The present invention provides novel compounds which mimic peptides with a C-terminal penultimate proline, such compounds being useful as protease inhibitors, particularly as inhibitors of serine proteases, and more particularly as inhibitors of the NS3 serine protease from hepatitis C. The compounds find utility as antiviral agents directed at hepatitis C. The invention further provides methods of employing such inhibitors, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, to treat hepatitis C infection in a subject in need of such treatment.
本发明提供了一种新型化合物,其模拟具有C-末端次末端脯
氨酸的肽,这些化合物可用作蛋白酶抑制剂,特别是
丝氨酸蛋白酶的
抑制剂,更特别地,作为丙型肝炎
NS3丝氨酸蛋白酶的
抑制剂。这些化合物可用作针对丙型肝炎的抗病毒剂。本发明还提供了使用这些
抑制剂的方法,单独或与其他治疗剂联合使用,用于治疗需要此类治疗的患者的丙型肝炎感染。