Provided are compounds of Formula (I), 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 infraction, stroke, gut ischemia, renal failure or hemorrhage
shock, or traumatic shock, e.g. traumatic brain injury. The compounds of
(I) are also useful in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated
acute or chronic inflammatory diseases 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 contact 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.
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