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SUBMITTER: Cherney RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7294715 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20200331 6
Novel tricyclic analogues were designed, synthesized, and evaluated as RORγt inverse agonists. Several of these compounds were potent in an IL-17 human whole blood assay and exhibited excellent oral bioavailability in mouse pharmacokinetic studies. This led to the identification of compound <b>5</b>, which displayed dose-dependent inhibition of IL-17F production in a mouse IL-2/IL-23 stimulated pharmacodynamic model. In addition, compound <b>5</b> was studied in mouse acanthosis and imiquimod-in ...[more]