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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Craig Siegel, Woburn, MA (US);
Cecilia M. Bastos, South Grafton, MA (US);
David J. Harris, Lexington, MA (US);
Angeles Dios, Ashland, MA (US);
Edward Lee, Sudbury, MA (US);
Richard Silva, Needham, MA (US);
Lisa M. Cuff, Leominster, MA (US);
Mikaela Levine, Swampscott, MA (US);
Cassandra A. Celatka, Hull, MA (US);
Frederic Vinick, Cambridge, MA (US);
Thomas H. Jozefiak, Belmont, MA (US);
Yibin Xiang, Acton, MA (US);
John Kane, Maynard, MA (US);
Junkai Liao, Andover, MA (US);
Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A compound is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method of treating a subject in need thereof comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The subject has type 2 diabetes; renal hypertrophy or hyperplasia associated with diabetic nephropathy; Tay-Sachs; Gaucher's; or Fabry's disease. Methods of decreasing plasma TNF-α, lowering blood glucose levels, decreasing glycated hemoglobin levels, inhibiting glucosylceramide synthase, and lowering glycosphingolipid concentrations in a subject in need thereof respectively comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.