摘要:
The present invention relates to a D-galactopyranose compound of formula (1) wherein the pyranose ring is beta-D-galactopyranose, and these compounds are high affinity galectin-1 and/or 3 inhibitors for use in treatment of inflammation; fibrosis, such as pulmonary fibrosis, liver fibrosis, kidney fibrosis, ophthalmological fibrosis and fibrosis of the skin and heart; scarring; keloid formation; aberrant scar formation; surgical adhesions; scleroderma; systemic sclerosis; septic shock; cancer, such as carcinomas, sarcomas, leukemias and lymphomas, such as T-cell lymphomas; metastasising cancers; autoimmune diseases, such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, intestinal fibrosis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic lupus erythematosus; metabolic disorders; heart disease; heart failure; aortic stenosis, atherosclerosis, pathological angiogenesis, such as ocular angiogenesis or a disease or condition associated with ocular angiogenesis, e.g. neovascularization related to cancer; and eye diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration and comeal neovascularization; atherosclerosis; metabolic diseases such as diabetes; type 2 diabetes; insulin resistance; obesity; Diastolic HF; asthma and other interstitial lung diseases, including Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, pulmonary arterial hypertension, RA- ILD, SSc-ILD, Lung disease with fibrosis such as COPD and asthma. Otosclerosis, mesothelioma; liver disorders, such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Liver cirrhosis of various origins, such as alcoholic and non-alcoholic, autoimmune cirrhosis such as primary biliary cirrhosis and sclerosing cholangitis, virally induced cirrhosis, cirrhosis induced by genetic disease. Liver cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, biliary tract cancer; neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers disease, cognitive impairment, cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, peripheral nephropathy.