Patent ID: 7008954
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07C

Abstract:
1. A method for treating graft immune diseases (chronic GVHD), ulcerative colitis, systemic lupus erythematodes, myasthenia gravis, systemic progressive scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, interstitial cystitis, Hashimoto's diseases, Basedow's diseases, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Goodpasture's syndrome, atrophic gastritis, pernicious anemia, Addison diseases, pemphigus, pemphigoid, lenticular uveitis, sympathetic ophthalmia, primary biliary cirrhosis, active chronic hepatitis, Sjogren's syndrome, multiple myositis, dermatomyositis, polyarteritis nodosa, rheumatic fever, glomerular nephritis, lupus nephritis, IgA nephtopathy, allergic encephalitis, atopic allergic diseases, bronchial asthma, airway inflammation, allergic rhinitis, allergic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, pollinosis, urticaria, food allergy, Omenn's syndrome, vernal conjunctivitis or hypereosinophilic syndrome comprising inhibiting the differentiation from Th0 cells to Th2 cells by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound represented by Formula (I): wherein each of ring A and ring B is independently an optionally substituted benzene ring; ring C is an optionally substituted pyridine ring wherein the substituent is halogen; hydroxy; lower alkyl which may be substituted by hydroxy or acyloxy; lower alkoxy which may be substituted by halogen, aryl or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group; lower alkenyl; lower alkenyloxy; lower alkynyl; lower alkynyloxy; acyloxy; carboxy; lower alkoxycarbonyl; mercapto; lower alkylthio; lower alkenylthio; amino which may be mono- or di-substituted by halogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl (a substituent is cycloalkyl or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group), optionally halogen-substituted acyl, lower alkenyl, cycloalkyl or lower alkylsulfonyl; imino which may be substituted by lower alkylsulfonyl; hydrazino which may be substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, optionally substituted lower alkylidene or cycloalkylidene; aminooxy which may be substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, optionally substituted lower alkylidene or cycloalkylidene; nitro; lower alkylsulfonyl; aryl; a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group; oxo; or oxide; X is —O—, —NR Y is hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted lower alkoxy, optionally substituted lower alkenyl, optionally substituted lower alkynyl, optionally substituted acyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkenyl, optionally substituted lower alkoxycarbonyl, optionally substituted sulfamoyl, optionally substituted amino, optionally substituted aryl, pyrrole, imidazole, pyrazole, pyridine, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, triazole, triazine, isoxazole, oxazole, oxadiazole, isothiazole, thiazole, thiadiazole, furan, thiophene, tetrahydropyran, dihydropyridine, dihydropyridazine, dihydropyrazine, dioxane, oxathiolane, thiane, pyrrolidine, pyrroline, imidazolidine, imidazoline, pyrazolidine, pyrazoline, piperidine, or morpholine; R1 and Y taken together may form —(CH Y may be halogen when X is —NR Y may be optionally substituted lower alkylsulfonyl or optionally substituted arylsulfonyl when X is —O— or —NR both V