| Literature DB >> 24040486 |
Jun R Huh1, Erika E Englund, Hang Wang, Ruili Huang, Pengxiang Huang, Fraydoon Rastinejad, James Inglese, Christopher P Austin, Ronald L Johnson, Wenwei Huang, Dan R Littman.
Abstract
Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor RORγt plays a pivotal role in the differentiation of TH17 cells. Antagonizing RORγt transcriptional activity is a potential means to treat TH17-related autoimmune diseases. Herein, we describe the identification of a series of diphenylpropanamides as novel and selective RORγ antagonists. Diphenylpropanamide 4n inhibited transcriptional activity of RORγt, but not RORα, in cells. In addition, it suppressed human TH17 cell differentiation at sub-micromolar concentrations.Entities:
Keywords: RORγ antagonist; Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor; TH17-related autoimmune diseases; diphenylpropanamide
Year: 2013 PMID: 24040486 PMCID: PMC3770298 DOI: 10.1021/ml300286h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345