| abstract |
Fused thiophene derivatives represented by general formula (I) and interleukin-6 and/or interleukin-12 production inhibitors containing these derivatives as the active ingredient (in general formula (I), each symbol has the meaning as defined in the specification). The fused thiophene derivatives represented by general formula (I) are useful as preventives and/or remedies for various inflammatory diseases, sepsis, multiple myeloma, plasma cell leukemia, osteoporosis, cachexia, psoriasis, nephritis, renal cell cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, hypergamma-globulinemia, Curschmann's disease, intraartial myxoma, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, colon inflammation, graft-versus-host disease and infectious diseases. |