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Bindarit is an indazolic derivative with anti-inflammatory efficacy in vitro (150-300 µM) and in animal disease models in vivo (100 mg/kg ip, 50 mg/kg po, or 0.5% in chow; rats & mice). Bindarit selectively inhibits LPS-induced CCL2/MCP-1, CCL7/MCP-3, CCL8/MCP-2 chemokines over CCL3/MIP-1α and IL-8/CXCL8 in human monocytes, while blocking CCL2, but not CCL7 or CCL8, induction in HUVECs, and preventing LPS-induced CCL2 & IL-12β/p40 by inhibiting NFκB activation in murine macrophages (BMDM & Raw 264.7). Bindarit is also reported to exhibit non-competitive inhibiory potency against human monocarboxylate transporter MCT4 (K_i = 30.2 µM) over MCT1 (﹤40% inhibition at 500 µM).