US Patent 7759388 Phenylalanine derivatives

Specific phenylalanine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have an antagonistic effect on the α 4 integrins and, therefore, are usable as therapeutic agents or preventive agents for diseases in which α 4 integrin-depending adhesion process participates in the pathology, such as inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, asthma, psoriasis, allergy, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arterial sclerosis, restenosis, tumor proliferation, tumor metastasis and transplantation rejection.