Methods for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation

摘要

The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of the Ca2+-activated potassium channel (Gardos channel) of erythrocytes. The compounds can be used as efficacious drugs in the treatment of sickle cell disease and diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation, and in particular inflammatory diseases associated with unwanted cellular proliferation.