The present invention relates to pyrimidine or pyridine carboxamides or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. Also included is a method of treatment of inflammation, inhibition of T cell activation and proliferation, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, organ transplant, acute transplant or heterograft or homograft rejection, transplantation tolerance induction, ischemic or reperfusion injury, myocardial infarction, stroke, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, lupus, contact hypersensitivity, delayed-type hypersensitivity, and gluten-sensitive enteropathy, type 1 diabetes, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Sjogren's syndrome, autoimmune hyperthyroidism, Addison's disease, autoimmune polyglandular disease, autoimmune alopecia, pernicious anemia, vitiligo, autoimmune hypopituatarism, Guillain-Barre syndrome, glomerulonephritis, serum sickness, uticaria, allergic diseases, asthma, hayfever, allergic rhinitis, scleracielma, mycosis fungoides, dermatomyositis, alopecia areata, chronic actinic dermatitis, eczema, Behcet's disease, Pustulosis palmoplanteris, Pyoderma gangrenum, Sezary's syndrome, atopic dermatitis, systemic schlerosis, morphea, atopic dermatitis, colon carcinoma or thymoma in a mammal comprising administering a therapeutically-effective amount a compound as described above.