| abstract |
Disclosed is a method of treating a subject with a disease associated with aberrant leukocyte recruitment and/or activation. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by structural formula (I), and physiologically acceptable salts thereof. Z is a cycloalkyl or non-aromatic heterocyclic ring group fused to one or more carbocyclic aromatic rings and/or heteroaromatic rings, wherein each ring in Z is independently substituted or unsubstituted; Y is a covalent bond, -O- or -CO-; n is an integer from one to about five; X is a covalent bond or -CO-; and M is NR2, CR1R2; R1 is -H, -OH, an aliphatic group, -O-(aliphatic group), -SH or -S- (aliphatic group); R2 is an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a substituted aromatic group, a benzylic group, a substituted benzylic group, a non-aromatic heterocyclic group or a substituted non-aromatic heterocyclic group. |