The invention provides therapeutic and biological uses of chemokine-receptor-binding compounds including uses in the treatment of disease states mediated by chemokines. The relevant chemokines may for example be monocyte chemoattractant protein-one (MCP-1) or interleukin-8 (IL-8), and the relevant chemokine receptors may for example be corresponding chemokine receptors (CCR-2, CCR-4, CXCR-1, and CXCR-2). In one aspect, the invention provides for the use of phenanthrene-9,10-dione in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
Compounds and compositions are provided that bind to the CCR4 chemokine receptor and which are useful for treating diseases associated with CCR4 activity, such as contact hypersensitivity.
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment of chemokine receptor-mediated conditions and diseases. In particular, the invention provides compounds which modulate CCR4 function or a CCR4-mediated response. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory conditions and diseases.