摘要:
Therapeutic or preventive agents for system lupus erythematosus, glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or autoimmune anemia, which can be substituted for conventional steroid preparations or immunosuppressive agents. The active ingredients of the therapeutic or preventive agents are agonists for retinoic acid receptors, particularly retinoic receptor, subtype α (i.e., RAR α), and examples of the agonists include (1) carboxylic acid derivatives bearing fused rings as represented by general formula (I) wherein rings L and M are fused with each other, and are each independently an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an optimally substituted heterocycle; rings A and B are each independently an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a heterocycle; and D is optionally protected carboxyl, and (2) 4-{[(3,5-bistrimethylsilylphenyl)carbonyl]amino}benzoic acid and 4{2-[5-(3-methoxymethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8,-tetramethylnaphthalen-2-yl)-pyrrolyl]}benzoic acid.
摘要:
The present invention provides remedies for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft rejection reactions in organ transplantation which comprise retinoic acid receptor (RAR) agonists as an active ingredient. Main examples thereof include 9-(4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylphenyl)-7,8-dimethylnona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-oic acid, 4-[(E)-2-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethylnaphthalen-2-yl)propenyl]benzoic acid, 4-{2-[5-(4,7-dimethylbenzofuran-2-yl)pyrroyl]}benzoic acid, 4-{2-[5-(5-chloro-7-ethylbenzofuran-2-yl)pyrrolyl]}benzoic acid and 4-{2-[5-(4,7-dimethylbenzothiophen-2-yl)pyrrolyl]}benzoic acid.