The invention relates to a method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and conditions mediated by peroxysome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) in a mammal subject in need thereof, said method comprising administration to said mammal a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount
wherein in formula (I) W represents a COOH group or its bioisosters, or COO—C
1
-C
4
-alkyl group; Y represents NH or N—C
1
-C
10
-alkyl; Z represents NH, N—C
1
-C
10
-alkyl, N-aryl, N-heteroaryl, S, or O; X represents O, S, NH, N—C
1
-C
10
-alkyl, N-aryl, NSO
2
—C
1
-C
10
-alkyl, N—SO
2
-aryl, or N S0
2
-heteroaryl; R
1
to R
6
each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent defined in the description; A is as defined in the description; n represents an integer from 0 to 4, inclusive. The compounds of formula (I) are the ligands of PPAR-gamma receptor.
本发明涉及一种治疗和/或预防哺乳动物患有由
过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ(
PPARγ)介导的疾病和病状的方法,该方法包括向该哺乳动物施用公式(I)的化合物或其药学上可接受的盐,其量在治疗或预防方面有效,其中在公式(I)中W代表COOH基团或其
生物等价物,或COO-C1-C4-烷基基团;Y代表NH或N-C1-C10-烷基;Z代表NH,N-C1-C10-烷基,N-芳基,N-杂环芳基,S或O;X代表O,S,NH,N-C1-C10-烷基,N-芳基,NSO2-C1-C10-烷基,N-SO2-芳基,或NS02-杂环芳基;R1至R6各自独立地表示氢原子或在说明书中定义的取代基;A如说明书中所定义;n表示整数0至4,包括在内。公式(I)的化合物是
PPAR-γ受体的
配体。