USE OF CELL-SPECIFIC CONJUGATES FOR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

摘要

The present invention is directed to methods for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases, disorders, and conditions of gastrointestinal tract by administering to a patient in need of such treatment, conjugate compounds of Formula (VII) having low oral- bioavailability, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvate thereof wherein M represents a macrolide subunit possessing the property of accumulation in inflammatory cells, T represents an anti-inflammatory subunit that can be a steroid or nonsteroid (nonsteroidal moiety) derived from a non-steroid drug with anti- inflammatory, analgesic and/or antipyretic activity (NSAID) and L represents a linker covalently linking M and T. The present disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing conjugate compounds of Formula VII having low oral-bioavailability.