Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,3,4-oxadiazalones, compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts stereoisomers, tautomers, or solvates thereof. Novel compounds include those of formula I, in which radicals are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are modulators of PPARdelta and therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially for the treatment of demyelinating diseases and disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization.

Abstract: The invention relates to oxadiazolones and to their physiologically acceptable salts and physiologically functional derivatives showing peroxisome proliferator activator receptor (PPAR) delta agonist activity comprising compounds of formula I, in which the R1-R7 substituents as well as the U, V, W, X Y and z radicals are as defined herein, and their physiologically acceptable salts and processes for their preparation. The compounds are suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders as well as of disorders in which insulin resistance is involved; neurodegenerative diseases and/or demyelinating disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems and/or neurological diseases involving neuro-inflammatory processes and/or other peripheral neuropathies.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,3,4-oxadiazalones, i.e., the compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, tautomers, or solvates thereof. Novel compounds include those of formula I, in which radicals are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are modulators of PPARdelta and therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially for the treatment of demyelinating diseases and disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization such as multiple scleroses.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,3,4-oxadiazalones, compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts stereoisomers, tautomers, or solvates thereof. Novel compounds include those of formula I, in which radicals are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are modulators of PPARdelta and therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially for the treatment of demyelinating diseases and disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,3,4-oxadiazolones, compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts stereoisomers, tautomers, or solvates thereof. Novel compounds include those of formula I, in which radicals are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are modulators of PPARdelta and therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially for the treatment of demyelinating diseases and disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coumarins of the formula (I): that are useful as inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using these compounds as inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase are described herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to oxadiazolones and to their physiologically acceptable salts and physiologically functional derivatives showing PPARdelta agonist activity. What is described are compounds of the formula I, in which the radicals are as defined, and their physiologically acceptable salts and processes for their preparations. The compounds are suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders as well as of disorders in which insulin resistance is involved; neurodegenerative diseases and/or de-myelinating disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems and/or neurological diseases involving neuro-inflammatory processes and/or other peripheral neuropathies.

Abstract: The invention relates to oxadiazolones and to their physiologically acceptable salts and physiologically functional derivatives showing peroxisome proliferator activator receptor (PPAR) delta agonist activity comprising compounds of formula I, in which the R1-R7 substituents as well as the U, V, W, X Y and z radicals are as defined herein, and their physiologically acceptable salts and processes for their preparation. The compounds are suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders as well as of disorders in which insulin resistance is involved; neurodegenerative diseases and/or de-myelinating disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems and/or neurological diseases involving neuro-inflammatory processes and/or other peripheral neuropathies.

Abstract: Certain compounds, including 5,6-dihydro-3,9-dihydroxyindolo[2,1-a-isoquinolin12yl)[4-[2-(1-piperidinyl)ethoxy]phenyl]-methanone and arzoxifen, are useful for providing protection to oligodendrocytes and neurons of multiple sclerosis patients.

Abstract: Methods of identifying and using compounds capable of treating demyelinating disorders such as multiple sclerosis by inhibiting EphB1-mediated cell repulsion of CNS and PNS glial cells (oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells and progenitor cells within these lineages).

Abstract: A method for the treatment of multiple sclerosis through the protection on the central nervous system neurons or oligodendrocytes which comprises administering to a patient having multiple sclerosis a therapeutically effective amount of a biphenyl compound as defined by formula I as follows: Wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein

Abstract: Certain biphenyl compounds, including 5-chloro-6-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-naphthalenol and 6-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-2-naphthalene methanol are useful in the treatment of multiple sclerosis on the cellular level of the central nervous system through the protection of the patients' oligodendrocytes and neurons.

Abstract: The invention provides a new use for certain SERM-like phenylnaphthyl compounds that do not exhibit affinity for alpha or beta type estrogen receptors (ER) in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to oxadiazolones and to their physiologically acceptable salts and physiologically functional derivatives showing PPARdelta agonist activity. What is described are compounds of the formula I, in which the radicals are as defined, and their physiologically acceptable salts and processes for their preparations. The compounds are suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders as well as of disorders in which insulin resistance is involved; neurodegenerative diseases and/or demyelinating disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems and/or neurological diseases involving neuroinflammatory processes and/or other peripheral neuropathies.

Abstract: A method for treating demyelinating diseases in a patient in need thereof by treatment with an effective amount of a PPAR delta agonist is disclosed. Demyelinating diseases that may be effectively treated by this method include but are not limited to multiple sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, encephalomyelitis, neuromyelitis optica, adrenoleukodystrophy, Guillian-Barre syndrome and disorders in which myelin forming glial cells are damaged including spinal cord injuries, neuropathies and nerve injury.

Abstract: A novel neuroprotectant was identified by microarray analysis that is differentially expressed between the ventricular zone and the cortex of human adult and fetal brain. The secreted protein antagonizes Wnt action in Xenopus embryos. Methods are described for modulating free radical neurotoxicity by contacting cells with the protein, treating neuronal diseases associated with free radical-mediated cell death by administering the protein, determining neuroprotective genomic targets associated with select free radical toxicity pathways by screening with the protein and using the protein to identify other compounds that modulate the biological activity of the secreted protein and the cell machinery that reacts to the secreted protein.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,3,4-oxadiazalones, i.e., the compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, tautomers, or solvates thereof. Novel compounds include those of formula I, in which radicals are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are modulators of PPARdelta and therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially for the treatment of demyelinating diseases and disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization such as multiple scleroses.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,3,4-oxadiazolones, compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts stereoisomers, tautomers, or solvates thereof. Novel compounds include those of formula I, in which radicals are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are modulators of PPARdelta and therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially for the treatment of demyelinating diseases and disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I are suitable for producing pharmaceuticals for the prophylaxis and therapy of diseases whose course involves an increased activity of NIK.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coumarins of the formula (I): that are useful as inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using these compounds as inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase are described herein.