- The discovery of potent small molecule activators of human STING
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The adaptor protein STING plays a major role in innate immune sensing of cytosolic nucleic acids, by triggering a robust interferon response. Despite the importance of this protein as a potential therapeutic target for serious unmet medical conditions inc
- Pryde, David C.,Middya, Sandip,Banerjee, Monali,Shrivastava, Ritesh,Basu, Sourav,Ghosh, Rajib,Yadav, Dharmendra B.,Surya, Arjun
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- RING-FUSED COMPOUND
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The present invention relates to a compound that has URAT1 inhibitory action, and a URAT1 inhibitor, a blood uric acid level-reducing agent and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound. More specifically, the present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula (I) below. [in the formula, R1 is -Q1-A1 and the like; ---- is a double bond or a single bond; when ---- is a double bond, W1 is a nitrogen atom or a group represented by the general formula: =C(Ra)-, and W2 is a nitrogen atom or a group represented by the general formula: =C(Rb) -; when ---- is a single bond, W1 is a group represented by the general formula: -C(Raa)(Rab)- or a group represented by the general formula: -(C=O) -, and W2 is a group represented by the general formula: C(Rba)(Rbb)-, a group represented by the general formula: - (C=O) - or a group represented by the general formula: -N(Rbc)-; W3, W4 and W5 are each independently a nitrogen atom or a methine group and the like that may have a substituent; X is a single bond, an oxygen atom and the like; Y is a single bond or (CRYiRYi')n; and Z is a hydroxyl group or COOR2 and the like.
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