184179-08-6Relevant articles and documents
PEPTIDYL DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF PRO-APOPTOTIC CYSTEINE PROTEINASES
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, (2008/06/13)
Compounds having the formula I:R 1 COAA. sup.1 AA. sup.2 AA 3 NHYare inhibitors of apopain, an enzyme involved in the process of apoptosis. These compounds are useful as research tools as well as in the treatment of any condition in which reduced apoptosis would be beneficial, including immune deficiency syndromes (including AIDS), type I diabetes, pathogenic infections, cardiovascular and neurological injury, alopecia, aging, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.