| abstract |
The disclosure relates to cycloalkyl-pyrimido-benzamide derivatives of the structural formula shown herein which are inhibitors of enzymes that catalyze phosphoryl transfer and/or that bind ATP/GTP nucleotides, compositions comprising the inhibitors, and methods of using the inhibitors and inhibitor compositions. These compounds inhibit kinases and, in particular, Polo-like Kinases (PLK) and are suitable for treating hyperproliferative disorders; cancer (e.g., solid tumors, leukemias, lymphomas, non-small cell lung cancers and esophageal carcinomas); inflammatory and autoimmune diseases (e.g., psoriasis, alopecia; multiple sclerosis; colitis, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, glomerulonephritis and wound healing); chemotherapy agent-induced alopecia and mucositis; cardiovascular diseases (e.g., stenoses, arterioscleroses, restenoses, and hypertrophy); viral, bacterial, fungal and/or parasitic infectious diseases (e.g., cytomegalic infections, herpes, hepatitis B and C, Karposi's sarcoma, HIV diseases); nephrological diseases (e.g., glomerulonephritis); chronic and acute neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, AIDS dementia, Alzheimer's disease, ischemias of the brain and neurotraumas); skin diseases (e.g., psoriasis); bone diseases; the protection of proliferating cells (e.g., hair, intestinal, blood and progenitor cells) from DNA damage caused by radiation, UV treatment and/or cytostatic treatment. |