This invention relates to novel arylalkyl cyclic amine derivatives. This
invention also relates to chemokine receptor antagonists that are be
effective as therapeutic agents and/or preventive agents for diseases
such as atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, transplant rejection,
psoriasis, asthma, ulcerative colitis, glomerulonephritis, multiple
sclerosis, pulmonary fibrosis, and myocarditis, in which tissue
infiltration of blood monocytes and lymphocytes plays a major role in the
initiation, progression or maintenance of the disease. Furthermore,
chemokine receptor antagonists also inhibit the interaction of viruses,
which attack blood monocytes and lymphocytes, through the use of a
chemokine receptor. One such example is the HIV virus.