Patent 7314872 was granted and assigned to IRM on January, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for the selective inhibition of cathepsin S. In a preferred aspect, cathepsin S is selectively inhibited in the presence of at least one other cathepsin isozyme. The present invention also provides methods for treating a disease state in a subject by selectively inhibiting cathepsin S. More particularly, the present invention provides compounds having Formula I: