Provided are compounds of formula (I) ##STR00001## which are useful in
the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by T
lymphocytes and/or PKC, e.g. acute or chronic rejection of organ or
tissue allo- or xenografts, graft versus host diseases, atherosclerosis,
vascular occlusion due to vascular injury such as angioplasty,
restenosis, obesity, syndrome X, impaired glucose tolerance, polycystic
ovary syndrome, hypertension, heart failure, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, CNS diseases such as Alzheimer disease or amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, cancer, infectious diseases such as AIDS, septic shock
or adult respiratory distress syndrome, ischemia/reperfusion injury e.g.
myocardial infarction, stroke, gut ischemia, renal failure or hemorrhage
shock, or traumatic shock, e.g. traumatic brain injury. The compounds of
formula I are also useful in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell
mediated acute or chronic inflammatory disease or disorders or autoimmune
diseases e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, systemic lupus
erythematosus, Hashimoto's thyroidis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia
gravis, diabetes type I or II and the disorders associated therewith,
e.g. angiopathy, diabetic proliferative retinopathy, diabetic macular
edema, nephropathy, neuropathy and dawn phenomenon, respiratory diseases
such as asthma or inflammatory lung injury, inflammatory liver injury,
inflammatory glomerular injury, cutaneous manifestations of
immunologically-mediated disorders or illnesses, inflammatory and
hyperproliferative skin diseases (such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis,
allergic contract dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis and further
eczematous dermatitises, seborrhoeic dermatitis), inflammatory eye
diseases, e.g. Sjoegren's syndrome, keratoconjunctivitis or uveitis,
inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.