Abstract: Described herein is the discovery that certain mycobacterial serine/threonine protein kinases, particularly protein kinase G (PknG), are effective therapeutic targets for the treatment of mycobacterial infections. Furthermore, the present application refers to the use of mycobacterial serine/threonine protein kinases for developing methods for detection and determination of these kinases for recognizing and monitoring diseases and for controlling therapy of diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having a naphthyridine scaffold, and stereoisomeric forms, prodrugs, solvates, hydrates and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of these naphthyridine derivatives together with pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient and/or diluents. Said naphthyridine compounds have been identified as inhibitors of the protein kinase ROCK2, also known as Rho-kinase, and are useful for the treatment of cancers (tumor growth and metastases), erectile dysfunction, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, angina pectoris, cerebral ischaemia, cerebral vasospasm, myocardial ischaemia, coronary vasospasm, heart failure, myocardial hypertrophy, atherosclerosis, restenosis, spinal cord injuries, neuronal degeneration, thrombotic disorders, asthma, glaucoma, inflammation, anti-viral diseases (e.g. HIV), and osteoporosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrimidine derivatives, methods for their synthesis, and the use of said pyrimidine derivatives as pharmaceutically active agents, especially for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of cell proliferation disorders, cancer, leukemia, erectile dysfunction, cardiovascular diseases and disorders, inflammatory diseases, transplant rejection, immunological diseases, neuroimmunological diseases, autoimmune diseases, infective diseases including opportunistic infections, prion diseases and/or neuro-degeneration. Furthermore, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one pyrimidine derivative and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as an active ingredient together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluents as well as to methods for prophylaxis and/or treatment of the above-mentioned diseases and disorders.

Abstract: Described herein is the discovery that certain mycobacterial serine/threonine protein kinases, particularly protein kinase G (PknG), are effective therapeutic targets for the treatment of mycobacterial infections. Furthermore, the present application refers to the use of mycobacterial serine/threonine protein kinases for developing methods for detection and determination of these kinases for recognizing and monitoring diseases and for controlling therapy of diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to new aminoguanidine derivatives of the general formula (I), ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each represent hydrogen or halogen atom, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, nitro, trifluoromethyl or C.sub.1-4 alkoxy group,R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represent a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group, furthermore NR.sup.4 R.sup.5 may form a 5 to 7 membered saturated heterocyclic group containing either one or two nitrogen atoms or a nitrogen and an oxygen atom and being optionally substituted by one or two methyl, hydroxymethyl or hydroxyethyl groups,R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each represent a hydrogen atom, normal or branched C.sub.1-4 alkyl or C.sub.2-4 alkenyl group,and to their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts as well as to a process for the preparation thereof.The new compounds of the invention possess valuable antiarrhythmic activity and are devoid of the undesired circulatory side effects of the known antiarrhythmic compounds.