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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2009
Jenifer Smith, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Semko, Fremont, CA (US);
Ying-zi Xu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrei W. Konradi, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jenifer Smith, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Semko, Fremont, CA (US);
Ying-Zi Xu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrei W. Konradi, Burlingame, CA (US);
Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are compounds, which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a human or animal subject such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.