Disclosed are compounds of formula (I):

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and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. Methods of treating neurological or psychiatric disease and disorders in a subject in need are also disclosed.

Disclosed are compounds of formula (I):

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and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. Methods of treating neurological or psychiatric disease and disorders in a subject in need are also disclosed.

Provided are a compound of Formula (I) as an FTO inhibitor with improved and selective FTO inhibition, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and a method of inhibiting weight gain, promoting weight loss, reducing serum LDL, cholesterol, LDL-c, or triglycerides, or treating obesity or an obesity-related disease (esp. obesity-related diabetes, hyperglycemia, diabetic nephropathy, hyperlipemia, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension, cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease) or Alzheimer's disease by inhibiting FTO by using the compound disclosed herein.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising an RXR agonist, an RAR agonist, or a dual RXR/RAR agonist. The present invention further relates to methods of using the agonist compositions for treating or preventing dementia and cancer. In some embodiments, the dementia comprises Alzheimer's disease. In some embodiments, the cancer comprises leukemia.