151 results about "Matrix Metalloprotease" patented technology

Compounds of general formula (I):have utility as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases and TNF.

The invention provides methods to treat neurological disorders, opthalmological disorders, or a combination thereof by administering a compound that inhibits MMPs. A compound that inhibits MMPs is represented by the compound of formula (I) shown herein.

The present invention relates to methods of treating psoriasis by inhibiting one or more matrix metalloproteinase enzymes ("MMPs"). It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that the expression patterns of certain MMPs and related molecules are altered in patients suffering from psoriasis, relative to normal subjects. Certain expression patterns are altered even in unaffected skin of psoriasis-afflicted patients, although aberrancies are more pronounced in psoriatic lesions. In various non-limiting embodiments, the present invention provides for methods of treating psoriasis, including preventing the development of new psoriatic lesions, comprising administering, to subjects in need of such treatment, effective concentrations of compounds which inhibit the enzymatic activity of one or more MMP. Suitable inhibitors include tetracycline and its derivatives and various hydroxymate, carboxylic acid, and phosphonic acid derivatives. Therapy may comprise systemic and / or local administration of inhibitor. In additional embodiments, the present invention provides for methods of diagnosing MMP inhibitor responsive skin lesions, for evaluating the level of disease activity in a subject, and for transgenic animal and tissue culture models of psoriasis.

Matrix metalloprotease inhibiting compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and a method of disease treatment using such compounds are presented. The compounds of the invention have the generalized formulas: wherein r is 0-2, T is selected from and R40 is a mono- or bi-heterocyclic structure.These compounds are useful for inhibiting matrix metalloproteases and, therefore, combating conditions to which MMP's contribute, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, periodontal disease, corneal ulceration, proteinuria, aneurysmal aortic disease, dystrophobic epidermolysis, bullosa, conditions leading to inflammatory responses, osteopenias mediated by MMP activity, tempero mandibular joint disease, demyelating diseases of the nervous system, tumor metastasis or degenerative cartilage loss following traumatic joint injury, and coronary thrombosis from athrosclerotic plaque rupture. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating such conditions.