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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Aleem Gangjee, Allison Park, PA (US);
Larry H. Matherly, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Aleem Gangjee, Allison Park, PA (US);
Larry H. Matherly, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Fused cyclic pyrimidine compounds, including tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, solvates and hydrates thereof, are disclosed having the general Formula 1: These compounds are useful in methods for treating cancer, selectively targeting cancerous cells via the proton coupled folate transporter, folate receptor alpha, and/or folate receptor beta pathways, inhibiting GARFTase in cancerous cells, and selectively targeting activated macrophages in a patient having an autoimmune disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis.