Abstract: Substituted cinnamoyl anthranilate compounds exhibiting anti-fibrotic activity; or derivatives thereof, analogs thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and metabolites thereof, with the proviso that the compound is no Tranilast.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 1-[(4-methyl-quinazolin-2-yl)methyl]-3 -methyl-7-(2-butyn-1-yl)-8-(3-(R)-amino-piperidin-1-yl)-xanthine for use in a patient being at risk of or having heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a certain DPP-4 inhibitor for use in a patient being at risk of or having heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Abstract: Substituted cinnamoyl anthranilate compounds exhibiting anti-fibrotic activity; or derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and metabolites thereof, with the proviso that the compound is no Tranilast.

Abstract: Substituted cinnamoyl anthranilate compounds exhibiting anti-fibrotic activity; or derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and metabolites thereof; with the proviso that the compound is not Tranilast.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of PDGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, especially of N-phenyl-2-pyrim-idine-amine derivatives of formula (I), in which the symbols and substituents have the meaning as defined herein in free form or in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form, in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy; to a method of treatment of warm-blooded animals, including humans, suffering from diabetic nephropathy; and to the use of a PDGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the formula (I), wherein R1 is pyridyl bonded at a carbon atom, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R8 are each hydrogen, R4 is lower alkyl, R7 a radical of formula (II): —N(R9)—C(?X)—(Y)n—R10, wherein R9 hydrogen, X is oxo, n is 0 and R10 is 4-methyl-piperazinyl-methyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for treating glomerulonephritis, chronic pyelonephritis or IgA nephropathy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of PDGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, especially of N-phenyl-2-pyrim-idine-amine derivatives of formula (I), in which the symbols and substituents have the meaning as defined herein in free form or in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form, in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy; to a method of treatment of warm-blooded animals, including humans, suffering from diabetic nephropathy; and to the use of a PDGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the formula (I), wherein R1 is pyridyl bonded at a carbon atom, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R8 are each hydrogen, R4 is lower alkyl, R7 a radical of formula (II): —N(R9)—C(═X)—(Y)n—R10, wherein R9 hydrogen, X is oxo, n is 0 and R10 is 4-methyl-piperazinyl-methyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for treating glomerulonephritis, chronic pyelonephritis or IgA nephropathy.

Abstract: A method for treating renal dysfunctions is disclosed, particularly using the isozyme selective PKC inhibitor, (S)-3,4-[N, N′-1,1′-((2″-ethoxy)-3′″(O)-4′″-(N,N-dimethylamino)-butane)-bis-(3,3′-indolyl) ]-1(H)-pyrrole-2,5-dionehydrochloridesalt.