NOVEL TLR4 INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN INFECTIOUS AND INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS
申请人:System of Higher Education University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth
公开号:US20130281395A1
公开(公告)日:2013-10-24
The present invention relates to methods of treating infectious, inflammatory and post-traumatic disorders by administering various compounds newly discovered to have TLR4 inhibitory activity. In addition to methods of treatment, the present invention further provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, together with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier. Because TLR4 is the most upstream receptor in the pro-inflammatory LPS signaling cascade, treatments of the invention, which inhibit or antagonize TLR4 action, may avoid the pitfalls associated with other cytokine inhibitors that act further down the pathway and accordingly play a less specific (and perhaps non-critical) role.
本发明涉及通过给予新发现具有TLR4抑制活性的各种化合物来治疗感染性、炎症性和创伤后疾病的方法。除了治疗方法外,本发明还提供了包括所述化合物在内的药物组合物,以及适当的药物载体。由于TLR4是促炎性LPS信号级联中最上游的受体,本发明的治疗方法可以通过抑制或拮抗TLR4的作用来避免与其他细胞因子抑制剂相关的缺陷,这些细胞因子抑制剂作用于信号通路中较下游的位置,因此起到了不太特异(也许是非关键)的作用。