| abstract |
The invention is directed to a CXCR3 antagonist comprising a compound represented by the general formula (I) (wherein all the symbols have the same meaning as defined in the description), a salt thereof, a quaternary ammonium salt thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof. This antagonist is useful as a preventive, therapeutic and/or progression-suppressing agent for a CXCR3-mediated disease such as an immune or allergic disease [e.g., an atopic disease, an autoimmune disease (e.g., multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, type I diabetes, glomerulonephritis, Sjogren's syndrome or the like), systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), rejection response to transplanted organ, tissue and/or cell or the like], a gastrointestinal disease [e.g., an inflammatory bowel disease or the like], or a respiratory disease [e.g., asthma, a chronic obstructive lung disease or the like]. |