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S18-000003 inhibits human and mouse RORγt-dependent transactivation, with IC ₅₀ s of 0.029 and 0.34 μM respectively in cell-based GAL4 promoter reporter assays.
S18-000003 (0.003-0.3 μM; 7 d) dose-dependently inhibits Th17 cell differentiation from human naive CD4 ⁺ T cells, with an IC ₅₀ of 0.024 μM.
S18-000003 (0.1-3 μM; 4 d) inhibits the differentiation of mouse Th17 cells from splenic naive CD4 ⁺ T cells, with an IC ₅₀ of 0.20 μM.
S18-000003 (0.03-1 μM; 3 d) reduces the IL-17 production in human PBMCs in a dose-dependent manner, and does not inhibit either the production of other cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IFN-g) or cell proliferation.
S18-000003 (0.1-3 μM; 3 d) reduces IL-17 and IL-22 production in PBMCs from psoriatic mice in a dose-dependent manner.

S18-000003 (30-100 mg/kg; p.o.) inhibits IL-17 production in the skin of IL-23-treated mice in a dose-dependent manner.
S18-000003 (0.1-8%; 100mL; topically administration once daily for 14 days) ameliorates psoriasis-like lesions in TPA-induced K14.Stat3C transgenic mice, and has little impact on the thymus.
S18-000003 (0.5 mg/kg; i.v.) exhibits the half-life (3.2 h), AUC (1930 ng•h/mL), CL _tot (4.33 mL/min/kg) and Vd _ss in rats.
S18-000003 (1 mg/kg; p.o.) exhibits the oral bioavailability (54.5%), C _max (185 ng/mL), AUC (2110 ng•h/mL) and T _max (4 h) in rats.