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Cytovia, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to substituted 1-benzoyl-3-cyano-pyrrolo[1,2-α]quinolines and analogs thereof, represented by the general Formula I: wherein R–R, L, Q, dash line and Ar are defined herein. The present invention also relates to the discovery that compounds having Formula I are activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis. Therefore, the activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis of this invention can be used to induce cell death in a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs.