The invention relates to pyrazolopyridine compounds for the treatment of melancholia, heart failure, hypertension, renal insufficiency, edema, obesity, bronchial asthma, gout, hyperuricemia, sudden infant death syndrome, immunosuppression, diabetes, myocardiac infection, thrombosis, obstruction, arteriosclerosis obliterans, thrombophlebitis, cerebral infarction, transient ischemic attack or angina pectoris, said compounds being of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is aryl, andR.sup.2 is unsaturated heterocyclic group which contains at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of N, O and S, which may have one or more suitable substituent(s),or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Pyrazolopyridine compound and processes for preparation thereof

The present invention provides a method of screening an agonist or antagonist to a G protein-coupled receptor protein comprising the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, or a salt thereof, which comprises using the receptor protein or a salt thereof and the ligand or a salt thereof; etc. The present invention is useful for screening agents for the prevention/treatment of, e.g., leukopenia, leukemia, lymphoma, malignant tumor, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, tonsil disorders, collagen disease, inflammatory disease, leukocytosis, heart failure, inherited muscle disorders, muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular degenerative disease, myocardial infarction, obesity, mellitus diabetes, hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis, cancer, pulmonary edema, multiple organ failure, etc.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Methods of screening for compounds which bind G protein-coupled receptors

This invention relates to pyrazolopyridine compounds for the treatment of melancholia, heart failure, hypertension, renal insufficiency, renal toxicity, nephrosis, nephritis, edema, obesity, bronchial asthma, gout, hyperuricemia, sudden infant death syndrome, immunosuppression, diabetes, myocardial infarction, thrombosis, obstruction, arteriosclerosis obliterans, thrombophlebitis, cerebral infarction, transient ischemic attack or angina pectoris, said compounds being of the formula ##STR1## wherein the radicals are defined in the claims.

arteriosclerosis/edema

Pyrazolopyridine compound and processes for preparation thereof

Methods of screening for compounds which bind G protein-coupled receptors

Pyrazolopyridine compounds which have useful pharmaceutical utility

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