Inhibitors of unactivated p38 MAP kinase
James Bullington1, Dennis Argentieri, Kristin Averill
1Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, L.L.C., 1000 Route 202, Raritan, NJ 08869, USA. jbullington@ruxtonrx.com <jbullington@ruxtonrx.com>
Abstract:
Inhibition of the p38 map kinase pathway has been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. The first class of potent p38 kinase inhibitors was the pyridinylimidazole compounds from SKB. Since then several pyridinylimidazole-based compounds have been shown to inhibit activated p38 kinase in vitro and in vivo. We have developed a novel series of pyridinylimidazole-based compounds, which potently inhibit the p38 pathway by binding to unactivated p38 kinase and only weakly inhibiting activated p38 kinase activity in vitro.
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