The use of azetidinone compounds that are inhibitors of cholesterol absorption as tools for discovering and characterizing proteins involved in trafficking or absorption of cholesterol and/or cholesteryl esters in biological systems is presented. These compounds can serve as tools for competitive binding assays to discover and characterize other chemical agents useful as cholesterol absorption inhibitors. New compounds of the present invention are also highly efficacious inhibitors of cholesterol absorption.
                            本文介绍了如何利用作为
胆固醇吸收
抑制剂的氮杂
环丁酮化合物来发现和鉴定
生物系统中参与
胆固醇和/或
胆固醇酯的运输或吸收的蛋白质。 这些化合物可作为竞争性结合试验的工具,用于发现和鉴定其他可用作
胆固醇吸收
抑制剂的
化学制剂。 本发明的新化合物也是高效的
胆固醇吸收
抑制剂。