The invention provides compounds of formula Ia, Ib, Ic, and Id:

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and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables A, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.x, L, X, Y, and Z have the meaning as described herein. The compounds are useful for reducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and for producing analgesia in an animal.

Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for selectively activating chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), protecting cells from oxidative stress, proteotoxicity and lipotoxicity, and/or antagonizing activity of retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR) in subjects in need thereof.

Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for selectively activating chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), protecting cells from oxidative stress, proteotoxicity and lipotoxicity, and/or antagonizing activity of retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR) in subjects in need thereof.

Described herein are modified monoterpene TRPM8 activating compounds. In particular, provided herein are compounds that affect the function of ion channels in a cell, and are useful as therapeutic agents or with therapeutic agents. The compounds provided herein are useful in the treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions including inflammatory eye diseases such as uveitis, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, and diseases characterized by abnormal growth, such as cancers.

Described herein are modified monoterpene TRPM8 activating compounds. In particular, provided herein are compounds that affect the function of ion channels in a cell, and are useful as therapeutic agents or with therapeutic agents. The compounds provided herein are useful in the treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions including inflammatory eye diseases such as uveitis, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, and diseases characterized by abnormal growth, such as cancers.

Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for selectively activating chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), protecting cells from oxidative stress, proteotoxicity and lipotoxicity, and/or antagonizing activity of retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR) in subjects in need thereof.

Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for selectively activating chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), protecting cells from oxidative stress, proteotoxicity and lipotoxicity, and/or antagonizing activity of retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR) in subjects in need thereof.

The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and in particular to medicaments comprising at least one compound of the formula I for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions in the triggering of which cathepsin D is involved, in particular for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of osteoarthritis, traumatic cartilage injuries, arthritis, pain, allodynia or hyperalgesia.

The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and in particular to medicaments comprising at least one compound of the formula I for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions in the triggering of which cathepsin D is involved, in particular for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of osteoarthritis, traumatic cartilage injuries, arthritis, pain, allodynia or hyperalgesia.

Presented herein inter alia are novel compounds and methods of using the same for the treatment of cancers.