Disclosed are pyroglutamic acid derivatives and related compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

São divulgados os derivatives ácidos pyroglutamic e os compostos relacionados que ligam VLA-4. Certo destes compostos iniba também a adesão do leukocyte e, no detalhe, a adesão do leukocyte mediadas por VLA-4. Tais compostos são úteis no tratamento de doenças inflammatory em um paciente mammalian, por exemplo, ser humano, tal como o asthma, a doença de Alzheimer, o atherosclerosis, o dementia do AIDS, o diabetes, a doença inflammatory do bowel, o arthritis rheumatoid, o transplantation do tecido, o metastasis do tumor e o ischemia myocardial. Os compostos podem também ser administrados para o tratamento de doenças inflammatory do cérebro tais como o sclerosis múltiplo.

 
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