Letters in Drug Design & Discovery

Author(s): Hiroyuki Ushio, Seigo Ishibuchi, Kunitomo Adachi, Kouichi Oshita and Kenji Chiba

DOI: 10.2174/157018008783928427

Phenylpyazoleanilides as a Potent Inhibitor of IL-15 Dependent T Cell Proliferation. Part 1: A New Class of Orally Available Immunomodulators

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Abstract

In research for a new immunomodulator, we discoverd a novel hydroxypiperidine derivative 9h which was a potent inhibitor of IL-15induced T cell activation. Further modification of 9h gave a potent and orally active agent 10 which was effective in a mouse CIA model.

Keywords: Phenylpyrazoleanilide, IL-15, Prodrug, CIA