Bao Jianming, Hunt Julianne A, Miao Shouwu, Rupprecht Kathleen M, Stelmach John E, Liu Luping, Ruzek Rowena D, Sinclair Peter J, Pivnichny James V, Hop Cornelis E C A, Kumar Sanjeev, Zaller Dennis M, Shoop Wesley L, O'neill Edward A, O'keefe Stephen J, Thompson Chris M, Cubbon Rose M, Wang Ruixiu, Zhang Wen Xiao, Thompson James E, Doherty James B
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Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006 Jan 1;16(1):64-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.09.065. Epub 2005 Oct 18.
Quinolinones and naphthyridinones with C7 N-t-butyl piperidine substituents were found to be potent p38 MAP kinase inhibitors. These compounds significantly suppress TNF-alpha release in both cellular and LPS-stimulated whole blood assays. They also displayed excellent PK profiles across three animal species. Quinolinone at 10 mpk showed comparable oral efficacy to that of dexamethasone at 1 mpk in a murine collagen-induced arthritis model.