Overproduction of cytokines such as TNF-alpha and IL-1beta regulated by the p38alpha pathway are implicated in a wide variety of inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recently, we described out initial efforts in developing potent, selective triaminotriazine and cyanopyrimidine aniline amides as inhibitors of p38alpha MAP kinase. Herin, we describe further development of the aniline amide class of p38 inhibitors to include alternative core structures. A description of the SAR development, in vivo activity, AMDE profiling and X-ray cyrstallography will be presented.
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