Inventors:
Carlo Brugnara - Newton Highlands MA
Jose Halperin - Brookline MA
Rudolf Fluckiger - Brookline MA
Richard John Lombardy - Littleton MA
John J. Clifford - Arlington MA
Reem M. Haidar - Woburn MA
Eugene W. Kelleher - Somerville MA
Adel M. Moussa - Burlington MA
Yesh P. Sachdeva - Concord MA
Minghua Sun - Cambridge MA
Heather N. Taft - Littleton MA
Assignee:
Childrens Medical Center Corporation - Cambridge MA
President Fellows of Harvard College - Cambridge MA
Nuchem Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
International Classification:
C07C 2200
US Classification:
514467, 514475, 514544, 514546, 514640, 514617, 514717, 549430, 549453, 549550, 558388, 560 56, 560 57, 560221, 564180, 564265
Abstract:
The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.