2,6-dimethoxy-4-(5-phenyl-4-thiophene-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-phenol (DPTIP) a small molecule inhibitor of neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMase-2) for the treatment of neurodegenerative and oncologic diseases
OwnerBarbara Slusher, Camilo Rojas +4inventors
InventorsBarbara Slusher, Camilo Rojas, Ajit G. Thomas, Norman Haughey, Marc Ferrer, Xin Hu
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Abstract
Methods for treating one or more diseases associated with neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMase2) in a subject in need of treatment thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of 2,6-dimethoxy-4-(5-phenyl-4-thiophen-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-phenol (DPTIP) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed.
Claims2
A method for treating one or more diseases associated with neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMase2) in a subject in need of treatment thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of 2,6-dimethoxy-4-(5-phenyl-4-thiophen-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-phenol (DPTIP) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein the one or more diseases associated with nSMase2 is selected from a neurodegenerative disease or an oncologic disease.
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