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20080199473 | Novel Gene and Protein Associated With Angiogenesis and Endothelial Cell-Specific Apoptosis - This invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences encoding VG5Q, a novel angiogenic growth factor protein with pro-angiogenic activity, a forkhead-associated domain, a G-patch domain; characteristic subcellular localization in an in vitro Matrigel model of angiogenesis: towards the cell periphery in early stages of tubulogenesis, between cells in newly formed endothelial tubes, and no nuclear staining after 24 hours; is expressed in endothelial cells; is secreted during angiogenesis; and interacts with TWEAK. The invention also provides for expression vectors containing nucleic acid sequences encoding VG5Q protein, and host cells containing one or more expression vectors for the recombinant expression of VG5Q. The invention also provides for methods of using VG5Q for the diagnosis and treatment of angiogenesis-mediated diseases or disorders. | 08-21-2008 |
20080199474 | Porin B (PorB) as a therapeutic target for prevention and treatment of infection by Chlamydia - The present invention features peptides of a PorB polypeptide, which PorB peptides are useful in production of antibodies that bind the full-length PorB polypeptide and as a therapeutic agent. In specific embodiments the invention features a composition comprising one or more PorB peptides (other than a full-length PorB polypeptide), which peptides contain at least one epitope that can elicit | 08-21-2008 |
20080199475 | NOVEL GLYCOSYLATED PEPTIDE TARGET IN NEOPLASTIC CELLS - The invention provides polypeptide, nucleic acid and other compositions. Polypeptide, nucleic acid and other compositions are useful in treatment and diagnostic methods. One treatment method includes inhibiting growth or proliferation of hyperproliferative cells or inducing regression of hyperproliferative cells, such as cells of a cellular hyperproliferative disorder, or reducing levels of LDL or oxLDL. | 08-21-2008 |
20080199476 | Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor epitope, monoclonal antibodies derived therefrom and methods of use thereof - The present invention relates to antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, specific for urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and uses thereof for the treatment or prevention of cancer. In particular, the antibodies of the invention are specific for a particular epitope on uPAR. These antibodies interfere with uPAR signaling. Such antibodies are used in diagnostic and therapeutic methods, particularly against cancer. | 08-21-2008 |
20080199477 | HUMAN RECEPTOR PROTEINS; RELATED REAGENTS AND METHODS - Nucleic acids encoding mammalian Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have been identified in human cells. Recombinantly produced TLRs are used in the preparation of antibodies that are capable of binding to the TLRs. The antibodies are advantageously used in the prevention and treatment of septic shock, inflammatory conditions, and viral infections. | 08-21-2008 |
20080206251 | Methods and Compositions to Treat and Detect Misfolded-SOD1 Mediated Diseases - The invention provides a method for treating a medical condition, disease, or disorder mediated by a misfolded form of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in a subject in need of treatment. The method optionally comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and an agent selected from (1) an exogenous antibody or fragment thereof that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (2) an immunogen that elicits production of an endogenous antibody that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (3) a nucleic acid sequence encoding (1) or (2). In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of treating diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and macular degeneration, glaucoma, ischemia, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or necrotizing enterocolitis using disease-specific epitopes, and compositions including these epitopes. The invention also provides antibodies that bind to monomeric or misfolded SOD1, and not on the molecular surface of native homodimeric SOD1. In addition, the invention includes methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a subject. Also, the invention provides methods of identifying substances for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and kits using the binding proteins of the invention. | 08-28-2008 |
20080206252 | Novel Polypeptides, and Nucleic Acids Encoding the Same - An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to the sequence SEQ ID NOS:2, 4, 6 or 8, polynucleotides encoding these peptides, and antibodies to the polypeptides are useful in treating cancers. | 08-28-2008 |
20080213270 | NEUROTENSIN AS A MARKER AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR SEPSIS - Sepsis is a complex, incompletely understood and often fatal disorder, typically accompanied by hypotension, that is considered to represent a dysregulated host response to an infection. Neurotensin (NT) is 13-amino-acid peptide that, among its multiple effects, induces hypotension. It is shown herein that plasma concentrations of NT are increased in humans with sepsis and in mice after caecal ligation and puncture (CLP), a model of sepsis. Mast cells can degrade NT through neurotensin receptor 1- and neurolysin-dependent mechanisms, diminishing the hypotensive effects of NT, reducing intraperitoneal NT concentrations, and improving survival. These findings show that mast cells can regulate NT concentrations, and identify NT as a biomarker and therapeutic target in sepsis. | 09-04-2008 |
20080213271 | Compositions and Methods For Modulating Dopamine Nerutransmission - The present invention provides for diagnosis or treatment of neurological or neuropsyciatric disorders involving abnormal dopamine neurotransmission. Methods and agents are provided for modulating dopamine transporter activity and modulating dopaminergic neurotransmission. Agents of the present invention include fragments of D2 receptor or dopamine transporter (DAT) that can disrupt D2-DAT coupling. | 09-04-2008 |
20080213272 | VEGF-RELATED PROTEIN - A human VEGF-related protein (VRP) has been identified and isolated that binds to, and stimulates the phosphorylation of, the receptor tyrosine kinase Flt4. The VRP is postulated to be a third member of the VEGF protein family. Also provided are antibodies that bind to VRP and neutralize a biological activity of VRP, compositions containing the VRP or antibody, methods of use, chimeric polypeptides, and a signal polypeptide for VRP. | 09-04-2008 |
20080219983 | Antagonists of Factor VIII Interaction with Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor Related Protein - The present invention concerns the use of peptides derived from and antibodies generated against Factor VIII and the inhibition of Factor VIII interaction with LRP. Furthermore, the present invention concerns a method to inhibit LRP interaction with Factor VIII as well as a method to decrease Factor VIII degradation and/or prolong Factor VIII half-life in a biological fluid and/or a method to treat patients suffering from a blood coagulation disorder, especially Haemophilia A. The present invention also concerns a pharmaceutical composition useful for the decrease of Factor VIII degradation in a biological fluid, the inhibition of Factor VIII interaction with LRP, and/or the prolongation of Factor VIII half-life in a biological fluid for treatment of a blood coagulation disorder, especially Haemophilia A. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219984 | Nogo receptor-mediated blockade of axonal growth - Disclosed are NgR proteins and biologically active Nogo (ligand) protein fragments. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating the expression or activity of the Nogo and NgR protein. Also disclosed are peptides which block Nogo-mediated inhibition of axonal extension. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful in the treatment of cranial or cerebral trauma, spinal cord injury, stroke or a demyelinating disease. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219985 | PROK2 ANTAGONISTS AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides methods of using PROK2 and PROK1 antagonist, including monoclonal antibodies to treat inflammation, angiogenesis, and cancer. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219986 | Polynucleotides and polypeptides BASB033 from neisseria meningitidis and their uses - The invention provides BASB033 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding BASB033 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic uses. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219987 | Novel Phosphorylated Phosphatase Cdc25b Sequences, Antibodies Directed Against Said Sequences and Uses Thereof - A peptide sequence includes a fragment of at least 10 amino acids derived from the following SEQ ID NO:1: DRKMEVEELS | 09-11-2008 |
20080219988 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF PROSTATE CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly prostate cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more prostate-specific polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly prostate cancer. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219989 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly breast cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more breast tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly breast cancer. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219990 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly breast cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more breast tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly breast cancer. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219991 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly breast cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more breast tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly breast cancer. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219992 | Pancreatic cancer secreted targets and uses thereof - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with pancreas. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in pancreatic diseases (PCAST) and antibodies binds to PCAST. The present invention provides that PCAST is used as targets for screening agents that modulates the PCAST activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with pancreas. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219993 | HUMAN RGR ONCOGENE AND TRUNCATED TRANSCRIPTS THEREOF DETECTED IN T CELL MALIGNANCIES, ANTIBODIES TO THE ENCODED POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - Naturally-occurring variants of human Rgr oncogene protein, in particular, abnormally truncated variants found in T cell malignancies, as well as the human Rgr protein are encompassed by the present invention. Also included are antibodies thereto and nucleic acid molecules encoding human Rgr protein and naturally-occurring variants thereof. The present invention further provides methods for diagnosing and treating T cell malignancies associated with abnormally truncated transcripts of human rgr oncogene and/or abnormal truncation of human Rgr protein. | 09-11-2008 |
20080226637 | Haemophilus influenzae BASB206 gene and protein - This invention relates to polynucleotides, (herein referred to as “BASB206 polynucleotide(s)”), polypeptides encoded by them (referred to herein as “BASB206” or “BASB206 polypeptide(s)”), recombinant materials and methods for their production. In another aspect, the invention relates to methods for using such polypeptides and polynucleotides, including vaccines against bacterial infections. In a further aspect, the invention relates to diagnostic assays for detecting infection of certain pathogens. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226638 | Modifier of Organelle Metabolism - Provided herein are methods for the treatment of metabolism disorders by delivering a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of a SOUP1 polypeptide. The invention also relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide contributing to membrane stability and/or function of organelles. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226639 | Heparin Binding Peptide - The invention relates to new peptide fragments capable of stimulating neurite outgrowth, stimulating of cell survival, stimulating neural plasticity associated with memory and learning, and modulating cell motility. The biological activity of the peptide fragments is associated with their capability of binding and activating a neurotrophin receptor of the Trk family. The peptide fragments of the invention comprise an amino acid motif which is essential for binding and activating a neurotrophin receptor of the Trk family. The invention also concerns pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and uses thereof for prevention and/or treatment of conditions and/or diseases, wherein neurotrophing, Tkr receptors and/or NCAM play an important role, and wherein stimulating of neurite outgrowth, cell survival, neural plasticity associated with memory and learning, and/or modulating cell motility is beneficial for treatment. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226640 | C1q Related Protein - This invention relates to a novel protein, termed INSP162, herein identified as a secreted protein containing c1q and collagen domains and to the use of this protein and nucleic acid sequence from the encoding gene in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226641 | Outer surface proteins, their genes, and their use - According to the present invention, a series of genes are identified in Group B | 09-18-2008 |
20080226642 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly ovarian cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more ovarian tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly ovarian cancer. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226643 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly breast cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more breast tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly breast cancer. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226644 | Novel cancer associated protein - The present invention relates to a novel polypeptide (BCMP 101) compositions comprising the polypeptide, including vaccines, and antibodies that are immunospecific for the polypeptide. The use of the polypeptide in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of cancer, in particular breast cancer is also provided. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226645 | Methods and compositions for assessment and treatment of asthma - The present invention provides methods and compositions for the assessment and treatment of asthma and other inflammatory diseases, particularly those mediated by interleukin-13 (IL-13). The present invention also provides arrays comprising markers for asthma as well as IL-13 responsiveness. The markers of the present invention can be used in methods to diagnose a patient as having asthma or an IL-13-mediated condition, to evaluate the effectiveness of potential therapeutic agents, to identify or evaluate agents capable of modulating marker expression levels, and to select a treatment for a patient suffering from asthma or an IL-13-mediated condition. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226646 | USE OF BIOMOLECULAR TARGETS IN THE TREATMENT AND VISUALIZATION OF TUMORS - The present invention relates to the use of a protein that is differentially expressed in primary brain tumor tissues, as compared to normal brain tissues, as a biomolecular target for tumor treatment therapies. The protein is also expressed in tissues from adenocarcinoma, non-melanoma, and renal carcinoma cells. Immunotherapeutic and immunoimaging agents that specifically bind to an identified brain tumor target protein are provided. The present invention also provides compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions for administration in the methods of the invention. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226647 | Monoclonal Antibodies Against The Interferon Receptor, With Neutralizing Activity Against Type I Interferon - The invention relates to a monoclonal antibody directed against the human interferon class I receptor (IFN-R) characterized by the following properties: it recognizes the extracellular domain of the human IFN-R, and it has a neutralizing capacity against the biological properties of the human type I-IFN. It further concerns their use for the diagnosis. | 09-18-2008 |
20080233123 | Polypeptide from haemophilus influenzae - The invention provides BASB203 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding BASB203 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic uses. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233124 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly ovarian cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more ovarian tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly ovarian cancer. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233125 | Compositions and methods for inhibiting squamous cell carcinoma - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting and inhibiting squamous cell carcinoma using agents that target the laminin 5 alpha 3 G4-G5 domain. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233126 | G Proteins, Polynucleotides Encoding the Same and Utilization Thereof - A novel protein (Gm1) includes an amino acid sequence part having a high homology with a domain having a high homology with a GTP binding site and a GTPase site conserved among G protein α subunits and a trimer forming domain conserved among G protein α subunits. The Gm1 protein is involved in signal transduction via a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) stimulation. The Gm1 protein is expressed intensively in human brain, thymus, testes, spleen, small intestine, uterus and heart. A method for screening for a substance capable of regulating a cellular signal transduction employs a polynucleotide encoding the Gm1 protein. | 09-25-2008 |
20080241149 | Antibodies to complementary peptides of thrombin or portions thereof - Disclosed are antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that bind to a complementary peptide having an amino acid sequence that is encoded by the complement of a nucleotide sequence encoding thrombin or a portion thereof. Such antibodies and antigen-binding fragments can be agonists or antagonists of thrombin receptor-mediated events. Also disclosed are methods of using the agonist antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of the invention to activate the non-proteolytically activated thrombin receptor (NPAR) in a subject in need of such treatment. In addition, methods of using the antagonist antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of the invention to inhibit activation of the NPAR in a subject in need of such treatment are disclosed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241150 | Functional negative regulatory domain sequences from human NOTCH1 and 2 and isolated LNR domains from human NOTCH1 - The present invention relates to a LNR-HD domain of the Notch receptor and methods of use. The method for expression and structural determination of the LNR-HD domain is described. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241151 | Virulence genes, proteins, and their use - A series of genes from | 10-02-2008 |
20080241152 | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (VEGF-C) Protein and Gene, Mutants Thereof, and Uses Thereof - Provided are purified and isolated VEGF-C polypeptides capable of binding to at least one of KDR receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR-2) and Flt4 receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR-3); analogs of such peptides that have VEGF-C-like or VEGF-like biological activities or that are VEGF or VEGF-C inhibitors; polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; vectors and host cells that embody the polynucleotides; pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic reagents comprising the polypeptides; and methods of making and using the polypeptides. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241153 | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (VEGF-C) Protein and Gene, Mutants Thereof, and Uses Thereof - Provided are purified and isolated VEGF-C polypeptides capable of binding to at least one of KDR receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR-2) and Flt4 receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR-3); analogs of such peptides that have VEGF-C-like or VEGF-like biological activities or that are VEGF or VEGF-C inhibitors; polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; vectors and host cells that embody the polynucleotides; pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic reagents comprising the polypeptides; and methods of making and using the polypeptides. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241154 | Isolation, Identification and Characterization of tmst2, a Novel Member of the TNF-Receptor Supergene Family - Novel TNF receptor polypeptides are disclosed, along with polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides and uses thereof. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241155 | Death domain containing receptor 4 - The present invention relates to novel Death Domain Containing Receptor-4 (DR4) proteins which are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human DR4 proteins. DR4 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of DR4 activity and methods for using DR4 polynucleotides and polypeptides. The invention also relates to the treatment of diseases associated with reduced or increased levels of apoptosis using antibodies specific for DR4, which may be agonists and/or antagonists of DR4 activity. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241156 | Inhibitors of hepatitis C virus - The present invention relates to methods that employ peptides or peptide derivatives to inhibit hepatitis C virus infection. The present invention is based in part on the discovery that E2 envelope glycoprotein of hepatitis C virus has previously undescribed domains that are important for interactions with cellular or viral proteins that are necessary for early steps in HCV infection. The present invention provides peptides and methods of treatment and prophylaxis of diseases induced by hepatitis C virus and related viruses. | 10-02-2008 |
20080248040 | Nucleic Acid Molecules Encoding Novel Human Low-Voltage Activated Calcium Channel Proteins, Designed-Alpha 1I-1 and Alpha 1I-2, Encoded Proteins and Methods of Use Thereof - Disclosed are mammalian nucleic acid sequences encoding α1I subunit isoforms of a voltage-gated calcium channel. Specifically disclosed are novel variants of the α1I subunit designated herein as α1I-1 and α1I-2. In other aspects, the disclosure relates to expression vectors which encode the novel subunits of the invention, as well as cells containing such vectors. Antibodies specific for each of the variant subunits are also provided. The nucleic acid sequences of the invention find application, for example, in screening for compounds which modulate the activity of voltage-gated calcium channels and also in diagnostic methods for diagnosing various T-type channel mediated disorders, e.g., epilepsy, cancer, pain, sleep disorders and the autoimmune disease Lambert-Eaton Syndrome. Diagnosing defects in α1I subunit genes of a patient with a neuronal disease such as epilepsy are also included. An additional application of the nucleic acid sequences of the invention is in therapeutic methods of treatment for α1I subunit mediated disorders. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248041 | Novel Ligands for G Protein-Coupled Receptor Protein and Use Thereof - The present invention provides a method of screening an agonist/antagonist of a G protein-coupled receptor protein comprising the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, or a salt thereof, which comprises using the receptor protein or its salt and a ligand or its salt; and so on. The screening method of the present invention is useful for screening an agent for the prevention/treatment of nervous system diseases or neuropathic pains. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248042 | Monoclonal antibody cross-reactive against infective agent causing a B-cell expansion and IgG-Fc - This invention disclosed a monoclonal antibody or a derivative thereof which is cross-reactive against the immunogenic sequence of an infective agent causing a B-cell expansion and IgG-Fc, said infective agent is selected from the group consisting of | 10-09-2008 |
20080248043 | Antibodies to SARS coronavirus - The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to human SARS-CoV S protein, and that function to neutralize SARS-CoV. The invention also relates to antibodies that are bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-SARS-CoV S protein antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-SARS-CoV S protein antibodies. The invention also relates to transgenic animals or plants comprising nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248044 | POLYEPITOPIC PROTEIN FRAGMENTS OF THE E6 AND E7 PROTEINS OF HPV, THEIR PRODUCTION AND THEIR USE PARTICULARLY IN VACCINATION - Polyepitopic peptides of E6 and E7 proteins of Human Papillomavirus, their production, and methods of treating pathologies in which a polyepitopic peptide of the E6 and E7 protein of Human Papillomavirus is recognized by the cellular immune system. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248045 | POLYPEPTIDES HAVING A TRIGGERING NK ACTIVITY AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to polypeptides having a triggering NK activity and an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical over its entire length to the polypeptide having SEQ ID NO: 1, and any immunogenic fragments thereof, as well as to the polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies directed against said polypeptides, and immuno-reactive fragments thereof. Application for detecting NK cells in a sample, for their removal from a sample or for enrichment of NK cells, and for NK cell natural cytotoxicity regulation. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248046 | Death domain containing receptor 5 - The present invention relates to novel Death Domain Containing Receptor-5 (DR5) proteins which are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family, and have now been shown to bind TRAIL. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human DR5 proteins. DR5 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying antagonists and antagonists of DR5 activity. The invention also relates to the treatment of diseases associated with reduced or increased levels of apoptosis using antibodies specific for DR5, which may be agonists and/or antagonists of DR5 activity. | 10-09-2008 |
20080254033 | Pharmaceutical Compositions Containing Antagonists to Lrp4, Lrp8 or Megalin for Treatment of Diseases - The present invention provides LRP4, LRP8 and LRP2 (megalin) polypeptides; polynucleotides encoding such; modulators of LRP4, LRP8 and LRP2 activity; and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases. Compositions of the invention contain a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient and at least one modulator that is capable of binding to or interfering with the activity of LRP4, LRP8, LRP2 and active fragments thereof. The invention provides modulators, such as antibodies, RNAi molecules, anti-sense molecules and ribozymes. Additionally, the invention includes methods for the treatment of diseases, such as proliferative diseases and degenerative diseases, and methods of administration of the compositions of the invention. | 10-16-2008 |
20080254034 | BASB119 Polypeptide and Polynucleotide from Moraxella Catarrhalis - The invention provides BASB119 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding BASB119 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic uses. | 10-16-2008 |
20080254035 | Lipocalin Protein - The invention is based on the discovery that the human protein referred to herein as INSP181 protein is a lipocalin. | 10-16-2008 |
20080260741 | Preventive and/or Therapeutic Agent for Cancer - As the results of intensive studies aiming at providing a gene targeting a cancer cell or a cancer tissue, novel nucleotide sequences showing increased expression in a cancer cell or a cancer tissue compared with normal tissues are identified. As the results of the subsequent studies, genes showing increased expression in a cancer cell or a cancer tissue which are useful as a drug discovery target are found out. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260742 | Preventives/Remedies for Cancer - The present invention provides preventives/remedies for cancer and so on. Specifically, an antibody against a protein comprising the same or substantially the same as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 25, SEQ ID NO: 38 or SEQ ID NO: 48, a compound that inhibits the expression of the above protein or the expression of a gene for the above protein, and so on, are useful as preventives/remedies for cancer, etc., cancer cell apoptosis promoters, cancer cell growth inhibitors, and so on. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260743 | Means and Methods for Detecting Methylated Dna - The present application relates to a nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence encoding a bifunctional polypeptide comprising the DNA-binding domain of a protein belonging to the family of Methyl-CpG binding proteins (MBDs) and the Fc portion of an antibody. In addition, vectors and host cells which comprise said nucleic acid molecule and polypeptides which are encoded by said nucleic acid molecule as well as processes for producing said polypeptide are disclosed. Moreover, the present application provides an antibody specifically binding said polypeptide and compositions, in particular diagnostic compositions comprising the nucleic acid molecule(s), vector(s), host cell(s), polypeptide(s) or antibodie(s) of the present application. Furthermore, methods and uses employing the polypeptides of the present invention for detecting methylated DNA, in particular in tumorous tissue or tumor cells are provided. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260744 | G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides GPCR polypeptides and polynucleotides, recombinant materials, and transgenic mice, as well as methods for their production. The polypeptides and polynucleotides are useful, for example, in methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders. The invention also provides methods for identifying compounds (e.g., agonists or antagonists) using the GPCR polypeptides and polynucleotides of the invention, and for treating conditions associated with GPCR dysfunction with the GPCR polypeptides, polynucleotides, or identified compounds. The invention also provides diagnostic assays for detecting diseases or disorders associated with inappropriate GPCR activity or levels. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260745 | TARGETED IDENTIFICATION OF IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDES - This invention relates generally to identifying peptide sequences involved in antibody binding to any protein for synthesis of vaccine treatments. This novel method allows for a more manageable vaccine peptide discovery and specific generation of unique immunogenic peptides from self-tumor associated proteins and/or foreign proteins from infectious organisms for specific and/or enhanced expression only in the presence of the antibody. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260746 | Erythropoietin Polypeptides and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to EPO polypeptides and their uses, particularly for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment in human subjects. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides, vectors comprising such nucleic acids and recombinant cells containing the same. The invention further discloses methods of producing such polypeptides, as well as methods and tools for detecting or dosing these polypeptides in any sample. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260747 | Methods and Materials Relating to CD84-like Polypeptides and Polynucleotides - The invention provides novel polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides and mutants or variants thereof that correspond to a novel human secreted CD84-like polypeptide. These polynucleotides comprise nucleic acid sequences isolated from cDNA library from human spleen (Hyseq clone identification numbers 2938352 (SEQ ID NO: 1)). Other aspects of the invention include vectors containing processes for producing novel human secreted CD84-like polypeptides, and antibodies specific for such polypeptides. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267965 | Use of Bcma as an Immunoregulatory Agent - The disclosure relates to B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), a receptor for APRIL and BAFF, and its use as an immunoregulatory agent in treatment of immunological disorders such as multiple sclerosis. The disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating neurodegenerative immunological disorders in mammals by administering soluble BCMA, an antibody against BCMA, or an antibody against a BCMA ligand, e.g., APRIL or BAFF. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267966 | Polypeptides from Non-Typeable Haemophilus Influenzae - Polypeptides comprising non-typeable | 10-30-2008 |
20080267967 | MODULATION OF CD200 RECEPTORS - The present invention relates to CD200 receptor isoforms and modulators thereof and their use in methods of immune modulation and pharmaceutical compositions. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267968 | TREATMENT WITH ANTI-VEGF ANTIBODIES - This invention concerns in general treatment of diseases and pathological conditions with anti-VEGF antibodies. More specifically, the invention concerns the treatment of human patients susceptible to or diagnosed with cancer using an anti-VEGF antibody, preferably in combination with one or more additional anti-tumor therapeutic agents. | 10-30-2008 |
20080274112 | Nogo Receptor Antagonists - Disclosed are immunogenic Nogo receptor-1 polypeptides, Nogo receptor-1 antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, soluble Nogo receptors and fusion proteins thereof and nucleic acids encoding the same. Also disclosed are compositions comprising, and methods for making and using, such Nogo receptor antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, soluble Nogo receptors and fusion proteins thereof and nucleic acids encoding the same. | 11-06-2008 |
20080274113 | Method and Compositions for Prevention and Treatment of Malaria Infections - Isolated proteins and nucleic acid sequence encoding such protein that interacts with a red blood cell to be invaded by a malaria parasite and link with a component of the actin-myosin based machinery of the malaria parasite are provided. In addition methods for identifying agents which inhibit the function of these proteins as chemotherapeutic and/or immunologic agents for treatment and prevention of malaria infections are provided. Compositions for treatment and prevention of malaria infections and methods for preventing and treating malaria infections are also provided. | 11-06-2008 |
20080274114 | Anti-Egfr Antibodies - The present invention encompasses EGFR specific monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof. These antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, have high affinity for EGFR, inhibit the activation of EGFR, and are useful for the treatment of EGFR mediated cancers. | 11-06-2008 |
20080274115 | Soluble ErbB3 Methods of Detection and Antibodies - Regulation of sErbB3 isoforms in methods of regulating heregulin activity or ErbB receptor activities is disclosed. Cancer therapeutics and methods of therapeutically treating cancer comprising sErbB3 are also disclosed. Detection of sErbB3 in biological samples for risk assessment and prevention, screening, diagnosis, prognosis, theragnosis, evaluation of responsiveness to treatment, and/or monitoring of disease progression, recurrence, or metastasis of a cancer is disclosed as well. In examples, sErbB3 nucleic acid sequences, polypeptides, molecular probes, and antibodies are useful agents for regulation, expression, detection, and cancer therapeutics related to sErbB3. | 11-06-2008 |
20080279855 | Dna Replication Modulating Peptides, Nucleic Acids Encoding Them, and Their Use in Pharmaceutical Compositions - The present invention relates to the use of a peptidic sequence which comprises or is constituted of a peptidic chain of at least contiguous amino acids selected from the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 4 being delimited by the amino acid in position 76 and by the amino acid in position 160 of SEQ ID NO: 2 (human Geminin), provided that, if present, the flanking regions of the peptidic chain in the peptidic sequence are different from the flanking regions of the peptidic chain in SEQ ID NO: 2, for the preparation of a drug intended for the treatment or prevention of pathologies implying pathological DNA replication and/or differentiation disorders, or disturbance of the cellular proliferation/differentiation balance. | 11-13-2008 |
20080286275 | Antigen Binding Proteins Directed Against Scavenger Receptor B1 that Inhibit Hcv Replication - The present invention features antigen binding protein that bind to a SR-BI target region identified herein as a region involved in HCV E2 binding. Identified target regions are regions bound by a single-chain antibody of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 3 or 4. | 11-20-2008 |
20080286276 | Proteins encoded by polynucleic acids of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) - The present invention provides a purified preparation containing, for example, at least one polypeptide selected from the group consisting of proteins encoded by one or more open reading frames (ORF's) of an Iowa strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), antigenic regions of such proteins which are at least 5 amino acids in length and which effectively protect a porcine host against a subsequent challenge with a PRRSV isolate, and combinations thereof in which amino acids non-essential for antigenicity may be conservatively substituted. The present invention also concerns a vaccine comprising an effective amount of such a protein; antibodies which specifically bind to such a protein; methods of producing the same; and methods of protecting a pig against a PRRSV, treating a pig infected by a PRRSV, and detecting PRRSV in a pig. | 11-20-2008 |
20080286277 | Antigen binding molecules that bind EGFR, vectors encoding same, and uses thereof - The present invention relates to antigen binding molecules (ABMs). In particular embodiments, the present invention relates to recombinant monoclonal antibodies, including chimeric, primatized or humanized antibodies specific for human EGFR. In addition, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such ABMs, and vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the ABMs of the invention, and to methods of using these ABMs in treatment of disease. In addition, the present invention relates to ABMs with modified glycosylation having improved therapeutic properties, including antibodies with increased Fc receptor binding and increased effector function. | 11-20-2008 |
20080292633 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly lung cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more lung tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly lung cancer. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292634 | Nontypable Haemophilus Infuenzae Virulence Factors - The invention relates to a mutation within the sap operon of an avirulent clone of a nontypeable strain of | 11-27-2008 |
20080292635 | Allergenic latex protein - The present invention relates to a protein found in natural rubber that can induce an allergic reaction in persons who have been sensitised to it. The invention provides for the process of isolating and purifying the protein and describes the characteristics of the protein, including its molecular weight, isoelectric point, amino acid sequence and allergenicity. The invention also describes the isolation and cloning a the DNA that encodes the protein. The production of the recombinant version of the protein using a protein expression vector is described. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292636 | Chemokine panec-2 polynuleotides, polypeptides, antibodies and methods of making and using them - The present invention provides nucleotide and amino acid sequences that identify and encode novel expressed chemokines (PANEC-1 and PANEC-2) from human pancreas cells. The present invention also provides for antisense molecules to the nucleotide sequences which encode PANEC-1 and PANEC-2, expression vectors for the production of purified PANEC-1 and PANEC-2, antibodies capable of binding specifically to PANEC-1 and PANEC-2, hybridization probes or oligonucleotides for the detection of PANEC-1- or PANEC-2-encoding nucleotide sequences, genetically engineered host cells for the expression of PANEC-1 and PANEC-2, diagnostic tests for chemokine activation based on PANEC-1- and PANEC-2-encoding nucleic acid molecules and antibodies capable of binding specifically to the protein. | 11-27-2008 |
20080299125 | Genetic basis of treatment response in depression patients - The invention provides a collection of polymorphic sites associated with response to treatment by an SSRI or placebo in depression patients. The polymorphic sites and others in linkage disequilibrium with them are useful in determining whether to treat a patient with an SSRI or include a patient in a clinical trial to test an SSRI. | 12-04-2008 |
20080299126 | Anti-Myostatin Antibodies - A neutralizing epitope is identified within amino acids 40-64 of the mature form of human myostatin. Antibodies that bind this epitope with high affinity preferentially bind GDF-8 over GDF-11 and may be chimeric, humanized or fully human antibodies, immunoconjugates of the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. The antibodies of the invention are useful for increasing muscle mass, increasing bone density, or for the treatment of various disorders in mammalian and avian species. | 12-04-2008 |
20080299127 | PROTECTIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS VACCINE BASED ON CELL WALL-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition or a medicament, notably a protective | 12-04-2008 |
20080305108 | Peptides of Il1 Beta and Tnf Alpha and Method Treatment - The present invention relates to peptides derived from the proinflammatory cytokines, interleukin-1β, (IL1β) and tumor necrosis factor α, (TNFα), and their use in human or veterinary therapy, such as to generally treat diseases linked to the overproduction of IL1β or TNFα as well as acute or chronic inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, septic shock, autoimmune diabetes, graft rejection in the host, etc. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305109 | Method of passive immunization - This invention relates to compositions and methods which provide protection against, or reduce the severity of toxic shock and septic shock from bacterial infections. More particularly it relates to peptides derived from homologous sequences of the family of staphylococcal and streptococcal toxins, which may be polymeric, and carrier-conjugates thereof. The invention also relates to serum antibodies induced by the peptides and carrier-conjugates and their use to prevent, treat, or protect against the toxic effects of most, if not all, of the staphylococcal and streptococcal toxins. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305110 | Novel Ligand of G Protein Coupled Receptor Protein and Use Thereof - The present invention provides a method of screening an agonist or antagonist to a G protein-coupled receptor protein comprising the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, or a salt thereof, which comprises using the receptor protein or a salt thereof and the ligand or a salt thereof; etc. The present invention is useful for screening agents for the prevention/treatment of, e.g., leukopenia, leukemia, lymphoma, malignant tumor, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, tonsil disorders, collagen disease, inflammatory disease, leukocytosis, heart failure, inherited muscle disorders, muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular degenerative disease, myocardial infarction, obesity, mellitus diabetes, hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis, cancer, pulmonary edema, multiple organ failure, etc. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305111 | Anti-C35 antibodies for treating cancer - The present invention is directed to methods of killing cancer cells, the methods comprising administering at least one C35 antibody and a chemotherapeutic agent. In some preferred embodiments, two C35 antibodies are administered with a chemotherapeutic agent. The present invention is further directed to C35 antibodies useful in these methods. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305112 | IMMUNISATION AGAINST CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS - The present invention provides antigenic proteins of | 12-11-2008 |
20080311125 | Scytovirin Domain 1 Related Polypeptides - A scytovirin domain 1 (SD1) polypeptide, a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide, and related fusion proteins, conjugates, isolated cells, vectors, and antibodies, as well as a method of inhibiting a viral infection using the same. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317754 | Human Osteoclast Derived Cathepsin - Disclosed is a human osteoclast-derived cathepsin (Cathepsin O) polypeptide and DNA(RNA) encoding such cathepsin O polypeptides. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptide by recombinant techniques. The present invention also discloses antibodies, antagonists and inhibitors of such polypeptide which may be used to prevent the action of such polypeptide and therefore may be used therapeutically to treat bone diseases such as osteoporosis and cancers, such as tumor metastases. | 12-25-2008 |
20080317755 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF COLON CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly colon cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more colon tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly colon cancer. | 12-25-2008 |
20080317756 | Antibodies to Chemokine Alpha-5 - The present invention relates to a novel CKα-5 protein which is a member of the alpha chemokine family. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human CKα-5 protein. CKα-5 polypeptides are also provided, as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. Antibodies and fragments thereof that specifically bind to CKα-5 polypeptides are also disclosed, as are compositions and methods for making such antibodies. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of CKα-5 activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting immune system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating immune system-related disorders. | 12-25-2008 |
20090004193 | Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Diseases Associated With Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Receptor 1 (Vpac1) - The invention provides a human VPAC1 which is associated with the cardiovascular diseases, cancer, dermatological diseases, endocrinological diseases, metabolic diseases, inflammation, gastroenterological diseases, hematological diseases, respiratory diseases, muscle skeleton diseases, neurological diseases and urological diseases. The invention also provides assays for the identification of compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, dermatological diseases, endocrinological diseases, metabolic diseases, inflammation, gastroenterological diseases, hematological diseases, respiratory diseases, muscle skeleton diseases, neurological diseases and urological diseases. The invention also features compounds which bind to and/or activate or inhibit the activity of VPAC1 as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. | 01-01-2009 |
20090004194 | TLR AGONIST (FLAGELLIN)/CD40 AGONIST/ANTIGEN PROTEIN AND DNA CONJUGATES AND USE THEREOF FOR INDUCING SYNERGISTIC ENHANCEMENT IN IMMUNITY - Fusion proteins and DNA conjugates are disclosed which contain a TLR/CD40/agonist and optional antigen combination. The use of these protein and DNA conjugates as immune adjuvants and as vaccines for treatment of various chronic diseases such as HIV infection is also provided. | 01-01-2009 |
20090004195 | SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND GLUCOSE CONTROL OR HYPOGLYCEMIA - The present disclosure provides methods and uses for controlling tight blood glucose levels in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a somatostatin inhibitor. The present disclosure provides methods and uses for treating or preventing hypoglycemia in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a somatostatin inhibitor. | 01-01-2009 |
20090004196 | METHOD OF INHIBITING OSTEOCLAST ACTIVITY - Methods for inhibiting osteoclastogenesis by administering a soluble RANK polypeptide are disclosed. Such methods can be used to treat a variety of different cancers, including bone cancer, multiple myeloma, melanoma, breast cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer, prostate cancer, hematologic cancers, head and neck cancer and renal cancer. | 01-01-2009 |
20090010936 | Novel Stra6 Polypeptides - The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence similarity to Stra6, a murine retinoic acid responsive protein, and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. | 01-08-2009 |
20090017031 | METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING TISSUE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY - A method for preventing or treating tissue damage associated with ischemia-reperfusion injury and thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair by administering a tissue damage preventing or treating amount of a complement inhibitor to a patient likely to suffer from or suffering from tissue damage associated with ischemia-reperfusion injury or TAAA repair. The complement inhibitors are preferably antibodies that bind to and inhibit complement proteins involved in the formation of the membrane attach complex, preferably antibodies that inhibit MBL, MASP1, MASP2, and MASP3 in the lectin pathway. The complement inhibitors can be used alone or in combination to decrease the morbidity and mortality caused by tissue damage associated with ischemia-reperfusion injury or TAAA repair. | 01-15-2009 |
20090017032 | MAMMALIAN CX3C CHEMOKINE ANTIBODIES - Nucleic acids encoding a new family of chemokines, the CX3C family, from a mammal, reagents related thereto, including specific antibodies, and purified proteins are described. Methods of using said reagents and related diagnostic kits are also provided. | 01-15-2009 |
20090017033 | Methods for interfering with RANKL signaling - Disclosed herein are kits for detecting RANKL protein or nucleic acids, the kits comprising isolated human RANKL polypeptides, RANKL nucleic acids and/or antibodies specific for RANKL. | 01-15-2009 |
20090017034 | Antibodies that inhibit TSLP activity - The invention is directed to purified and isolated novel TSLP polypeptides, the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, fragmented peptides derived from these polypeptides, and the uses of the above. | 01-15-2009 |
20090017035 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN DELTA LIKE LIGAND 4 - An isolated human antibody or a fragment of a human antibody which specifically binds to human delta-like ligand 4 (hDll4) and blocks hDll4 binding to a Notch receptor. The human anti-hDll4 antibody or antibody fragment binds hDll4 with an affinity of 300 pM or better, as measured by surface plasmon resonance. | 01-15-2009 |
20090022723 | ANTI-IL-TIF ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USING IN INFLAMMATION - The present invention relates to blocking the activity of IL-TIF polypeptide molecules. IL-TIF is a cytokine involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. The present invention includes anti-IL-TIF antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for antagonizing IL-TIF using such antibodies and binding partners in IL-TIF-related human inflammatory diseases, amongst other uses disclosed. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022724 | Attractin/mahogany-like polypeptides, polynucleotides, antibodies and methods of use thereof - The present disclosure provides attractin/mahogany-like polypeptides and fragments thereof, polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides and fragments, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides or fragments, and assays and methods employing these polypeptides, antibodies, and polynucleotides. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022725 | IL-17 HOMOLOGOUS POLYPEPTIDES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17 and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders. | 01-22-2009 |
20090028864 | L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE WITH CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY FROM APLYSIA FUNCTATA - The present invention relates to a cytotoxic polypeptide which is an L-amino acid oxidase isolated from the ink of the sea hare | 01-29-2009 |
20090028865 | METHOD OF TREATING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA - Materials and Methods for treating hepatocellular carcinoma in a mammal are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to a mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a zvegf3 antagonist in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable delivery vehicle. Zvegf3 antagonists include anti-zvegf3 antibodies, mitogenically inactive receptor-binding zvegf3 variant polypeptides, and inhibitory polynucleotides. | 01-29-2009 |
20090041771 | Immunological methods and compositions for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease - The present invention relates to immunogenic compositions and peptides comprising residues 4-10 (FRHDSGY) of the amyloid peptide Abeta | 02-12-2009 |
20090041772 | Soluble Forms of Hendra and Nipah Virus G Glycoprotein - This invention relates to soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. In particular, this invention relates to compositions comprising soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus and also to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. Further, the invention relates to therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies, and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infection by Hendra and Nipah viruses. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041773 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS MEDIATED BY CD40 SIGNALING - Methods for identifying subjects having a cancer or pre-malignant condition that will benefit from anti-CD40 therapeutic agents that modulate CD40L-mediated CD40 signaling are provided. The methods comprise the use of biomarkers of cellular apoptosis, cell proliferation and survival, and CD40 signaling pathways to monitor ex vivo response to one or more anti-CD40 therapeutic agents of interest that modulate CD40 signaling on CD40-expressing neoplastic cells. The ex vivo prognostic assays can be used alone or in conjunction with other prognostic assays to identify candidate subjects who will benefit from treatment with anti-CD40 therapeutic agents. Methods of the invention also comprise the use of these biomarkers to monitor in vivo efficacy of treatment with an anti-CD40 therapeutic agent. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041774 | Haemophilus influenzae type IV pili - The invention described herein relates to a | 02-12-2009 |
20090047283 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION - Compounds and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydial infection are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of a | 02-19-2009 |
20090047284 | Methods and compositions for PDGF-C activation and inhibition - Methods for inhibiting angiogenesis comprising administering tissue-plasminogen activator (tPA) inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the methods comprising the tPA inhibitors. Also provided are methods for stimulating angiogenesis comprising administering tPA to a patient in need thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of tPA for the methods of stimulation. The present invention discloses that tPA is a specific PDGF-C activating protease, and that the CUB-domains in PDGF-CC directly interact with the protease, are required for efficient proteolysis, and released CUB-domains are tPA inhibitors. Preferably, the method and compositions of the present invention are used for simultaneously stimulating, or simultaneously inhibiting, thrombolysis and angiogenesis. | 02-19-2009 |
20090047285 | Compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating cancer - Isolated antibodies that specifically binds to an extracellular conserved ligand binding region of a human Notch receptor and inhibits growth of a tumor are described. Also described are methods of treating cancer, the method comprising administering an anti-Notch antibody in an amount effective to inhibit tumor growth. | 02-19-2009 |
20090047286 | H2N3 INFLUENZA A VIRUSES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides influenza A viruses that include a hemagglutinin subtype H2, a neuraminidase subtype N3, or the combination thereof. Included in the present invention are H2 hemagglutinins and N3 neuraminidases, and the polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Antibody to the polypeptides, and methods of using the viruses, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies are also provided. | 02-19-2009 |
20090047287 | MODULATION OF BONE FORMATION - This invention relates to modulating Ror activity (e.g., Ror2 protein activity) and/or 14-3-3 β to affect bone formation or resorption. The invention further relates to compositions and methods for the screening, diagnosis and development of therapies for bone-related disorders such as osteoporosis and bone fracture. Antibodies and antibody fragments directed to Ror2 protein are particularly useful in causing dimerization of Ror2 proteins, thereby leading to the activation of Ror2. | 02-19-2009 |
20090053228 | Lawsonia intracellularis subunit vaccines - The present invention relates i.a. to nucleic acids encoding novel | 02-26-2009 |
20090053229 | Methods of Treating Conditions Involving Neuronal Degeneration - The invention provides methods for treating conditions of the eye involving death or degeneration of retinal ganglion cells, including glaucoma, by the administration of Nogo receptor-1 antagonists. | 02-26-2009 |
20090053230 | ANTI-OX40L ANTIBODIES AND METHODS USING SAME - The invention provides anti-OX40L antibodies, and compositions comprising and methods of using these antibodies. | 02-26-2009 |
20090053231 | Optical Disc Apparatus - Disclosed are human mitogen-activated (MAP) kinase kinase isoforms (MKKs). MKKs mediate unique signal transduction pathways that activate human MAP kinases p38 and JNK, which result in activation of other factors, including activating transcription factor-2 (ATF2) and c-Jun. The pathways are activated by a number of factors, including cytokines and environmental stress. Methods are provided for identifying reagents that modulate MKK function or activity and for the use of such reagents in the treatment of MKK-mediated disorders. | 02-26-2009 |
20090053232 | MODULATION OF SYNAPTOGENESIS - The present invention describes methods and compositions for modulating synaptogenesis and axon and/or dendritic growth. The methods include the use of agents that modulate a thrombospondin and/or an α2δ subunit of a calcium channel. | 02-26-2009 |
20090060916 | Ligands that bind IL-4 and/or IL-13 - Disclosed are ligands that have binding specificity for interleukin-4 (IL-4), for interleukin-13 (IL-13), or for IL-4 and IL-13. Also disclosed are methods of using these ligands. In particular, the use of these ligands for treating allergic asthma is described. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060917 | Carbamate Stereoisomer - The compound of formula (I) | 03-05-2009 |
20090060918 | Method of treating or preventing an IL-1 related disease or condition - Methods of treating or preventing an IL-1 related disease or condition in a mammal comprising administering an effective amount of an IL-1β binding antibody or IL-1β binding fragment thereof. An IL-1β binding antibody or IL-1β binding fragment thereof is provided comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:28, and related nucleic acids, vectors, cells, and compositions, and a method of preparing an affinity matured IL-1β binding polypeptide is provided. IL-1β binding antibodies or IL-1β binding fragments thereof are provided which have desirable affinity and potency. | 03-05-2009 |
20090068185 | Asthma associated factors as targets for treating atopic allergies including asthma and related disorders - A new gene in the calcium-activated chloride channel family has been discovered that is induced by IL-9, thereby providing a therapeutic target in IL-9 mediated development of atopic allergy, asthma-related disorders and cystic fibrosis. A method for the identification and use of small molecule inhibitors of this gene and its products to treat these disorders has also been discovered. The invention also includes a method for diagnosing susceptibility to, and assessing treatment of atopic allergy, asthma-related disorders by measuring the level of gene expression in biologic samples using antibody specific for this protein. | 03-12-2009 |
20090068186 | MAP3Ks as modifiers of the p53 pathway and methods of use - Human MAP3K genes are identified as modulators of the p53 pathway, and thus are therapeutic targets for disorders associated with defective p53 function. Methods for identifying modulators of p53, comprising screening for agents that modulate the activity of MAP3K are provided. | 03-12-2009 |
20090068187 | Novel 14275, 54420, 8797, 27439, 68730, 69112 and 52908 molecules and uses therefor - The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated 14275, 54420, 8797, 27439, 68730, 69112 or 52908 nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing 14275, 54420, 8797, 27439, 68730, 69112 or 52908 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a 14275, 54420, 8797, 27439, 68730, 69112 or 52908 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated 14275, 54420, 8797, 27439, 68730, 69112 or 52908 proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-14275, 54420, 8797, 27439, 68730, 69112 or 52908 antibodies. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 03-12-2009 |
20090068188 | C-C chemokine receptor 3 proteins - The present invention relates to methods of inhibiting a mammalian C-C chemokine receptor 3 protein (CCR3). The invention further relates to methods of treating an inflammatory disease or condition. Administration of a compound which inhibits or promotes CCR3 function to an individual in need of therapy provides a new approach to selective modulation of leukocyte function, which is useful in a variety of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, or in the treatment of infections. As a major leukocyte chemokine receptor present in leukocytes such as eosinophils and lymphocytes, the receptor provides a key target for drug screening and design. | 03-12-2009 |
20090074774 | Fgfr binding peptides - The present invention relates to new peptide compounds capable of direct binding to fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) and activating said receptor. The compounds of the invention comprise peptide fragments of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) derived from the fibronectin type-III module 1 (F3, 1) of NCAM. Peptide sequences of the invention are capable of stimulating learning and memory and/or neurite outgrowth and/or neural cell survival. Peptide sequences and compounds comprising thereof, according to the invention, may be beneficially used for treatment and/or prevention of different pathological conditions wherein FGFR and/or NCAM play a role in pathology and/or recovery from disease. Accordingly, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptide sequences and compounds of the invention are also in the scope of protection. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074775 | Use Of Anti-AB Antibody To Treat Traumatic Brain Injury - A method of effectively treating traumatic brain injury is described. The method comprises administering an effective amount of an anti-Aβ antibody to a living mammalian biosystem such as to a human. An antibody useful in such treating includes an antibody that therapeutically attenuates the toxic effects of the Aβ peptide in a living mammal in relation to traumatic brain injury. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074776 | Human FGF-21 gene and gene expression products - This invention relates to human fibroblast growth factor (hF-GF-21), and to variants thereof and to polynucleotides encoding FGF-21. The invention also relates to diagnostic and therapeutic agents related to the polynucleotides and proteins, including probes and antibodies, and to methods of treating liver disease such as cirrhosis and cancer, methods of treating conditions related to thymic function, and methods of treating conditions of the testis. The invention also relates to mouse fibroblast growth factor (mFGF-21), and to variants thereof and polynucleotides encoding mFGF-21. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074777 | WNT PROTEINS AND DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER - The present specification provides, inter alia, methods of using Wnt and FZD proteins, genes, FZD and Wnt-specific antibodies and probes in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and for screening test compounds for an ability to treat cancer. Also disclosed are compounds useful for treating cancer such as liver cancer. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074778 | Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF-3) - The present invention relates to a novel connective tissue growth factor-3 protein which is a member of the growth factor superfamily. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human connective tissue growth factor-3 protein. Connective tissue growth factor-3 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. Also provided are diagnostic and therapeutic methods for detecting and treating connective tissue related disorders. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074779 | NEUROTROPHIN-DERIVED PEPTIDE SEQUENCES - The present invention relates to peptide sequences capable of stimulating neuronal cell differentiation, neural cell survival and neuronal plasticity associated with memory and learning. The peptide sequences of the invention are derived from the proteins belonging to neurotrophic factors, such as NGF, NT3, NT4/5 and BDNF. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide fragments and uses thereof for treatment of a disease or condition wherein the effects of stimulating neuronal cell differentiation, neuronal cell survival, stimulating neural plasticity associated with learning and memory are beneficial for treatment. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074780 | METHODS OF MODIFYING ANTIBODIES, AND MODIFIED ANTIBODIES WITH IMPROVED FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES - The invention provides methods of using sequence based analysis and rational strategies to modify and improve the structural and biophysical properties of immunobinders, and in particular of single chain antibodies (scFvs), including such properties as stability, solubility, and/or antigen binding affinity. The invention provides methods of engineering immunobinders, and in particular scFvs, by performing one or more substitutions at amino acid positions identified by analysis of a database of selected, stable scFv sequences, wherein preferred amino acid residues for substitution have been identified. The invention also provides immunobinders prepared according to the engineering methods of the invention. The invention also provides preferred scFv framework scaffolds, into which CDR sequences can be inserted, as well as scFv antibodies made using these preferred framework scaffolds. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074781 | Dengue virus peptide vaccine and methods of preparing and using the same - A consensus peptide sequence designed for domain III of the envelope proteins of four serotypes of dengue virus and used in a vaccine against multiple serotypes of dengue virus is disclosed. The vaccine is able to elicit cross-neutralization antibody responses against multiple serotypes of dengue virus. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074782 | Compositions and Methods for Treating and Diagnosing Cancer - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for characterizing, diagnosing and treating cancer. In particular, the present invention identifies LGR5 as a protein over-expressed in solid tumor stem cell. The present invention further identifies an interaction between RSPO1 and LGR5 as an alternative pathway for the activation of beta-catenin signaling. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides biomolecules that disrupt functional signaling via a LGR protein, including, in certain embodiments, molecules that inhibit the interaction between one or more RSPO proteins and one or more LGR proteins, such as LGR5. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides methods of treating cancer comprising disrupting functional LGR signaling and inhibiting growth of a solid tumor comprising solid tumor stem cells. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074783 | BABESIA SUBTILISIN - Provided is an isolated and purified protein produced by a naturally occurring | 03-19-2009 |
20090081224 | Compositions of polypeptides specific to pathogenic strains and their use as vaccines and in immunotheraphy - The invention relates to compositions of polypeptides specific to pathogenic strains comprising at least one polypeptide of a first group, having a sequence selected in the group comprising the sequences of SEQ ID No. 159, or homologous sequences of polypeptides of the first group and/or the second group with a minimum of 25% of identity with the whole sequences of said polypeptides. Application for the preparation of vaccine compositions specific to | 03-26-2009 |
20090081225 | PIF peptides biologic activities, site of action, and the antibody to detect PIF - A novel class of embryo derived peptides are described (Preimplantation factor) that were generated synthetically and were tested on peripheral blood immune cells and shown to block activated but not basal immunity, inhibiting cell proliferation and creating a T | 03-26-2009 |
20090081226 | Soluble HLA-E Molecules And Their Use For Diagnosing And Treating Pathologies - The present invention relates to a purified soluble HLA-E molecule, characterized in that:
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20090081227 | HUMAN AND MAMMALIAN STEM CELL-DERIVED NEURON SURVIVAL FACTORS - The present invention relates to human, rat and mouse stem cell-derived neuron survival factor polypeptides (SDNSF), a process for producing them, cDNA encoding SDNSF, a vector comprising the cDNA, host cells transformed by the vector, an antibody against SDNSF, pharmaceutical compositions containing SDNSF or the antibody, a method of assaying SDNSF, a reagent for assaying SDNSF, and a screening method using SDNSF. The polypeptides are effective in the survival of nerve cells and, therefore, efficacious in treating injury to the central nerve system caused by brain infarction, brain hemorrhage, spinal cord injury, etc. | 03-26-2009 |
20090081228 | CYR61 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - Polynucleotides encoding mammalian ECM signaling molecules affecting the cell adhesion, migration, and proliferation activities characterizing such complex biological processes as angiogenesis, chondrogenesis, and oncogenesis, are provided. The polynucleotide compositions include DNAs and RNAs comprising part, or all, of an ECM signaling molecule coding sequence, or biological equivalents. Polypeptide compositions are also provided. The polypeptide compositions comprise mammalian ECM signaling molecules, peptide fragments, inhibitory peptides capable of interacting with receptors for ECM signaling molecules, and antibody products recognizing Cyr61. Also provided are methods for producing mammalian ECM signaling molecules. Further provided are methods for using mammalian ECM signaling molecules to screen for, and/or modulate, conditions and disorders associated with angiogenesis, chondrogenesis, and oncogenesis; ex vivo methods for using mammalian ECM signaling molecules to prepare blood products are also provided. Additionally, modulators, such as peptide modulators, of an ECM signaling molecule activity are provided. Further provided are methods for screening for modulators of a Cyr61 polypeptide-integrin receptor interaction, as well as methods of treating conditions and disorders associated with such an interaction. | 03-26-2009 |
20090081229 | ANTI-PRO87299 ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to compositions containing a novel protein and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related disease | 03-26-2009 |
20090087435 | Isolated Chimeric Proteins Of Modified Lumazine Synthase - isolated chimeric proteins including up to ten copies of peptides, polypeptides or protein domains inserted in the amino termini of the | 04-02-2009 |
20090087436 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASES - Protein complexes are provided comprising at least one interacting pair of proteins. The protein complexes are useful in screening assays for identifying compounds effective in modulating the protein complexes, and in treating and/or preventing diseases and disorders associated with the protein complexes and/or their constituent interacting members. | 04-02-2009 |
20090087437 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF APOPTOSIS BY MUC1 AND BH3-CONTAINING PROAPOPTOTIC PROTEINS - This invention relates to regulation of cell signaling, cell growth, and more particularly to the regulation of cancer or immune cell growth. The invention provides methods of inhibiting interactions between MUC1 and BH3-containing proapoptotic proteins, methods of inhibiting MUC1 expression, and methods of promoting apoptosis. Also provided are screening methods for compounds that inhibit interactions between MUC1 and BH3-containing proapoptotic proteins and pharmaceutical compositions of the same. | 04-02-2009 |
20090087438 | ANTI-TSG101 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES FOR TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS - The present invention provides methods of using antibodies that bind a TSG101 protein to inhibit or reduce viral production. The invention also provides methods of using the TSG101 antibodies for the treatment of viral infections, including HIV infection. The invention further provides methods of detecting viral infected cells using TSG101 antibodies. | 04-02-2009 |
20090087439 | Compositions and methods for diagnosing or treating psoriasis - In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode a CAN-1 polypeptide, or an STG polypeptide. In another aspect, the present invention also provides isolated STG polypeptides, isolated CAN-1 polypeptides, and isolated SEEK-1 polypeptides. In another aspect, the present invention provides isolated antibodies that bind specifically to a CAN-1, SEEK-1 or STG polypeptide. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods of diagnosing or predicting the susceptibility to psoriasis of an individual. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods for ameliorating the symptoms and/or progression of psoriasis. | 04-02-2009 |
20090092612 | ANTI-PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN VI MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY - The present invention provides an antibody which has the following features, its active fragment, or a derivative thereof:
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20090092613 | Novel TNF receptor death domain ligand proteins and inhibitors of ligand binding - Novel TNF receptor death domain (“TNF-R1-DD”) ligand proteins are disclosed. Polynucleotides encoding the TNF-R1-DD ligand protein are also disclosed, along with vectors, host cells, and methods of making the TNF-R1-DD ligand protein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the TNF-R1-DD ligand protein, methods of treating inflammatory conditions, and methods of inhibiting TNF-R death domain binding are also disclosed. Methods of identifying inhibitors of TNF-R death domain binding and inhibitors identified by such methods are also disclosed. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092614 | Anti-IGF-1R Antibodies and Uses Thereof - The invention relates to antibodies which bind to insulin like growth factor receptor-1 (IGF-1R) and uses thereof, in particular in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Specific human and murine monoclonal antibodies which inhibit IGF-1R-mediated pro-survival and tumor proliferation pathways, and variants, fragments, and derivatives thereof are provided. Also provided are specific human and murine monoclonal antibodies capable of synergistically inhibiting the ability of the ligands, insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and insulin like growth factor 2 (IGF-2), to bind to IGF-1R; as well as fragments, variants and derivatives of such antibodies. Antibodies of the invention produce such synergistic effects via allosteric and/or competitive inhibition of IGF-1R ligand binding. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092615 | TARGETING OF NOTCH3 RECEPTOR FUNCTION FOR CANCER THERAPY - The present invention involves the use of peptides from Notch3, and antibodies that recognize epitopes represented by those peptides, as anti-cancer agents. Methods of combination therapy using standard anti-cancer protocols in conjunction with Notch3 peptides and antibodies also are provided. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092616 | ZNF206: A Novel Regulator of Embryonic Stem Cell Self-renewal and Pluripotency - We have identified ZNF206, a novel repressor of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) differentiation. Repressing extra-embryonic endoderm development preserves the pluripotent state of human embryonic stem cells, and, conversely downregulating expression of ZNF206 in hESCs causes them to upregulate the expression of genes associated with the extra-embryonic endodermal lineage, down-regulate genes associated with the pluripotent state, and may lead to the further emergence of genes associated with even more differentiated lineages and phenotypes. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092617 | Erbb Receptor-Derived Peptide Fragments - The invention relates to new peptide compounds capable of modulating cell proliferation, differentiation, survival and/or motility. The peptide compounds of the invention comprise short peptide fragments of the ErbB receptor and are capable of binding to ErbB and modulating activity of the receptor. The invention also relates to antibodies capable of binding to an epitope comprising a peptide sequence of the invention, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptide sequences and/or antibodies and uses thereof for treatment of conditions wherein modulating activity of ErbB is needed. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092618 | PEPTIDE-BASED IMMUNIZATION THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS - The present invention relates to a fragment of apolipoprotein B, for immunization for prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of mammals, including humans, against ischemic cardiovascular diseases, in particular myocardial infarction or stroke, as well as diagnosing the presence or absence of antibodies related to increased or decreased risk of developing ischemic cardiovascular diseases including stroke, using said peptide in an assay, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptide. The invention further encompasses a particular peptide sequence aggravating disease, which sequence then can be used for diagnostic assays. | 04-09-2009 |
20090098126 | Method and kit for the detection of adenoviruses - A method for the simultaneous detection of adenoviruses of subgenera A, B, C, D, E and F in a sample comprising contacting said sample with at least one forward primer and at least one reverse primer for a hexon gene of an adenovirus of subgenera A, B, C, D, E and F and subjecting the sample contacted with said primers to a nucleic acid amplification technique. | 04-16-2009 |
20090098127 | Agents Capable of Downregulating an MSF-A DEPENDENT HIF-1ALPHA and Use Thereof in Cancer Treatment - Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer or acute ischemia are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying agents capable of preventing the formation of or dissociating the MSF-A-HIF-1alpha protein complex, and methods of determining the prognosis of an individual having cancer by identifying the presence or absence of such a protein complex. | 04-16-2009 |
20090098128 | NPC1L1 orthologues - The present invention provides, in part, NPC1L1 from various species. Methods of using the NPC1L1 polypeptides and polynucleotide set forth herein, e.g., in screening assays, are also set forth. | 04-16-2009 |
20090098129 | Member of the TNF Ligand Family - The invention provides an isolated protein which is a member of the TNF ligand superfamily and comprising: i) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of figure ( | 04-16-2009 |
20090098130 | GLUCAGON-LIKE PROTEIN-1 RECEPTOR (GLP-1R) AGONIST COMPOUNDS - The present invention provides GA targeting compounds which comprise GA targeting agent-linker conjugates linked to a combining site of an antibody. Various uses of the compounds are provided, including methods to prevent or treat diabetes or diabetes-related conditions. | 04-16-2009 |
20090098131 | Compositions and methods for the treatment of immune related diseases - The present invention relates to compositions containing novel proteins and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases. | 04-16-2009 |
20090098132 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING LUPUS NEPHRITIS - The present invention provides novel isolated BFLP0169 polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by the BFLP0169 polynucleotides. Also provided are the antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a BFLP0169 polypeptide or any derivative (including fusion derivative), variant, mutant or fragment of the BFLP0169 polypeptide, polynucleotide or antibody. The invention additionally provides methods in which the BFLP0169 polypeptide, polynucleotide and antibody are utilized in the detection and treatment of a broad range of pathological states, as well as to other uses. | 04-16-2009 |
20090104197 | vWFA and/or ANT_IG Domain Containing Proteins - This invention relates to novel proteins (herein termed INSP141, INSP142, INSP143, and INSP144), herein identified as anthrax receptor-like proteins containing von Willebrand factor A (vWFA) and Anthrax receptor extracellular (ANT_IG) domains and to the use of these proteins and nucleic acid sequences from the encoding genes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease. | 04-23-2009 |
20090104198 | VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C (VEGF-C) PROTEIN AND GENE, MUTANTS THEREOF, AND USES THEREOF - Provided are purified and isolated VEGF-C polypeptides capable of binding to at least one of KDR receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR-2) and Flt4 receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR-3); analogs of such peptides that have VEGF-C-like or VEGF-like biological activities or that are VEGF or VEGF-C inhibitors; polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; vectors and host cells that embody the polynucleotides; pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic reagents comprising the polypeptides; and methods of making and using the polypeptides. | 04-23-2009 |
20090104199 | Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) And The DNA Which Encodes It - The Breast Cancer Resistance Protein is described, as well as the cDNA encoding said protein. This protein has been found to confer resistance to cancer chemotherapeutic drugs. | 04-23-2009 |
20090104200 | MODULATING INFLAMMASOME ACTIVITY AND INFLAMMATION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - Compositions and methods for reducing inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS) of a mammal that has been subjected to a stroke, traumatic injury to the CNS such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), or having an autoimmune or CNS disease have been developed. The compositions and methods described herein include antibodies that specifically bind to at least one component (e.g., ASC, NALP1) in a mammalian inflammasome (e.g., the NALP1 inflammasome) and have use as treatments for SCI, TBI, stroke, and autoimmune and CNS diseases in a mammal. In a rodent model of SCI, therapeutic neutralization of ASC using a polyclonal antibody that specifically binds to ASC inhibited the inflammasome, reduced caspase-1 activation, XIAP cleavage, and interleukin processing, resulting in significant tissue sparing and functional improvement. Additionally, in a rodent model of TBI, neutralization of ASC after TBI reduced caspase-1 activation and XIAP cleavage. Further, in a rodent thromboembolic stroke model, neutralization of NLRP1 resulted in reduced histopathological damage in mice and reduced cytokine activation, suggesting that the inflammasome complex forms in the brain after stroke and is a therapeutic target for reducing the detrimental consequences of post-stroke inflammation. | 04-23-2009 |
20090104201 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF FIBROSIS, TUMOR INVASION, ANGIOGENESIS, AND METASTASIS - The present disclosure provides innovative methodology and related compositions and kits for preventing and treating various diseases associated with abnormal cell proliferation, angiogenesis and fibrosis, by using an inhibitor of processed forms of lysyl oxidase or lysyl oxidase-like proteins, an inhibitor of LOX and an inhibitor of a LOXL, or a synergistic combination of an inhibitor of LOX or LOXL combined with other therapeutic agents. Also provided are innovative methods for selecting agents that prevent or inhibit tumor invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis, by contacting cells that are in an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) state with a candidate agent and detecting a change in the EMT state of the cells. Methods and related compositions and kits for diagnosing or monitoring various diseases associated with abnormal cell proliferation, angiogenesis and fibrosis, by using molecules or agents that specifically recognize processed forms of LOX or LOXL are also provided. Also provided herein are methods and related compositions, medical devices, systems and kits for preventing or treating various diseases and conditions associated with fibrosis with compositions comprising inhibitors of LOX or LOXL. Such diseases or conditions include pathological cardiovascular conditions and diseases such as hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, and restenosis, liver fibrosis, kidney fibrosis, lung fibrosis, dermal scaring, keloid formation, and Alzheimer's disease. | 04-23-2009 |
20090104202 | CD44 polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding same, antibodies directed thereagainst and method of using same for diagnosing and treating inflammatory diseases - An isolated polypeptide is provided. The isolated polypeptide comprising an antigen recognition domain capable of specifically binding a CD44 polypeptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 and incapable of binding a CD44 polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 4 or 6. | 04-23-2009 |
20090104203 | Compositions and Methods for Regulating Osteoclast Differentiation, Activation and Bone Resorption - Provided is a purified, negative regulator of osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption, specifically LRRc17. Further provided are methods and compositions for treating degenerative bone disorders, and treatments and prophylactic approaches for regulating bone resorption, and for decreasing or inhibiting the excessive bone loss associated with abnormal or excessive generation of or activity of osteoclasts. | 04-23-2009 |
20090110681 | Anti-M-CSF Antibody Compositions - The present invention provides for compositions of anti-M-CSF antibodies comprising a chelating agent and/or histidine. Also provided are methods of treating M-CSF-mediated disorders with pharmaceutical formulations of anti-M-CSF anti-bodies, including inflammatory diseases and neoplasia disorders. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110682 | Antibody Having Inhibitory Effect on Amyloid Fibril Formation - Disclosed is an antibody having a high inhibitor effect on amyloid fibril formation. An antibody is produced by using a liposome containing a GM1 ganglioside at a predetermined ratio as an immunogen. Thus, the sequences of four types of antibodies each having a high inhibitory effect on amyloid fibril formation can be provided. | 04-30-2009 |
20090117113 | Immunogenic And Therapeutic Compositions For Streptococcus Pyogenes - Group A streptococcal (GAS) antigens useful for providing immunity against | 05-07-2009 |
20090117114 | IL-17 homologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof - The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117116 | IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING CANCER - Disclosed are immunogenic peptides, related fusion proteins, nucleic acids encoding the peptides or fusion proteins, conjugates, expression vectors, host cells, and antibodies. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines for use in the treatment or prevention of cancer, e.g., alveolar rhabodomyosarcoma, methods of stimulating a T cell to kill a tumor cell, methods of stimulating CD4 | 05-07-2009 |
20090117117 | TARGETING ABCB5 FOR CANCER THERAPY - The invention relates to methods for treating a subject by manipulating ABCB5 on a cell as well as related products. The methods include methods of treating cancer using ABCB5 binding molecules such as antibodies and fragments thereof. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117118 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR SCLEROSTIN AND METHODS FOR INCREASING BONE MINERALIZATION - Compositions and methods relating to antibodies that specifically bind to TGF-beta binding proteins are provided. These methods and compositions relate to altering bone mineral density by interfering with the interaction between a TGF-beta binding protein sclerostin and a TGF-beta superfamily member, particularly a bone morphogenic protein. Increasing bone mineral density has uses in diseases and conditions in which low bone mineral density typifies the condition, such as osteopenia, osteoporosis, and bone fractures. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117119 | RTEF-1 VARIANTS AND THE USE THEREOF FOR INHIBITION OF ANGIOGENESIS - Dominant negative (DN) variants of transcriptional enhancer factor 1-related (RTEF-1) are described. DN RTEF-1 polypeptides may be directly targeted to cells or delivered in nucleic acid expression vectors to alter cellular transcription. Methods for inhibiting VEGF production and thereby treating angiogenic disorders such as cancer are described. For example, in certain aspects, DN RTEF-1 may be used to treat angiogenic disorders of the eye such as age related macular degeneration (AMD). | 05-07-2009 |
20090117120 | Transgenic animal model for alzheimer's disease - Provided is a novel APP (amyloid precursor protein) transgenic non-human animal modeling in vivo the pathophysiological effects and effects on cognitive behavior of early intraneuronal and extracellular brain parenchymal amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition and cerebral amyloid angiopathy associated with brain microhemorrhages and reduced vasoreactivity and blood flow. Furthermore, methods of screening for therapeutic or diagnostic agents useful in the treatment or diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, in particular for improving blood flow to the brain are provided as well as the corresponding therapeutic methods. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117121 | Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Outer Membrane Protein PA0427 - An object of the present invention is to provide a protein or peptide antigen and an antibody against it, for use in the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of diseases associated with | 05-07-2009 |
20090117122 | Resistin Antagonists and Their Use - Resistin antagonists, including antibodies reactive with defined epitopes, are disclosed. Methods of utilizing resistin antagonists to treat or alleviate the symptoms of the diseases with aberrant fibroblast activity including interstitial lung diseases, hypertrophic scarring, keloid scarring and scleroderma are also disclosed. Antigens useful for raising antibodies against human resistin are also disclosed. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117123 | IMMUNOPEPTIDES OF HPV E6 AND E7 PROTEINS - An immunopeptide containing a cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitope derived from HPV E6 or HPV E7 protein. The immunopeptide can be used as a component of a vaccine for enhancing immune responses against HPV or treating HPV-associated diseases. Also within the scope of this invention are a nucleic acid encoding the immunopeptide and an antibody specific to the CTL epitope. | 05-07-2009 |
20090123471 | T-Cadherin antigen arrays and uses thereof - The present invention is in the fields of medicine, public health, immunology, molecular biology and virology. The present invention provides, inter alia, a composition comprising a virus-like particle (VLP) and at least one antigen, wherein said antigen is a T-cadherin domain protein, a combination of any T-cadherin domain proteins, a T-cadherin domain fragment or a combination of any T-cadherin domain fragments, linked to the VLP respectively. The invention also provides a method for producing the aforesaid composition. The compositions of this invention are useful in the production of vaccines, in particular, for the prevention and/or treatment of T-cadherin related disease, and hereby, in particular, by inducing efficient immune responses, in particular antibody responses. Furthermore, the compositions of the invention are particularly useful to efficiently induce self-specific immune responses within the indicated context. | 05-14-2009 |
20090123472 | DETECTION OF MUTATIONS IN A GENE ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO VIRAL INFECTION, OAS1 - A method for detecting a mutation related to the gene encoding OAS1. This and other disclosed mutations correlate with resistance of humans to viral infection including hepatitis C. Also provided is a therapeutic agent consisting of a protein or polypeptide encoded by the mutated gene, or a polynucleotide encoding the protein or polypeptide. Inhibitors of human OAS1, including antisense oligonucleotides, methods, and compositions specific for human OAS1, are also provided. | 05-14-2009 |
20090123473 | HUMAN BNP IMMUNOSPECIFIC ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to antibodies that immunospecifically bind to human brain natriuretic peptide or a human brain natriuretic peptide fragment with a high binding affinity, methods for producing and selecting said antibodies, immunoassays for human brain natriuretic peptide or a human brain natriuretic peptide fragment that employ said antibodies and therapeutic compositions containing said antibodies. | 05-14-2009 |
20090130109 | DCL-1 and uses thereof - The present invention relates generally to a novel lectin and to derivatives, homologues, analogues, chemical equivalents and mimetics thereof and, more particularly, to a novel type I C-type lectin, herein referred to as “DCL-1”. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of DCL-1 in therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic applications. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130110 | HIGH AFFINITY FULLY HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO INTERLEUKIN-8 AND EPITOPES FOR SUCH ANTIBODIES - The present embodiments are related to high-affinity antibodies directed to IL-8, methods of making and characterizing such antibodies and uses of such antibodies. Isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions (FR's) and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), are provided. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130111 | Method of Identifying Membrane Ig Specific Antibodies and Use Thereof for Targeting Immunoglobulin-Producing Precursor Cells - The present invention relates to the discovery of antibodies that bind to novel epitopes present on membrane-anchored immunoglobulins and which bind to these novel epitopes on the surface of B cells and plasma cells. In addition, the antibodies of the present invention can mediate ADCC and can be useful to deplete those B cells and plasma cells expressing the novel epitopes of the invention. The antibodies of the present invention can be useful for the treatment of B cell-mediated diseases and diseases caused by monoclonal expansion of B cells. Accordingly the present invention also provides compositions and methods for the prevention, management, treatment or amelioration of B cell-mediated diseases and diseases caused by monoclonal expansion of B cells. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130112 | SPATIAL FOR ALTERING CELL PROLIFERATION - This disclosure provides methods useful for altering cell proliferation by modifying SPATIAL activity in cells. In some methods, thymocyte numbers in subjects with disease-associated immunodeficiencies are increased by administering an agent that inhibits SPATIAL activity. Also provided are methods useful for increasing thymocyte number in a subject by administering an agent that interferes with an interaction between SPATIAL and Uba3. In other methods, cell growth is inhibited by introducing or expressing a SPATIAL or SPATIAL-related polypeptide or nucleic acid in one or more cell(s), such as neoplastic cell(s). Further provided are methods of identifying agents that modify (for example, inhibit) SPATIAL expression or activity, or which interfere with an interaction between SPATIAL and Uba3 polypeptides, and therefore which are useful in influencing thymocyte number. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130113 | Compositions and methods for use for antibodies against sclerostin - The present invention relates to antibodies against sclerostin and compositions and methods of use for said antibodies to treat disease related to bone abnormalities such as osteoporosis. An embodiment of the invention herein provides an antibody or a functional protein comprising an antigen-binding portion of said antibody for a target in sclerostin polypeptide, characterized in that the antibody or functional protein specifically binds to sclerostin polypeptide and can increase at least one of bone formation, bone mineral density, bone mineral content, bone mass, bone quality and bone strength in a mammal. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130114 | WISE BINDING AGENTS AND EPITOPES - The present invention relates to binding agents for WISE, and includes for their manufacture and use. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130115 | ANTIBODIES RECOGNIZING A HIGHLY EXPRESSED PUTATIVE ANTIGEN OF CA-MRSA AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides MSCRAMM® proteins from | 05-21-2009 |
20090136504 | Diagnostic and therapeutic target PRKX proteins for neurodegenerative diseases - The present invention discloses a dysregulation of a PRKX gene and the protein products thereof in Alzheimer's disease patients and individuals being at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Based on this finding, the invention provides methods for diagnosing and prognosticating Alzheimer's disease in a subject, and for determining whether a subject is at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Furthermore, this invention provides therapeutic and prophylactic methods for treating and preventing Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders using a PRKX gene and its corresponding gene products. Screening methods for modulating agents of neurodegenerative diseases are also disclosed. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136505 | Intranasal Administration of Active Agents to the Central Nervous System - Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for delivering a polypeptide to the central nervous system of a mammal via intranasal administration are provided. The polypeptide can be a catalytically active protein or an antibody, antibody fragment or antibody fragment fusion protein. The polypeptides are formulated with one or more specific agents. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136506 | Conserved Membrane Activator of Calcineurin (CMAC), a Novel Therapeutic Protein and Target - The invention discloses the first known function and biological activity of the hypothetical protein MGC14327, now designated cMAC, which is herein identified as an important controller of T-cell activation. It is contemplated herein that cMAC is a suitable drug target for the development of new therapeutics to treat cMAC-associated disorders. The invention relates to methods to treat said pathological conditions and to pharmaceutical compositions therefore. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise modulators with inhibitory or agonist effect on cMAC protein activity and/or cMAC gene expression. The invention also relates to methods to identify compounds with therapeutic usefulness to treat said pathological conditions, comprising identifying compounds that can inhibit or agonize cMAC protein activity and/or cMAC gene expression. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136507 | HBM variants that modulate bone mass and lipid levels - The present invention relates to methods and materials used to express an HBM-like polypeptide derived from HBM, LRP5 or LRP6 in animal cells and transgenic animals. The present invention also relates to transgenic animals expressing the HBM-like polypeptides. The invention provides nucleic acids, including coding sequences, oligonucleotide primers and probes, proteins, cloning vectors, expression vectors, transformed hosts, methods of developing pharmaceutical compositions, methods of identifying molecules involved in bone development, and methods of diagnosing and treating diseases involved in bone development and lipid modulation. In preferred embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods for treating, diagnosing and preventing osteoporosis. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136508 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING COLON AND GASTRIC CANCERS - Objective methods for detecting and diagnosing Colorectal and gastric carcinomas are described herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic method involves the determining a expression level of colon or gastric cancer-associated gene that discriminate between colon or gastric cancer and normal cell. The present invention further provides methods of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of colonic cancer and method of vaccinating a subject against colon or gastric cancer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136509 | Use of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Antagonists for the Treatment or Prevention of Osteoarthritic Conditions - Methods for treating or preventing osteoarthric conditions using Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) antagonists are disclosed. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136510 | Inhibition of macrophage-stimulating protein receptor (RON) and methods of treatment thereof - The invention provides antibodies or fragments thereof, including human antibodies, specific for Macrophage-Stimulating Protein Receptor (MSP-R or RON), which inhibit RON activation. Also provided are methods to inhibit RON, particularly the use of RON antibodies to treat diseases such as cancer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090142347 | Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase (TNAP): a Therapeutic Target for Arterial Calcification - This invention relates generally to the field of mineralization, and specifically to the role of TNAP in regulating the levels of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate. The invention provides methods for modulating the activity of TNAP activity; methods for screening for modulators of TNAP activity; modulators of TNAP activity; and methods for treating pathologic conditions known of suspected to be affected by modulation of TNAP activity. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142348 | Novel Gene Disruptions, Compositions and Methods Relating Thereto - The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising disruptions in PRO844, PRO1131 or PRO5992 genes. Such in vivo studies and characterizations may provide valuable identification and discovery of therapeutics and/or treatments useful in the prevention, amelioration or correction of diseases or dysfunctions associated with gene disruptions such as neurological disorders; cardiovascular, endothelial or angiogenic disorders; eye abnormalities; immunological disorders; oncological disorders; bone metabolic abnormalities or disorders; lipid metabolic disorders; or developmental abnormalities. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142349 | CD19 Antibodies And Their uses - The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to CD19 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such CD19 antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the CD19 antibodies are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the CD19 antibodies are also provided. Methods for detecting CD19, as well as methods for treating various B cell malignancies, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, are disclosed. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142350 | Pancreatic Cancer Genes - The present invention provides the art with the DNA coding sequences of polynucleotides that are up-or-down-regulated in cancer and dysplasia. These polynucleotides and encoded proteins or polypeptides can be used in the diagnosis or identification of cancer and dysplasia. Inhibitors of the up-regulated polynucleotides and proteins can decrease the abnormality of cancer and dysplasia. Enhancing the expression of down-regulated polynucleotides or introducing down-regulated proteins to cells can decrease the growth and/or abnormal characteristics of cancer and dysplasia. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142351 | Human and rat PGC-3, PPAR-gamma coactivations and splice variants thereof - A novel gene PGC-3, and its role in regulating the transcriptional activity of PPARγ in adipose tissue. PGC-3 is highly expressed in human white adipose tissue and has utility in the development of new therapeutic agents for use in the treatment of obesity and other related disorders such as non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance syndrome, dyslipidemia, and atherosclerosis. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142352 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142353 | Human Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor TR17 - The present invention relates to a novel protein, TR17, which is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human TR17. TR17 polypeptides are also provided as anti TR17 antibodies and vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to methods of killing cells using the antibodies of the invention. | 06-04-2009 |
20090142354 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN DELTA LIKE LIGAND 4 - An isolated human antibody or a fragment of a human antibody which specifically binds to human delta-like ligand 4 (hDll4) and blocks hDll4 binding to a Notch receptor. The human anti-hDll4 antibody or antibody fragment binds dimeric hDll4 with an affinity of 75 pM or better, as measured by surface plasmon resonance. | 06-04-2009 |
20090148451 | Therapeutic anti-cytomegalovirus compounds - The present invention provides synthetic compounds, antibodies that recognize and bind to these compounds, polynucleotides that encode these compounds, and immune effector cells raised in response to presentation of these epitopes. The invention further provides methods for inducing an immune response and administering immunotherapy to a subject by delivering the compositions of the invention. | 06-11-2009 |
20090148452 | Composition for treating cancer adapted for intra-tumoral administration and uses thereof - A composition is adapted for intra-tumoral administration of a subject suffering from cancer, whereby administration of the composition to the subject induces IMC differentiation by neutralizing a factor implicated in a DC differentiation defect. | 06-11-2009 |
20090148453 | Monoclonal antibodies against HMGB1 - In various embodiments, the present invention is drawn to antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to a vertebrate high mobility group box (HMGB) polypeptide, methods of detecting and/or identifying an agent that binds to an HMGB polypeptide, methods of treating a condition in a subject characterized by activation of an inflammatory cytokine cascade and methods of detecting an HMGB polypeptide in a sample. | 06-11-2009 |
20090148454 | Peptide Domain Required For Interaction Between The Envelope of a Virus Pertaining to The Herv-W Interference Group and an Hasct Receptor - The invention relates to a peptide domain required for interaction between the envelope of a virus pertaining to the HERV-W interference group and a hASCT receptor, comprising an N end point and a C end point. Said peptide domain is defined, at the N end point thereof, by a pattern formed by the amino acids L (Z)-proline-cysteine-X-cysteine in which Z is any amino acid, is a whole number between 2 and 30, and X is any amino acid, and at the C end point thereof, by a pattern formed by the amino acids serine-aspartic acid-Xa-Xb-Xc-Xd-Xe-aspartic acid-Xf-Xg-(Z) in which Xa, Xb, Xc, Xd, Xe, Xf, Xg are any amino acids, Z is any amino acid, B is a whole number between 15 and 25, preferably 20. The peptide domain comprises, between the N end point and the C end point, at least one pattern selected from the following patterns: a pattern formed by the amino acids cysteine-X2-X3-X4-X5-X6-cysteine in which X2, X3, X4, X5, X6 are any amino acids, and a pattern formed by the amino acids cysteine-X7-X8-X9-X10-X11-X12-X13-X14-X15-cysteine-trytophane in which X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12, X13, X14, X15 are any amino acids. | 06-11-2009 |
20090148455 | Anti-RANTES antibodies and methods of use thereof - The invention relates to fully human monoclonal antibodies, and fragments thereof, that bind to the chemokine Regulated upon Activation, Normal T-cell Expressed, and Secreted (RANTES, CCL5), thereby modulating the interaction between RANTES and one of more of its receptors, such as, e.g., CCR1, CCR3, CCR4 and CCR5, and/or modulating the biological activities of RANTES. The invention also relates to the use of these or any anti-RANTES antibodies in the prevention or treatment of immune-related disorders and in the amelioration of one or more symptoms associated with an immune-related disorder. | 06-11-2009 |
20090148456 | CANINE RANKL AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AND USING THE SAME - The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode a substantial part of canine RANKL polypeptide, including the extracellular domains of that polypeptide, the polypeptide and fragments thereof. Vectors and host cells encoding and expressing canine RANKL polypeptide are provided, as well as antibodies that bind to RANKL and that inhibit RANKL activity. Also provided are methods of treating an animal to inhibit or treat the loss of bone minerals. | 06-11-2009 |
20090148457 | HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF - Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor antagonists are provided. The HGF receptor antagonists include HGF receptor antibodies and fragments thereof. The HGF receptor antagonists can be employed to block binding of HGF to HGF receptors or substantially inhibit HGF receptor activation. The HGF receptor antagonists may be included in pharmaceutical compositions, articles of manufacture, or kits. Methods of treating cancer using the HGF receptor antagonists are also provided. | 06-11-2009 |
20090155277 | Use of immunesuppressant receptor - The present invention relates to use of an antagonist of BIR1 (B cell immunoglobulin receptor 1) related to the present invention, a method for screening the antagonist, in addition to subtype polypeptides of BIR1, the polynucleotide encoding them and antibodies for the polypeptides. | 06-18-2009 |
20090155278 | Claudins as Markers for Early Detection, Diagnosis, Prognosis and as Targets of Therapy for Breast and Metastatic Brain or Bone Cancer - Methods of diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of breast cancer, and of metastatic brain cancer, are provided The diagnostic and prognostic methods involve the immunohistochemical detection of the level of expression of the proteins claudin 1, 3, 4, and 7 in tissue or cell samples. Claudins 1 and 7 are underexpressed in the majority of breast cancers, and claudins 3 and 4 are overexpressed. The methods of treatment involve the use of | 06-18-2009 |
20090155279 | Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Outer Membrane Protein PA5158 - An object of the present invention is to provide a protein or peptide antigen and an antibody against it, for use in the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of diseases associated with | 06-18-2009 |
20090155280 | Immunoglobulin Cleavage Fragments as Disease Indicators and Compositions for Detecting and Binding Such - The invention relates to antibody compositions and use of the composition to detect disease processes associated with elaboration of proteases. The reagents are directed to assessing an IgG breakdown product that is the result of such proteolytic cleavage. The invention further relates to the use of a therapeutic immunospecific for IgG breakdown products retaining antigen binding but having lost effector functions. | 06-18-2009 |
20090155281 | METHODS OF USING ANTIBODIES THAT BIND BOTH BCMA AND TACI - Molecules that interfere with the binding of a tumor necrosis factor receptor with its ligand, such as a soluble receptor or an anti-receptor antibody, have proven usefulness in both basic research and as therapeutics. The present invention provides antibodies that bind two tumor necrosis factor receptor family members: the transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand-interactor (TACI) receptor, and the B-cell maturation (BCMA) receptor. | 06-18-2009 |
20090155282 | ANTIBODIES DIRECTED TO THE DELETION MUTANTS OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to novel antibodies, particularly antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to the type III deletion mutant, EGFRvIII. The invention also relates to human monoclonal antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to EGFRvIII. Diagnostic and therapeutic formulations of such antibodies, and immunoconjugates thereof, are also provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20090162362 | Alzheimer's disease treatment method - The invention relates to antibodies which are used in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of an antibody specifically recognizing any one of the predominant variants of the amyloid beta peptide, Ab40 and Ab42, in the preparation of a medicament that is used to prevent and/or treat Alzheimer's disease. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162363 | PEDF-R RECEPTOR AND USES - A pigment epithelium derived factor (“PEDF”) receptor designated PEDF-R and PEDF-R encoding nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. Wild type PEDF-R, PEDF-R variants, soluble PEDF-R variants, chimeric PEDF-R, and antibodies which bind to the PEDF-R (including agonist and neutralizing antibodies), as well as various uses for these molecules are described. Assay systems for detecting ligands to PEDF-R, systems for studying the physiological role of PEDF-R and its ligands, diagnostic techniques for identifying PEDF-related conditions, therapeutic techniques for the treatment of PEDF-related and PEDF-R related conditions, and methods for identifying molecules homologous to PEDF-R. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162364 | Apo-2 ligand - A novel cytokine, designated Apo-2 ligand, which induces mammalian cell apoptosis is provided. The Apo-2 ligand is believed to be a member of the TNF cytokine family. Compositions including Apo-2 ligand chimeras, nucleic acid encoding Apo-2 ligand, and antibodies to Apo-2 ligand are also provided. Methods of using Apo-2 ligand to induce apoptosis and to treat pathological conditions such as cancer, are further provided. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162365 | Novel siRNAS and methods of use thereof - The invention relates to compounds, in particular siRNAs, which inhibit the expression of specific human genes. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention also provides a method of treating and/or preventing the incidence or severity of various diseases or conditions associated with the genes and/or symptoms associated with such diseases or conditions comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment for such disease or condition and/or symptom the compound or the pharmaceutical composition in a therapeutically effective dose so as to thereby treat the subject. The invention also provides antibodies which inhibit specified human polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such antibodies. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162366 | HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO INFLUENZA M2 PROTEIN AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Human, humanized and chimeric monoclonal antibodies that bind to influenza M2 protein. The antibodies are useful for, among other things, treatment, diagnostics, purifying and isolating M2 or influenza virus, and identifying the presence of M2 or influenza virus in a sample or a subject. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162367 | Nucleotide and protein sequences of Nogo genes and methods based thereon - The present invention relates to the gene, $i(Nogo), its encoded protein products, as well as derivatives and analogs thereof. Production of Nogo proteins, derivatives, and antibodies is also provided. The invention further relates to therapeutic compositions and methods of diagnosis and therapy. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162368 | MECHANOSENSITIVE MAMMALIAN POTASSIUM CHANNEL ACTIVATABLE BY POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS - A purified protein comprising a mechanosensitive potassium channel activated by at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid and riluzole and the use of said channels in drug screening. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162369 | SYNTHETIC CHIMERIC PEPTIDES - The present invention relates generally to chimeric peptides comprising one or more protective epitopes in a conformation enabling immunological interactivity and to vaccine compositions comprising same. The present invention is particularly directed to a chimeric peptide capable of inducing protecting antibodies against Group A streptococci. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162370 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONING A SUBJECT FOR HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION - Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an effective therapy for treatment of hematological malignancies and various autoimmune conditions. However, HCT traditionally requires conditioning by total body irradiation and/or chemotherapy, both of which are toxic and induce GVHD. Provided herein are compositions and methods for conditioning a subject for HCT by administering one or more anti-CD3 compounds and one or more histone deacetylase inhibitors. Also provided herein are methods for reducing GVHD in a subject receiving total body irradiation prior to HCT comprising administering one or more anti-CD3 compounds to the subject prior to total body irradiation. | 06-25-2009 |
20090162371 | Anti-IL-23 Antibodies, Compositions, Methods and Uses - An anti-IL-23p19 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23p19 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 06-25-2009 |
20090169553 | Novel Protein Fusion/Tag Technology - The present invention relates to fusion molecules comprising at least one first purification domain and a molecule of interest, wherein the purification domain is selected from the group consisting of a kringle domain and a staphylocoagulase D2 domain. The present invention further relates to methods of purifying a molecule of interest using the fusion molecules of the invention. Also provided is a method of making an antibody using the fusion molecules of the invention, wherein the purification domain is a kringle domain. In addition, the present invention provides for vaccines which have reduced immunoreactivity and which comprise a fusion molecule having a kringle domain and an immunogenic domain. | 07-02-2009 |
20090169554 | Polypeptides of Leishmania Major and Polynucleotides Encoding Same and Vaccinal, Therapeutical and Diagnostic Applications Thereof - The present invention relates to new proteins of | 07-02-2009 |
20090169555 | Mammalian sphingosine kinase type 2 isoforms, cloning, expression and methods of use thereof - Nucleic acids encoding mouse and human sphingosine kinase type 2 isoforms, methods for detecting agents or drugs which inhibit or promote sphingosine activity and therapeutic agents containing peptides or antibodies to peptides encoded by such nucleic acids. | 07-02-2009 |
20090169556 | VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR ANTAGONISTS - The present invention provides human vascular endothelial cell growth factor (hVEGF) antagonists, including monoclonal antibodies, hVEGF receptors, and hVEGF variants that are useful for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, and other diseases and disorders characterized by undesirable or excessive neovascularization. | 07-02-2009 |
20090175870 | YKL-40 MONOCLONAL AUTHORITY - The present invention relates to monoclonal anti-human YKL-antibodies which are capable to modulate biological processes in which YKL-40 plays a prominent role, e.g. inhibit the growth and/or inducing apoptosis of cells, in particular cancer cells. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibodies and uses said antibodies and/or pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of a disease wherein inhibition of cell growth, cell differentiation, remodelling of extracellular matrix, metastasis and/or induction of cell death due to apoptosis is a prerequisite for successful curing. An antibody of the invention is capable of inhibiting biological function of YKL-40 in the above mentioned processes by binding to a specific epitope on YKL-40. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175871 | METHOD FOR DEMONSTRATING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENCE AND/OR THE CHEMOSENSITIVITY OF TUMORS - A method for detecting presence or absence of a tumor in a mammal and/or its sensitivity to chemotherapies, including, on a biological sample from said mammal, detecting and/or quantifying: presence of an eEF1A1 protein, and/or presence of antibodies directed against an eEF1A1 protein or a fragment including at least one epitope of eEF1a1 protein, and/or presence of a MARK3 protein, and/or presence of antibodies directed against a MARK3 protein or a fragment comprising at least one epitope of the MARK3 protein. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175872 | Treatment of Conditions Involving Demyelination - The invention provides methods of treating diseases, disorders or injuries involving demyelination and dysmyelination, including multiple sclerosis, by the administration of an Sp35 antagonist. Additional methods include methods for inhibiting the binding of the Sp35 polypeptide with the ErbB2 polypeptide and a method for increasing ErbB2 phosphorylation by contacting oligodendrocytes with an effective amount of a composition comprising an Sp35 antagonist of the invention. Further embodiments of the invention include methods of inhibiting the binding of the Sp35 polypeptide with the ErbB2, increasing ErbB2 phosphorylation and promoting oligodendrocyte differentiation comprising contacting oligodendrocyte or oligodendrcoyte progenitor cells with an ErbB2 binding agent. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175873 | Inhibiting tumor cell invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis - The present invention relates to new compositions and methods useful for preventing, treating and diagnosing metastatic and/or invasive cancer and undesirable angiogenesis. For example, the invention relates to inhibitors of proteases that are specifically expressed in tumors, prodrugs activated in the tumor microenvironment and methods for using those inhibitors and prodrugs to inhibit angiogenesis and tumor cell invasion. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175874 | NOVEL INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR INTRACELLULAR LIGAND PROTEINS AND INHIBITORS OF LIGAND BINDING - Novel IL-1-R intracellular ligand proteins are disclosed. Polynucleotides encoding the IL-1-R intracellular ligand protein are also disclosed, along with vectors, host cells, and methods of making the IL-1-R intracellular ligand protein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the IL-1-R intracellular ligand protein, methods of treating inflammatory conditions, and methods of inhibiting IL-1-R intracellular domain binding are also disclosed. Methods of identifying inhibitors of IL-1-R intracellular domain binding and inhibitors identified by such methods are also disclosed. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175875 | Molecules and Methods for Modulating Complement Component - Compositions that bind to C3b epitopes and methods of using the compositions are described herein. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175876 | METHODS OF USING PHHLA2 TO CO-STIMULATE T-CELLS - The invention provides pHHLA2 co-receptor polypeptides and functional fragments, antibodies to same, isolated polynucleotides encoding same, vectors containing the polynucleotides, cells containing the vectors. Methods of making and using these co-stimulatory pHHLA2 co-receptors molecules are also disclosed. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175877 | METHODS OF INHIBITING METASTASIS - Methods of inhibiting metastasis or maintenance of various cancers are provided. In particular, the method makes use of fact that certain trafficking of cancers depend upon identified proteins, which serve as markers. Additional methods of screening are also provided. | 07-09-2009 |
20090181023 | Nogo-a binding with enhanced affinity and pharmaceutical use thereof - The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the human NogoA polypeptide or human NiG or human NiG-D20 or human NogoA_342-357 with a dissociation constant <1000 nM, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment of nerve repair; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of diseases associated with nerve repair | 07-16-2009 |
20090181024 | NOVEL COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF IMMUNE RELATED DISEASES - The present invention relates to compositions containing a novel protein and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases. | 07-16-2009 |
20090181025 | T Cell Adhesion Molecule and Antibody Thereto - An object of the present invention is to provide a T cell adhesion molecule that is expressed on a dendritic cell. According to the present invention, there is provided a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 10 or SEQ ID NO: 12. | 07-16-2009 |
20090181026 | Tomoregulin-2-antibody compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease - The present invention is directed to methods which exploit the discovery of tomoregulin-2 (TR2) in amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease using TR2-sepcific antibodies; methods and compositions comprising TR2-specific antibodies for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease; methods and compositions comprising immunizing TR2 peptides to induce an immune response, thereby reducing/inhibiting plaque formation; and methods and compositions comprising enzyme inhibitors to blocking the enzymatic release of TR2 ectodomain from the cell surface or inhibit TR2 protein translation by RNA interference technology. | 07-16-2009 |
20090181027 | Anti-IL-12/23p40 Antibodies, Epitopes, Formulations, Compositions, Methods and Uses - An anti-IL-12/23p40 antibody that binds to a portion of the IL-12 or IL-23 protein corresponding to the p40 subunit of IL-12 or IL-23, including compositions, formulations, and methods of administration have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic uses and devices. | 07-16-2009 |
20090181028 | B-CELL EPITOPE PEPTIDES OF HSP 65, NOVEL AMINO ACID SEQUENCES, DNA ENCODING THE AMINO ACID SEQUENCES OF SAID PEPTIDES, ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST SAID PEPTIDES AND DIFFERENT USES THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES - B-cell epitope peptides of HSP 65, particularly the peptides comprising the amino acid sequence substantially as denoted by SEQ ID: NOs. 1-5 and their biologically functional homologues and derivatives thereof. Also included are polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies directed against them and their compositions for passive immunization against inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Also encompassed are diagnostic uses of these antibodies, for identifying people at risk of developing arthritis or diabetes, and a method of monitoring progress of the disease conditions and disease prognosis. | 07-16-2009 |
20090181029 | Methods for treating interleukin-6 related diseases - A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of interleukin-6 (IL-6) related diseases, comprising an interleukin-6 antagonist (IL-6 antagonist) and immunosuppressants. The IL-6 antagonist is preferably an antibody to an interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R). | 07-16-2009 |
20090181030 | USE OF A PREPARATION BASED ON AN ANTIBODY DIRECTED AGAINST A TUMOR-ASSOCIATED GLYCOSYLATION - The invention relates to the use of a preparation based on an antibody directed against a tumor-associated glycosylation for preparing a medicament for the prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment for the reduction or inhibition, respectively, of the growth of tumor cells in a cancer patient, as well as to a pharmaceutical preparation containing an antibody directed against a tumor-associated glycosylation. Moreover, the invention relates to a preparation for pharmaceutical and/or diagnostic use, a diagnostic method and an agent for determining the risk of metastasis formation in a cancer patient, as well as a method of producing a preparation based on a body fluid or tissue, in each case using the antibody directed against a tumor-associated glycosylation. | 07-16-2009 |
20090186028 | Detection of mutations in a gene associated with resistance to viral infection - A method for detecting a mutation related to the gene encoding LDLR. This and other disclosed mutations correlate with resistance of humans to viral infection including hepatitis C. Also provided is a therapeutic agent consisting of a protein or polypeptide encoded by the wild-type and mutated genes, or a polynucleotide encoding the protein or polypeptide. Inhibitors of human LDLR, including antisense oligonucleotides, methods, and compositions specific for human LDLR, are also provided. | 07-23-2009 |
20090186029 | Antibodies that specifically bind hedgehog-derived polypeptides - The present invention provides two novel polypeptides, referred to as the “N” and “C” fragments of hedgehog, or N-terminal and C-terminal fragments, respectively, which are derived after specific cleavage at a G′CF site recognized by the autoproteolytic domain in the native protein. Also included are sterol-modified hedgehog polypeptides and functional fragments thereof. Methods of identifying compositions which affect hedgehog activity based on inhibition of cholesterol modification of hedgehog protein are described. | 07-23-2009 |
20090186030 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND BOTH BCMA AND TACI - Molecules that interfere with the binding of a tumor necrosis factor receptor with its ligand, such as a soluble receptor or an anti-receptor antibody, have proven usefulness in both basic research and as therapeutics. The present invention provides antibodies that bind two tumor necrosis factor receptor family members: the transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand-interactor (TACI) receptor, and the B-cell maturation (BCMA) receptor. | 07-23-2009 |
20090186031 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OSTEOLYTIC DISORDERS COMPRISING MMP-14 BINDING PROTEINS - Provided are methods and compositions for using MMP-14 or MMP-9 binding proteins alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents to treat osteolytic disorders such as osteotropic cancer and osteoporosis. | 07-23-2009 |
20090186032 | Bio-Markers For Diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy - Disclosed herein are bio-markers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, a use of proteins, whose expression level down-regulated or up-regulated in the tears of a non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) patient, as bio-markers for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy, and a composition and kit for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy comprising antibodies against said proteins. | 07-23-2009 |
20090186033 | ANTI-AMYLOID IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES - The present invention provides a recombinant immunogenic obtained by tandem multimerization of a B-cell epitope bearing fragment of Aβ42, within the active loop site of a carrier (display site), preferably bacterial thioredoxin (Trx). Polypeptides bearing multiple copies of Aβ42 fragments, preferably with an interposed amino acid linker, were constructed and injected into mice in combination with an adjuvant. Monoclonal antibodies were made which recognize the immunogenic construct comprising a carrier bearing at least one fragment of Aβ42 within an active loop site of the carrier. The elicited antibodies were found to selectively bind to fibrillar and/or oligomers Aβ within neuritic AD plaques. | 07-23-2009 |
20090191206 | Human Semen Enhancer of Viral Infection Peptides (SEVI) and Their Use - Subject of the invention are peptides corresponding to a fragment of amino acids 240-290 of human prostatic acid phosphatase. The invention also relates to nucleic acids, antibodies, medicaments and diagnostics and their use and use of the peptides for the treatment and diagnosis of viral diseases, especially HIV disease. | 07-30-2009 |
20090191207 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS OR TREATMENT OF VIRAL DISEASES - The invention relates to the use preferably of at least one active ingredient for the prophylaxis or therapy of a viral disease, wherein this active ingredient inhibits at least one component of the cellular signal transduction pathway for the activation of the transcription factor NF-kB such that virus multiplication is inhibited. The present invention relates furthermore to the local, preferably aerogenic, administration of the active ingredient according to the invention for inhibiting virus multiplication. The active ingredient according to the invention may be combined with at least one further antivirally effective substance for the prophylaxis or therapy of a viral disease. | 07-30-2009 |
20090191208 | Antibodies against flagellin and uses thereof - The present invention provides a novel class of monoclonal antibodies which have a high affinity, broad spectrum neutralizing reactivity to flagellin from various Gram-negative bacteria including, but not limited to, | 07-30-2009 |
20090191209 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGETING POLYUBIQUITIN - Anti-K63-linked polyubiquitin monoclonal antibodies, and methods for using the antibodies, are provided. | 07-30-2009 |
20090196872 | HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO INFLUENZA M2 PROTEIN AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Human, humanized and chimeric monoclonal antibodies that bind to influenza M2 protein. A human monoclonal antibody that binds to influenza M2 protein having different amino acid sequences. The antibodies are useful for, among other things, treatment, diagnostics, purifying and isolating M2 or influenza virus, and identifying the presence of M2 or influenza virus in a sample or a subject. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196873 | Methods and compositions for treating diseases targeting CDCP1 - Methods and compositions for detecting and treating a disease, particularly cancer, associated with differential expression of CDCP1 in disease cells compared to healthy cells. Also provided are antagonists or agonists of CDCP1, and methods for screening agents that modulate the CDCP1 level or activity in vivo or in vitro. | 08-06-2009 |
20090202549 | Anti-IL-12 Antibodies, Epitopes, Compositions, Methods and Uses - An anti-IL-12 antibody that binds to a portion of the IL-12 protein corresponding to at least one amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of residues 15, 17-21, 23, 40-43, 45-47, 54-56 and 58-62 of the amino acid sequence of the p40 subunit of IL-12, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-12 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202550 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNODETECTION ASSAY SPECIFIC FOR THE CHEMOTACTIC EPITOPE OF THE UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR RECEPTOR - The present invention describes monoclonal antibodies specific for the chemotactic epitope of the uPAR. In particular, the invention comprises monoclonal antibodies against uPAR fragments specifically recognizing in whole or in part the chemotactic sequence of uPAR connecting domain 1 to domain 2. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202551 | IMMUNOMODULATION BY ALTERING SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE LYASE (SPL) ACTIVITY - Compositions and methods for modulating immune function are provided based on the unexpected discovery that inhibition of sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (SPL) activity confers useful immunosuppressive effects, for example to modulate immune function in treatment or prevention of inflammation, transplant graft rejection, autoimmune disease, allergy, or other conditions, including therapeutic alteration of immune system cell survival and/or proliferation. Altering SPL activity by direct or indirect pharmacological intervention, or alternatively by molecular genetic methods to alter SPL expression levels, are also contemplated. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202552 | GENE EXPRESSED IN PROSTATE CANCER AND METHODS OF USE - A new polypeptide is disclosed that is specifically detected in the cells of the prostate, termed Novel Gene Expressed in Prostate (NGEP). Polynucleotides encoding NGEP are also disclosed, as are vectors including these polynucleotides. Host cells transformed with these polynucleotides are also disclosed. Antibodies are disclosed that specifically bind NGEP. Methods are disclosed for using an NGEP polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds NGEP, or a polynucleotide encoding NGEP. Assays are disclosed for the detection prostate cancer. Pharmaceutical compositions including an NGEP polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds NGEP, or a polynucleotide encoding NGEP are also disclosed. These pharmaceutical compositions are of use in the treatment of prostate cancer. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202553 | Antibodies against anthrax protective antigen - A highly efficient method for generating human antibodies using recall technology is provided. In one aspect, human antibodies which are specific to the anthrax toxin are provided. In one aspect, human peripheral blood cells that have been pre-exposed to anthrax toxin are used in the SCID mouse model. This method results in high human antibody titers which are primarily of the IgG isotype and which contain antibodies of high specificity and affinity to desired antigens. The antibodies generated by this method can be used therapeutically and prophylactically for preventing or treating mammals exposed to anthrax. Thus, in one embodiment, a prophylactic or therapeutic agent used to counter the effects of anthrax toxin, released as a mechanism of bioterrorism, is provided. In one embodiment, a formulation and method for preventing and/or treating anthrax infection comprising a binding agent that prevents the assembly of the PA63 heptamer is also provided. Methods for diagnosis and methods to determine anthrax contamination are also described. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202554 | METHOD OF MODULATION OF INTERACTION BETWEEN RECEPTOR AND LIGAND - The present invention relates to a method for modulating the interaction between at least two proteins, wherein at least one of the two proteins is a functional cell-surface receptor and the other protein is the receptor ligand. The invention features a binding site of said functional cell-surface receptor on the receptor ligand and discloses a series of amino acid sequences, which are part of the structure of said binding site and/or involved in the interaction between the receptor and the ligand. Moreover, the present invention features methods for molecular design and screening of a candidate compound capable of modulating the interaction between the functional cell-surface receptor and receptor ligand through the described binding site, and provides a screening assay for identification of such a compound. The invention further describes an antibody capable of binding to the above binding site and/or to an epitope comprising an amino acid sequence essential for executing the receptor ligand interaction through said binding site. The invention also concerns a variety of uses of the disclosed methods, peptide sequences and antibodies. The invention in preferred embodiments concerns the binding site of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) on FGFR ligands, compounds capable of modulating the receptor ligand interaction through sa d binding site, and antibody capable of recognition of said binding site. | 08-13-2009 |
20090202555 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST A PEPTIDE EPITOPE OF APOLIPOROTEIN B - The present invention relates to antibodies raised against fragments of apolipoprotein B, in particular defined peptides thereof, for immunization or therapeutic treatment of mammals, including humans, against ischemic cardiovascular diseases, using one or more of said antibodies. | 08-13-2009 |
20090208505 | Mutations of the pik3ca gene in human cancers - Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are known to be important regulators of signaling pathways. To determine whether PI3Ks are genetically altered in cancers, we analyzed the sequences of the P13K gene family and discovered that one family member, PIK3CA, is frequently mutated in cancers of the colon and other organs. The majority of mutations clustered near two positions within the P13K helical or kinase domains. PIK3CA represents one of the most highly mutated oncogenes yet identified in human cancers and is useful as a diagnostic and therapeutic target. | 08-20-2009 |
20090208506 | Antibodies against flagellin and uses thereof - The present invention provides a novel class of monoclonal antibodies which have a high affinity, broad spectrum neutralizing reactivity to flagellin from various Gram-negative bacteria including, but not limited to, | 08-20-2009 |
20090208507 | PROTEIN ISOFORMS AND USES THEREOF - There is provided, inter alia, a method of diagnosing MCI in a subject, differentiating MCI from AD in a subject, guiding therapy in a subject suffering from MCI, or assigning a prognostic risk of one or more future clinical outcomes to a subject suffering from MCI, the method comprising:
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20090214546 | Novel therapeutic targets in cancer - The present invention relates to novel sequences for use in detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancers, especially lymphomas. The invention provides cancer associated (CA) polynucleotide sequences whose expression is associated with cancer. The present invention provides CA polypeptides associated with cancer that are present on the cell surface and present novel therapeutic targets against cancer. The present invention further provides diagnostic compositions and methods for the detection of cancer. The present invention provides monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies specific for the CA polypeptides. The present invention also provides diagnostic tools and therapeutic compositions and methods for screening, prevention and treatment of cancer. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214547 | BINDING MEMBER TOWARDS PNEUMOLYSIN - The present invention relates to an anti-haemolytic binding member comprising at least one binding domain capable of specifically binding Pneumolysin, in particular to a binding member having at least two biding domains, to the use of said binding members in diagnostic methods as well as for treatment. In a preferred embodiment the binding member is an antibody, such as a human antibody, or a fragment thereof, and it may also be a bispecific antibody. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214548 | TGR3-Like Protein Receptor - There are provided proteins containing a domain corresponding to the C-terminal half of a ZP domain similar to that identified in TGF-beta Receptor III and the use of the proteins and nucleic acid sequences from the encoding genes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of the disclosed proteins for modulating the activity of proteins belonging to the TGF-beta superfamily. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214549 | Antigenic Epitopes Of Inteleukin-21, Related Antibodies And Their Use In Medical Field - The present invention relates to antigenic epitopes of interleukin-21, related antibodies and their use in medical field, in particular for the treatment of immune-inflammatory diseases characterized by an enhanced production and/or activity of IL-21, such as for example chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), celiac disease and psoriasis. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214550 | Identification of Surface-Associated Antigens for Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy - The invention relates to identifying tumor-associated genetic products and encoding nucleic acids thereof. A therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which the tumor-associated genetic products are aberrantly expressed, proteins, polypeptides and peptides which are expressed in association with tumor and the encoding nucleic acids for said proteins, polypeptides and peptides are also disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214551 | High Affinity Hiv T Cell Receptors - The present invention provides TCRs having an affinity (K | 08-27-2009 |
20090214553 | Complete human monoclonal IgG4lambda specific for CTLA-4 and uses thereof for detection of soluble CTLA-4 and isolation of regulatory cells - The present invention provides a CTLA-4 non-blocking agent of a complete human antibody nature, thus is non-immunogenic in a human. The immunoassay method using such a non-blocking agent measures the CTLA-4 content in a sample of a human subject. The present invention further provides a novel method for isolating human regulatory T cells. The resultant enriched and depleted cellular populations are useful in treating or ameliorating of human diseases. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214554 | TRUNCATED MEMAPSIN 2 COMPOSITIONS AND TREATMENTS - The present invention provides novel methods of reducing memapsin 2 β-secretase activity in a subject, decreasing levels of β-amyloid peptide in the brain of a subject, treating Alzheimer's disease and/or reducing the size and/or number of β-amyloid plaques in the brain of a subject. The methods may include the step of administering an effective amount of truncated memapsin 2 protein, anti-truncated memapsin 2 antibody, and/or nucleic acid encoding a truncated memapsin 2 protein or anti-truncated memapsin 2 antibody. The present invention also provides related pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214555 | Proteoglycan Splice Variants as Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Amyloid Diseases - The identification of novel Syndecan-2 splice variants and their use in the diagnosis and therapeutic intervention of Alzheimer's disease and other amyloid diseases. In addition the use of new animal models expressing or devoid of syndecan-2 splice variants to effectively screen and identify potential therapeutic compounds for Alzheimer's disease. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214556 | ANTIBODIES AND RELATED MOLECULES THAT BIND TO 161P2F10B PROTEINS - Antibodies and molecules derived therefrom that bind to 161P2F10B protein and variants thereof, are described wherein 161P2F10B exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 161P2F10B provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 161P2F10B gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 161P2F10B can be used in active or passive immunization. | 08-27-2009 |
20090220511 | Ifn-alpha/beta-independent mechanism of antiviral protection through a novel ligand-receptor pair: Ifn- ligands engage a novel receptor Ifn-Rn (CRF2-12) and IL-10R2 (CRF2-4) for signaling andinduction of biological activities - A novel IFN-α/β independent ligand receptor system which upon engagement leads, among other things, to the establishment of an anti-viral state is disclosed. Further disclosed are three closely positioned genes on human chromosome 19 that encode distinct but highly homologous proteins, designated IFN-λ1, IFN-λ2, IFN-λ3, based, inter alia, in their ability to induce antiviral protection. Expression of these proteins is induced upon viral infection. A receptor complex utilized by all three IFN-λ proteins for signaling is also disclosed. The receptor complex is generally composed of two subunits, a novel receptor designated IFN-λR1 or CRF2-12, and a second subunit, IL-10R2 or CRF2-4, which is also a shared receptor component for the IL-10 and IL-22 receptor complexes. The gene encoding IFN-λR1 is generally widely expressed, including many different cell types and tissues. Expression of these proteins is induced by immune events, including, for example, upon viral infection. Apoptotosis may also be induced under effective conditions. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220512 | GENES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO PROSTATE CANCERS - The present application provides novel human gene ELOVL7 whose expression is markedly elevated in prostate cancers. The gene and polypeptide encoded by the gene can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of prostate cancers, as target molecules for developing drugs against the disease, and for attenuating cell growth of prostate cancer. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220513 | STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME AND THEIR USE IN VACCINAL AND DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to the field of | 09-03-2009 |
20090220514 | ADAM10 and its Uses Related to Infection - The present invention relates to a protein, ADAM10, ADAM10 nucleic acid sequences and ADAM10 proteins encoded by these sequences that are involved in infection by one or more pathogen such as a virus, a parasite, a bacteria or a fungus or are otherwise associated with the life cycle of a pathogen. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220515 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF RENAL DISEASE - The present invention is directed to a method of treating or preventing renal disease in a subject. This method involves administering the subject an agent which inhibits FAT10 expression in the subject under conditions effective to prevent or treat renal disease. Also disclosed is a method of screening for agents effective in treating or preventing renal disease. | 09-03-2009 |
20090226446 | Method to Inhibit the Propagation of an Undesired Cell Population - Disclosed is a method for inhibiting the propagation of an undesired cell population, the method comprising introducing into a cell an antagonist of Bat 3, or of a functional variant thereof, said antagonist depleting Bat 3, a functional variant thereof, in a cell of said cell population, and verifying the reduced proliferation and/or cell death in Bat 3 depleted cell populations; disclosed is further the use of a Bat 3 antagonist for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diseases which are caused by the propagation of an undesired cell population. | 09-10-2009 |
20090226449 | Novel 18607, 15603, 69318, 12303, 48000, 52920, 5433, 38554, 57301, 58324, 55063, 52991, 59914, 59921, and 33751 molecules and uses therefor - The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated 18607, 15603, 69318, 12303, 48000, 52920, 5433, 38554, 57301, 58324, 55063, 52991, 59914, 59921 and 33751 nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing 18607, 15603, 69318, 12303, 48000, 52920, 5433, 38554, 57301, 58324, 55063, 52991, 59914, 59921 and 33751 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a 18607, 15603, 69318, 12303, 48000, 52920, 5433, 38554, 57301, 58324, 55063, 52991, 59914, 59921 or 33751 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated 18607, 15603, 69318, 12303, 48000, 52920, 5433, 38554, 57301, 58324, 55063, 52991, 59914, 59921 or 33751 proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-18607, 15603, 69318, 12303, 48000, 52920, 5433, 38554, 57301, 58324, 55063, 52991, 59914, 59921 or 33751 antibodies. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 09-10-2009 |
20090232815 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TO PLEIOTROPHIN GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR - This invention relates to the discovery that pleiotrophin binds to and activates a pleiotrophin-receptor which is responsible for the events associated with pleiotrophin activity including tumorigenesis, cell proliferation, and cell invasion. By interfering with that association, the cascade of events associated with pleiotrophin activity can be prevented or reversed. Further, by evaluating the effect of different compounds and conditions on the interaction, new drugs and treatments can be identified for use in preventing certain cancers and growth and developmental disorders. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232816 | IL-1 ETA DNA AND POLYPEPTIDES - The invention is directed to novel purified and isolated IL-1 eta polypeptides and fragment thereof, the polynucleotides encoding such, polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, peptides derived from these polypeptides, and uses thereof. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232817 | Antigen binding molecules that bind EGFR, vectors encoding same, and uses thereof - The present invention relates to antigen binding molecules (ABMs). In particular embodiments, the present invention relates to recombinant monoclonal antibodies, including chimeric, primatized or humanized antibodies specific for human EGFR. In addition, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such ABMs, and vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the ABMs of the invention, and to methods of using these ABMs in treatment of disease. In addition, the present invention relates to ABMs with modified glycosylation having improved therapeutic properties, including antibodies with increased Fc receptor binding and increased effector function. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232818 | Prognosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer - The present invention relates to an antibody which specifically binds a Spot 14 (S14 or THRSP) protein in human breast cancer cells and a method for using the same to predict disease-free survival and select treatment modalities for breast cancer. The present invention is also a method for inducing apoptosis in breast cancer cells by inhibiting the expression or activity of Spot 14. Compositions and methods for treating breast cancer are also provided. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232819 | METHOD USING SNAIL TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR - Provided is a prognostic molecular marker for breast cancer recurrence. Expression of Snail, a zinc finger transcriptional repressor gene, is correlated to the risk of breast cancer recurrence, and to the likelihood of recurrence-free survival in subjects diagnosed with breast cancer. Further provided are methods of identifying therapeutic compositions for treating breast cancer to reduce recurrence associated with high expression of Snail, and methods of controlling Snail expression for research and therapeutic purposes. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232820 | NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS ANTIGENS AND COMPOSITIONS - The invention provides proteins from | 09-17-2009 |
20090232821 | Use Of A Growth-Stimulating Protein - This invention relates to the inhibition of a newly discovered growth-stimulating protein in an individual. Further, the invention relates to a method for preventing or treating a cancer, or preventing or treating cancer growth, invasion or metastasis, or preventing or treating other hyperproliferative diseases in an individual, by down regulating the expression of said growth-stimulating protein or by inactivating said protein. Still further, the invention concerns a method for diagnosing cancer or other hyperproliferative diseases in an individual based on said growth-stimulating protein. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232822 | LUNG DISEASE TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with lung. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in lung diseases (LCAT) and antibodies binds to LCATs. The present invention provides that LCATs are used as targets for screening agents that modulates the LCAT activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with lung. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232823 | ANTI-TYRP1 ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides for fully human antibodies and chimeric antibodies that bind human TYRP1 antigen with an affinity comparable to or higher than TA99, a murine antibody specific to TYRP1. The invention further provides polynucleic acids and host cells that encode and express these antibodies. The invention also provides for methods of modulating activity of TYRP1, treating growth of a cancer cell, and treating a malignant melanoma in mammals by administering an effective amount of an antibody either alone or in combination with an anti-cancer agent or treatment. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232824 | BIVM (BASIC, IMMUNOGLOBULIN-LIKE VARIABLE MOTIF-CONTAINING) GENE, TRANSCRIPTIONAL PRODUCTS, AND USES THEREOF - The subject invention provides polynucleotide sequences, designated BIVM, and transcriptional/translational products obtained from the polynucleotide sequences of the invention. The subject invention also provides polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences provided by SEQ ID NOs: 1-28. Also provided are methods of detecting the presence of BIVM nucleic acids or polypeptides in samples suspected of containing BIVM genes, BIVM transcriptional products, or BIVM translational products. These methods are also useful for the detection of BIVM orthologs. Other embodiments provide polypeptide and/or nucleic acid vaccines for the induction of an immune response to in an individual. Kits for detecting the presence of BIVM genes, orthologs thereof, BIVM polypeptides, or BIVM transcriptional products are also provided. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232825 | Methods and Compositions For Modulating Immunity - Methods and compositions for inducing immune suppression are disclosed. The methods involve administering an effective amount of a CD200 protein or a nucleic acid encoding a CD200 protein. The methods are useful in preventing graft rejection, fetal loss, autoimmune disease, and allergies. Methods and compositions for preventing immune suppression are also disclosed. The methods involve administering an effective amount of an agent that inhibits CD200. Such methods are useful in treating cancer. | 09-17-2009 |
20090238831 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The subject invention relates to monoclonal antibodies (e.g., 8F5 and 8C5) that may be used, for example, in the prevention, treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or other neurodegenerative disorders. | 09-24-2009 |
20090238832 | Novel compositions and method for the treatment of psoriasis - The present invention relates to compositions containing a novel protein and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of psoriasis. | 09-24-2009 |
20090238833 | PROTEIN - The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of colorectal cancer or lung cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of colorectal cancer or lung cancer treatment, and for drug development. | 09-24-2009 |
20090238834 | IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEIN ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA, GLIOBLASTOMA AND LUNG CANCER - The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of HCC, glioblastoma and lung cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of HCC, glioblastoma and lung cancer treatment, and for drug development. | 09-24-2009 |
20090238835 | THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTI-CS1 ANTIBODIES - The present invention is directed to antagonists of CS1 that bind to and neutralize at least one biological activity of CS1. The invention also includes a pharmaceutical composition comprising such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. The present invention also provides for a method of preventing or treating disease states, including autoimmune disorders and cancer, in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering into said subject an effective amount of such antagonists. | 09-24-2009 |
20090246201 | Substances - The present invention provides a homologue to heparanase which is present in three splice variants. | 10-01-2009 |
20090246202 | Human Endokine Alpha and Methods of Use - The present invention concerns a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family of cytokines. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the endokine alpha protein. Endokine alpha polypeptides are also provided, as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. Also provided are diagnostic and therapeutic methods concerning TNF family-related disorders. | 10-01-2009 |
20090252732 | VARIABLE REGION SEQUENCES OF IL-31 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to methods of treating pruritic diseases, including but not limited to Contact dermatitis, Atopic Dermatitis, Drug induced delayed type cutaneous allergic reactions, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma, Bullous pemphigoid, Alopecia wereata, Vitiligo, Acne Rosacea, Prurigo nodularis, Scleroderma, Herpes simplex virus, or combination thereof by administering IL-31 monoclonal antibodies. The invention provides the hybridomas that generate the monoclonal antibodies and the amino acid sequences of the variable regions of the monoclonal antibodies and chimeric antibodies comprising the amino acid sequences of the light and heavy chain variable regions. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252733 | Generation and Profiling of Fully Human Gold-Derived Therapeutic Antibodies Specific for Human CD38 - The present invention provides novel antibodies and methods for using recombinant antigen-binding regions and antibodies and functional fragments containing such antigen-binding regions that are specific for CD38, which plays an integral role in various disorders or conditions. These methods take advantage of newly discovered antibodies and surprising properties of such antibodies, such as the ability to bind CD38 of minipig origin and the ability to induce, by cross-linking, specific killing of cells that express CD38. These antibodies as well as the novel methods for using those antibodies can be used to treat, for example, hematological malignancies such as multiple myeloma. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252734 | Antihuman alpha 9 Integrin Antibody and use of the Same - The present invention relates to: an antibody (particularly a monoclonal antibody), a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody and a human antibody, which specifically recognize human α9 integrin; a hybridoma cell which produces the monoclonal antibody; a method for producing the monoclonal antibody; a method for producing the hybridoma cell; a therapeutic agent comprising the anti-human α9 integrin antibody; a diagnostic agent comprising the human α9 integrin antibody; a method for screening a compound which inhibits the activity of human α9 integrin; and the like. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252735 | Novel Peptides for Development of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agents and Methods of Using Same - Novel immuno-interactive fragments of the αC portion of a mammalian inhibin α subunit, together with their variants and derivatives, produce antigen-binding molecules that are interactive with the αC portion, and which are chemically well defined and which can be produced in commercially significant quantities. The antigen-binding molecules of the invention can be used for the detection of a mammalian inhibin and for the treatment and/or prevention of conditions associated with aberrant levels of a mammalian inhibin. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252736 | Mammalian Genes; Related Reagents - Nucleic acids encoding a new family of small cysteine rich soluble proteins, from a mammal, reagents related thereto, including specific antibodies, and purified proteins are described. Methods of using said reagents and related diagnostic kits are also provided. | 10-08-2009 |
20090252737 | T Cell Regulatory Genes And Methods Of Use Thereof - A genetic locus and corresponding family of proteins associated with regulation of immune function and cell survival are provided. These genes encode cell surface molecules with conserved IgV and mucin domains. The locus comprising the TIM family is genetically associated with immune dysfunction, including asthma. Furthermore, the TIM gene family is located within a region of human chromosome 5 that is commonly deleted in malignancies and myelodysplastic syndrome. Polymorphisms in the gene sequences are associated with the development of airway hyperreactivity and allergic inflammation, and T cell production of IL-4 and IL-13. The proteins include the human hepatitis A cellular receptor, hHAVcr-1. | 10-08-2009 |
20090258021 | GENES ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICAL STRESS, EXPRESSION PRODUCTS THEREFROM, AND USES THEREOF - The disclosure relates to human and mechanical stress induced genes, in particular gene 608, and functional equivalents, probes therefor, tests to identify such genes, polypeptide expression products of such genes, antibodies to the polypeptides, uses for such genes, expression products and antibodies, e.g., in diagnosis (for instance risk determination), treatment, prevention, or control, of osteoporosis or fractures; and to diagnostic, treatment, prevention, or control methods or processes, as well as compositions therefor and methods or processes for making and using such compositions, and receptors therefor and methods or processes for obtaining and using such receptors. | 10-15-2009 |
20090258022 | ANTIBODIES TO BRAIN SPECIFIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN - A novel gene apparently encoding a transmembrane glycoprotein has been successfully isolated by constructing a cDNA library of 4 kb or above in size from mRNA expressed in human adult brain and analyzing the structures of the cDNAs contained within said library by the shotgun method. The novel gene shows brain-specific expression and the protein encoded by said gene has a typical PDZ binding motif. | 10-15-2009 |
20090258023 | TGF-BETA SUPERFAMILY BINDING PROTEINS AND MODULATION OF BONE FORMATION AND LOSS - The present invention relates to novel polynucleotides and polypeptides that are expressed in osteoblasts, interact with members of the TGF-β superfamily, and inhibit mineralization. The invention further relates to the use of these polynucleotides and polypeptides to modulate bone formation and bone loss. | 10-15-2009 |
20090263395 | GENES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO BREAST CANCERS - The present application provides novel human genes B1194, A2282V1, A2282V2, and A2282V3 whose expression is markedly elevated in breast cancer. These genes and polypeptides encoded thereby can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of breast cancer, and as target molecules for developing drugs against breast cancer. | 10-22-2009 |
20090263396 | INHIBITORS OF T-DARPP FOR USE IN COMBINATION ANTI-CANCER THERAPIES - The present invention relates to an improved anti-HER2/Neu therapy comprising co-administration of an inhibitor of t-DARPP activity. In addition, inhibitors of t-DARPP can act as a monotherapy against cancers that express elevated t-DARPP activity, including elevated t-DARPP levels, or in combination with chemo- or radiotherapeutic anti-cancer treatments drugs. | 10-22-2009 |
20090269346 | Compositions Comprising Receptor-Associated Protein (RAP) Variants Specific for LRP2 and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates generally to receptor-selective variants of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-associated protein (RAP) and compositions thereof, methods of generating such variants and methods of using such receptor-selective RAP variant compositions for therapeutic purposes. The invention also relates to antibodies that bind to one or a small subset of CR-containing proteins. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269347 | Pancreatic Cancer Genes - The present invention provides the art with the DNA coding sequences of polynucleotides that are up-or-down-regulated in cancer and dysplasia. These polynucleotides and encoded proteins or polypeptides can be used in the diagnosis or identification of cancer and dysplasia. Inhibitors of the up-regulated polynucleotides and proteins can decrease the abnormality of cancer and dysplasia. Enhancing the expression of down-regulated polynucleotides or introducing down-regulated proteins to cells can decrease the growth and/or abnormal characteristics of cancer and dysplasia. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269348 | Pancreatic Cancer Genes - The present invention provides the art with the DNA coding sequences of polynucleotides that are up-or-down-regulated in cancer and dysplasia. These polynucleotides and encoded proteins or polypeptides can be used in the diagnosis or identification of cancer and dysplasia. Inhibitors of the up-regulated polynucleotides and proteins can decrease the abnormality of cancer and dysplasia. Enhancing the expression of down-regulated polynucleotides or introducing down-regulated proteins to cells can decrease the growth and/or abnormal characteristics of cancer and dysplasia. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269349 | ANTIGENIC POLYPEPTIDES - The invention relates to a method for the identification of antigenic polypeptides, typically opsonic antigens, expressed by pathogenic microbes; vaccines comprising said antigens; and therapeutic antibodies directed to said antigenic polypeptides. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269350 | Novel 27411, 23413, 22438, 23553, 25278, 26212, NARC SC1, NARC 10A, NARC 1, NARC 12, NARC 13, NARC17, NARC 25, NARC 3, NARC 4, NARC 7, NARC 8, NARC 11, NARC 14A, NARC 15, NARC 16, NARC 19, NARC 20, NARC 26, NARC 27, NARC 28, NARC 30, NARC 5, NARC 6, NARC 9, NARC 10C, NARC 8B, NARC 9, NARC2A, NARC 16B, NARC1C, NARC 1A, NARC 25, 86604 and 32222 molecules and uses therefor - The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules and proteins, designated 27411, 23413, 22438, 23553, 25278, 26212, NARC SC1, NARC 20A, NARC 1, NARC 12, NARC 13, NARC17, NARC 25, NARC 3, NARC 4, NARC 7, NARC 8, NARC 11, NARC 14A, NARC 15, NARC 16, NARC 19, NARC 20, NARC 26, NARC 27, NARC 28, NARC 30, NARC 5, NARC 6, NARC 9, NARC 10C, NARC 8B, NARC 9, NARC2A, NARC 16B, NARC 1C, NARC 1A, NARC 25, 86604 and 32222 nucleic acid molecules and proteins. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing said nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, nonhuman transgenic animals in which a said genes have been introduced or disrupted, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and antibodies to said proteins. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269351 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING GLIOMA - The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of glioma in mammals. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269352 | ANTITUMOR AGENT COMPRISING SULFONAMIDE-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND COMBINED WITH AN ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR - The present invention provides a composition and a kit for treating tumors, which permits a sulfonamide-containing heterocyclic compound to exhibit its angiogenesis inhibitory activity and antitumor activity more effectively. According to the present invention, the sulfonamide-containing heterocyclic compound can be used in treating cancers more effectively by combination with a VEGF inhibitor/FGF inhibitor. | 10-29-2009 |
20090274698 | Combination anti-cancer therapy - The present invention provides a method for treating tumors or tumor metastases in a patient, comprising administering to said patient simultaneously or sequentially a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of an anti-cancer agent or treatment that elevates pAkt levels in tumor cells and an mTOR inhibitor that binds to and directly inhibits both mTORC1 and mTORC2 kinases. Examples of such anti-cancer agents or treatments include doxorubicin, cisplatin, or ionizing radiation. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-cancer agent or treatment that elevates pAkt levels in tumor cells and an mTOR inhibitor that binds to and directly inhibits both mTORC1 and mTORC2 kinases, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention also provides a method for treating tumors or tumor metastases in a patient, comprising administering to said patient simultaneously or sequentially a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of the anti-cancer agent melphalan or 5-FU, and an mTOR inhibitor that binds to and directly inhibits both mTORC1 and mTORC2 kinases. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274699 | UL16 BINDING PROTEIN 4 - ULBP4, a novel member of the ULBP family has been isolated and characterized. ULBP4 is a useful activator of immune effector cells, particularly of NK cells. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274700 | IL-31 RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES - Novel polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and related compositions and methods are disclosed for zcytor17, a novel cytokine receptor. The polypeptides may be used within methods for detecting ligands that stimulate the proliferation and/or development of hematopoietic, lymphoid and myeloid cells in vitro and in vivo. Ligand-binding receptor polypeptides can also be used to block ligand activity in vitro and in vivo. The polynucleotides encoding zcytor17, are located on chromosome 5, and can be used to identify a region of the genome associated with human disease states. The present invention also includes methods for producing the protein, uses therefor and antibodies thereto. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274701 | CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of | 11-05-2009 |
20090274702 | Method of treatment and Agents useful for same - The present invention relates generally to a method for the treatment and prophylaxis of inflammatory conditions. The present invention is predicated in part on the identification of cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage being critical for inflammation and, in particular, chronic inflammation. In accordance with the present invention, it is proposed that the reduction in levels of monocyte/macrophage-type cells and/or a reduction in the production of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory mediators by these cells, especially locally, is effective in reducing inflammatory conditions. The present invention further provides animal models useful for screening for reducing levels of monocyte/macrophage-type cells and/or reducing the production of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory mediators of these cells. | 11-05-2009 |
20090280123 | Kinesin polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding same and compositions and methods of using same - An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a KIF18A polypeptide being expressed in mesenchymal stem cells is disclosed. Methods of detecting same are disclosed as well as methods of using same for modulating estrogen signaling in cells. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280124 | Methods for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Preeclampsia - Provided by the present invention are methods for treating and diagnosing preeclampsia, as well as kits for use in diagnosing patients with a higher risk of preeclampsia. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280125 | Prion epitopes and methods of use thereof - Prion peptides comprising prion epitopes and fusions thereof, that display enhanced immunogenicity are described. Also described are methods of treating and diagnosing prion disease. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280126 | PEPTIDE-BASED IMMUNIZATION THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS - The present invention relates to antibodies raised against fragments of apolipoprotein B, in particular defined peptides thereof, for immunization or therapeutic treatment of mammals, including humans, against ischemic cardiovascular diseases, using one or more of said antibodies. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280127 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR ENHANCING OR INHIBITING INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I - The present invention provides αVβ3 integrin cysteine loop domain agonists and antagonists (including peptide agonists and antagonists and analogs thereof), along with methods of using the same. | 11-12-2009 |
20090285819 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING INFLUENZA - Genes relating to resistance to infection by influenza virus are identified. The genes and the gene products (i.e., the polynucleotides transcribed from and polypeptides encoded by the genes) can be used for the prevention and treatment of influenza. The genes and the gene products can also be used to screen agents that modulate the gene expression or the activities of the gene products. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285820 | Methods of Treating Degenerative Disorders With Rac 1B Inhibitor - The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating degenerative disorders. More particularly, the invention relates to methods of treating amyloïd beta peptide-related disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease, using Rac1b inhibitors. The invention may be used in mammalian subjects, particularly human subjects, at various stages of the disease, including disease onset. The invention also provides methods of producing, identifying, selecting or optimising compounds for use in the treatment of amyloïd beta peptide-related disorders, based on a determination of the ability of a test compound to inhibit Rac1b. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285821 | Campylobacter Pilus Protein, Compositions and Methods - The present disclosure provides coding and amino acid sequences for a | 11-19-2009 |
20090285822 | PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF AMYLOIDOGENIC DISEASE - Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preventing or treating a number of amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, prion diseases, familial amyloid neuropathies and the like. The pharmaceutical compositions include immunologically reactive amounts of amyloid fibril components, particularly fibril-forming peptides or proteins. Also disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods which use immune reagents that react with such fibril components. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285823 | GLYCOPEPTIDES DERIVED FROM PANCREATIC STRUCTURES, ANTIBODIES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF IN DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS - Glycopeptide comprising 1 to 40 repeated C-terminal polypeptides, with 11 amino acids, of BSDL or FAPP, whereby said polypeptides are glycosylated and bear glycosylated epitopes giving rise to a specific immunological reaction with induced antibodies in a patient suffering from type 1 diabetes and/or purified from biological fluids of human or animal origin or recombinant and produced by expression in a standard host cell comprising an enzymatic material necessary for priming a glycosylation, said host cell being genetically modified such as to comprise a gene coding for said polypeptides and a gene coding for one or more enzymes selected from among glycosyltransferases, anti-glycopeptide antibodies and the applications thereof in therapeutics and diagnostics. | 11-19-2009 |
20090291082 | Antagonists of IL-6 to raise Albumin and/or lower CRP - The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6 to improve survivability or quality of life of a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level or a reduced serum albumin level prior to treatment. In another preferred embodiment, the patient's Glasgow Prognostic Score will be increased and survivability will preferably be improved. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291083 | BARB4 TARGET, ANTIBODY DESIGNATED BARB4, BARB4 RELATED ANTIBODIES, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - The invention provides antibodies, functional fragments, modified and variant forms, antibody targets, nucleic acid and other compositions. Antibodies, functional fragments, modified and variant forms, nucleic acid and other compositions are useful in treatment, diagnostic and vaccination methods. One treatment method includes inhibiting growth or proliferation of proliferating cells, such as hyperproliferative cells or inducing regression of hyperproliferative cells, such as cells of a cellular hyperproliferative disorder. | 11-26-2009 |
20090291084 | ANTI- IL-6 ANTIBODIES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES - The present invention relates to at least one novel chimeric, humanized or CDR-grafted anti-IL-6 antibodies derived from the murine CLB-8 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one such anti-IL-6 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 11-26-2009 |
20090297524 | Compositions monovalent for CD40L binding and methods of use - The invention relates to antibody polypeptides that monovalently bind CD40L. Antibody polypeptides that are monovalent for binding of CD40L can inhibit CD40L activity while avoiding potential undesirable effects that can occur with antibodies capable of divalent or multivalent binding of CD40L. In one aspect, a monovalent anti-CD40L antibody polypeptide consists of or comprises a single immunoglobulin variable domain that specifically binds and antagonizes the activity of CD40L, preferably without substantially agonizing CD40 and/or CD40L activity. In another aspect, the monovalent anti-CD40L antibody polypeptide is a human antibody polypeptide. The invention further encompasses methods of antagonizing CD40/CD40L interactions in an individual and methods of treating diseases or disorders involving CD40/CD40L interactions, the methods involving administering a monovalent anti-CD40L antibody polypeptide to the individual. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297525 | Compositions, kits and methods for identification, assessment, prevention and therapy of cancer - The invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, preventing, and treating human cancer. A variety of chromosomal regions (MCRs) and markers corresponding thereto, are provided, wherein alterations in the copy number of one or more of the MCRs and/or alterations in the amount, structure, and/or activity of one or more of the markers is correlated with the presence of cancer. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297526 | Membranolytic Polypeptides and Methods of Use - The present invention includes polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, antibodies to the polypeptides, and methods for using the polypeptides and antibodies. The polypeptides include those with at least 80% identity to | 12-03-2009 |
20090297527 | Binding Domains of Proteins of the Repulsive Guidance Molecule (RGM) Protein Family and Functional Fragments Thereof, and Their Use - The invention concerns the identification and use of neogenin receptor-binding domains of members of the repulsive guidance molecule (RGM) protein family as well as polypeptide fragments derived therefrom. The inventive domains, i.e. peptide fragments are suited as agents for the active or passive immunization of individuals as well as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for use with diseases or pathological conditions in whose origin or progression, a member of the RGM family and a cellular receptor assigned to this molecule are involved. The invention also concerns monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies directed against the inventive binding domains and against the polypeptides derived therefrom, and to method for producing the inventive domains, polypeptides and antibodies. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297528 | Methods to identify compounds useful for the treatment of proliferative and differentiative disorders - The present invention relates to the discovery, identification and characterization of nucleotide sequences that encode novel substrate-targeting subunits of ubiquitin ligases. The invention encompasses nucleotides encoding novel substrate-targeting subunits of ubiquitin ligases: FBP1, FBP2, FBP3, FBP4, FBP5, FBP6, FBP7, FBP8, FBP9, FBP10, FBP11, FBP12, FBP13, FBP14, FBP15, FBP16, FBP17, FBP18, FBP19, FBP20, FBP21, FBP22, FBP23, FBP24, and FBP25, transgenic mice, knock-out mice, host-cell expression systems and proteins encoded by the nucleotides of the novel substrate-targeting subunits. The present invention relates to screening assays that use novel and known substrate-targeting subunits of ubiquitin ligases to identify potential therapeutic agents such as small molecules, compounds or derivatives and analogues of the novel and known ubiquitin ligases which modulate activity of the novel and known ubiquitin ligases for the treatment of proliferative and differentiative disorders, such as cancer, major opportunistic infections, immune disorders, certain cardiovascular diseases, and inflammatory disorders. The invention further encompasses therapeutic protocols and pharmaceutical compositions designed to target ubiquitin ligases and their substrates for the treatment of proliferative and differentiative disorders. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297529 | ANTI-FLT3 ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides fully human antibodies that specifically bind to human FLT3 within extracellular domains 4 or 5 with high affinity. The invention further provides methods of treating leukemia by administering an effective amount of an antibody either alone or in combination with an anti-cancer agent or treatment including methotrexate. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297530 | HERV-K ANTIGENS, ANTIBODIES, AND METHODS - Methods and compositions for cancer diagnostics and therapy are provided. More particular, methods and compositions for detecting, preventing, and treating HERV-K | 12-03-2009 |
20090297531 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR - The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. | 12-03-2009 |
20090304698 | MODULATION OF OVULATION - The present invention is directed to the identification of a novel domain of functional significance on the GDF-9 and GDF-9B molecules and to peptides and antibodies which interact with the domain to modulate the biological activity of these molecules to alter mammalian ovarian function and ovulation rate. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304699 | METHODS OF TREATING FIBROSIS - Methods and compositions for treating fibrosis are disclosed. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304700 | CONFORMATION SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TREFOIL FACTORS - The present invention relates to conformation specific antibodies to TFF and compositions thereof. The present invention also relates to methods of regulation of cellular proliferation, survival and/or oncogenicity, particularly methods for the treatment of cancers, tumors and proliferative disorders. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304701 | ANTIBODIES BINDING IL-1 RELATED POLYPEPTIDES - The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having homology to the IL-1-like family of proteins and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention, and methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304702 | GENE EXPRESSED IN PROSTATE CANCER AND METHODS OF USE - A polypeptide is disclosed that is specifically detected in the cells of the prostate, termed Splice Variant-Novel Gene Expressed in Prostate (SV-NGEP). Polynucleotides encoding SV-NGEP are also disclosed, as are vectors including these polynucleotides. Host cells transformed with these polynucleotides are also disclosed. Antibodies and immunoconjugates are disclosed that specifically bind SV-NGEP. Methods are disclosed for using an NGEP polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds SV-NGEP, or a polynucleotide encoding SV-NGEP. Assays are disclosed for the detection prostate cancer. Pharmaceutical compositions including an SV-NGEP polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds SV-NGEP, or a polynucleotide encoding SV-NGEP are also disclosed. These pharmaceutical compositions are of use in the treatment of prostate cancer. | 12-10-2009 |
20090311256 | 12 Human Secreted Proteins - The present invention relates to 12 novel human secreted proteins and isolated nucleic acids containing the coding regions of the genes encoding such proteins. Also provided are vectors, host cells, antibodies, and recombinant methods for producing human secreted proteins. The invention further relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods useful for diagnosing and treating disorders related to these novel human secreted proteins. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311257 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR GASTRIN MATERIALS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to materials and methods for human antibodies specific for the peptide hormone gastrin and uses of these antibodies in the treatment of subjects having cancer and other conditions or disorders related to gastrin expression. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311258 | MEDICAMENT FOR LCT POISONING - The medicament for the prevention or the relief of poisoning by large clostridial cytotoxins (LCTs), in particular | 12-17-2009 |
20090311259 | Compositions and Methods for Treatment of Tumor of Hematopoietic Origin - The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the treatment of hematopoietic tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311260 | Compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disorders - The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311261 | Compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disorders - The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311262 | Method for Diagnosing Cancers Expressing the HER2 Receptor or its Truncated Variants - The present invention relates to a method of diagnosis and therapy of cancers expressing the HER2 receptor. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311263 | HUMAN VASCULAR IBP-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR - A human Vascular IBP-Like Growth Factor polypeptide (VIGF) and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptide and a procedure for producing such polypeptide by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such polypeptide for wound healing or tissue regeneration, stimulating implant fixation and angiogenesis. Antagonist against such polypeptides and their use as a therapeutic to treat atherosclerosis, tumors and scarring are also disclosed. Diagnostic assays for identifying mutations in VIGF nucleic acid sequences and altered levels of the VIGF polypeptide are also disclosed. | 12-17-2009 |
20090317391 | Cancer Related Genes (PTPE) - This invention is in the field of cancer-related genes. Specifically it relates to methods for detecting cancer or the likelihood of developing cancer based on the presence or absence of the tm-PTPε gene or proteins encoded by this gene. The invention also provides methods and molecules for upregulating or downregulating the tm-PTPε gene. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317392 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER - Objective methods for detecting and diagnosing small cell lung cancer (SCLC) are described herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic method involves determining the expression level of an SCLC-associated gene that discriminates between SCLC cells and normal cells. In another embodiment, the diagnostic method involves determining the expression level of an SCLC-associated gene that distinguishes two major histological types of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and SCLC. Finally, the present invention provides methods of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of small cell lung cancer, methods of treating small cell lung cancer and method for vaccinating a subject against small cell lung cancer. Furthermore, the present invention provides chemotherapy resistant lung cancer- or SCLC-associated genes as diagnostic markers and/or molecular targets for therapeutic agent for these cancers. These genes are up-regulated in chemoresistant lung cancer or SCLC. Accordingly, chemoresistant lung cancer or SCLC can be predicted using expression level of the genes as diagnostic markers. As the result, any adverse effects caused by ineffective chemotherapy can be avoided, and more suitable and effective therapeutic strategy can be selected. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317393 | METHOD OF MODIFYING GLUCOSE ACTIVITY USING POLYPEPTIDES SELECTIVELY EXPRESSED IN FAT TISSUE - Isolated omentin polypeptides that selectively express in omental fat tissue and methods for the use of the polypeptides. The polypeptides can be used in a method for modifying insulin action and/or glucose metabolism in an animal. The polypeptides can be used to promote glucose uptake by animal adipocytes and other cells, tissues, and/or organs. The polypeptides can also used to provide a therapeutic treatment for diseases of or related to glucose metabolism and adipose tissues. The polypeptides are also incorporated into diagnostic tests and testing kits for diagnosing or detecting a disease or condition involving animal tissue that contains, uses, or expresses the polypeptide in an animal suspected of having the disease or condition. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317394 | VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR-2 - The present invention is directed to VEGF-2 polynucleotides and polypeptides and methods of using such polynucleotides and polypeptides. In particular, provided are methods of treating retinal disorders with VEGF-2 polynucleotides and polypeptides. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317395 | Antimicrobial Peptide Derived from Galanin Message Associated Peptide (GMAP) - The present invention relates to a new antimicrobial peptide, comprising the amino acid sequence of human galanin message associated peptide (GMAP) or a homolog, ortholog, chemically modified variant or antimicrobially active variant thereof, and respective uses thereof, particular in the topical treatment of antimicrobial diseases. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317396 | ANTIBODY SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO DR5 AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CANCERS COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention provides an antibody specifically binding to death receptor 5 (DR5), which is selected from the group consisting of: an antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region (V | 12-24-2009 |
20090317397 | Soluble CTLA4 mutant molecules and uses thereof - The invention identifies the CTLA4 receptor as a ligand for the B7 antigen. The complete amino acid sequence encoding human CTLA4 receptor gene is provided. Methods are provided for expressing CTLA4 as an immunoglobulin fusion protein, for preparing hybrid CTLA4 fusion proteins, and for using the soluble fusion proteins, fragments and derivatives thereof, including monoclonal antibodies reactive with B7 and CTLA4, to regulate T cell interactions and immune responses mediated by such interactions. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317398 | MAMMALIAN CX3C CHEMOKINE ANTIBODIES - Nucleic acids encoding a new family of chemokines, the CX3C family, from a mammal, reagents related thereto, including specific antibodies, and purified proteins are described. Methods of using said reagents and related diagnostic kits are also provided. | 12-24-2009 |
20090324597 | ULBP antibodies - The invention is directed to purified and isolated novel ULBP polypeptides, the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, fragmented peptides derived from these polypeptides, and the uses of the above. ULBP polypeptide can be found on the surface of human B cell lymphomas. Mammalian forms of ULBP polypeptide in isolated or purified forms are provided. In addition, isolated nucleic acids encoding ULBP polypeptides and expression vectors comprising a cDNA encoding ULBP polypeptides are provided. The ULBP polypeptides can be isolated or synthesized and used to prepare antibodies, and in particular monoclonal antibodies, against the polypeptides. The antibodies, in turn, are useful for detecting the presence of ULBP polypeptides in human cell samples, which can be correlated with the existence of a malignant condition in a patient. ULBP polypeptides stimulate IFN-γ production, NK cell proliferation, and CTL activity. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324598 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS - A method for the treatment of inflammatory disorders is disclosed, particularly the treatment of arthritis. The method comprises the administration of a function blocking antibody which is capable of binding an epitope of VLA-1. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324599 | Fibroblast Growth Factor-Like Polypeptides - The present invention provides novel Fibroblast Growth Factor-like (FGF-like) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, antibodies and methods for producing FGF-like polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with FGF-like polypeptides. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324600 | Use of an anti-cd151 antibody in the treatment of cancer - The present invention relates to the use of at least one antibody, or a functional fragment thereof, which is capable of binding to the CD151 protein and thereby inhibiting tumour growth, in the preparation of a medicament intended for the treatment of cancer. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324601 | TARGETED BINDING AGENTS DIRECTED TO PDGFR-ALPHA AND USES THEREOF - Targeted binding agents directed to the antigen PDGFR-alpha and uses of such agents are disclosed herein. More specifically the invention relates to fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to the antigen PDGFR-alpha and uses of these antibodies. Aspects of the invention also relate to hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such antibodies. The described targeted binding agents and antibodies are useful as diagnostics and for the treatment of diseases associated with the activity and/or overexpression of PDGFR-alpha. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324602 | ANTI-FN14 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Antibodies and antibody fragments that bind to the receptor Fn14 and induce or enhance cell killing of Fn14-expressing cancer cells are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using the antibodies and antibody fragments to induce death of a tumor cell and treat disorders and in a subject. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003255 | GENE EXPRESSION PATTERN PREDICTIVE FOR COLORECTAL CARCINOMAS - The present invention relates to a micro-array for the prediction of a lymph node metastasis in connection with colorectal carcinoma. The invention further relates to an ex vivo method for predicting a lymph node metastasis in connection with colorectal carcinoma as well as an inhibitor or a modulator suited to treat the metastasing colorectal carcinoma. | 01-07-2010 |
20100003256 | Use of TGF-Beta Antagonists in Treatment of Parathyroid-Related Disorders - The present invention relates to the use of TGF-β antagonists for the treatment, amelioration, and diagnosis of parathyroid-related disorders, e.g., HPT-JT, familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism (FIPH), and hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor (HPT-JT) syndrome, as well as its attendant complications. The present invention also relates to the use of modulators of HRPT2 and its related PAF1 complex for the treatment, amelioration, and diagnosis of TGFβ-related disorders, e.g., pulmonary hypertension, cancer, hypertension, fibrosis, wound healing. Assays of the identification of modulators of HRPT2/PAF1 and SMAD/TGFβ are also provided. | 01-07-2010 |
20100003257 | Diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and suppression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma invasion - A diagnostic method for NPC based on the activation level of the Gα | 01-07-2010 |
20100003258 | FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3 (FGFR3) BINDING PROTEINS - Monoclonal antibodies that bind and inhibit activation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) are disclosed. The antibodies can be used to treat cell proliferative diseases and disorders, including certain forms of cancer, associated with activation of FGFR3. | 01-07-2010 |
20100003259 | ANTIBODIES THAT IMMUNOSPECIFICALLY BIND TO B LYMPHOCYTE STIMULATOR PROTEIN - The present invention relates to antibodies and related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for detecting or diagnosing a disease or disorder associated with aberrant B Lymphocyte Stimulator expression or inappropriate function of B Lymphocyte Stimulator comprising antibodies or fragments or variants thereof or related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator. The present invention further relates to methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder associated with aberrant B Lymphocyte Stimulator expression or inappropriate B Lymphocyte Stimulator function comprising administering to an animal an effective amount of one or more antibodies or fragments or variants thereof or related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator. | 01-07-2010 |
20100008921 | Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target Adarb2 Proteins for Neurodegenerative Diseases - The present invention discloses a dysregulation of the ADARB2 gene and the protein products thereof in Alzheimer's disease patients. Based on this finding, the invention provides methods for diagnosing and prognosticating Alzheimer's disease in a subject, and for determining whether a subject is at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Furthermore, this invention provides therapeutic and prophylactic methods for treating and preventing Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders using the ADARB2 gene and its corresponding gene products. Screening methods for modulating agents of neurodegenerative diseases are also disclosed. | 01-14-2010 |
20100008922 | In Vivo Induced Genes of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - The invention provides compositions and methods for the detection of | 01-14-2010 |
20100008923 | Organic Compounds - The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing inhibitors of histone deacetylase and B vitamins and methods of use thereof, in the treatment of HDAC dependent diseases and for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of said diseases. | 01-14-2010 |
20100008924 | FUSION PROTEINS AND THEIR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF LEISHMANIASIS - The present invention relates generally to a fusion protein made from a synthetic gene construct comprising of elements derived from the | 01-14-2010 |
20100008925 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF ENDOTOXIN-MEDIATED PRO-INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES - Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in systemic circulation triggers deleterious super-inflammatory response, which is key pathogenesis of many disorders like gram-negative sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis. No effective therapeutic interventions are currently available for protection of patients against mortality. Disclosed are methods and therapeutic agents that ablate the biological toxicity of LPS in circulation (Integrin Peptide), and abrogate leukocyte infiltration into lung and liver and suppress adhesion molecule expression (Integrin Peptide and Anti-CD18 βA scFv). These therapeutic agents can be used alone, or in combination for treatment of endotoxin-mediated pro-inflammatory responses, particularly in cases of acute sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis. | 01-14-2010 |
20100008926 | NOVEL PROTEINS AND USE THEREOF - Compounds that inhibit the expression of a protein comprising the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 7 or SEQ ID NO: 10 or the expression of a gene for the protein, the antisense polynucleotide comprising the entire or part of a base sequence complementary or substantially complementary to DNA encoding the protein or its partial peptide, the antibody to the protein or its partial peptide, etc. are useful as prophylactic/therapeutic agents for cancer, etc., apoptosis promoters, etc. | 01-14-2010 |
20100015150 | Tdf-related compounds and analogs thereof - The present invention relates generally to tissue differentiation factor (TDF) analogs. More specifically, the invention relates to structure-based methods and compositions useful in designing, identifying, and producing molecules which act as functional modulators of TDF-like receptors. The invention further relates to methods of detecting, preventing, and treating TDF-associated disorders. | 01-21-2010 |
20100015151 | POLYPEPTIDES FROM NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS - Various specific meningococcal proteins are disclosed. The invention provides related polypeptides, nucleic acids, antibodies and methods. These can all be used in medicine for treating or preventing disease and/or infection caused by meningococcus, such as bacterial meningitis. | 01-21-2010 |
20100015152 | Diagnostic and therapeutic methods - The present invention provides the use of a protein found in breast, prostate, pancreatic and colon cancer cell membranes, known as BCMP 7, in the diagnosis, screening, treatment and prophylaxis of breast, prostate, pancreatic and/or colon cancer, as well as compositions comprising BCMP 7, including vaccines and antibodies that are immunospecific for BCMP 7. | 01-21-2010 |
20100015153 | Novel Triggering Receptor Involved in Natural Cytotoxicity Mediated by Human Natural Killer Cells and Antibodies That Identify the Same - The invention relates to a novel compound termed NKp30 that is selectively expressed by all mature NK cells and that is involved in human natural cytoxicity as an activatory receptor, to new antibodies that bind to the NKp30 structure, and to the pharmaceutical and medicinal uses thereof. | 01-21-2010 |
20100015154 | IMMUNOGENIC MEMAPSIN 2 B-SECRETASE PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - This application pertains to antibodies which specifically bind to immunogenic memapsin 2β-secretase peptides for use in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and memapsin 2β-secretase disorders. The application also pertains to immunogenic compositions comprising memapsin 2β-secretase peptides and uses thereof. | 01-21-2010 |
20100015155 | PEGYLATED ABETA FAB - A method to treat conditions associated with Aβ peptide activity both prophylactically and therapeutically is described. The method employs humanized antibody fragments that specifically bind human Aβ peptide between amino acid positions 13-28, wherein the antibody fragments are covalently attached to a polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecule. | 01-21-2010 |
20100015156 | DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN CHILDREN - This invention provides methods of diagnosing and predicting disease progression of Crohn's disease. In one embodiment, a method of the invention is practiced by determining the presence or absence of CARD15 variants R702W, G908R, and/or 1007insC in a pediatric individual. In another embodiment, a method of the invention is practiced by determining the presence or absence of anti-Cbir1, anti-OmpC, ASCA, and/or pANCA in a pediatric individual | 01-21-2010 |
20100015157 | ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS - The present application describes antibody formulations, including monoclonal antibodies formulated in histidine-acetate buffer, as well as a formulation comprising an antibody that binds to domain II of HER2 (for example, Pertuzumab), and a formulation comprising an antibody that binds to DR5 (for example, Apomab). | 01-21-2010 |
20100021463 | Antibodies to ip-10 for treating bone diseases with bone destruction - The present invention is directed to providing the IP-10 protein (interferon-γ-inducible protein 10) as a novel therapeutic target relating to the etiology of bone diseases with bone destruction associated with RNAKL expression and osteoclast formation. More specifically, the present invention relates to (i) a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a disease or disorder associated with the expression of RANKL (receptor activator of NF-κB ligand), (ii) a method for inhibiting the expression of RANKL and (iii) a method for screening an antibody drug candidate to inhibit the expression of RANKL. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021464 | METHODS OF WOUND CARE AND TREATMENT - Provided are electrokinetically-altered fluids (e.g., gas-enriched electrokinetic fluids) comprising an ionic aqueous solution of charge-stabilized oxygen-containing nanostructures in an amount sufficient to provide modulation of at least one of cellular membrane potential and cellular membrane conductivity, and therapeutic compositions and methods for use in treating a wound to a surface tissue or a symptom thereof. The electrokinetically-altered fluids or therapeutic compositions and methods include electrokinetically-altered ionic aqueous fluids optionally in combination with other therapeutic agents. Particular aspects provide for regulating or modulating intracellular signal transduction associated with said inflammatory responses by modulation of at least one of cellular membranes, membrane potential, membrane proteins such as membrane receptors, including but not limited to G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR), and intercellular junctions (e.g., tight junctions, gap junctions, zona adherins and desmasomes). Other embodiments include particular routes of administration or formulations for the electrokinetically-altered fluids (e.g., electrokinetically-altered gas-enriched fluids and solutions) and therapeutic compositions. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021465 | BORIS ISOFORMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING AND TREATING DISEASE - A method of detecting a proliferative disease, such as a disease associated with the abnormal expression of BORIS, in a mammal comprising testing for the expression of a BORIS isoform in the tissue of a mammal that does not express BORIS in the absence of disease, as well as a method of treating or preventing such a disease, isolated or purified BORIS isoform polypeptides and nucleic acids, and kits and arrays comprising same. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021466 | Antagonistic Human LIGHT-Specific Human Monoclonal Antibodies - Provided herein are antibodies, such as fully human antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an hLIGHT polypeptide. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids encoding antibodies, such as fully human antibodies, that immunospecifically bind to a hLIGHT polypeptide. Further provided are vectors and host cells comprising nucleic acids encoding antibodies, such as fully human antibodies, that immunospecifically bind to a hLIGHT polypeptide. Also provided are methods of making antibodies, such as fully human antibodies, that immunospecifically bind to a hLIGHT polypeptide. Also provided herein is a method of treating a hLIGHT-mediated disease in a subject comprising administering to the subject an antibody, such as a fully human antibody, that immunospecifically binds to a hLIGHT polypeptide. In preferred embodiments, that anti-hLIGHT antibodies provided herein will ameliorate, neutralize or otherwise inhibit hLIGHT biological activity in vivo (e.g., the hLIGHT-mediated production or secretion of CCL20, IL-8 or RANTES from a cell expressing a hLIGHT receptor). Also provided herein is a method for the detection of hLIGHT in a sample as well as a method for ameliorating, neutralizing or otherwise inhibiting hLIGHT activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hLIGHT activity is detrimental. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021467 | METHOD OF DETECTING A CANCER CELL BY ABERRANT EXPRESSION OF A HUMAN K+ ION CHANNEL - The present invention relates to a novel human K | 01-28-2010 |
20100021468 | NOVEL MHC CLASS II RESTRICTED T CELL EPITOPES FROM THE CANCER ANITGEN, NY ESO-1 - The present invention discloses the identification and isolation of novel MHC class II epitopes derived from the cancer antigen, NY ESO-1. The novel MHC class II epitopes from NY-EsO-1 are recognized by CD4 | 01-28-2010 |
20100021469 | FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF ADRENOMEDULLIN (AM) AND THE GENE RELATED PRODUCT (PAMP) IN HUMAN PATHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY - The methods of the present invention demonstrate that adrenomedullin (AM) is expressed in human cancer cell lines of diverse origin and functions as a universal autocrine growth factor driving neoplastic proliferation. The present invention provides for AM peptides and AM antibodies useful in therapeutic, pharmacologic and physiologic compositions. The present invention additionally provides for methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease utilizing compositions comprising the AM peptides and antibodies of the present invention. The methods of the present invention also provide for experimental models for use in identifying the role of AM in pancreatic physiology. The methods pertaining to rat isolated islets have show that AM inhibits insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner. The monoclonal antibody MoAb-G6, which neutralizes AM bioactivity, was show by the methods of the present invention to increase insulin release fivefold, an effect that was reversed by the addition of synthetic AM. | 01-28-2010 |
20100028349 | Fibroblast Growth Factor-Like Polypeptides - The present invention provides novel Fibroblast Growth Factor-like (FGF-like) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, antibodies and methods for producing FGF-like polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with FGF-like polypeptides. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028350 | PREVENTING IL-2 MEDIATED INFLAMMATION IN EPITHELIAL CELLS - The present invention provides new methods for treating, minimizing and/or preventing inflammatory injury involving IL-2 activity on epithelial cells expressing IL-2 receptors. Methods for reducing or preventing inflammatory injury in a tissue/organ comprise inhibiting IL-2 receptor activity in cells of the tissue/organ. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028351 | ANTI-AMYLOID ANTIBODIES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES - The present invention relates to at least one novel anti-amyloid antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-amyloid antibody, amyloid, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028352 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING GLYCYL-tRNA SYNTHETASES HAVING NON-CANONICAL BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES - Isolated glycyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides and polynucleotides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028353 | ANTI-AMYLOID IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES - Polypeptide based on a tandem array of repeats of the N-terminal 7 amino acids of Aβ42, preferably positioned within the active loop site of a carrier such as bacterial thioredoxin (Trx) are useful for treating and/or preventing Alzheimer's disease. Antibodies raised against these recombinant constructs were found to have a very strong affinity for Aβ42. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028354 | COMPOSITIONS MONOVALENT FOR CD28 BINDING AND METHODS OF USE - Disclosed are domain antibodies that monovalently bind CD28. Domain antibodies that are monovalent for binding of CD28 can inhibit CD28 activity. In one aspect, a domain antibody consists of or comprises a single immunoglobulin variable domain that specifically binds and antagonizes the activity of CD28, in an aspect, without substantially agonizing CD28 activity. In another aspect, the domain antibody is a human domain antibody. The disclosure further encompasses methods of antagonizing CD80 and/or CD86 interactions with CD28 in an individual and methods of treating diseases or disorders involving CD80 and/or CD86 interactions with CD28, the methods involving administering a domain antibody to the individual. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028355 | HIMF AND BTK IN PULMONARY, CARDIAC AND INFLAMMATION DISORDERS - Hypoxia induced mitogenic factor (HIMF) is a member of the “found in inflammatory zone” (FIZZ)/resistin family of proteins and has potent mitogenic, angiogenic, and vasoconstrictive effects in the lung vasculature. The receptor/binding partners for this family of proteins have been largely unknown. We identified Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) as a functional HIMF binding partner through GST-HIMF pull-downs and mass spectrometry. Using primary cultured HIMF-stimulated murine bone marrow cells, we demonstrated that BTK was recruited to the leading edge of the cells. We also demonstrated that BTK and the closely related tyrosine kinase Fyn, colocalized at the growth cone process in these cells. HIMF stimulation induced BTK autophosphorylation, which peaked at 2.5 minutes. A transwell migration assay showed that treatment with recombinant murine HIMF induced migration of primary cultured bone marrow cells, which was completely blocked by the BTK inhibitor, LFM-A13. In vivo studies, using the rat hindlimb ischemia model, revealed that HIMF can stimulate angiogenesis in the hypoxic tissue probably through inducing the migration of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) to areas of active angiogenesis. Our results indicate that HIMF may acts as a chemotactic molecule in stimulating the migration of leukocytes/EPCs from bone marrow to targeted tissues through activation of the BTK pathway. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028356 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing a neurodegenerative disease or for determining the predisposition of a subject to a neurodegenerative disease. In particular, the methods of the present invention comprise detecting a marker linked to map position 9p21, e.g., a marker within an opioid receptor sigma 1 (OPRS1) gene or an expression produce thereof. The present invention also provides a method for identifying new markers that are associated with a neurodegenerative disease. The present invention also provides mutant forms of an OPRS1 gene or an expression product thereof and reagents for detecting those mutations. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028357 | Antibodies That Specifically Bind to Abeta Oligomers and Uses Thereof - The present inventors successfully produced monoclonal antibodies that are specific to only soluble Aβ oligomers, but do not recognize soluble Aβ monomers, which are physiological molecules. It was demonstrated that the antibodies are useful as diagnostic/therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer's disease. | 02-04-2010 |
20100034822 | Haemophilus Influenzae Type B - Polypeptides comprising various amino acid sequences derived from | 02-11-2010 |
20100034823 | Crystalline anti-hTNFalpha antibodies - The present invention relates to a batch crystallization method for crystallizing an anti-hTNFalpha antibody which allows the production of said antibody on an industrial scale; antibody crystals as obtained according to said method; compositions containing said crystals as well as methods of use of said crystals and compositions. | 02-11-2010 |
20100034824 | TARGETED BIOCIDES - The present invention relates to retroviral constructs that encode novel monoclonal antibodies, novel fusion proteins, and chimeric monoclonal antibodies and to methods of using and producing the same. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of producing a fusion protein comprising a microorganism targeting molecule (e.g., immunoglobulin or innate immune system receptor molecule) and a biocide (e.g., bactericidal enzyme) in transgenic animals (e.g., bovines) and in cell cultures. The present invention also relates to therapeutic and prophylactic methods of using a fusion protein comprising a microorganism targeting molecule and a biocide in health care (e.g., human and veterinary), agriculture (e.g., animal and plant production), and food processing (e.g., beef carcass processing). The present invention also relates to methods of using a fusion protein comprising a microorganism targeting molecule and a biocide in various diagnostic applications in number of diverse fields such as agriculture, medicine, and national defense. | 02-11-2010 |
20100040621 | Novel polpeptide and use thereof - The present invention provides various useful polypeptides and so on. In particular, a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8 or SEQ ID NO: 9, a compound or its salt that promotes the activity of said polypeptide, etc. can be utilized as a preventive/therapeutic agent for, e.g., renal edema, dysuria, hyponatremia, syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone, hypertension or the like. Furthermore, a compound or its salt that inhibits the activity of the polypeptide is useful as a preventive/therapeutic agent for, e.g., urine storage disorders, polyuria, diabetes insipidus, hypernatremia, metabolic alkalosis, hypokalemia, Cushing syndrome or the like. Moreover, the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8 or SEQ ID NO: 9 can be utilized as a preventive/therapeutic agent for anorexia, etc., an eating (appetite) stimulant, or the like. | 02-18-2010 |
20100040622 | NETRIN-RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND USES - The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating proliferation, differentiation, migration, and adhesion of cardiovascular cell types. | 02-18-2010 |
20100040623 | NEURITOGENIC AND NEURONAL SURVIVAL PROMOTING PEPTIDES DERIVED FROM THE FAMILY OF S-100 PROTEINS - The present invention relates to peptide fragments derived from proteins of the S-100 family promoting neural cell survival, differentiation and proliferation. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide fragments and uses thereof for treatment of diseases and conditions where the effects of stimulating neural cell proliferation, differentiation and/or survival, and/or stimulating neural plasticity associated with learning and memory are beneficial for treatment. | 02-18-2010 |
20100040624 | Human Tumor Necrosis Factor TR21 and Methods Based Thereon - The present invention relates to TR21 polypeptides. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding human TR21 protein. TR21 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of TR21 activity. | 02-18-2010 |
20100047245 | IL-12/P40 BINDING PROTEINS - The present invention encompasses IL-12 | 02-25-2010 |
20100047246 | Methods and Compositions for Treating Vascular Disease - This invention relates to compositions and methods for use in treating or preventing vascular disease, as well as diseases and conditions associated with hematopoiesis and cellular proliferation. | 02-25-2010 |
20100047247 | NERVE ELONGATION PROMOTER AND ELONGATION INHIBITOR - The invention provides agents that promote or inhibit neurite elongation comprising as an active ingredient an antibody that recognizes a varicella-zoster virus immediate-early protein and cross-reacts with a brain-derived neurotrophic factor. The invention also provides methods of utilizing such agents to prevent or treat a nervous disease or a disease with nerve hypersensitivity caused by a condition selected from the group consisting of postherpetic neuralgia, chronic pains, experience-dependent social aversion and stress. | 02-25-2010 |
20100055104 | THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN INHIBITOR OF AN HSP 90 PROTEIN - Use of an inhibitor of an hsp 90 protein for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prophylaxis of a condition involving raised levels of TNFα and/or IL-6. | 03-04-2010 |
20100055105 | Novel Isolated And Purified Strains Of Chikungunya Virus And Polynucleotides And Polypetide Sequences, Diagnostic And Immunogenical Uses Thereof - The present invention concerns wild-strains of Chikungunya virus isolated from patients exhibiting severe forms of infection and stemming from a human arbovirosis epidemy. The present invention also concerns polypeptide sequences and fragment thereof derived from their genome, the polynucleotide encoding same and their use as diagnostic products, as vaccine and/or as immunogenic compositions. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061990 | Hemagglutinin Polypeptides, and Reagents and Methods Relating Thereto - The present invention provides a system for analyzing interactions between glycans and interaction partners that bind to them. The present invention also provides HA polypeptides that bind to umbrella-topology glycans, and reagents and methods relating thereto. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061991 | Identification of therapeutic agents for HIV infection - A cell surface molecule designated DCIR (for dendritic cells ImmunoReceptor), a member of a recently described family of DC-expressing C-type lectin receptors, has been shown to participate to the capture of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and promote infection in trans and in cis of autologous CD4(+) T cells from human immature monocyte-derived DC. The contribution of DCIR to these processes was revealed using DCIR-specific siRNAs and a polyclonal antibody specific for the carbohydrate recognition domain of DCIR. Therapeutic agents for HIV infection are therefore provided herein. These therapeutic agents are useful for impairing the interaction between DCIR and HIV and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of HIV infection. Also provided are assays for identifying additional therapeutics agents for treatment or prevention HIV infection. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061992 | THERAPEUTIC USES OF TIM-3 MODULATORS - The invention provides novel methods of treating neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative disorders such as MS. The invention also provides novel methods of treating cancers, including glial tumors such as glioblastoma multiforme. The invention further provides vaccines and related uses. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061993 | Antibodies - A human antibody fragment, which antibody or fragment:
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20100068208 | Degranulation inhibitor - The present invention provides a screening method/screening kit for a mast cell degranulation inhibitor which is characterized by using (a) a protein comprising the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, its partial peptide, or a salt thereof and (b) a ligand capable of specifically binding to the protein; a mast cell degranulation inhibitor obtained by the screening; and so on. | 03-18-2010 |
20100074901 | HUMAN ANTI-AMYLOID ANTIBODIES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES - The present invention relates to at least one novel human anti-amyloid antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-amyloid antibody, amyloid, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 03-25-2010 |
20100080801 | LIR-9, a novel leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor - A new family of immunoreceptor molecules of the immunoglobulin superfamily, (LIR) polypeptides is described. Disclosed are sequences encoding LIR family members and their deduced amino acid sequences, polypeptides encoded by DNA that hybridizes to defined nucleotide sequences, processes for producing polypeptides of the LIR family, and specific antibodies directed against LIR polypeptides. LIR family members can be used to treat autoimmune diseases and disease states associated with suppressed immune function. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080802 | ANTI-IL-TIF ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to ZCYTO18 polynucleotide and polypeptide molecules. The ZCYTO18 is a novel cytokine. The polypeptides may be used within methods for stimulating the proliferation and/or development of hematopoietic cells in vitro and in vivo. The present invention also includes methods for producing the protein, uses therefor and antibodies thereto. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080803 | LABOR BIOMARKERS, METHODS COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS TARGETING SAME - The present invention provides methods of predicting or detecting labor in a female subject and methods of testing a compound for an ability to delay the onset of labor. The present invention also provides methods of testing a labor marker useful in the diagnostic methods, isolated peptides identified in the present invention, methods for inhibiting labor, utilizing the peptides, and kits comprising methods of the present invention. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080804 | METHODS OF TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS OF THE LUNGS - 2F1 polypeptides are provided, along with DNA sequences, expression vectors and transformed host cells useful in producing the polypeptides. Soluble 2F1 polypeptides find use in inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis and treating inflammation. | 04-01-2010 |
20100086551 | ANTIBODY AND USES THEREOF - A method of inhibiting angiogenesis in a group of cells, a tissue or an organ includes administering an antibody molecule or nucleic acid encoding an antibody molecule to the cells, tissue or organ, wherein the antibody molecule specifically binds cathepsin S, but does not inhibit proteolytic activity of cathepsin S. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086552 | ALLERGEN-BINDING IGE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING HYPOALLERGENS - The present invention relates to human IgE antibodies and derivatives thereof, which bind non-continuous planar allergenic epitope, such as in β-lactoglobulin, with high affinity and specificity. The present invention also relates to processes for making and engineering such allergen binding monoclonal antibodies and to methods for using these antibodies and derivatives thereof in the field of immunodiagnostics and immunotherapy. | 04-08-2010 |
20100092471 | Porphyromonas Gingivalis Polypeptides Useful in the Prevention of Periodontal Disease - The invention is directed to vaccine compositions and methods based on | 04-15-2010 |
20100092472 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THE MODULATION OF BETA-1 INTEGRIN FUNCTION TO MEDIATE TISSUE REPAIR - The present invention provides methods and compositions which modulate beta 1 integrin activity by functioning as allosteric antagonists. In particular, the present invention provides methods for mediating tissue repair where insult or injury has occurred by antagonising the allosteric function of beta 1 integrin. | 04-15-2010 |
20100092473 | ANTI-PHOSPHO-AKT ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to antibodies that immunospecifically bind to phospho-Akt and certain p-Akt substrates. The invention encompasses human and humanized forms of the antibodies and their use in treating cancers and other proliferative disorders. The invention also relates to p-Akt-derived peptides useful for preparing the antibodies. Methods and compositions for detecting, diagnosing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder, especially cancer and other proliferative disorders using the present antibodies also are disclosed. | 04-15-2010 |
20100098695 | BIOMARKER SPECIFIC TO BRAIN/NERVE OR SPECIFIC TO NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION - The invention provides a polypeptide and a specific partial peptide thereof, as well as a polynucleotide and a specific partial nucleotide thereof, that can be used as a biomarker specific for the brain/nerves or specific for nerve differentiation; an expression vector for such a polynucleotide and a specific partial peptide thereof; a transformant incorporating such an expression vector; an antisense molecule, RNAi-inducing nucleic acid (e.g., siRNA), aptamer, or antibody for such a biomarker, and a composition comprising the same; a mammalian cell or non-human mammal wherein the expression or a function of such a biomarker is regulated; a measuring means (e.g., primer set, nucleic acid probe, antibody, aptamer) for such a biomarker, and a reagent comprising the same and the like. | 04-22-2010 |
20100098696 | FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3 (FGFR-3) INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT - The present invention relates to an isolated antibody or fragment thereof, which specifically binds to human FGFR-3(IIIb) and FGFR-3(IIIc), or mutant forms thereof Further embodiments include pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibody and methods of using the antibody to treat cancer. | 04-22-2010 |
20100098697 | Chlamydia trachomatis antigens - Proteins encoded by | 04-22-2010 |
20100104573 | BINDING PROTEINS, INCLUDING ANTIBODIES, ANTIBODY DERIVATIVES AND ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS, THAT SPECIFICALLY BIND CD154 AND USES THEREOF - This invention provides binding proteins, including antibodies, antibody derivatives and antibody fragments, that specifically bind a CD154 (CD40L) protein. This invention also provides a chimeric, humanized or fully human antibody, antibody derivative or antibody fragment that specifically binds to an epitope to which a humanized Fab fragment comprising a variable heavy chain sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1 and comprising a variable light chain sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 2 specifically binds. CD154 binding proteins of this invention may elicit reduced effector function relative to a second anti-CD154 antibody. CD154 binding proteins of this invention are useful in diagnostic and therapeutic methods, such as in the treatment and prevention of diseases including those that involve undesirable immune responses that are mediated by CD154-CD40 interactions. | 04-29-2010 |
20100104574 | Frizzled-Binding Agents and Uses Thereof - Novel anti-cancer agents, including, but not limited to, antibodies, that bind to human frizzled receptors are provided. Novel epitopes within the human frizzled receptors which are suitable as targets for anti-cancer agents are also identified. Methods of using the agents or antibodies, such as methods of using the agents or antibodies to inhibit Wnt signaling and/or inhibit tumor growth are further provided. | 04-29-2010 |
20100104575 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDE SEQUENCES INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF BONE REMODELING - This invention relates, in part, to unique and newly identified genetic polynucleotides involved in the process of bone remodeling; variants and derivatives of the polynucleotides and corresponding polypeptides; uses of the polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants and derivatives; and methods and compositions for the amelioration of symptoms caused by bone remodeling disorders. Disclosed in particular are, the isolation and identification of polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants and derivatives involved in osteoclast activity, validation of the identified polynucleotides for their potential as therapeutic targets and use of the polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants and derivatives for the amelioration of disease states and research purposes. | 04-29-2010 |
20100104576 | MAMMALIAN GENES; RELATED REAGENTS AND METHODS - Nucleic acids encoding mammalian, e.g., primate or rodent, genes, purified proteins and fragments thereof. Antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, are also provided. Methods of using the compositions for both diagnostic and therapeutic utilities are provided. | 04-29-2010 |
20100111956 | ANTIGEN POLYPEPTIDE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND/OR TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER - The invention provides an isolated antigen polypeptide that can be expressed in a subject with ovarian cancer. Also provided is the diagnosis of ovarian cancer by using the antigen polypeptide of the invention and the prevention and/or treatment of ovarian cancer by suppressing the gene of the antigen polypeptide of the invention. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111957 | METHODS OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CYTOMEGALOVIRUS DISEASES - Anti CMV antibodies are provided. Thus an antibody of the present invention comprises an antigen recognition domain capable of binding an MHC molecule being complexed with a cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 or pp64 peptide, wherein the antibody does not bind said MHC molecule in an absence of said complexed peptide, and wherein the antibody does not bind said peptide in an absence of said MHC molecule. Also provided are methods of using the antibodies. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111958 | Notch-Binding Agents and Antagonists and Methods of Use Thereof - The present invention relates to Notch-binding agents and Notch antagonists and methods of using the agents and/or antagonists for treating diseases such as cancer. The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to a non-ligand binding region of the extracellular domain of one or more human Notch receptor, such as Notch2 and/or Notch3, and inhibit tumor growth. The present invention further provides methods of treating cancer, the methods comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that specifically binds to a non-ligand binding region of the extracellular domain of a human Notch receptor protein and inhibits tumor growth. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111959 | ENGINEERED ANTI-IL-13 ANTIBODIES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES - The present invention relates to engineered antibodies immunospecific for human interleukin-13 (IL-13) protein or fragment thereof, as well as methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic indications. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111960 | ANTI-IL-20, ANTI-IL-22 AND ANTI-IL-22RA ANTIBODIES AND BINDING PARTNERS AND METHODS OF USING IN INFLAMMATION - The present invention relates to blocking, inhibiting, reducing, antagonizing or neutralizing the activity of IL-22, IL-20, or both IL-20 and IL-22 polypeptide molecules. IL-20 and IL-22 are cytokines that are involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. IL-22RA (zcytor11) is a common receptor for IL-20 and IL-22. The present invention includes anti-IL-22RA antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for antagonizing IL-22 or both IL-20 and IL-22 using such antibodies and binding partners. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111961 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING OR TREATING PSORIASIS - In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode a CAN-1 polypeptide, or an STG polypeptide. In another aspect, the present invention also provides isolated STG polypeptides, isolated CAN-1 polypeptides, and isolated SEEK-1 polypeptides. In another aspect, the present invention provides isolated antibodies that bind specifically to a CAN-1, SEEK-1 or STG polypeptide. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods of diagnosing or predicting the susceptibility to psoriasis of an individual. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods for ameliorating the symptoms and/or progression of psoriasis. | 05-06-2010 |
20100111962 | Determining and Reducing Immunoresistance to a Botulinum Toxin Therapy Using Botulinum Toxin B Peptides - The present invention provides BoNT/B peptides, BoNT/B peptide compositions, tolerogizing compositions, immune response inducing compositions, as well as methods of determining immunoresistance to botulinum toxin therapy in an individual, methods of treating immunoresistance to botulinum toxin therapy in an individual, methods of reducing anti-botulinum toxin antibodies in an individual and methods of inducing a BoNT/B immune response an individual. | 05-06-2010 |
20100119515 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR MODULATING ANGIOGENESIS, INHIBITING METASTASIS AND TUMOR FIBROSIS, AND ASSESSING THE MALIGNANCY OF COLON CANCER TUMORS - Methods and compositions suitable for modulating angiogenesis in a mammalian tissue are provided. Further provided are methods suitable for inhibiting metastasis and fibrosis in a mammalian tissue and for assessing the malignancy of colon cancer tumors. | 05-13-2010 |
20100119516 | ANTI-TGF-BETA RECEPTOR II ANTIBODIES - The present invention is directed to antibodies against human transforming growth factor beta receptor II (TGFβRII), pharmaceutical compositions comprising antibodies and methods of using the antibodies, alone or in combination, for example, for treating cancer and fibrosis. | 05-13-2010 |
20100124552 | PEPTIDE BIOMARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - The presently-disclosed subject matter provides methods for diagnosing a cardiovascular disease in a subject by determining an amount of one or more peptide biomarkers disclosed herein in a biological sample from the subject. The presently-disclosed subject matter further provides methods for determining treatment efficacy and/or progression of a cardiovascular disease in a subject by measuring amounts of one or more of the biomarkers in a biological sample from the subject. The presently-disclosed subject matter also provides antibodies and kits for measuring the biomarkers. | 05-20-2010 |
20100129371 | Method for genetic immunization by electrotransfer against a toxin and antiserum obtainable by said method - The invention concerns a method for obtaining an antiserum directed against a proteinic toxin by administering to an animal a solution comprising a genetic construct encoding a toxin immunogenic fragment, then applying an electric field in the administering zone, and isolating the serum. The invention also concerns the antiserum obtainable by the method as well as the use of the solution for making a medicine for preventing or treating a toxic effect related to absorption by a mammal of a toxin. The invention is characterized in that said medicine is formulated to be administered by electrotransfer. | 05-27-2010 |
20100129372 | INHIBITION OF PACAP SIGNALLING FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA - The present invention discloses the use of inhibitors and/or antagonists of PACAP signalling for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of decreased blood platelet numbers (thrombocytopenia). | 05-27-2010 |
20100129373 | VEGF-SPECIFIC HUMAN ANTIBODY - The present invention relates to a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-specific human antibody, and more particularly to a human antibody including a complementarity determining region (CDR) and a framework region (FR) derived from a human antibody specifically bound to VEGF. The VEGF-specific human antibody of the present invention may be used in diagnosis of diseases caused by the VEGF-overexpression, classification of the diseases, visualization, treatment, and prognostic evaluation. | 05-27-2010 |
20100129374 | Mammalian Cell Membrane Proteins; Related Reagents - The purification and isolation of various genes which encode mammalian cell surface polypeptides. Nucleic acids, proteins, antibodies, and other reagents useful in modulating development of cells, e.g., lymphoid and myeloid, are provided, along with methods for their use. | 05-27-2010 |
20100136010 | Novel 27875, 22025, 27420, 17906, 16319, 55092 and 10218 molecules and uses therefor - The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated 27875, 22025, 27420, 16319, 55092 and 10218 nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing 27875, 22025, 27420, 16319, 55092 and 10218 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a 27875, 22025, 27420, 16319, 55092 and 10218 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated 27875, 22025, 27420, 17906, 16319, 55092 or 10218 proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-27875, 22025, 27420, 17906, 16319, 55092 or 10218 antibodies. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136011 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TO OBM - Novel proteins and polypeptides binding to osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor (OCIF) (OCIF-binding molecules, OBMs) and nucleic acids encoding these proteins and polypeptides are provided. Processes for producing these proteins, polypeptides, and nucleic acid molecules by genetic engineering are provided. Medicinal compounds are provided which comprise proteins and nucleic acids according to the invention, as well as proteins which bind to OBM, including anti-OBM antibodies. These compounds may be used for the treatment of bone disease. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136012 | VARIANTS OF VEGFR AND THEIR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS - An isolated polypeptide variant of VEGFR comprising an amino acid sequence at least 70% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 4 and an isolated polynucleotide encoding same are disclosed. A polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence capable of specifically hybridizing to the isolated polynucleotide and an isolated antibody comprising an antigen recognition domain which specifically binds the isolated polypeptide are also disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods of diagnosing and treating comprising same are also disclosed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136013 | CD55-INTERACTION PARTNERS AND THE USES THEREOF - The invention relates to the use of a binding member that binds to both SCR1 and SCR2 of CD55 in the treatment of tumours and leukaemia. The binding member may be an antibody that binds to SCR1 and SCR2 of CD55 and neutralizing CD55 and making cancer cells susceptible to complement-mediated attack. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136014 | GIPs, a Family of Polypeptides with Transcription Factor Activity that Interact with Goodpasture Antigen Binding Protein - The present invention provides isolated GPBP-interacting 90 and 130 kDa polypeptides, and portions thereof (GIP90/130 polypeptides), antibodies to the GIP90/130 polypeptides, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The present invention also provides isolated GIP90/130 nucleic acid sequences, expression vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences, and host cells transfected with the expression vectors. The invention further provides methods for detecting the GIP90/130 polypeptides or nucleic acid sequences, methods for inhibiting interactions between GPBP and GIP90/130 polypeptides, between pol k76 and GIP90/130 polypeptides or aggregation of GIP90/130 polypeptides, and methods for treating patients with autoimmune disorders or cancer. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136015 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REGULATING IRON HOMEOSTASIS BY MODULATION OF BMP-6 - Modulation of iron homeostasis by regulating BMP-6 activity is provided. Methods of using BMP-6 and BMP-6 protein-specific reagents, such as antibodies, for altering serum iron levels in humans are provided. Such antibodies are useful in pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of hemochromatosis and anemia of inflammation. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136016 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS FROM MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to heat shock proteins from | 06-03-2010 |
20100136017 | DIAGNOSTIC TUMOR MARKERS, DRUG SCREENING FOR TUMORIGENESIS INHIBITION, AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER - The invention provides a series of compositions, methods, kits, articles and species associated primarily with the diagnosis and/or treatment of cell proliferation, specifically cancer. Cell proliferation associated with aberrant expression of MUC1 is particularly focused upon. Mechanisms associated with MUC1 cell proliferation are discussed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100143360 | HUMAN VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR 2 - Disclosed is a human VEGF2 polypeptide and DNA(RNA) encoding such VEGF2 polypeptides. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptide by recombinant techniques and antibodies and antagonist against such polypeptide. Also disclosed is a method of using such polypeptide for stimulating wound healing and for vascular tissue repair. Also provided are methods of using the antagonists to inhibit tumor growth, inflammation and to treat diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Diagnostic methods for detecting mutations in the VEGF2 coding sequence and alterations in the concentration of VEGF2 protein in a sample derived from a host are also disclosed. | 06-10-2010 |
20100143361 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF A-BETA RELATED DISORDERS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREFOR - The invention provides methods for treating Aβ peptide related disorders such as Alzheimer's disease comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a CK1 modulator to a patient in need thereof. | 06-10-2010 |
20100143362 | LINGO binding molecules and Pharmaceutical Use Thereof - The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment to promote axonal regeneration/plasticity; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of diseases associated with axonal degeneration and demyelination. | 06-10-2010 |
20100143363 | CD161 LIGAND, PILAR, FOR MODULATING ACTIVATION AND PROLIFERATION OF T CELLS - The invention relates to a CD161 ligand known as Proliferation-Induced Lymphocyte-Associated Receptor (PILAR), which is crucial for a robust expansion of human lymphocytes. PILAR is markedly up-regulated on both CD4 and CD8 T cells upon TCR engagement and increases the expression of anti-apoptotic genes and glucose transporters through CD161, which globally results in a dramatic enhancement of T cell proliferation. Agents which stimulate or block this activity are also provided as are methods for manipulating PILAR signaling in the treatment of disease. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150928 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO ZPA POLYPEPTIDES - The present invention provides ZPA polypeptides, antibodies, nucleic acid molecules, antagonists, agonists, potentiators and compositions relating to ZPA polypeptides, and methods of identifying, making and using the same, that are useful for treating and preventing diseases and for medical diagnosis and research. The present invention also provides model systems for the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150929 | Peptide Associated with Rheumatic Fever (PARF) and Its Use as a Diagnostic Marker - The present invention relates to a streptococcal octapeptide AXYLXXLN, and preferably to the octapeptide AXYLZZLN, designated as peptide associated with rheumatic fever (PARF) that, through its interaction with human collagen, plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of rheumatic fever. PARF therefore represents a marker for rheumatic fever associated strains and provides a target for therapies, and in particular preventive therapies. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150930 | MAGE-11 AS A MARKER FOR ENDOMETRIAL RECEPTIVITY TO EMBRYO TRANSPLANTATION AND A MARKER AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN CASTRATION-RECURRENT PROSTATE CANCER - Compositions and methods for determining endometrial receptivity to embryo implantation and for detecting and treating castration-recurrent prostate cancer are provided. The methods comprise measuring the level of melanoma antigen gene protein-11 (MAGE-11, also referred to as MAGE-Al 1) in an endometrial or prostate tissue sample. The level of MAGE-11 protein or mRNA can be correlated to endometrial receptivity to embryo implantation in a female human or nonhuman primate, or to the presence of castration-recurrent prostate cancer in a male patient in need thereof. Methods are described whereby MAGE-11 may serve as a target for vaccine development in the treatment of castration-recurrent prostate cancer. Methods for monitoring endometrial maturation, for diagnosing infertility, and for in vitro fertilization in a female human or nonhuman primate are also provided. Compositions of the invention include antibodies that specifically bind MAGE-11 and oligonucleotide primers useful for detecting MAGE-11 mRNA, as well as kits containing such antibodies or primers. | 06-17-2010 |
20100158916 | DIAGNOSTIC BIOMOLECULE(S) - The present invention relates to methods for the identification and/or quantification of biomolecule(s). There is also provided a novel method of identifying and/or quantitating biomolecule(s) in a proliferative cell disorder by providing at least one cyst fluid sample and determining the expression of haptoglobin protein, derivative, mutant and/or fragment thereof. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158917 | Methods for diagnosing cancer and decreasing metastasis by cancer cells - The invention provides a protein that is a tumor marker protein. This protein can be used to prepare antibodies that bind to the tumor marker protein. These antibodies can be used to reduce, or eliminate metastasis by cancer cells that produce the tumor marker protein. In addition, the invention provides methods that can be used to diagnose cancer, and metastasis by cancer cells. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158918 | Polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding same - The invention provides polypeptides, designated herein as SECP polypeptides, as well as polynucleotides encoding SECP polypeptides, and antibodies that immunospecifically-bind to SECP polypeptide or polynucleotide, or derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments thereof. The invention additionally provides methods in which the SECP polypeptide, polynucleotide, and antibody are used in the detection, prevention, and treatment of a broad range of pathological states. | 06-24-2010 |
20100166759 | Metallothionein-Derived Peptide Fragments - The present invention relates to neural cell survival, differentiation and proliferation promoting peptide fragments derived from metallothioneins (MT), pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide fragments and uses thereof for treatment of diseases and conditions where the effects of stimulating neural cell proliferation, differentiation and/or survival, and/or stimulating neural plasticity associated with learning and memory are beneficial for treatment. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166760 | METHODS OF REDUCING PHOSPHATE ABSORPTION - A method for reducing phosphate absorption in a human or non-human animal subject at risk of developing or having developed hyperphosphatemia is disclosed. The method includes the step of administering orally to the subject an anti-intestinal sodium phosphate cotransporter type 2B (Npt2B) antibody in an amount effective to reduce or maintain the serum phosphate concentration in the subject. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166761 | Compositions and methods for the treatment of immune related diseases - The present invention relates to compositions containing novel proteins and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases. | 07-01-2010 |
20100172907 | Anti-Abeta antibodies and their use - The present invention relates to antibody molecules capable of specifically recognizing two regions of the β-A4 peptide, wherein the first region comprises the amino acid sequence AEFRHDSGY as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment thereof and wherein the second region comprises the amino acid sequence VHHQKLVFFAEDVG as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or a fragment thereof. Furthermore, nucleic acid molecules encoding the inventive antibody molecules and vectors and hosts comprising said nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition, the present invention provides for compositions, preferably pharmaceutical or diagnostic compositions, comprising the compounds of the invention as well as for specific uses of the antibody molecules, nucleic acid molecules, vectors or hosts of the invention. | 07-08-2010 |
20100172908 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING DISEASES TARGETING MABA1 - Methods and compositions for diagnosing, detecting and treating a colon disease associated with differential expression of MABA1 in comparison to healthy cells. Also provided are antagonists or agonists of MABA1, and methods for screening agents that modulate the MABA1 level or activity in vivo or in vitro. | 07-08-2010 |
20100172909 | Cerebral edema suppressant - The objective to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for effectively suppressing cerebral edema. The method for suppressing cerebral edema according to the present invention is characterized in comprising a step of administering an anti-HMGB 1 antibody recognizing 208EEEDDDDE215 (SEQ ID NO:1) as an HMGB1 epitope. | 07-08-2010 |
20100172910 | HUMAN SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS - The invention relates to sarcoma-associated antigens and the nucleic acid molecules that encode them. The invention further relates to the use of the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides and fragments thereof associated with sarcoma in methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, such as cancer. More specifically, the invention relates to the discovery of a novel cancer/testis (CT) antigen, NY-SAR-35. | 07-08-2010 |
20100183616 | Antibodies against interleukin-1 beta - Antibodies directed to the antigen IL-1β and uses of such antibodies are described. In particular, fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to the antigen IL-1β. Nucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), specifically from FR1 through FR4 or CDR1 through CDR3. Hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies. | 07-22-2010 |
20100183617 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING SAS1R - The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for regulating fertilization and for use as a contraceptive based on the discovery herein of an oocyte specific protein, SAS1R (Sperm Acrosomal SLLP1 Receptor), which is a sperm protein receptor. Six SAS1R variants, including the full length SAS1R, were identified. mSLLP1 and SAS1R co-localized to oocytes and to acrosomes of acrosome-reacted sperm. Interactions between mSLLP1 and SAS1R were demonstrated by far-western analysis, in a yeast two-hybrid system under stringent selection conditions, and by immunoprecipitation of SAS1R by anti-mSLLP1 as well as the converse. Purified recombinant SAS1R was found to have protease activity, to inhibit fertilization in-vitro, and to induce an immune response in females. Together, the results suggest SAS1R is a proteolytically active, oocyte and early embryo specific oolemmal metalloprotease receptor for the sperm intra-acrosomal ligand SLLP1 and is a target for regulating fertilization and as a contraceptive. | 07-22-2010 |
20100183618 | ANTI-EPHA2 ANTIBODY - Problem to Be Solved | 07-22-2010 |
20100183619 | Neutralizing Antibodies and Methods of Use Thereof - This invention provides monoclonal antibodies that recognize the Toll-like Receptor 4/MD-2 receptor complex, and monoclonal antibodies that recognize the TLR4/MD2 complex as well as TLR4 when not complexed with MD-2. The invention further provides methods of using the humanized monoclonal antibodies as therapeutics. This invention also provides soluble chimeric proteins, methods of expressing and purifying soluble chimeric proteins, and methods of using soluble chimeric proteins as therapeutics, in screening assays and in the production of antibodies. | 07-22-2010 |
20100189720 | NOVEL CARD PROTEINS INVOLVED IN CELL DEATH REGULATION - The present invention provides NB-ARC and CARD-containing proteins (NACs), nucleic acid molecules encoding NACs and antibodies specific for at least one NAC. The invention further provides chimeric NAC proteins. The invention also provides screening assays for identifying an agent that can effectively alter the association of a NAC with a NAC-associated protein. The invention further provides methods of modulating apoptosis in a cell by introducing into the cell a nucleic acid molecule encoding a NAC or an antisense nucleotide sequence. The invention also provides a method of using a reagent that can specifically bind to a NAC to diagnose a pathology that is characterized by an increased or decreased level of apoptosis in a cell. | 07-29-2010 |
20100196377 | METHODS OF TREATING, DIAGNOSING OR DETECTING CANCER - The invention provides, inter alia, methods for treating cancer, compositions for treating cancer, and methods and compositions for diagnosing and/or detecting cancer. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for treating, diagnosing and detecting cancers associated with LIV-1 overexpression. | 08-05-2010 |
20100196378 | Removal promoters and inhibitor for apoptosis cells in vivo - The present invention is to provide a removal promoter for apoptotic cells which is capable of immediately removing apoptotic cells in vivo by macrophages, or a removal inhibitor which inhibits the removal of apoptotic cells in vivo by macrophages. A removal promoter for apoptotic cells in vivo containing the milk fat globule-EGF factor 8-L (MFG-E8-L), MFG-E8-L mutant having removal promotion action for apoptotic cells in vivo by macrophages, or preferably a recombinant human or mouse MFG-E8-L, or a recombinant human or mouse MFG-E8-L mutant as an active ingredient is prepared. Such removal promoters specifically bind to apoptotic cells and promote the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by macrophages by recognizing aminophospholipids such as phosphatidylserine exposed on apoptotic cell surface. On the other hand, a point mutation (D89E) MFG-E8-L mutant is used as a removal inhibitor. | 08-05-2010 |
20100196379 | Group B Streptococcus Polypeptides Nucleic Acids and Therapeutic Compositions and Vaccines Thereof - This invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding polypeptides comprising amino acid sequences of streptococcal matrix adhesion (Ema) polypeptides. The invention provides nucleic acids encoding Group B streptococcal Ema polypeptides EmaA, EmaB, EmaC, EmaD and EmaE. The present invention provides isolated polypeptides comprising amino acid sequences of Group B streptococcal polypeptides EmaA, EmaB, EmaC, EmaD and EmaE, including analogs, variants, mutants, derivatives and fragments thereof. Ema homologous polypeptides from additional bacterial species, including | 08-05-2010 |
20100196380 | Babesia Subtilisin - Provided is an isolated and purified protein produced by a naturally occurring | 08-05-2010 |
20100196381 | P. ARIASI POLYPEPTIDES, P. PERNICIOSUS POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - Substantially purified salivary | 08-05-2010 |
20100196382 | Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae Virulence Factors - The invention relates to a mutation within the sap operon of an avirulent clone of a nontypeable strain of | 08-05-2010 |
20100196383 | Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF-3) - The present invention relates to a novel connective tissue growth factor-3 protein which is a member of the growth factor superfamily. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human connective tissue growth factor-3 protein. Connective tissue growth factor-3 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. Also provided are diagnostic and therapeutic methods for detecting and treating connective tissue related disorders. | 08-05-2010 |
20100196384 | ANTI-HISTONE H1 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND HYBRIDOMA FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention discloses anti-histone H1 monoclonal antibodies, hybridomas for the production thereof, and polypeptides, which are useful for suppressing, predicting, or diagnosing transplant rejection in organ transplantation. | 08-05-2010 |
20100203055 | HAIR REGROWTH PROMOTER - It is intended to provide a hair growth promoting agent, hair regrowth promoting agent or therapeutic for alopecia by determining an endogenous factor that inhibits hair growth and screening for substances that inhibit the activity or expression of the endogenous factor. It has been found that FGF18 inhibits hair growth. A method of screening for substances that inhibit the activity of FGF18 or substances that inhibit the expression of FGF18 to thereby obtain candidates for the hair growth promoting agent, hair regrowth promoting agent or therapeutic for alopecia is disclosed. Also disclosed is a hair growth promoting agent, hair regrowth promoting agent or therapeutic for alopecia comprising, as an active ingredient(s), a substance that inhibit the activity of FGF18 and/or a substance that inhibits the expression of FGF18 such as a partial peptide of FGF18 or a | 08-12-2010 |
20100203056 | ANTI-PD-L1 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE TO ENHANCE T-CELL FUNCTION - The present application relates to anti-PD-L1 antibodies, nucleic acid encoding the same, therapeutic compositions thereof, and their use enhance T-cell function to upregulate cell-mediated immune responses and for the treatment of T cell dysfunctional disorders, including infection (e.g., acute and chronic) and tumor immunity. | 08-12-2010 |
20100203057 | NOVEL COMPOUNDS - The invention provides BASB047, BASB054, BASB068 and BASB069 polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding BASB047, BASB054, BASB068 and BASB069 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic uses. | 08-12-2010 |
20100209426 | INHIBITORS OF PROGASTRIN-INDUCED REPRESSION OF ICAT FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING COLORECTAL CANCER, ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS OR METASTASIS DISPLAYING PROGASTRIN-SECRETING CELLS AND CELLS IN WHICH THE BETA-CATENIN/TCF-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL PATHWAY IS CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVE - The present invention relates to inhibitors of progastrin induced repression of ICAT for treating and/or preventing colorectal cancer, adenomatous polyposis or metastasis displaying progastrin-secreting cells and cells in which the beta-catenin/Tcf-4-mediated transcriptional pathway is constitutively active. | 08-19-2010 |
20100209427 | LYSINE ACETYLATION SITES - The invention discloses 1302 novel acetylation sites peptides (including AQUA peptides) comprising an acetylation site of the invention, antibodies specifically bind to a novel acetylation site of the invention, and diagnostic and therapeutic uses of the above. The acetylation sites identified provide important information regarding metabolism in energy signaling pathways. | 08-19-2010 |
20100209428 | ANTIBODY TARGETING OSTEOCLAST-RELATED PROTEIN Siglec-15 - To provide a method of detecting abnormal bone metabolism by using a gene strongly expressed in an osteoclast; a method of screening a compound having a therapeutic and/or preventive effect on abnormal bone metabolism; and a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing abnormal bone metabolism. Provision of a method of detecting abnormal bone metabolism by using the expression of human Siglec-15 gene as an index; a pharmaceutical composition containing an antibody which specifically recognizes human Siglec-15 and has an activity of inhibiting osteoclast formation; and the like. | 08-19-2010 |
20100209429 | PEPTIDES AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOMAS AND OTHER CANCERS - The invention is based on the discovery that STM/Hop promotes proliferation of human glioblastoma-derived cells but not of normal astrocytes and that the proliferation requires the binding of STM/Hop to PrP | 08-19-2010 |
20100221253 | Polypeptides and immunizing compositions containing gram positive polypeptides and methods of use - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a | 09-02-2010 |
20100221254 | Methods and Compositions for PDGF-C Activation and Inhibition - Methods for inhibiting angiogenesis comprising administering tissue-plasminogen activator (tPA) inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the methods comprising the tPA inhibitors. Also provided are methods for stimulating angiogenesis comprising administering tPA to a patient in need thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of tPA for the methods of stimulation. The present invention discloses that tPA is a specific PDGF-C activating protease, and that the CUB-domains in PDGF-CC directly interact with the protease, are required for efficient proteolysis, and released CUB-domains are tPA inhibitors. Preferably, the method and compositions of the present invention are used for simultaneously stimulating, or simultaneously inhibiting, thrombolysis and angiogenesis. | 09-02-2010 |
20100221255 | APELIN PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - The present disclosure concerns the use of biologically active apelin peptides and compositions that are processed from larger precursor proteins and further post-translationally modified to influence cell growth. Particular methods are useful for promoting cell growth, while others are particularly useful for inhibiting cell growth. | 09-02-2010 |
20100221256 | MENINGOCOCCUS ADHESINS NADA, APP AND ORF 40 - NadA, App and ORF40 function as adhesins in | 09-02-2010 |
20100226924 | CHIMERIC POLY PEPTIDES AND THE THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF AGAINST A FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTION - The invention relates to building a chimeric polypeptide used for preventing or treating a Flaviviridae infection. The use of the inventive chimeric polypeptide for producing recombinant viral vectors such as a measles living viral vector is also disclosed. | 09-09-2010 |
20100233175 | ANTIBODIES RELATING TO PIVKAII AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to antibodies that may be used, for example, in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of haepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver cancer and related conditions. | 09-16-2010 |
20100233176 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING MISFOLDED PROTEIN EPITOPES - A method and system to identify an epitope unique to a misfolded form of a protein is provided. Sets of one or more amino acid residues are selected from a model representing the structure of the protein; the free energy of unfolding of each set is determined; and the epitope is identified from the sets having a total probability of unfolding above a minimum probability or a free energy of unfolding below a minimum energy. In other aspects, the invention provides for the use of epitopes identified by the epitope prediction methods, and related antibodies, to diagnose and treat disease and to screen samples for the presence of such epitopes. | 09-16-2010 |
20100233177 | MOLECULES AND METHODS FOR MODULATING PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Epitopes of Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), compositions that bind to PCSK9 and PCSK9 epitopes, and methods of using the compositions are described herein. | 09-16-2010 |
20100239585 | Antibodies Against Mammalian Metapneumovirus - The present invention provides antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a polypeptide of a mammalian metapneumovirus, compositions comprising said antibodies, and methods for producing such antibodies. In particular, the invention provides monoclonal antibodies that immunospecifically bind to the F protein of human metapneumovirus and that neutralize human metapneumovirus. The invention also provides antibodies that cross-react with both the F protein of a mammalian metapneumovirus and the F protein of a mammalian respiratory syncytial virus and that neutralize both viruses. Further, the invention provides recombinant antibodies, such as humanized antibodies, against mammalian metapneumovirus, and methods for producing such recombinant antibodies. The invention further provides methods for treating, managing, ameliorating symptoms of and/or preventing infections with mammalian metapneumovirus, such as human metapneumovirus. The invention also provides antibodies that immunospecifically bind the F protein of avian pneumovirus. Antibodies that immunospecifically bind the F protein of avian pneumovirus are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of infections with avian pneumovirus. | 09-23-2010 |
20100239586 | PROCALIN POLYPEPTIDES, ANTIGENS, AND METHODS OF USE - The disclosure provide polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding | 09-23-2010 |
20100239587 | ErbB Interface Peptidomimetics And Methods Of Use Thereof - Peptides, mimetics and antibodies of erbB, TNF, and IgSF receptors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are described. Methods of using such antibodies, peptides, and mimetics in therapeutic, prophylactic, imaging and diagnostic applications are disclosed. | 09-23-2010 |
20100247540 | Methods and Compositions For Modulating Angiogenesis - The present invention provides method and compositions for modulating angiogenesis. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247541 | NOVEL ANTIGEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEOVASCULATURE OF TUMOUR METASTASES - The invention relates to a binding member that binds the Extra Domain-A (ED-A) isoform of fibronectin for the treatment of tumour metastases. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247542 | TRUNCATED VARIANT OF THE MAMMALIAN TARGET FOR RAPAMYCIN (MTOR) PROTEIN - The invention relates to mTORbeta, a splice form of mTOR, nucleic acids encoding mTOR beta, and antibodies against mTOR beta. The invention also relates to methods of producing mTOR beta and methods of screening for an agent that modulates mTOR beta expression and/or activity. The invention further relates to a method of treating a disease associated with aberrant expression of mTOR beta by administration of an agent that alters mTOR activity and/or expression. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247543 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES - The treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases by repression of the transcriptional complex that silences the promoter of the UCHL1 gene. | 09-30-2010 |
20100254992 | ANTI-MCP-1 ANTIBODIES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES - The present invention relates to at least one novel anti-MCP-1 antibody having specific epitopes, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-MCP-1 antibody, MCP-1, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 10-07-2010 |
20100260761 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFICALLY REACTIVE WITH A TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED LIGAND - The present invention relates to antibodies that bind Tumor Necrosis Factor Related Ligand (TRELL), a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor family (TNF), modified TRELL, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260762 | De-N-acetyl sialic acid antigens, antibodies thereto, and methods of use in cancer therapy - The present invention generally provides compositions methods and composition relating to the diagnosis and/or treatment of cancers having a cell surface de-N-acetylated sialic acid antigen, e.g., an at least partially de-N-acetylated ganglioside and/or a de-N-acetylated sialic acid-modified cell surface protein. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260763 | POLYPEPTIDES, ANTIBODY VARIABLE DOMAINS AND ANTAGONISTS METHODS FOR - The invention relates to anti-IL-1R1 polypeptides and antibody single variable domains (dAbs) that are resistant to degradation by a protease, as well as antagonists comprising these. The polypeptides, dAbs and antagonists are useful for as therapeutics and/or prophylactics that are likely to encounter proteases when administered to a patient, for example for pulmonary administration, oral administration, delivery to the lung and delivery to the GI tract of a patient, as well as for treating inflammatory disease, such as arthritis or COPD. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260764 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting and inhibiting squamous cell carcinoma using agents that target the laminin 332 γ2 processed region polypeptide. | 10-14-2010 |
20100266597 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ZCYTOR17 MULTIMERS - Novel polypeptide combinations, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and related compositions and methods are disclosed for zcytor17-containing multimeric or heterodimer cytokine receptors that may be used as novel cytokine antagonists, and within methods for detecting ligands that stimulate the proliferation and/or development of hematopoietic, lymphoid and myeloid cells in vitro and in vivo. The present invention also includes methods for producing the multimeric or heterodimeric cytokine receptor, uses therefor and antibodies thereto. | 10-21-2010 |
20100266598 | PEPTIDE THAT ELICITS NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES TARGETING THE HIV CO-RECEPTOR, CCR5 - The present invention relates, e.g., to an isolated peptide comprising a sequence of contiguous amino acids that is at least about 60% identical (e.g., at least about 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98% or 100% identical) to the sequence E-W-Q-K-E-G-L-V-T-L-W-L (SEQ ID NO:1), or an active variant of an isolated peptide comprising SEQ ID NO:1. Neutralizing antibodies generated by, or specific for, such peptides are also described, in particular antibodies which are specific for the HIV co-receptor, CCR5, and which inhibit infection of a host cell by HIV. Neutralizing single strand and complete human monoclonal antibodies against CCR5 are described. Methods of using such peptides or antibodies, for inhibiting infection by HIV, are also described. | 10-21-2010 |
20100266599 | HUMAN RECEPTOR PROTEINS; RELATED REAGENTS AND METHODS - Nucleic acids encoding mammalian Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have been identified in human cells. Recombinantly produced TLRs are used in the preparation of antibodies that are capable of binding to the TLRs. The antibodies are advantageously used in the prevention and treatment of septic shock, inflammatory conditions, and viral infections. | 10-21-2010 |
20100266600 | METHODS OF USING IL-31 ANTAGONISTS IN DISEASES MEDIATED BY CUTANEOUS LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN POSITIVE T CELLS - The present invention relates to predicting therapeutic response of treating patients suffering from itching and puritis mediated by cutaneous lymphocyte antigen positive T cells in atopic dermatitis. The invention also includes methods of predicting a therapeutically responsive patient population. | 10-21-2010 |
20100266601 | ANTIBODIES THAT INHIBIT TSLP ACTIVITY - The invention is directed to purified and isolated novel TSLP polypeptides, the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, fragmented peptides derived from these polypeptides, and the uses of the above. | 10-21-2010 |
20100272722 | Therapeutic uses of inhibitors of RTP801 - The present invention provides novel molecules, compositions, methods and uses for treating microvascular disorders, eye diseases respiratory conditions and hearing disorders based upon inhibition of the RTP801 gene and/or protein. | 10-28-2010 |
20100272723 | Optimized Antibodies that Target CD19 - Antibodies that target CD19, wherein the antibodies comprise at least one modification relative to a parent antibody, wherein the modification alters affinity to an FcyR or alters effector function as compared to the parent antibody, and methods of using the antibodies. | 10-28-2010 |
20100272724 | Binding molecules capable of neutralizing rabies virus and uses thereof - The invention provides binding molecules that specifically bind to rabies virus and are capable of neutralizing the virus. The invention further provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the binding molecules, compositions comprising the binding molecules and methods of identifying or producing the binding molecules. The binding molecules can be used in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and/or treatment of a condition resulting from rabies virus. Preferably, they can be used in the post-exposure prophylaxis of rabies. | 10-28-2010 |
20100272725 | Neisserial antigens - The invention provides proteins from | 10-28-2010 |
20100272726 | Assays, methods and means - A novel class of hydroxylases is described having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6 and 8, and variants and fragments thereof having HIF hydroxylation activity. The polypeptides of the invention have in particular prolyl hydroxylase activity. An assay method monitors the interaction of the HIF hydroxylase with a substrate. Modulators of HIF hydroxylase are provided for use in the treatment of a condition associated with increased or decreased HIF levels or activity or for the treatment of a condition where it is desirable to modulate HIF levels or activity. | 10-28-2010 |
20100272727 | COMPOUND FOR CONTROLLING APPETITE - Insl5 has been found to be orexigenic, i.e. it increases appetite. Insl5, or a derivative or fragment thereof that retains the ability to bind to the GPR100 receptor, or an Insl5 antibody, are useful in therapy, in particular to treat anorexia nervosa, bulimia, cachexia or wasting disease. | 10-28-2010 |
20100272728 | MAMMALIAN TUMOR SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE PRODUCTS AND THEIR USES - The present invention provides methods and compositions for regulating ubiquitination in a cell. In particular, the present invention provides purified polypeptides comprising an ubiquitination-regulating domain. The invention also provides methods of using such polypeptides for screening for agents, for producing antibodies, and for treatment of diseases, e.g., proliferative diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases, metabolic disease and developmental abnormalities. The invention further provides antibodies that bind an ubiquitination-regulating domain and agents and antibodies that regulate ubiquitination in cells, e.g., by modulating the interaction between a TSG101 protein and an MDM2 protein. | 10-28-2010 |
20100272729 | MAMMALIAN TUMOR SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE PRODUCTS AND THEIR USES - The present invention provides methods and compositions for regulating ubiquitination in a cell. In particular, the present invention provides purified polypeptides comprising an ubiquitination-regulating domain. The invention also provides methods of using such polypeptides for screening for agents, for producing antibodies, and for treatment of diseases, e.g., proliferative diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases, metabolic disease and developmental abnormalities. The invention further provides antibodies that bind an ubiquitination-regulating domain and agents and antibodies that regulate ubiquitination in cells, e.g., by modulating the interaction between a TSG101 protein and an MDM2 protein. | 10-28-2010 |
20100278830 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-ANTIBODY THERAPIES - The present invention relates to methods and systems for administering antibody therapeutic agents. The methods include administering one or more (e.g., two or three) binding agents, wherein each of the binding agents has a binding region that is specific to a portion of a disease agent and one or more copies of a tag. The binding agents can be specific to one or more portions of the same or different disease agents. The tag is the same for each of the binding agents. The methods include administering an anti-tag antibody, wherein the anti-tag antibody has an anti-tag region that is specific to the tag, and can have an immunoglobulin (e.g., IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM.). Disease agents include bacterial proteins, viral proteins, cancer cells, and proteins or toxins produced therefrom. In particular, the present invention includes methods and systems for binding agents that are specific to neurotoxins that cause botulism. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278831 | Nogo Receptor-Mediated Blockade of Axonal Growth - Disclosed are NgR proteins and biologically active Nogo (ligand) protein fragments. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating the expression or activity of the Nogo and NgR protein. Also disclosed are peptides which block Nogo-mediated inhibition of axonal extension. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful in the treatment of cranial or cerebral trauma, spinal cord injury, stroke or a demyelinating disease. | 11-04-2010 |
20100285018 | ESTROGEN RECEPTORS AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO:20, wherein the polypeptide has ER-α36 activity. The invention further provides methods for identifying agents that bind to such polypeptides, methods for detecting such polypeptides, and methods for altering the activity of such polypeptides. Also provided are antibodies that specifically bind to an amino acid sequence depicted at SEQ ID NO:1, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, and methods for making and using such antibodies. | 11-11-2010 |
20100291089 | LIGAND OF REGULATING IMMUNE RESPONSE, AND USE THEREOF IN TREATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE-RELATED DISEASE - The present invention relates to a ligand to regulate immune response, i.e., PACAP27 which is one of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptides and Serum amyloid A (SAA), and their novel use in treating or preventing diseases associated with immune response. More specifically, the present invention relates to a complex of PACAP27-FPRL1 having a regulatory effect on immune response, and a use thereof in regulating immune response. In another aspect, the present invention relates to a complex of SAA and FPRL1, and a use thereof in inhibiting synoviocyte hyperplasia and angiogenesis and treating or preventing inflammatory diseases including Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). | 11-18-2010 |
20100291090 | Prion Protein as a Receptor for Amyloid-Beta Oligomers - The invention provides methods of inhbiting suppression of long term potentiation, improving acute memory retention and spatial memory performance and treating Alzheimer's disease by administration of a PrPc antagonist or combinations thereof. Additionally, this invention provides pharmaceutical kits comprising, and methods for making and using, such combinittions, as well as methods of identifying molecules that could function as PrP | 11-18-2010 |
20100291091 | CANCER ASSOCIATED GENE LY6K - LY6K is identified herein as a potential biomarker useful for the diagnosis of cancer, such as lung and esophageal cancers, as well as for the prognosis of patients with these diseases. As discussed in detail herein, LY6K is specifically over-expressed in most lung and esophageal cancer tissues examined, and is elevated in the sera of a large proportion of patients with these tumors. Accordingly, LY6K may be used in combination with other tumor markers to significantly improve the sensitivity of cancer diagnosis. LY6K may be used in the treatment of ESCC cells, as demonstrated by the fact that small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) of LY6K suppressed growth of the cancer cells. Moreover, the LY6K molecule is also a likely candidate for development of novel therapeutic approaches, such as antibody therapy. | 11-18-2010 |
20100291092 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF ANTHRAX AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES - Compositions and methods for the detection, prevention, or treatment of anthrax or other infectious diseases. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods for immunizing humans or animals against | 11-18-2010 |
20100291093 | ANTIBODY-MEDIATED DISRUPTION OF QUORUM SENSING IN BACTERIA - The invention provides an immunogenic molecular entity, a supramolecular assembly, and an antibody that can be used to inhibit Gram-positive bacterial quorum sensing, prevent infection or development of a disease condition associated with a Gram-positive bacterial infection. The invention also provides methods of inhibiting Gram-positive bacterial quorum sensing, and methods of preventing infection or development of a disease condition associated with a Gram-positive bacterial infection. | 11-18-2010 |
20100291094 | NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING 238P1B2 USEFUL IN DETECTING CANCER - A novel gene (designated 238P1B2) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 238P1B2 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 238P1B2 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 238P1B2 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 238P1B2 can be used in active or passive immunization. | 11-18-2010 |
20100291095 | IDENTIFICATION OF A CONSERVED REGION OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MSP3 TARGETED BY BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE ANTIBODIES - Antigenic and immunogenic determinants of Merozoite surface protein 3 (MSP3). Antigenicity and functional assays identified a 68-amino acid conserved domain of MSP3 as a target of biologically active antibodies. A peptide comprising amino acid residues 184-251 of SEQ ID NO: 2, may also be employed as may peptides consisting of different combinations of the MSP3 a, b, c, d, e and f peptides. Particular non-overlapping or overlapping segments of MSP3 a, b, c, d, e and f peptides may also be used. The various overlapping segments and nonoverlapping segments among the different MSP3 peptides are shown in FIG. | 11-18-2010 |
20100291096 | THERAPEUTIC PEPTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF METATSTATIC CANCER - Interaction between MUC1 and β-catenin can be interrupted using polypeptides or antibodies that specifically bind to the binding site on MUC1. Interruption provides the beneficial effect of inhibiting, reducing, and/or retarding invasiveness and metastasis. Fusion polypeptides and antibodies are provided to achieve a therapeutic effect. | 11-18-2010 |
20100297131 | BINDING DOMAIN OF PLASMODIUM RETICULOCYTE BINDING PROTEINS - The present invention provides isolated polynucleotides, polypeptides, antibodies and/or vaccines for the prevention and/or treatment of malaria caused by | 11-25-2010 |
20100297132 | Monoclonal antibody - The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of β-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD). | 11-25-2010 |
20100297133 | Immunogenic Polypeptides and Monoclonal Antibodies - Provided herein are compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response against | 11-25-2010 |
20100297134 | HUMANISED ANTIBODIES WITH ANTI-TUMOUR ACTIVITY - The present invention provides humanised antibodies and binding domains thereof with anti-tumour activity. In particular the humanised antibodies have specific binding to and direct killing of human colon tumour cells and display potent immune-mediated cytotoxic activity against human colon cancer cells in vitro using antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) assays and in vivo using mouse tumour models. | 11-25-2010 |
20100297135 | EPITOPE FOR NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES - Provided herein are immunogenic peptides of GM-CSF comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs:2 to 6, or a portion thereof, and compounds and molecules that specifically interact with or bind to a region of GM-CSF located between, or corresponding to a region located between, about residues 89 and 117 of the human GM-CSF polypeptide sequence as set forth in SEQ NO:1. | 11-25-2010 |
20100297136 | Gastric and Prostate Cancer Associated Antigens - The invention relates to an antigen associated with cancers such as prostate and gastric cancers, known as T21. Nucleic acid sequences and polypeptide sequences encoding the antigen are provided, as are uses of such sequences. | 11-25-2010 |
20100303818 | Dendritic cell receptor - The invention provides isolated human DEC-205, its extracellular domain and functionally equivalent fragments thereof. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding same and vectors which include such polynucleotides. Further provided are methods of recombinantly producing human DEC-205, an extracellular domain thereof or a functionally equivalent fragment, and ligands that bind to human DEC-205 or a fragment thereof. Also provided are constructs for use in prophylaxis or therapy comprising such a ligand, human DEC-205 or an extracellular domain thereof coupled to a toxin or to an antigen capable of inducing a protective immune response in a patient. | 12-02-2010 |
20100303819 | DCL-1 AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to a novel lectin and to derivatives, homologues, analogues, chemical equivalents and mimetics thereof and, more particularly, to a novel type I C-type lectin, herein referred to as “DCL-1”. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of DCL-1 in therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic applications. | 12-02-2010 |
20100303820 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING IL-17E ANTAGONISTS - Novel IL-17 like polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, selective binding agents, and methods for producing IL-17 like polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the treatment, diagnosis, amelioration, or prevention of diseases with IL-17 like polypeptides, agonists, or antagonists thereof. | 12-02-2010 |
20100303821 | IMMUNOGLOBULINS - The present invention relates to antigen binding proteins to human IL-13, including anti-IL-13 antibodies and anti-IL-3/anti-IL-4 mAbdAbs, pharmaceutical formulations containing them and to the use of such antigen binding proteins in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of inflammatory diseases such as asthma or IPF. | 12-02-2010 |
20100303822 | Polypeptides from non-typeable haemophilus influenzae - Polypeptides comprising non-typeable | 12-02-2010 |
20100310566 | Fibroblast Growth Factor-Like Polypeptides - The present invention provides novel Fibroblast Growth Factor-like (FGF-like) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, antibodies and methods for producing FGF-like polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with FGF-like polypeptides. | 12-09-2010 |
20100310567 | Antibodies Against Human CCN1 and Uses Thereof - Disclosed herein are methods for the recombinant expression of mammalian cell membrane-bound human CCN1 or a CCN1 domain thereof in mammalian cells, comprising transforming a mammalian host cell with a vector encoding CCN1 or a CCN1 domain thereof C-terminally fused to a mammalian cell transmembrane domain (CCN1 fusion protein), expressing said CCN1 or CCN1 domain fusion protein in said host cell, and recovering said membrane bound CCN1 or said CCN1 domain thereof. Disclosed herein is the use of such membrane bound CCN1 and domain for the generation of corresponding antibodies. Antibodies against human CCN1 are useful for the treatment of diseases. | 12-09-2010 |
20100310568 | NINJURIN-1 MODULATION AND USES THEREOF - Methods, uses, agents and compositions useful for the prevention, treatment and/or diagnosis of neuroinflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury based on the modulation of nerve injury-induced protein-1 (Ninjurin-1) are disclosed. | 12-09-2010 |
20100310569 | Genes of an Otitis Media Isolate of Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae - The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of | 12-09-2010 |
20100316646 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING IMMUNE RESPONSES - The present invention provides a newly identified B7 receptor, zB7R1 that functions as lymphocyte inhibitory receptor, which is a PD-1-like molecule and is expressed on T cells. The present invention also provides the discovery of zB7R1's ability to bind to CD155. Methods and compositions for modulating zB7R1-mediated negative signaling and interfering with the interaction of its counter-receptor for therapeutic, diagnostic and research purposes are also provided. | 12-16-2010 |
20100316647 | COMPOSITIONS OF POLYPEPTIDES SPECIFIC TO PATHOGENIC STRAINS AND THEIR USE AS VACCINES AND IN IMMUNOTHERAPY - The invention relates to compositions of polypeptides specific to pathogenic strains comprising at least one polypeptide of a first group, having a sequence selected in the group comprising the sequences of SEQ ID No 159, or homologous sequences of polypeptides of the first group and/or the second group with a minimum of 25% of identity with the whole sequences of said polypeptides. Application for the preparation of vaccine compositions specific to | 12-16-2010 |
20100316648 | NOVEL PLASMINOGEN RECEPTOR, POLYPEPTIDES AND ANTIBODIES THEREOF - The invention relates to C9orf46 homolog, a novel murine membrane protein, and its orthologs in human, mouse and all other species, termed Plg-R | 12-16-2010 |
20100322936 | LM-1 ANTIBODIES, FUNCTIONAL FRAGMENTS, LM-1 TARGET ANTIGEN, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - The invention provides LM-1 antibodies, functional fragments, modified and variant forms, nucleic acid and other compositions. The invention also provides antibodies, functional fragments, modified and variant forms that bind to LM-1 antigen (e.g., NONO/nmt55). Antibodies, functional fragments, modified and variant forms, nucleic acid and other compositions are useful in treatment and diagnostic methods. One method includes treating metastasis of a neoplasia, tumor or cancer in a subject in need of treatment by administering to the subject an amount of a LM-1 antibody, an antibody that binds to LM-1 antigen, or a functional fragment thereof, effective to treat metastasis of the neoplasia, tumor or cancer in the subject. | 12-23-2010 |
20100322937 | EGF receptor epitope peptides and uses thereof - The present invention relates generally to growth factor receptor epitope peptides, particularly EGF family receptor epitope peptides. The invention also relates to the use of the receptor peptides in generating antibodies which have anti-tumor or anti-cancer activity or in stimulating an immunological response. The invention further relates to antibodies specifically directed against the receptor peptides. Methods for generating an immune response and for treatment of tumors and cancer are also provided. | 12-23-2010 |
20100322938 | NOVEL CLUSTERIN DERIVED PEPTIDE - Clusterin-derived peptides or homologues or derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions including the same, methods of manufacturing the peptides, homologues, derivatives thereof and compositions including the same, and methods of treating conditions including administering the peptides, homologues, derivatives thereof and compositions including the same, are provided. Also provided are nucleotide sequences encoding the peptides, homologues, derivatives thereof and compositions including the same, antibodies directed to epitopes thereof and fusion proteins including the same | 12-23-2010 |
20100330091 | IMMUNOREACTIVE GLYCOPROTEIN GP19 EHRLICHIA CANIS - The present invention concerns gp19 immunoreactive compositions for | 12-30-2010 |
20100330092 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HAVING NEUTRALIZING ACTIVITY AGAINST MMP13 - A neutralizing monoclonal antibody specifically reacting with MMP13, a method of neutralizing enzyme activity of MMP13 and an immunological measuring method each using the antibody, as well as a diagnostic agent and a pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody, are provided. Various antibodies to MMP13 have been hitherto obtained, but an antibody having neutralizing activity against MMP13 has not been obtained. The present inventors intensively studied, as a result, found out a neutralizing antibody having specificity for MMP13, resulting in completion of the present invention. | 12-30-2010 |
20110002933 | DR4 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Death Receptor 4 (DR4) antibodies are provided. The DR4 antibodies may be included in pharmaceutical compositions, articles of manufacture, or kits. Methods of treatment and diagnosis using the DR4 antibodies are also provided. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002934 | USES OF ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES - This invention relates to new uses of anti-CD40 antibodies in the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with neoplastic B-cell growth in particular use of anti-CD40 antibodies in combination with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (CHOP). The invention is particularly useful for the treatment of patients who have previously been administered (i) CHOP, (ii) the chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab, or (iii) combination therapy with CHOP and rituximab. | 01-06-2011 |
20110008347 | CANCER-RELATED PROTEIN KINASES - The present invention relates to mutant kinase polypeptides and kinase variants selected from the group consisting of AATYK (AATK), ABL1, ACK1, ALK, ARG, AXL, BMX, BRK, BTK, CCK4, CSFR1, CSK, DDR1, DDR2, EGFR, EPHA1, EPHA2, EPHA3, EPHA4, EPHA5, EPHA6, EPHA7, EPHA10, EPHB1, EPHB2, EPHB3, EPHB4, EPHB6, FAK, FER, FES, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR4, FLT3, FRK, FYN, HER2, HER3, HER4, IGF1R, INSR, ITK, JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, LCK, LMTK2 (AATYK2/BREK), LYN, MATK, MER, MET, NTRK1, NTRK2, NTRK3, PDGRFA, PDGFRB, PTK-9, PYK2, RET, RON, ROR1, ROR2, ROS, RYK, STYK, SYK, TEC, TEK, TIE, TNK1, TXK, TYK2, TYRO3, VEGFR1, VEGFR2, VEGFR3, YES1, and ZAP70, nucleotide sequences encoding the mutant kinase polypeptides and kinase variants, as well as various products and methods useful for the diagnosis and treatment of various kinase-related diseases and conditions, including the screening for and identification of novel protein kinase modulators. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008348 | SOLUBLE FRAGMENTS OF INFLUENZA VIRUS PB2 PROTEIN CAPABLE OF BINDING RNA-CAP - A plastic container includes an upper portion having a mouth defining an opening into the container. A shoulder region extends from the upper portion. A sidewall portion extends between the shoulder region and a base portion. The base portion closes off an end of the container. A vacuum panel region defined in part by at least two vacuum panels. Each of the vacuum panels are movable to accommodate vacuum forces generated within the container resulting from heating and cooling of its contents. The vacuum panel region occupies an area outboard of the sidewall portion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008349 | Hypoxia Induced Mitogenic Factor - We found that FIZZ1/RELMα is inducible by hypoxia in lung. The hypoxia-upregulated expression of FIZZ1/RELMα was located in the pulmonary vasculature, bronchial epithelial cells, and type II pneumocytes. Recombinant FIZZ1/RELMα protein stimulates rat pulmonary microvascular smooth muscle cell (RPSM) proliferation dose-dependently. Therefore, we renamed this gene as hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF). HIMF strongly activated Akt phosphorylation. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 inhibits HIMF-activated Akt phosphorylation. It also inhibits HIMF-stimulated RPSM proliferation. Thus, the PI3K/Akt pathway, at least in part, mediates the proliferative effect of HIMF. HIMF also has angiogenic and vasoconstrictive activity. Notably, HIMF increases pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance more potently than either endothelin-1 or angiotensin II. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008350 | EXTRACELLULAR TARGETS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The present invention relates to the field of neurological disorders and more particularly to the field of Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, the invention provides extracellular targets for Alzheimer's disease selected from the tetraspanin web family and associated proteins. In addition, methods are provided for the use of siRNAs and antibodies against the targets for inhibition of amyloid-beta production and, hence, for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008351 | ANTICOMPLEMENT POLYPEPTIDES OF IXODES RICINUS - An isolated and purified polypeptide is obtained from tick salivary glands and presents more than 75% sequence identity with at least a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ. ID. NO. 1. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008352 | Toll-Like Receptor 3 Antagonists - Toll Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) antibody antagonists, polynucleotides encoding TLR3 antibody antagonists or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the foregoing are disclosed. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008353 | IDENTIFICATION OF ASTROVIRUS VA1 ASSOCIATED WITH GASTROENTERITIS IN HUMANS - Provided herein is a novel human astrovirus, its nucleic acid sequence, as well as methods to detect and diagnose the presence of the astrovirus. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008354 | ANTIBODIES TO APO-2 RECEPTOR POLYPEPTIDES - Novel polypeptides, designated Apo-2, which are capable of modulating apoptosis are provided. Compositions including Apo-2 chimeras, nucleic acid encoding Apo-2, and antibodies to Apo-2 are also provided. | 01-13-2011 |
20110008355 | ANTI-FLT3 ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides fully human antibodies that specifically bind to human FLT3 within extracellular domains 4 or 5 with high affinity. The invention further provides methods of treating leukemia by administering an effective amount of an antibody either alone or in combination with an anti-cancer agent or treatment including methotrexate. | 01-13-2011 |
20110014199 | NOVEL ANTI-IL 13 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to anti IL13 antibodies that hind specifically and with high affinity to both glycosylated and non-glycosylated human IL13, does not bind mouse IL13, and neutralize human IL13 activity at an approximate molar ratio of 1:2 (MAb:IL13). The invention also relates to the use of these antibodies in the treatment of IL13-mediated diseases, such as allergic disease, including asthma, allergic asthma, non-allergic (intrinsic) asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, eczema, urticaria, food allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcerative colitis, RSV infection, uveitis, scleroderma, and osteoporosis. | 01-20-2011 |
20110014200 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY THAT SUPPRESSES THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR CONSTITUTIVE ACTIVITY - This invention describes monoclonal antibodies that suppress thyrotropin receptor constitutive activity and methods of using the antibodies to treat thyroid related diseases; particularly hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer | 01-20-2011 |
20110014201 | IL-18 RECEPTOR ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS - Provided herein are IL-18 receptor antigen binding proteins and polynucleotides encoding the same. Expression vectors and host cells comprising the same for production of the antigen binding proteins are also provided. In addition, provided are compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases mediated by IL-18 receptor. | 01-20-2011 |
20110014202 | Methods for Diagnosing and Treating Neuroendocrine Cancer - The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing neuroendocrine cancers via detecting the presence of N-methyl D-asparate-associated (NMDA) glutamate receptors type 1 and/or type 2. Methods for preventing and treating neuroendocrine cancers are also disclosed. | 01-20-2011 |
20110020347 | ANTI-BRAK (CXCL14) HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is an antibody which can recognize BRAK (CXCL14). Also disclosed is use of the antibody. The antibody can recognize a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:1 or 2, a derivative thereof, or a partial peptide of the polypeptide or the derivative. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020348 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN - Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use in regulation of mammalian bone forming activities of sFRPs (secreted frizzled-related proteins) are disclosed. sFRPs are secreted receptors for Wnts, which are important polypeptide growth factors that are known to regulate fundamental biological processes like tissue polarity, embryonic development, and tumorigenesis. A sFRP was isolated from human osteoblast cells and identified as sFRP-1 (also known as SARP-2) and shown to be regulated by osteogenic agents in hOB cells in a differentiation selective manner, modulating the life of osteoblasts/preosteocytes. An sFRP-1 knock-out mouse was generated and deletion of sFRP-1 was found to not affect nonskeletal tissues, skeletal morphology or cortical bone development, while resulting in increased trabecular bone formation, decreased osteoblast and osteocyte apoptosis and increased osteoprogenitor differentiation. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020349 | ANTI-FACTOR XI MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting thrombosis without compromising hemostasis. Compositions include anti-factor XI monoclonal antibodies (aXIMabs) capable of binding to an epitope on the heavy chain of human FXI, particularly the A3 domain of the heavy chain of human FXI. Compositions also include epitope-binding fragments, variants, and derivatives of the monoclonal antibodies, cell lines producing these antibody compositions, and isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the amino acid sequences of the antibodies. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-factor XI monoclonal antibodies of the invention, or epitope-binding fragments, variants, or derivatives thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of the invention comprise administering the compositions described above to a subject in need thereof for the purpose of inhibiting thrombosis, reducing a required dose of an antithrombotic agent in the treatment of thrombosis, treating metastatic cancer, or treating an acute inflammatory reaction. Methods for making an anti-factor XI monoclonal antibody, or epitope-binding fragments, variants, or derivatives thereof, are also provided. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020350 | Contraceptives Based on SP22 and SP22 Antibodies - Oral, topical and injectable contraceptives, which are based on sperm protein 22 kDa (SP22) polypeptides and antibodies and infertility diagnostics are provided. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020351 | NOVEL POLYPEPTIDE ESDN, POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING THE POLYPEPTIDE, AND UTILITY OF THE POLYPEPTIDE - The invention discloses a useful and novel factor (polypeptide) which plays an important role for morbid vascular smooth muscle in restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and arterial sclerosis in the field of cardiovascular system. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020352 | ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES UP-REGULATED IN PROSTATE CANCER - Human endogenous retroviruses of the HML-2 family show up-regulated expression in prostate tumors. This finding can be used in prostate cancer screening, diagnosis and therapy. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020353 | ANTIBODIES AND RELATED MOLECULES THAT BIND TO 161P2F10B PROTEINS - Antibodies and molecules derived therefrom that bind to 161P2F10B protein and variants thereof, are described wherein 161P2F10B exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 161P2F10B provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 161P2F10B gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 161P2F10B can be used in active or passive immunization. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020354 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR LIGANDS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to RF-amide peptides and their use for treating, preventing and curing neurological and metabolic medical disorders. The invention also relates to methods for modulating a G-protein coupled receptor and for identifying substances which modulate the receptor. | 01-27-2011 |
20110020355 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS INFECTIONS - The present invention is drawn to the nucleic and amino acid sequences encoding vaginolysin (VLY) toxin from | 01-27-2011 |
20110020356 | Therapeutic clostridium difficile antibody compositions | 01-27-2011 |
20110020357 | ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided are antibodies comprising an antigen recognition domain capable of binding an MHC molecule being complexed with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) peptide, wherein the antibody does not bind the MHC molecule in an absence of the complexed peptide, and wherein the antibody does not bind the peptide in an absence of the MHC molecule. Also provided are methods of using same for diagnosing HIV infection and treating AIDS. | 01-27-2011 |
20110027282 | INTERFERON ANTAGONISTS, ANTIBODIES THERETO AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE - Described are compositions and methods useful for modulating the immune system of a subject. Also included are diagnostic methods for monitoring an immunologic condition. In particular the invention relates to antagonists of interferon proteins and associated methods of use as well as methods to develop neutralizing antibodies against IFN antagonists to treat viral infections. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027283 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CANCERS - This disclosure provides methods and compositions for inhibiting immune responses. The disclosure also provides methods and compositions for inhibiting graft rejection and promoting or prolonging graft survival. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027284 | NOGO-A BINDING MOLECULES AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the human NogoA polypeptide or human NiG with a dissociation constant<1000 nM, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment of a disease of the peripheral (PNS) and/or central (CNS) nervous system; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of a disease of the peripheral (PNS) and/or central (CNS) nervous system. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027285 | METHODS AND AGENTS MODULATING UPA/UPAR ACTIVITY - This invention herein disclosed relates to the anti-HIV action of uPAR-activators or activated uPAR molecules, the control of chemotaxis and cell migration by agents interfering with uPAR activation, a method for determining activated uPAR forms, the use of agents interfering with uPA/uPAR interaction for the diagnosis or therapy of diseases. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027286 | High Affinity Human Antibodies to Human Angiopoietin-2 - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human Ang-2. The antibodies of the invention are useful, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more Ang-2 biological activities including angiogenesis. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027287 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. | 02-03-2011 |
20110033467 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING A LIGAND OF CHEMERINR - The present invention relates to a G-protein coupled receptor and a novel ligand therefor. The invention provides screening assays for the identification of candidate compounds which modulate the activity of the G-protein coupled receptor, as well as assays useful for the diagnosis and treatment of a disease or disorder related to the dysregulation of G-protein coupled receptor signaling. | 02-10-2011 |
20110033468 | Ophthalmic Drug Delivery System Containing Phospholipid and Cholesterol - An ophthalmic drug delivery system that contains phospholipid and cholesterol for prolonging drug lifetime in the eyes. | 02-10-2011 |
20110033469 | LEUKOTRIENE B4 BINDING SOLUBLE LIPOCALIN RECEPTOR FROM IXODES RICINUS - Leukotriene B4 binding polypeptide is obtained from | 02-10-2011 |
20110033470 | Human G-Protein Coupled Receptor - A human G-protein coupled receptor polypeptide and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptide and a procedure for producing such polypeptide by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such polypeptide for identifying antagonists and agonists to such polypeptide. Antagonists and agonists may be used therapeutically to inhibit or stimulate the G-protein coupled receptor. Also disclosed are assays for detecting mutations in the nucleic acid sequence encoding the G-protein coupled receptor. | 02-10-2011 |
20110033471 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING TUMOR CELL ACTIVITY - Antibodies which target clusterin, a protein involved in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of carcinoma cells, are identified and characterized. The antibodies may be used to modulate tumour cell activity through binding the clusterin. | 02-10-2011 |
20110033472 | Tumor Endothelial Marker 5-alpha Molecules and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides Tumor Endothelial Marker 5α (TEM5α) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TEM5α polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TEM5α polypeptides. | 02-10-2011 |
20110033473 | ANTI INFLUENZA ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided are antibodies comprising an antigen recognition domain capable of binding an MHC molecule being complexed with an influenza peptide wherein the antibody does not bind the MHC molecule in an absence of the complexed peptide and wherein the antibody does not bind the peptide in an absence of the MHC molecule. Also provided are methods of using same for diagnosing and treating influenza. | 02-10-2011 |
20110044985 | ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST AMYLOID-BETA PEPTIDE AND METHODS USING SAME - Methods of using antibodies directed to the C-terminal side of β-amyloid peptide for diagnosing and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Aβ peptide associated diseases are described. | 02-24-2011 |
20110044986 | ANTI-AMYLOID ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Compositions for treating neurodegenerative or amyloidogenic disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) are provided. More particularly, anti-amyloid-beta antibodies, compositions containing such antibodies, corresponding nucleic acids, vectors and host cells, and methods of making such antibodies are provided. | 02-24-2011 |
20110044987 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND BINDING FRAGMENTS THEREOF DIRECTED TO THE MELANOCORTIN-4 RECEPTOR AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CACHEXIA AND RELATED CONDITIONS AND DISEASES - Disclosed are monoclonal antibodies, binding fragments, and derivatives thereof directed to the human melanocortin-4 receptor, as well as pharmaceutical compositions including the same, and therapeutic uses, including methods for treating cachexia and related conditions and diseases, using such monoclonal antibodies, binding fragments, derivatives, and pharmaceutical compositions. | 02-24-2011 |
20110044988 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING ANTI-MIF ANTIBODIES - Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method for treating an inflammatory disorder. In some embodiments, the method comprises administering an active agent that inhibits (i) MIF binding to CXCR2 and CXCR4 and/or (ii) MIF-activation of CXCR2 and CXCR4; (iii) the ability of MIF to form a homomultimer; or a combination thereof. | 02-24-2011 |
20110052586 | ANTIBODIES TO AN EPITOPE OF AGR2, ASSAYS AND HYBRIDOMAS - Provided is a monoclonal antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, which binds specifically to an epitope within the sequence KPGAKKDTKDSRPKL (Sequence ID No. 2) of AGR2. Such monoclonal antibodies are of prognostic and diagnostic utility in the investigation of cancer, particularly metastatic cancer. The antibodies described may also be used in prognosis or diagnosis of inflammatory diseases. Also provided are kits and solid supports comprising such antibodies, as well as the therapeutic use of antibodies of the invention. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052587 | PEPTIDE OR PROTEIN COMPRISING A C'-D LOOP OF THE CD28 RECEPTOR FAMILY - The invention relates to a protein or peptide comprising the C′-D loop of a member of the CD28 family, uses thereof and mAbs obtainable therefrom. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052588 | METHOD OF TREATING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA - Materials and methods for treating hepatocellular carcinoma in a mammal are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to a mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a zvegf3 antagonist in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable delivery vehicle. Zvegf3 antagonists include anti-zvegf3 antibodies, mitogenically inactive receptor-binding zvegf3 variant polypeptides, and inhibitory polynucleotides. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052589 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING DISEASES AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS - Ligands of CCX-CKR2 and the biological role of CCX-CKR2 in cancer is described. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052590 | NEUTROKINE-ALPHA ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a Neutrokine-alpha antibody and a process for producing a Neutrokine-alpha antibody. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying compounds that inhibit or enhance the action of Neutrokine-alpha. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting autoimmune disorders and therapeutic methods for treating autoimmune disorders using a Neutrokine-alpha antibody. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052591 | Variants of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Beta - Polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences that encode novel variants of mouse or human thyroid stimulating hormone-β proteins are disclosed that can be used in therapeutic, diagnostic, and pharmacogenomic applications to prevent, treat or reduce the severity of thyroid stimulating hormone-β-related disorders. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052592 | Compositions and Methods for Use for Antibodies Against Sclerostin - The present invention relates to antibodies against sclerostin and compositions and methods of use for said antibodies to treat a pathological disorder that is mediated by sclerostin or disease related to bone abnormalities such as osteoporosis. | 03-03-2011 |
20110059092 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC OF THE BETA-AMYLOID PEPTIDES AND THEIR USES AS DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS OR DRUGS - The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody which specifically binds to the N-terminal region of Aβ | 03-10-2011 |
20110059093 | USE OF AN ANTI-TAU PS422 ANTIBODY FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRAIN DISEASES - An antibody binding to Tau that is phosphorylated at serine 422 (pS422), which specifically binds to phosphorylated Tau fragment of SEQ ID NO:9 and to Tau pS422, but does not bind to Tau and to phosphorylated MCAK fragment of SEQ ID NO:17. The antibody is useful in the treatment of a Tauopathy. | 03-10-2011 |
20110059094 | ANTITUMOR EFFECTS OF INSULIN-RESPONSIVE DNA BINDING PROTEIN-1 (IRDBP-1) - Methods of inhibiting growth of tumor cells with a nucleic acid encoding IRDBP-1 or the carboxyl segment thereof are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for treating tumor with an antibody specific against one of the epitopes in the amino segment of IRDBP-1. In addition, methods of identifying a compound that affects the activity of IRDBP-1 in a cell are disclosed. | 03-10-2011 |
20110059095 | HIGH AFFINITY HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN PROTEASE-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-2 - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human PAR-2. The antibodies of the invention are useful, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more PAR-2 biological activities, including the treatment of pain conditions, inflammatory conditions and gastrointestinal conditions. | 03-10-2011 |
20110059096 | Targeting of Notch3 Receptor Function for Cancer Therapy - The present invention involves the use of peptides from Notch3, and antibodies that recognize epitopes represented by those peptides, as anti-cancer agents. Methods of combination therapy using standard anti-cancer protocols in conjunction with Notch3 peptides and antibodies also are provided. | 03-10-2011 |
20110064740 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS - The present invention relates to methods of treating diseases or disorders affecting the eye or optic nerve characterised by elevated β-amyloid levels or β-amyloid deposits, particularly age related macular degeneration and glaucoma type diseases and β-amyloid dependent cataract formation, with antigen binding proteins that bind β-amyloid peptide and in particular human β-amyloid peptide. | 03-17-2011 |
20110064741 | STABLE AMYLOID BETA MONOMERS AND OLIGOMERS - The invention provides monomeric and oligomeric amyloid beta peptide isomers that are resistant towards fibrillogenesis and their use as screening reagents or antigens in methods and pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other conditions related to protein misfolding. The alanines at positions 21 and 30, in wild type amyloid beta peptide amino acid sequence, are according to the invention replaced by cysteins, which results in an intra molecular disulphide bond. The invention further provides transgenic animals expressing modified amyloid precursor proteins or amyloid beta peptides. | 03-17-2011 |
20110064742 | Somatostatin Receptor Antagonists and Glucose Control or Hypoglycemia - The present disclosure provides methods and uses for controlling tight blood glucose levels in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a somatostatin inhibitor. The present disclosure provides methods and uses for treating or preventing hypoglycemia in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a somatostatin inhibitor. | 03-17-2011 |
20110070234 | NP1 ACTIVITY REGULATING ELEMENTS USEFUL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF HUMAN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, RESULTING DRUGS AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a series of compounds useful for the production of drugs or pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prevention of human neurological diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases, which inhibit the activity of the human NP1 protein which acts as an inducer of neurodegeneration and neural apoptosis. Said compounds include iRNA inhibitors of the gene expression of the NP1 gene and specific antibodies of the human NP1 protein, as well as peptides derived from same, which can be used in passive and active immunisation methods respectively against said diseases. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070235 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF INFLUENZA - The present invention provides compositions, vaccines, and methods for diagnosing, treating, and preventing influenza infection using a combination of antibodies raised against the influenza hemagglutinin and the matrix 2 ectodomain polypeptides. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070236 | USE OF IMMUNESUPPRESSANT RECEPTOR - The present invention relates to use of an antagonist of BIR1 (B cell immunoglobulin receptor 1) related to the present invention, a method for screening the antagonist, in addition to subtype polypeptides of BIR1, the polynucleotide encoding them and antibodies for the polypeptides. BIR1 functions as an immunosuppressive receptor, and the antagonist of BIR1 has immunopotentive activity, which is able to use for preventing and/or treating a cancer, an immunodeficiency disease or an infectious disease. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070237 | METHODS OF MODULATING AND IDENTIFYING AGENTS THAT MODULATE INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM - Methods are provided for identifying agents that modulate intracellular calcium. Also provided are methods of modulating calcium within cells and methods of identifying proteins involved in modulating intracellular calcium. | 03-24-2011 |
20110081348 | FUNGAL SIGNALLING AND METABOLIC ENZYMES - Method of identifying an anti-fungal agent which targets as an essential protein or gene of a fungus comprising contacting a candidate substance with (i) a protein which comprises the sequence shown by SEQ ID NOS: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 50, 53, 56, 59, 61 or 63, or (ii) a protein which has 60% identity with (i), or (iii) a protein comprising a fragment of (i) or (ii) which fragment has a length of at least 50 amino acids, or (iv) a polynucleotide that comprises a sequence which encodes (i), (ii) or (iii), or (v) a polynucleotide comprising a sequence which has at least 70% identity with the coding sequence of (iv), and determining whether the candidate substance binds or modulates (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v), wherein binding or modulation of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) indicates that the candidate substance is an anti-fungal agent. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081349 | ALLERGENIC LATEX PROTEIN - The present invention relates to a protein found in natural rubber that can induce an allergic reaction in persons who have been sensitised to it. The invention provides for the process of isolating and purifying the protein and describes the characteristics of the protein, including its molecular weight, isoelectric point, amino acid sequence and allergenicity. The invention also describes the isolation and cloning a the DNA that encodes the protein. The production of the recombinant version of the protein using a protein expression vector is described. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081350 | Synthetic scFv Analogue To The 6313/G2 (Anti Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor) Monoclonal Antibody Variable Regions - The present invention provides a specific binding molecule which specifically binds to a peptide having the amino acid sequence of EDGIKRIQDD and comprises a polypeptide having an immunoglobulin V | 04-07-2011 |
20110081351 | ANTIHUMAN BAFF ANTIBODY - An antibody against a peptide having an amino acid sequence AVQGPEETVT QDC (expressed in single letter amino acid code) as represented by SEQ ID: NO. 1 corresponding to the 134- to 146-positions in human BAFF (B cell activating factor belonging to the TNF family) protein which is preferably a monoclonal antibody; a method of producing the above antibody; a medicinal composition containing the antibody; utilization of the antibody; and a method of screening an inhibitory effect or an activating effect on BAFF with the use of the antibody. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081352 | IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING CANCER - Disclosed are immunogenic peptides, related fusion proteins, nucleic acids encoding the peptides or fusion proteins, conjugates, expression vectors, host cells, and antibodies. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines for use in the treatment or prevention of cancer, e.g., alveolar rhabodomyosarcoma, methods of stimulating a T cell to kill a tumor cell, methods of stimulating CD4 | 04-07-2011 |
20110086033 | METHOD OF INHIBITING OSTEOCLAST ACTIVITY - Methods for inhibiting osteoclastogenesis by administering a soluble RANK polypeptide are disclosed. Such methods can be used to treat a variety of different cancers, including bone cancer, multiple myeloma, melanoma, breast cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer, prostate cancer, hematologic cancers, head and neck cancer and renal cancer. | 04-14-2011 |
20110086034 | NUCLEOTIDE AND PROTEIN SEQUENCES OF NOGO GENES AND METHODS BASED THEREON - The present invention relates to the gene, $i(Nogo), its encoded protein products, as well as derivatives and analogs thereof. Production of Nogo proteins, derivatives, and antibodies is also provided. The invention further relates to therapeutic compositions and methods of diagnosis and therapy. | 04-14-2011 |
20110086035 | IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS AND MOLECULES - A peptide of less than 10 000 molecular weight comprising the amino acid sequence FHTYTI DWTKDAVTW or a portion thereof, or a variant thereof wherein the side chains of one or two of the amino acid residues are altered, wherein the portion or variant is capable of binding HLA-DRB1*04. The peptide, certain polypeptide fusion molecules and certain polynucleotides encoding the same may be useful in combating | 04-14-2011 |
20110091464 | NOVEL PEPTIDES AND PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a novel gene encoding a protein termed Coiled Coil Domain Containing 95 (CCDC95) or a peptide fragments thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of CCDC95 in Modulation of RGK small binding protein via altering concentration or sub-cellular localisation of RGK small binding protein with CCDC95 or a peptide fragments thereof. | 04-21-2011 |
20110091465 | POLYPEPTIDES - The invention relates to antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes, vaccines comprising said polypeptides; therapeutic antibodies directed to said polypeptides and methods to manufacture said polypeptides, vaccines and antibodies. | 04-21-2011 |
20110091466 | IgE ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - The present invention provides monoclonal IgE antibodies comprising Fc epsilon (ε) constant regions and variable regions comprising at least one antigen binding region specific for binding a single epitope of a circulating, tumor-associated antigen (TAA) that is not a cell surface antigen wherein the epitope of the targeted antigen is not highly repetitive or is a non-repetitive epitope. The IgE antibodies of the invention are useful in the treatment of cancer associated with the tumor antigen. In one embodiment the TAA is prostate-specific antigen (PSA). | 04-21-2011 |
20110091467 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING DOPAMINE NEUROTRANSMISSION - The present invention provides for diagnosis or treatment of neurological or neuropsychiatric disorders involving abnormal dopamine neurotransmission. Methods and agents are provided for modulating dopamine transporter activity and modulating dopaminergic neurotransmission. Agents of the present invention include fragments of D2 receptor or dopamine transporter (DAT) that can disrupt D2-DAT coupling. | 04-21-2011 |
20110091468 | Connective tissue growth factor antibodies - The present invention relates to antibodies that bind to CTGF. The antibodies are particularly directed to regions of CTGF involved in biological activities associated with fibrosis. The invention also relates to methods of using the antibodies to treat disorders associated with CTGF including localized and systemic fibrotic disorders including those of the lung, liver, heart, skin, and kidney. | 04-21-2011 |
20110091469 | ATTRACTIN/MAHOGANY-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES, POLYNUCLEOTIDES, ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present disclosure provides attractin/mahogany-like polypeptides and fragments thereof, polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides and fragments, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides or fragments, and assays and methods employing these polypeptides, antibodies, and polynucleotides. | 04-21-2011 |
20110091470 | ANTI-FLT3 ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides fully human antibodies that specifically bind to human FLT3 within extracellular domains 4 or 5 with high affinity. The invention further provides methods of treating leukemia by administering an effective amount of an antibody either alone or in combination with an anti-cancer agent or treatment including methotrexate. | 04-21-2011 |
20110097330 | Novel Gene Disruptions, Compostitions and Methods Relating Thereto - The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising disruptions in PRO179, PRO181, PRO244, PRO247, PRO269, PRO293, PRO298, PRO339, PRO341, PRO347, PRO531, PRO537, PRO718, PRO773, PRO860, PRO871, PRO872, PRO813, PRO828, PRO1100, PRO1114, PRO115, PRO1126, PRO1133, PRO1154, PRO1185, PRO1194, PRO1287, PRO1291, PRO1293, PRO1310, PRO1312, PRO1335, PRO1339, PRO2155, PRO1356, PRO1385, PRO1412, PRO1487, PRO1758, PRO1779, PRO1785, PRO1889, PRO90318, PRO3434, PRO3579, PRO4322, PRO4343, PRO4347, PRO4403, PRO4976, PRO260, PRO6014, PRO6027, PRO6181, PRO6714, PRO9922, PRO7179, PRO7476, PRO9824, PRO19814, PRO19836, PRO20088, PRO70789, PRO50298, PRO51592, PRO1757, PRO4421, PRO9903, PRO1106, PRO1411, PRO1486, PRO1565, PRO4399 or PRO4404 genes. Such in vivo studies and characterizations may provide valuable identification and discovery of therapeutics and/or treatments useful in the prevention, amelioration or correction of diseases or dysfunctions associated with gene disruptions such as neurological disorders; cardiovascular, endothelial or angiogenic disorders; eye abnormalities; immunological disorders; oncological disorders; bone metabolic abnormalities or disorders; lipid metabolic disorders; or developmental abnormalities. | 04-28-2011 |
20110097331 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND BOTH IL-17A AND IL-17F AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to blocking, inhibiting, reducing, antagonizing or neutralizing the activity of IL-17A and IL-17F. IL-17A and IL-17F are cytokines that are involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. The present invention includes antibodies that bind both IL-17A and IL-17F, as well as methods of using the same in inflammation. | 04-28-2011 |
20110097332 | Composition and Method of Use for HCV Immunization - Isolated HCY E2 kinase phospho-peptides that contain one or more immunogenic fragments of a HCV E2 kinase motif and antibodies which are cross-reactive with the isolated HCV E2 kinase phospho-peptides are provided. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and/or methods to passively and/or actively immunize against HCV using the isolated HCY E2 kinase phospho-peptides and antibodies. | 04-28-2011 |
20110097333 | THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS - The present invention relates generally to therapeutic and diagnostic agents. More particularly, the present invention provides molecules having structural features characteristic of immunoregulatory signalling (IRS) molecules and which are expressed by cells of haematopoietic lineages such as, in particular, leukocytes. The molecules of the present invention find broad application inter alia as diagnostic markers for cells, targets for cell therapy and as validated drug targets in order to modulate the immune response and to treat, prevent and diagnose a range of diseases conditions including cancer, genetic disease, inflammatory conditions and conditions associated with aberrant haematopoietic cell function or activity. The present invention extends to binding partners of the instant molecules such as, for example, antibodies, ligands, adaptor and other signalling associated molecules, agonists and antagonists and to methods of screening for same. | 04-28-2011 |
20110104167 | Compositions and Methods for Diagnosing and Treating Insulin Resistance - A method of treating insulin resistance in a subject is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of down-regulating phosphorylation of an IRS protein at at least one serine residue corresponding to amino acid 341, 412 and/or 413 of human IRS-1, thereby treating the insulin resistance in the subject. Also provided are methods and kits for diagnosing insulin resistance. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104168 | DETOXIFIED PNEUMOCOCCAL NEURAMINIDASE AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are compositions designed to reduce or prevent pneuomococcal infections, nasal carriage, nasal colonization, and central nervous system invasion. Provided herein is a composition comprising a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 or a variant thereof that can elicit an anti-neuraminidase immune response. Further provided are methods of making and using the compositions disclosed herein. Specifically provided are methods of generating antibodies in a subject comprising administering to the subject an agent or composition taught herein. Also provided are methods of reducing or preventing nasal carriage or pneumococcal infection in a subject comprising administering to the subject a composition taught herein. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104169 | REGULATOR GENES OF ANGIOGENESIS, PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS CONTAINING THEM AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - Nucleotide sequences and the corresponding polypeptide sequences implicated in the regulation of angiogenesis are identified. The nucleotide and polypeptide sequences, or pharmaceutical composition made from such sequences can be used in the clinical study of the angiogenesis process, the prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of pathologies linked to angiogenesis, and in the implementation of pharmaceutical, pharmacogenomic and drug identification trials. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104170 | NOVEL COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF IMMUNE RELATED DISEASES - The present invention relates to compositions containing a novel protein and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104171 | EphA4 Polypeptide Having a Novel Activity and Use Thereof - The present invention provides a polynucleotide which consists of a partial sequence of a polynucleotide encoding the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the former polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide consisting of a partial amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 whose N-terminus starts between positions 564 and 621 of SEQ ID NO:2. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104172 | INHIBITORS OF GM-CSF AND IL-17 FOR THERAPY - The invention relates to a method for the treatment of an inflammatory disease in a subject suffering from the inflammatory disease, the method comprising the administration to said subject of a compound neutralizing GM-CSF; and a compound neutralizing IL-17. | 05-05-2011 |
20110110949 | NESFATIN-1 SPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND THE USE THEREOF, AND NESFATIN SPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND THE USE THEREOF - The present application relates to an antibody performing an antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin-1, but not substantially performing the antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin and/or NucB1, and with the use of the antibody, an immunological detection method and a detection kit of Nesfatin-1, and further, an antibody performing an antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin, but not substantially performing the antigen-antibody reaction with NucB1, and an immunological detection method using the antibody, and a detection kit of Nesfatin comprising the antibody. | 05-12-2011 |
20110110950 | Therapeutic regimens for BAFF antagonists - Therapeutic regimens for administration of BAFF antagonists for treatment of immunologic and related disorders are described. Regimens involve a short-term BAFF antagonist administration course followed by an extended no-treatment period prior the round of administration. | 05-12-2011 |
20110110951 | ISOLATION OF FIVE NOVEL GENES CODING FOR NEW FC RECEOPTRS-TYPE MELANOMA INVOLVED IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF LYMPHOMA/MELANOMA - This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes immunoglobulin receptor, Immunoglobulin superfamily Receptor Translocation Associated, IRTA, protein. Provided too, are the IRTA proteins encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules, IRTA1, IRTA2, IRTA3, IRTA4 or IRTA5 proteins, having the amino acid sequences set forth in any of FIG. | 05-12-2011 |
20110110952 | NUCLEIC ACID AND CORRESPONDING PROTEIN ENTITLED 184P1E2 USEFUL IN TREATMENT AND DETECTION OF CANCER - A novel gene (designated 184P1E2) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 184P1E2 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 184P1E2 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 184P1E2 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 184P1E2 can be used in active or passive immunization. | 05-12-2011 |
20110117099 | INHIBITING STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS INFECTIONS - The invention relates to | 05-19-2011 |
20110117100 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS, STRATIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF AMYLOIDOGENIC DISEASES - Natural human autoantibodies against toxic assemblies of Aβ and related peptide species offer a unique immune repertoire. Based on this repertoire, the present invention provides compositions and methods for diagnosis as well as for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease that are characterized by accumulation of beta-amyloid deposits. The same human autoantibodies may be useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of other neurodegenerative disorders and systemic pathological conditions that are due to or are associated with toxic assemblies of other amyloidogenic peptides or proteins. | 05-19-2011 |
20110117101 | CC CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 5 DNA, NEW ANIMAL MODELS AND THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR HIV INFECTION - The susceptibility of human macrophages to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection depends on cell surface expression of the human CD4 molecule and CC cytokine receptor 5. CCR5 is a member of the 7-transmembrane segment superfamily of G-protein-coupled cell surface molecules. CCR5 plays an essential role in the membrane fusion step of infection by some HIV isolates. The establishment of stable, nonhuman cell lines and transgenic mammals having cells that coexpress human CD4 and CCR5 provides valuable tools for the continuing research of HIV infection. In addition, antibodies which bind to CCR5, CCR5 variants, and CCR5-binding agents, capable of blocking membrane fusion between HIV and target cells represent potential anti-HIV therapeutics for macrophage-tropic strains of HIV. | 05-19-2011 |
20110123535 | Use of Nogo Receptor-1 (NGR1) for Promoting Oligodendrocyte Survival - The invention provides methods of treating diseases, disorders or injuries involving oligodendrocyte death, demyelination and dysmyelination, including spinal cord injury, by the administration of an NgR1 antagonist. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123536 | NOVEL HUMAN ANTI-R7V ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present application relates to novel human antibodies capable of binding specifically to the R7V epitope of HIV. These antibodies have all human CDR and are capable of specifically neutralizing all strains of HIV, including escape mutants. These antibodies are useful for the treatment of HIV infection, especially in patients in failure of HAART. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123537 | BINDING EPITOPES FOR G250 ANTIBODY - The invention relates to specific amino acid sequences which have been determined to be target epitope for antibodies, in particular, for a G250 antibody. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123538 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING EXPRESSION OR ACTIVITY INHIBITORS OF NINJURIN 1 FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASE - The present invention relates to a composition comprising a Ninjurin 1 expression or activity inhibitor for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease. Ninjurin 1 protein is specifically expressed in macrophages around blood vessels, increases cell-cell adhesion and cell-matrix adhesion, increases expressions of Wnt7b (Wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 7B) and Ang2 (angiopoietin-2), but reduces expression of Ang1 to induce apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells. In addition, Ninjurin 1 protein is up-regulated when inflammation is induced and induces iNOS expression as well as increased NO generation. Therefore, the Ninjurin 1 protein expression or activation inhibitor can be effectively used as an active ingredient of a composition for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123539 | NUCLEIC ACID AND CORRESPONDING PROTEIN ENTITLED 151P3D4 USEFUL IN TREATMENT AND DETECTION OF CANCER - A novel gene (designated 151P3D4) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 151P3D4 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 151P3D4 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 151P3D4 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 151P3D4 can be used in active or passive immunization. | 05-26-2011 |
20110129474 | Methods And Systems For Multi-Antibody Therapies - The present invention relates to methods and systems for administering antibody therapeutic agents. The methods include administering one or more (e.g., two or three) binding agents, wherein each of the binding agents has one or more monomers that have a binding region that is specific to a portion of a disease agent and one or more copies of a tag. The binding agents can be specific to one or more portions of the same or different disease agents. The tag is the same for each of the binding agents. The methods include administering an anti-tag antibody, wherein the anti-tag antibody has an anti-tag region that is specific to the tag, and can have an immunoglobulin (e.g., IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM.). Disease agents include bacteria, bacterial proteins, viruses, viral proteins, cancer cells, and proteins or toxins produced therefrom or from other sources such as snakes, insects, plants, etc. In particular, the present invention includes methods and systems for binding agents having one or more monomers that are specific to neurotoxins that cause botulism. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129475 | BASB 205 POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES FROM HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE - The invention provides BASB205 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding BASB205 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic uses. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129476 | MZB1, A NOVEL B CELL FACTOR, AND USES THEREOF - The marginal zone (MZ) and B1 subsets of B cells, which differ from conventional follicular (FO) B cells both developmentally and functionally, are involved in early responses to infectious pathogens and the production of self-reactive antibodies. A novel gene, mzb1, is expressed at high levels in MZ and B1 B cells but at low level, if at all, in FOB cells. MZB1 is involved in the regulation of proliferation, BCR-mediated signal transduction, and antibody production in B cells. Inhibitors, activators and enhancers of MZB1 expression or activity can be used as immune modulators for research and therapeutic purposes. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129477 | NOGO Receptor Homologs - The invention relates generally to genes that encode proteins that inhibit axonal growth. The invention relates specifically to genes encoding NgR protein homologs in humans and mice. The invention also includes compositions and methods for modulating the expression and activity of Nogo and the NgR proteins. Specifically, the invention includes peptides, proteins and antibodies that block Nogo-mediated inhibition of axonal extension. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful in the treatment of cranial or cerebral trauma, spinal cord injury, stroke or a demyelinating disease. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129478 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCER - An antibody or a fragment thereof having immunoreactivity to a polypeptide comprising not less than 7 continuous amino acids in the CD179b protein, which was identified as a cancer antigen protein specifically expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells, can be used as a pharmaceutical composition for therapy and/or prophylaxis of cancer. | 06-02-2011 |
20110135646 | Genes of an Otitis Media Isolate of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae - The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of | 06-09-2011 |
20110135647 | GENES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO BREAST CANCERS - The present application provides novel human genes A7322, whose expression is markedly elevated in breast cancer. The present application also provides human genes F3374 whose expression is markedly elevated in breast cancer. These genes and polypeptides encoded thereby can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of breast cancer, and as target molecules for developing drugs against breast cancer. The invention features methods of screening for modulators of the kinase activity of PBK/TOPK. The invention further provides methods of screening for agents to prevent or treat cancer, such as breast cancer. | 06-09-2011 |
20110135648 | ANTI-NEUBLASTIN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Antibodies and antigen binding fragments that bind to neublastin polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments in assays for detecting the presence or amount of endogenous and/or exogenous neublastin in a sample and in methods of antagonizing neublastin bioactivity. | 06-09-2011 |
20110135649 | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (VEGF-C) Protein and Gene, Mutants Thereof, and Uses Thereof - Provided are purified and isolated VEGF-C polypeptides capable of binding to at least one of KDR receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR-2) and Flt4 receptor tyrosine kinase (VEGFR-3); analogs of such peptides that have VEGF-C-like or VEGF-like biological activities or that are VEGF or VEGF-C inhibitors; polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; vectors and host cells that embody the polynucleotides; pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic reagents comprising the polypeptides; and methods of making and using the polypeptides. Methods of inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation are also provided. | 06-09-2011 |
20110142841 | Compositions and methods for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosis - The present invention relates to compositions containing novel proteins and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142842 | POLYPEPTIDES - There is disclosed a polypeptide consisting of between 7 and 100 amino acids and comprising: the sequence of the peptide of any one of SEQ. ID NOS: 1 to 145. There is also disclosed a T-cell receptor, or a peptide-binding fragment thereof, wherein the CDR3 region of the beta chain of the T-cell receptor comprises a glycine residue at position 5 from the N-terminus. The T-cell receptor is capable of binding a peptide consisting of the sequence of SEQ. ID NO. 18, when the peptide is presented on an HLA molecule of a first HLA allele. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142843 | FETAL POLYPEPTIDES FROM HUMAN LIVER - Novel fetal genes (fls353 and fls485) have been successfully isolated from human fetal liver-derived cDNAs. These genes were specifically expressed in tissues including fetal tissues which are thought to contain a large number of undifferentiated cells and actively differentiating/proliferating cells. High levels of expression of these genes were observed also in a variety of cancer cells. The proteins and genes encoding the proteins can be used as the tool for developing drugs for the treatment of tumors. | 06-16-2011 |
20110150882 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly ovarian cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more ovarian tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly ovarian cancer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150883 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly breast cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more breast tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly breast cancer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150884 | CRYSTALLINE COMPOSITION OF GM-CSF/GM-CSFR - The present invention relates generally to the field of crystallography. More particularly, the present invention provides crystalline forms of a complex between granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and its receptor (GM-CSFR). The present invention further provides methods for the design and selection of modulators of GM-CSF/GM-CSFR interaction and signaling as well as signaling of other cytokines. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150885 | AMINOACYL TRNA SYNTHETASES FOR MODULATING HEMATOPOIESIS - Hematopoietic-modulating compositions are provided comprising aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides, including active fragments and/or variants thereof, as well as compositions comprising related agents such as antibodies and other binding agents. Also provided are methods of using such compositions in the treatment of conditions that benefit from the modulation of hematopoiesis. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150886 | ANTI-AREG/HB-EGF ANTIBODIES AND TREATMENT - Described are cross-specific antibody molecules with binding specificity for both AREG and HBEGF. The antibody molecules may be used in methods of treatment of cancer and diseases associated with angiogenesis. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150887 | METHODS AND PRODUCTS RELATING TO GSK3BETA REGULATION - The invention relates to methods and compositions for regulation of GSK | 06-23-2011 |
20110150888 | ANTI-HEPCIDIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind hepcidin and methods of making and using such antibodies. Also provided are methods of treating hepcidin-related disorders. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150889 | HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE IV PILI - The invention described herein relates to a | 06-23-2011 |
20110150890 | USE OF CGRP ANTAGONIST COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF PSORIASIS - The invention provides methods and compositions for treating, preventing and/or remedying psoriasis, based on compounds that have a calcitonin-related gene peptide (CGRP) antagonistic effect. Methods are also disclosed for identifying compounds with CGRP antagonist activity which thereby are suitable candidate compounds for treating psoriasis. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158998 | HELMINTH ANTIGEN AND IMMUNOTHERAPY - A helminth protein immunogen is described. Included as the immunogen is an isolated protein comprising an immunogenic, extracellular fragment of a schistosome tegument protein selected from the group consisting of a TSP-1 protein; a TSP-2 protein; and a 7TM protein. An antibody which binds the isolated protein is also described. Additionally, an immunotherapeutic composition comprising the immunogenic protein and an immunologically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient is described. Furthermore, a vaccine comprising the immunogenic protein is described. Also described are an isolated nucleic acid that encodes the immunogenic protein and a genetic construct comprising that isolated nucleic acid. Further, a host cell comprising the genetic construct is described. A method of immunizing against | 06-30-2011 |
20110158999 | ANTAGONISTS OF PROTEASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-1 (PAR1) - The present invention provides antibodies or antigen-binding molecules that specifically recognize and antagonize human PAR1 receptor. Also provided in the invention are polynucleotides and vectors that encode such molecules and host cells that harbor the polynucleotides or vectors. | 06-30-2011 |
20110165164 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING DISEASES AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS - Ligands of CCX-CKR2 and the biological role of CCX-CKR2 in cancer is described. | 07-07-2011 |
20110165165 | MAMMALIAN GENES; RELATED REAGENTS AND METHODS - Nucleic acids encoding mammalian, e.g., primate or rodent, genes, purified proteins and fragments thereof. Antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, are also provided. Methods of using the compositions for both diagnostic and therapeutic utilities are provided. | 07-07-2011 |
20110165166 | LSR RECEPTOR, ITS ACTIVITY, ITS CLONING, AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO THE DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF OBESITY AND RELATED RISKS OR COMPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to a new complex receptor polypeptide LSR (Lipolysis Stimulated Receptor), characterized by its functional activities, the cloning of the cDNAs complementary to the messenger RNAs encoding each of the subunits of the multimeric complex, vectors and transformed cells, methods of diagnosis and of selection of compounds which can be used as medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of pathologies and/or of pathogeneses such as obesity and anorexia, hyperlipidemias, atherosclerosis, diabetes, hypertension, and more generally the various pathologies associated with abnormalities in the metabolism of cytokines. | 07-07-2011 |
20110171223 | Anti-peptide antibodies that cross react with protective antigen of bacillus anthracis and uses thereof - The present invention provides a purified peptide comprising at least one of the sequences LKQKSSNSRKKRSTS (SEQ ID NO:1), or VKNKRTFLSPWISNI (SEQ ID NO:2) as well as a vaccine, a method to protect or treat an animal from anthrax toxin, a method of making a vaccine and the use of the peptide. The present invention also provides a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to a peptide sequence comprising at least one of the following peptide sequences: LKQKSSNSRKKRSTS (SEQ ID NO:1), or VKNKRTFLSPWISNI (SEQ ID NO:2) as well as a method to protect or treat an animal from anthrax toxin, a method of making a vaccine, a pharmaceutical composition, a method of making a pharmaceutical composition, and the use of the monoclonal antibody. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171224 | PsrP IS A PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN AGAINST PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION - Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include a PsrP polypeptide, a nucleic acid encoding a PsrP polypeptide, or an antibody or fragment thereof that binds to a PsrP polypeptide domain, and methods of inhibiting, modulating, treating, or preventing a bacterial infection, such as an infection due to | 07-14-2011 |
20110171225 | Novel Plasmodium Falciparum Gene Encoding Signal Peptide Peptidase and Method of Using Inhibitors Thereof for Inhibiting Malarial Infection - This invention provides reagents, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating and preventing malaria. Specifically, the invention provides methods for inhibiting a | 07-14-2011 |
20110177078 | Immunogen and Antivenom Against Violin Spider Venom - The invention relates to the isolation, characterisation and expression of DNA fragments encoding sphingomyelinases D from three species of | 07-21-2011 |
20110177079 | Cancer-testis antigens - The invention relates to cancer-testis antigens and the nucleic acid molecules that encode them. The invention further relates to the use of the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides and fragments thereof in methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, such as cancer. More specifically, the invention relates to the discovery of novel cancer-testis (CT) antigens. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177080 | NOVEL P2X7 EPITOPES - The invention relates to purinergic (P2X) receptors, more specifically to P2X7 receptors, the generation of antibodies and the use of antibodies and immunogens that are capable of selectively binding to a non ATP-binding P2X7 receptor but not to an ATP-binding P2X7 receptor, for the detection and treatment of disease conditions, especially cancer. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177081 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF ANTIBODIES FOR DISEASES CAUSED BY VIRUSES - A pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of viral infections including a formulation of full antibodies or fragments of antibodies specific to at least one of the following peptide sequences of toll-like receptor type 3: FYWNVSVHRVLGFKE (Seq ID NO:1), EYAAYIIHAYKD (Seq ID NO: 2), or to peptide sequence of interferon gamma receptor beta chain: LIKYWFHTPPSIPLQIEEYL (Seq ID NO: 3), or to peptide sequence of interferon gamma receptor alpha chain: SIILPKSLISW (Seq ID NO: 4). | 07-21-2011 |
20110177082 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN CANCER - Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly ovarian cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more ovarian tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly ovarian cancer. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177083 | SOLUBLE ZCYTOR14, ANTI-ZCYTOR14 ANTIBODIES AND BINDING PARTNERS AND METHODS OF USING IN INFLAMMATION - The present invention relates to blocking, inhibiting, reducing, antagonizing or neutralizing the activity of IL-17F, IL-17A, or both IL-17A and IL-17F polypeptide molecules. IL-17A and IL-17F are cytokines that are involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. ZcytoR14 is a common receptor for IL-17A and IL-17F. The present invention includes soluble ZcytoR14, anti-ZcytoR14 antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for antagonizing IL-17F, IL-17A or both IL-17A and IL-17F using such soluble receptors, antibodies and binding partners. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177084 | NOVEL USE APPLICATION OF SUGAR CHAIN-RECOGNIZING RECEPTOR - Provided are a novel means for regulating inflammatory reactions by regulating the signaling in inflammatory responses caused by non-homeostatic cell death, specifically an anti-inflammatory agent comprising a substance that inhibits the expression of Mincle or the interaction of Mincle and SAP130 or FcRγ, a screening method for a substance that regulates inflammatory reactions, comprising contacting Mincle or a fragment containing an extracellular region thereof and SAP130 in the presence and absence of a test substance, and comparing the degrees of the interaction of Mincle or the fragment thereof and SAP130 under the two conditions, a method of detecting non-homeostatic cell death, comprising measuring the amount of SAP130 in a sample collected from a subject animal, and the like. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177085 | Bitter Taste Receptors - The present invention relates to bitter-taste receptors and their role in bitter taste transduction. The invention also relates to assays for screening molecules that modulate, e.g. suppress or block, bitter taste transduction, or enhance bitter taste response. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177086 | METHODS OF ANTAGONIZING SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN DORSAL ROOT GANGLION CELLS - Use of antagonists to IL-31Ra and OSMRb are used to treat inflammation and pain by inhibiting, preventing, reducing, minimizing, limiting or minimizing stimulation in neuronal tissues. Such antagonists include soluble receptors, antibodies and fragments, derivative, or variants thereof. Symptoms such as pain, tingle, sensitization, tickle associated with neuropathies are ameliorated. | 07-21-2011 |
20110182901 | FULL LENGTH LARGE T TUMOR ANTIGEN OF MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA - The invention relates to a full length Large T tumor antigen of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCV) as a therapeutic target in Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC). | 07-28-2011 |
20110189187 | Novel immunogenic compositions for the prevention and treatment of meningococcal disease - The present invention relates to | 08-04-2011 |
20110189188 | NOVEL GP96 DERIVED PEPTIDES - Provided is a gp96-derived peptides or homologs or derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical composition including them, a use thereof for therapy and for the manufacture of a medicament, a method of treating a wide range of conditions, disorders and diseases therewith, nucleotide sequences encoding them, antibodies directed to epitopes thereof and fusion proteins including them. | 08-04-2011 |
20110195070 | DETECTION OF GRANULOSA-CELL TUMORS - A method of detecting a granulosa-cell tumor is described herein. The method involves detecting a mutation in a sample derived from a subject, indicative of substitution of tryptophan in place of cysteine at amino acid position 134 of FOXL2 protein. The mutation may be detected as a DNA mutation 402C>G in the FOXL2 gene. Methods for screening for a granulosa-cell tumor from a blood-based assay are provided, as well as methods for making a determination that an ovarian tumor is not a granulosa-cell tumor. Kits for granulosa-cell tumors are described, and a method of treating a granulosa-cell tumor are also described. | 08-11-2011 |
20110200603 | NEW ANTIGENS FOR PARATUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSIS AND VACCINATION - Antigens of | 08-18-2011 |
20110200604 | IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL IgE EPITOPES - The present invention relates to novel peptide epitopes derived from the CH3 domain of IgE which are recognized by high affinity antibodies that specifically bind IgE. These novel peptides may be used for both active immunization of a subject by administering these peptides to generate high affinity antibodies in a subject, as well as for generating high affinity anti-IgE antibodies in non-human hosts that specifically bind to these regions of IgE for passive immunization of a subject. | 08-18-2011 |
20110200605 | Polypeptides and use thereof - An isolated polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 or 2 or a variant or fragment thereof. The variant may comprise an amino acid sequence that is at least 70% or 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 or 2. A fragment thereof may be a peptide comprising at least 12 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID No. 1 or 2. The polypeptide exhibits toll-like receptor activity. The TLR has been named TLR1 4. TLR receptors recognise a range of ligands and activate a series of signalling pathways that lead to the induction of immune and inflammatory genes. | 08-18-2011 |
20110200606 | Antibodies that Bind to Lysyl Oxidase-Like 2 (LOXL2) and Methods of Use Therefor - The present disclosure provides lysyl oxidase-like-2 (LOXL2) polypeptide binding agents, including, for example, antibodies that specifically bind a LOXL2 polypeptide; and further provides compositions comprising same. The binding agents can be used in various treatment and diagnostic methods, which are also provided. | 08-18-2011 |
20110206674 | Yersinia SPP. Polypeptides and Methods of Use - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a | 08-25-2011 |
20110206675 | ANTI-NOTCH3 AGONIST ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF NOTCH3-RELATED DISEASES - The present invention relates to agonist antibodies that specifically bind to Notch 3 and activate signaling. The present invention includes antibodies binding to an epitope comprising the first Lin12 domain. The present invention also includes uses of these antibodies to treat or prevent Notch 3 related diseases or disorders. | 08-25-2011 |
20110206676 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTERIUM PROTEINS - The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a | 08-25-2011 |
20110206677 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR SCLEROSTIN AND METHODS FOR INCREASING BONE MINERALIZATION - Compositions and methods relating to antibodies that specifically bind to TGF-beta binding proteins are provided. These methods and compositions relate to altering bone mineral density by interfering with the interaction between a TGF-beta binding protein sclerostin and a TGF-beta superfamily member, particularly a bone morphogenic protein. Increasing bone mineral density has uses in diseases and conditions in which low bone mineral density typifies the condition, such as osteopenia, osteoporosis, and bone fractures. | 08-25-2011 |
20110206678 | Antibodies Specific for Sclerostin and Methods for Increasing Bone Mineralization - Compositions and methods relating to antibodies that specifically bind to TGF-beta binding proteins are provided. These methods and compositions relate to altering bone mineral density by interfering with the interaction between a TGF-beta binding protein sclerostin and a TGF-beta superfamily member, particularly a bone morphogenic protein. Increasing bone mineral density has uses in diseases and conditions in which low bone mineral density typifies the condition, such as osteopenia, osteoporosis, and bone fractures. | 08-25-2011 |
20110212095 | EPITOPE OF CD66C SPECIFIC TO LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA AND ANTIBODY RECOGNIZING THE SAME - The present invention relates to epitope of CD66c specific to lung adenocarcinoma and antibody recognizing the same. The present invention relates to identifying epitope of CD66c specific to lung adenocarcinoma, antibody recognizing the same, cell lines producing the same and the applications in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of lung adenocarcinoma by using the same. The above CD66c epitope is specific to lung adenocarcinoma cells, and therefore the antibody or its fragment recognizing the epitope can be used in compositions to diagnose, treat and prevent lung adenocarcinoma cells. | 09-01-2011 |
20110212096 | ANTI-P-SELECTIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE AND IDENTIFICATION - Antibodies are disclosed which bind specifically to P-selectin and which block the binding of PSGL-1 to P-selectin. These anti-P-selectin antibodies may also cause dissociation of preformed P-selectin/PSGL-1 complexes. The disclosure identifies a heretofore unrecognized, near N-terminal, antibody binding domain (a conformational epitope) of P-selectin to which the function-blocking antibodies (which may be chimeric, human or humanized antibodies for example) bind. Antibodies are disclosed which bind to the conformational epitope of P-selectin and which have a dual function in blocking binding of PSGL-1 to P-selectin, and in causing dissociation of preformed P-selectin/PSGL-1 complexes. Such single and dual function anti-P-selectin antibodies and binding fragments thereof may be used in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory and thrombotic disorders and conditions. Screening methods for identifying such antibodies are also disclosed. | 09-01-2011 |
20110212097 | Methods and Compositions to Treat and Detect Misfolded-SOD1 Mediated Diseases - The invention provides a method for treating a medical condition, disease, or disorder mediated by a misfolded form of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in a subject in need of treatment. The method optionally comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and an agent selected from (1) an exogenous antibody or fragment thereof that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (2) an immunogen that elicits production of an endogenous antibody that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (3) a nucleic acid sequence encoding (1) or (2). In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of treating diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and macular degeneration, glaucoma, ischemia, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or necrotizing enterocolitis using disease-specific epitopes, and compositions including these epitopes. The invention also provides antibodies that bind to monomeric or misfolded SOD1, and not on the molecular surface of native homodimeric SOD1. In addition, the invention includes methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a subject. Also, the invention provides methods of identifying substances for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and kits using the binding proteins of the invention. | 09-01-2011 |
20110212098 | Novel Melanoma Antigen Peptide and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to novel melanoma antigen peptides and specific T lymphocytes directed to said peptides and the use thereof for treating melanoma. | 09-01-2011 |
20110217306 | C-TERMINAL EXON 5.4 OF RUNX1/AML1 - The present invention relates to a novel C-terminal exon of RUNX1/AML1, its nucleic acid sequence, its peptide and a full length amino acid sequence comprising the novel C-terminal exon. Furthermore, the invention is directed to an antibody against the C-terminal exon of RUNX1/AML1, a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of various diseases, among others various tumours and the use of the C-terminal exon for the manufacture of a medicament. The C-terminal exon may also be used for the inhibition of cellular growth and/or induction of apoptosis. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method and a kit for diagnosing a disease, both using the C-terminal exon. | 09-08-2011 |
20110217307 | SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES CORRESPONDING TO OVERLAPPING NEUTRALIZING DETERMINANTS IN THE CBD1 EPITOPE INDUCE BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to chimeric peptides having a caveolin-1 binding domain of an HIV-1 gp41 (CBD1) peptide or a variant of said CBD1, fused to a T helper epitope. In one aspect, the T epitope is from a peptide selected from the group consisting of a tetanus toxin, an HIV-1 Gag p24 and an HIV-1 Env-gp120. Compositions containing these chimeric peptides and pharmaceutical and immunogenic compositions as well as vaccines comprising these chimeric peptides also are part of the present invention. Methods to induce neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 activity and uses of the chimeric peptides to treat or to prevent HIV-1 infection are also disclosed. | 09-08-2011 |
20110223172 | Soluble Forms of Hendra and Nipah Virus F Glycoprotein and Uses Thereof - This invention relates to soluble forms of F glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus and to compositions comprising soluble forms of F glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. This invention further relates to soluble oligomers of F glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. This invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding soluble forms of F glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. This invention also relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the soluble forms of F glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. Further, this invention relates to antibodies, including neutralizing antibodies, and to vaccines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infection by Hendra and Nipah viruses. | 09-15-2011 |
20110223173 | Botulinum Neurotoxin A Receptor and the Use Thereof - The present invention is based on the identification of synaptic vessel glycoprotein SV2 as the BoNT/A receptor and the further identification of various BoNT/A-binding fragments of SV2. The disclosure here provides new tools for diagnosing and treating botulism. | 09-15-2011 |
20110223174 | Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae Virulence Factors - The invention relates to a mutation within the sap operon of an avirulent clone of a nontypeable strain of | 09-15-2011 |
20110223175 | Gene Encoding G-Protein Coupled Receptor And Gene Product Thereof - The present invention, the objects of which are to find out a gene encoding a protein having functions equivalent to those of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and the protein, and to provide a method for identifying a compound that regulates functions and/or expression of the protein, and to provide a useful mean for preventing and/or treating diseases related to the gene and the protein, provides a DNA comprising base sequence described in SEQ ID NO: 1 or complementary strand thereof, complementary strand of the DNA, a protein encoded by the DNA, a vector containing the DNA, a transformant containing the vector, an antibody against the protein, a method for identifying a compound that regulates functions and/or expression of the protein using aforementioned members, an agent for improving and a method for improving depression state, a pharmaceutical composition, and a reagent kit. | 09-15-2011 |
20110229481 | CANCER-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN ANALOGUE PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - First, to solve the problems of the present invention, the present inventors confirmed the presence of ovarian cancer antigen-specific T cells in the peripheral blood of ovarian cancer patients by using an experimental system that detects combinations of CD4 and IL-4 or IFNγ. Next, using analogue peptides of the core protein MUC16 of the ovarian cancer-associated antibody C125, the present inventors revealed that antigen-specific CD4-positive T cells are present at an average frequency of about 4% in the peripheral mononuclear cells of patients and healthy subjects. Then, the present inventors analyzed the epitope for T cells in the core protein MUC16 of the ovarian cancer-associated antigen CA125, and determined the amino acid sequence FTLNFTITN (SEQ ID NO: 1) to be a shorter epitope. The present inventors further discovered that the analogue peptide OVCA11: GHTAPOPLLVPFTLNFTITN (SEQ ID NO: 11) is suitable for T cell activation. | 09-22-2011 |
20110229482 | Method of inhibiting infection by HCV, other flaviviridae viruses, and any other virus that complexes to low density lipoprotein or to very low density lipoprotein in blood by preventing viral entry into a cell - A method of inhibiting infection by Flaviviridae viruses including HCV, GBC/HGV, and BVD in addition to VSV and any other virus capable of forming a complex with a lipoprotein strategies: preventing formation of a complex should one form, altering the conformation of such a complex to prevent its interaction with the cell receptor, blocking the cell receptor for the complex using an antibody to the receptor, blocking binding of the lipoprotein complex to the cell receptor using soluble lipoprotein receptor or fragments thereof, or downregulating the LDL receptor activity of the cells. | 09-22-2011 |
20110229483 | TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS ASSOCIATED GENES AND A METHOD FOR THEIR IDENTIFICATION - Crucial to designing anti-angiogenic and vascular targeting approaches is the identification of specific target molecules. We compared transcriptional profiles of tumor endothelial cells with that of normal resting endothelial cells, normal but angiogenically activated placental endothelial cells, and cultured endothelial cells. Although the majority of transcripts were classified as general angiogenesis markers, we identified 17 genes that show specific overexpression in tumor endothelium. Antibody targeting of four cell-surface expressed or secreted products (vimentin, CD59, HMGB1 and IGFBP7) inhibited angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. Finally, targeting endothelial vimentin in a mouse tumor model significantly inhibited tumor growth and reduced microvessel density. Our results demonstrate the utility of the identification and subsequent targeting of specific tumor endothelial markers for anticancer therapy. | 09-22-2011 |
20110236389 | Human Angiostatin Interacting and Tumor Metastasis Involving Protein Variants and Uses Thereof - The invention provides human angiostatin interacting and tumor metastasis involving protein (HAI-TMIP) isoforms, namely HAI-TMIP variants 1 to 7, and human protein complexes comprising HAI-TMIP variant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. The invention also provides antibodies that immunospecifically bind to HAI-TMIP variant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 or a complex comprising such a variant, and uses of such antibodies. The present invention provides peptides which may be used as immunogens to distinguish between the HAI-TMIP variants. The invention further provides compounds that modulate the expression and/or activity of HAI-TMIP variant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, or a complex comprising such a variant, and uses of such compounds in the prevention, treatment and/or management of various disorders, in particular, cancer. | 09-29-2011 |
20110236390 | IL-17A Antagonists - Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) antibody antagonists, polynucleotides encoding IL-17A antibody antagonists or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the foregoing are disclosed. | 09-29-2011 |
20110243947 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST CSF-1R - The invention provides a human antibody that binds human CSF-1R with high affinity. Antibodies of the present invention have significant advantages over the antibodies known in the art by being multifunctional: inhibiting signaling of CSF-1R, internalizing and inducing CSF-1R degradation and stimulating ADCC in cell including tumors, macrophages and monocytes. They are also shown to be effective in treating leukemia, breast, endometrial and prostate cancer alone or in combination with docetaxel, paclitaxel, Herceptin® or doxorubicin. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243948 | Monoclonal Antibodies Against ANGPTL3 - Monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to ANGPTL3 are provided. Monoclonal antibodies that neutralize at least one activity of ANGPTL3 are provided. Methods of treating a disorder of lipid metabolism using neutralizing monoclonal antibodies are provided. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243949 | COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING ANTI-AMYLOID BETA PEPTIDE ANTIBODIES WITH D-PEPTIDES - The present invention relates to a composition comprising D-peptides or antibodies for use as a therapeutic and/or for disease prevention, wherein
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20110243950 | MSP2 ANTIGENIC PEPTIDES AND THEIR USE - This invention relates generally to the field of | 10-06-2011 |
20110250204 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING DISEASES - Methods and compositions are provided for assessing, treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, using cancer-associated targets (CAT). Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment for these diseases or for selecting a treatment, using CAT. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using CAT. Also provided are compositions that modulate CAT (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate CAT, and agents identified by these screening methods. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250205 | ANTI-SCLEROSTIN ANTIBODIES - Humanized and chimeric antibodies are provided that specifically bind human sclerostin and are characterized as having high affinity and strong neutralizing properties. The antibodies of the invention are useful for increasing bone mass, bone mineral density and bone strength and for the treatment of various disorders, e.g., osteoporosis, in human subject. | 10-13-2011 |
20110256144 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCERS - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, which comprises, as an active ingredient, an antibody or fragment thereof having an immunological reactivity with a CAPRIN-1 protein or a fragment thereof comprising 7 or more consecutive amino acids. | 10-20-2011 |
20110256145 | Connective Tissue Growth Factor-3 (CTGF-3) - The present invention relates to a novel connective tissue growth factor-3 protein which is a member of the growth factor superfamily. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human connective tissue growth factor-3 protein. Connective tissue growth factor-3 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. Also provided are diagnostic and therapeutic methods for detecting and treating connective tissue related disorders. | 10-20-2011 |
20110262442 | COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CNS DISORDERS - The present invention provides combination therapies for treating a disease, disorder, or condition, and methods thereof. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262443 | Epitopes Of Il-17a And Il-17f And Antibodies Specific Thereto - The present invention relates neutralising epitopes of IL-17A and IL-17F and antibodies which bind those epitopes. The present invention also relates to the therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing them. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262444 | FORM-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES FOR NAG-1 (MIC-1, GDF-15), H6D AND OTHER TGF-BETA SUBFAMILY AND HEART DISEASE AND CANCER DIAGNOSES - A method of producing form-specific anti-peptide antibodies for a wild type protein and its one amino acid mutated protein using a peptide antigen, by obtaining a protein sequence of the wild type protein and its one amino acid mutated protein, selecting a continuous amino acid sequence without any internal cysteine residues that includes the one amino acid mutated sequence and wild type sequence corresponding to the mutated site at the end of the sequence to obtain a synthetic mutation peptide and a synthetic wild type peptide, conjugating the synthetic peptides to a carrier protein, and immunizing an animal to produce antibodies. Methods of detecting cancer and methods of treating cancer. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262445 | ANTI-IL-12/IL-23 ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides an antibody comprising an antigen binding domain which binds to human IL-12 and human IL-23. The antibody binds human IL-12p40 existing as a monomer (human IL-12p40) and as a homodimer (human IL-12p80) and the antibody inhibits the binding of human IL-12 to human IL-12R β2 and human IL-23 to human IL-23R but does not inhibit the binding of human IL-12 or human IL-23 or human IL-12p40 or human IL-12p80 to human IL-12Rβ1. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262446 | USE OF IGF-II/IGF-IIE BINDING PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATED PULMONARY FIBROSIS - Methods of using proteins that bind to IGF-II and/or IGF-IIE for the treatment or prevention of systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary fibrosis are described. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262447 | HUMAN SYNTHETIC SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST THE COMMON EPITOPE OF MUTANT P53 AND THEIR USES - Isolated polypeptides, isolated polynucleotides or expression vectors encoding same, viral display vehicles which can be specifically bind an exposed epitope shared by mutant, but not wild type, p53 protein are provided. Also provided are methods of inducing apoptosis and treating cancer as well as diagnosing a p53-related cancer using the isolated polypeptides uncovered by the present invention. | 10-27-2011 |
20110268738 | Antibodies Against Hmgb1 and Fragments Thereof - In various embodiments, the present invention is drawn to antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to particular fragments of HMGB1, methods of treating a condition in a subject characterized by activation of an inflammatory cytokine cascade, methods of detecting and/or identifying an agent that binds to an HMGB1 polypeptide or fragment thereof, and methods of detecting HMGB1 in a sample. | 11-03-2011 |
20110274690 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR - The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274691 | FERROPORTIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions for treating disorders of iron homeostasis are provided. More particularly, anti-ferroportin antibodies, compositions containing such antibodies, corresponding nucleic acids, vectors and host cells, and methods of making such antibodies are provided. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274692 | Screening Methods - The present invention provides polypeptide binding agents, e.g. antibodies, that exhibit the ability to kinetically modulate the binding and signaling of biological signaling complexes, e.g., receptor-ligand complexes; methods of identifying such polypeptide binding agents, methods of making such polypeptide binding agents, compositions comprising such polypeptide binding agents, and methods of using such polypeptide binding agents. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274693 | STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS LEUKOCIDINS, THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed herein are isolated and purified | 11-10-2011 |
20110274694 | ERK1/2 Posphorylation Site Specific Antibody - The invention relates to an antibody specific to Erk1/2 phosphorylated at Thr188 and a method for producing the same. The invention also relates to an in vitro method for determining the presence of phosphorylated Erk1/2 in a sample using the antibody of the invention. Therefore, the invention also comprises an assay for diagnosing a heart disease in vitro comprising the antibody of the invention and certain uses of the antibody. Moreover the invention relates to a peptide used to produce the antibody. | 11-10-2011 |
20110280879 | CHIMERIC PEPTIDES AS IMMUNOGENS, ANTIBODIES THERETO, AND METHODS FOR IMMUNIZATION USING CHIMERIC PEPTIDES OR ANTIBODIES - The invention provides a chimeric peptide or mixture of chimeric peptides that can be formulated as an immunizing composition and used in a method for immunization of a mammal against an internal peptide cleavage product derived from a precursor or mature protein, for which the peptide cleavage product and the precursor or mature protein are self molecules. The chimeric peptide or peptides have an end-specific B cell epitope from a naturally-occurring internal peptide cleavage product of a precursor or mature protein, as a free N- or C-terminus, fused with or without spacer residues to a T helper cell epitope derived from a living source different from that of the internal peptide cleavage product. | 11-17-2011 |
20110280880 | PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF P.GINGIVALIS INFECTION - The invention relates to generation and use of cellular and humoral responses for the prevention and treatment of | 11-17-2011 |
20110280881 | NOVEL ANTI-HSP90 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY - [Summary] The present invention relates an anti-HSP90 antibody and use thereof, more specifically to an anti-HSP90 antibody capable of recognizing cell surface HSP90, a vaccine that utilizes the antibody, a drug that utilizes the antibody, an adjuvant comprising the antibody, a method of detecting a cell expressing HSP90 on the cell surface using the antibody, and the like. | 11-17-2011 |
20110280882 | LEUKOLECTINS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a polypeptide, described as a lectin, its encoding nucleic acid sequence and antibodies to the polypeptide and their use in various medical applications, particularly for treating or preventing an autoimmune disorder, an inflammatory disorder or damaged skin in an animal. | 11-17-2011 |
20110287010 | Diagnostic methods and markers - The present invention relates to methods of detecting, monitoring and treating prostate cancer (PRC) OR prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) or a predisposition to same. Provided for use in the methods is a novel cancer marker, PSPU43, as well as bioassays and kits. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287011 | DDR1-Binding Agents and Methods of Use Thereof - Disclosed are DDR1 binding agents and methods of using the agents for treating diseases such as cancer. The disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to an extracellular domain of DDR1 and modulate DDR1 activity. The disclosure further provides methods of using agents that modulate the activity of DDRI, such as antibodies that specifically bind DDR1, to reduce the tumorigenicity of tumors comprising cancer stem cells by reducing the frequency or number of cancer stem cells in the tumor. Also described are methods of treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effect amount of an agent or antibody of the present invention to a patient having a tumor or cancer. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287012 | NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ZCYTOR17 - Novel polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and related compositions and methods are disclosed for zcytor17, a novel cytokine receptor. The polypeptides may be used within methods for detecting ligands that stimulate the proliferation and/or development of hematopoietic, lymphoid and myeloid cells in vitro and in vivo. Ligand-binding receptor polypeptides can also be used to block ligand activity in vitro and in vivo. The polynucleotides encoding zcytor17, are located on chromosome 5, and can be used to identify a region of the genome associated with human disease states. The present invention also includes methods for producing the protein, uses therefor and antibodies thereto. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287013 | NUCLEIC ACIDS CODING FOR ADHESION FACTOR OF GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS, ADHESION FACTORS OF GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS AND FURTHER USES THEREOF - The present invention is related to nucleic acids coding for adhesion factors of group B streptococcus, adhesion factors of group B streptococcus and uses thereof. More particularly, the present invention is related to a polypeptide being such adhesion factors and comprising an amino acid sequence, whereby the amino acid sequence is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID NO 11 to SEQ ID NO 20, and the use of such polypeptide for the manufacture of a vaccine. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287014 | ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST CALCIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT ALPHA2/DELTA AND METHODS USING SAME - The present invention provides compositions comprising antibodies or polypeptides that specifically bind to an epitope in a von Willebrand Factor A (VWF-A) domain of a calcium channel subunit α2δ and induces synaptogenesis and methods of using the compositions for inducing synaptogenesis and neurite outgrowth. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287015 | MG53 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the aforementioned polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders involving any one of these novel human nucleic acids and proteins. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287016 | NUCLEIC ACID AND CORRESPONDING PROTEIN ENTITLED 161P2F10B USEFUL IN TREATMENT AND DETECTION OF CANCER - A novel gene 0161P2F10B (also designated 161P2F10B) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 161P2F10B exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 161P2F10B provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 161P2F10B gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 161P2F10B can be used in active or passive immunization. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287017 | ANTI-P-SELECTIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE AND IDENTIFICATION - Antibodies are disclosed which bind specifically to P-selectin and which block the binding of PSGL-1 to P-selectin. These anti-P-selectin antibodies may also cause dissociation of preformed P-selectin/PSGL-1 complexes. The disclosure identifies a heretofore unrecognized, near N-terminal, antibody binding domain (a conformational epitope) of P-selectin to which the function-blocking antibodies (which may be chimeric, human or humanized antibodies for example) bind. Antibodies are disclosed which bind to the conformational epitope of P-selectin and which have a dual function in blocking binding of PSGL-1 to P-selectin, and in causing dissociation of preformed P-selectin/PSGL-1 complexes. Such single and dual function anti-P-selectin antibodies and binding fragments thereof may be used in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory and thrombotic disorders and conditions. Screening methods for identifying such antibodies are also disclosed. | 11-24-2011 |
20110293616 | Antigen-presenting complex-binding compositions and uses thereof - A composition-of-matter comprising an antibody or antibody fragment including an antigen-binding region capable of specifically binding an antigen-presenting portion of a complex composed of a human antigen-presenting molecule and an antigen derived from a pathogen is disclosed. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293617 | ANTI-P-SELECTIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE AND IDENTIFICATION - Antibodies are disclosed which bind specifically to P-selectin and which block the binding of PSGL-1 to P-selectin. These anti-P-selectin antibodies may also cause dissociation of preformed P-selectin/PSGL-1 complexes. The disclosure identifies a heretofore unrecognized, near N-terminal, antibody binding domain (a conformational epitope) of P-selectin to which the function-blocking antibodies (which may be chimeric, human or humanized antibodies for example) bind. Antibodies are disclosed which bind to the conformational epitope of P-selectin and which have a dual function in blocking binding of PSGL-1 to P-selectin, and in causing dissociation of preformed P-selectin/PSGL-1 complexes. Such single and dual function anti-P-selectin antibodies and binding fragments thereof may be used in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory and thrombotic disorders and conditions. Screening methods for identifying such antibodies are also disclosed. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293618 | ANTI-HUMAN CLCP1 ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides novel antibodies that recognize the extracellular domain of a human CLCP1 antigen; nucleic acids encoding the antibodies; vectors carrying the nucleic acids in an expressible manner; transformed cells containing the vectors; methods for producing the antibodies; diagnostic methods for cancer or prognosis of cancer, immunohistological or immunocytological assay methods, and kits for determining the expression level of CLCP1 in cells or tissues, all of which use the antibodies; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies; agents for treating or preventing CLCP1-expressing cancer; agents for inhibiting growth, migration, invasion, or metastasis of CLCP1-expressing cancer cells; immunostaining agents for staining CLCP1-expressing cancer cells; and agents for treating or preventing CLCP1-expressing tumor. The present invention also provides methods of screening for candidate substances that inhibit cancer cell growth, invasion, migration, or metastasis, or candidate substances having cytotoxicity against cancer cells. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293619 | CROSS-SPECIES-SPECIFIC PSMAxCD3 BISPECIFIC SINGLE CHAIN ANTIBODY - The present invention relates to a bispecific single chain antibody molecule comprising a first binding domain capable of binding to an epitope of human and non-chimpanzee primate CD3 epsilon chain, wherein the epitope is part of an amino acid sequence comprised in the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs. 2, 4, 6, and 8, and a second binding domain capable of binding to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). The invention also provides nucleic acids encoding said bispecific single chain antibody molecule as well as vectors and host cells and a process for its production. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said bispecific single chain antibody molecule and medical uses of said bispecific single chain anti-body molecule. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293620 | Monoclonal Antibodies For Use In Diagnosis and Therapy of Cancers and Autoimmune Disease - The specification describes the sequences for antibodies that recognize the HLA-A2-restricted peptide PR-I in the context of HLA presentation on the surface of cancer cells. Use of these antibodies in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and immune-related diseases are also provided. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293621 | IMMUNOGENIC POLYPEPTIDES COMPRISING A SCAFFOLD POLYPEPTIDE AND A L2 POLYPEPTIDE OR A FRAGMENT THEREOF - The present invention relates to an immunogenic polypeptide comprising a) a scaffold polypeptide, and b) a L2 polypeptide or a fragment of said L2 polypeptide, wherein said scaffold polypeptide constrains the structure of said L2 polypeptide, or of a fragment of said L2 polypeptide. Moreover, the present invention relates to a vaccine comprising said immunogenic polypeptide. The present invention is also concerned with a method for producing an antibody against human papillomavirus. Also encompassed by the present invention is an antibody obtained by carrying out the said method. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293622 | ANTIBODIES TO IL-6 AND USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof and humanized versions thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the V | 12-01-2011 |
20110293623 | ANTIBODIES AS T CELL RECEPTOR MIMICS, METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a methodology of producing antibodies that recognize peptides associated with a tumorigenic or disease state, wherein the peptides are displayed in the context of HLA molecules. These antibodies will mimic the specificity of a T cell receptor (TCR) but will have higher binding affinity such that the molecules may be used as therapeutic, diagnostic and research reagents. The method of producing a T-cell receptor mimic of the present invention includes identifying a peptide of interest, wherein the peptide of interest is capable of being presented by an MHC molecule. Then, an immunogen comprising at least one peptide/MHC complex is formed, wherein the peptide of the peptide/MHC complex is the peptide of interest. An effective amount of the immunogen is then administered to a host for eliciting an immune response, and serum collected from the host is assayed to determine if desired antibodies that recognize a three-dimensional presentation of the peptide in the binding groove of the MHC molecule are being produced. The desired antibodies can differentiate the peptide/MHC complex from the MHC molecule alone, the peptide alone, and a complex of MHC and irrelevant peptide. Finally, the desired antibodies are isolated. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293624 | Genes of an Otitis Media Isolate of NonTypeable Haemophilus Influenzae - The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of | 12-01-2011 |
20110300147 | Inhibiting tumor cell invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis - The present invention relates to new compositions and methods useful for preventing, treating and diagnosing metastatic and/or invasive cancer and undesirable angiogenesis. For example, the invention relates to inhibitors of proteases that are specifically expressed in tumors, prodrugs activated in the tumor microenvironment and methods for using those inhibitors and prodrugs to inhibit angiogenesis and tumor cell invasion. | 12-08-2011 |
20110300148 | IL-4-DERIVED PEPTIDES FOR MODULATION OF THE CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AND TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES - The present invention relates to small peptides derived from a cytokine, interleukin-4 (IL-4), capable of binding to the IL-4 receptors and inhibiting macrophage activation, and thereby preventing the onset of inflammatory response. The invention further relates to use of said peptides for the production of a medicament for the treatment of different pathological conditions, wherein IL-4 plays a prominent role. | 12-08-2011 |
20110300149 | LJUNGAN VIRUS - The present invention relates to a new group of Ljungan viruses, proteins expressed by the viruses, antibodies to the viruses and proteins, vaccines against the viruses, diagnostic kits for detecting the viruses, uses of the viruses, proteins, antibodies and vaccines in therapy, uses of the viruses, proteins, antibodies and vaccines in treating diseases caused by the viruses and methods of treatment for treating diseases caused by the viruses. | 12-08-2011 |
20110305702 | EPITOPES - Compositions and methods relating to epitopes of sclerostin protein, and sclerostin binding agents, such as antibodies capable of binding to sclerostin, are provided. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305703 | ISOLATED VEGF-C AND VEGF-D PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to an isolated peptide, comprising residues 147 to 151 of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a modification thereof, and antibodies thereto and uses thereof, wherein the peptide comprises 100 or fewer amino acids. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305704 | ANTIBODY TO CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN OF CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI - Methods for preventing IBS, reducing the likelihood of developing IBS and/or treating IBS by administering COT inhibitors and/or COT neutralizers to a subject in need thereof are described. Methods of eliciting a specific immune response and methods of vaccinating a subject to prevent IBS or to reduce the likelihood of developing or having IBS are also provided. Methods of diagnosing IBS by detecting the presence or absence of COT or a COT marker in a subject are described. | 12-15-2011 |
20110305705 | ANTIBODIES TO THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN RECEPTOR MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides. | 12-15-2011 |
20110311539 | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER USING CANCER-TESTIS ANTIGENS - The invention relates to CT polypeptides and the nucleic acid molecules that encode them. The invention further relates to the use of the nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides and fragments thereof in methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of diseases, such as cancer. More specifically, the invention relates to the discovery of a novel cancer/testis (CT) antigens CT1.1 (CTSP-5), CT1.11 (CTSP-6), CT1.19 (CTSP-7), CT1.26 (CTSP-8), and CT1.29 (CTSP-9). | 12-22-2011 |
20110311540 | WISP POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING SAME - Wnt-1-Induced Secreted Proteins (WISPs) are provided, whose genes are induced at least by Wnt-1. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides, as well as vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides, and methods for producing the polypeptides. | 12-22-2011 |
20110311541 | MUTANT PROTEINS OF THE F PROTEIN OF PIV-5 AND PIV-2 - The present application concerns mutant proteins of the fusion protein (F protein) of the parainfluenza virus (PIV) which are currently indexed as type 5 PIV (PIV-5 or PIV5) and type 2 PIV (PIV-2 or PIV2). The present application concerns products deriving therefrom, such as: nucleic acids, vectors, cells, fusion inhibitors of the antibody, aptamer, interfering RNA type; myelomas, hybridomas; stem and progenitor cells. The present application also concerns mutant proteins and products derived therefrom for use in medical and biotechnological applications. | 12-22-2011 |
20110311542 | Sp35 Antibodies and Uses Thereof - Endogenous Sp35 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination (Negative Regulator). Molecules that block endogenous Sp35 function, such anti-Sp35 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for Sp35, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous Sp35 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies. The invention further provides methods of promoting oligodendrocyte survival and myelination in a vertebrate, comprising administering to a vertebrate in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-Sp35 antibody | 12-22-2011 |
20110311543 | Tumor Antigens BFA5 for Prevention and/or Treatment of Cancer - The present invention relates to a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide and the use of the nucleic acid or polypeptide in preventing and/or treating cancer. In particular, the invention relates to improved vectors for the insertion and expression of foreign genes encoding tumor antigens for use in immunotherapeutic treatment of cancer. | 12-22-2011 |
20110318352 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS - The invention provides compositions, kits and methods utilizing polypeptides having a viral alpha-helix heptad repeat domain in a stabilized a-helical structure (herein also referred to as SAH). The compositions are useful for treating and/or preventing viral infections. The invention is based, at least in part, on the result provided herein demonstrating that viral hydrocarbon stapled alpha helical peptides display excellent proteolytic, acid, and thermal stability, restore the native alpha-helical structure of the peptide, are highly effective in interfering with the viral fusogenic process, and possess superior pharmacokinetic properties compared to the corresponding unmodified peptides. | 12-29-2011 |
20110318353 | Humanized IL-25 Antibodies - The present invention relates to target binding members (e.g., antibodies) that bind a specified epitope of human IL-25. The invention also relates to target binding members (e.g., antibodies) that comprise one or more humanized antibody VL domain sequences and bind IL-25. The invention further relates to compositions comprising target binding members (e.g., antibodies) that bind IL-25, methods of producing such target binding members, and uses of such target binding members for the treatment or prevention of diseases and conditions (e.g., asthma, inflammatory bowel disease). | 12-29-2011 |
20110318354 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ZCYTOR17 MULTIMERS - Novel polypeptide combinations, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and related compositions and methods are disclosed for zcytor17-containing multimeric or heterodimer cytokine receptors that may be used as novel cytokine antagonists, and within methods for detecting ligands that stimulate the proliferation and/or development of hematopoietic, lymphoid and myeloid cells in vitro and in vivo. The present invention also includes methods for producing the multimeric or heterodimeric cytokine receptor, uses therefor and antibodies thereto. | 12-29-2011 |
20110318355 | MUTANT PROTEINS OF THE F PROTEIN OF PIV-5 AND PIV-2 - The present application concerns mutant proteins of the fusion protein (F protein) of the parainfluenza virus (PIV) which are currently indexed as type 5 PIV (PIV-5 or PIV5) and type 2 PIV (PIV-2 or PIV2). The present application concerns products deriving therefrom, such as: nucleic acids, vectors, cells, fusion inhibitors of the antibody, aptamer, interfering RNA type; myelomas, hybridomas; stem and progenitor cells. The present application also concerns mutant proteins and products derived therefrom for use in medical and biotechnological applications. | 12-29-2011 |
20110318356 | Antibodies Against Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor - The invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and that reduce the clotting time of blood. Such antibodies have utility in the treatment of subjects with a coagulopathy. | 12-29-2011 |
20110318357 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS BASED ON SHIGA TOXIN TYPE 2 PROTEIN - The invention is based on the discovery of the epitope in the Stx2 protein for the 11 E1O antibody. The invention features compositions containing non-full length Stx2 polypeptides that include the 11 E1O monoclonal antibody epitope. The invention also features methods of producing anti-Stx2 antibodies specific for the 11 E1O epitope of the Stx2 protein. Additionally, the invention features methods for treating a subject having, or at risk of developing, a Shiga toxin associated disease (e.g., hemolytic uremia syndrome and diseases associated with | 12-29-2011 |
20110318358 | IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR CLEARING PATHOLOGICAL TAU CONFORMERS - The present invention relates to methods of treating and preventing Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies in a subject by administering a tau protein, its immunogenic epitopes, or antibodies recognizing the tau protein or its immunogenic epitopes under conditions effective to treat or prevent Alzheimer's Disease of other tauopathies. Also disclosed are methods of promoting clearance of aggregates from the brain of the subject and of slowing progression of tangle-related behavioral phenotype in a subject. | 12-29-2011 |
20120003226 | METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING IL-1BETA RELATED DISEASES - Disclosed are methods for the treatment and/or prevention of Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and disease states and conditions characterized by insulin resistance, decreased insulin production, hyperglycemia, hypoinsulinemia, metabolic syndrome, Type 1 diabetes and obesity, comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of anti-IL-1β antibody or fragment thereof. | 01-05-2012 |
20120003227 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF VASCULAR INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS OR ENDOTHELIAL CELL DISORDERS - Disclosed herein are methods for treating a vascular inflammatory disorder or endothelial cell disorder using inhibitor compounds that inhibit the expression or biological activity of Tie-1, Tie-1 endodomain, thrombin, VEGFR2, VEGFR2 endodomain, EphA2, and any of the cytokines or kinases that are upregulated by activation of Tie-1 or thrombin, as provided herein. Also disclosed are the use of combinations of inhibitor compounds or the use of an eNOS activator compound in combination with any one or more of the inhibitor compounds. Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting the pro-coagulant activity of thrombin using a Tie-1 or Tie-1 endodomain inhibitor compound or an EphA2 inhibitor compound. Methods for diagnosing and monitoring vascular inflammatory disorders or endothelial cell disorders that include the measurement of any of the polypeptides or nucleic acid molecules of the invention are also disclosed. | 01-05-2012 |
20120009193 | METHOD OF TREATING CANCER AND/OR CELLULAR PROLIFERATIVE CONDITIONS AND AGENTS TARGETING HYALURONAN ANABOLISM USEFUL FOR SAME - The present invention relates generally to the modulation of hyaluronan (HA) synthesis and degradation. More particularly, the present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating the expression of genetic material encoding HA synthase (HAS) and other enzymes or receptors primarily involved in hyaluronan metabolism; or modulating the proteins that synthesise or degrade hyaluronan including HAS function or activity. The compositions include or comprise nucleic acid molecules and interactive molecules such as antibodies and small molecule inhibitors and HAS substrate analogs. The present invention further contemplates modulation of cellular proliferation, useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory disorders including hyperproliferative conditions, such as but not limited to, cancer and psoriasis. The present invention is directed to compounds, agents, pharmaceutically active agents, medicaments, therapeutics, actives, drugs and the like which specifically target a portion of the HAS molecule which is accessible to the extracellular environment in a first form of a cell but which is not accessible to the extracellular environment in another form of or in a transformed cell form the same or related cell. In particular, the present invention provides compounds which target a portion of HAS which is accessible to the extracellular environment in malignant or inflammatory or proliferative cells but which portion is not accessible to the external environment in “normal” cells. A “normal” cell in this instance is a non-malignant, inflammatory or proliferative cell. | 01-12-2012 |
20120014958 | STABLE AND SOLUBLE ANTIBODIES INHIBITING VEGF - The present invention relates to soluble and stable anti-VEGF immunobinders comprising CDRs from rabbit monoclonal antibodies. Said antibodies are designed for the diagnosis and/or treatment of VEGF-mediated disorders. The hybridomas, nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expression of the recombinant antibodies of the invention, methods for isolating them and the use of said antibodies in medicine are also disclosed. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014959 | WISE/SOST NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES AND AMINO ACID SEQUENCES - The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences which influence bone deposition, the Wnt pathway, ocular development, tooth development, and may bind to LRP. The nucleic acid sequence and polypeptides include Wise and Sost as well as a family of molecules which express a cysteine knot polypeptide. Additionally, the present invention relates to various molecular tools derived from the nucleic acids and polypeptides including vectors, transfected host cells, monochronal antibodies, Fab fragments, and methods for impacting the pathways. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014960 | Composition Comprising Antibodies to LINGO or Fragments Thereof - Endogenous LINGO-1 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination. Molecules that block endogenous LINGO-1 function, such anti-LINGO-1 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for LINGO-1, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous LINGO-1 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies. The invention further provides methods of promoting oligodendrocyte survival and myelination in a vertebrate, comprising administering to a vertebrate in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-LINGO-1 antibody | 01-19-2012 |
20120014961 | ANTIBODIES THAT INHIBIT TSLP ACTIVITY - The invention is directed to purified and isolated novel TSLP polypeptides, the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, fragmented peptides derived from these polypeptides, and the uses of the above. | 01-19-2012 |
20120020972 | ANTIBODIES RELATING TO PIVKA-II AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to antibodies and immunoassay methods for use in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver cancer and related conditions. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020973 | CHIMERIC OSPA GENES, PROTEINS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention relates to the development of chimeric OspA molecules for use in a new Lyme vaccine. More specifically, the chimeric OspA molecules comprise the proximal portion from one OspA serotype, together with the distal portion from another OspA serotype, while retaining antigenic properties of both of the parent polypeptides. The chimeric OspA molecules are delivered alone or in combination to provide protection against a variety of | 01-26-2012 |
20120020974 | OPTIMIZING ERYTHROPOIETIN THERAPY - The methods described herein can be used to identify ex ante which hemodialysis patients are likely to develop EPO resistance and therefore will require additional rHu EPO, and to provide treatments that can reduce the need for additional rHu EPO. In addition, the methods can be used to predict which subjects have a higher risk of mortality, to identify high-risk patients who can then be monitored more closely or treated more aggressively. Also provided are kits for carrying out the described methods. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020975 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020976 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020977 | PANCREATIC CANCER GENES - The present invention provides the art with the DNA coding sequences of polynucleotides that are up-or-down-regulated in cancer and dysplasia. These polynucleotides and encoded proteins or polypeptides can be used in the diagnosis or identification of cancer and dysplasia. Inhibitors of the up-regulated polynucleotides and proteins can decrease the abnormality of cancer and dysplasia. Enhancing the expression of down-regulated polynucleotides or introducing down-regulated proteins to cells can decrease the growth and/or abnormal characteristics of cancer and dysplasia. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020978 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST FATTY ACID SYNTHASE - The present invention relates to antibodies that immunospecifically bind to FAS and certain FAS related proteins. The invention encompasses human and humanized forms of the antibodies and their use in treating cancers and other proliferative disorders. The invention also relates to FAS-derived peptides useful for preparing the antibodies. Methods and compositions for detecting, diagnosing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder, especially cancer and other proliferative disorders using the present antibodies also are disclosed. | 01-26-2012 |
20120027764 | NOVEL POLYPEPTIDE, CDNA ENCODING THE SAME, AND USE THEREOF - Novel polypeptides produced by a human adult brain tissue, a cell line derived therefrom, a cell line derived from human bone marrow and a human umbilical cord venous endothelial cell line; a process for producing these polypeptides; cDNAs encoding the polypeptides; fragments hybridizable selectively with the cDNA sequences; replication or expression plasmids having the cDNAs integrated thereinto; host cells transformed by the plasmids; antibodies against the above polypeptides; and medicinal compositions containing the peptides or the antibodies. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027765 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027766 | METHODS AND MEANS FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS - The invention relates to the field of medicinal research, cartilage physiology and diseases involving the degeneration of cartilage tissue. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and means for identifying compounds that inhibit catabolic processes in chondrocytes and that decrease the degradation of cartilage and/or ECM. The invention also relates to the compounds that are useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis. The invention also relates to targets, the modulation of which results in a decrease in the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and decrease inflammation. In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by the degradation of ECM and/or cartilage and inflammation. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027767 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST PDGFR ALPHA TO INHIBIT TUMOR GROWTH - The invention provides antibodies that bind to human PDGFRα and neutralize activation of the receptor. The invention further provides methods for neutralizing activation of PDGFRα and a methods of treating a mammal with a neoplastic disease using the antibodies alone or in combination with other agents. | 02-02-2012 |
20120034229 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST LG4-5 DOMAIN OF ALPHA3 CHAIN OF HUMAN LAMININ-5 - The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody binding to the LG4/5 domain of chain alpha3 of human protein laminin-5, wherein said monoclonal antibody inhibits the binding of syndecan-1 to said laminin-5 alpha3 chain LG4/5 domain, in particular 1H12 monoclonal antibody produced by the hybridoma cell line named 1H12 deposited on Jan. 8, 2008 at the C. N. C. M. under number 1-3890, as well as chimerized, humanized derivatives and fragments thereof, and nucleic acid sequences encoding them, as well as vectors and host cells expressing them. The invention further relates to the medical application of such antibodies, in particular for treating cancer. | 02-09-2012 |
20120034230 | Cna-B DOMAIN ANTIGENS IN VACCINES AGAINST GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA - The invention provides protective antigens which are useful in vaccine compositions to induce protection against gram positive bacteria, particularly against | 02-09-2012 |
20120034231 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to IL12Rβ1, the non-signal transducing chain of the heterodimeric IL12 receptor (together with IL12Rβ2 chain) as well as IL23 receptor (together with IL23Rα chain). The invention more specifically relates to specific antibodies that are IL12 and IL23 receptor antagonists capable of inhibiting IL12/IL18 induced IFNγ production of T cells and compositions and methods of use for said antibodies to treat pathological disorders that can be treated by inhibiting IFNγ production, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis or inflammatory bowel diseases or other autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. | 02-09-2012 |
20120039890 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING ANTIBODIES TO NEUTROKINE-ALPHA - The present invention relates to a Neutrokine-alpha antibody and a process for producing a Neutrokine-alpha antibody. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying compounds that inhibit or enhance the action of Neutrokine-alpha. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting autoimmune disorders and therapeutic methods for treating autoimmune disorders using a Neutrokine-alpha antibody. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039891 | Methods for diagnosing cancer and decreasing metastasis by cancer cells - The invention provides a protein that is a tumor marker protein. This protein can be used to prepare antibodies that bind to the tumor marker protein. These antibodies can be used to reduce, or eliminate metastasis by cancer cells that produce the tumor marker protein. In addition, the invention provides methods that can be used to diagnose cancer, and metastasis by cancer cells. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039892 | A34 AND A33-LIKE 3 DNA PROTEIN, ANTIBODIES THERETO AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING SAME - Polynucleotide molecules and polypeptide molecules A34 and A33-like 3 are described, as well as antibodies to polypeptide molecules A34 and A33-like 3. Also described are methods of detecting cancers expressing these polypeptides, and methods and kits for diagnosing said cancers, and methods of inhibiting effects of a cancer in a patient. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039893 | MUTANT SMOOTHENED AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The emergence of mutations in tyrosine kinases following treatment of cancer patients with molecular-targeted therapy represents a major mechanism of acquired drug resistance. Here, we describe a mutation in the serpentine receptor, Smoothened (SMO), which results in resistance to a Hedgehog (Hh) pathway inhibitor in medulloblastoma. A single amino acid substitution in a conserved glutamic acid residue of SMO maintains Hh signaling, but results in the inability of the Hh pathway inhibitor, GDC-0449, to bind SMO and suppress the pathway. The invention provides screening methods to detect SMO mutations and methods to screen for drugs that specifically modulate mutant SMO exhibiting drug resistance. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039894 | IDENTIFICATION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR HIV INFECTION - A cell surface molecule designated DCIR (for dendritic cells ImmunoReceptor), a member of a recently described family of DC-expressing C-type lectin receptors, has been shown to participate to the capture of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and promote infection in trans and in cis of autologous CD4(+) T cells from human immature monocyte-derived DC. The contribution of DCIR to these processes was revealed using DCIR-specific siRNAs and a polyclonal antibody specific for the carbohydrate recognition domain of DCIR. Therapeutic agents for HIV infection are therefore provided herein. These therapeutic agents are useful for impairing the interaction between DCIR and HIV and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of HIV infection. Also provided are assays for identifying additional therapeutics agents for treatment or prevention HIV infection. | 02-16-2012 |
20120045438 | ENGINEERED ANTI-IL-13 ANTIBODIES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES - The present invention relates to engineered antibodies immuno specific for human interleukin-13 (IL-13) protein or fragment thereof, as well as methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic indications. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045439 | TUMOR MARKERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention provides newly identified proteins as markers for the detection of tumors, or as targets for their treatment, particularly of tumors affecting lung, colon, breast, ovary; affinity ligands capable of selectively interacting with the newly identified markers; methods of screening a tissue sample for malignancy, for determining the presence of a tumor in a subject and for screening a test compound as an antitumor candidate; a diagnostic kit. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045440 | METHOD OF TREATING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH AN ANTI-IL-6R ANTIBODY - The present invention provides methods of preventing or treating rheumatoid arthritis using a fully human antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds human interleukin-6 receptor (hIL-6R). The methods of the present invention may include administration of a second therapeutic agent, such as one or more of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), a glucocorticoid, a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD), or a TNF-alpha antagonist, T-cell blocker, anti-CD20 antibody, an IL-1, JAK or IL-17 antagonist, or any combination thereof. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058118 | A-BETA BINDING POLYPEPTIDES - The invention relates to biparatopic A-beta binding polypeptides and, more specifically, to biparatopic A-beta binding polypeptides comprising at least two immunoglobulin single variable domains binding to different epitopes of A-beta. The invention also relates to specific sequences of such polypeptides, methods of their production, and methods of using them, including methods of treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058119 | HUMAN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR TR21 AND METHODS BASED THEREON - The present invention relates to TR21 polypeptides. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding human TR21 protein. TR21 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of TR21 activity. | 03-08-2012 |
20120064078 | Novel Tumor Biomarket - The present invention relates to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and specifically to a method of diagnosing the presence or metastasis of cancer by detecting plasma Hsp90α having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No.1 as a tumor marker. In addition, the present invention also relates to a method for the treatment of cancer and metastasis. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064079 | Compositions and Methods for Preventing Erythropoietin-Associated Hypertension - The inventors have discovered that both soluble erythropoietin-binding protein and antibodies against the erythropoietin-binding protein, when they are administered to a mammal along with erythropoietin (Epo), prevent or reduce the blood pressure increase normally caused by erythropoietin, while not affecting the hematocrit increase that is the purpose of Epo treatment. The invention provides a method of treating anemia in a mammal involving: administering erythropoietin (Epo) to the mammal; and administering to the mammal an agent selected from a soluble Epo-binding protein (Epo-bp), a recognition protein that binds Epo receptor on an extracellular soluble portion of the Epo receptor, and a combination thereof. The invention also provides a method of reducing hypertension in a mammal receiving Epo, and pharmaceutical compositions containing a soluble Epo-bp and/or a recognition protein that binds Epo receptor on an extracellular soluble portion of the Epo receptor. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064080 | Human LY6-Big Molecules and Methods of Use - The present invention is directed to human Ly6-BIG molecules and their use in diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment methods for colon, lung and other cancers, in preventing the reoccurrence of such cancers, and in diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment methods for autoimmune disorders and AIDS. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064081 | ANTI-KIR3D ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides antigen-binding proteins capable of binding to KIR3D polypeptides. The antibodies have increased activity in the treatment of disorders characterized by KIR3DL2-expressing cells, particularly CD4+ T cells, including malignancies such as Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064082 | AMINOACYL TRNA SYNTHETASES FOR MODULATING HEMATOPOIESIS - Hematopoietic-modulating compositions are provided comprising aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides, including active fragments and/or variants thereof, as well as compositions comprising related agents such as antibodies and other binding agents. Also provided are methods of using such compositions in the treatment of conditions that benefit from the modulation of hematopoiesis. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064083 | THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTI-CS1 ANTIBODIES - The present invention is directed to antagonists of CS1 that bind to and neutralize at least one biological activity of CS1. The invention also includes a pharmaceutical composition comprising such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. The present invention also provides for a method of preventing or treating disease states, including autoimmune disorders and cancer, in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering into said subject an effective amount of such antagonists. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064084 | SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PROTEIN TAB2 - A novel signal transducer TAB2 which acts as an adapter molecule of TRAF6 and TAK1 and mediates the activation of TAK1 in the signal transduction of IL-1 was isolated. TAB2 induced the activation of NF-κB and JNK by IL-1. The signal transduction by IL-1 was inhibited by inhibiting the signal transduction of TAB2 with the use of a dominant negative mutant of TAB2. A compound inhibiting the signal transduction in TAB2 is useful as an anti-inflammatory drug. | 03-15-2012 |
20120070440 | THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTI-CS1 ANTIBODIES - The present invention is directed to antagonists of CS1 that bind to and neutralize at least one biological activity of CS1. The invention also includes a pharmaceutical composition comprising such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. The present invention also provides for a method of preventing or treating disease states, including autoimmune disorders and cancer, in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering into said subject an effective amount of such antagonists. | 03-22-2012 |
20120076789 | NUCLEIC ACID AND CORRESPONDING PROTEIN ENTITLED 121P1F1 USEFUL IN TREATMENT AND DETECTION OF CANCER - A novel gene (designated 121P1F1) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 121P1F1 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 121P1F1 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 121P1F1 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 121P1F1 can be used in active or passive immunization. | 03-29-2012 |
20120076790 | ANTI-CD48 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to CD48 and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human CD48. In certain embodiments, the antibodies of the present invention block the binding of CD48 to one or more CD48 receptor. The antibodies of the invention are useful, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more CD48 biological activities, including the treatment of allergic conditions and other inflammatory conditions. | 03-29-2012 |
20120082670 | CD33 BINDING AGENTS - The present invention relates to immunotherapies that are based on myeloid cell depletion. In particular, the present invention relates to CD33 binding agents for use in such therapies, e.g. in the treatment of myeloid cell malignancies and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). | 04-05-2012 |
20120082671 | MODULATION OF ACTIVITY OF NEUROTROPHINS - The present invention relates to methods for modulating the activity of one or more neurotrophins, such as neural growth factor (NGF), brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), and neurotrophin-4 (NT-4), in an animal and methods for treatment of a disease or disorder in an individual by modulation of neurotrophin activity. The modulation is carried out by interfering with binding between a neurotrophin and a receptor of the Vps10p-domain receptor family or modulating the expression of a receptor of the Vps10p-domain receptor family. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082672 | Botulinum Neurotoxin B Receptors and Use Thereof - It is disclosed here that synaptotagmin I (syt I) and synaptotagmin II (syt II) are the cellular receptors for botulinum neurotoxin B (BoNT/B) that mediate the cellular entry and toxicity of BoNT/B. The BoNT/B binding domains of syt I and II are also disclosed. While syt I needs gangliosides for BoNT/B binding, syt II can bind to BoNT/B in the absence of gangliosides. Various nucleic acids and polypeptides that relate to the BoNT/B binding domain of syt I or II are disclosed. Further disclosed are methods of reducing BoNT/B toxicity, methods of identifying agents that can block the binding between BoNT/B and syt I or II, methods of identifying agents that can bind to the BoNT/B binding domain of syt I or II, methods of detecting BoNT/B or | 04-05-2012 |
20120082673 | HUMAN CYTOKINE RECEPTOR - Cytokines and their receptors have proven usefulness in both basic research and as therapeutics. The present invention provides a new human cytokine receptor designated as “Zcytor16.” | 04-05-2012 |
20120082674 | ENTEROCOCCUS ANTIGENS - The present invention discloses isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a hyperimmune serum reactive antigen or a fragment thereof as well as hyperimmune serum reactive antigens or fragments thereof from | 04-05-2012 |
20120087924 | Recombinant B. pseudomallei Adhesin Protein and Methods and Uses Thereof - Isolated and/or recombinant adhesin polypeptides from | 04-12-2012 |
20120087925 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS - A method for the treatment of inflammatory disorders is disclosed, particularly the treatment of arthritis. The method comprises the administration of a function blocking antibody which is capable of binding an epitope of VLA-1. | 04-12-2012 |
20120093817 | USE OF THE GENES IN THE HOG, Ras AND cAMP PATHWAY FOR TREATMENT OF FUNGAL INFECTION - Provided herein are uses of genes for HOG, Ras and cAMP signal transduction pathways to treat fungal infection. To regulate the HOG pathway of | 04-19-2012 |
20120093818 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093819 | ANTIBODIES THAT SPECIFICALLY BLOCK THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF A TUMOR ANTIGEN - Novel monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to KAAG1 are described. In some embodiments, the antibodies block the biological activity of KAAG1 and are useful in composition in certain cancers, more particularly in cancers that have increased cell surface expression of KAAG1, such as ovarian, renal, lung, colorectal, breast, brain, and prostate cancer, as well as melanoma. The invention also relates to cells expressing the monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments such as humanized and chimeric antibodies. Additionally, method of detecting and treating cancer using the antibodies and fragments are also disclosed. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093820 | Prostatitis-Associated Antigens and Methods of Use Thereof - The present disclosure provides prostatitis-associated antigens, and compositions comprising the antigens. The present disclosure provides diagnostic methods, generally involving assaying the level of an immune response specific for a prostatitis-associated antigen in an individual. Kits suitable for use in performing such diagnostic assays are also provided. The present disclosure further provides methods of treating prostatitis, methods of treating prostate cancer, and methods of treating benign prostatic hyperplasia. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093821 | PAPILLOMAVIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES (VLP) AS BROAD SPECTRUM HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINES - This invention relates, e.g., to a virus-like particle (VLP) composition assembled from a chimeric polypeptide comprising a papilloma virus (e.g., human papillomavirus, or HPV) L1 major capsid protein, into which is inserted a surface-displayed peptide comprising a neutralizing epitope of a papillomavirus L2 protein. Vaccine compositions comprising the VLP are described, as well as methods for inducing an immune response (e.g., vaccinating) a subject against papilloma virus, using the VLP, and kits comprising the VLP, for carrying out a method of the invention. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093822 | DOPAMINE D2 RECEPTOR-DISC1 INTERACTION, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING SAME - The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting D2R-DISC1 interaction. Specifically, the present invention provides a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence KIYIVLRRRRKRVNT (SEQ ID NO: 1) or SEQ ID NO:5, a fragment thereof, or a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 or 5, or a fragment thereof, wherein the polypeptide is not a naturally occurring dopamine receptor. Also provided is a method of identifying an agent that inhibits the interaction of D2R with DISC1, a method of identifying an agent that binds to the polypeptide sequence defined by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 5, and a method of inhibiting D2R interaction with DISC1 in a mammal comprising administering an agent that inhibits the interaction of D2R with DISC1 to the mammal. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093823 | HUMAN BINDING MOLECULES CAPABLE OF NEUTRALIZING INFLUENZA VIRUS H5N1 AND USES THEREOF - Described are binding molecules such as human monoclonal antibodies that bind to influenza virus H5N1 and have neutralizing activity against influenza virus H5N1. Also described are nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, and compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of identifying or producing the antibodies. The antibodies can be used in the diagnosis, prophylaxis, and/or treatment of an influenza virus H5N1 infection. In certain embodiments, the antibodies provide cross-subtype protection in vivo, such that infections with H5, H2, H6, H9, and H1-based influenza subtypes can be prevented and/or treated. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093824 | METHODS FOR TREATING PRURITUS BY ADMINISTERING AN ANTIBODY THAT SPECIFICALLY BINDS HUMAN PAR2 - The present invention provides methods for treating pruritus by blocking human protease activated receptor-2 (PAR2) activity. The methods of the invention can be used to treat pruritus associated with atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, burn scarring, hypertrophic scarring, keloids, renal failure or hepatic failure. The methods of the invention include administering an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds human PAR2. | 04-19-2012 |
20120100143 | IMMUNOGENIC PROTEINS FROM GENOME-DERIVED OUTER MEMBRANE OF LEPTOSPIRA AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS BASED THEREON - outer membrane proteins (OMPs) LP1454, LP1118, LP1939, MCEII, CADF-like1, CADF-like2, CADF-like3, Lp0022, Lp1499, Lp4337, Lp328 or L21 are provided. The OMPS can be used as tools for developing effective vaccines or diagnostic methods for leptospirosis. Expression vectors for the OMP genes are further provided. The antigenic properties of the | 04-26-2012 |
20120100144 | Biomarker and Treatment for Cancer - A correlation between expression of JMJD6 polypeptide and breast cancer metastasis exists accordingly the present invention relates a diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic biomarker to distinguish between early and advanced/metastatic cancer particularly breast cancer, including compounds and methods to treat the same. | 04-26-2012 |
20120100145 | METHODS FOR TREATING B-CELL LYMPHOMA BY ADMINISTERING AN ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODY - The present invention provides methods for treating a B-cell lymphoma in a human subject. The methods of the invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds human CD20. In certain embodiments, the methods of the invention are useful for treating non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma. | 04-26-2012 |
20120100146 | NUCLEOTIDE AND AMINO ACID SEQUENCES RELATING TO RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND OBESITY - This invention relates to genes identified from human chromosome 12q23-qter, which are associated with various diseases, including asthma. The invention also relates to the nucleotide sequences of these genes, isolated nucleic acids comprising these nucleotide sequences, and isolated polypeptides or peptides encoded thereby. The invention further relates to vectors and host cells comprising the disclosed nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies that bind to the encoded polypeptides or peptides. Also related are ligands that modulate the activity of the disclosed genes or gene products. In addition, the invention relates to methods and compositions employing the disclosed nucleic acids, polypeptides or peptides, antibodies, and/or ligands for use in diagnostics and therapeutics for asthma and other diseases. | 04-26-2012 |
20120100147 | NOVEL ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES IN THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS - Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies which specifically recognize the KTPAF50 protein, and compositions comprising thereof are provided. Also provided are uses of the KTPAF50-specific antibodies, in the diagnosis and therapeutic of conditions such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection, neurodegenerative diseases and diabetes. | 04-26-2012 |
20120107318 | METHODS OF ADMINISTERING PIF AGONIST PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - A novel class of embryo derived peptides are described (Preimplantation factor) that were generated synthetically and were tested on peripheral blood immune cells and shown to block activated but not basal immunity, inhibiting cell proliferation and creating a T | 05-03-2012 |
20120107319 | Pharmaceutical compositions comprising antibodies binding to the intracellular domain of EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) latent membrane protein-1 (LMP1) - The invention relates to pharmaceutical and vaccine compositions comprising an antibody binding specifically to the intracellular domain of EBV protein LMP1. | 05-03-2012 |
20120107320 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TO THE SOLUBLE FORM OF CTLA-4 - The invention provides materials and methods relating to antibodies specific for the soluble form of CTLA-4 (sCT-LA-4). Such antibodies have been shown to have a strong boosting effect on antigen-specific human immune responses. | 05-03-2012 |
20120107321 | Antibodies And Epitopes Specific To Misfolded Prion Protein - The present invention relates to antibodies and immunogenic peptides specific to misfolded prion protein (PrP, e g, PrP | 05-03-2012 |
20120107322 | IMMUNOGENIC AND THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES - Compositions for preventing and/or treating | 05-03-2012 |
20120114652 | ANTI-PAI-1 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided are anti-PAI-1 antibodies or antibody fragments and methods of using them. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114653 | ANTIBODY THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH GLUTEN INTOLERANCE - The present invention includes a pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with gluten intolerance in a patient, comprising: administering to the patient an effective amount of an antibody having specific activity against gluten or gluten-derived peptides. Such diseases include, for example, celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114654 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN TNF-LIKE LIGAND 1A (TL1A) - A fully human antibody or antigen-binding fragment of a human antibody that specifically binds and inhibits human TNF-like ligand 1A (hTL1A) is provided. The human anti-hTL1A antibodies are useful in treating diseases or disorders associated with TL1A, such as inflammatory diseases or disorders, e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and the like; autoimmune diseases or disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and the like; and allergic reactions, such as asthma and allergic lung inflammation. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114655 | XYLAN UTILIZATION REGULON FOR EFFICIENT BIOPROCESSING OF HEMICELLULOSE AND USES THEREOF - The subject invention provides at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding an aldouronate-utilization regulon isolated from | 05-10-2012 |
20120121601 | MAMMALIAN RECEPTOR PROTEINS; RELATED REAGENTS AND METHODS - Nucleic acids encoding mammalian, e.g., primate, receptors, purified receptor proteins and fragments thereof. Antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, are also provided. Methods of using the compositions for both diagnostic and therapeutic utilities are described. | 05-17-2012 |
20120121602 | NOVEL PROTEINS - Provided herein are four polypeptides, named PRT5, PRT6, PRT7 and PRT8, the nucleic acids encoding the same, compositions comprising the proteins, as well as their uses in therapeutic and diagnostic methods. Antibodies which specifically recognize the polypeptides are also provided, as well as their uses. Characterization of each protein showed that PRT5 and PRT8 are involved in glucose metabolism, PRT6 is involved in androgen regulation, while PRT7 correlates with cancer. | 05-17-2012 |
20120128677 | PANCREATIC CANCER TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with pancreas. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in pancreatic diseases (PCAT) and antibodies binds to PCAT. The present invention provides that PCAT is used as targets for screening agents that modulates the PCAT activities. Further, the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with pancreas. | 05-24-2012 |
20120128678 | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER USING ANTI-TMPRSS11E ANTIBODY - [Problem to be Solved] | 05-24-2012 |
20120128679 | Human Antibodies to the Glucagon Receptor - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to the human glucagon receptor, designated GCGR and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human GCGR. The antibodies of the invention are useful for lowering blood glucose levels and blood ketone levels and are also useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more GCGR biological activities, including the treatment of diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis and long-term complications associated with diabetes, or other metabolic disorders characterized in part by elevated blood glucose levels. | 05-24-2012 |
20120128680 | BIOMARKER ANTIBODY AND DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR DETECTING CERTAIN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES - Antibodies which specifically bind to a peptide having the sequence Ala-Ala-Ala-Pro-Ala-Lys-Ala-Ala-Ala-Ala-Pro-Ala-Lys-Thr-Ala-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val (SEQ ID N | 05-24-2012 |
20120128681 | Anti-CK8 Antibodies To Be Used For Treating Colorectal Cancers And Identifying Metastatic And/Or Invasive Phenotypes - The invention relates to antibodies specific to human CK8 and to pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and treating colorectal cancers. The invention also relates to methods for identifying colorectal cancers with an invasive and/or metastatic phenotype including detecting the cleavage of the C-terminal portion of human CK8 on the surface of tumour cells. | 05-24-2012 |
20120128682 | APOLIPOPROTEIN L- I VARIANTS AND THEIR USE - An isolated human Apolipoprotein L-I corresponding to a wild type human Apolipoprotein sequence is modified by a deletion at its C-terminal end. | 05-24-2012 |
20120134997 | POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES, AND USES THEREOF AS A DRUG TARGET FOR PRODUCING DRUGS AND BIOLOGICS - This invention relates to a novel target for production of immune and non-immune based therapeutics and for disease diagnosis. More particularly, the invention provides therapeutic antibodies against VSIG1, ILDR1, LOC253012, AI216611, C1ORF32 or FXYD3 antigens, which are predicted co-stimulatory family members and which are differentially expressed in cancers including, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and colon cancer, and diagnostic and therapeutic usages. The use of these antibodies for modulating B7 costimulation and related therapies such as the treatment of autoimmunity are also provided. This invention further relates to the discovery of extracellular domains of VSIG1 and its variants, FXYD3 and its variants, ILDR1 and its variants, LOC253012 and its variants, AI216611 and its variants, and C1ORF32 and its variants which are suitable targets for immunotherapy, cancer therapy, and drug development. | 05-31-2012 |
20120134998 | SECRETED AP2 AND METHODS OF INHIBITING SAME - A method of reducing a symptom of a clinical disorder characterized by aberrantly elevated circulating aP2 is carried out by administering to a subject an inhibitor of secreted aP2, secretion of aP2, or a serum aP2 blocking agent. For example, glucose intolerance is reduced following administration of such an inhibitor or agent. Exemplary compositions inhibit cellular secretion of aP2 or bind to circulating aP2, thereby reducing the level or activity of aP2 in blood or serum. | 05-31-2012 |
20120134999 | PORIN B (PorB) AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INFECTION BY CHLAMYDIA - The present invention features peptides of a PorB polypeptide, which PorB peptides are useful in production of antibodies that bind the full-length PorB polypeptide and as a therapeutic agent. In specific embodiments the invention features a composition comprising one or more PorB peptides (other than a full-length PorB polypeptide), which peptides contain at least one epitope that can elicit | 05-31-2012 |
20120135000 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING OCULAR DISORDERS - The present invention relates to identification of a human gene, Complement Factor H (CFH), associated with the occurrence for developing age related macular degeneration (AMD), which is useful for identifying or aiding in identifying individuals at risk for developing AMD, as well as for diagnosing or aiding in the diagnosis of AMD. | 05-31-2012 |
20120141486 | HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY - The present invention provides an anti-CD81 antibody usable as a pharmaceutical product for human. Specifically, the present invention provides an anti-human CD81 antibody capable of binding to a peptide region consisting of the amino acid sequence of the amino acid numbers 80 to 175 in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:22. | 06-07-2012 |
20120141487 | MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS ANTIGENS - The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode an antigen from a | 06-07-2012 |
20120141488 | NOVEL G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed are novel GPCR (G Protein Coupled Receptor) proteins and genes encoding the same. Also provided is the use of the proteins and the genes. Particularly, contemplated are a novel GPCR (G Protein Coupled Receptor) polypeptide, a polynucleotide coding for the same, a recombinant vector carrying the polynucleotide or a fragment thereof, host cells transformed with the vector, a transgenic animal infected with the vector. Also, a composition for detecting a cancer marker, comprising an agent capable of measuring the expression level of mRNA or protein of the GPCR polynucleotide, a kit for the diagnosis of cancer, comprising the composition, and a method for detecting the GPCR polypeptide and a gene encoding the polypeptide are provided. Further, a composition for the treatment and prevention of cancer, comprising an oligonucleotide inhibiting the expression of a gene encoding the GPCR polypeptide or an antibody against the GPCR protein, and a method for screening a modulator of the GPCR protein or a cancer therapeutic agent are provided. | 06-07-2012 |
20120141489 | Hypoxia Induced Mitogenic Factor - We found that FIZZ1/RELMα is inducible by hypoxia in lung. The hypoxia-upregulated expression of FIZZ1/RELMα was located in the pulmonary vasculature, bronchial epithelial cells, and type II pneumocytes. Recombinant FIZZ1/RELMα protein stimulates rat pulmonary microvascular smooth muscle cell (RPSM) proliferation dose-dependently. Therefore, we renamed this gene as hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF). HIMF strongly activated Akt phosphorylation. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 inhibits HIMF-activated Akt phosphorylation. It also inhibits HIMF-stimulated RPSM proliferation. Thus, the PI3K/Akt pathway, at least in part, mediates the proliferative effect of HIMF. HIMF also has angiogenic and vasoconstrictive activity. Notably, HIMF increases pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance more potently than either endothelin-1 or angiotensin II. | 06-07-2012 |
20120141490 | Antibodies That Bind Selectively To P25 And Uses Therefor - The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof, which binds specifically to the cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk | 06-07-2012 |
20120148589 | HUMAN CANCER-RELATED GENE, ITS ENCODED PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS - The invention discloses a human cancer-related gene, LAPTM4B, its encoded products and their applications thereof. This human cancer-related gene provided by this invention comprises one of the following nucleotide sequences: (1) SEQ ID No: 1, SEQ ID No: 2, SEQ ID No: 3, SEQ ID No: 6, or SEQ ID No: 8 in the sequence listings; (2) SEQ ID No: 4, SEQ ID No: 5, or SEQ ID No: 7 in the sequence listings which are proteins encoded by the polynucleotides in sequences of SEQ ID No: 1, SEQ ID No: 2, SEQ ID No: 3 and SEQ ID No: 6. (3) Applications of the polynucleotides and polypeptides in the listings in diagnosis and treatments of cancer. This invention enables the developments of new cancer diagnostic markers and new anti-cancer medicines. It would create a significant impact on human society. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148590 | CELL-PERMEABLE PEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF THE JNK SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY - The invention provides cell-permeable peptides that bind to JNK protein and inhibit JNK-mediated effects in JNK-expressing cells. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148591 | Antibodies That Bind Amyloid Oligomers - Embodiments of the invention are directed to compositions and methods related to immunogenic compositions comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and amyloid oligomer specific antibodies that specifically bind an oligomer comprising such a peptide. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148592 | NEUTRALIZING ANTI-CCL20 ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to novel humanized, chimeric and murine antibodies that have binding specificity for the human CC chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20). The present invention further relates to heavy chains and light chains of said antibodies. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells that comprise a sequence which encodes a heavy chain and/or a light chain of said antibodies, and to a method of preparing said antibodies. The anti-CCL20 antibodies of the invention can be used in therapeutic applications to treat, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and cancer. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148593 | Neutralizing Antibodies And Methods Of Use Thereof - This invention provides monoclonal antibodies that recognize the Toll-like Receptor 4/MD-2 receptor complex, and monoclonal antibodies that recognize the TLR4/MD2 complex as well as TLR4 when not complexed with MD-2. The invention further provides methods of using the humanized monoclonal antibodies as therapeutics. This invention also provides soluble chimeric proteins, methods of expressing and purifying soluble chimeric proteins, and methods of using soluble chimeric proteins as therapeutics, in screening assays and in the production of antibodies. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148594 | MIMOTOPES OF HIV AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides methods, compositions and kits for treating and or preventing diseases having immunological components associated with their etiology and/or progression (e.g., an HIV infection). A mimotope that mimics an epitope of an antigen may be administered to an individual to induce or enhance an immune response for the treatment of a disease. For example, HIV envelope-like polypeptides (wild-type HIV polypeptides and mimotopes) may be administered to an individual so as to induce a protective immune response to HIV. Alternatively, antibodies directed to a mimotope may be administered to an individual to treat or prevent a disease. Antibodies directed to HIV envelope-like polypeptides may be administered to an individual to treat or prevent an HIV infection and/or one or more symptoms associated with the infection (e.g., AIDS). In another embodiment, the invention provides compositions and methods for isolating an epitope specific B cell. | 06-14-2012 |
20120156208 | THERAPEUTIC USES OF INHIBITORS OF RTP801 - The present invention provides novel molecules, compositions, methods and uses for treating microvascular disorders, eye diseases respiratory conditions and hearing disorders based upon inhibition of the RTP801 gene and/or protein. | 06-21-2012 |
20120156209 | ANTI-IL-TIF ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to ZCYTO18 polynucleotide and polypeptide molecules. The ZCYTO18 is a novel cytokine. The polypeptides may be used within methods for stimulating the proliferation and/or development of hematopoietic cells in vitro and in vivo. The present invention also includes methods for producing the protein, uses therefor and antibodies thereto. | 06-21-2012 |
20120156210 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING ANTI-IL-22RA ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to blocking, inhibiting, reducing, antagonizing or neutralizing the activity of IL-22, IL-20, or both IL-20 and IL-22 polypeptide molecules. IL-20 and IL-22 are cytokines that are involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. IL-22RA (zcytor11) is a common receptor for IL-20 and IL-22. The present invention includes anti-IL-22RA antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for antagonizing IL-22 or both IL-20 and IL-22 using such antibodies and binding partners. | 06-21-2012 |
20120156211 | PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS POLYPEPTIDES - Provided herein are compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response against | 06-21-2012 |
20120164146 | ISOLATED MONOPHOSPHORYLATED PEPTIDE DERIVED FROM HUMAN ALPHA-ENOLASE USEFUL FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA, ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST THE SAID MONOPHOSPHORYLATED PEPTIDE, AND USES THEREOF - An isolated peptide of 12-20 amino acids in length comprising the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the serine residue (S) at position 8 of SEQ ID NO:1 is phosphorylated, is provided. Also provided is a human monophosphorylated alpha-enolase isoform wherein the serine residue (S) at position 419 of the human alpha-enolase amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:2) is phosphorylated and in which other post-translational modifications may be present. Further provided are antibodies capable of specifically binding the peptide and/or the isoform of the invention. The peptide, the isoform and the antibodies of the invention may be used in the diagnosis and/or amelioration and/or treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. | 06-28-2012 |
20120164147 | MAMMALIAN GENES; RELATED REAGENTS AND METHODS - Nucleic acids encoding mammalian, e.g., primate or rodent, genes, purified proteins and fragments thereof. Antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, are also provided. Methods of using the compositions for both diagnostic and therapeutic utilities are provided. | 06-28-2012 |
20120171211 | SERUM RESISTANCE FACTORS OF GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIA - A newly identified serum resistance factor of gram positive bacteria can be used to treat or prevent bacterial infection. | 07-05-2012 |
20120171212 | THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES - The present invention is directed to therapeutic compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of autoimmune diseases, comprising molecules that disrupt or prevent the assembly of the trimolecular complex required for the T cell immune response comprising the autoantigen, the MHC class II molecule, and the T cell receptor implicated in the autoimmune disease. | 07-05-2012 |
20120171213 | METHOD OF TREATING TUMORS - A method of reducing the potential of pluripotent stem cells to generate teratomas in a subject is provided. | 07-05-2012 |
20120171214 | POLYPEPTIDES - The invention relates to antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes, vaccines comprising said polypeptides; therapeutic antibodies directed to said polypeptides and methods to manufacture said polypeptides, vaccines and antibodies. | 07-05-2012 |
20120171215 | NOGO-A BINDING MOLECULES AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the human NogoA polypeptide or human NiG with a dissociation constant <1000 nM, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment of a disease of the peripheral (PNS) and/or central (CNS) nervous system; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of a disease of the peripheral (PNS) and/or central (CNS) nervous system. | 07-05-2012 |
20120183551 | NOVEL HUMAN P53 SPLICE VARIANT DISPLAYING DIFFERENTIAL TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY - Novel human p53 splice variant displaying differential transcriptional activity Described is a nucleic acid molecule encoding a p53 variant characterized in that it is capable of transactivating the p21- and 14-3-3σ-promoter but not the mdm2-, bax- and PIG3-promoter. Preferably, in said p53 variant exon 7, exon 8 and/or exon 9 are partially or entirely deleted. Finally, means for inhibiting the activity of this p53 variant are described which are useful for the therapy of cancer. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183552 | KIDNEY DISEASE TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with kidney. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in kidney diseases (KCAT) and antibodies binds to KCATs. The present invention provides that KCATs are used as targets for screening agents that modulates the KCAT activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with kidney. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183553 | TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF IMMUNE DISORDERS - Disclosed are composition and methods for treating immune disorders. Also disclosed are diagnosis methods and prognosis methods. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183554 | Biomarker - Described are gastrointestinal cancer specific biomarkers comprising the nucleic acid sequence of the Engrailed-2 (EN2) gene or the amino acid sequence of the encoded EN2 protein. Also described are uses of the biomarkers in the treatment, diagnosis, monitoring and imaging of gastrointestinal cancer. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183555 | SERUM MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY AND OTHER STAGES OF BREAST CANCER - Methods for identifying disease-specific markers, in particular breast cancer markers, by electrophoretically separating serum albumin complexes in a biological sample on a membrane are provided. Electrophoretic separation profiles representing different diseases or different cancer stages can be produced, and used in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of these diseases. Methods for identification of a cancer peptide fragment comprising a cancer peptide motif are provided. Also provided are breast cancer and other cancer markers and antibodies that specifically recognize these markers. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183556 | SUPPRESSANT FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS - The objective of the present invention is to provide an agent which is useful for suppressing actual atherosclerosis and has few side-effects. The suppressant for atherosclerosis according to the present invention is characterized in comprising an anti-HMGB1 monoclonal antibody binding to C-tail of HMGB1 as an active component. | 07-19-2012 |
20120189634 | TACI AS AN ANTI-TUMOR AGENT - A method of treating a mammal for a condition associated with undesired cell proliferation comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a TACI reagent, wherein said reagent extends mean survival time of said mammal by about 10% or more as compared to the absence of administering the TACI reagent. | 07-26-2012 |
20120189635 | Methods for Treating or Preventing Malaria by Administering an Antibody that Specifically Binds Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) - The present invention provides methods for treating or preventing malaria by administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody that specifically binds human angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2). | 07-26-2012 |
20120189636 | HUMAN SERUM AMYLOID-A3 ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF - The objective of the invention is to prepare an antibody to human SAA3 whose in vivo presence has not yet been identified in humans, thereby revealing the presence of in vivo human SAA3 and the relationship between human SAA3 and disease, and also to provide a method for treating such disease. More specifically our objective is to create an antibody to counter human serum amyloid-A3 and a kit for detecting and measuring human serum amyloid-A3 employing the aforementioned antibody, as well as a therapeutic cancer agent that can be utilized in methods to treat and diagnose cancer. | 07-26-2012 |
20120195902 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING RENAL DISEASE - Compositions and methods are disclosed herein for treating or reducing the symptoms of a renal disease, such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), hypertensive end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and HIV-associated nephropathy (a distinct form of FSGS, also termed collapsing glomerulopathy). The compositions include the common variant of APOL1 and fragments thereof, as well as antibodies and fragments thereof that bind and neutralize pathogenic APOL1, nucleic acid molecules that encode the common variant of APOL1 and fragments thereof, and other compounds that bind and neutralize pathogenic APOL1. The methods of the invention include administering one or more of the compositions of the invention to a subject having or at risk of developing renal disease. | 08-02-2012 |
20120201825 | CHIMERIC POLY PEPTIDES AND THE THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF AGAINST A FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTION - The invention relates to building a chimeric polypeptide used for preventing or treating a Flaviviridae infection. The use of the inventive chimeric polypeptide for producing recombinant viral vectors such as a measles living viral vector is also disclosed. | 08-09-2012 |
20120201826 | Anti-RANTES Antibodies and Methods of Use Thereof - The invention relates to fully human monoclonal antibodies, and fragments thereof, that bind to the chemokine Regulated upon Activation, Normal T-cell Expressed, and Secreted (RANTES, CCL5), thereby modulating the interaction between RANTES and one of more of its receptors, such as, e.g., CCR1, CCR3, CCR4 and CCR5, and/or modulating the biological activities of RANTES. The invention also relates to the use of these or any anti-RANTES antibodies in the prevention or treatment of immune-related disorders and in the amelioration of one or more symptoms associated with an immune-related disorder. | 08-09-2012 |
20120201827 | ANTI-CD38 ANTIBODIES - Isolated antibodies that bind to human CD38 and cynomolgus CD38 are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the disclosed antibodies. | 08-09-2012 |
20120207758 | CD22 Exon 12 Deletion Mutants - Provided herein are CD22ΔE12 polynucleotides and polypeptides, as well as diagnostic compositions and methods for identifying patients suffering from B-cell disorders such as leukemias, and particularly for identifying aggressive disease. Use of the disclosed association of specific CD22ΔE12 gene and polypeptide mutants with specific disease and prognosis also provides new targeted therapies for the associated disorders. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207759 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVITY - The present invention provides a novel lymphocyte inhibitory receptor termed BTLA which is expressed on both T and B cells, and identifies HVEM as interacting with BTLA. Methods and compositions for modulating BTLA-mediated signaling and interfering with the interaction of BTLA and HVEM for therapeutic, diagnostic and research purposes are also provided. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207760 | Compositions and Methods for the Therapy and Diagnosis of Influenza - The present invention provides compositions, vaccines, and methods for diagnosing, treating, and preventing influenza infection using a combination of antibodies raised against the influenza hemagglutinin and the matrix 2 ectodomain polypeptides. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207761 | ANTI-IL-22RA ANTIBODIES AND BINDING PARTNERS AND METHODS OF USING IN INFLAMMATION - The present invention relates to blocking, inhibiting, reducing, antagonizing or neutralizing the activity of IL-22, IL-20, or both IL-20 and IL-22 polypeptide molecules. IL-20 and IL-22 are cytokines that are involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. IL-22RA (zcytor11) is a common receptor for IL-20 and IL-22. The present invention includes anti-IL-22RA antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for antagonizing IL-22 or both IL-20 and IL-22 using such antibodies and binding partners. | 08-16-2012 |
20120213788 | USE OF INHIBITORS OF LEUKOTRIENE B4 RECEPTOR BLT2 FOR TREATING HUMAN CANCERS - The present invention relates to the use of inhibitors of leukotriene B4 receptor BLT2 for treating human cancers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating human cancers comprising BLT2 inhibitors and a method for treating human cancers using BLT2 inhibitors. | 08-23-2012 |
20120213789 | New Molecular Target for Treatment of Cancer - The present invention concerns preventative, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods and compositions involving UC markers, such as UC 28, for cancer. It includes methods and compositions for targeting cancer cells using a differentiation agent in combination with a therapeutic agent targeted to cells that differentially express a UC marker after exposure to the differentiation agent. The invention also includes methods of inducing immune responses against UC markers, as well as antibodies that recognize UC markers, which may be employed for therapeutic and diagnostic methods. | 08-23-2012 |
20120213790 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING IL-16 ANTAGONIST PEPTIDES - The present invention has found that a series of peptides having sequences that substantially correspond to specific regions of the C-terminus of IL-16 can inhibit the activity of IL-16. The present invention has demonstrated that such IL-16-inhibiting peptides can be as short as 4 amino acid in length. Based on these discoveries, the present invention provides IL-16 antagonist peptides and the use thereof for the treatment of IL-16 mediated disorders such as certain inflammatory diseases. | 08-23-2012 |
20120225074 | Combination pharmaceutical composition and methods of treating diseases or conditions associated with respiratory disease or condition - The present invention is concerned with a combination pharmaceutical composition comprising a) an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to bradykinin, b) an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to histamine and c) an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to morphine and method for treating and preventing upper respiratory tract conditions or disorders and the symptoms associated therewith by administration of the combination composition. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225075 | METHODS FOR TREATING VISCERAL PAIN BY ADMINISTERING ANTAGONIST ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE - The invention features methods for preventing or treating visceral pain, including pain associated with functional bowel disorder, inflammatory bowel disease and interstitial cystitis, by administering an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225076 | FRA-1 TARGET GENES AS DRUG TARGETS FOR TREATING CANCER - The invention relates to the use of an inhibitor of one of the following polypeptides, wherein the polypeptide is represented by the following sequences selected from the following group SEQ ID NO:1-32, each of the polypeptide being preferably as identified in claim | 09-06-2012 |
20120225077 | NOVEL MOLECULES OF THE CARD-RELATED PROTEIN FAMILY AND USES THEREOF - Novel CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 polypeptides, proteins, and nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition to isolated CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 proteins, the invention further provides CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 antibodies. The invention also provides CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing a nucleic acid molecule of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced and non-human transgenic animals in which a CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 gene has been introduced or disrupted. Diagnostic, screening and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225078 | IMMUNE SYSTEM MODULATING COMPOSITION | 09-06-2012 |
20120225079 | IMMUNIZING COMPOSITION FOR REDUCING STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS - An antigenic composition comprises at least one antigen, wherein said at least one antigen comprises at least part of a protein selected from EndoSe of | 09-06-2012 |
20120231000 | TRUNCATED CYSTINE-KNOT PROTEINS - The invention relates to the fields of protein chemistry, biology and medicine. More specifically, it relates to the design and preparation of proteinmimics of members of the cystine-knot growth factor superfamily. Further, the invention relates to the use of these proteinmimics as a medicament or prophylactic agent. The invention provides proteinmimics of members of the cystine-knot growth factor superfamily, preferably for use in immunogenic and/or therapeutic compositions. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231001 | PREVENTIVES/REMEDIES FOR CANCER - The present invention provides a drug containing a substance that inhibits a function of RET, such as an antibody against RET. In addition, the present invention provides a drug containing a substance that inhibits a function of GDNF, such as an antibody against GDNF. Moreover, the present invention provides a drug containing a substance that inhibits a function of GFRα1, such as an antibody against GFRα1. The drug of the present invention is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of breast cancer and the like, an inhibitor of cancer cell growth and the like. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231002 | TREATMENT OF VASCULOPROLIFERATIVE CONDITIONS - This invention relates to the field of molecular physiology. Specifically, this invention relates to the prevention and/or treatment of vasculoproliferative conditions, especially those of the eye and in the treatment of tumours that exhibit vascular proliferation. Levels of leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (Lrg1) have been demonstrated to be increased in patients suffering from such conditions and animal models of such conditions. Antagonists of Lrg1 can be used to prevent and/or treat vasculoproliferative conditions. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231003 | Ox2 Receptor Homologs - Nucleic acids encoding mammalian, e.g., primate, receptors, purified proteins and fragments thereof. Antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, are also provided. Methods of using the compositions for both diagnostic and therapeutic utilities are described. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231004 | ANTIBODIES - The present disclosure provides antibodies, including isolated monoclonal antibodies, which specifically bind to the Ephrin type-A receptor 10 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the Ephrin type-A receptor 10 antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the Ephrin type-A receptor 10 antibodies are also provided. Bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Ephrin type-A receptor 10 antibodies are also provided. Methods for detecting the Ephrin type-A receptor 10, as well as methods for treating various cancers, including bladder cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, uterine cancer and pancreatic cancer are disclosed. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231005 | AX1 AND AX189 PSCK9 ANTAGONISTS AND VARIANTS - Antagonists of human proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (“PCSK9”) are disclosed. The disclosed antagonists are effective in the inhibition of PCSK9 function and, accordingly, present desirable antagonists for use in the treatment of conditions associated with PCSK9 activity. The present invention also discloses nucleic acid encoding said antagonists, vectors, host cells, and compositions comprising the antagonists. Methods of making PCSK9-specific antagonists as well as methods of using the antagonists for inhibiting or antagonizing PCSK9 function are also disclosed and form important additional aspects of the present disclosure. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231006 | ANTI-ORAI1 ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed is an isolated antigen binding proteins, such as but not limited to, an antibody or antibody fragment, that specifically bind to SEQ ID NO: 4, the amino acid sequence of extracellular loop 2 (ECL2) of human Orai1. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising the antigen binding protein, isolated nucleic acid encoding it, vectors and host cells useful in methods of making it, and methods of using it in treating disorders or diseases in patients. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231007 | MODULATORS OF CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION - Epithelial cell transforming sequence 2 (Ect2) is a potential oncogene. Our invention uncovers key mechanisms of Ect2 oncogenicity and the development of a relevant therapies by modulation of Ect2 expression. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231008 | Anti-C5A Binding Moieties with High Blocking Activity - The present invention relates to binding moieties that specifically bind to a conformational epitope of C5a, in particular human C5a. Preferred binding moieties are anti-C5a antibodies that bind to this conformational epitope. The binding moieties described herein are useful as active agents in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and prevention of various acute and chronic diseases, in particular acute inflammatory diseases, such as the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and different degrees of sepsis including sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237519 | PESTVIRUS SPECIES - The application relates to a pestivirus, designated PMC virus, that is associated with porcine myocarditis syndrome, and the gene and protein sequences derived therefrom. The application further relates to detection methods, vaccine therapeutics, and diagnostic methods using the PMC virus or gene/protein sequences derived therefrom. | 09-20-2012 |
20120237520 | BORIS ISOFORMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING AND TREATING DISEASE - A method of detecting a proliferative disease, such as a disease associated with the abnormal expression of BORIS, in a mammal comprising testing for the expression of a BORIS isoform in the tissue of a mammal that does not express BORIS in the absence of disease, as well as a method of treating or preventing such a disease, isolated or purified BORIS isoform polypeptides and nucleic acids, and kits and arrays comprising same. | 09-20-2012 |
20120237521 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING MUSCLE GROWTH - This disclosure is in the field of anti-Activin receptor IIB (ActRIIB) antibodies. In particular, it relates to the use of said antibodies for treating muscle disorders, such as muscle wasting due to disease or disuse. | 09-20-2012 |
20120244164 | BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS RELATED TO C-MET - The present invention relates to biological materials related to c-Met possibly in combination with VEGF and/or EGFR, and more in particular to polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. Methods and kits for assessing the responsiveness of a patient to c-Met therapy are also described and provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20120251542 | ANTI-TOXIN VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Compositions and methods for treatment of toxin poisoning are disclosed. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251543 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING APOPTOSIS - This invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating apoptosis by regulating the activity of endoplasmic reticulum transmembrane glucose regulated protein 78 (GRP78). | 10-04-2012 |
20120251544 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. | 10-04-2012 |
20120258111 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING RSV INFECTION AND IMMUNITY - Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment or prevention of RSV disease by modulating RSV infection and immunity. In particular, amino acid sequences in the RSV G glycoprotein, containing the chemokine motif defined as C-X-X-X-C (or CX3C), are identified that are essential in causing RSV infection and disease. The chemokine motif is biologically active and participates in virus binding to and infection of susceptible cells. The prevention or treatment of RSV infection is achieved by interfering with the motif, such as by administering a vaccine in which the motif is altered or by administration or induction of blocking molecules that inhibit the biological activity of the motif. | 10-11-2012 |
20120258112 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN CCN1 AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed herein are methods for the recombinant expression of mammalian cell membrane-bound human CCN1 or a CCN1 domain thereof in mammalian cells, comprising transforming a mammalian host cell with a vector encoding CCN1 or a CCN1 domain thereof C-terminally fused to a mammalian cell transmembrane domain (CCN1 fusion protein), expressing said CCN1 or CCN1 domain fusion protein in said host cell, and recovering said membrane bound CCN1 or said CCN1 domain thereof. Disclosed herein is the use of such membrane bound CCN1 and domain for the generation of corresponding antibodies. Antibodies against human CCN1 are useful for the treatment of diseases. | 10-11-2012 |
20120258113 | SUSBSTANTIALLY PURE STEROIDOGENESIS INDUCING PEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF - Provided are compositions and methods for increasing the production of steroid hormones in testes, ovaries, or adrenal glands in a subject in need thereof. Also provided are compositions and methods for inhibiting proliferation of ovarian, testicular, prostate gland, breast, and liver cancer cells. | 10-11-2012 |
20120263724 | Escherichia coli o157:h7 proteins and uses thereof - Immunogenic | 10-18-2012 |
20120263725 | Pharmaceutical composition and methods of treating and preventing the diseases caused by HIV or associated with HIV - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, comprising an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to CD4 receptor, and method of treating and preventing the diseases caused by HIV or associated with HIV, including AIDS. | 10-18-2012 |
20120263726 | Pharmaceutical composition and method of inhibiting of production or amplifying of elimination of P24 protein - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, comprising an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to CD4 receptor, and method of inhibiting of production or amplifying of elimination of P24 protein. | 10-18-2012 |
20120263727 | METHOD TO GENERATE ANTIBODIES TO ION CHANNELS - The present invention provides a method for generating a functionally modifying antibody to an ion channel comprising immunizing a host with a cyclic peptide comprising at least part of an extracellular sequence of said ion channel. | 10-18-2012 |
20120263728 | METHOD TO GENERATE ANTIBODIES TO ION CHANNELS - The present invention provides a method for generating a functionally modifying antibody to an ion channel comprising immunizing a host with a cyclic peptide comprising at least part of an extracellular sequence of said ion channel. | 10-18-2012 |
20120263729 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - The invention pertains to methods of treating cardiovascular disease by modulating inflammatory and immunoregulatory responses associated with such pathological conditions. Embodiments of the invention provide methods for the treatment of cardiovascular disease in a subject having cardiovascular disease comprising administering an effective amount of one or more IL-17 antagonists, IL-18 antagonists, 4-1BB antagonists, CD30 antagonists, OX40 antagonists and/or CD39 alone or in any combination. This abstract is provided for the sole purpose of enabling the reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is not intended to be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 10-18-2012 |
20120269815 | NEUROTROPHINS AND USES THEREOF - A neurotrophin polypeptide, and a biologically active fragment thereof, are described. Also, methods are disclosed that include providing a composition comprising the neurotrophin polypeptide to a subject, wherein the composition is effective to ameliorate at least one symptom or clinical sign of a condition treatable with a neurotrophin when the composition is administered to a subject in need of treatment for a condition treatable with a neurotrophin. | 10-25-2012 |
20120269816 | Monoclonal Antibodies for Enhancing or Inhibiting Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I - The present invention provides αVβ3 integrin cysteine loop domain agonists and antagonists (including peptide agonists and antagonists and analogs thereof), along with methods of using the same. | 10-25-2012 |
20120276107 | Methods and Compositions for Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Exotoxins - The present invention provides a | 11-01-2012 |
20120282259 | MUTANT SMOOTHENED AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The emergence of mutations in tyrosine kinases following treatment of cancer patients with molecular-targeted therapy represents a major mechanism of acquired drug resistance. Here, we describe a mutation in the serpentine receptor, Smoothened (SMO), which results in resistance to a Hedgehog (Hh) pathway inhibitor in medulloblastoma. A single amino acid substitution in a conserved aspartic acid residue of SMO maintains Hh signaling, but results in the inability of the Hh pathway inhibitor, GDC-0449, to bind SMO and suppress the pathway. This mutation was not only acquired in a GDC-0449-resistant mouse model of medulloblastoma, but was identified in a Medulloblastoma patient following relapse on GDC-0449. The invention provides screening methods to detect SMO mutations and methods to screen for drugs that specifically modulate mutant SMO exhibiting drug resistance. | 11-08-2012 |
20120282260 | ANTI-HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention provides antibodies and polypeptides that specifically bind to the glycoprotein D of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and use of the antibodies and polypeptides for treating or diagnosing HSV infections. | 11-08-2012 |
20120288506 | C-KIT ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - This invention is directed to antibodies that specifically bind to an extracellular domain of human c-Kit, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, and their use in treating cancer. | 11-15-2012 |
20120288507 | WISE BINDING AGENTS AND EPITOPES - The present invention relates to binding agents for WISE, and includes methods for their manufacture and use. | 11-15-2012 |
20120301473 | ANTIBODIES SELECTIVE FOR PATHOLOGICAL TAU DIMERS AND PREFIBRILLAR PATHOLOGICAL TAU OLIGOMERS AND THEIR USES IN TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF TAUOPATHIES - Antibodies selective for pathological tau dimers and/or prefibrillar pathological tau oligomers, immunogenic peptides and epitopes of these antibodies, hydridomas producing these antibodies, uses of these antibodies, immunogenic peptides and epitopes in preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of tauopathies, and uses of these antibodies, immunogenic peptides, epitopes and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of tauopathies are described. Also described are uses of these antibodies, immunogenic peptides, epitopes in diagnosis and monitoring of tauopathies. | 11-29-2012 |
20120301474 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNIZATION AGAINST DRUG RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII - The present invention provides vaccine compositions comprising OmpA, or antigenic fragments thereof, and related methods of active immunization against | 11-29-2012 |
20120301475 | NOVEL HEPARANASE SPLICE VARIANT - The present invention, in at least some aspects, is of splice variants of heparanase, as well as diagnostic kits and methods of use, and therapeutic agents and methods of use based thereon, and antibodies specifically binding thereof. | 11-29-2012 |
20120301476 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING CANCER - According to the present invention, a cancer antigen protein to be specifically expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells is identified and thus the use of an antibody targeting the cancer antigen protein as an agent for treating and/or preventing a cancer is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a cancer, which comprises an antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient having immunological reactivity to a partial polypeptide of CAPRIN-1, which is represented by any of even-numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 30, wherein the polypeptide has the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence. | 11-29-2012 |
20120308570 | METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASES - The present invention relates to methods of modulating the level of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in a cell which comprises administering to the cell a compound which modulates binding of SPRY domain-containing SOCS box protein (SSB) to iNOS, and/or a compound which modulates SSB activity in the cell. Further provided are methods of treating or preventing disease in a subject by modulating the level of iNOS in a cell, as well as compounds which modulate binding of SSB to iNOS and compounds which modulate SSB activity. | 12-06-2012 |
20120308571 | ANTI-PODOPLANIN ANTIBODY, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING ANTI-PODOPLANIN ANTIBODY - Disclosed are: an anti-podoplanin antibody which has a high binding activity and a high effector activity and has low antigenicity in humans or mice; and others. Specifically disclosed are: a chimeric antibody comprising an anti-podoplanin antibody for which an epitope is a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 (excluding rat NZ-1 antibody having a heavy chain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 and a light chain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3), and a heavy chain complementarity determining region and a light chain complementary determining region of the anti-podoplanin antibody; and others. | 12-06-2012 |
20120308572 | Protofibril-Binding Antibodies and Their Use in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Methods for Parkinson's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Other Alpha-Synucleinopathies - Antibodies and fragments thereof have high affinity for human α-synuclein protofibrils and low binding of α-synuclein monomers, wherein the antibodies or fragments have specified Complementarity Determining Region (CDR) sequences. Compositions comprise such an antibody or fragment and methods of detecting α-synuclein protofibrils use such an antibody or fragment. In further embodiments, methods of preventing, delaying onset of or treating a neurodegenerative disorder with α-synuclein pathology comprise administering such an antibody or fragment, and such an antibody or fragment is used in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a neurodegenerative disorder with α-synuclein pathology. Such an antibody or fragment is used in the diagnosis or monitoring of the development of a neurodegenerative disorder with α-synuclein pathology, and in methods for reducing or inhibiting α-synuclein aggregation by administration of such an antibody or fragment. | 12-06-2012 |
20120308573 | Anti-IL-23 Antibodies, Compositions, Methods and Uses - An anti-IL-23 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 12-06-2012 |
20120315276 | NEUTRALIZING PROLACTIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE - The present invention is directed to the neutralizing prolactin receptor antibody 002-H08, and antigen binding fragments, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment or prevention of benign disorders and indications mediated by the prolactin receptor such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, non-hormonal female contraception, benign breast disease and mastalgia, lactation inhibition, benign prostate hyperplasia, fibroids, hyper- and normoprolactinemic hair loss, and cotreatment in combined hormone therapy to inhibit mammary epithelial cell proliferation. The antibodies of the invention block prolactin receptor-mediated signaling. | 12-13-2012 |
20120321629 | STEM CELL FACTOR INHIBITOR - Provided herein are methods, compositions, and uses relating to inhibitors of stem cell factor. For example, provided herein are antibodies targeting stem cell factor and methods for treating fibrotic and tissue remodeling diseases. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321630 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST G-CSFR AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides proteins comprising antigen binding domains of antibodies that bind to human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor receptor. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321631 | ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS - This invention is in the field of treating or preventing inflammation in humans and animals and relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating or preventing various inflammatory conditions. In particular, the invention relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing inflammatory conditions such as citrulline related inflammatory diseases. The invention provides specific binding molecules directed against citrulline-containing epitopes for use in the therapy and prevention of inflammatory conditions. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321632 | NEUTRALIZING PROLACTIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE - The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more neutralizing prolactin receptor antibodies and antigen binding fragments, and their use in the treatment or prevention of benign disorders and indications mediated by the prolactin receptor such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, non-hormonal female contraception, benign breast disease and mastalgia, lactation inhibition, benign prostate hyperplasia, fibroids, hyper- and normoprolactinemic hair loss, and cotreatment in combined hormone therapy to inhibit mammary epithelial cell proliferation. The composition of the invention blocks prolactin receptor-mediated signaling. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321633 | ANTI-HUMAN EPO RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - Herein is reported an antibody that specifically binds to human EPO receptor, wherein the antibody binds to EPO receptor fragment LPGPGGSVDIV (SEQ ID NO: 01) but that does not specifically bind to a protein obtainable from human endothelial cells that has a molecular weight of about 66 kD. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321634 | ESTROGEN RECEPTORS AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO:20, wherein the polypeptide has ER-α36 activity. The invention further provides methods for identifying agents that bind to such polypeptides, methods for detecting such polypeptides, and methods for altering the activity of such polypeptides. Also provided are antibodies that specifically bind to an amino acid sequence depicted at SEQ ID NO:1, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, and methods for making and using such antibodies. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321635 | Composition Containing Inhibitors of the Expression or Activity of SH3RF2 for Preventing or Treating Cancer - The present invention relates to a composition comprising an inhibitor of the expression or activity of SH3 domain containing ring finger 2 (SH3RF2) for preventing or treating cancers. More specifically, since the SH3RF2 protein, of which the expression level increases in various cancer tissues, binds to PAK4, which is a cancer-associated gene, to regulate an apoptosis inhibitory function of the PAK4 protein by ubiquitination activity of SH3RF2 RING domain, cancer cells, in which the expression of SH3RF2 is inhibited, sensitively respond to the induction of apoptosis to promote apoptosis and reduce in vivo tumorigenicity, such that the inhibitor of the expression or activity of SHRF2 can be useful as a composition for preventing or treating cancers. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321636 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR SCLEROSTIN AND METHODS FOR INCREASING BONE MINERALIZATION - Compositions and methods relating to antibodies that specifically bind to TGF-beta binding proteins are provided. These methods and compositions relate to altering bone mineral density by interfering with the interaction between a TGF-beta binding protein sclerostin and a TGF-beta superfamily member, particularly a bone morphogenic protein. Increasing bone mineral density has uses in diseases and conditions in which low bone mineral density typifies the condition, such as osteopenia, osteoporosis, and bone fractures. | 12-20-2012 |
20120328620 | EPIDERMALGROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR MUTATIONS - Mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr), of phosphatidylinositol 3′-kinase (“PI3K”), and of B-Raf are described. Methods of treating tumors containing mutated EGFr with human monoclonal antibodies against EGFr are described. Methods and kits for ascertaining the presence of one or more mutant EGFr, mutant PI3K, and/or mutant B-Raf in a sample and for treating disorders or conditions related to the presence of mutant EGFr, mutant PI3K, and/or mutant B-Raf are also described. Methods of treating tumors containing mutant EGFr, mutant PI3K, and/or mutant B-Raf are also described. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328621 | IMMUNOGENS, COMPOSITONS AND USES THEREOF, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME - The invention relates to fusion proteins comprising an amino acid sequence of a fragment H corresponding to a fragment of a calcium binding protein excreted-secreted by adult worms of | 12-27-2012 |
20120328622 | NOVEL COMPOUNDS - The invention provides BASB082, BASB083, BASB091, BASB092 and BASB101 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding BASB082, BASB083, BASB091, BASB092 and BASB101 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic uses. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328623 | ANTI-erbB3 ANTIBODY - The present invention relates to an antibody or an antibody fragment thereof which recognizes an extracellular domain of erbB3 and inhibit EGF-like ligand-dependent phosphorylation of erbB3, a DNA encoding the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof, a method of producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof, a therapeutic drug including the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof, and therapeutic application using the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328624 | ANTI-DLL3 ANTIBODY - It is intended to disclose an antibody which binds to DLL3 protein. Preferably, the antibody of the present invention recognizes a region from amino acids 216 to 492 in human DLL3 having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition, for example, an anticancer agent, comprising the antibody of the present invention as an active ingredient. The present invention further discloses a method for diagnosing cancer using the antibody of the present invention and a diagnostic drug for cancer comprising the antibody of the present invention. | 12-27-2012 |
20130004501 | HUMAN IL-23 ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS - Antigen binding proteins that bind to human IL-23 protein are provided. Nucleic acids encoding the antigen binding protein, vectors, and cells encoding the same as well as use of IL-23 antigen binding proteins for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes are also provided. | 01-03-2013 |
20130004502 | INFLUENZA TARGETS - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of influenza virus replication. Yet another aspect is a screening method for identification of new targets for the prevention, alleviation or/and treatment of influenza. | 01-03-2013 |
20130011402 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR - The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011403 | KLEBSIELLA ANTIGENS - The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an antigen, a vector comprising such nucleic acid molecule and a host cell comprising such vector. Furthermore, the invention provides antigens from | 01-10-2013 |
20130011404 | Methods and Compositions for Regulating Musashi Function - The invention generally features compositions and methods for detecting and regulating cell proliferation, potentiation, and differentiation in a population of cells. In particular, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of Musashi proteins. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011405 | ANTAGONIST ANTI-CD40 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods of therapy for treating diseases mediated by stimulation of CD40 signaling on CD40-expressing cells are provided. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antagonist anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof to a patient in need thereof. The antagonist anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is free of significant agonist activity, but exhibits antagonist activity when the antibody binds a CD40 antigen on a human CD40-expressing cell. Antagonist activity of the anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof beneficially inhibits proliferation and/or differentiation of human CD40-expressing cells, such as B cells. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011406 | ANTI-KIT ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein, in one aspect, are antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a human KIT antigen comprising the fourth and/or fifth extracellular Ig-like domains (that is, D4 and/or D5 domains), polynucleotides comprising nucleotide sequences encoding such antibodies, and expression vectors and host cells for producing such antibodies. The antibodies can inhibit KIT activity, such as ligand-induced receptor phosphorylation. Also provided herein are kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising antibodies that specifically bind to a KIT antigen, as well as methods of treating or managing a KIT-mediated disorder or disease and methods of diagnosing a KIT-mediated disorder or disease using the antibodies described herein. | 01-10-2013 |
20130017202 | Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatmentAANM Epshtein; Oleg IliichAACI MoscowAACO RUAAGP Epshtein; Oleg Iliich Moscow RUAANM Sergeeva; Svetlana AlexandrovnaAACI MoscowAACO RUAAGP Sergeeva; Svetlana Alexandrovna Moscow RUAANM Dolgovyh; Liudmila FyodorovnaAACI ChelyabinskAACO RUAAGP Dolgovyh; Liudmila Fyodorovna Chelyabinsk RUAANM Kheyfets; Irina AnatolievnaAACI DolgoprudnyAACO RUAAGP Kheyfets; Irina Anatolievna Dolgoprudny RUAANM Dugina; Julia LeonidovnaAACI MoscowAACO RUAAGP Dugina; Julia Leonidovna Moscow RUAANM Zabolotneva; Julia AlexandrovnaAACI MoscowAACO RUAAGP Zabolotneva; Julia Alexandrovna Moscow RUAANM Tarasov; Sergey AlexandrovichAACI GolitsynoAACO RUAAGP Tarasov; Sergey Alexandrovich Golitsyno RU - The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an activated potentiated form of an antibody to human cannabinoid receptor and use in the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an activated potentiated form of an antibody to human cannabinoid receptor and activated potentiated form of an antibody to protein S-100 for use in the treatment of addiction to psychoactive substances. | 01-17-2013 |
20130017203 | METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preventing and treating | 01-17-2013 |
20130017204 | Genes of an Otitis Media Isolate of Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae - The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of | 01-17-2013 |
20130017205 | Inhibition of AXL Signaling in Anti-Metastatic Therapy - Compositions and methods are provided for alleviating cancer in a mammal by administering a therapeutic dose of a pharmaceutical composition that inhibits activity of AXL protein activity, for example by competitive or non-competitive inhibition of the binding interaction between AXL and its ligand GAS6. | 01-17-2013 |
20130017206 | MCAM MODULATION AND USES THEREOF - Methods, uses, agents and compositions useful for the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions, such as neuroinflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis, and for the identification and selection of inflammatory cytokine-secreting T cell or a precursor thereof, based on the expression and/or modulation of melanoma cell adhesion molecule (MCAM) are disclosed. | 01-17-2013 |
20130022605 | ANTAGONISTS AGAINST TNFR1 AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR - The invention provides methods for treating inflammatory diseases (e.g., chronic inflammatory diseases) comprising administering an antagonist of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1. The invention also provides ligands that contain an immunoglobulin single variable domain (domain antibody, dAb) monomer that binds Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1, and methods of using the ligands. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the ligands, recombinant host cells and methods for preparing the ligands. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022606 | NEUTRALIZING PROLACTIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE - The present invention is directed to the neutralizing prolactin receptor antibody 006-H07, and antigen binding fragments, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment or prevention of benign disorders and indications mediated by the prolactin receptor such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, non-hormonal female contraception, benign breast disease and mastalgia, lactation inhibition, benign prostate hyperplasia, fibroids, hyper- and normoprolactinemic hair loss, and cotreatment in combined hormone therapy to inhibit mammary epithelial cell proliferation. The antibodies of the invention block prolactin receptor-mediated signaling. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022607 | MUCOSAL VASCULAR ADDRESSINS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to isolated antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that selectively bind human MAdCAM. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022608 | FULL-LENGTH IgG IMMUNOGLOBULINS CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING A HETEROSUBTYPE NEUTRALIZING EPITOPE ON THE HEMAGGLUTININ STEM REGION AND USES THEREOF - Monoclonal antibodies that are full-length IgG-isotype immunoglobulins and that are characterized by a high broad-range neutralizing activity against the influenza A virus and capable of recognizing a specific hemagglutinin epitope that is highly conserved among different influenza A virus subtypes are provided. Also provided are therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic uses of such immunoglobulins. | 01-24-2013 |
20130028900 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE GENERATION AND USE OF CONFORMATION-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES - The present invention features methods and compositions for the generation and use of conformation-specific anti-bodies or fragments thereof. | 01-31-2013 |
20130028901 | NOVEL RECEPTOR TREM (TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS) AND USES THEREOF - Novel activating receptors of the Ig super-family expressed on human myeloid cells, called TREM(s) (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells) are provided. Specifically, two (2) members of TREMs, TREM-1 and TREM-2 are disclosed. TREM-1 is a transmembrane glycoprotein expressed selectively on blood neutrophils and a subset of monocytes but not on lymphocytes and other cell types and is upregulated by bacterial and fungal products. Use of TREM-1 in treatment and diagnosis of various inflammatory diseases is also provided. TREM-2 is also a transmembrane glycoprotein expressed selectively on mast cells and peripheral dendritic cells (DCs) but not on granulocytes or monocytes. DC stimulation via TREM-2 leads to DC maturation and resistance to apoptosis, and induces strong upregulation of CCR7 and subsequent chemotaxis toward macrophage inflammatory protein 3-β. TREM-2 has utility in modulating host immune responses in various immune disorders, including autoimmune diseases and allergic disorders. | 01-31-2013 |
20130028902 | OSTEOCALCIN AS A TREATMENT FOR MALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS - Methods and compositions for treating, preventing, or diagnosing disorders related to reproduction in male mammals, preferably humans, are provided. The methods generally involve modulation of the OST-PTP signaling pathway or the PTP-IB signaling pathway involving gamma-carboxylase and osteocalcin. Disorders amenable to treatment by the methods include, but are not limited to, male infertility, low sperm count, impaired sperm motility, impaired sperm viability, low testosterone levels, reduced libido, erectile dysfunction, underdevelopment of testes, and excess apoptosis in testes. | 01-31-2013 |
20130034559 | Targeted Binding Agents Against B7-H1 - Human monoclonal antibodies directed against B7-H1 and uses of these antibodies in diagnostics and for the treatment of diseases associated with the activity and/or expression of B7-H1 are disclosed. Additionally, hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such antibodies are disclosed | 02-07-2013 |
20130034560 | RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FOR USE IN VACCINE, ANTIBODIES AGAINST SAID PROTEINS, AND DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to proteins and/or fragments and derivatives thereof and their use as vaccines and in biotechnological methods. The vaccines particularly include immunogenic proteins in | 02-07-2013 |
20130034561 | ISOLATED MAMMALIAN MONOCYTE CELL GENES; RELATED REAGENTS - Nucleic acids encoding various monocyte cell proteins from a primate, reagents related thereto, including specific antibodies, and purified proteins are described. Methods of using said reagents and related diagnostic kits are also provided. | 02-07-2013 |
20130039914 | NOVEL HUMAN GENES RELATING TO RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND OBESITY - This invention relates to isolated nucleic acids comprising genes of human chromosome 12q23-qter and the proteins encoded by these genes. Expression vectors and host cells containing such genes or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies to the proteins encoded by these nucleic acids are also included herein. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039915 | SIGLEC 15 ANTIBODIES IN TREATING BONE LOSS-RELATED DISEASE - Novel antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically binds to Siglec-15 are described herein In some embodiments, the antibodies or antigen binding fragments may block the biological activity of Siglec-15 and are useful in composition for the treatment of bone loss, more particularly in bone diseases that have increased cell surface expression of Siglec-15, such as conditions where there is an increase in the bone degradative activity of osteoclasts. The invention also relates to cells expressing the antibodies or antigen binding fragments such as monoclonal, humanized or chimeric antibodies Additionally, methods of detecting and treating bone loss, bone-related diseases or cancer using the antibodies and fragments are also disclosed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039916 | ENGINEERED ANTI-IL-23p19 ANTIBODIES - Engineered antibodies to human IL-23p19 are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g. in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039917 | DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET - The present invention relates to an in vitro method for assessing the risk that a subject suffers from a cancer, comprising measuring the expression level of Proline/arginine-rich end leucine repeat protein (PRELP) in cells from said subject, wherein an increased expression level of PRELP, as compared to healthy donors, indicates an increased probability of said subject suffering from cancer. It further relates to antibodies specific for PRELP and their use in diagnosis and therapy as well as a method for indicating a cell as a cancer cell. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039918 | Pharmaceutical Composition Using Connective-tissue Growth Factor - This disclosure relates to an angiogenesis-related pharmaceutical composition using connective tissue growth factor, more particularly to a pharmaceutical composition for promoting angiogenesis containing the connective tissue growth factor or a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting angiogenesis containing at least one selected from the group consisting of polypeptide, antibody and a compound binding to connective tissue growth factor. The fragment of connective tissue growth factor protein, which was found out in the present invention, is a binding region to FPRL1, effectively induces FPRL1-specific ERK phosphorylation, activates FPRL1 to increase intracellular Ca | 02-14-2013 |
20130039919 | NOVEL PLASMINOGEN RECEPTOR, POLYPEPTIDES AND ANTIBODIES THEREOF - The invention relates to C9orf46 homolog, a novel murine membrane protein, and its orthologs in human, mouse and all other species, termed Plg-R | 02-14-2013 |
20130045208 | Methods for the Treatment of an Infectious Bacterial Disease with an Anti-Lactone or Lactone Derived Signal Molecules Antibody - The present invention relates to methods for the control of virulence of infectious bacteria by modulating the extra-cellular concentration of bacterial cell signalling molecules. Derivatives of cell signalling molecules are conjugated to suitable carrier proteins and used to isolate high affinity receptors recognising the native signal molecule(s). By binding to signalling molecules, the receptors reduce and maintain extra-cellular concentrations of signal molecules below the threshold level that would otherwise result in certain opportunistic pathogens adopting a virulent form, and can transform virulent organisms to non-virulent states. These receptors have applications for the treatment of individuals with susceptibility to infection, the treatment of patients with existing infections, in disease monitoring and management, and in related applications where the host for infection is an animal or plant. | 02-21-2013 |
20130045209 | WNT-Binding Agents and Uses Thereof - Novel anti-cancer agents, including, but not limited to, antibodies, that bind to human Wnt(s) are provided. A conserved domain within Wnt that is suitable as a target for anti-cancer agents is also identified. Methods of using the agents or antibodies, such as methods of using the agents or antibodies to inhibit Wnt signaling and/or inhibit tumor growth are further provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130045210 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING CANCER - According to the present invention, a cancer antigen protein to be specifically expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells is identified and thus the use of an antibody targeting the cancer antigen protein as an agent for treating and/or preventing a cancer is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a cancer, which comprises an antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient having immunological reactivity with a partial polypeptide of CAPRIN-1, wherein CAPRIN-1 is represented by any of the even-numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 30, and wherein the partial polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence. | 02-21-2013 |
20130058939 | TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL OR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - The invention relates to a protein or peptide consisting of a kringle protein or peptide and its use for the treatment of neurological or neurodegenerative disorders, in particular stroke. The invention relates also to an isolated antibody of fragment thereof which binds to the N-terminal domain of the NMDA receptor subunit NR1 (anti-NR1 antibody), whereas binding of the antibody or the fragment thereof prevents the cleavage of the extracellular domain of the NR1 subunit, or the fragment and its use for the treatment of neurological or neurodegenerative disorders, in particular stroke. The invention relates further to a pharmaceutical composition containing said kringle protein or peptide or anti-NR1 antibody. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058940 | Novel Gene And Protein Associated With Angiogenesis And Endothelial Cell Specific Apoptosis - This invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences encoding VG5Q, a novel angiogenic growth factor protein with pro-angiogenic activity, a forkhead-associated domain, a G-patch domain; characteristic subcellular localization in an in vitro Matrigel model of angiogenesis: towards the cell periphery in early stages of tubulogenesis, between cells in newly formed endothelial tubes, and no nuclear staining after 24 hours; is expressed in endothelial cells; is secreted during angiogenesis; and interacts with TWEAK. The invention also provides for expression vectors containing nucleic acid sequences encoding VG5Q protein, and host cells containing one or more expression vectors for the recombinant expression of VG5Q. The invention also provides for methods of using VG5Q for the diagnosis and treatment of angiogenesis-mediated diseases or disorders. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058941 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND BINDING FRAGMENTS THEREOF DIRECTED TO THE MELANOCORTIN-4 RECEPTOR AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CACHEXIA AND RELATED CONDITIONS AND DISEASES - Disclosed are monoclonal antibodies, binding fragments, and derivatives thereof directed to the human melanocortin-4 receptor, as well as pharmaceutical compositions including the same, the therapeutic uses, including methods for treating cachexia and related conditions and diseases, using such monoclonal antibodies, binding fragments, derivatives, and pharmaceutical compositions. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058942 | HUMAN BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR KINASE POLYPEPTIDE AND METHODS - Various embodiments of the invention provide human kinases and phosphatases (KPP) polypeptides and polynucleotides which identify and encode KPP. Embodiments of the invention also provide expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. Other embodiments provide methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of KPP. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058943 | BOVINE POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC FOR HUMAN TNF - The invention provides a composition comprising polyclonal antibodies that specifically bind to with human tumor necrosis factor (hTNF) wherein the polyclonal antibodies are derived from the serum, milk or colostrum of a bovine animal that has been immunized hTNF or an immunogenic portion thereof. The antigenic specificity analysis of the anti-hTNF polyclonal antibodies of the invention is unique and has not been previously described for anti-hTNF polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies of the prior art. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058944 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) - Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058945 | Antigenic GM-CSF Peptides and Antibodies to GM-CSF - Hybridoma lines that secrete human monoclonal antibodies with high binding specificity and biological activity, particularly neutralizing activity against granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, and methods of generating the hybridoma lines are provided. Target antigens and epitopes are also provided. The antibodies may be used in therapeutic methods, for example in the treatment of cancer, infectious disease, or autoimmune disease. | 03-07-2013 |
20130064824 | Combination pharmaceutical composition and methods of treating diabetes and metabolic disorders - The present application provides a pharmaceutical composition for administration to a patient suffering from diabetes and other metabolic disorders, the composition comprises a) an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to human insulin receptor, and b) an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to endothelial NO-synthase. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064825 | METHODS OF TREATING OR PREVENTING CHOLESTEROL RELATED DISORDERS - The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing cholesterol related disorders, such as hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia or dyslipidemia, using antibodies against proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9). Formulations and methods of producing said formulations are also described. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064826 | ANTI-EMR1 ANTIBODIES - The invention provides anti-EMR1 antibodies and methods of using such antibodies to treat EMR1-related diseases. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064827 | IL-17 HOMOLOGOUS POLYPEPTIDES AND THEREAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064828 | Chimeric Vaccine for Haemophilus Influenzae-Induced Disease - The invention described herein relates to a chimeric protein comprising the NTHi twitching pilus major subunit protein (PilA) presenting a portion of the NTHi OMP P5 protein. The invention provides for vaccine compositions comprising the recombinant chimeric protein and methods of eliciting an immune response using the recombinant chimeric proteins of the invention. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064829 | Antibodies Specific for Sclerostin and Methods for Increasing Bone Mineralization - Compositions and methods relating to antibodies that specifically bind to TGF-beta binding proteins are provided. These methods and compositions relate to altering bone mineral density by interfering with the interaction between a TGF-beta binding protein sclerostin and a TGF-beta superfamily member, particularly a bone morphogenic protein. Increasing bone mineral density has uses in diseases and conditions in which low bone mineral density typifies the condition, such as osteopenia, osteoporosis, and bone fractures. | 03-14-2013 |
20130064830 | Antibodies Specific for Sclerostin and Methods for Increasing Bone Mineralization - Compositions and methods relating to antibodies that specifically bind to TGF-beta binding proteins are provided. These methods and compositions relate to altering bone mineral density by interfering with the interaction between a TGF-beta binding protein sclerostin and a TGF-beta superfamily member, particularly a bone morphogenic protein. Increasing bone mineral density has uses in diseases and conditions in which low bone mineral density typifies the condition, such as osteopenia, osteoporosis, and bone fractures. | 03-14-2013 |
20130071397 | INHIBITORS OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) RECEPTORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides moieties that bind to the most membrane-proximal Ig-like domain of the ectodomain (D7) of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors, wherein the moieties antagonize the activity of the VEGF receptor. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071398 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING CANCER - According to the present invention, a cancer antigen protein to be specifically expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells is identified and thus the use of an antibody targeting the cancer antigen protein as an agent for treating and/or preventing cancer is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a cancer, which comprises an antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient having immunological reactivity with a partial polypeptide of CAPRIN-1, which is represented by any of even-numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 30, wherein the polypeptide has the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071399 | Immunogen and Antivenom Against Violin Spider Venom - The invention relates to the isolation, characterisation and expression of DNA fragments encoding sphingomyelinases D from three species of | 03-21-2013 |
20130071400 | LINGO binding molecules and Pharmaceutical Use Thereof - The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment to promote axonal regeneration/plasticity; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of diseases associated with axonal degeneration and demyelination. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071401 | METHODS OF TREATING DIABETES AND COMPOSITIONS CAPABLE OF SAME - A composition of matter is disclosed which comprises isolated oligomers of human islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP). Antibodies recognizing same are also disclosed. Use of the composition of matter and the antibodies are also disclosed. | 03-21-2013 |
20130078253 | CANCER TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - Methods and compositions are provided for assessing, treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, using cancer-associated targets (“CAT”). Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment for these diseases or for selecting a treatment, using CAT. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using CAT. Also provided are compositions that modulate CAT (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate CAT, and agents identified by these screening methods. | 03-28-2013 |
20130078254 | GENES OF AN OTITIS MEDIA ISOLATE OF NONTYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE - The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of | 03-28-2013 |
20130078255 | SERUM AND TISSUE BIOMARKERS OF HUMAN HCC - The application is based on the surprising finding that proteins regulated by increased c-myc activity in the liver can be used as sis and/or treatment monitoring of cancer and dysplasia, in particular of liver cell dysplasia and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and wherein the proteins are selected from a first group consisting of Polymeric immunoglobulin receptor, Phosphatidylinositol—glycan—specific phospholipase D, Alpha—fetoprotein, Antithrombin 3, Apolipoprotein E, Apolipoprotein M, Fibrinogen beta-chain, Haptoglobin, Paraoxonase 1, Retinol binding protein, Serum amyloid P- component, Transthyretin, or from a second group consisting of Afamin, Glutathione peroxidase 3, Hemopexin, Major urinary protein, Serine protease inhibitor A3K. Consequently, medical uses of said proteins, of corresponding compositions, of corresponding antibodies, of corresponding siRNA and of corresponding nucleotide sequences are claimed. Also claimed are corresponding kits and corresponding methods and procedures. | 03-28-2013 |
20130084296 | MODULATION OF SRPX2-MEDIATED ANGIOGENESIS - The present invention relates to nucleic acids and antibodies against SRPX2 and SRPX2 protein function in angiogenesis. Angiogenesis-related conditions, such as cancer or wound healing, can be treated by the composition comprising the SRPX2 antagonists or agonists, respectively. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084297 | Anti-ErbB3 Antibodies and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to ErbB3 and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human ErbB3. In certain embodiments, the antibodies of the present invention block the interaction of ErbB3 with an ErbB3 ligand such as neuregulin 1. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084298 | NOVEL ANTI-CLATHRIN HEAVY CHAIN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY FOR INHIBITION OF TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS AND GROWTH AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A purified monoclonal antibody, or an. antigen-binding portion thereof, which specifically binds to human clathrin heavy chain (CHC) is disclosed. The antibody, or antigen-binding portion, thereof, exhibits at least one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, or all eight of the following properties: (a) specifically binds to pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells; (b) binding to the cell surface and cytosol of cancer cells and tumor blood vessels; (c) internalized by CHC-expressing cells; (d) inhibiting tumor growth, invasion ability, migration, and angiogenesis; (e) inducing apoptosis in cancer cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells; (f) inhibiting tumor growth and tumor blood vessels in pancreatic cancer in vivo; (g) suppressing epidermal growth factor, transferrin, and VEGF internalizations by cancer cells; and (h) suppressing hypoxia-inducible factor-1α expression and vascular endothelial growth factor secretion. Methods for inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or angiogenesis, and detecting cancer in a subject is also disclosed. | 04-04-2013 |
20130089558 | DENGUE AND WEST NILE VIRUSES PROTEINS AND GENES CODING THE FOREGOING, AND THEIR USE IN VACCINAL, THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to the development of viral vectors expressing different immunogens from the West Nile Encephalitis Virus (WNV) or the Dengue virus which are able to induce protective humoral and cellular immune responses against WNV or Dengue virus infections. More specifically, the present invention relates to three (3) antigens from WNV (the secreted envelope glycoprotein (E), the heterodimer glycoproteins (pre-M-E) and the NSI protein) and from Dengue virus (the secreted envelope glycoprotein (e), the heterodimer glycoproteins (pre-m-e) and the nsl protein) and their use in vaccinal, therapeutic and diagnostic applications. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089559 | BINDING MEMBERS FOR HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS - The invention relates to binding members, especially antibody molecules, which may neutralise the biological effects of human cytomegalovirus (hCMV). The binding members may be useful for the treatment and prophylaxis of hCMV infection. | 04-11-2013 |
20130095107 | BIOMARKER SPECIFIC TO BRAIN/NERVE OR SPECIFIC TO NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION - The invention provides a novel polypeptide and a specific partial peptide thereof, as well as a novel polynucleotide and a specific partial nucleotide thereof, that can be used as a biomarker specific for the brain/nerves or specific for nerve differentiation; an expression vector for such a polynucleotide and a specific partial peptide thereof; a transformant incorporating such an expression vector; an antisense molecule, RNAi-inducing nucleic acid (e.g., siRNA), aptamer, or antibody for such a biomarker, and a composition comprising the same; a mammalian cell or non-human mammal wherein the expression or a function of such a biomarker is regulated; a measuring means (e.g., primer set, nucleic acid probe, antibody, aptamer) for such a biomarker, and a reagent comprising the same and the like. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095108 | FACTOR XII INHIBITORS FOR TREATING INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE - The present invention provides methods for treating interstitial lung diseases, comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of an inhibitor of coagulation factor XII. The invention further provides uses and pharmaceutical kits for that treatment. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095109 | ANTIBODY POLYPEPTIDES THAT ANTAGONIZE CD40L - Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind human CD40L are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not activate platelets. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40L activation, such as graft-related diseases and autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single V | 04-18-2013 |
20130095110 | Hyaluronic Acid Decomposition-Promoting Factor and Inhibitor Thereof - The present invention is directed to KIAA1199, which is a novel factor involved in decomposition of hyaluronic acid, and to use thereof. More specifically, the invention is directed to a hyaluronic acid decomposition-promoting agent containing the KIAA1199 gene and a protein encoded by the gene; to a hyaluronic acid decomposition-inhibiting agent characterized by inhibiting the activity or expression thereof (including an siRNA or a monoclonal antibody); and to a method for screening a novel hyaluronic acid decomposition-controlling agent, in which the method contains employing the expression of KIAA1199 as an index. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095111 | FUSION PROTEINS IN CANCER - The present invention provides fusion proteins expressed by cancer cells, antibodies and other antigen-binding agents that specifically bind to the fusion proteins, and compositions and methods for using the antibodies and other antigen-binding agents to detect, characterize, and treat cancer. | 04-18-2013 |
20130101588 | NOVEL GLYCOSYLATED PEPTIDE TARGET IN NEOPLASTIC CELLS - The invention provides polypeptide, nucleic acid and other compositions. Polypeptide, nucleic acid and other compositions are useful in treatment and diagnostic methods. One treatment method includes inhibiting growth or proliferation of hyperproliferative cells or inducing regression of hyperproliferative cells, such as cells of a cellular hyperproliferative disorder, or reducing levels of LDL or oxLDL. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101589 | POLYPEPTIDES AND ANTIBODIES - Polypeptides are provided. Antibodies or antigen binding domains are provided which bind such polypeptides. Also provided are methods of obtaining an antibody that binds tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (“TRAIL”) Receptor-2 (TR-2) comprising administering at least one of such polypeptides to an animal and obtaining an antibody that binds TR-2 from the animal. Antibodies reactive with TR-2 are provided. Also provided are cells producing antibodies reactive with TR-2, pharmaceutical compositions comprising antibodies reactive with TR-2, methods using antibodies reactive with TR-2, and kits comprising antibodies reactive with TR-2. Also provided are methods of decreasing or preventing binding of an antibody to TR-2 by administering such a polypeptide. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101590 | BTNL9 PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACIDS, AND ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides novel BTNL9 proteins, including multimers, fragments, and variants of a human BTNL9 protein. In addition, antibodies that can bind to BTNL9 proteins and nucleic acids encoding BTNL9 proteins are provided. Uses for BTNL9 proteins, and agonists or antagonists thereof, are described. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101591 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS BASED ON SHIGA TOXIN TYPE 1 PROTEIN - The invention is based on the discovery of the epitope in the Stx1 protein for the 13C4 antibody. The invention features non-full length Stx1 polypeptides that include the epitope for the 13C4 monoclonal antibody epitope. The invention also features methods of producing anti-Stx1 antibodies specific for the 13C4 epitope of the Stx1 protein. Additionally, the invention features methods for treating a subject having, or at risk of developing, a Shiga toxin associated disease (e.g., hemolytic uremia syndrome and diseases associated with | 04-25-2013 |
20130101592 | S100A4 ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - The invention relates to antibodies against S100A4, methods for the preparation of these antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic uses thereof. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101593 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND HUMAN DENDRITIC AND EPITHELIAL CELL 205 (DEC-205) - Isolated monoclonal antibodies which bind to human DEC-205 and related antibody-based compositions and molecules are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, as well as therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the antibodies. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101594 | ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES - Anti CMV antibodies are provided. Thus an antibody of the present invention comprises an antigen recognition domain capable of binding an MHC molecule being complexed with a cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 or pp64 peptide, wherein the antibody does not bind said MHC molecule in an absence of said complexed peptide, and wherein the antibody does not bind said peptide in an absence of said MHC molecule. Also provided are methods of using the antibodies. | 04-25-2013 |
20130108641 | ANTI-GITR ANTIBODIES | 05-02-2013 |
20130108642 | IMMUNOTHERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF MUCORMYCOSIS USING CotH | 05-02-2013 |
20130115216 | SURVIVIN-DERIVED PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - MHC Class I-restricted peptides derived from the tumor associated antigen, survivin, which peptides are capable of binding to Class I HLA molecules at a high affinity, capable of eliciting INF-γ-producing cells in a PBL population of a cancer patient and capable of in situ detection of cytotoxic T cells in a tumor tissue, therapeutic and diagnostic composition comprising the peptide and uses thereof. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115217 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST HMGB1 AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF - In various embodiments, the present invention is drawn to antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to particular fragments of HMGB1, methods of treating a condition in a subject characterized by activation of an inflammatory cytokine cascade, methods of detecting and/or identifying an agent that binds to an HMGB1 polypeptide or fragment thereof, and methods of detecting HMGB1 in a sample. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115218 | ISOLATED HIGH AFFINITY ENTITIES WITH T-CELL RECEPTOR LIKE SPECIFICITY TOWARDS NATIVE COMPLEXES OF MHC CLASS II AND GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE (GAD) AUTOANTIGENIC PEPTIDES - Provided are isolated complexes comprising a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and a type I diabetes-associated GAD autoantigenic peptide, the isolated complex having a structural conformation which enables isolation of a high affinity entity which comprises an antigen binding domain capable of specifically binding to a native conformation of a complex composed of the MHC class II and the type I diabetes-associated GAD autoantigenic peptide; and isolated high affinity entities comprising an antigen binding domain capable of specifically binding the complex, wherein the isolated high affinity entity does not bind to the MHC class II in an absence of the diabetes-associated GAD autoantigenic peptide, wherein the isolated high affinity entity does not bind to the diabetes-associated GAD autoantigenic peptide in an absence of the MHC class II; and methods and kits using same for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. | 05-09-2013 |
20130122008 | Anti-IL 1- Antibody Combination Therapy - The present invention relates to a new combination comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-IL1β antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof and at least one anti-diabetic agent. The anti-diabetic agent can be selected from the group consisting of insulin signaling pathway modulators, such as inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases), non-small molecule mimetic compounds and inhibitors of glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (GFAT), DPP-IV inhibitors, agents influencing a deregulated hepatic glucose production, like inhibitors of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase), inhibitors of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (F-1,6-BPase), inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase (GP), glucagon receptor antagonists and inhibitors of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDHK) inhibitors, insulin sensitivity enhancers, insulin secretion enhancers, α-glucosidase inhibitors, inhibitors of gastric emptying, insulin, and α | 05-16-2013 |
20130122009 | Engineered Anti-IL-23p19 Antibodies - Engineered antibodies to human IL-23p19 are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g. in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders. | 05-16-2013 |
20130129737 | Group B Streptococcus Polypeptides Nucleic Acids and Therapeutic Compositions and Vaccines Thereof - This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising amino acid sequences of a streptococcal matrix adhesion E (EmaE) polypeptide. Antibodies to the EmaE polypeptide and immunogenic fragments thereof are also provided. This invention provides pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions, vaccines, and diagnostic and therapeutic methods of use of the isolated polypeptide, antibodies thereto, and nucleic acids. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129738 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - Disclosed is an influenza virus infection inhibitor. Specifically disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition that is composed of an inhibitor such as an antibody which recognizes a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of RERRRKKR (SEQ ID NO: 1) and inhibits the action of introducing an RR sequence into a cell. The influenza virus infection inhibitor is produced so as to contain the pharmaceutical composition. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129739 | NEUTRALIZING PROLACTIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE - The present invention is directed to the neutralizing prolactin receptor antibody 005-C04, as well as maturated forms thereof, and antigen binding fragments, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment or prevention of benign disorders and indications mediated by the prolactin receptor such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, non-hormonal female contraception, benign breast disease and mastalgia, lactation inhibition, benign prostate hyperplasia, fibroids, hyper- and normoprolactinemic hair loss, and cotreatment in combined hormone therapy to inhibit mammary epithelial cell proliferation. The antibodies of the invention block prolactin receptor-mediated signaling. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129740 | NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS FROM STREPTOCOCCUS GROUPS A AND B - The invention provides proteins from group B | 05-23-2013 |
20130129741 | IDENTIFICATION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF PROTEINS, EXPRESSED IN THE IXODES RICINUS SALIVARY GLANDS - The invention relates to a new polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide expressed in the salivary glands of ticks, more particularly the | 05-23-2013 |
20130129742 | Human leukolectins and uses thereof - The present invention relates to a polypeptide, described as a lectin, its encoding nucleic acid sequence and antibodies to the polypeptide and their use in various medical applications, particularly for treating or preventing an autoimmune disorder, an inflammatory disorder or damaged skin in an animal. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129743 | ANTI-HtrA1 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides anti-HtrA1 antibodies and methods of using the same. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129744 | PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATING ANTIBODY, USE AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF AND AGENT INCLUDING THE SAME - An antibody for activating plasminogen is provided. The antibody is produced from a hybridoma cell line deposited on Nov. 24, 2011 under accession number BCRC 960433 at Food Industry Research and Development Institute, 331 Shih-Pin Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. The uses and producing method of the antibody, and an agent including the antibody used for treating stroke, myocardial infarction or syndromes cause by thrombus are also disclosed. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136745 | SOLUBLE ENDOGLIN AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides isolated soluble endoglin polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding soluble endoglin polypeptides, antibodies that specifically bind soluble endoglin polypeptides, and kits containing these materials. The invention also provides methods for treating or decreasing the likelihood of developing a soluble endoglin-mediated disorder in a subject requiring the administration of an agent capable of reducing the expression or biological activity of a soluble endoglin polypeptide and methods for treating or decreasing the likelihood of developing a soluble endoglin-preventive disorder in a subject requiring the administration of a soluble endoglin polypeptide or a nucleic acid encoding the soluble endoglin polypeptide. The invention further provides methods for the diagnosis of a soluble endoglin-mediated disorder or a soluble endoglin-preventive disorder and methods for identifying a compound to treat a soluble endoglin-mediated or a soluble endoglin-preventive disorder. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136746 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO PROTEIN A (SpA) ANTIBODIES AS AN ENHANCER OF IMMUNE RESPONSE - The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a | 05-30-2013 |
20130136747 | ANTI-AMYLOID BETA ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE - The present invention relates to antibody molecules capable of specifically recognizing two regions of the β-A4 peptide, wherein the first region comprises the amino acid sequence AEFRHDSGY as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment thereof and wherein the second region comprises the amino acid sequence VHHQKLVFFAEDVG as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or a fragment thereof. Furthermore, nucleic acid molecules encoding the inventive antibody molecules and vectors and hosts comprising said nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition, the present invention provides for compositions, preferably pharmaceutical or diagnostic compositions, comprising the compounds of the invention as well as for specific uses of the antibody molecules, nucleic acid molecules, vectors or hosts of the invention. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136748 | BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS RELATED TO HER3 - The present disclosure relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) HER3, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences (also referred to herein as “amino acid sequences of the invention”, “compounds of the invention”, and “polypeptides of the invention”, respectively). The disclosure also relates to nucleic acids encoding such amino acid sequences and polypeptides (also referred to herein as “nucleic acids of the invention” or “nucleotide sequences of the invention”); to methods for 10 preparing such amino acid sequences and polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such amino acid sequences or polypeptides; to compositions, and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions, that comprise such amino acid sequences, polypeptides, nucleic acids and/or host cells; and to uses of such amino acid sequences or polypeptides, nucleic acids, host cells and/or compositions, in particular for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes, such as the prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes mentioned herein. | 05-30-2013 |
20130142798 | Methods for diagnosing cancer and decreasing metastasis by cancer cells - The invention provides a protein that is a tumor marker protein. This protein can be used to prepare antibodies that bind to the tumor marker protein. These antibodies can be used to reduce, or eliminate metastasis by cancer cells that produce the tumor marker protein. In addition, the invention provides methods that can be used to diagnose cancer, and metastasis by cancer cells. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142799 | Angiopoietin-2 Specific Binding Agents - Disclosed are specific binding agents, such as fully human antibodies, that bind to angiopoietin-2. Also disclosed are heavy chain fragments, light chain fragments, and CDRs of the antibodies, as well as methods of making and using the antibodies. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142800 | Mycobacterial Antigen Composition - There is provided an antigenic composition comprising (a) a first mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide or a first mycobacterial polynucleotide; and (b) a second mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide or a second mycobacterial polynucleotide; wherein: (i) said first mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide comprises a polypeptide sequence having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 7, or a fragment thereof having at least 7 consecutive amino acids thereof; (ii) said first mycobacterial polynucleotide comprises a polynucleotide sequence encoding said first mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide; (iii) said second mycobacterial antigenic polypeptide comprises a polypeptide sequence having at least 70% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, or a fragment thereof having at least 7 consecutive amino acids thereof; and (iv) said second mycobacterial polynucleotide comprises a polynucleotide sequence encoding said second mycobacterial polypeptide. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142801 | ANTIBODY TO HUMAN ZCYTO-10 POLYPEPTIDE - Antibodies that which specifically bind to mammalian cytokine-like polypeptide, called Zcyto10, are described. The antibodies include monoclonal antibodies and those that where the antibody is an antigen-binding fragment. Zcyto10 is useful for promoting the healing of wounds and for stimulating the proliferation of platelets. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142802 | ANTIBODY MOLECULES TO ONCOGENIC ISOFORMS OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2 AND USES THEREOF - Antibody molecules that specifically bind to one or more isoforms expressed and/or associated with oncogenic phenotypes in a hyperproliferative cell (e.g., a cancerous or tumor cell) are disclosed. The isoform-binding antibody molecules can be used to treat, prevent and/or diagnose cancerous conditions and/or disorders. Methods of using the isoform-binding molecules to selectively detect oncogenic isoforms, to reduce the activity and/or induce the killing of a hyperproliferative cell expressing an oncogenic isoform in vitro, ex vivo or in vivo are also disclosed. Diagnostic and/or screening methods and kits for evaluating the function or expression of an oncogenic isoform are also disclosed. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142803 | Haemophilus Influenzae Type IV PILI - The invention described herein relates to a | 06-06-2013 |
20130142804 | Antibodies That Are Capable of Specifically Binding Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor - The invention relates to antibodies that are capable of specifically binding tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), neutralising free TFPI and reducing the clotting time of blood. Furthermore, the invention relates to polynucleotides that encode such antibodies and to cells that comprise the polynucleotides or that express the antibodies of the invention. Such antibodies have utility in the treatment of subjects with a coagulopathy, alone as well as in combination with a second agent. | 06-06-2013 |
20130149309 | NOVEL REGULATORY PROTEINS AND INHIBITORS - The invention provides a previously uncharacterized protein (gamma secretase activating protein or gSAP) that activates γ-secretase to produce β-amyloid protein (Aβ). Deposition of Aβ has been associated with Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies. The invention thus additionally provides, e.g., screening methods and novel research tools, inhibitors of this novel protein, and methods of diagnosis, treatment and control of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions associated with deposition of Aβ. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149310 | COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - The present invention provides compositions and methods of treating and improving the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis using an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds human interleukin-6 receptor (hIL-6R). | 06-13-2013 |
20130149311 | GFI1B MODULATION AND USES THEREOF - Methods, uses and kits for increasing the number of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in a biological system, such as for increasing the number of HSCs in the bone marrow and/or blood of a subject, based on the modulation of growth factor independence 1b (Gfi1b), are disclosed. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156775 | CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS ANTIGENS - Proteins encoded by | 06-20-2013 |
20130156776 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER AND MODULATING STRESS GRANULE FORMATION - The invention provides methods for treating or decreasing the likelihood of developing a stress-granule related disorder and/or cancer by administering one or more poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, one or more PARP activators, one or more poly-ADP-ribose glycosylase (PARG) activators, and/or one or more poly-ADP-ribose glycohydrolase ARH3 activators. The invention also provides corresponding methods of decreasing stress granule formation and/or proliferation in a cell or a population of cells. The invention further provides methods of increasing the number of stress granules and proliferation in a cell or a population of cells by administering one or more PARP activators, one or more PARP inhibitors, one or more PARG inhibitors, and/or one or more ARH3 inhibitors. The invention also provides methods for screening for agents for treating or decreasing the likelihood of developing a stress granule-related disorder or cancer, and methods for determining the propensity for developing a stress granule-related disorder or cancer, as well as compositions and kits containing one or more PARP inhibitors, one or more PARP activators, one or more PARG activators, and one or more ARH3 activators. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156777 | GLIPR1 INHIBITORS AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - Featured herein are unique epitopes of human glioma pathogenesis-related protein 1 (hGLIPR-1), nucleic acids encoding the same; inhibitors of the nucleic acids and polypeptides; as well as methods for treating certain cancers and viral infections in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of a GLIPR1 inhibitor. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156778 | DENDRITIC CELL INHIBITORY PROTEINS FROM TICKS - The present invention provides a dendritic cell modulatory protein which modulates, and preferably inhibits, the differentiation and/or maturation of mammalian dendritic cells. The invention also provides proteins comprising conserved motifs found in such proteins as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the dendritic cell modulatory protein and homologues and active fragments thereof, antibodies thereto and methods of treatment which utilise such proteins, homologues, fragments and antibodies. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156779 | NOVEL ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS - The present disclosure relates to antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, that bind to HER3, polynucleotides encoding such antigen binding proteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antigen binding proteins and methods of manufacture. The present disclosure also concerns the use of such antigen binding proteins in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases associated with breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, pancreatic, gastric, melanoma and other cancers that overexpress HER3. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156780 | Annexin 1 Antibody - The present invention provides a specific binding molecule raised against the human Anx-A1 protein having the amino acid sequence shown in FIG. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156781 | ANTI-DR4 AGONIST ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides antibodies and antibody fragments that specifically recognize and agonize the death receptor 4 (DR4). Also provided in the invention are polynucleotides and vectors that encode such molecules and host cells that harbor the polynucleotides or vectors. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156782 | Monoclonal Antibodies for Treatment of Cancer - The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing GT468, including tumor-related diseases such as breast cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, and hepatocellular cancer. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156783 | IMMUNOTHERAPY TARGETING OF THE SHARED ABNORMAL CONFORMATIONAL STATE OF AMYLOIDOGENIC PEPTIDES/PROTEINS - The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical agents and compositions useful for the treatment and prevention of amyloid disease in a subject. The invention further relates to isolated antibodies that recognize a common conformational epitope of amyloidogenic proteins or peptides that are useful for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of amyloid disease. | 06-20-2013 |
20130164297 | MODULATION OF ACTIVITY OF NEUROTROPHINS - The present invention relates to methods for modulating the activity of one or more neurotrophins, such as neural growth factor (NGF), brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3, and neurotrophin-4 (NT-4), in an animal and methods for treatment of a disease or disorder in an individual by modulation of neurotrophin activity. The modulation is carried out by interfering with binding between a neurotrophin and a receptor of the Vps10p-domain receptor family or modulating the expression of a receptor of the Vps10p-domain receptor family. Methods for screening for agents capable of modulating neurotrophin activity and agents selected using these screening methods are also disclosed, as are methods for determining the effect of an agent on one or more neurotrophins in cells. The present invention also pertains to methods for modulating the transport of one or more neurotrophins. | 06-27-2013 |
20130164298 | P. GINGIVALIS ANTIGENIC COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an antigenic composition, the composition comprising at least one recombinant protein. The recombinant protein comprises at least one epitope. The epitope is reactive with an antibody which is reactive with a polypeptide having the sequence set out in SEQ. ID. NO. 3 or SEQ. ID. NO. 5. The invention also provides methods and compositions for the production of the recombinant protein. Also provided are methods for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of | 06-27-2013 |
20130171149 | Anti-ANGPTL3 Antibodies and Uses Thereof - A fully human antibody or antigen-binding fragment of a human antibody that specifically binds and inhibits or interferes with at least one activity of human angiopoietin-like protein 3 (hANGPTL3) is provided. The human anti-hANGPTL3 antibodies are useful in treating diseases or disorders associated with ANGPTL3, such as hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia and dyslipidemia, including hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, chylomicronemia, and so forth. Furthermore, the anti-hANGPTL3 antibodies can be administered to a subject in need thereof to prevent or treat diseases or disorders, for which abnormal lipid metabolism is a risk factor. Such diseases or disorders include cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and coronary artery diseases; acute pancreatitis; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); diabetes; obesity; and the like. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171150 | FELINE PICORNA VIRUS AND USES THEREOF - The invention is directed to a Feline Picorna Virus, an isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences therefrom, and uses thereof. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171151 | Galacto-rhamnogalacturonate compositions for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease - Aspects of the invention provide methods for treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and associated liver fibrosis. In particular, aspects of the invention relate to the use of a therapeutic formulation comprising a galacto-rhamnogalacturonate compound for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and associated liver fibrosis. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171152 | ANTIBODIES TO MUC16 AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention provides antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to a polypeptide, or antigenic portion thereof, wherein the polypeptide is selected from a) MUC16 ectodomain polypeptide, b) MUC16 cytoplasmic domain polypeptide, and c) MUC16 extracellular domain polypeptide that contains a cysteine loop polypeptide. The invention's antibodies and compositions containing them are useful in diagnostic and therapeutic applications for diseases in which MUC16 is overexpressed, such as cancer. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171153 | PROTEINS THAT BIND PI16 AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides an isolated protein comprising at least one antibody variable region that is capable of binding to peptidase inhibitor 16 (PI16), wherein the protein is also capable of competitively inhibiting binding of an antibody produced by a hybridoma designated CRCBT-02-001 deposited with the ATCC under Accession Number PTA-10685 to PI16. The present invention also provides use of the protein, e.g., in diagnosis, therapy or to isolate cells, preferably Treg cells. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171154 | ANTI-CD38 ANTIBODIES - Isolated antibodies that bind to human CD38 and cynomolgus CD38 are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the disclosed antibodies. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171155 | Inhibitors Of Complement Activation - The invention relates to factor D inhibitors, which bind to factor D and block the functional activity of factor D in complement activation. The inhibitors include antibody molecules, as well as homologues, analogues and modified or derived forms thereof, including immunoglobulin fragments like Fab, F(ab′) | 07-04-2013 |
20130171156 | BMP-1 Procollagen C-Proteinase for Diagnosis and Treatment of Bone and Soft Tissue Defects and Disorders - Uses of BMP-1 isoforms for diagnosing and treating defects and disorders of bone and soft tissues are described. Also described is a newly isolated variant of the BMP-1 isoform BMP-1-3. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171157 | NOGO Receptor-Mediated Blockade of Axonal Growth - Disclosed are NgR proteins and biologically active Nogo (ligand) protein fragments. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating the expression or activity of the Nogo and NgR protein. Also disclosed are peptides which block Nogo-mediated inhibition of axonal extension. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful in the treatment of cranial or cerebral trauma, spinal cord injury, stroke or a demyelinating disease. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171158 | TREATMENT OF ABNORMALITIES OF GLUCOSE METABOLISM WITH AN ANTAGONIST OF INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 1 - A method of treating or preventing an abnormality of glucose metabolism in a subject, the method comprising administering an antagonist of Inhibitor of Differentiation 1 (Id1) to the subject. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171159 | PHOSPHORYLATED TWIST1 AND METASTASIS - The present application relates to methods for metastasis in a subject by modulating the phosphorylation of the Serine 42 of Twist1 by administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of said phosphorylation of the Serine 42 of Twist1. Antibodies, uses methods and biomarkers based on the | 07-04-2013 |
20130177566 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AND DIAGNOSING DISEASES - Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating diseases, particularly cancer, associated with differential expression of cancer-associated targets (CAT) in disease cells compared to healthy cells are provided. Also provided are antagonists and agonists of CAT, and methods for screening agents that modulate CAT level or activity in vivo or in vitro. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177567 | NOVEL C3C EPITOPE, ANTIBODIES BINDING THERETO, AND USE THEREOF - Provided are antibodies directed against a novel epitope on the human C3 | 07-11-2013 |
20130177568 | BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER PERMEABLE PEPTIDE COMPOSITIONS - Blood-brain barrier permeable peptide compositions that contain variable antigen binding domains from camelid and/or shark heavy-chain only single-domain antibodies are described. The variable antigen binding domains of the peptide compositions bind to therapeutic and diagnostic biomarkers in the central nervous system, such as the amyloid-beta peptide biomarker for Alzheimer's disease. The peptide compositions contain constant domains from human IgG, camelid IgG, and/or shark IgNAR. The peptide compositions include heavy-chain only single-domain antibodies and compositions with one or more variable antigen binding domain bound to one or more constant domains. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177569 | NUCLEIC ACIDS AND CORRESPONDING PROTEINS ENTITLED 202P5A5 USEFUL IN TREATMENT AND DETECTION OF CANCER - A novel gene 202P5A5 and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 202P5A5 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 202P5A5 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 202P5A5 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 202P5A5 can be used in active or passive immunization. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177570 | ANTI-HUMAN FOLATE RECEPTOR BETA ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - Human anti-human folate receptor beta antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof are described, as well as methods of using such antibodies and fragments to treat inflammatory disorders or cancers expressing cell surface FRβ. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177571 | Anti-Mesothelin Antibodies - This invention relates to the use of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that specifically bind to and become internalized by mesothelin-positive cells and also induce an immune effector activity such as antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The antibodies are useful in specific delivery of pharmacologic agents to mesothelin expressing cells as well as eliciting an immune-effector activity particularly on tumor cells and precursors. The invention is also related to cells expressing the monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, antibody derivatives, such as human, humanized, and chimeric monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, mammalian cells expressing the monoclonal antibodies, derivatives and fragments, and methods of treating cancer using the antibodies, derivatives and fragments. | 07-11-2013 |
20130183313 | HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO THE THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR WHICH ACT AS ANTAGONISTS - The invention provides an isolated antibody for the TSHR which is an antagonist of TSH. The invention also relates to methods of using antibodies of the invention. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183314 | HIGH AFFINITY ANTIBODIES THAT NEUTRALIZE STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B - This invention provides antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize | 07-18-2013 |
20130183315 | Antibodies that bind to OX40 and their uses - The present invention relates to antagonist antibodies or fragments thereof that bind to human OX40. More specifically, the present invention relates to an antagonist antibody or fragment thereof that binds to human OX40 comprising a heavy chain CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and/or a heavy chain CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and/or a heavy chain CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; and/or comprising a light chain CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and/or a light chain CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and/or a light chain CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183316 | AGONISTIC ANTIBODY TO CD27 - The invention relates to a binding compound, which binds the same epitope of human CD27 as monoclonal antibody hCD27.15, produced by hybridoma hCD27.15 which was deposited with the ATCC in on Jun. 2, 2010 under number PTA-11008. In particular the invention relates to such a binding compound of claim | 07-18-2013 |
20130183317 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED SORTING PROTEIN 1 AS A CANCER BIOMARKER - A method for determining whether early stage cancer is present in a subject comprises detecting the expression level of GASP-1 in the subject by detecting the amount of GASP-1 peptide fragments present in a biological sample of the subject. Because cancer can be detected at an early stage, therapeutic targeting may be initiated before cancer reaches late stage (e.g., before the development of overt symptoms). A method for treating early stage cancer in a subject comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a GASP-1 inhibitor to inhibit the progression of early stage cancer to late stage cancer. A Competitive ELISA capable of detecting GASP-1 peptide fragments at a concentration of less than 1 ng/ml was developed. | 07-18-2013 |
20130189265 | MODIFIED PARVOVIRUS HAVING ENHANCED ANTI-TUMOR EFFICACY - Described are parvovirus variants derived, e.g., from H-1PV, showing higher anti-tumor potential compared to the wild type parvovirus, wherein said variant is characterized by (a) an amino acid substitution, alteration or addition, preferably substitution at position Lys96 of NS-2 and/or position Leu103 of NS-2 (together with a amino acid substituion at position Tyr595 of NS-1 in the latter case), or (b) an in-frame deletion in the parvovirus genome, preferably a deletion resulting in a large amino acid deletion in both the central part (aa 96-133) of NS-2 and the C-terminal part (aa 587-624) of NS-1. The present invention also relates to the use of said parvovirus variants for cancer therapy. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189266 | MZB1, A NOVEL B CELL FACTOR, AND USES THEREOF - The marginal zone (MZ) and B1 subsets of B cells, which differ from conventional follicular (FO) B cells both developmentally and functionally, are involved in early responses to infectious pathogens and the production of self-reactive antibodies. A novel gene, mzb1, is expressed at high levels in MZ and B1 B cells but at low level, if at all, in FO B cells. MZB1 is involved in the regulation of proliferation, BCR-mediated signal transduction, and antibody production in B cells. Inhibitors, activators and enhancers of MZB1 expression or activity can be used as immune modulators for research and therapeutic purposes. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189267 | MEANS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING BRAIN TUMORS BASED ON THE NUCLEAR RECEPTOR TAILLESS (TIX) - The present invention relates to the use of an inhibitor of tailless gene expression or tailless protein activity for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing the brain tumor in a subject. Preferably an inhibitor of tailless expression is a single or double stranded RNA. An inhibitor of tailless protein activity is preferably an antibody which specifically binds thereto. Finally, the invention includes methods for identifying anti-brain tumor drugs. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189268 | COLON AND PANCREAS CANCER SPECIFIC ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES - This invention relates to NPC-1 antigen on the MUC5AC protein and 16C3 antigen on CEACAM5 and CEACAM6 proteins, and 31.1 epitope on the A33 protein are differentially expressed in cancers including, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreas cancer, breast cancer, and colon cancer, and diagnostic and therapeutic usages. Further, NPC-1, 16C3, and/or 31.1 epitope specific antibodies and diagnostic and therapeutic methods of use. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189269 | ACTRIIB BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF - The disclosure provides, among other aspects, neutralizing antibodies and portions thereof that bind to ActRIIB and uses for same. | 07-25-2013 |
20130195874 | ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN (ADM) ANTIBODY OR ANTI-ADM ANTIBODY FRAGMENT OR ANTI-ADM NON-IG SCAFFOLD FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF MORTALITY IN A PATIENT HAVING A CHRONIC OR ACUTE DISEASE OR ACUTE CONDITION - According to the present invention it has been found that the administration of an anti-ADM antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or an anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold may reduce considerably the risk of mortality in a patient having a severe chronical or acute disease. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention said anti-ADM antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold binds to a region of ADM that is located in the N-terminal part (aa 1-21) of adrenomedullin, (see FIG. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195875 | ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN (ADM) ANTIBODY OR ANTI-ADM ANTIBODY FRAGMENT OR AN ANTI-ADM NON-IG SCAFFOLD FOR USE IN THERAPY - Subject matter of the present invention is an anti-adrenomedullin antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold wherein said antibody or said fragment or scaffold is a non-neutralizing antibody, antibody fragment or non-Ig scaffold, respectively. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195876 | HUMAN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREFOR - The present invention is directed to particular monoclonal antibodies and fragments thereof that find use in the detection, prevention and treatment of | 08-01-2013 |
20130195877 | TREATMENT OF CACHEXIA BY TARGETING INTERLEUKIN-1 BETA - Administration of a mAb that specifically binds IL-1β is used for treating cachexia in human subjects. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195878 | ANTI-ASIC1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to cells expressing acid-sensing ion channel-1 (ASIC1). According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies inhibit acid-induced, ASIC1-mediated ion currents in cells expressing human ASIC1. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of pain, including pain associated with surgical intervention and various diseases and disorders. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195879 | OXADIAZOLE INHIBITORS OF LEUKOTRIENE PRODUCTION FOR COMBINATION THERAPY - The present invention relates to combination therapy using compound of formula (I): | 08-01-2013 |
20130202607 | ANTI-SYSTEM ASC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2 (ASCT2) ANTIBODY - An object of the present invention is to provide a monoclonal antibody which is useful for treating or diagnosing a disease relating to system ASC amino acid transporter 2 (hereinafter, referred to as “ASCT2”) or a method using the antibody. The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes a native three-dimensional structure of an extracellular region of ASCT2 and binds to the extracellular region, or an antibody fragment thereof; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA which encodes the antibody; a vector which contains the DNA; a transformant obtainable by introducing the vector; a process for producing an antibody or an antibody fragment thereof using the hybridoma or the transformant; and a therapeutic agent using the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof, and a diagnostic agent using the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202608 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO MAJOR NEUTRALIZING EPITOPE OF INFLUENZA H5 HEMAGGLUTININ - The present invention relates to the murine monoclonal antibody 4C2 or to chimeric or humanized monoclonal antibodies specific to a major neutralizing epitope of influenza H5 hemagglutinin and active fragments thereof. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for the prophylaxis and treatment of H5N1 influenza using such murine or chimeric or humanized monoclonal antibodies or fragments thereof. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202609 | GAS57 MUTANT ANTIGENS AND GAS57 ANTIBODIES - The invention provides mutants of GAS57 (Spy0416) which are unable to cleave IL-8 and similar substrates but which still maintain the ability to induce protection against | 08-08-2013 |
20130202610 | METHODS OF TREATING PSORIASIS USING IL-17 ANTAGONISTS - The disclosure relates to novel regimens for treating psoriasis, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an IL-17 antagonist, e.g., an IL-17 binding molecule, e.g., an IL-17 antibody, such as the secukinumab antibody, or an IL-17 receptor binding molecule, e.g., an IL-17 receptor antibody. | 08-08-2013 |
20130209471 | DC-STAMP ANTIBODIES - Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind an epitope of DC-STAMP. Specifically, provided herein are monoclonal antibodies that bind an epitope of DC-STAMP, wherein the epitope comprises the amino acid sequence Glu-Val-His-Leu-Lys-Leu-His-Gly-Glu-Lys-Gln-Gly-Thr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:1). Optionally, the epitope comprises the amino acid sequence His-Gly-Glu-Lys-Gln-Gly-Thr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:2). Optionally, the epitope comprises the amino acid sequence Lys-Gln-Gly-Thr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:3). | 08-15-2013 |
20130209472 | INNOVATIVE DISCOVERY OF THERAPEUTIC, DIAGNOSTIC, AND ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO PROTEIN FRAGMENTS OF ASPARAGINYL TRNA SYNTHETASES - Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209473 | R-SPONDIN TRANSLOCATIONS AND METHODS USING THE SAME - Provided are therapies related to the treatment of pathological conditions, such as cancer. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209474 | WISE/SOST NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES AND AMINO ACID SEQUENCES - The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences which influence bone deposition, the Wnt pathway, ocular development, tooth development, and may bind to LRP. The nucleic acid sequence and polypeptides include Wise and Sost as well as a family of molecules which express a cysteine knot polypeptide. Additionally, the present invention relates to various molecular tools derived from the nucleic acids and polypeptides including vectors, transfected host cells, monochronal antibodies, Fab fragments, and methods for impacting the pathways. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209475 | DKK1 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides antibodies and immunologically functional fragments thereof that specifically bind DKK1 polypeptides. Methods for preparing such antibodies or fragments thereof as well as physiologically acceptable compositions containing the antibodies or fragments are also provided. Use of the antibodies and fragments to treat various diseases are also disclosed. | 08-15-2013 |
20130216545 | Early Diagnosis and Novel Treatment of Cancer - The present invention relates to novel therapies for treatment and new biomarkers for earlier detection of pancreatic and other cancers. In particular, the present invention identifies Reg1α and Reg3α, and other members of the Reg protein family, as signaling proteins for a receptor on the surface of human cancer cells, Megi, and the downstream pathways activated through this receptor in pancreatic and other tumor cells. These signaling proteins may be targeted by means known in the art to disrupt the downstream signaling pathway that catalyzes tumorigenesis, by the usage of antibodies, antisense, RNA interference, small molecule inhibitors and vaccines. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216546 | Methods of Treating Glucose Metabolism Disorders - Methods of treating individuals with a glucose metabolism disorder, and compositions suitable for use in the methods, are provided. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216547 | ANTI-BIG-ENDOTHELIN-1 (BIG-ET-1) ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides antibodies that bind big-endothelin-1 (“big-ET-1”), and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies specifically bind human big-ET-1 but do not bind human small-ET-1 (i.e., the active form of endothelin-1 that results from proteolytic cleavage of big-ET-1 by endothelin-converting enzyme-1 [ECE-1]). According to certain embodiments of the invention, the anti-big-ET-1 antibodies are capable of blocking cleavage of big-ET-1 by ECE-1. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of big-ET-1-related disorders, including hypertension disorders, fibrotic disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, retinal disorders, pain and cancers. | 08-22-2013 |
20130224209 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING PROSTATE AND LUNG CANCER - Methods for detecting and treating prostate and lung cancer are disclosed In practicing the method, a subject sample is assayed for GPR110 protein or its RNA transcript, and the GPR110 or transcript level observed is used in determining whether the subject has an elevated GPR110 level associated with prostate or lung cancer. Patients with such elevated levels may be treated, in accordance with the invention, with a variety of GPR110 related immunotherapy agents. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224210 | ANTIBODIES TO MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9 - The present disclosure provides compositions and methods of use involving binding proteins, e.g., antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to the matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9) protein (MMP9 is also known as gelatinase-B), such as where the binding proteins comprise an immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain (or functional fragment thereof) and an Ig light chain (or functional fragment thereof). | 08-29-2013 |
20130224211 | GLYCATED CD59 PEPTIDES, THEIR PREPARATION, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides glycated Amadori products of the CD59 peptide and fragments thereof to be used as tools and among methods for the diagnosis and prognosis of pre-diabetes and diabetes. Certain aspects of the invention include glycated Amadori products of CD59 and fragments thereof to be used for the generation of antibodies and antibody fragments. Still other aspects of the invention include methodologies for the preparation of glycated Amadori products of CD59, fragments thereof, the inventive antibodies, and antibody fragments. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224212 | METHODS AND PRODUCTS RELATING TO GSK3SS REGULATION - The invention relates to methods and compositions for regulation of GSK3β activity. The invention provides phosphorylated GSK3β polypeptides and antibodies that recognize such polypeptides. The invention further includes methods for treating disorders that are associated with elevated or reduced GSK3β activity. | 08-29-2013 |
20130230526 | KLEBSIELLA ANTIGENS - The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an antigen, a vector comprising such nucleic acid molecule and a host cell comprising such vector. Furthermore, the invention provides antigens from | 09-05-2013 |
20130230527 | EMP2 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USES - The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of | 09-05-2013 |
20130230528 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS MEDIATED BY CD40 SIGNALING - Methods for identifying subjects having a cancer or pre-malignant condition that will benefit from anti-CD40 therapeutic agents that modulate CD40L-mediated CD40 signaling are provided. The methods comprise the use of biomarkers of cellular apoptosis, cell proliferation and survival, and CD40 signaling pathways to monitor ex vivo response to one or more anti-CD40 therapeutic agents of interest that modulate CD40 signaling on CD40-expressing neoplastic cells. The ex vivo prognostic assays can be used alone or in conjunction with other prognostic assays to identify candidate subjects who will benefit from treatment with anti-CD40 therapeutic agents. Methods of the invention also comprise the use of these biomarkers to monitor in vivo efficacy of treatment with an anti-CD40 therapeutic agent. | 09-05-2013 |
20130230529 | NOVEL PARAMYXOVIRUS AND USES THEREOF - Described herein are isolated | 09-05-2013 |
20130230530 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES THAT BIND CD22 AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to CD22 with high affinity, particularly human monoclonal antibodies. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of this disclosure, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. Antibody-partner molecule conjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for detecting CD22, as well as methods for treating various cancers and inflammatory and autoimmune disorders using an anti-CD22 antibody of this disclosure. | 09-05-2013 |
20130230531 | Human Antibodies to Clostridium difficile Toxins - The present invention provides fully human antibodies that bind to either toxin A or toxin B of | 09-05-2013 |
20130230532 | MYOMEGALIN VARIANT 8 AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a novel myomegalin isoform—myomegalin variant 8 (MMG8). The myomegalin variant 8 regulates microtubule organization at the Golgi apparatus, protein modification, secretion and trafficking, and cell proliferation. The present invention also provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the myomegalin isoforms, and vectors and host cells containing the nucleic acid molecules. Also provided are fusion constructs comprising the myomegalin isoform and antibodies that bind specifically to the myomegalin isoforms of the present invention. The present invention further provides uses of the myomegalin isoform as a diagnostic biomarker and as a target for screening for therapeutics for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and lysosomal storage diseases. | 09-05-2013 |
20130230533 | METHODS OF TREATING SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) USING ANTI-CD48 ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to CD48 and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human CD48. In certain embodiments, the antibodies of the present invention block the binding of CD48 to one or more CD48 receptor. The antibodies of the invention are useful, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more CD48 biological activities, including the treatment of allergic conditions and other inflammatory conditions, e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus. | 09-05-2013 |
20130236466 | AMYLOID BETA-DERIVED DIFFUSIBLE LIGANDS (ADDLs), ADDL-SURROGATES, ADDL-BINDING MOLECULES, AND USES THEREOF - The invention herein comprises amyloid beta-derived diffusible ligands (ADDLs), compositions comprising ADDLs, ADDL-surrogates, ADDL-binding molecules, and methods of using any of the foregoing compounds and compositions. ADDLs comprise amyloid β protein assembled into soluble, globular, non-fibrillar, oligomeric structures capable of activating specific cellular processes. The invention also comprises methods of generating ADDL-specific antibodies and methods of using ADDL-specific antibodies for assaying the formation, presence, receptor protein binding and cellular activity of ADDLs, as well as using such antibodies to detect compounds that block the formation or activity of ADDLs, and methods of identifying such compounds. The invention further provides methods of using ADDL-specific antibodies in modulating ADDL formation and/or activity, inter alia in the treatment of learning and/or memory disorders. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236467 | MULTISPECIFIC ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TARGETING HGF - The invention relates to combinations of HGF-antagonists with VEGF antagonists, and provides antigen-binding proteins which bind to HGF comprising a protein scaffold which are linked to one or more epitope-binding domains wherein the antigen-binding protein has at least two antigen binding sites at least one of which is from an epitope binding domain and at least one of which is from a paired VH/VL domain, methods of making such constructs and uses thereof. | 09-12-2013 |
20130243779 | PEPTIDES PROTECTIVE AGAINST E. FAECALIS, METHODS AND USES RELATING THERETO - The present invention relates to a protective peptide of | 09-19-2013 |
20130243780 | Antibody Selective for a Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Receptor and Uses Thereof - An antibody of the invention interacts with human DR5 to produce agonistic or antagonistic effects downstream of the receptor including inhibition of cell proliferation and apoptosis. Nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences of anti-DR5 antibodies have been elucidated and vectors and cells containing and expressing these sequences have been generated. Methods and uses for the antibodies are detailed including treatment of apoptosis-related disease and treatment of dysregulated cell growth. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243781 | SIGNAL PEPTIDE-CONTAINING PROTEINS - The invention provides cDNAs which encodes a signal peptide-containing proteins. It also provides for the use of a cDNA, protein, and antibody in the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and evaluation of therapies for cancer. The invention further provides vectors and host cells for the production of the protein and transgenic model systems. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243782 | HYPOXIA-INDUCED MITOGENIC FACTOR - We found that FIZZ1/RELMα is inducible by hypoxia in lung. The hypoxia-upregulated expression of FIZZ1/RELMα was located in the pulmonary vasculature, bronchial epithelial cells, and type II pneumocytes. Recombinant FIZZ1/RELMα protein stimulates rat pulmonary microvascular smooth muscle cell (RPSM) proliferation dose-dependently. Therefore, we renamed this gene as hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF). HIMF strongly activated Akt phosphorylation. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 inhibits HIMF-activated Akt phosphorylation. It also inhibits HIMF-stimulated RPSM proliferation. Thus, the PI3K/Akt pathway, at least in part, mediates the proliferative effect of HIMF. HIMF also has angiogenic and vasoconstrictive activity. Notably, HIMF increases pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance more potently than either endothelin-I or angiotensin II. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243783 | Humanized Anti-CXCR5 Antibodies, Derivatives Thereof And Their Use - The present invention relates to humanized antibodies that specifically bind to CXCR5 and can, for example, inhibit CXCR5 function. The invention also includes uses of the antibodies to treat or prevent CXCR5 related diseases or disorders. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251719 | BONE MARROW APLASIA WITH HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE IN CALVES CAUSED BY NOVEL PATHOGEN - The present invention refers to a novel | 09-26-2013 |
20130251720 | NOVEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF IMMUNE RELATED DISEASES - The present invention relates to compositions and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related diseases. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251721 | Antibodies Against Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor - The invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and that reduce the clotting time of blood. Such antibodies have utility in the treatment of subjects with a coagulopathy. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251722 | Antibodies Against Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor - The invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and that reduce the clotting time of blood. Such antibodies have utility in the treatment of subjects with a coagulopathy. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251723 | ANTI-ROR1 ANTIBODIES - The invention provides antibodies which bind to the extracellular domain of the Tyrosine-protein kinase transmembrane receptor ROR1. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies are also provided. The antibodies may be used for the treatment of cancer, including non-small cell lung carcinoma, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia and colon cancer. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251724 | ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS TO ONCOSTATIN M (OSM) - The present invention concerns antigen binding proteins and fragments thereof which specifically bind Oncostatin M (OSM), particularly human OSM (hOSM) and which inhibit the binding of OSM to the gp130 receptor but does not directly interact with site II residues. The invention also concerns a method of humanising antibodies. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, screening and medical treatment methods. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259869 | REARRANGED TT VIRUS MOLECULES FOR USE IN DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AND AUTOIMMUNITY - The present invention relates to rearranged molecules of (a) a specific TT virus sequence and (b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide showing homology to mammalian proteins associated with cancer and autoimmune diseases that are capable of replicating autonomously for use in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases like cancer and autoimmunity. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266573 | Specific binding proteins and uses thereof - The invention relates to specific binding members, particularly antibodies and active fragments thereof, which recognize an aberrant post-translationally modified, particularly an aberrant glycosylated form of the EGFR. The binding members, particularly antibodies and fragments thereof, of the invention do not bind to EGFR on normal cells in the absence of amplification of the wild-type gene and are capable of binding the de2-7 EGFR at an epitope which is distinct from the junctional peptide. Antibodies of this type are exemplified by the novel antibody 806 whose VH and VL sequences are illustrated as SEQ ID NOs: 2 and 4 and chimeric antibodies thereof as exemplified by ch806. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266574 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN ANGIOPOIETIN-LIKE PROTEIN 4 - A fully human antibody or antigen-binding fragment of a human antibody that specifically binds and inhibits human angiopoietin-like protein 4 (hANGPTL4) is provided. The human anti-hANGPTL4 antibodies are useful in treating diseases or disorders associated with ANGPTL4, such as hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia and dyslipidemia, including hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, chylomicronemia, and so forth. Furthermore, the anti-hANGPTL4 antibodies can be administered to a subject in need thereof to prevent or treat diseases or disorders, for which abnormal lipid metabolism is a risk factor. Such diseases or disorders include cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and coronary artery diseases; acute pancreatitis; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); diabetes; obesity; and the like. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266575 | OprF/I AGENTS AND USE THEREOF IN HOSPITALIZED AND OTHER PATIENTS - The present invention relates to a new use of a vaccine comprising a fusion protein that comprises the | 10-10-2013 |
20130273056 | TYROSINE-PHOSPHORYLATED WBP2, A NOVEL CANCER TARGET AND BIOMARKER - WW-binding protein 2 (WBP2) has been demonstrated in different studies to be a tyrosine kinase substrate, to activate ERα/PR transcription and to play a role in breast cancer. However, the role of WBP2 tyrosine phosphorylation in regulating ER function and breast cancer biology is unknown. Here, we established WBP2 as a tyrosine phosphorylation target of estrogen signaling via EGFR crosstalk. Using dominant negative, constitutively active mutants, RNAi and pharmacological studies, we demonstrated that phosphorylation of WBP2 at Tyr192 and Tyr231 could be regulated by c-Src and c-Yes kinases. We further showed that abrogating WBP2 phosphorylation impaired >60% of ERα reporter activity putatively by blocking nuclear entry of WBP2 and its interaction with ERα. Compared to vector control, overexpression of WBP2 and its phospho-mimic mutant in MCF7 resulted in larger tumors in mice, induced loss of cell-cell adhesion, enhanced cell proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, migration and invasion in both estrogen-dependent and-independent manner, events of which could be substantially abolished by overexpression of phosphorylation-defective mutant. Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor FH535 blocked phospho-WBP2-mediated cancer cell growth more pronouncedly than tamoxifen and fulvestrant, in part by reducing the expression of ERα. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273057 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF VASCULAR INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS OR ENDOTHELIAL CELL DISORDERS - Disclosed herein are methods for treating a vascular inflammatory disorder or endothelial cell disorder using inhibitor compounds that inhibit the expression or biological activity of Tie-1, Tie-1 endodomain, thrombin, VEGFR | 10-17-2013 |
20130273058 | SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF WNT PATHWAY - A peptide or peptidomimetic comprising the amino acid sequence KKRLSVXLTSSLFR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or the inverse thereof, or comprising at least eight contiguous amino acids of helix C of β-catenin (SEQ ID NO: 41) or inverse thereof, wherein the peptide or peptidomimetic comprises a total of about 50 or fewer amino acids and inhibits the Wnt pathway, as well as a method of inhibiting the Wnt pathway in a cell, a method of treating or preventing a disease mediated by the Wnt pathway, and related compounds, compositions, and methods. | 10-17-2013 |
20130280258 | PROGNOSTIC, DIAGNOSTIC, AND CANCER THERAPEUTIC USES OF FANCI AND FANCI MODULATING AGENTS - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the present invention identifies and characterizes the FANCI polypeptide as a vital component of the Fanconi anemia pathway and discloses inhibitors of FANCI and methods of using same. Such inhibitors are useful in inhibiting DNA damage repair and can be useful, for example, in the treatment of cancer. | 10-24-2013 |
20130280259 | USE OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST NK1, NK2 AND/OR NK3 RECEPTORS IN CANCER TREATMENT - The object of this invention is the use of an antibody or a fragment thereof specific against NK1, NK2 and/or NK3 receptors of cells, for the manufacture of a medicament for the therapeutic management of human cancer, by direct administration to a mammal, including humans, by inducing cell death or apoptosis of tumour cells, modification of peritumoural microenvironment (consisting of stromal cells, stromal matrix, and intra and peritumoural vascularisation) and/or inflammatory and/or immune response around the tumour. In particular, in the case of melanoma, carcinoma (specially, breast carcinoma, lung, digestive system, prostate, cervix, endometrium, ovary and bladder), leukaemia, lymphomas, neoplasms, such as neuroblastoma and sarcoma, such as osteosarcoma. | 10-24-2013 |
20130280260 | OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS INHIBITOR CONTAINING ANTI-VDAC ANTIBODY - The present invention provides a therapeutic agent or a preventative agent containing anti-VDAC antibody for diseases in which there is increased activation of osteoclasts, such as rheumatoid arthritis, and an inhibitor of human osteoclast formation containing anti-VDAC antibody. | 10-24-2013 |
20130280261 | TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENT-RELATED DISORDERS - Disclosed are composition and methods for treating development-related disorders. Also disclosed are diagnosis methods, prognosis methods, and drug screening methods. | 10-24-2013 |
20130280262 | Polypeptides and their Use in Treating and Limiting Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection - The present invention provides polypeptides and compositions thereof for treating or limiting respiratory syncytial virus infection, and computational methods for designing such polypeptides. | 10-24-2013 |
20130287781 | IMMUNOGLOBULINS - The present invention relates to antibodies to NOGO, pharmaceutical formulations containing such antibodies and the use of such antibodies in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of neurological diseases/disorder. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287782 | ENTEROCOCCUS ANTIGENS - The present invention discloses isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a hyperimmune serum reactive antigen or a fragment thereof as well as hyperimmune serum reactive antigens or fragments thereof from | 10-31-2013 |
20130287783 | ANTI-GCC ANTIBODY MOLECULES AND METHODS FOR USE OF SAME - Antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that bind GCC are disclosed. The invention also provides therapeutic and diagnostic methods utilizing the antibodies and antigen-binding fragments provided herein. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287784 | Compositions Targeting the Soluble Extracellular Domain of E-Cadherin and Related Methods for Cancer Therapy - The present invention is based, in part, on our discovery that targeting epitopes within one or more of the EC2-EC5 subdomains of E-cadherin results in the death of epithelial-derived tumor cells but not in the death of normal, healthy epithelial cells or non-epithelial cells including endothelial cells and fibroblasts. Accordingly, the compositions of the invention include poly-peptides having an amino acid sequence of one or more of the EC2-EC5 subdomains of E-cadherin and biologically active variants thereof; expression vectors and cells for expressing such polypeptides; and agents (e.g., antibodies) that target the EC2-EC5 subdomains. The methods of the invention include methods of identifying and producing polypeptides having an amino acid sequence of one or more of the EC2-EC5 subdomains of E-cadherin or a biologically active variant thereof; methods of generating agents, such as antibodies, that target these polypeptides; and methods of administering such agents or eliciting their production in vivo to treat epithelial cancers or reduce the risk of their occurrence or recurrence. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287785 | GENE ENCODING A MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE HUMAN P-GLYCOPROTEIN HOMOLOGUE ON CHROMOSOME 7P15-21 AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to an MDR family P-glycoprotein located on human chromosome 7p15-21, polynucleotide sequences encoding this P-glycoprotein and fragments thereof. This gene is utilized in methods for assessing cancer cell susceptibility to therapies directed against multidrug resistance, and for the design of diagnostic and therapeutic methods relating to cancer multidrug resistance. The invention also relates to methods for determining whether a test compound may inhibit multidrug resistance. | 10-31-2013 |
20130287786 | CANINE BABESIOSIS VACCINE ANTIGEN - The present invention relates to the field of veterinary parasitology, especially of canine Babesiosis. In particular the invention relates to a polypeptide being a novel canine | 10-31-2013 |
20130295101 | Ricin Vaccine and Methods of Making Thereof - Disclosed herein ricin toxin A chain polypeptides having an engineered disulfide bond ((SS)RTA) and compositions thereof. The disclosed (SS)RTA polypeptides retain the immunological epitope of wild type RTA, lack detectable N-glycosidase activity or exhibit reduced N-glycosidase activity as compared to controls, and exhibit increased solubility, thermal stability and a lower tendency to self-aggregate as compared to RTA 198 and/or RTA 1-33/44-198. Also disclosed are immunogenic compositions that may be used to immunize a subject against ricin intoxication. Methods of immunizing against, treating, inhibiting, reducing and/and preventing ricin intoxication are disclosed. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295102 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANTIBODIES TARGETING FACTOR P - The present invention relates to antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to complement Factor P and used thereof as well as combinations of anti-Factor P antibodies with antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to complement component 5 (C5). | 11-07-2013 |
20130295103 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST A PROLIFERATING INDUCING LIGAND (APRIL) - The present invention relates to a binding compound which binds to human APRIL. More specifically the invention provides, compositions of anti-APRIL specific antibodies and methods to use such antibodies in modulating the biological activity APRIL, particularly in inflammatory diseases, inhibition of cell proliferation and cancer. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295104 | CD37-Binding Molecules and Immunoconjugates Thereof - Novel anti-cancer agents, including, but not limited to, antibodies and immunoconjugates, that bind to CD37 are provided. Methods of using the agents, antibodies, or immunoconjugates, such as methods of inhibiting tumor growth are further provided. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295105 | FRIZZLED-BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF - Novel anti-cancer agents, including, but not limited to, antibodies, that bind to human frizzled receptors are provided. Novel epitopes within the human frizzled receptors which are suitable as targets for anti-cancer agents are also identified. Methods of using the agents or antibodies, such as methods of using the agents or antibodies to inhibit Wnt signaling and/or inhibit tumor growth are further provided. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295106 | Frizzled-Binding Agents And Uses Thereof - Novel anti-cancer agents, including, but not limited to, antibodies and other polypeptides, that bind to human frizzled receptors are provided. Novel epitopes within the human frizzled receptors which are suitable as targets for anti-cancer agents are also identified. Methods of using the agents or antibodies, such as methods of using the agents or antibodies to inhibit Wnt signaling and/or inhibit tumor growth are further provided. Screening methods are also provided. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295107 | ANTIBODY TO HUMAN IL-3 RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN - The present invention provides an antibody to human IL-3Rα chain, which does not inhibit IL-3 signaling and binds to B domain of the human IL-3Rα chain but does not bind to C domain of the human IL-3Rα chain; a composition for preventing or treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3Rα is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood of a subject, which comprises the antibody to human IL-3Rα as an active ingredient; and a method for treating a blood tumor in which a cell expressing IL-3Rα is found in bone marrow or peripheral blood, which comprises administering, to a subject, a composition comprising the IL-3Rα antibody as an active ingredient. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295108 | METHOD FOR TREATING SYNOVIAL SARCOMA - Methods of detecting synovial sarcoma using differentially expressed genes are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of identifying agents for treating synovial sarcoma. Further, a method for treating or preventing a disease that is associated with Frizzled homologue 10 (FZD10) in a subject is provided. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295109 | USES OF ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides a method of preparing an antibody containing milk or egg product for use in preventing and/or treating of a non infectious medical condition. The invention also provides non-systemic modes of administering pharmaceutical compositions including the antibody containing milk or egg products, including to the GI tract. | 11-07-2013 |
20130302338 | DERMATOPHAGOID PTERONYSSINUS (DER P1) ANTIGEN EPITOPE AND ANTI-DER P1 ANTIBODY - The present invention provides a novel isolated peptide segment which is a | 11-14-2013 |
20130302339 | COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH ABERRANT EXPRESSION OF KREMEN AND OR WNT - The present invention relates to a composition useful for the diagnosis and therapy of diseases associated with aberrant expression of the gene encoding the receptor Kremen 1 and/or Kremen 2 e.g. tumors or diseases of the kidneys, bones and eyes, lipid and glucose metabolism and obesity. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound which is capable of modifying (a) the expression of the gene encoding Kremen 1 and/or Kremen 2 or (b) the activity of the Kremen 1 and/or Kremen 2 receptor. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302340 | HUMAN TIMP-1 ANTIBODIES - Human antibodies that bind to TIMP-1 can be used as reagents to diagnose and treat disorders in which TIMP-1 is elevated, such as liver fibrosis, alcoholic liver disease, cardiac fibrosis, acute coronary syndrome, lupus nephritis, glomerulosclerotic renal disease, benign prostate hypertrophy, colon cancer, lung cancer, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302341 | THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS TARGETING TNK-1 - Disclosed herein are novel antibodies specific to Tnk1 or variants thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using such antibodies. The methods include therapeutic methods against certain types of cancers or infections involving administration of novel antibodies or fragments thereof. Also, methods of using highly selective antibodies for detecting aberrant Tnk1 or functionally deficient Tnk1. | 11-14-2013 |
20130309238 | SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY MODULATION - Provided herein are methods and compositions for modulating signal transduction pathways by regulating the expression and/or activity of Midline-1, enabling the inhibition of airways inflammation, the inhibition of airways hyperresponsiveness, the inhibition of rhinovirus-associated inflammation, and reductions in cytokine and chemokine release. Methods and compositions disclosed herein facilitate the treatment and prevention of conditions associated with airway inflammation, airway tissue remodelling and rhinovirus-associated inflammation and symptoms, manifestations and exacerbations thereof, in particular of allergic diseases such as allergic airways diseases including asthma. | 11-21-2013 |
20130309239 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND AND BLOCK TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS-1 (TREM-1) - The invention relates to antibodies that are capable of specifically binding TREM-1 and preventing the activation of TREM-1, a protein expressed on monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils. Such antibodies find utility in the treatment of individuals with an inflammatory disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. | 11-21-2013 |
20130315912 | Antibodies that Bind to Adrenomedullin and to Adrenomedullin Receptors and the Uses Thereof as Drugs - The invention relates to antibodies that bind to adrenomedullin and to proteins forming adrenomedullin receptors and to the uses thereof as drugs. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315913 | ANTI-LIGHT ANTIBODY THERAPY FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE - The present invention provides safe therapeutic doses of an antagonist of human LIGHT (lymphotoxin-like, exhibits inducible expression and competes with Herpes Virus Glycoprotein D for Herpes Virus Entry Mediator (HVEM), a receptor expressed by T lymphocytes), as well as methods of monitoring whether a therapeutic dose of an anti-LIGHT antagonist is safe. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315914 | Anti-TLR4 Antibodies and Uses Thereof - Disclosed are antibodies that specifically bind Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR-4), and to methods of using the anti-TLR4 antibodies as therapeutics and diagnostic agents. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315915 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING DISEASES - Methods and compositions are provided for assessing, treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, using cancer-associated targets (CAT). Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment for these diseases or for selecting a treatment, using CAT. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using CAT. Also provided are compositions that modulate CAT (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate CAT, and agents identified by these screening methods. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315916 | RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS VACCINE - Described is a vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). More specifically, described is a recombinant subunit vaccine comprising the ectodomain of the RSV-encoded Small Hydrophobic (SH) protein. The ectodomain of SH is referred to as SHe. The ectodomain is typically presented as an oligomer, or a pentamer. Further described are antibodies, raised against the ectodomain or specific for the ectodomain, and their use for protecting a subject against RSV infection and/or for treatment of an infected subject. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315917 | ANITBODIES SPECIFIC FOR THE PROTOFIBRIL FORM OF BETA-AMYLOID PROTEIN - Isolated antibodies have been characterized which show specific affinity to a repeating conformational epitope of a protofibril form of the human β-amyloid peptide as compare to low molecular weight forms of β-amyloid peptide. These isolated antibodies and related pharmaceutically effective compositions may be useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of Alzheimer's disease by effectively blocking the ability of the protofibril form of β-amyloid peptide to form fibril forms linked with complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. The isolated antibodies of the present invention are also useful in various diagnostic assays and associated kits. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315918 | ANTI-VEGF ANTIBODIES - Anti-VEGF antibodies and variants thereof, including those having high affinity for binding to VEGF, are disclosed. Also provided are methods of using phage display technology with naïve libraries to generate and select the anti-VEGF antibodies with desired binding and other biological activities. Further contemplated are uses of the antibodies in research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315919 | ANTI-IL-22RA ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to blocking, inhibiting, reducing, antagonizing or neutralizing the activity of IL-22, IL-20, or both IL-20 and IL-22 polypeptide molecules. IL-20 and IL-22 are cytokines that are involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. IL-22RA (zcytor11) is a common receptor for IL-20 and IL-22. The present invention includes anti-IL-22RA antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for antagonizing IL-22 or both IL-20 and IL-22 using such antibodies and binding partners. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315920 | Cross Protective Epitopes of Aspergillus Fumigatus and Candida Albicans - A complex comprising a Class II HLA-DRB1*03 or Class II HLA-DRB1*13 molecule bound to a peptide, wherein the peptide comprises the amino acid sequence HTYTIDWTKDAVTWS or a portion thereof, or a variant of the given amino acid sequence or portion wherein the side chains of one or two or three or four or five or six or seven of the amino acid residues are altered, wherein the peptide comprising the portion, or variant, is capable of binding HLA-DRB1*03 and/or HLA-DRB1*13. The complex may be used to select | 11-28-2013 |
20130323252 | Molecules And Methods For Modulating TMEM16A Activities - The present invention provides molecules that bind to TMEM16A (“TMEM16A binding molecules”), particularly human or humanized antibodies and antibody drug conjugates that bind to human TMEM16A and modulate its functions. Epitopes of TMEM16A and molecules that bind these epitopes are also provided herein. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323253 | XYXIN FRAGMENT BIOMARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF COLON CANCER - The present invention relates to the field of the diagnosis of large intestine/colon diseases. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for differential diagnosis of colorectal cancer from a non-malignant disease of the large intestine/colon, and from a healthy large intestine/colon. The invention also relates to treatment of colorectal cancer. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323254 | THERAPEUTIC ANTI-TIRC7 ANTIBODIES FOR USE IN IMMUNE RELATED AND OTHER DISEASES - Provided are specific antibodies against T-cell immune response cDNA7 (TIRC7) costimulatory molecule, which are capable of inhibiting proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). In particular, high affinity monoclonal and chimeric anti-TIRC7 antibodies are described. Compositions comprising such antibodies and their use for the treatment of immune diseases are provided. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323255 | SERUM MG53 AS A DIAGNOSTIC MARKER FOR TISSUE INJURY - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for measuring the level of MG53 found in a biological fluid as a biomarker for a disease or disorder, e.g., tissue damage, exercise capacity or a muscle-related disease or disorder. In addition, the invention relates to targeting the native MG53 found in the blood as a therapeutic approach. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323256 | S. AGALACTIAE ANTIGENS I + II - The present invention discloses isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a hyperimmune serum reactive antigen or a fragment thereof as well as hyperimmune serum reactive antigens or fragments thereof from | 12-05-2013 |
20130323257 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND THE GLUTAMATE LIGAND BINDING REGION OF NOTCH3 - Isolated antibodies that specifically binds to an extracellular conserved ligand binding region of a human Notch receptor and inhibits growth of a tumor are described. Also described are methods of treating cancer, the method comprising administering an anti-Notch antibody in an amount effective to inhibit tumor growth. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323258 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CARDIVASCULAR DISEASE - The invention pertains to methods of treating cardiovascular disease by modulating inflammatory and immunoregulatory responses associated with such pathological conditions. Embodiments of the invention provide methods for the treatment of cardiovascular disease comprising administering an effective amount of one or more IL-17 antagonists, IL-18 antagonists, 4-1BB antagonists, CD30 antagonists, OX40 antagonists and/or CD39 alone or in any combination. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323259 | IL-21 LIGANDS - The present invention relates to IL-21 ligands binding to a discontinuous epitope on the surface of the IL-21 molecule as well as use thereof. | 12-05-2013 |
20130330347 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH NEURITE DEGENERATION - Provided herein are antibodies and methods of using the antibodies to treat and diagnose neurite degenerative diseases and disorders. | 12-12-2013 |
20130330348 | ANTI-NGF ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE - The present disclosure encompasses NGF binding proteins, specifically to antibodies that are chimeric, CDR grafted and canonized antibodies, and methods of making and uses thereof. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the disclosure are useful for detecting NGF and for inhibiting NGF activity, e.g., in a mammal subject suffering from a disorder in which NGF activity is detrimental. | 12-12-2013 |
20130330349 | HIGH AFFINITY MOLECULES CAPABLE OF BINDING A TYPE A PLEXIN RECEPTOR AND USES OF SAME - A high affinity molecule is provided. The high affinity molecule comprises a binding domain which binds a type-A plexin receptor, wherein said binding domain inhibits proliferative signals through said type-A plexin receptor but does not interfere with binding of a neuropilin or semaphorin 6A to said type-A plexin receptor. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336982 | ANTAGONIST ANTIBODIES AGAINST GDF-8 AND USES THEREFOR - The disclosure provides improved neutralizing anti-GDF-8 antibodies capable of substantially higher levels of expression in host cells compared to previous anti-GDF-8 antibodies. Also provided are methods of using compositions comprising such antibodies to increase muscle mass or strength, and to treat or prevent muscular disorders, neuromuscular disorders, metabolic disorders, adipose tissue disorders or bone disorders. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336983 | PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER - The present invention relates to an antibody which specifically binds a Spot 14 (S14 or THRSP) protein in human breast cancer cells and a method for using the same to predict disease-free survival and select treatment modalities for breast cancer. The present invention is also a method for inducing apoptosis in breast cancer cells by inhibiting the expression or activity of Spot 14. Compositions and methods for treating breast cancer are also provided. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336984 | ANTAGONISTIC DR3 LIGANDS - The present invention relates to treatment of inflammatory diseases. In particular, the present invention relates to antagonistic DR3 ligands useful for treating inflammatory diseases. | 12-19-2013 |
20130344075 | POLYPEPTIDE COMPOUNDS FOR INHIBITING ANGIOGENESIS AND TUMOR GROWTH - In certain embodiments, this present invention provides polypeptide compositions (e.g., antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof that bind to EphB4), and methods for inhibiting EphB4 activity. In other embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for treating cancer or for treating angiogenesis-associated diseases. | 12-26-2013 |
20130344076 | ANTIBODY CONJUGATES AGAINST VARIANT NFKBIB AND USES THEREOF - The present application provides the amino acid and nucleic acid sequences of heavy and light chain complementarity determining regions of a cancer specific antibody directed to an epitope of variant Nuclear Factor Kappa-B inhibitor beta (NFKBIB). In addition, the application provides cancer specific antibodies and immunoconjugates comprising the cancer specific antibody attached to a toxin or a label, and methods of uses thereof. The application also relates to diagnostic methods and kits using the cancer specific antibodies herein. Further, the application provides novel cancer-associated epitopes and antigens of variant NFKBIB, and uses thereof. | 12-26-2013 |
20130344077 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES - The invention provides heterochimeric antibodies and/or fragments thereof comprising (i) hypervariable region sequences wholly or substantially corresponding to sequences found in antibodies from a donor species; (ii) constant region sequences wholly or substantially corresponding to sequences found in antibodies from a target species which is different from the donor species; and (iii) heavy and/or light chain variable framework sequences which contain at least three non-CDR residues corresponding to sequences found in antibodies from a target species and at least three contiguous non-CDR residues corresponding to sequences found in antibodies from a donor species. The invention further provides antibody to canine or feline or equine antigens, e.g., CD20 or CD52, and methods of making and using antibodies as described. | 12-26-2013 |
20130344078 | EMP2 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USES - The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of | 12-26-2013 |
20130344079 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING PHENYLKETONURIA (PKU) - A method of diagnosing Phenylketonuria (PKU) in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprises detecting phenylalanine fibrils in a tissue of the subject, wherein a presence or level above a predetermined threshold of said phenylalanine fibrils in said tissue, is indicative of PKU in the subject. Antibodies capable of detecting phenylalanine fibrils are also disclosed as well as additional uses. | 12-26-2013 |
20140004118 | CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ANTIBODIES | 01-02-2014 |
20140004119 | AGONISTIC ANTIBODIES TO TRKC RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
20140004120 | NOVEL ANTI-DR5 ANTIBODY | 01-02-2014 |
20140004121 | ANTI-MESOTHELIN BINDING PROTEINS | 01-02-2014 |
20140004122 | METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING CHOLESTEROL RELATED DISORDERS | 01-02-2014 |
20140010816 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF MALARIA - The present invention relates to polypeptides from | 01-09-2014 |
20140010817 | Novel Antibodies and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides an antibody that recognizes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 15 in the Sequence Listing and has an anti-arthritic function, or a functional fragment thereof. | 01-09-2014 |
20140017248 | INTERLEUKIN-10 PEPTIDES AND ANTIBODIES THEREOF FOR INHIBITING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PROTOZOAN INFECTION - The present disclosure is directed to interleukin-10 (IL-10) peptides and isolated antibodies that specifically bind to the IL-10 peptides. The IL-10 peptides and the isolated antibodies may be administered alone or as an animal feed additive to treat gastrointestinal protozoan infection in animals. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017249 | METHODS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BETA CELL FUNCTION - Disclosed are methods for improvement of beta cell function in a subject using an anti-IL-1β antibody or fragment thereof. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017250 | Toll-Like Receptor 3 Antagonists for the Treatment of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases - Toll Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) antibody antagonists, polynucleotides encoding TLR3 antibody antagonists or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the foregoing are disclosed. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017251 | BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A RECEPTOR AND THE USE THEREOF - The present invention is based on the identification of synaptic vessel glycoprotein SV2 as the BoNT/A receptor and the further identification of various BoNT/A-binding fragments of SV2. The disclosure here provides new tools for diagnosing and treating botulism. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017252 | BINDING EPITOPES FOR G250 ANTIBODY - The invention relates to specific amino acid sequences which have been determined to be target epitope for antibodies, in particular, for a G250 antibody. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017253 | RSPO3 Binding Agents and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to RSPO-binding agents, particularly RSPO3-binding agents and methods of using the agents for treating diseases such as cancer. The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind human RSPO3 proteins and modulate β-catenin activity. The present invention further provides methods of using agents that modulate the activity of RSPO3 proteins and inhibit tumor growth. Also described are methods of treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effect amount of an agent or antibody of the present invention to a patient having a tumor or cancer. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017254 | Identification of Tumor-Associated Antigens for Diagnosis and Therapy - The invention relates to genetic products the expression of which is associated with cancer diseases. The invention also relates to the therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which the genetic products are expressed or aberrantly expressed, in particular cancer diseases. | 01-16-2014 |
20140017255 | FULLY HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO BTLA - The present invention relates to binding compounds specific for BTLA and uses thereof. More specifically, the invention relates to fully human antibodies that recognize human BTLA and modulate its activity in cancer, inflammatory, and autoimmune disorders. | 01-16-2014 |
20140023650 | Methods of Treating and/or Preventing Cell Proliferation Disorders with IL-17 Antagonists - The invention relates generally to methods of treating and/or preventing proliferative diseases, such as cancers, using antagonists of IL-17. The invention also relates to methods and kits for identifying subjects who are likely to respond to treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases with antagonists of IL-17. | 01-23-2014 |
20140023651 | STEM CELL FACTOR INHIBITOR - Provided herein are methods, compositions, and uses relating to inhibitors of stem cell factor. For example, provided herein are antibodies targeting stem cell factor and methods for treating fibrotic and tissue remodeling diseases. | 01-23-2014 |
20140023652 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS BASED ON SHIGA TOXIN TYPE 1 PROTEIN - The invention is based on the discovery of the epitope in the Stx1 protein for the 13C4 antibody. The invention features non-full length Stx1 polypeptides that include the epitope for the 13C4 monoclonal antibody epitope. The invention also features methods of producing anti-Stx1 antibodies specific for the 13C4 epitope of the Stx1 protein. Additionally, the invention features methods for treating a subject having, or at risk of developing, a Shiga toxin associated disease (e.g., hemolytic uremia syndrome and diseases associated with | 01-23-2014 |
20140030267 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND KITS RELATING TO RESISTIN - The invention relates to novel nucleic acids encoding a mammalian resistin gene, and proteins encoded thereby, whose expression is suppressed by the antidiabetic compounds thiazolidinediones. The invention further relates to methods of treating and detecting type 2 diabetes and Syndrome X comprising modulating or detecting resistin expression and/or production and activity of resistin polypeptide. | 01-30-2014 |
20140030268 | TREATMENT FOR BONE DISEASES - The invention relates to the treatment of bone disorders. In particular, the invention is directed to the use of a dosing holiday to help overcome the resistance to anti-sclerostin antibodies which develops over time when a plurality of doses of antibody are given to a subject. By giving the subject to be treated such a dosing holiday, the subject may subsequently display an increased response to a subsequent dose of the anti-sclerostin antibody. The subject may be given multiple cycles of a batch of at least two doses of anti-sclerostin antibody and a dosing holiday. In some instances, the subject may be monitored to help determine when to give the dosing holiday. Further, the subject may be given a different treatment for the bone disorder during the dosing holiday from the anti-sclerostin antibody. | 01-30-2014 |
20140037634 | REGULATORY T CELL MEDIATOR PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to novel regulatory T cell proteins. One protein, designated PD-L3, resembles members of the PD-L1 family, and co-stimulates αCD3 proliferation of T cells in vitro. A second, TNF-like, protein has also been identified as being upregulated upon αCD3/αGITR stimulation. This protein has been designated T | 02-06-2014 |
20140037635 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING IL-17E ANTAGONISTS - Novel IL-17 like polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, selective binding agents, and methods for producing IL-17 like polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the treatment, diagnosis, amelioration, or prevention of diseases with IL-17 like polypeptides, agonists, or antagonists thereof. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037636 | ANTI-CD98 ANTIBODY PROCESSES - A human antibody or a functional fragment thereof having specific binding ability to CD98 which is derived from the cell membrane of cancer cells and is in the form of a complex with a protein having an amino acid transporter activity (for example, LAT1) is disclosed. This antibody binds to CD98 in the form of a dimer with LAT1 on the surface of cancer cells, specifically attacks cancer cells expressing CD98 via the immune system by ADCC or CDC, and further inhibits amino acid uptake of the cancer cells via LAT1, to suppress growth of the cancer cells. Accordingly, a preventive and therapeutic agent for cancer comprising this antibody or a fragment thereof, which acts on various cancers, is specific to cancer, and causes no side effect, is provided. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037637 | MITIGATING TISSUE DAMAGE AND FIBROSIS VIA LATENT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA BINDING PROTEIN (LTBP4) - The disclosure relates to compositions and methods of mitigating tissue damage and fibrosis in a patient by modulating latent transforming growth factor beta binding protein (LTBP4)-induced proteolysis of a TGFβ superfamily protein. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037638 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AMYLOID PLAQUE ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS - The present invention encompasses compositions and methods for effectively treating at least one symptom or sign of A plaque associated symptoms or for decreasing amyloid plaque loads. The method comprises administering an effective amount of an anti-ApoE antibody to a living mammalian biosystem such as to a human. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037639 | LINGO Binding Molecules and Pharmaceutical Use Thereof - The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment to promote axonal regeneration/plasticity; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of diseases associated with axonal degeneration and demyelination. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037640 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING EXPRESSION OR ACTIVITY INHIBITORS OF NINJURIN1 FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASE - The present invention relates to a composition comprising a Ninjurin1 expression or activity inhibitor for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease. Ninjurin1 protein is specifically expressed in macrophages around blood vessels, increases cell-cell adhesion and cell-matrix adhesion, increases expressions of Wnt7b (Wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 7B) and Ang2 (angiopoietin-2), but reduces expression of Ang1 to induce apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells. In addition, Ninjurin1 protein is up-regulated when inflammation is induced and induces iNOS expression as well as increased NO generation. Therefore, the Ninjurin1 protein expression or activation inhibitor can be effectively used as an active ingredient of a composition for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037641 | Peptide and Conjugate Vaccines for Fungal Infections - Several new peptides have been developed that show effectiveness as vaccines against candidiasis and other fungal diseases. A new conjugate vaccine of a β-mannotriose linked to a fungal peptide linked to tetanus toxin has been shown to be effective as a vaccine with or without use of an adjuvant. In addition, a monoclonal antibody has been identified that offers protection from a | 02-06-2014 |
20140044722 | ANTI-SOD1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention features anti-SOD1 antibodies and methods of using the antibodies for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or the amelioration of symptoms associated with ALS. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044723 | ANTI-PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN VI MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY - The present invention provides an antibody which has the following features, its active fragment, or a derivative thereof: a) It specifically binds to human platelet membrane glycoprotein VI (GPVI); b) The function to activate a platelet and/or the function to induce a thrombocytopenia in vivo are low; and c) It at least partially depletes GPVI on the platelet membrane by contacting with a platelet. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044724 | ANTI-ENDOGLIN ANTIBODIES AND KNOCKIN MICE EXPRESSING NOVEL HUMAN/MOUSE CHIMERIC ENDOGLIN - Provided are compositions and methods that relate to prophylaxis and therapy of angiogenesis associated disease and includes novel knockin mice which express novel human/mouse chimeric endoglin, vectors for use in making such mice, and murine embryonic stem cells comprising the novel human/mouse transgene. Also provided are anti-human endoglin monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) which can be used as antiangiogenic agents for prophylaxis or therapy of human tumor angiogenesis and human angiogenesis-associated diseases having excessive vascularization. The mAbs do not cross react with murine endoglin. Also provides are methods for using the anti-human endoglin mAbs for prophylaxis or therapy of human tumor angiogenesis and for angiogenesis-associated diseases having excessive vascularization. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044725 | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE TREATMENT METHOD - The invention relates to antibodies which are used in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of an antibody specifically recognizing any one of the predominant variants of the amyloid beta peptide, Aβ40 and Aβ42, in the preparation of a medicament that is used to prevent and/or treat Alzheimer's disease. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044726 | PREPARATIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MALIGNANCIES - Disclosed are therapeutic formulations comprising antibodies against the PEKRAEKIWK eptiope of the monomeric isoform of A-protein and a physiologically acceptable carrier. Methods for the treatment of subjects using these therapeutic formulations are also disclosed. | 02-13-2014 |
20140050732 | COMBINATION FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF MASTITIS - The present invention relates a combination for use in the treatment and/or prevention of mastitis containing i) an agonistic anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody or a CD40 ligand or a vector coding for the anti-CD40 antibody or a vector coding for the CD40L; and ii) inactivated or attenuated bacteria selected from the group consisting of | 02-20-2014 |
20140050733 | APOE IMMUNOTHERAPY - The present invention provides antibodies that preferentially bind to an ApoE(1-272) fragment relative to ApoE(1-299). These antibodies serve to reduce the toxicity of this fragment and find use in treatment and prophylaxis of a variety of neurological diseases. | 02-20-2014 |
20140050734 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE S100P PROTEIN FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER - The present invention relates to the use of antibodies against the S100P protein for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer; and to methods and kits for diagnosing cancer in vitro by means of detecting the levels of S100P in a biofluid, preferably with an antibody. The invention also relates to specific anti-S100P monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cell lines producing them and method for obtaining them, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions and conjugates containing them. | 02-20-2014 |
20140050735 | TREATMENT OF FISTULIZING CHROHN'S DISEASE - This invention is in the field of Crohn's disease. In particular, it relates to the treatment of fistulas in Crohn's disease using anti-IL-13 antibodies. The antibody may be an IgG and in particular may be the anti-IL-13 antibody 01951/G12. | 02-20-2014 |
20140050736 | CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR BINDING POLYPEPTIDES - The present invention relates to polypeptides directed against or specifically binding to chemokine receptor CXCR2 and in particular to polypeptides capable of modulating signal transduction from CXCR2. The invention also relates to nucleic acids, vectors and host cells capable of expressing the polypeptides of the invention, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the polypeptides and uses of said polypeptides and compositions for treatment of diseases involving aberrant functioning of CXCR2. | 02-20-2014 |
20140056900 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING BINDING TO B-CELL RECEPTOR - The invention provides an isolated protein which is a member of the TNF ligand superfamily and comprises: i) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of figure (1); or ii) a variant of the polypeptide of i). | 02-27-2014 |
20140056901 | ANTI-TAU ANTIBODIES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING IN TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF TAUOPATHIES - The disclosure provides antibodies that bind the N-terminal region of tau and also bind to pathological tau aggregates, conformational epitopes and peptides mimicking these epitopes (mimotopes). The antibodies may be used to treat tauopathies (e.g. Alzheimer's disease). | 02-27-2014 |
20140056902 | PHARMACEUTICAL AGENT COMPRISING ANTI-BMP9 ANTIBODY AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR TREATMENT OF ANEMIA SUCH AS RENAL ANEMIA AND CANCER ANEMIA - The present invention provides an anti-BMP9 (Bone morphogenetic protein-9) monoclonal antibody or an antibody fragment thereof binding to human BMP9, a hybridoma producing the antibody or the antibody fragment, a DNA encoding the antibody or the antibody fragment, a vector comprising the DNA, a transformant obtained by introduction of the vector, a method for preparing the antibody or the antibody fragment using the hybridoma or the transformant, and a therapeutic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment as an active ingredient. Further, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment as an active ingredient for the treatment of anemia such as renal anemia, cancer anemia or the like, and a method for treating anemia such as renal anemia, cancer anemia or the like using the same. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056903 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO GFR ALPHA 3 AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to human GFRα3 and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human GFRα3. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more GFRα3 biological activities, including the treatment of acute or chronic pain conditions, or inflammatory conditions. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056904 | Antibodies to TTR and Methods of Use - The disclosure pertains to antibodies and binding fragments thereof that specifically binds all or part of EHAEVVFTA. Also provided are isolated peptides, isolated nucleic acids, immunogens, compositions, immunoassays and kits and method of using said reagents to detect misfolded TTR. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056905 | ANTI-KIT ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein, in one aspect, are antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a human KIT antigen comprising the fourth and/or fifth extracellular Ig-like domains (that is, D4 and/or D5 domains), polynucleotides comprising nucleotide sequences encoding such antibodies, and expression vectors and host cells for producing such antibodies. The antibodies can inhibit KIT activity, such as ligand-induced receptor phosphorylation. Also provided herein are kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising antibodies that specifically bind to a KIT antigen, as well as methods of treating or managing a KIT-mediated disorder or disease and methods of diagnosing a KIT-mediated disorder or disease using the antibodies described herein. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056906 | SECRETED PROTEINS - The invention provides human secreted proteins (SECP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode SECP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of SECP. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056907 | ANTI-ASIC1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to cells expressing acid-sensing ion channel-1 (ASIC1). According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies inhibit acid-induced, ASIC1-mediated ion currents in cells expressing human ASIC1. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies of the invention are selective for ASIC1 and do not bind other acid-sensing ion channels in the absence of ASIC1. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of pain, including pain associated with surgical intervention and various diseases and disorders. | 02-27-2014 |
20140065151 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN ANGIOPOIETIN 2 - The present invention relates to a method of treating a disease or disorder in a patient comprising administering, to a patient in need of such treatment, an antibody which binds specifically to human angiopoietin-2 (ANG-2). The present invention also relates to a method for preventing metastasis in a patient suffering from primary cancer comprising administering, to a patient in need of such preventative treatment, an antibody which binds specifically to human angiopoietin-2 (ANG-2). | 03-06-2014 |
20140065152 | NOVEL EPITOPE FOR SWITCHING TO TH1 CELL AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a novel epitope that converts T cell to type 1 helper T (T | 03-06-2014 |
20140065153 | Methods for Treating Hair Loss Disorders - The invention provides for methods for treating a hair loss disorder in a subject by administering a JAK/STAT inhibitor. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065154 | TLR3 BINDING AGENTS - The invention provides anti-TLR3 antibodies as well as methods of making and using them. The antibodies are particularly adapted to the treatment of autoimmune or inflammatory diseases using anti-TLR3 antibodies. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065155 | NEUTRALIZING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE NOGO-66 RECEPTOR (NgR) AND USES THEREOF - The subject invention relates to isolated proteins, particularly monoclonal antibodies, which bind to the Nogo-66 receptor. Specifically, these antibodies have the ability to inhibit the binding of the natural ligand of the Nogo-66 receptor and neutralize the Nogo-66 receptor. These antibodies or portions thereof of the invention are useful for detecting NgR and for inhibiting NgR activity, for example in a human suffering from a disorder in which NgR or Nogo-66 activity is detrimental. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065156 | HUMAN BINDING MOLECULES CAPABLE OF NEUTRALIZING INFLUENZA VIRUS H5N1 AND USES THEREOF - Described are binding molecules such as human monoclonal antibodies that bind to influenza virus H5N1 and have neutralizing activity against influenza virus H5N1. Also described are nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, and compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of identifying or producing the antibodies. The antibodies can be used in the diagnosis, prophylaxis, and/or treatment of an influenza virus H5N1 infection. In certain embodiments, the antibodies provide cross-subtype protection in vivo, such that infections with H5, H2, H6, H9, and H1-based influenza subtypes can be prevented and/or treated. | 03-06-2014 |
20140072564 | THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE ROLE OF THE CXCR-4 GENE IN TUMORIGENESIS - The present invention relates to the identification of a novel role of CXCR-4 in cell transformation and aberrant cellular proliferation. In particular, the present invention relates to the altered gene expression of CXCR-4 in a number of primary tumors and cell lines derived from tumors, in addition to, the altered gene expression of ligands for CXCR-4. Further, the present invention relates, in part, to the Applicants' surprising discovery that the inhibition of CXCR-4 gene expression or the inhibition of CXCR-4 activity in transformed cells reverses the transformed phenotype. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072565 | NOVEL EPITOPE FOR SWITCHING TO TH17 CELL AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a novel epitope to convert T cell to type 17 helper T (T | 03-13-2014 |
20140072566 | NOVEL EPITOPE FOR SWITCHING TO TH2 CELL AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a novel epitope to convert T cell to type 2 helper T (T | 03-13-2014 |
20140072567 | Methods Of Treating And Preventing Glucose Toxicity - The present invention relates to a method for treating and/or preventing a disease associated with glucose toxicity in a subject which may comprise administering to the subject a compound that reduces the level of Bim, PUMA and/or Bax activity in a cell of the subject. Furthermore, provided is a method for culturing cells susceptible to exposure to high concentrations of glucose, which may comprise delivering to the cells, or progenitor cells thereof, a compound that reduces the level of Bim, PUMA and/or Bax activity in the cells. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072568 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR ENHANCING OR INHIBITING INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 (IGF-1) - The present invention provides an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds α | 03-13-2014 |
20140072569 | EMP2 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USES - The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of | 03-13-2014 |
20140072570 | ANTIBODIES OR FRAGMENTS THEREOF DIRECTED AGAINST A STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS EPITOPE OF ISAA OR ISAB - The invention concerns antibodies or fragments thereof that are directed against a | 03-13-2014 |
20140079706 | COMBINATION THERAPY OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN CSF-1R AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to the combination therapy of antibodies binding to human CSF-1R, characterized in binding to the (dimerization) domains D4 to D5 (SEQ ID No: 85) of the extracellular domain of human CSF-1R in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent, radiation, and/or cancer immunotherapy. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079707 | LOX AND LOXL2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF - The present application relates to anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies and their use in purification, diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, humanized antibodies and functional fragments thereof. Anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies can be used to identify and treat conditions such as a fibrotic condition, angiogenesis, or to prevent a transition from an epithelial cell state to a mesenchymal cell state. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079708 | ANTIBODY MOLECULE FOR HUMAN GM-CSF RECEPTOR ALPHA - Binding members for alpha chain of receptor for granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSFRα), especially antibody molecules. Use of the binding members in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, allergic response, multiple sclerosis, myeloid leukaemia and atherosclerosis. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079709 | Immunogenic Composition Comprising Alpha-Hemolysin Oligopeptides - The present invention provides immunogenic compositions useful in prevention and treatment of | 03-20-2014 |
20140079710 | COMBINATION PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF TREATING DISEASES OR CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES - The preset invention relates to combination pharmaceutical composition comprising an activated-potentiated from of an antibody to gamma interferon, and an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to S-100 protein and method of treating multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the diseases and conditions associated with neuroinfections. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079711 | ANTI-CD147 ANTIBODIES, METHODS AND USES - The present invention provides antibodies immunospecific for human CD147 capable of blocking bioactivity of CD147 associated with malignant disease such as the stimulation of MMPs from fibroblast cells by tumor cells, the release of VEGF, and the promotion of angiogenesis. The antibodies of the present invention of are useful in treating malignant disease and those diseases in which CD147 activity is plays a pathogenic role, such as diseases of the eye, lung, and cardiovascular system. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079712 | Therapeutic Applications Targeting SARM1 - The present disclosure provides methods for reducing axonal and/or synaptic degradation in neurons by modulating sterile α/Armadillo/Toll-Interleukin receptor homology domain protein (SARM) activity and/or expression. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079713 | MODULATION OF THE SONIC HEDGEHOG PATHWAY AND USES THEREOF - A method for modulating Sonic hedgehog (Shh)-mediated signalling and proliferation based on agents that modulates the binding of GAS1, BOC and/or CDON to Ptch1 is disclosed. Methods and compositions for treating cancer using agents that inhibit the binding of GAS1, BOC and/or CDON to Ptch1 are also disclosed. Methods for identifying agents that may be used to inhibit Shh-mediated signalling/proliferation and cancer based on their capacity to inhibit the binding of GAS1, BOC and/or CDON to Ptch1 are also disclosed. | 03-20-2014 |
20140086924 | COMPOUNDS THAT INHIBIT HSP90 PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS WITH IAP PROTEINS - Disclosed herein are compounds that inhibit Hsp90 interactions with IAP proteins, such as Survivin, XIAP, cIAP1, or cIAP2, and methods for identifying and using such compounds. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086925 | FGFR1 ANTIBODIES AND TREATMENT OF CANCER - The use of an FGFR1 antibody in the treatment of cancer is disclosed, wherein the FGFR1 antibody binds FGFR1 at an epitope that is positioned in the FGFR1 primary amino acid sequence no more than 50 contiguous amino acids away from the C- or N-terminal of the FGFR1 heparin binding domain. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086926 | METHOD OF COMBINATION THERAPY FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF C-MET OR ANGIOGENESIS FACTOR INDUCED DISEASES - Provided is a method of combination therapy for prevention or treatment of c-Met-induced or angiogenesis factor-induced diseases including co-administering an angiogenesis inhibitor and an anti-c-Met antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof to a patient. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086927 | NOVEL EPITOPE AND MECHANISM OF ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY INTERACTION IN AN INFLUENZA VIRUS - Antibodies (Abs) play roles in protection against influenza. Neutralizing Abs either inhibit the binding of hemagglutinin (HA) to cellular receptors or prevent the conformational change of HA induced by low pH. The former Ab binds to the regions near the sialic acid-binding pocket on the globular head formed by HA1 and generally shows narrow strain specificity. The latter Ab binds to the stem region formed mainly by HA2 and shows broad strain specificity. We isolated a broadly neutralizing Ab against H3N2 viruses. X-ray analysis of the HA/Ab complex indicated that the Ab binds to the valley formed by two neighboring HA monomers at the side of the globular head. The Ab shows neutralizing activity by preventing the conformational change of HA induced at low pH. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086928 | Antigenic GM-CSF Peptides and Antibodies to GM-CSF - Hybridoma lines that secrete human monoclonal antibodies with high binding specificity and biological activity, particularly neutralizing activity against granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, and methods of generating the hybridoma lines are provided. Target antigens and epitopes are also provided. The antibodies may be used in therapeutic methods, for example in the treatment of cancer, infectious disease, or autoimmune disease. | 03-27-2014 |
20140093506 | ANTI-FUNGAL-AGENTS - The present application relates to methods for reducing growth of a fungus having a coordination complex formed at the C-terminus of its dicer (dicer 1, ribonuclease type III) between an anion and the amino acids corresponding to the amino acids C1275, H1312, C1350 and C1352 of Dcr1 of | 04-03-2014 |
20140093507 | Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Diseases Associated With G-Protein Coupled Receptor AdipoR2 (AdipoR2) - The invention provides human AdipoR2 which is associated with the cardiovascular diseases, dermatological diseases, gastroenterological diseases, cancer, hematological diseases, respiratory diseases, inflammation, neurological diseases, urological diseases. The invention also provides assays for the identification of compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, dermatological diseases, gastroenterological diseases, cancer, hematological diseases, respiratory diseases, inflammation, neurological diseases, urological diseases. The invention also features compounds which bind to and/or activate or inhibit the activity of AdipoR2 as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093508 | Toll-Like 3 Receptor Antagonists - Toll Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) antibody antagonists, polynucleotides encoding TLR3 antibody antagonists or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the foregoing are disclosed. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093509 | Screening Method for the Identification of Agents Capable of Activating CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T-Cells Through Interactions with the HIV-1 GP120 Binding Site on CD4 - The present invention relates specific activation of a regulatory T cell via a specific CD4 epitope and uses thereof, e.g. for the treatment of an autoimmune disease or an allergy or asthma or graft rejection or tolerance induction. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093510 | CHLAMYDIA ANTIGENS - The invention provides | 04-03-2014 |
20140093511 | OPTIMIZATION OF ANTIBODIES THAT BIND LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION GENE-3 (LAG-3), AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind LAG-3, and have optimized functional properties compared to previously described anti-LAG-3 antibodies, such as antibody 25F7 (US 2011/0150892 A1). These properties include reduced deamidation sites, while still retaining high affinity binding to human LAG-3, and physical (i.e., thermal and chemical) stability. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided, as well as immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies. The present invention also provides methods for detecting LAG-3, as well as methods for treating stimulating immune responses using an anti-LAG-3 antibody of the invention. Combination therapy, in which the antibodies are co-administered with at least one additional immunostimulatory antibody, is also provided. | 04-03-2014 |
20140099310 | CANCER TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - Methods and compositions are provided for assessing, treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, using cancer-associated targets (“CAT”). Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment for these diseases or for selecting a treatment, using CAT. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using CAT. Also provided are compositions that modulate CAT (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate CAT, and agents identified by these screening methods. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099311 | Anti-IL-6 Antibodies, Compositions, Methods and Uses - An anti-IL-6 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-6 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099312 | Methods for Treating Hypercholesterolemia and Reducing LDL-C Using Antibodies to PCSK9 - The present invention provides methods for treating hypercholesterolemia and reducing LDL-C. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic composition comprising an anti-PCSK9 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099313 | INTERLEUKIN-13 BINDING PROTEINS - The present invention encompasses IL-13 binding proteins. Specifically, the invention relates to antibodies that are chimeric, CDR grafted and humanized antibodies. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for hIL-13 and neutralize hIL-13 activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Method of making and method of using the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting hIL-13 and for inhibiting hIL-13 activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hIL-13 activity is detrimental. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099314 | S. AUREUS POLYPEPTIDE AND ANTIBODIES - The invention relates to antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes, vaccines comprising said polypeptides; therapeutic antibodies directed to said polypeptides and methods to manufacture said polypeptides, vaccines and antibodies. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099315 | Human Oncostatin M Antibodies and Methods of Use - Antibodies and compositions capable of neutralizing oncostatin M biological functions are useful in treating diseases and disorders associated with oncostatin M, such as osteoarthritis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099316 | NOVEL PIPERIDINYL MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS AS S1P1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS - The present invention relates to novel compounds acting as agonists at S1P (sphingosine-1-phosphate) receptors, compositions containing these compounds, use of these compounds in medicine and their process of preparation. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099317 | ANTIBODY POLYPEPTIDES THAT ANTAGONIZE CD40 - Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind a novel epitope of human CD40 are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40 activation, such as autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single V | 04-10-2014 |
20140099318 | CD3-Binding Molecules Capable of Binding to Human and Non-Human CD3 - CD3-binding molecules capable of binding to human and non-human CD3, and in particular to such molecules that are cross-reactive with CD3 of a non-human mammal (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey) are presented. Uses of such antibodies and antigen-binding fragments in the treatment of cancer, autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases and other conditions are presented. | 04-10-2014 |
20140105900 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO ANTI-IL-21 RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides compositions and methods relating to antigen binding proteins against IL-21 receptor. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105901 | USE OF CBL AS BIOMARKER FOR IDENTIFYING SUBJECT SUITABLE FOR TREATMENT WITH ANTI-C-MET ANTIBODY - A method of identifying a cell sample or a subject suitable for treatment with an anti-c-Met antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an epitope within a SEMA domain of a c-Met protein by determining a Cbl concentration, a Cbl mutation, and/or a mutation of a site of c-Met for interaction with Cbl in a cell sample from a subject, as well as related compositions and methods. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105902 | USE OF LRIG1 AS A BIOMARKER FOR IDENTIFYING A SUBJECT FOR APPLICATION OF ANTI-C-MET ANTIBODIES - A method of identifying a cell sample or subject suitable for treatment with an anti-c-Met antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an epitope within a SEMA domain of a c-Met protein by determining the presence of LRIG1 in a cell sample from the subject, as well as related methods and compositions. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105903 | Modulators of Plexin B2 Activity - Disclosed herein are novel compositions and methods for the inhibition of Plexin B2-mediated Angiogenin activity. Such compositions and methods are useful, for example, for the treatment of cancer, the treatment of wet AMD and the inhibition of angiogenesis. Also disclosed herein are methods of determining whether a test agent is a modulator of Plexin B2 activity. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105904 | ANTHRAX AND SMALL POX REPLIKINS AND METHODS OF USE - Isolated peptides of the | 04-17-2014 |
20140105905 | High Affinity Fully Human Monoclonal Antibodies To Interleukin-8 And Epitopes For Such Antibodies - The present embodiments are related to high-affinity antibodies directed to IL-8, methods of making and characterizing such antibodies and uses of such antibodies. Isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions (FR's) and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), are provided. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105906 | Peptide for Protection of Allergic Respiratory Disorders - A peptide (Peptide-1) based on the C-terminal of Equine CC10 has been discovered that can be used as a vaccine to protect horses from respiratory airway obstruction (RAO). Antibodies to Peptide-1 may also be administered for short-term passive immunotherapy to RAO-affected horses, and can be used to measure the level of CC10 protein in serum to identify potential RAO horses (horses with reduced CC10). Due to similarities between equine RAO and human asthma, this peptide or its antibodies may also be useful in treatment or prevention of human asthma. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112928 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST TROPOMYOSIN-RELATED KINASE B RECEPTORS - The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies directed to a particular part of tropomyosin-related kinase B receptor (TrkB) and hybridoma cell lines producing these. Fragments of these antibodies, in particular fragments representing complementarity determining regions (CDRs), and proteins comprising these, are useful in a method of treating cancer, pain, anorexia, anorexia nervosa and/or cachexia. | 04-24-2014 |
20140112929 | TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1 ANTAGONISTS - The invention relates to TNFR1 binding proteins, in particular those which are capable of preventing dimerisation of TNFR1 chains, and to their use in therapy. | 04-24-2014 |
20140112930 | Methods for Treating or Preventing Malaria by Administering an Antibody that Specifically Binds Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) - The present invention provides methods for treating or preventing malaria by administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody that specifically binds human angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2). | 04-24-2014 |
20140120097 | GENERATION OF NEW PANCREATIC BETA CELLS - The present invention relates to novel therapies for treatment of new and existing type 1 and type 2 diabetes, PreDiabetes, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood, and diseases of insulin deficiency, beta cell deficiency, insulin resistance and impaired glucose metabolism. In particular, the present invention identifies common peptides within the human Reg1a, Reg1b, Reg3a and Reg4, as signaling peptides for beta cell generation acting through the human Reg Receptor on the surface of human pancreatic extra-islet tissue. This invention identifies a specific binding region of the Reg Receptor from which peptidomimetics and stimulating antibodies have been developed for the generation of new beta cells which may be administered directly to patients with said conditions including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, PreDiabetes and other conditions of beta cell deficiency, and provides specific methodology for protecting new beta cells generated for usage in type 1 diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood. This invention also provides for ex-vivo generation and delivery of beta cells utilizing the inventions described within. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120098 | FIBCD1 FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases such as allergic diseases and inflammatory bowel diseases comprising one or more FIBCD1 binding molecules or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and amides thereof and optionally one or more non-FIBCD1 binding molecules or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and amides thereof; as well as the use of such pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases such as allergic diseases and inflammatory bowel diseases. FIBCD1 is herein defined as either a transmembrane receptor, the corresponding DNA or the correspond mRNA as defined by SEQ ID No. 1, 2 and 3 as well as homologous thereof. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120099 | TRUNCATED VARIANT OF THE MAMMALIAN TARGET FOR RAPAMYCIN (mTOR) PROTEIN - The invention relates to mTORbeta, a splice form of mTOR, nucleic acids encoding mTOR beta, and antibodies against mTOR beta. The invention also relates to methods of producing mTOR beta and methods of screening for an agent that modulates mTOR beta expression and/or activity. The invention further relates to a method of treating a disease associated with aberrant expression of mTOR beta by administration of an agent that alters mTOR activity and/or expression. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120100 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING ERYTHROPOIETIN-ASSOCIATED HYPERTENSION - The inventors have discovered that both soluble erythropoietin-binding protein and antibodies against the erythropoietin-binding protein, when they are administered to a mammal along with erythropoietin (Epo), prevent or reduce the blood pressure increase normally caused by erythropoietin, while not affecting the hematocrit increase that is the purpose of Epo treatment. The invention provides a method of treating anemia in a mammal involving: administering erythropoietin (Epo) to the mammal; and administering to the mammal an agent selected from a soluble Epo-binding protein (Epo-bp), a recognition protein that binds Epo receptor on an extracellular soluble portion of the Epo receptor, and a combination thereof. The invention also provides a method of reducing hypertension in a mammal receiving Epo, and pharmaceutical compositions containing a soluble Epo-bp and/or a recognition protein that binds Epo receptor on an extracellular soluble portion of the Epo receptor. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120101 | Anti-IL12Rbeta1 Antibodies And Their Use In Treating Autoimmune And Inflammatory Disorders - The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to IL12Rβ1, the non-signal transducing chain of both the heterodimeric IL12 and IL23 receptors. The invention more specifically relates to specific antibodies that are IL12 and IL23 receptor antagonists capable of inhibiting IL12/IL18 induced IFNγ production of blood cells and compositions and methods of use for said antibodies to treat pathological disorders that can be treated by inhibiting IFNγ production, IL12 and/IL23 signaling, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis or inflammatory bowel diseases or other autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120102 | THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS RELATED TO LYSYL OXIDASE-LIKE 2 (LOXL2) - Provided are therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic methods for disease, including diseases associated with fibrosis and cancer using agents that bind to, inhibit, and/or detect lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2), and agents, compositions, kits, assay systems, and devices for use with such methods. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120103 | ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides high affinity anti-CD40 monoclonal antibodies and related compositions, which may be used in any of a variety of therapeutic methods for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120104 | CADHERIN-11 EC1 DOMAIN ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISORDERS - The present invention relates to Cadherin-11 antagonists and compositions comprising Cadherin-11 antagonists. The invention also relates to methods for treating inflammatory joint disorders, such as rheumaotid arthritis, in a mammalian subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a Cadherin-11 antagonist. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120105 | THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF FICOLIN-3 - The present Invention relates to novel antibodies against Ficolin-3, which antibodies inhibit complement activation. The invention further relates to the use of anti-Ficolin-3 antibodies in the treatment of conditions associated with inflammation, apoptosis, autoimmunity, coagulation, thrombotic or coagulopathic related diseases, as well as the use as biomarkers. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such antibodies, vectors and host cells used in the production of the antibodies. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120106 | Stimulation of Arterial Collateral Growth and Lymphogenesis - Compositions and method for stimulating and controlling arteriogenesis and lymphatic vasculature by preventing and/or reducing the cellular interaction between RAF1 and AKT have been developed. The compositions include molecules that increase the bioavailability of non-phosphorylated RAF1, for example, the RAF1 Ser259 to Ala259 mutant in (RAF1 S259A), and AKT1 inhibitory molecules. Defects, disorders or diseases of insufficient blood or lymphatic vasculature are treated by administering to a patient in need thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a molecule specifically blocking RAF1-AKT crosstalk in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient in an amount effective to enhance the growth of blood or lymphatic vasculature in the patient. Compositions can be administered by injection or by controlled or sustained release devices, coating on devices or implants, microparticles, bulking agents or depots, or other techniques providing controlled or sustain release over a period of time effective to induce blood or lymphatic vasculature growth as desired. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120107 | GENES OF AN OTITIS MEDIA ISOLATE OF NONTYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE - The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of | 05-01-2014 |
20140120108 | MUTANT PTP ALPHA GENE GROUP IN MALIGNANT TUMORS AND PRODUCTION METHOD - A group of mutant PTPαgenes in malignant tumor are provided, which are ΔPTPα245, ΔPTPα652 and ΔPTPα445 respectively. The mutation includes insertion of 95 new nucleotides after nucleotide at position 711, deletion of nucleotides at position 1015-1437, and deletion of nucleotides at position 1015-1437 accompanied by insertion of 340 nucleotides after coding exon at position 1681 and fusion of 26 new amino acids at C-terminal. The group of mutant PTPαgenes in different types of malignant tumor disclosed in the present application have not been reported all over the world so far. The detection method of using PTPαmutant genes is useful in exactly diagnosing malignant tumor, developing new anti-tumor drugs, and targeted treatment at molecular pathologic level. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120109 | Human Antibodies to Human TNF-Like Ligand 1A (TL1A) - A fully human antibody or antigen-binding fragment of a human antibody that specifically binds and inhibits human TNF-like ligand 1A (hTL1A) is provided. The human anti-hTL1A antibodies are useful in treating diseases or disorders associated with TL1A, such as inflammatory diseases or disorders, e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and the like; autoimmune diseases or disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and the like; and allergic reactions, such as asthma and allergic lung inflammation. | 05-01-2014 |
20140127212 | Binding Members For IgE Molecules - This invention relates to binding members, especially antibody molecules, for IgE. The binding members are useful for, inter alia, treatment of disorders mediated by IgE including allergies and asthma. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127213 | GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASES, METHODS OF DETECTION AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with autoinflammatory diseases such as psoriasis. For example, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and variant proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127214 | NATURAL IGM ANTIBODIES AND INHIBITORS THEREOF - The invention provides natural IgM antibody inhibitors that may be used to treat various inflammatory diseases or disorders. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127215 | CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ANTIGENS - Compositions and methods for the treatment or prevention of | 05-08-2014 |
20140127216 | NOVEL EXPRESSION CASSETTE FOR EFFICIENT SURFACE DISPLAY OF ANTIGENIC PROTEINS - An expression cassette, wherein said expression cassette comprises: (a) an ie 1 promoter from white spot syndrome virus or a variant thereof; (b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding an N-terminal gp64 signal peptide or variant thereof, a nucleic acid sequence encoding an antigenic peptide, a nucleic acid encoding a transmembrane region, and a nucleic acid encoding a gp64 cytoplasmic region or variant thereof; in which the promoter is operably linked to the nucleic acid sequence. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127217 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO VACCINATE AGAINST CANDIDIASIS | 05-08-2014 |
20140127218 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO VACCINATE AGAINST CANDIDIASIS | 05-08-2014 |
20140127219 | ANTIBODIES FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER - The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN6, including tumor-related diseases such as ovarian cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, sarcoma, bile duct cancer, cancer of the urinary bladder, kidney cancer, colon cancer, placental choriocarcinoma, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, and uterine cancer. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127220 | INTERLEUKIN-10 PEPTIDES AND ANTIBODIES THEREOF FOR INHIBITING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PROTOZOAN INFECTION - The present disclosure is directed to interleukin-10 (IL-10) peptides and isolated antibodies that specifically bind to the IL-10 peptides. The IL-10 peptides and the isolated antibodies may be administered alone or as an animal feed additive to treat gastrointestinal protozoan infection in animals. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127221 | Genes of an Otitis Media Isolate of Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae - The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable strain of | 05-08-2014 |
20140134173 | COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF USE FOR BINDING MOLECULES TO DICKKOPF-1 OR DICKKOPF-4 OR BOTH - Methods of using binding molecules and fragments thereof that bind to the protein target Dickkopf-1 (DKK1), Dickkopf-4 (DKK4) or both (wherein specificity to DKK1 or DKK4 or both is herein denoted as “DKK1/4”) are provided. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134174 | SOGA Polynucleotides and Polypeptides and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to the identification of polynucleotides and polypeptides involved in insulin and adiponectin signaling and regulation of glucose production. The invention further relates to the use of the identified polynucleotides and polypeptides, and inhibitors of the polynucleotides and polypeptides, in the regulation of glucose production and the monitoring and treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134175 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES AGAINST HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) AND USES THEREOF - Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to hepatitis C virus (HCV), and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. The human antibodies can be produced in a transfectoma or in a non-human transgenic animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, capable of producing multiple isotypes of human monoclonal antibodies by undergoing V-D-J recombination and isotype switching. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, non-human transgenic animals, and hybridomas which produce the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the human antibodies. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134176 | PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides antibodies, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, which specifically bind to PDGF-B. The invention further provides a method of obtaining such antibodies and nucleic acids encoding the same. The invention further relates to compositions and therapeutic methods for use of these antibodies for the treatment and/or prevention of PDGF-B mediated diseases, disorders or conditions. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134177 | Compositions and Methods for Treating and Diagnosing Cancer - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for characterizing, diagnosing and treating cancer. In particular, the present invention identifies LGR5 as a protein over-expressed in solid tumor stem cell. The present invention further identifies an interaction between RSPO1 and LGR5 as an alternative pathway for the activation of beta-catenin signaling. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides biomolecules that disrupt functional signaling via a LGR protein, including, in certain embodiments, molecules that inhibit the interaction between one or more RSPO proteins and one or more LGR proteins, such as LGR5. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides methods of treating cancer comprising disrupting functional LGR signaling and inhibiting growth of a solid tumor comprising solid tumor stem cells. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134178 | PHOSPHORYLATION OF HISTONES AND USES THEREOF - Phosphorylation of histones was observed at certain tyrosine residues which have not been associated with epigenetic modification. These sites include H2B Tyr37, H4 Tyr88 and Tyr51 and H3 Tyr99. Kinases responsible for the phosphorylation as well as downstream genes regulated by such phosphorylation were also identified. Antibodies that are specific to such phosphorylated histones have been generated, which are useful for detecting the phosphorylation and related events. With such findings, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for disease diagnosis, prognosis and therapy selection, in particular for cancer, obesity and diabetes. | 05-15-2014 |
20140141001 | Anit-Human Interleukin-20 Antibodies - Anti-human IL20 monoclonal antibodies that can reduce IL20 mediated activation of both IL20R1/IL20R2 and IL22R1/IL20R2 receptor complexes in one or more species, including humans, are described, as well as antigen-binding molecules such as, e.g., antigen-binding antibody fragments, antibody derivatives, and multi-specific molecules designed or derived from such antibodies, and methods or producing such antibodies or other antigen-binding molecules. Such antibodies or other antigen-binding molecules can be used for treating various diseases and disorders, including autoimmune or inflammatory diseases or disorders. | 05-22-2014 |
20140141002 | Method for Inhibiting Cellular Activation by Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 - A method of inhibiting cellular activation by Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) in a subject in need thereof (e.g., a subject afflicted with cancer, atherosclerosis, diabetic retinopathy or other disease) comprises administering an antagonist that inhibits the binding of IAP to SHPS-1 to the subject in an amount effective to inhibit cellular activation by IGF-1. Compounds and compositions for carrying out such methods are also described. | 05-22-2014 |
20140141003 | NEUTRALIZING PROLACTIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY MAT3 AND ITS THERAPEUTIC USE - The neutralizing prolactin receptor antibody Mat3, and antigen binding fragments, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment or prevention of benign disorders and indications mediated by the prolactin receptor such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, non-hormonal female contraception, benign breast disease and mastalgia, lactation inhibition, benign prostate hyperplasia, fibroids, hyper- and normoprolactinemic hair loss, and cotreatment in combined hormone therapy to inhibit mammary epithelial cell proliferation and for the treatment and prevention of antiestrogen-resistant breast cancer. The antibody blocks prolactin receptor-mediated signalling. | 05-22-2014 |
20140141004 | IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING CANCER - Disclosed are immunogenic peptides, related fusion proteins, nucleic acids encoding the peptides or fusion proteins, conjugates, expression vectors, host cells, and antibodies. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines for use in the treatment or prevention of cancer, e.g., alveolar rhabodomyosarcoma, methods of stimulating a T cell to kill a tumor cell, methods of stimulating CD4 | 05-22-2014 |
20140147444 | SELECTIVE BINDING AGENTS OF OSTEOPROTEGERIN BINDING PROTEIN - Selective binding agents of osteoprotegerin binding protein (OPGbp) are provided by the invention. More particularly, the invention provides for antibodies and antigen binding domains which selectively bind to OPGbp and may be used to prevent or treat conditions relating to loss of bone mass. Nucleic acid molecules encoding said antibodies and antigen binding domains, and expression vectors and host cells for the production of same are also provided. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147445 | Selective Targeting of the CD40L/Mac-1 Interaction by Small Peptide Inhibitors and its Use for the Treatment of Inflammation and Atherogenesis - The CD40L/Mac-1 interaction is selectively targeted by small peptide inhibitors and/or antibodies and such peptides are used for the specific treatment of inflammation and atherogenesis. In particular, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence EQLKKSKTL and antibodies specifically binding to an epitope are disclosed. | 05-29-2014 |
20140154258 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ANTIBODIES TO NEUROPEPTIDE HEAD ACTIVATOR AND METHODS THEREOF - This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising antibodies that specifically bind to the endogenous neuropeptide head activator (NHA) having the sequence of pGlu-Pro-Pro-Gly-Gly-Ser-Lys-Val-Ile-Leu-Phe and neutralize the function of NHA thereby. The invention also provides methods for neutralizing NHA function, and particularly for treating NHA-related disorders (e.g., cancer or cardiovascular diseases) by administering to mammals of the pharmaceutical compositions. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154259 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS - A method for the treatment of inflammatory disorders is disclosed, particularly the treatment of arthritis. The method comprises the administration of a function blocking antibody which is capable of binding an epitope of VLA-1. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154260 | B-7 RELATED NUCLEIC ACIDS AND POLYPEPTIDES USEFUL FOR IMMUNOMODULATION - The present invention provides nucleic acids encoding B7-related factors that modulate the activation of immune or inflammatory response cells, such as T-cells. Also provided are expression vectors and fusion constructs comprising nucleic acids encoding B7-related polypeptides, including BSL1, BSL2, and BSL3. The present invention further provides isolated B7-related polypeptides, isolated fusion proteins comprising B7-related polypeptides, and antibodies that are specifically reactive with B7-related polypeptides, or portions thereof. In addition, the present invention provides assays utilizing B7-related nucleic acids, polypeptides, or peptides. The present invention further provides compositions of B7-related nucleic acids, polypeptides, fusion proteins, or antibodies that are useful for the immunomodulation of a human or animal subject. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154261 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PROPHYLAXIS OF CANCER - An object of the present invention is to prepare an antibody that targets CAPRIN-1 specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and is superior in antitumor activity to conventional antibodies and to provide use of the antibody as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. The present invention provides use of an antibody targeting an identified cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer, specifically, a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising as an active ingredient an antibody or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a CAPRIN-1 protein, the antibody or the fragment thereof comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 5, 6, and 7 and a light chain variable region comprising amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOs: 9, 10, and 11. | 06-05-2014 |
20140161807 | METHODS OF PROMOTING CNS NEURONAL REPAIR BY INHIBITING LRP-1 - This invention provides methods for promoting and/or restoring neurite outgrowth and neuronal regeneration by contacting an injured neuron with an inhibitor of low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 (LRP-1). | 06-12-2014 |
20140161808 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND NOVEL PCSK9 VARIANTS - The present invention provides novel polynucleotides encoding PCSK9b and PCSK9c polypeptides, fragments and homologues thereof. Also provided are vectors, host cells, antibodies, and recombinant and synthetic methods for producing said polypeptides. The invention further relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods for applying these novel PCSK9b and PCSK9c polypeptides to the diagnosis, treatment, and/or prevention of various diseases and/or disorders related to these polypeptides. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of the polynucleotides and polypeptides of the present invention. | 06-12-2014 |
20140161809 | DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET - An in vitro method for assessing the risk that a subject suffers from a cancer, comprising measuring the expression level of Proline/arginine-rich end leucine repeat protein (PRELP) in cells from said subject, wherein an increased expression level of PRELP, as compared to healthy donors, indicates an increased probability of said subject suffering from cancer. The disclosure further relates to antibodies specific for PRELP and their use in diagnosis and therapy as well as a method for indicating a cell as a cancer cell. | 06-12-2014 |
20140170152 | IMMUNOBINDERS DIRECTED AGAINST TNF - Isolated binding proteins, e.g., antibodies or antigen binding portions thereof, which bind to tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), e.g., human TNF-α, and related antibody-based compositions and molecules are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, as well as therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the antibodies. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170153 | IL-21 EPITOPE AND IL-21 LIGANDS - The present invention relates to IL-21 ligands, such as e.g. antibodies, as well as use thereof. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170154 | ENGINEERED ANTI-IL-23R ANTIBODIES - Antibodies to human IL-23R are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g. in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170155 | Method for Treating a GD2 Positive Cancer - Preparations and methods for treating a GD2 positive cancer by administering a preparation comprising an anti-GD2 antibody to a patient, wherein the patient is not concomitantly treated with Interleukin-2 (IL-2), and wherein one or more treatment periods with the antibody may be preceded, accompanied, and/or followed by one or more treatment periods with a retinoid. | 06-19-2014 |
20140178390 | BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS RELATED TO CXCR7 - The present invention relates to particular polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the present invention provides immunoglobulin single variable domains inhibiting CXCR7 mediated tumour growth. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178391 | COLON DISEASE TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with colon. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in colon diseases (CCAT) and antibodies binds to CCAT. The present invention provides that CCAT is used as targets for screening agents that modulates the CCAT activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with colon. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178392 | Nogo Receptor-Mediated Blockade of Axonal Growth - Disclosed are NgR proteins and biologically active Nogo (ligand) protein fragments. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating the expression or activity of the Nogo and NgR protein. Also disclosed are peptides which block Nogo-mediated inhibition of axonal extension. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful in the treatment of cranial or cerebral trauma, spinal cord injury, stroke or a demyelinating disease. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178393 | AMINO ACID SEQUENCE PRESENTING FUSION POLYPEPTIDE AND ITS USE - Herein is reported a fusion polypeptide according to formula (I): NH | 06-26-2014 |
20140178394 | NOVEL ANTIGEN PEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to antigen peptide derived from the Nectin4 and its use for preventing and treating cancer. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178395 | TREATMENT OF NEPHROPATHY - The present invention relates to treatment of nephropathy. In particular, the present invention relates to treatment of nephropathy using therapeutic antibodies. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178396 | TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES - The present invention relates to treatment of cardiovascular diseases and arthero-sclerosis. In particular, the present invention relates to use of therapeutic antibodies. | 06-26-2014 |
20140178397 | ANTI-ANGIOGENIC THERAPY - The present invention provides novel monoclonal antibodies directed to P1GF and fragments and derivatives thereof, more particularly to humanized antibodies and fragments thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of pathological angiogenesis. | 06-26-2014 |
20140186357 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISORDERS COMPRISING INHIBITOR OF SUM01 AND BACE1 INTERACTION AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT - A treatment method for degenerative brain disorders using a pharmaceutically effective dose of the inhibitor of SUMO1 (small ubiquitin-like modifier 1) and BACE1 (β-secretase) interaction, or the inhibitor of SUMO1 expression or activation is provided. More specifically, it was confirmed that SUMO1 increased BACE1 accumulation and Aβ generation, that is SUMO1 regulated BACE1 accumulation by interacting with BACE1, and BACE1 dileucine motif was involved in SUMO1-mediated BACE1 accumulation. In addition, SUMO1 protein induced autophagy in H4 cells, while SUMO1 depletion reduced LC3-II level. It was further confirmed that SUMO1 and LC3 were co-localized in the cortex of APP transgenic mice. As shown herein, a pharmaceutically effective dose of the inhibitor of SUMO1 and BACE1 interaction or the inhibitor of SUMO1 expression can be effectively used for the treatment of degenerative brain disorders. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186358 | HER3 ANTIBODIES BINDING TO THE BETA-HAIRPIN OF HER3 - The invention relates to anti-HER3 antigen binding proteins, e.g. anti-HER3 antibodies, that bind to the beta-hairpin of HER3, methods for selecting these antigen binding proteins, their preparation and use as medicament. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186359 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PROPHYLAXIS OF CANCER - This invention provides an antibody targeting a cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and use thereof as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. More specifically, the present invention provides an antibody, or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a partial CAPRIN-1 polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or higher sequence identity to the amino acid sequence, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer comprising the same as an active ingredient. | 07-03-2014 |
20140193417 | Membrane Transporter NaPi2b (SCL34A2) Epitope for Antibody Therapy, Antibodies Directed Thereto, and Target for Cancer Therapy - The present disclosure relates generally to the membrane transporter NaPi2b (SLC34A2) as a target for therapy, including immunotherapy, and particularly cancer therapy. The SLC34A2 epitope peptide encompassing amino acids 312-340 of SLC34A2 has been identified as an ovarian cancer epitope using the monoclonal antibody MX35. The invention also relates to the use of SLC34A2 and particularly SLC34A2 peptides in generating antibodies which have anti-tumor or anti-cancer activity or in stimulating an immunological response. The invention further relates to antibodies specifically directed against NaPi2b (SLC34A2) and the SLC34A2 peptide(s), including veneered, chimeric, single chain and humanized antibodies. Methods for generating an immune response and for treatment of tumors and cancer are also provided. Assays for screening and identifying compounds directed against SLC34A2, including the SLC34A2 epitope peptide, and additional antibodies are provided. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193418 | ANTI-HUMAN EPO RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - Herein is reported an antibody that specifically binds to human EPO receptor, wherein the antibody binds to EPO receptor fragment LPGPGGSVDIV (SEQ ID NO: 01) but that does not specifically bind to a protein obtainable from human endothelial cells that has a molecular weight of about 66 kD. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193419 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AND DIAGNOSING DISEASES - Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating diseases, particularly cancer, associated with differential expression of cancer-associated targets (CAT) in disease cells compared to healthy cells are provided. Also provided are antagonists and agonists of CAT, and methods for screening agents that modulate CAT level or activity in vivo or in vitro. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193420 | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER USING ANTI-ITM2A ANTIBODY - Disclosed is a monoclonal antibody binding to an ITM2A protein. This antibody is useful in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer such as Ewing's sarcoma, T cell leukemia, T cell lymphoma, acute myeloid leukemia, B cell tumor, and multiple myeloma. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition, a cell growth inhibitor, and an anticancer agent containing the antibody as an active ingredient, and a method for treating cancer, a method for predicting the efficacy of cancer treatment, and a method for determining the presence of cancer in a test subject using the antibody. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193421 | Anti-Human XCR1 Antibodies - An object of the present invention is to provide a monoclonal antibody binding to human XCR1, wherein the antibody binds to linear or discontinuous epitopes which comprise at least three amino acids selected from the group consisting of the 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, 176th, and 177th amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 91. | 07-10-2014 |
20140199313 | Process for the Production of Fine Chemicals - The present invention relates to a process for the production of the fine chemical in a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or in one or more parts thereof, preferably in plastids. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antibodies, host cells, plant tissue, propagation material, harvested material, plants, microorganisms as well as agricultural compositions and to their use. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199314 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REGULATING IRON HOMEOSTASIS BY MODULATION OF BMP-6 - Modulation of iron homeostasis by regulating BMP-6 activity is provided. Methods of using BMP-6 and BMP-6 protein-specific reagents, such as antibodies, for altering serum iron levels in humans are provided. Such antibodies are useful in pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of anemia and anemia of inflammation. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199315 | Sp35 Antibodies and Uses Thereof - Endogenous Sp35 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination (Negative Regulator). Molecules that block endogenous Sp35 function, such anti-Sp35 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for Sp35, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous Sp35 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies. The invention further provides methods of promoting oligodendrocyte survival and myelination in a vertebrate, comprising administering to a vertebrate in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-Sp35 antibody | 07-17-2014 |
20140199316 | METHODS OF TREATING COMPLICATIONS AND DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH G-CSF ADMINISTRATION - The present embodiments relate to novel uses of MPO inhibitors and inhibitors of MPO and E-selectin binding. In some embodiments, methods are provided for treating G-CSF-induced vascular complications and associate tissue injury comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound that inhibits E-selectin receptor/ligand interaction or inhibits MPO activity. The inhibitors may be administered in conjunction with G-CSF therapy. The inhibitors include antibody molecules, as well as homologues, analogues and modified or derived forms thereof, including immunoglobulin fragments like Fab, F(ab′) | 07-17-2014 |
20140199317 | ACTRIIA BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF - The disclosure provides, among other aspects, neutralizing antibodies and portions thereof that bind to ActRIIA and uses for same. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199318 | AGONISTIC AUTOANTIBODIES TO THE ALPHA1-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AND THE BETA2-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR IN ALZHEIMER'S AND VASCULAR DEMENTIA - The invention relates to means for detecting, binding, removing and/or neutralising agonistic antibodies associated with dementia, preferably Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia. | 07-17-2014 |
20140205605 | OPTIMIZED ANTIBODIES THAT TARGET HM1.24 - The present disclosure describes antibodies that target HM1.24. In various aspects, the antibodies have specific CDR, variable, or full length sequences, have modifications with the parent antibody, or include at least one modification relative to a parent antibody that alters affinity to an FcγR or alters effector function as compared to the parent antibody. Nucleic acids encoding the antibodies and methods of using the antibodies are also disclosed. | 07-24-2014 |
20140205606 | ANTI C-MET ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to the human c-Met receptor protein and that act as strict antagonists of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-mediated activation of the c-Met receptor and also inhibit HGF-independent activation of the human c-Met protein. | 07-24-2014 |
20140205607 | FOCUSED EVOLUTION OF HIV-1 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES REVEALED BY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND DEEP SEQUENCING - Antibody VRC01 represents a human immunoglobulin that neutralizes—˜90% of diverse HIV-1 isolates. To understand how such broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies develop and recognize the viral envelope, we used X-ray crystallography and 454 pyrosequencing to characterize additional antibodies from HIV-1-infected individuals. Crystal structures revealed a convergent mode of binding of different antibodies to the same CD4-binding-site epitope. Antibody recognition was achieved through the evolution of complementary contact domains that were generated in diverse ways. Phylogenetic analysis of expressed heavy and light chains determined by deep sequencing revealed a common pathway of antibody heavy chain maturation confined to IGHV1-2*02 lineage that could pair with different light chains. The maturation pathway inferred by antibodyomics reveals that diverse antibodies evolve to a highly affinity-matured state to recognize an invariant viral structure, providing insight into the development and evolution of broadly neutralizing HIV-1 immunity. | 07-24-2014 |
20140205608 | Use of c-Fms antagonists - The present invention relates generally to a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of osteoarthritis (OA) and/or pain. In accordance with the present invention, an antagonist of c-Fms is effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis and/or pain. An antagonist of M-CSF includes, but is not limited to, an antibody that is specific for M-CSF, IL-34 or c-Fms. | 07-24-2014 |
20140212426 | Toll-Like Receptor 3 Antagonists - Toll Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) antibody antagonists, polynucleotides encoding TLR3 antibody antagonists or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the foregoing are disclosed. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212427 | Anti-Properdin Antibodies and Uses Thereof - This invention relates to selective inhibition of the alternative pathway (AP) of the complement system using an anti-properdin antibody. Specifically, the invention relates to methods of treating an AP-mediated pathology or AP-mediated condition in an individual by contacting the individual with an anti-properdin antibody. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212428 | HUMAN IL-23 ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS - Antigen binding proteins that bind to human IL-23 protein are provided. Nucleic acids encoding the antigen binding protein, vectors, and cells encoding the same as well as use of IL-23 antigen binding proteins for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes are also provided. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212429 | BINDING MEMBERS-513 - This invention relates to binding members, especially antibody molecules, specific for interleukin 1 receptor 1 (IL-1R1). For example, isolated binding members specific for IL-1R1 which competes with IL-1 and IL-1Ra for binding to IL-1R1 and binds Il-1R1 with a K | 07-31-2014 |
20140220022 | PTHRP, ITS ISOFORMS AND ANTAGONIST THERETO IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE - The present invention is directed to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, preferably the inhibition of tumor growth and its progression to metastatic sites, through the inhibition of the production of PTHrP, its isoforms or PTHrP signalling. The present invention is also directed to methods of inhibiting the PTHrP1-173 isoform through antagonists thereof, including monoclonal antibodies and siRNA directed there against. The invention may be applicable to many disease states, including but not limited to several types of cancer (such as breast, lung, prostate, melanoma and squamous) expressing PTHrP and its isoforms, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220023 | METHOD OF TREATING OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH AN ANTIBODY TO NGF - Methods are disclosed for treating osteoarthritis in a human subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-human NGF antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, wherein at least one symptom associated with osteoarthritis is prevented, ameliorated or improved. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220024 | CHYMASE COMPOSITIONS, ANTIBODIES, DIAGNOSTICS, AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS RELATED THERETO - The disclosure relates to chymase, antibodies to chymase, and diagnostic and therapeutic methods relates thereto. It has been discovered that above certain circulating levels of chymase, a patient has a high likelihood of AVF nonmaturation. Compositions and methods of detecting and measuring chymase levels are disclosure herein. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of determining the effectiveness of creating an arteriovenous fistula in a subject diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220025 | NOVEL STIP1 POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed toward pharmaceutical compositions comprising an isolated polypeptide and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention also discloses an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that bind to the isolated polypeptide. Methods of inhibiting cancer cells growth are also disclosed, comprising administering the isolated polypeptide or the antibody described herein to a subject in need thereof. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220026 | THERAPEUTIC USE OF SPECIFIC LIGAND IN MSRV ASSOCIATED DISEASES - A ligand includes each of the complementary-determining regions (CDRs) set forth in SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3 SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5 and SEQ ID No. 6 or any sequence having either number of substituted aminoacids within said sequences as indicated in the following, from 0 to 3 in CDR1 (SEQ ID No.1), from 0 to 2 in CDR2 (SEQ ID No.2), from 0 to 2 in CDR3 (SEQ ID No.3), from 0 to 1 in CDR4 (SEQ ID No.4), from 0 to 4 in CDR5 (SEQ ID No.5), from 0 to 2 in CDR6 (SEQ ID No.6), or aminoacids substituted with other aminoacids having equivalent chemical functions and properties, within said sequences SEQ ID No. 1 to SEQ ID No. 6. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220027 | 1D05 PCSK9 ANTAGONISTS - Antagonists of human proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (“PCSK9”) are disclosed. The disclosed antagonists are effective in the inhibition of PCSK9 function and, accordingly, present desirable antagonists for use in the treatment of conditions associated with PCSK9 activity. The present invention also discloses nucleic acid encoding said antagonists, vectors, host cells, and compositions comprising the antagonists. Methods of making PCSK9-specific antagonists as well as methods of using the antagonists for inhibiting or antagonizing PCSK9 function are also disclosed and form important additional aspects of the present disclosure. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220028 | ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST SIGNAL PEPTIDES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF - Provided are methods employing antibodies directed against the signal peptide (SP) domain of various disease-associated polypeptides. These anti-SP antibodies detect cell surface expression of these SP domains and are used in methods of diagnosis and/or therapy. Provided is a method for determining the suitability for treatment of a subject suffering from a disease, whereby detection of cell surface expression of a specific SP indicates that the subject would benefit from therapy directed against this SP. Further, provided are methods for diagnosis of diseases based on the detection of endogenously produced anti-SP antibodies. | 08-07-2014 |
20140234319 | TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE AND RELATED CONDITIONS - Endoglin has now been shown to be an important target of therapy to reduce disease symptoms associated with heart failure, particularly cardiac fibrosis. Soluble Endoglin is identified as an anatogonist to TGFβ1 activity, while membrane-bound Endoglin is identified as a necessary component to promote TGFβ1 activity in heart failure. The present invention therefore features methods and kits for treatment of subject having heart failure or a related disorder by administering a composition that decreases TGFβ1 signaling through either direct inhibition of membrane-bound Endoglin or promoting expression of soluble Endoglin. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234320 | MODULATORS OF 4-1BB AND IMMUNE RESPONSES - The invention provides peptides and fragments, methods and uses based upon modulating the binding or interaction between 4-1BB and galectins such as Galectin-9. Modulating such binding or interaction between 4-1BB and a galectin, such as Galectin 9. modulates an immune response. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234321 | HUNK, A SNF1-RELATED KINASE ESSENTIAL FOR MAMMARY TUMOR METASTASIS - This invention relates generally to a novel serine/threonine protein kinase, specifically to hormonally up-regulated, neu-tumor-associated kinase (HUNK); and to the role of HUNK in tumor metastasis, primary tumor development, and the prediction of tumor behavior. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234322 | THROMBOPOIETIN MIMETICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RADIATION OR CHEMICAL INDUCED BONE MARROW INJURY - Disclosed are transgenic non-human mammals, which useful for the screening of thrombopoietin mimetics, thrombopoietin receptor agonists, or thrombopoietin receptor antagonists active on the human thrombopoietin receptor. The transgenic non-human mammal has a genome that comprises a stably integrated transgene construct comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a humanized thrombopoietin receptor wherein said transgenic non-human mammal has a baseline blood platelet count corresponding to a physiological blood platelet count of a matched non-transgenic non-human mammal. The chimeric thrombopoietin receptor comprises either the transmembrane domain of a human thrombopoietin receptor or both the extracellular and transmembrane domains of a human thrombopoietin receptor operably coupled to a cytoplasmic domain of a non-human thrombopoietin receptor. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234323 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TLR3 - The present invention relates to antibodies, antibody fragments, and derivatives thereof that specifically bind to TLR3 cell receptors present on the surface of cells. The invention also relates to hybridomas producing such antibodies; methods of making such antibodies; fragments, variants, and derivatives of the antibodies; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same; methods of using the antibodies to detect TLR3 levels on the surface of cells, and the use of such antibodies and compositions for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in subjects. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234324 | METHODS FOR TREATING A TUMOR USING AN ANTIBODY THAT SPECIFICALLY BINDS GRP94 - Combinations of agents that have a synergistic effect for the treatment of a tumor are disclosed herein. These combinations of agents can be used to treat tumors, wherein the cells of the cancer express a mutated BRAF. Methods are disclosed for treating a subject diagnosed with a tumor that expresses a mutated BRAF. The methods include administering to the subject (1) a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof that specifically binds glucose regulated protein (GRP) 94; and (2) a therapeutically effective amount of a BRAF inhibitor. In some embodiments, the tumor is melanoma. In some embodiments the method includes selecting a subject with primary or secondary resistance to a BRAF inhibitor. In further embodiments, treating the tumor comprises decreasing the metastasis of the tumor. In additional embodiments, the BRAF inhibitor comprises PLX4032 or PLX4720. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234325 | ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION WITH ENTEROTOXIN SPECIFIC MABS - Antibodies to SEB, fragments thereof, and compositions comprising such are provided. Therapies for staphylococcal infection are provided, as well as assays for identifying additional agents useful in such therapies. An isolated antibody, or an isolated antigen-binding fragment of an antibody, is provided which antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and which antibody or antigen-binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable CDR3 comprising the sequence RIYYGNNGGVMDY (SEQ ID NO:30); ARTAGLLAPMDY (SEQ ID NO:31); ARDTMRKCYCELKLKPPAEHPGPA (SEQ ID NO:32) or VRDL YGDYVGRY A Y (SEQ ID NO:48). | 08-21-2014 |
20140234326 | METHOD FOR DECREASING RADIORESISTANCE AND GROWTH, METASTASIS AND INFILTRATION OF CANCER CELLS THROUGH REGULATING EXPRESSION OR ACTIVITY OF TM4SF4 IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition or an anticancer agent for preventing and treating non-small cell lung cancer, containing a substance for regulating the expression or activity of transmembrane 4 L six family member 4 (TM4SF4). More specifically, the present invention relates to a use of a substance for regulating the expression or activity of TM4SF4 as an anticancer drug or an anticancer agent with respect to non-small cell lung cancer, wherein it was ascertained that it is possible to decrease the growth, metastasis, and infiltration of adenocarcinoma cells and radioresistance by decreasing the expression of TM4SF4 in adenocarcinoma among non-small cell lung cancers and to decrease the growth, metastasis, and infiltration of the cells and radioresistance by increasing the expression of TM4SF4 in other non-small cell lung cancers except adenocarcinoma. | 08-21-2014 |
20140242082 | COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR NEOVASCULAR DISORDERS - The invention features methods for treating a patient diagnosed with, or at risk of developing, a neovascular disorder by administering a PDGF antagonist and a VEGF antagonist to the patient. The invention also features a pharmaceutical composition containing a PDGF antagonist and a VEGF antagonist for the treatment or prevention of a neovascular disorder. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242083 | ANTI-MCSP ANTIBODIES - The invention provides anti-MCSP antibodies and methods of using the same. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242084 | Angiopoietin-Like 4 and Its Use in Modulating Cell Leakiness - Vascular disruption induced by interactions between tumor-secreted permeability factors and adhesive proteins on endothelial cells facilitates metastasis. The role of tumor secreted angiopoietin-like 4 (cANGPTL4) in vascular leakiness and metastasis is controversial due to the lack of understanding of how cANGPTL4 modulates vascular integrity. Here, we show that cANGPTL4 instigated the disruption of endothelial continuity by directly interacting with three novel binding partners, integrin α5β1, VEcadherin and claudin-5, in a temporally sequential manner, thus facilitating metastasis. We showed that cANGPTL4 binds and activates integrin α5β1-mediated Rac1/PAK signaling to weaken cell-cell contacts. cANGPTL4 subsequently associated with and declustered VE-cadherin and claudin-5, leading to endothelial disruption. Interfering with the formation of these cANGPTL4 complexes delayed vascular disruption. In vivo vascular permeability and metastatic assays performed using ANGPTL4-knockout and wild-type mice injected with either control or ANGPTL4-knockdown tumors confirmed that cANGPTL4 induced vascular leakiness and facilitated lung metastasis in mice. Thus, our findings elucidate how cANGPTL4 induces endothelial disruption. Our findings have direct implications for targeting cANGPTL4 to treat cancer and other vascular pathologies. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242085 | METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR TESTING, PREVENTING, AND TREATING ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS INFECTION - As a result of the analysis by an SST-REX method so as to identify a target molecule for treating and testing an | 08-28-2014 |
20140242086 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SIGNAL PEPTIDE-CONTAINING MOLECULES - The invention provides human signal peptide-containing proteins (HSPP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode HSPP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with expression of HSPP. | 08-28-2014 |
20140248271 | NOVEL HUMAN GENES RELATING TO RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND OBESITY - This invention relates to isolated nucleic acids comprising genes of human chromosome 12q23-qter and the proteins encoded by these genes. Expression vectors and host cells containing such genes or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies to the proteins encoded by these nucleic acids are also included herein. | 09-04-2014 |
20140248272 | RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FOR USE IN VACCINE, ANTIBODIES AGAINST SAID PROTEINS, AND DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to proteins and/or fragments and derivatives thereof and their use as vaccines and in biotechnological methods. The vaccines particularly include immunogenic proteins in | 09-04-2014 |
20140248273 | VACCINE BASED ON STAPHYLOCOCCAL SUPERANTIGEN-LIKE 3 PROTEIN (SSL3) - The present invention relates to the field of vaccinology, especially of vaccines against | 09-04-2014 |
20140255410 | Specific binding proteins and uses thereof - The invention relates to specific binding members, particularly antibodies and active fragments thereof, which recognize an aberrant post-translationally modified, particularly an aberrant glycosylated form of the EGFR. The binding members, particularly antibodies and fragments thereof, of the invention do not bind to EGFR on normal cells in the absence of amplification of the wild-type gene and are capable of binding the de2-7 EGFR at an epitope which is distinct from the junctional peptide. Antibodies of this type are exemplified by the novel antibody 806 whose VH and VL sequences are illustrated as SEQ ID NOs: 2 and 4 and chimeric antibodies thereof as exemplified by ch806. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255411 | POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES, AND USES THEREOF AS A DRUG TARGET FOR PRODUCING DRUGS AND BIOLOGICS - This invention relates to a novel target for production of immune and non-immune based therapeutics and for disease diagnosis. More particularly, the invention provides therapeutic antibodies against VSIG1, ILDR1, LOC253012, AI216611, C1ORF32 or FXYD3 antigens, which are predicted co-stimulatory family members and which are differentially expressed in cancers including, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and colon cancer, and diagnostic and therapeutic usages. The use of these antibodies for modulating B7 costimulation and related therapies such as the treatment of autoimmunity are also provided. This invention further relates to the discovery of extracellular domains of VSIG1 and its variants, FXYD3 and its variants, ILDR1 and its variants, LOC253012 and its variants, AI216611 and its variants, and C1ORF32 and its variants a which are suitable targets for immunotherapy, cancer therapy, and drug development. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255412 | Pharmaceutical Composition of an Antigenic Tau Peptide Reconstituted in a Liposome and Related Antibodies and Cell Lines - The present invention is related to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an antigenic peptide, particularly an antigenic phopho-peptide mimicking a major pathological phosphor-epitope of protein tau, for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255413 | Combination therapy for neoplasia treatment - The present invention relates to an insulin-like growth factor (IGF) receptor antagonist for use in the treatment of prostate neoplasia, including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer, and particularly CRPC, wherein the antagonist is used in combination with an androgen receptor antagonist. An embodiment of the invention is where the androgen receptor antagonist is enzalutamide. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255414 | DIAGNOSTIC ANTIBODY ASSAY - Novel diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis, in particular Alzheimer's disease, and related aspects. In particular, monoclonal antibodies and an antibody assay are provided. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255415 | LINGO Binding Molecules and Pharmaceutical Use Thereof - The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment to promote axonal regeneration/plasticity; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of diseases associated with axonal degeneration and demyelination. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255416 | Peptides derived from Camplobacter jejuni and their use in vaccination - Disclosed are polypeptides for | 09-11-2014 |
20140255417 | MODULATION OF MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION - The invention is generally directed to promoting M1-type (macrophage M1 polarization) immune response by administering a compound that modulates macrophage activation. The invention is directed to the use of an antibody able to bind to CSF-IR for modulating macrophage activation. The invention is also directed to methods for evaluating the dose efficacy of an antibody able to bind to CSF-IR in a patient by assessing the in vivo or in vitro activation of macrophages. The invention is further directed to post-treatment companion test and assays to assess the effect of an antibody able to bind to CSF-IR on a subject being treated. | 09-11-2014 |
20140271650 | IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDE CONJUGATE AND METHOD FOR INDUCING AN ANTI-INFLUENZA THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODY RESPONSE THEREWITH - Immunogenic influenza hemagglutinin-derived peptide conjugates described herein induce a specific therapeutic antibody response against influenza virus. The immunogenic peptide conjugates comprise a segment from the fusion initiation region (FIR) domain of an influenza hemagglutinin protein conjugated to an immunogenic carrier protein, such as keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), bovine serum albumin (BSA), an influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein (i.e., full length HA), and the like. The immunogenic peptide conjugates described herein can be utilized to treat or prevent influenza infection and to prepare influenza-specific therapeutic antibodies that interfere with influenza virus-host cell membrane fusion. The peptide conjugates can be formulated in pharmaceutical compositions useful for broad spectrum treatment or prevention of influenza infections. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271651 | Anti-GP73 monoclonal antibodies and methods of obtaining the same - Disclosed herein are antibodies and methods of using said antibodies to detect Golgi protein 73 (GP73) and fucosylated GP73 in a sample. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271652 | IMMUNOLOGICALLY ACTIVE POLYPEPTIDE - Disclosed are immunomodulatory polypeptides that elicit an unusual induced cytokine profile, compositions comprising such polypeptides, compositions comprising antibodies that specifically bind to such polypeptides, and methods of using the same, including in cancer treatment, in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, in organ transplantation and for reducing graft rejection, for promoting fertility, and for identifying a neutrophil subset and/or other cellular subset including by flow cytometry. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits, and treatment methods are also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271653 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS F PROTEIN AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides fully human antibodies that bind to respiratory syncytial virus F protein, compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of use. The antibodies of the invention are useful for preventing fusion of the virus with the cell membrane and preventing cell to cell spread of the virus, thereby providing a means of preventing the infection, or treating a patient suffering from the infection and ameliorating one or more symptoms or complications associated with the viral infection. The antibodies may also be useful for diagnosis of an infection by RSV. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271654 | METHODS FOR TREATING BONE GAP DEFECTS - The invention provides a method of enhancing bone gap defect healing involving administering a sclerostin inhibitor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271655 | NEUTRALIZING ANTI-INFLUENZA A VIRUS ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to an epitope in the stem region of an influenza A hemagglutinin trimer and neutralize a group 1 subtype and a group 2 subtype of influenza A virus. The invention also relates to nucleic acids that encode, immortalized B cells and cultured single plasma cells that produce, and to epitopes that bind to such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and epitopes in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of influenza A virus infection. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271656 | OPTIMIZED ANTIGENS OF PNEUMOCYSTIS AND USE THEREOF - Immunologically active agents are described, including isolated | 09-18-2014 |
20140271657 | COMBINATORIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES - Provided herein are compositions and methods for increasing fetal hemoglobin expression (HbF) for the treatment and/or amelioration of the symptoms of a hemoglobinpathy in a mammal. The compositions comprise a combination of one or more inhibitors of BCL11A expression or activity with epigenetic modifiers, such as inhibitors of DNA methylation and/or one or more inhibitors of histone deacetylases. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286952 | Inhibitors of Metastasis, Methods of Generating Such Inhibitors and Their Therapeutic Applications - The chain of events that explains calcitonin receptor (CTR)-stimulated invasion and metastasis of prostate cancer cells was identified. The CTR-stimulated events depend on the interaction of CTR with the PDZ3 domain of ZO-1. Small peptides and small molecules were identified that inhibit this interaction. The small inhibitory peptides were synthesized and can be used to attenuate or inhibit metastasis in solid cancer tumors. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286953 | HEPCIDIN, HEPCIDIN ANTAGONISTS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention relates to purified, correctly folded hepcidin, antibodies that bind hepcidin, and methods of making and using such materials. Also provide are methods of treated hepcidin-related disorders. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286954 | TAU PROTEASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Disclosed are mammalian tau proteases, as well as proteolytically-active fragments, variants, and mutants thereof. Also disclosed are polynucleotides and recombinant expression vectors that encode these polypeptides, as well as methods for producing such proteins in selected recombinant host cells, and for using the compositions in a variety of diagnostic and analytical assays. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286955 | NOTCH AGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - The present invention is directed to methods of treating and preventing acute myeloid leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia relapse disease in a subject that involve administering a Notch receptor agonist. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286956 | MODULATING INFLAMMASOME ACTIVITY AND INFLAMMATION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - Compositions and methods for reducing inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS) of a mammal that has been subjected to a stroke, traumatic injury to the CNS such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), or having an autoimmune or CNS disease have been developed. The compositions and methods described herein include antibodies that specifically bind to at least one component (e.g., ASC, NALP1) in a mammalian inflammasome (e.g., the NALP1 inflammasome) and have use as treatments for SCI, TBI, stroke, and autoimmune and CNS diseases in a mammal. In a rodent model of SCI, therapeutic neutralization of ASC using a polyclonal antibody that specifically binds to ASC inhibited the inflammasome, reduced caspase-1 activation, XIAP cleavage, and interleukin processing, resulting in significant tissue sparing and functional improvement. Additionally, in a rodent model of TBI, neutralization of ASC after TBI reduced caspase-1 activation and XIAP cleavage. Further, in a rodent thromboembolic stroke model, neutralization of NLRP1 resulted in reduced histopathological damage in mice and reduced cytokine activation, suggesting that the inflammasome complex forms in the brain after stroke and is a therapeutic target for reducing the detrimental consequences of post-stroke inflammation. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286957 | ANTIBODIES TO CD1d - Isolated antibodies or antigen binding portions thereof that bind to CD1d. These antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof have application in treatment of conditions involving NKT cell effector function. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286958 | Interleukin-31 Monoclonal Antibody - An isolated antibody that specifically binds to at least one of canine Interleukin-31 (IL-31) or feline IL-31 is provided. Such antibodies can be in the form of diagnostic and/or veterinary compositions useful for treating a pruritic and/or allergic condition in dogs or cats. | 09-25-2014 |
20140294842 | Assays, Methods and Means - A novel class of hydroxylases is described having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 2, 4, 6 and 8, and variants and fragments thereof having HIF hydroxylation activity. The polypeptides of the invention have in particular prolyl hydroxylase activity. An assay method monitors the interaction of the HIF hydroxylase with a substrate. Modulators of HIF hydroxylase are provided for use in the treatment of a condition associated with increased or decreased HIF levels or activity or for the treatment of a condition where it is desirable to modulate HIF levels or activity. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294843 | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF COPD - Provided is a method for diagnosing and/or staging COPD based on detection of one or more histone proteins. In some embodiments, the histone protein is an H3.3 protein comprising a post-translational modification. In some embodiments, the histone protein is H2B, H3, H3.3 or H4. Kits for practicing the methods of diagnosis and/or staging are provided as well. Further provided is a method for treating COPD. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294844 | PRION PROTEIN ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The invention relates to a ligand capable of binding PrP at a site within amino acid residues 131 to 153 of PrP, for use in treatment or prevention of impaired synaptic plasticity. The invention also relates to a ligand capable of binding PrP at a site within amino acid residues 131 to 153 of PrP, for use in treatment or prevention of toxicity of Aβ oligomers. The invention also relates to a ligand capable of binding PrP at a site within amino acid residues 131 to 153 of PrP, for use in treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's Disease. The invention also relates to methods of medical treatment. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294845 | ANTI-PLEIOTROPHIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention concerns antibodies that neutralize at least one biological activity of pleiotrophin. The antibodies can inhibit cancer cell growth and angiogenesis in vitro or in vivo. The present invention provides for methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth or angiogenesis in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of the antibodies described herein. The present invention also provides for methods of making the neutralizing antibodies described herein. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294846 | FUNCTION AND REGULATION OF ADAMTS-1 - The present invention relates to ADAMTS-1 and uses thereof. The present invention also relates to fragments of ADAMTS-1 and methods of inhibiting cell growth and metastasis. The present invention also provide methods of identifying inhibitors and activators relating to the function of ADAMTS-1. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294847 | BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS RELATED TO C-MET - The present invention relates to biological materials related to c-Met possibly in combination with VEGF and/or EGFR, and more in particular to polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. Methods and kits for assessing the responsiveness of a patient to c-Met therapy are also described and provided. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294848 | Novel Targets for Regulation of Angiogenesis - The present invention relates to the identification of polynucleotides and polypeptides having increased expression in tumor blood vessels. The invention further relates to the use of the identified polynucleotides and polypeptides, and inhibitors of the polynucleotides and polypeptides, in the regulation of angiogenesis and the diagnosis and treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases such as cancer. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294849 | COMPOSITIONS AND USES - The invention provides a TLR agonist and an antibody which binds to an antigen such as a β-amyloid antigen for use in stimulating an immune response to the antigen in an individual. The TLR agonist can be delivered at the same time as the antibody, less than 48 hours before the antibody or after the antibody. The compositions and methods provided are useful for prevention or treatment of Alzheimer's disease. | 10-02-2014 |
20140302040 | Novel Antibodies and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides an antibody that recognizes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 15 in the Sequence Listing and has an anti-arthritic function, or a functional fragment thereof. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302041 | ANTI-AXL ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to anti-Axl antibodies and uses thereof in diagnostic and therapeutic methods. More particularly, the present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody having specificity for Axl comprising an heavy chain variable region comprising SEQ ID NO:2 in the H-CDR1 region, SEQ ID NO:3 in the H-CDR2 region and SEQ ID NO:4 in the H-CDR3 region; and a light chain variable region comprising SEQ ID NO: 6 in the L-CDR1 region, SEQ ID NO:7 in the L-CDR2 region and SEQ ID NO:8 in the L-CDR3 region. Said monoclonal antibody binds to the extracellular domain of Axl via, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302042 | METHODS OF PREDICTING PROGNOSIS IN CANCER - A set of biomarkers (e.g., genes and gene products) that can accurately inform about the risk of cancer progression and recurrence, as well as methods of their use are disclosed. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302043 | BROADLY NEUTRALIZING HUMAN ANTIBODY THAT RECOGNIZES THE RECEPTOR-BINDING POCKET OF INFLUENZA HEMAGGLUTININ - The invention features a novel influenza antibody that specifically binds to influenza hemagglutinin and reduces or inhibits hemagglutinin binding to sialic acid. The invention also provides methods, compositions, and kits featuring the novel antibody and its use in preventing or treating influenza infection. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302044 | MCPIP PROTECTION AGAINST OSTEOCLAST PRODUCTION - Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient at risk of developing an inflammatory joint disease. In exemplary embodiments, the method involves inhibiting MCPIP levels in a patient in need, wherein said patient in need is exhibiting pre-arthritic or pre-osteoporotic symptoms. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302045 | IGY COMPOSITION FOR USE IN CELIAC DISEASE - The present invention relates to an IgY composition characterized in that said IgY composition contains IgY antibodies, fragments, and/or Fab fragments thereof that specifically bind to a peptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and to the use of this IgY composition in the therapy of celiac disease, rheumatism, and/or wheat allergy. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302046 | Immunological Targeting of Pathological Tau Proteins - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating, preventing, and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies in a subject by administering an immunogenic tau peptide or an antibody recognizing the immunogenic tau epitope under conditions effective to treat, prevent, or diagnose Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies. Also disclosed are methods of promoting clearance of aggregates from the brain of the subject and of slowing progression of tau-pathology related behavioral phenotype in a subject. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302047 | THROMBIN-BINDING ANTIBODY MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF - This invention relates to isolated antibodies which recognise the exosite 1 epitope of thrombin and selectively inhibit thrombin without promoting bleeding. These antibody molecules may be useful in the treatment and prevention of thrombosis, embolism and other conditions mediated by thrombin. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302048 | PLASMA KALLIKREIN BINDING PROTEINS - Plasma kallikrein binding proteins and methods of using such proteins are described. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302049 | ANTI-GPR49 ANTIBODIES - Described herein are to antibodies against GPR49 and uses of such antibodies. Various aspects relate to monoclonal, humanized, or fully human antibodies against GPR49, hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such antibodies, nucleic acids and vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding for such antibodies. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302050 | TARGETING AN AMPHIREGULIN-DERIVED CELL SURFACE NEO-EPITOPE - Antibodies to an amphiregulin neo-epitope, fragments thereof, and compositions comprising such are provided. Therapies for cancers in which cells thereof express amphiregulin are provided, as well as assays for identifying additional agents useful in such therapies. | 10-09-2014 |
20140308288 | ANTIBODY SELECTIVE FOR A TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF - An antibody of the invention interacts with human DR5 to produce agonistic or antagonistic effects downstream of the receptor including inhibition of cell proliferation and apoptosis. Nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences of anti-DR5 antibodies have been elucidated and vectors and cells containing and expressing these sequences have been generated. Methods and uses for the antibodies are detailed including treatment of apoptosis-related disease and treatment of dysregulated cell growth. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308289 | EXTRACELLULAR HISTONES AS BIOMARKERS FOR PROGNOSIS AND MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR THERAPY - Hyper-inflammatory responses can lead to a variety of diseases including sepsis. It is now shown that extracellular histones released in response to inflammatory challenge are mediators contributing to endothelial dysfunction, organ failure and death during sepsis. As such, they can be targeted pharmacologically by inhibitors, as well as used as biomarkers for prognosis of sepsis and other diseases. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308290 | METHODS FOR TREATING VISCERAL PAIN BY ADMINISTERING ANTAGONIST ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE - The invention features methods for preventing or treating visceral pain, including pain associated with functional bowel disorder, inflammatory bowel disease and interstitial cystitis, by administering an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308291 | Immunogenic Composition Comprising Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) Derived Polypeptides - The present disclosure provides immunogenic compositions useful in prevention and treatment of | 10-16-2014 |
20140314767 | METHODS FOR TREATING VISCERAL PAIN BY ADMINISTERING ANTAGONIST ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE - The invention features methods for preventing or treating visceral pain, including pain associated with functional bowel disorder, inflammatory bowel disease and interstitial cystitis, by administering an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314768 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AND DIAGNOSING DISEASES - Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating diseases, particularly cancer, associated with differential expression of cancer-associated targets (CAT) in disease cells compared to healthy cells are provided. Also provided are antagonists and agonists of CAT, and methods for screening agents that modulate CAT level or activity in vivo or in vitro. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314769 | Neutralizing Antibodies And Methods Of Use Thereof - This invention provides monoclonal antibodies that recognize the Toll-like Receptor 4/MD-2 receptor complex, and monoclonal antibodies that recognize the TLR4/MD2 complex as well as TLR4 when not complexed with MD-2. The invention further provides methods of using the humanized monoclonal antibodies as therapeutics. This invention also provides soluble chimeric proteins, methods of expressing and purifying soluble chimeric proteins, and methods of using soluble chimeric proteins as therapeutics, in screening assays and in the production of antibodies. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314770 | KIDNEY DISEASE TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with kidney. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in kidney diseases (KCAT) and antibodies binds to KCATs. The present invention provides that KCATs are used as targets for screening agents that modulates the KCAT activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with kidney. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314771 | COMBINATION THERAPY OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN CSF-1R AND TLR9 AGONIST - The present invention relates to the combination therapy of antibodies against human CSF-1R with a TLR9 agonist. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314772 | ANTI-C5A BINDING MOIETIES WITH HIGH BLOCKING ACTIVITY - The present invention relates to binding moieties that specifically bind to a conformational epitope of C5a, in particular human C5a. Preferred binding moieties are anti-C5a antibodies that bind to this conformational epitope. The binding moieties described herein are useful as active agents in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and prevention of various acute and chronic diseases, in particular acute inflammatory diseases, such as the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and different degrees of sepsis including sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314773 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The present disclosure provides for a hyperimmune preparation comprising human polyclonal antibodies or fragments thereof specific to a cyclic peptide having an amino acid sequence comprising SNK. The cyclic peptide may comprise an amino acid sequence GSNK (SEQ ID NO: 1), SNKG(SEQ ID NO: 2), GSNKG (SEQ ID N0:3), CSNKG (SEQ ID NO: 4), CGSNKGC (SEQ ID NO: 5), CGSNKGG (SEQ ID NO: 6), or CCGSNKGC (SEQ ID NO: 7). The antibodies in the hyperimmune preparation may have a titer ranging from about 200 to about 400 mean fluorescence intensity (MFI). In one embodiment, greater than about 80% of the antibodies in the hyperimmune preparation are IgG. The fragments of the antibodies are Fab, F(ab′)2, scFv, disulfide linked Fv, or mixtures thereof. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314774 | HER3 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are antibodies specific for HER3. Also provided are methods of treating cancer in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of the antibodies described herein to the subject. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314775 | ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN (ADM) ANTIBODY OR ANTI-ADM ANTIBODY FRAGMENT OF ANTI-ADM NON-IG SCAFFOLD FOR REGULATING THE FLUID BALANCE IN A PATIENT HAVING A CHRONIC OR ACUTE DISEASE - Patients having a chronic or acute disease or acute condition, especially patients at the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) suffer from fluid imbalance. The present invention provides a medicament for regulating the fluid balance and/or improving the fluid balance of such patients. Subject matter of the present invention is an anti-Adrenomedullin (ADM) antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or an anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold for regulating the fluid balance in a patient having a chronic or acute disease or acute condition. The present invention also provides a method for regulating the fluid balance in a patient having a chronic or acute disease or acute condition. Subject matter of the present invention is an anti-Adrenomedullin ADM antibody or anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment for use in therapy of a chronic or acute disease or acute condition of a patient for the regulation of fluid balance. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314776 | METHOD OF TREATING ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS THROUGH THE USE OF ANTI-SCLEROSTIN ANTIBODIES - The invention provides a method of treating alveolar bone loss involving administration of a sclerostin inhibitor to a subject in need thereof. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314777 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TARGETING NEUTRALIZING EPITOPES ON H5 INFLUENZA VIRUS OF CLADE 2.3 - The present invention relates to murine monoclonal antibodies C, F and H which target major neutralizing epitopes of influenza H5 hemagglutinin of clade 2.3 and active fragments thereof. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for the prophylaxis and treatment of H5N1 influenza using murine monoclonal antibodies C, F or H or active fragments thereof. The present invention additionally relates to methods and compositions for providing universal protection against H5 influenza viruses using murine monoclonal antibodies C, F or H or fragments thereof together with complementary murine monoclonal antibody or active fragments thereof. The present invention further relates to methods and compositions for the characterization and quantification of H5 expression using these murine monoclonal antibody or fragments thereof. | 10-23-2014 |
20140322222 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THE MODULATION OF BETA-1 INTEGRIN FUNCTION TO MEDIATE TISSUE REPAIR - The present invention provides methods and compositions that modulate beta 1 integrin activity by functioning as allosteric antagonists. In particular, the present invention provides methods for mediating tissue repair where insult or injury has occurred by antagonising the allosteric function of beta 1 integrin. | 10-30-2014 |
20140322223 | TOX3 AS A BIOMARKER FOR BREAST CANCER - The invention provides compositions and methods for detecting and/or modulating TOX3 gene expression and/or biological activity. Such compositions and methods find utility in the detection and/or treatment of certain subsets of cancers, e.g. breast cancer. In particular, the inventive compositions and methods are drawn to production and use of anti-TOX3 antibodies and TOX3 nucleic acids for both detection and modulation of TOX3. The invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the modulation of TOX3 in a subject in need thereof. Further aspects of the invention relate to transgenic mice that either overexpress or inducibly express TOX3. | 10-30-2014 |
20140322224 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST SEROTRANSFERRIN ANTIGENS, AND USES THEREFOR - The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to serotransferrin (TF), hybridoma lines that secrete these antibodies or fragments thereof, and the use of these antibodies to detect TF antigens. Methods and uses for detecting prostate cancer, as well as methods and uses for distinguishing early and late stage prostate cancer are encompassed. | 10-30-2014 |
20140322225 | Anti-Adrenomedullin (ADM) antibody or anti-ADM antibody fragment or anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold for use in therapy of an acute disease or acute condition of a patient for stabilizing the circulation - Patients having a chronic or acute disease or acute condition may be in need for stabilizing the circulation. Subject matter of the present invention is an anti-Adrenomedullin (ADM) antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or an anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold for use in therapy of acute disease or condition of a patient for stabilizing the circulation. | 10-30-2014 |
20140328848 | Method for Treating Metabolic Disorders - The present invention relates to compositions comprising anti-ActRIIB antibodies and use thereof for increasing brown fat in vertebrate, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans without significantly affecting hematological parameters. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328849 | ANTI-CRTH2 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides anti-CRTh2 antibodies and methods of using the same. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328850 | APELIN ANTIGEN-BINDING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF - This disclosure relates to apelin antigen-binding proteins and methods of using the apelin antigen-binding proteins. The antigen-binding protein may comprise an antibody to apelin and can be used to treat pathological conditions involving angiogenesis. The pathological conditions can comprise cancer or retinopathy and/or retinopathy-related complications. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328851 | Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) Inhibitor Polypeptide Antibodies for Prophylactic and Therapeutic Anti-Atherosclerosis Treatments - Herein are described two antibodies that can inhibit CETP-lipoproteins interaction and CETP activity. Presently described are an antibody or fragment thereof capable of specifically binding to an epitope of the N-terminal or C-terminal domains of CETP and methods of using these antibodies for separation, identification, diagnosis and therapy. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328852 | IMMUNOGENIC GLUTEN PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to an immunogenic peptide of eight amino acids that is generated naturally in the intestine of celiac patients by means of the hydrolysis of ingested gluten. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the peptide, or antibodies generated against same, for the in vitro monitoring and/or diagnosis of celiac disease, as well as to the use of such antibodies for the detection of gluten in food. The invention further relates to the use of the aforementioned peptide as a therapeutic target for the development of compounds or compositions for use in the diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of this pathological condition, as well as to the use of the peptide and the antibodies against same for the prevention and/or treatment of celiac disease. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328853 | ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN (ADM) ANTIBODY OR ANTI-ADM ANTIBODY FRAGMENT OR ANTI-ADM NON-IG SCAFFOLD FOR PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF ORGAN DYSFUNCTION OR ORGAN FAILURE IN A PATIENT HAVING A CHRONIC OR ACUTE DISEASE OR ACUTE CONDITION - Subject matter of the present invention is an anti-adrenomedullin (ADM) antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or an anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold for use in therapy of a chronical or acute disease or acute condition of a patient for prevention or reduction of organ dysfunction or organ failure. In a preferred embodiment subject matter of the invention is an anti-ADM antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold for use in therapy of a chronical or acute disease or acute condition of a patient for prevention or reduction of kidney dysfunction or kidney failure or liver dysfunction or liver failure. | 11-06-2014 |
20140335090 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR CANCER, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROGNOSIS OF CANCER - Disclosed are a novel therapeutic agent for cancer such as esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, a method for predicting the prognosis of cancer, and a method for detecting, or predicting the prognosis of, cancer such as esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using a sample that can be collected less invasively. The therapeutic agent for cancer comprises as an effective component an antibody that undergoes antigen-antibody reaction with FGFRL1 to suppress the growth of cancer cells, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof. The method for predicting the prognosis of cancer comprises investigating the expression level of FGFRL1 in a cancer tissue separated from a living body, and, in this method, a high expression level of FGFRL1 indicates poor prognosis. The method for detecting cancer comprises measuring FGFRL1 or a fragment thereof extracted from a body tissue, or FGFRL1 or a fragment thereof in blood separated from a living body, and, in this method, a higher concentration of FGFRL1 or the fragment thereof contained therein than the concentration of FGFRL1 or the fragment thereof in the tissue or blood of a healthy individual indicates the presence of cancer. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335091 | ANTI-GLUCAGON RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides antagonizing antibodies that bind to glucagon receptor and methods of using same. The anti-glucagon receptor antibodies can be used therapeutically to lower glucose levels in blood, and can be in the prevention and/or treatment of glucose-related disorders, including diabetes, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, or metabolic syndrome. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335092 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNIZATION AGAINST DRUG RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII - The present invention provides vaccine compositions comprising OmpA, or antigenic fragments thereof, and related methods of active immunization against | 11-13-2014 |
20140335093 | PD-1 Antibodies and PD-L1 Antibodies and Uses Thereof - The invention relates to PD-1 antibodies and PD-L1 antibodies and uses thereof. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335094 | MAMMALIAN CYTOKINES; RELATED REAGENTS AND METHODS - Purified genes encoding cytokine from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding this molecule are provided. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335095 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO PROTEIN A (SPA) ANTIBODIES AS AN ENHANCER OF IMMUNE RESPONSE - The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a | 11-13-2014 |
20140335096 | ANTI-GLUCAGON ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided are monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to glucagon. These antibodies are useful in immunoassays of glucagon levels, and/or in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro immunochemical and other imaging methods for detecting glucagon levels, and for diagnostic, prognostic and predictive purposes, and for optimizing therapeutic regimens in patients in which glucagon signaling is implicated in pathogenesis. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335097 | EXPRESSION VECTOR - The present invention provides an expression vector for cell-surface expression of proteins. | 11-13-2014 |
20140341910 | ANTI-HUMAN CD52 IMMUNOGLOBULINS - The present invention relates to humanized immunoglobulins, mouse monoclonal antibodies and chimeric antibodies that have binding specificity for human CD52. The present invention further relates to a humanized immunoglobulin light chain and a humanized immunoglobulin heavy chain. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells that comprise a sequence which encodes a humanized immunoglobulin or immunoglobulin light chain or heavy chain, and to a method of preparing a humanized immunoglobulin. The humanized immunoglobulins can be used in therapeutic applications to treat, for example, autoimmune disease, cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple sclerosis and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341911 | Prevention and Treatment of Amyloidogenic Disease - The invention provides compositions and methods for treatment of amyloidogenic diseases. Such methods entail administering an agent that induces a beneficial immune response against an amyloid deposit in the patient. The methods are particularly useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Alzheimer's disease. In such methods, a suitable agent is Aβ peptide, active fragments thereof or an antibody thereto. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341912 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES DIRECTED TO CD52 - The invention provides antibody to canine or feline or equine antigens, e.g., canine CD52, and methods of making and using antibodies as described. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341913 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ASTHMA USING ANTI-IL-13 ANTIBODIES - The invention provides methods and compositions for treating asthma, e.g., mild or moderate asthma, in a subject using an anti-IL-13 antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341914 | ISOLATED MCPIP AND METHODS OF USE - A monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP-1)-inducible protein, MCPIP, its polynucleotide and amino acid sequences from mouse and human, and methods for its use are disclosed. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341915 | B7-H6 THERAPEUTICALLY ACTIVE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST B7-H6 POLYPEPTIDE - The present invention is concerned with diagnostic methods and means. Specifically, it relates to an antibody which specifically binds to a portion of the extracellular domain of the B7-H6 polypeptide. Moreover, said antibody is provided for use in the treatment or diagnosis of cancer or inflammatory disease. Furthermore, provided are a method for diagnosing cancer in a sample of a subject suspected to suffer from cancer or an inflammatory disease. Further, the present invention concerns a device and a kit for diagnosing cancer or an inflammatory. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341916 | THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING MELANOMA - The invention provides therapeutic combinations of anti-ETBR antibodies and MAP kinase inhibitors and methods of using the same to treat melanoma. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341917 | ANTI-PD-L1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present application relates to anti-PD-L1 antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof, nucleic acid encoding the same, therapeutic compositions thereof, and their use to enhance T-cell function to upregulate cell-mediated immune responses and for the treatment of T cell dysfunctional disorders, such as tumor immunity, for the treatment of and cancer. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341918 | Vaccine for Falciparum Malaria - The invention provides compositions and methods for preventing or reducing the severity of malaria. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341919 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF CANCER - According to the present invention, a cancer antigen protein to be specifically expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells is identified and thus the use of an antibody targeting the cancer antigen protein as an agent for treating and/or preventing a cancer is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a cancer, which comprises an antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient having immunological reactivity with a partial polypeptide of CAPRIN-1, wherein CAPRIN-1 is represented by any of the even-numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 30, and wherein the partial polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence. | 11-20-2014 |
20140348840 | METHOD OF TREATING AND REDUCING THE RISK OF ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating and reducing the risk of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML). In particular, the invention provides methods for identifying novel treatments for AML based on reproducible and detectable changes in AML1-ETO acetylation. The present invention further provides methods of using these treatments. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348841 | ANTI-GITR ANTIBODIES - Antibodies to human GITR are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g., in treatment of proliferative and immune disorders. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348842 | TIM-3 LIGANDS AND METHODS THEREOF - The invention relates to isolated polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding polypeptides which comprise a tim-3 IgV domain and a tim-3 intracellular domain, wherein the polypeptides do not comprise a tim-3 mucin domain or a tim-3 transmembrane domain. In addition, the invention relates to methods of modulating immune responses in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that modulates tim-3 activity. Immune responses include, but are not limited to, immune tolerance, transplantation tolerance, Th1 responses and Th2 responses. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348843 | APOE IMMUNOTHERAPY - The present invention provides antibodies that preferentially bind to an ApoE(1-272) fragment relative to ApoE(1-299). These antibodies serve to reduce the toxicity of this fragment and find use in treatment and prophylaxis of a variety of neurological diseases. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348844 | NEUTRALISING ANTIBODIES TO THE MAJOR EXOTOXINS TCDA AND TCDB OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE - This present invention describes the derivation and selection of antibodies capable of neutralising the major exotoxins; TcdA and TcdB of | 11-27-2014 |
20140356368 | APPLICATIONS OF AN IMMUNE SYSTEM-RELEASED ACTIVATING AGENT (ISRAA) - The present invention relates to applications of an immune system-released activating agent (ISRAA) polypeptide, which is induced by a nervous stimulus and which has been found to mediate the transmission of signals between the immune system and the nervous system following an immune challenge. Here, the ISRAA polypeptide is for use in a method of treatment of patients with immunodeficiency, immunosuppression or autoimmune disease; cancer; neurologic diseases and disorders; or muscular diseases and disorders. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356369 | ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN GDF8 - The present invention provides isolated human or humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof which specifically bind to Growth and Differentiation Factor-8 (GDF8) and block GDF8 activity. The antibodies and antibody fragments of the present invention may be used in therapeutic methods for treating conditions or disorders which are ameliorated or improved by inhibition of GDF8. | 12-04-2014 |
20140363438 | NEUREGULIN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides anti-neuregulin1 antibodies and methods of using the antibodies in treating diseases or disorders, such as cancer. In a particular embodiment, the anti-neuregulin1 antibodies bind to both neuregulin1α and neuregulin 1β isoforms. | 12-11-2014 |
20140363439 | ANTI-LRP6 ANTIBODIES - The invention provides anti-LRP6 antibodies and methods of using the same. A particular aspect of the invention provides for bispecific anti-LRP6 antibodies that inhibit signaling by multiple Wnt isoforms. | 12-11-2014 |
20140363440 | ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES - Anti CMV antibodies are provided. Thus an antibody of the present invention comprises an antigen recognition domain capable of binding an MHC molecule being complexed with a cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 or pp64 peptide, wherein the antibody does not bind said MHC molecule in an absence of said complexed peptide, and wherein the antibody does not bind said peptide in an absence of said MHC molecule. Also provided are methods of using the antibodies. | 12-11-2014 |
20140370023 | ERG MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES - Monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to ERG, and more specifically, to an epitope formed by amino acids 42-66 of ERG3 are disclosed. The monoclonal antibodies can be non-human antibodies (e.g., rabbit or mouse) or humanized monoclonal antibodies having the CDR regions derived from those non-human antibodies. In other embodiments, the monoclonal antibodies are chimeric, having the light and heavy chain variable regions of a non-human ERG antibody. Methods of using the antibodies to detect ERG, or fusion proteins comprising all or part of an ERG polypeptide, such as an ERG polypeptide encoded by a TMPRSS2/ERG, SLC45A3/ERG, or NDRG1/ERG fusion transcript, are also provided, including methods of detecting ERG or ERG fusion events in a clinical setting. The antibodies can also be used to inhibit the activity of ERG or fusion proteins comprising all or part of an ERG polypeptide, such as an ERG polypeptide encoded by a TMPRSS2/ERG, SLC45A3/ERG, or NDRG1/ERG fusion transcript and to treat malignancies associated with overexpression of ERG or an ERG fusion event, such as prostate cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, acute myeloid leukemia, acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia, endothelial cancer, and colon cancer. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370024 | Methods of Treating Pain by Inhibition of VGF Activity - The present disclosure relates to a method of treating pain, in particular neuropathic pain, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of VGF activity resulting from binding of VGF or a peptide of the type TLQP-21 to the receptor qC1qR. The disclosure also relates to and methods of screening for said inhibitors. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370025 | USES OF MAMMALIAN CYTOKINES AND AGONISTS; RELATED REAGENTS - Provided are methods of treatment for tumors. In particular, provided are methods of using of a cytokine molecule and its receptor. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370026 | Cytomegalovirus Surface Protein Complex For Use in Vaccines and as a Drug Target - Immunogenic compositions and prophylactic or therapeutic vaccines for use in protecting and treating against human cytomegalovirus (CMV) are disclosed. Subunit vaccines comprising a human CMV protein complex comprising pUL128 or pUL130, and nucleic acid vaccines comprising at least one nucleic acid encoding a CMV protein complex comprising pUL128 or pUL130 are described. Also disclosed are therapeutic antibodies reactive against a CMV protein complex comprising pULl28or pUL130, as well as methods for screening compounds that inhibit CMV infection of epithelial and endothelial cells, methods for immunizing a subject against CMV infection, methods for determining the capability of neutralizing antibodies to inhibit CMV infection of cell types other than fibroblasts, and methods of diminishing an CMV infection. | 12-18-2014 |
20140377271 | NATURALLY OCCURRING AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN THAT INHIBIT THE AGGREGATION AND CYTOTOXICITY OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN - The present invention refers to human antibodies which are directed against α-Synuclein (α-Syn) and their use in medicine and diagnosis. | 12-25-2014 |
20140377272 | ANTI-HER3 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to antibodies binding to human HER3 (anti-HER3 antibody), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof. | 12-25-2014 |
20140377273 | ANTI-HER3 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to antibodies binding to human HER3 (anti-HER3 antibody), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof. | 12-25-2014 |
20150010569 | Inhibitors Of Complement Activation - The invention relates to factor D inhibitors, which bind to factor D and block the functional activity of factor D in complement activation. The inhibitors include antibody molecules, as well as homologues, analogues and modified or derived forms thereof, including immunoglobulin fragments like Fab, F(ab′) | 01-08-2015 |
20150010570 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USING MHC CLASS II INVARIANT CHAIN POLYPEPTIDES AS A RECEPTOR FOR MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR - Methods and compositions for using the MHC class II invariant chain polypeptide, Ii (also known as CD74), as a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), are disclosed. These include methods and compositions for using this receptor, as well as agonists and antagonists of MIF which bind to this receptor, or which otherwise modulate the interaction of MIF with CD74 or the consequences of such interaction, in treatment of conditions characterized by locally or systemically altered MIF levels, particularly inflammatory conditions and cancer. | 01-08-2015 |
20150010571 | RSPO BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to RSPO-binding agents and methods of using the agents for treating diseases such as cancer. The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind human RSPO proteins and modulate β-catenin activity. The present invention further provides methods of using agents that modulate the activity of RSPO proteins, such as antibodies that specifically bind RSPO1, RSPO2, and/or RSPO3 and inhibit tumor growth. Also described are methods of treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effect amount of an agent or antibody of the present invention to a patient having a tumor or cancer. | 01-08-2015 |
20150010572 | ANG-2 SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided are an anti-Ang-2 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an angiogenesis-inducing factor Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2), related compositions and pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for using such compositions and pharmaceutical compositions. | 01-08-2015 |
20150017171 | Methods and Agents for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma - The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing, and methods of treating, hepatocellular carcinoma in a subject. The invention also relates to polypeptide antagonists of PLVAP proteins, including humanized and chimeric antibodies that specifically bind PLVAP proteins, as well as compositions and kits comprising such polypeptide antagonists. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017172 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF CANCER - This invention provides an antibody targeting a cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and use thereof in a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. Specifically, this invention provides an antibody or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a partial CAPRIN-1 polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or higher sequence identity to the amino acid sequence, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising the antibody or fragment thereof as an active ingredient. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017173 | ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS - The invention provides human transmembrane proteins (HTMPN) and polynucleotides which identify and encode HTMPN. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with expression of HTMPN. | 01-15-2015 |
20150023969 | POLYPEPTIDES AND IMMUNIZING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GRAM POSITIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a | 01-22-2015 |
20150023970 | ACTRIIB PROTEINS AND VARIANTS AND USES THEREFORE RELATING TO UTROPHIN INDUCTION FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY THERAPY - In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for inducing utrophin expression in muscle with an ActRIIB protein as therapy for muscular dystrophy. The present invention also provides methods of screening compounds that modulate activity of an ActRIIB protein and/or an ActRIIB ligand. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023971 | Modulation of Activity of Proneurotrophins - The present invention provides agents for inhibiting binding of a pro-neurotrophin to a Vps1 Op-domain receptor, in particular the binding of a pro-NGF or a pro-BDNF to a Sortilin receptor. The invention thus provides agents for the manufacture of a medicament, for treating and/or preventing disease or disorders such as but not limited to neurological, neuropsychiatric and ocular diseases, disorders, and degeneration as well as obesity, diabetes, pain and/or nociception in an individual. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023972 | COMBINATION PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES - The present invention relates to a combination pharmaceutical composition comprising a) an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to at least one cytokine and b) an activated-potentiated form of an antibody to at least one receptor, and methods of treating and preventing the infectious diseases, including bacterial infections caused by different infectious agents such as pseudotuberculosis, whooping cough, yersiniosis, pneumonitis of different etiology, and acute and chronic viral infections such as acute respiratory tract infections, influenza of different types, acute viral hepatitis A, B, C and other types of hepatitis, the diseases and conditions caused by HIV or associated with HIV, including AIDS. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023973 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING ANGIOGENIC DISEASES COMPRISING INHIBITORS OF NUP153 GENE EXPRESSION OR NUP153 ACTIVITY AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating angiogenic diseases comprising inhibitors of NUP153 gene expression or NUP153 activity as active ingredient and a method for screening an agent for preventing or treating angiogenic diseases. According to the present invention, inhibition of the NUP153 gene expression or the NUP153 activity reduces export of mRNA of a pro-angiogenic factor (VEGF, HGF and bFGF) from nucleus. In addition, inhibition of the NUP153 gene expression or the NUP153 activity has effect that angiogenesis are inhibited by inhibition of invasion and tube formation in a dose-dependent manner without showing toxicity. Therefore, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may be used for preventing or treating a variety of angiogenesis-related diseases, and the method for screening of the present invention may be valuably used in finding a new agent for preventing or treating angiogenic diseases. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023974 | TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 BINDING EPITOPE AND BINDING MEMBER THERETO - The present invention relates to the identification of a TLR2 binding epitope wherein binding of a binding member to the epitope serves to inhibit TLR2 activation and/or signalling. Polypeptide fragments of TLR2 and three-dimensional structures comprising one or more amino acid residues His318, Pro320, Gln321 or Arg321, Tyr323, Lys347, Phe349, Leu371, Glu375, Tyr376 and His398 of TLR2 which define the identified epitope are provided for use in generating binding members. Also provided are binding members which bind to the identified epitope and methods of using same for the treatment and/or prevention of conditions associated with TLR2 activation and/or signalling. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023975 | PAR-1 Activation by Metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) - Matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) play many important roles in normal and pathological remodeling processes including atherothrombotic disease, inflammation, angiogenesis and cancer. This invention relates to the activation of protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1) by endogenous platelet MMP-1 collagenase on the surface of platelets. Exposure of platelets to fibrillar collagen converts the surface-bound pro-MMP-1 zymogen to active MMP-1, which promotes aggregation through PAR-1. MMP-1 is shown to cleave the PAR-1 extracellular domain at a novel site, which then strongly activates Rho-GTP signaling pathways, cell shape change and motility, and MAPK signaling. Blockade of MMP-PAR1 suppresses thrombogenesis under arterial flow conditions and inhibited thrombosis in animals. These studies provide a link between matrix-dependent activation of metalloproteases and platelet-G protein signaling and identify MMP-1/PAR-1 as a new target for the treatment and prevention of arterial thrombosis and other thrombotic diseases. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023976 | ANTIBODY POLYPEPTIDES THAT ANTAGONIZE CD40L - Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind human CD40L are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not activate platelets. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40L activation, such as graft-related diseases and autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single V | 01-22-2015 |
20150030600 | Antibodies for Botulinum Neurotoxins - The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/C, BoNT/D, BoNT/E, BoNT/F, BoNT/G, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030601 | E1 ENZYME MUTANTS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated UBA3, UAE, or UBA6, or other E1 enzyme variant nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel E1 enzyme variant proteins. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing UBA3, UAE, or UBA6, or other E1 enzyme variant nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a UBA3, UAE, or UBA6, or other E1 enzyme variant gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated UBA3, UAE, or UBA6, or other E1 enzyme variant proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-UBA3, UAE, or UBA6, or other E1 enzyme variant antibodies. The invention provides methods to identify agents that inhibit UBA3, UAE, or UBA6, or other E1 enzyme variant expression or activity. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030602 | ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF AFFECTIVE AND ANXIETY DISORDERS - A novel monoclonal antibody and like antigen-binding molecules against transmembrane protein with EGF-like and two follistatin-like domains 2 (TMEFE2) are provided with unique immunological and biological properties useful in the therapy of affective disorders such as depression and bipolar disorders as well as anxiety disorders. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such antibody and derivatives thereof are described. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030603 | ANTI-ANG2 ANTIBODY - An anti-Ang2 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an angiogenesis-inducing factor Angiopoietin-2 (Ang2) and complexes with a Tie2 receptor and Ang2, and related methods and compositions. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030604 | METHOD OF BLOCKING VASCULAR LEAKAGE USING AN ANTI-ANG2 ANTIBODY - A method for the prevention and/or treatment of a disease accompanied by vascular leakage and/or vascular inflammation comprising administering an anti-Ang2 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an angiogenesis-inducing factor Angiopoietin-2 (Ang2) and forms a complex with a Tie2 receptor and Ang2. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030605 | POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES FOR ARTEMIN AND RELATED LIGANDS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The invention encompasses polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies, for Artemin and related ligands, including Persephin (PSPN). The invention also encompasses expression vectors and host cells for producing these polypeptides, polynucleotides, or antibodies. The invention further encompasses diagnostics and therapeutics, especially for cancer, and particularly breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, endometrial cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and others, comprising one or more of the disclosed polypeptides, polynucleotides, antibodies, expression vectors, host cells, or compositions thereof. Particularly encompasses are inhibitors of Artemin and/or related ligands, and uses for these inhibitors. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030606 | ACTRIIB BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF - The disclosure provides, among other aspects, neutralizing antibodies and portions thereof that bind to ActRIIB and uses for same. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030607 | INFLUENZA HEMAGGLUTININ-SPECIFIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION - Disclosed herein are neutralizing antibodies with cross-neutralizing activity and cross-protective effects against divergent stains of influenza virus, which are specific for an epitope having at least 90% homology to amino acids +72-115 of the HA1 domain of H5N1 influenza virus hemagglutinin. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030608 | Method of Treating Crohn's Disease By Administering An Anti-IL-12 Antibody - An anti-IL-12 antibody that binds to a portion of the IL-12 protein corresponding to at least one amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of residues 15, 17-21, 23, 40-43, 45-47, 54-56 and 58-62 of the amino acid sequence of the p40 subunit of IL-12, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-12 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 01-29-2015 |
20150037341 | Diagnostic and Therapeutic Method - The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing transthyretin amyloidosis, pharmaceutical composition for use in said treatment or prevention, as well as to a diagnostic method and a kit. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037342 | METHOD TO PREVENT CANCER METASTASIS AND INHIBIT INFLAMMATION BY INHIBITION OF P68 INTERACTION WITH CALMODULIN - Compositions and methods for inhibiting cancer cell metastasis and inflammation are disclosed. The methods generally involve administering to a subject a composition containing an agent that selectively inhibits the binding of p68 RNA helicase to calmodulin (CaM) in the cells. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037343 | ANGIOPOIETIN-2 SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - An Ang2 specific antibody, a method of inhibiting angiogenesis or a method of treating a disease related to the activation and/or overproduction of Ang2 using the antibody, and a composition for diagnosing a disease related to the activation and/or overproduction of Ang2 including the antibody. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037344 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT - The present invention relates to agents which modulate the effect of a RAMP (Receptor Activity Modifying Protein) protein on a Calcitonin Receptor Like Receptor (CRLR). Also included in the present invention are methods and uses of such agents and assays for identifying such agents. The agents of the present disclosure may be used in the treatment of, for example, cancer, obesity and other disorders. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037345 | HUMAN BINDING MOLECULES CAPABLE OF BINDING TO AND NEUTRALIZING INFLUENZA B VIRUSES AND USES THEREOF - Described are binding molecules, such as human monoclonal antibodies, that bind to hemagglutinin of influenza B viruses, and have a broad neutralizing activity against such influenza viruses. These binding molecules do not bind to hemagglutinin of influenza A viruses. Further provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding the binding molecules, and compositions comprising the binding molecules. The binding molecules can be used in the diagnosis of, prophylaxis against, and/or treatment of influenza B virus infections. | 02-05-2015 |
20150044219 | Combination of SEMA-4D Inhibitors and Immunomodulators to Inhibit Tumors and Metastases - Provided herein are methods for inhibiting, delaying, or reducing tumor growth and metastases of plexin-B1-expressing cancer cells in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated binding molecule which specifically binds to semaphorin-4D (SEMA4D) in combination with an effective amount of at least one other immune modulating therapy. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044220 | CO-USE OF A CLUSTERIN INHIBITOR WITH AN EGFR INHIBITOR TO TREAT CANCER - Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression and phosphorylation is increased in cancer cells treated with anti-clusterin antibodies. Such treatment is also accompanied with the reappearance of an epithelial phenotype of the cancer cell, as determined by an increased E-cadherin expression at the surface of cancer cells. Clusterin inhibitors may thus induce reversal of the epithelial to mesenchymal phenotype and restore sensitivity of cancer cells to EGFR inhibitors. Combinations of a clusterin inhibitor and an EGFR as well as their use in treatment of cancer are thus provided herewith. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044221 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF CANCER - This invention provides an antibody targeting a cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and use thereof as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. Specifically, this invention provides an antibody or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a partial CAPRIN-1 polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or higher sequence identity to the amino acid sequence, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising the antibody or fragment thereof as an active ingredient. | 02-12-2015 |
20150050283 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF CANCER - The invention provides an antibody targeting a cancer antigenic protein specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells and use thereof in a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for cancer. Specifically, this invention provides an antibody or a fragment thereof which has immunological reactivity with a partial CAPRIN-1 polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or higher sequence identity to the amino acid sequence, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of cancer, comprising the antibody or fragment thereof as an active ingredient. | 02-19-2015 |
20150050284 | ANTIBODY BINDING MICROBIAL HEPARIN BINDING MOTIF TO RETARD OR PREVENT MICROBIAL BIOFILM FORMATION ON IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICES - Methods and reagents for ameliorating biofilm formation on a surface of an indwelling or implanted device in a patient resulting in decreased virulence of microorganisms such as | 02-19-2015 |
20150056208 | NOVEL ANTIBODIES - Autoimmune reactions to certain epitopes of self antigens most likely contribute to the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Often these epitopes are citrullinated. The present invention relates generally to novel antibodies that can bind to certain citrullinated epitopes namely citrullinated enolase, vimentin, fibrinogen and citrullinated synthetic peptides. These antibodies can be used in diagnostics of rheumatoid arthritis, for therapy against rheumatoid arthritis and as research tools. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056209 | PEPTIDE MIMOTOPES TO OXIDATION SPECIFIC EPITOPES - Provided herein are peptide mimotopes that are useful for generating antibodies and in the preparation of vaccines and diagnostics for treating and diagnosing coronary artery disease. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056210 | ANTI-ADAMTS-5 ANTIBODY, DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an antibody, recombinant or synthetic antigen-binding fragments thereof able to recognise and bind an epitope comprised in the spacer domain of ADAMTS-5, nucleic acid and expression vector encoding the same, method of production and uses thereof. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056211 | Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-like Growth Factor Binding Proteins - Provided herein are antigen binding proteins, e.g., human and/or monoclonal antibodies that have affinity for heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF) and neutralize the biological functions of this growth factor. | 02-26-2015 |
20150064187 | FIBROSIS SUPPRESSION BY INHIBITING INTEGRIN ALPHA-8 BETA-1 FUNCTION - Novel and effective anti-fibrosis agents are obtained. An anti-fibrosis agent containing an antagonist for integrin α | 03-05-2015 |
20150064188 | POLYPEPTIDE STRUCTURAL MOTIFS ASSOCIATED WITH CELL SIGNALING ACTIVITY - Isolated polypeptides comprising or consisting essentially of specific structural motifs (e.g., three β-sheets and two α-helices) are provided, wherein the polypeptides exhibit at least one cell signaling and/or other non-canonical activity of biological relevance. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, binding agents that bind such polypeptides, analogs, variants and fragments of such polypeptides, etc., as well as compositions and methods of identifying and using any of the foregoing. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064189 | Method of Treating Cancer with DLL4 Antagonist and Chemotherapeutic Agent - The invention provides methods for treating various types of cancer/tumor by administering the combination of Dll4 antagonists, in particular, Dll4 antibodies and fragments thereof that specifically bind human Dll4, and chemotherapeutic agents. Such combination therapies exhibit synergistic effects compared to the treatment with either agent alone. Thus, the methods of the invention are particularly beneficial for cancer patients who have low tolerance to the side effects caused by high dosages required for the treatment by either agent alone, by being able to reduce effective dosages. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing Dll4 antagonists and chemotherapeutic agents are also provided. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064190 | ANTIBODIES TO TUMOR ENDOTHELIAL MARKER 7R - Antibodies that specifically bind to an epitope on the extracellular domain of TEM7R are provided. Nucleic acids encoding such antibodies and cells capable of expressing such antibodies are also provided. The antibodies may be used in methods for treating tumors and for inhibiting angiogenesis in tumors. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064191 | ANTI-C-MET-ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations comprising a one-armed, anti-c-met antibody and uses of the same. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064192 | MAMMALIAN CELL SURFACE ANTIGENS; RELATED REAGENTS - Purified genes encoding a T cell surface antigen from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding this antigen are provided. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071931 | LM-Antibodies, Functional Fragments, LM-1 Target Antigen, and Methods for Making and Using Same - The invention provides LM-1 antibodies, functional fragments, modified and variant forms, nucleic acid and other compositions. The invention also provides antibodies, functional fragments, modified and variant forms that bind to LM-1 antigen (e.g., NONO/nmt55). Antibodies, functional fragments, modified and variant forms, nucleic acid and other compositions are useful in treatment and diagnostic methods. One method includes treating metastasis of a neoplasia, tumor or cancer in a subject in need of treatment by administering to the subject an amount of a LM-1 antibody, an antibody that binds to LM-1 antigen, or a functional fragment thereof, effective to treat metastasis of the neoplasia, tumor or cancer in the subject. | 03-12-2015 |
20150071932 | COMBINATION THERAPY USING C-MET INHIBITOR AND C-MYC INHIBITOR - A method of preventing and/or treating a cancer including co-administering a c-Met inhibitor and a c-Myc Inhibitor to a subject in need thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a c-Met inhibitor and a c-Myc inhibitor, and a kit comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of a c-Met inhibitor as an active ingredient, and a second pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of a c-Myc inhibitor as an active ingredient, packaged together. | 03-12-2015 |
20150071933 | Use of Annexin A3 as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Annexin A3 (ANAX3) is utilized as a biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the utilization of a monoclonal antibody against ANXA3 or antisense polynucleotide against ANXA3 mRNA for the suppression or treatment of HCC, alone or in combination with other HCC treatment. Monoclonal antibody against ANXA3 can be administered for the suppression of tumor growth, metastasis, and chemoresistance. | 03-12-2015 |
20150071934 | Methods For Regulating Hair Growth Disorders - The invention provides for methods for treating a hair loss disorder in a subject by administering a FGF13 inhibitor. The invention further provides for methods for treating a hair growth disorder in a subject by administering a FGF13 activator. | 03-12-2015 |
20150079094 | Functional Peptide Analogs of PEDF - The invention provides compositions and methods relating to bioactive peptide analogs of PEDF. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079095 | PREVENTON, TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF P. GINGIVALIS INFECTION - The invention relates to generation and use of cellular and humoral responses for the prevention and treatment of | 03-19-2015 |
20150079096 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF AMYLOIDOSES - The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of an amyloidosis such as Alzheimer's disease in a subject in need thereof, characterized in that it comprises administering an inhibitor of the interaction between Aβ globulomer and the P/Q type voltage-gated presynaptic calcium channel to said subject. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079097 | S100A4 ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - The invention relates to antibodies against S100A4, methods for the preparation of these antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic uses thereof. | 03-19-2015 |
20150086556 | Anti-Activin A Antibodies and Uses Thereof - The disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-activin A binding proteins, including antibodies. In particular embodiments, the disclosure provides fully human, humanized, and chimeric anti-activin A antibodies that bind human activin A, activin A-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and activin A-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Other embodiments provide nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having activin A-related disorders or conditions including cachexia related to gonadal cancer, other cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, and other diseases. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086557 | NOVEL INTEGRIN alpha9 beta1 LIGAND AND USES THEREOF - Provided is a novel ligand for integrin α9β1 consisting of a peptide having the following amino acid sequence:
| 03-26-2015 |
20150086558 | ANTI-MIGE ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TO THE JUNCTION BETWEEN CH4 AND CEMX DOMAINS - Antibodies binding to junction regions between the CH4 and CεmX domains of membrane-bound IgE and uses thereof in treating IgE-mediated diseases such as allergic diseases. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086559 | ANTIBODY FORMULATION - Anti-CD40 antibodies are formulated as lyophilisate or liquid formulation. The lyophilisates can be reconstituted to give a solution with a high concentration of the antibody active ingredient for delivery to a patient without high levels of antibody aggregation. The lyophilisate can be reconstituted with an aqueous reconstituent to provide an aqueous composition in which the antibody has a concentration of at least 50 mg/ml. The lyophilisate or aqueous pharmaceutical composition may include one or more of a sugar, a buffering agent, a surfactant, and/or a free amino acid. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086560 | INFLUENZA VACCINE AND THERAPY - The present invention is directed generally to M1 polypeptides that can be utilized as vaccines and/or antigens for generation of anti-M1 polypeptide antibodies for prophylactic treatment of individuals who are susceptible to infection by influenza virus. The anti-M1 polypeptide antibodies of the invention are useful for treatment of individuals infected with influenza virus, or useful for prophylactic treatment of individuals who are susceptible to infection by influenza virus, or for immune-suppressed individuals who cannot generate an effective antibody response. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086561 | BINDING MOIETIES FOR BIOFILM REMEDIATION - Binding agents able to disrupt bacterial biofilms of diverse origin are described, including monoclonal antibodies secreted by human B lymphocytes. Methods to prevent formation of or to dissolve biofilms with these binding agents are also described. Immunogens for eliciting antibodies to disrupt biofilms are also described. | 03-26-2015 |
20150093389 | CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ANTIGENS - The present invention relates to recombinant | 04-02-2015 |
20150093390 | HUMANIZED AND CHIMERIC ANTI-FACTOR BB ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - A method of inhibiting complement activation mediated by Bb inhibitors in a subject includes administering a Bb inhibitor to the subject to inhibit at least one of Bb binding to factors B and properdin, inhibit C3 cleavage, inhibit the activation of neutrophils, monocytes, platelets, and endothelium; or inhibit the formation of C3a, C5a, and MAC. | 04-02-2015 |
20150093391 | ONCOSTATIN M (OSM) ANTAGONISTS FOR PREVENTING CANCER METASTASIS AND IL-6 RELATED DISORDERS - A method of treating cancer or metastasis is provided involving administering at least one oncostatin M (OSM) antagonist to a subject, wherein the subject has been diagnosed with cancer. Administration of an OSM antagonist such as a small molecule pharmaceutical is provided as well as an anti-OSM antibody, an anti-OSM aptamer, and an OSM mRNA antagonist. The OSM antagonists were found to inhibit or prevent tumor cell detachment, proliferation and metastasis in several cancer types. | 04-02-2015 |
20150093392 | ANTIBODIES - The present disclosure provides antibodies, including isolated monoclonal antibodies, which specifically bind to CDH17 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding CDH17 antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing CDH17 antibodies are also provided. Bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the CDH17 antibodies are also provided. Methods for detecting CDH17, as well as methods for treating carious cancers, including gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer and colorectal cancer, are disclosed. | 04-02-2015 |
20150098945 | ANTI-ROBO4 ANTIBODY - The present invention relates to an antibody having an anti-angiogenesis activity. More specifically, the present invention relates to an antibody against ROBO4 and a pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody. An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-ROBO4 antibody having an anti-angiogenesis effect, a pharmaceutical composition or the like comprising the antibody, a method for suppressing angiogenesis using the antibody, etc. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing the antibody. The antibody of the present invention activates the downstream signal of ROBO4 and has a suppressive activity against cell migration induced by VEGF or bFGF. The antibody of the present invention also exhibits an anti-angiogenic effects in in-vivo models. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098946 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR - The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. In certain aspects, the isolated nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence having at least about 80% nucleic acid sequence identity, alternatively at least about 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% nucleic acid sequence identity, to (a) a DNA molecule encoding a full-length TAT polypeptide having an amino acid sequence as disclosed herein, a TAT polypeptide amino acid sequence lacking the signal peptide as disclosed herein, an extracellular domain of a transmembrane TAT polypeptide, with or without the signal peptide, as disclosed herein. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098947 | MONOCLONAL OLFML-3 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are monoclonal antibodies against Olfml-3. In some aspects, methods for treating angiogenesis-related conditions, such as cancer, are provided comprising administering an Olfml-3-binding antibody of the embodiments. | 04-09-2015 |
20150104454 | ANTI-C.DIFFICILE TOXIN ANTIBODIES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a composition comprising a recombinant protein in soluble form wherein said recombinant protein comprises a portion of the | 04-16-2015 |
20150104455 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AND DIAGNOSING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - Compositions and methods for treating and diagnosing acute myocardial infarction are described. The invention also provides a method of treating an individual to prevent or inhibit damage to myocardial tissue from an acute myocardial infarction comprising administering to the individual an antibody to BMP-1-3, or an antibody to BMP-1-4, or a combination of an antibody BMP-1-3 and an antibody to BMP-1-4 prior to AMI. | 04-16-2015 |
20150104456 | ANTAGONISTS OF IL-17 ISOFORMS AND THEIR USES - The invention relates to antagonists of IL-17 isoforms and their uses in diagnosis and therapy, especially for the treatment or prevention of cancers or autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases. | 04-16-2015 |
20150104457 | IL-17 ANTAGONIST ANTIBODIES - The disclosure relates to antibodies against human IL-17 which act as antagonist antagonists of IL-17, and their use in the diagnosis or treatment of IL-17 mediated diseases. | 04-16-2015 |
20150104458 | HOUSE DUST MITE ALLERGEN - A polypeptide containing an amino acid sequence having at least 60% identity to the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or containing at least one amino acid fragment of at least 6 consecutive amino acid residues of the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or having immunological cross-reactivity to the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or fragments thereof, wherein the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 1 codes for an allergen and the polypeptide comprises at least one T cell epitope recognized by a T cell receptor specific for a molecule having the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 1. | 04-16-2015 |
20150104459 | Compositions and Methods for the Therapy and Diagnosis of Influenza - The present invention provides compositions, vaccines, and methods for diagnosing, treating, and preventing influenza infection using a combination of antibodies raised against the influenza hemagglutinin and the matrix 2 ectodomain polypeptides. | 04-16-2015 |
20150110791 | ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to anti-transferrin receptor antibodies and methods of their use. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110792 | ANTI-TIM-1 Antibodies And Uses Thereof - Antibodies and antibody fragments that bind to human TIM-1 on the BED face of the protein are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using the antibodies and antibody fragments to inhibit or reduce TIM-1 binding to phosphatidylserine, inhibit or reduce TIM-1 binding to dendritic cells, and treat or prevent immunological disorders such as inflammatory and autoimmune conditions. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110793 | Humanized Anti-Epiregulin Antibody, and Cancer Therapeutic Agent Comprising Said Antibody as Active Ingredient - The inventors successfully produced anti-Epiregulin antibodies showing cross-species reactivity between cynomolgus monkey (non-human animals) and human, anti-Epiregulin antibodies with suppressed chemical degradation, anti-Epiregulin antibodies with lowered isoelectric point, anti-Epiregulin antibodies with increased thermal denaturation midpoint temperature, and anti-Epiregulin antibodies with reduced amount of aggregate by performing appropriate amino acid residue substitutions in the variable-region sequences of the humanized EP27 antibody which inhibits growth of cancer cells by exhibiting cytotoxic activity and neutralizing activity against human Epiregulin-expressing cancer cells. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110794 | Anti-Human Cytomegalovirus Antibodies And Use Thereof - This disclosure provides anti-human cytomegalovirus antibodies and methods of treatment, prophylaxis, detection, and diagnosis using the same. In another aspect, the disclosure features therapeutic, prophylactic, and/or diagnostic compositions for human cytomegalovirus infection or for a human cytomegalovirus-related disease that include a binding agent (e.g., antibody) or polynucleotide disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the composition is formulated for ocular or topical administration. The compositions can further include one or more human cytomegalovirus-neutralizing antibodies, an intravenous immunoglobulin preparation, and/or one or more antiviral compounds (e.g., ganciclovir, foscamet, cidofovir, or valganciclovir). | 04-23-2015 |
20150110795 | ANTIBODIES OR FRAGMENTS THEREOF FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISEASES - Antibodies for use in the treatment and/or prevention of retinal diseases, in particular a retinal disease that curses with dysfunction of the external blood-retinal barrier, the dysfunction being an alteration or impairment of the blood-retinal barrier for any etiology. Pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions are also disclosed in which the antibodies are present. The compositions may be applied in wide spectra of ocular diseases. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110796 | BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS RELATED TO CXCR7 - The present invention relates to particular polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110797 | Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer (Emmprin) Peptides And Binding Antibodies - Isolated peptides from the protein EMMPRIN (CD147/Basigin) and antibodies directed against antigenic determinants within the peptides. Pharmaceutical compositions including the peptides and antibodies and methods of their production and use in vaccination, immunotherapy and diagnosis of proliferative, hyperpermeability, inflammatory, and angiogenesis-related diseases and disorders. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110798 | ANTI-HUMAN FOLATE RECEPTOR BETA ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - Human anti-human folate receptor beta antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof are described, as well as methods of using such antibodies and fragments to treat inflammatory disorders or cancers expressing cell surface FRβ. | 04-23-2015 |
20150118235 | MeCP2 ISOFORM-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY FOR DETECTION OF ENDOGENOUS EXPRESSION OF MeCP2E1 - An antibody that binds a MeCP2E1 isoform of MeCP2 protein, wherein the antibody comprises a region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4. A method for detecting and/or monitoring a disease or a disorder caused by an over-expression or an under-expression of a MeCP2E1 isoform of MeCP2 protein, comprising the steps of: (i) obtaining a first sample from a mammalian subject; (ii) contacting the first sample with the anti-MeCP2E1antibody; (iii) removing unbound antibody from the sample; (iv) conducting an immunoassay on the first sample to determine a first value for expression of the MeCP2E1 isoform; (v) comparing the first value to a reference value for expression of the MeCP2E1 isoform in healthy mammalian subjects; wherein a deviation of the first value from the reference value indicates the presence of a disease or a disorder caused by an over-expression or an under-expression of the MeCP2E1 isoform. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118236 | Method for Predicting the Risk of Getting a Cardiovascular Event in a Female Subject - Subject of the present invention is a method for predicting the risk of getting a cardiovascular event in a female subject comprising determining the level of pro-neurotensin or fragments thereof of at least 5 amino acids in a bodily fluid obtained from said female subject; and correlating said level of pro-neurotensin or fragments thereof with the a risk for getting a cardiovascular event, wherein an elevated level is predictive for an enhanced risk of getting a cardiovascular event. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118237 | ANTI-HUMAN CD69 ANTIBODY, AND USE THEREOF FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES - The present invention provides an antibody that specifically binds to human CD69, has an activity to suppress allergic inflammation, and has cross-reactivity with mouse CD69. In addition, the present invention provides an antibody having high binding affinity for human CD69 and an activity to suppress allergic inflammations. The antibody of the present invention can be a human antibody. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118238 | Anti-c-Met Antibodies - The present invention relates to antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to the extracellular domain of human c-Met, compositions and kits comprising such c-Met antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, and methods of using the same for detection of human c-Met that aid in identifying patients with tumors expressing or overexpressing human Met and/or improving their treatment response with anti-c-Met therapeutics. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118239 | CONFORMATIONAL-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AGAINST A[BETA] OLIGOMERS - The present disclosure relates to a conformational specific antibody molecule recognizing a conformational epitope of human trimeric or tetrameric oligomers, wherein said antibody molecule does not bind human monomeric Aβ 1-42 or human Ap 1-42 dimers; and pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions comprising said antibody molecule as well as methods using same. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118240 | Anti-FcRn Antibodies - The disclosure relates to antibodies specific to FcRn, formulations comprising the same, use of each in therapy, processes for expressing and optionally formulating said antibody, DNA encoding the antibodies and hosts comprising said DNA. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118241 | LINGO-2 ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS INVOLVING MOTOR NEURONS - The invention provides methods of treating diseases, disorders or injuries involving motor neuron survival and axonal growth, including amylotrophic lateral sclerosis, by the administration of a LINGO-2 antagonist. An exemplary method for promoting survival of a motor neuron, comprising contacting said motor neuron with an effective amount of a composition comprising a LINGO-2 antagonist selected from the group consisting of: (i) a soluble LINGO-2 polypeptide; (ii) a LINGO-2 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof; (iii) a LINGO-2 antagonist polynucleotide; (iv) a LINGO-2 aptamer; and (v) a combination of two or more of said LINGO-2 antagonists. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118242 | HEPATITIS C VIRUS NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY - A specific epitope on the surface of the hepatitis C virus that induces a neutralizing antibody response in vivo and neutralizing monoclonal antibodies that bind specifically to the epitope are disclosed. The antibodies block hepatitis C virus from infecting cells. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118243 | Methods and Compositions for Identifying, Diagnosing, and Treating Neuroblastoma - Methods and compositions for identifying, diagnosing, and treating neuroblastoma are disclosed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150125453 | Monoclonal Antibodies and Methods of Use - This disclosure relates to immunogens and monoclonal antibodies useful in the identification and/or treatment of cancer cells, including those of the dog. In one example, chimeric anti-canine CD20 antibodies are provided. The antibodies can be used therapeutically to treat lymphoma in dogs. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125454 | ANTI-FGFR2 ANTIBODY - The present invention provides an antibody which binds to a fibroblast growth factor receptor. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125455 | ANTIBODIES DIRECTED TO ANGIOPOIETIN-2 AND USES THEREOF - Antibodies directed to the antigen Ang-2 and uses of such antibodies are described. In particular, fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to the antigen Ang-2. Nucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), specifically from FR1 through FR4 or CDR1 through CDR3. Hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125456 | COLON DISEASE TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with colon. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in colon diseases (CCAT) and antibodies binds to CCAT. The present invention provides that CCAT is used as targets for screening agents that modulates the CCAT activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with colon. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125457 | BONE REPAIR PROMOTER - The present invention provides a bone repair promoter containing as an active ingredient at least one kind of B-type natriuretic peptide receptor agonist. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125458 | Anti-CCL17 Antibodies - The present invention relates to antibodies specifically binding CCL17, polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments, and methods of making and using the foregoing. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125459 | APELIN PEPTIDES, ANTIBODIES THERETO, AND METHODS OF USE - The present disclosure concerns the use of biologically active apelin peptides and compositions that are processed from larger precursor proteins and further post-translationally modified to influence cell growth. Particular methods are useful for promoting cell growth, while others are particularly useful for inhibiting cell growth. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125460 | ANTI-BCMA ANTIBODIES - This invention provides antibodies that recognize the B Cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) and that bind naïve B cells, plasma cells, and/or memory B cells. The invention further provides methods for depleting naïve B cells, plasma cells, and memory B cells, and for treating B cell-related disorders, including lymphomas and autoimmune diseases. | 05-07-2015 |
20150132310 | METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS - The present invention relates to methods of treating and preventing | 05-14-2015 |
20150132311 | TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-LIKE LIGAND 1A SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides antibodies, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, which specifically bind to TL1A. The invention further provides a method of obtaining such antibodies and nucleic acids encoding the same. The invention further relates to compositions and therapeutic methods for use of these antibodies for the treatment and/or prevention of TL1A mediated diseases, disorders or conditions. | 05-14-2015 |
20150139999 | INTERFERON ANTAGONISTS, ANTIBODIES THERETO, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE - Described are compositions and methods useful for modulating the immune system of a subject. Also included are diagnostic methods for monitoring an immunologic condition. In particular the invention relates to antagonists of interferon proteins and associated methods of use as well as methods to develop neutralizing antibodies against IFN antagonists to treat viral infections. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140000 | TLR3 BINDING AGENTS - Disclosed herein are anti-TLR3 antibodies as well as methods of making and using them. The antibodies are particularly adapted to the treatment of autoimmune or inflammatory diseases using anti-TLR3 antibodies. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140001 | NOVEL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC FOR CLEC14A AND USES THEREOF - Provided is an antibody specifically binding to the CTLD (C-type lectin like domain) of clecl4a (C-type lectin domain family 14, member A), a method for preparing the antibody, a composition for suppressing angiogenesis comprising the antibody, a method for suppressing angiogenesis by administering the antibody or the composition, a composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising the antibody, a method for treating cancer by administering the antibody or the composition, a composition for diagnosing cancer comprising the antibody, a kit for diagnosing cancer comprising the composition, a method for diagnosing cancer using the composition, a composition for suppressing angiogenesis comprising a material for inhibiting expression of clecl4a, a kit for angiogenesis comprising the composition, a method for suppressing angiogenesis or treating cancer using the composition, and the use of the CTLD of clecl4a as an epitope for an antibody suppressive of angiogenesis. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140002 | USE OF A PCSK9 INHIBITOR TO TREAT HYPERLIPIDEMIA - The present invention provides methods for treating hyperlipidemia in patients who are not on statin therapy. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140003 | ANTI-alpha-SYNUCLEIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides anti-human alpha-synuclein antibodies and methods of using the same. | 05-21-2015 |
20150147329 | INFLUENZA TREATMENT AND/OR CHARACTERIZATION, HUMAN-ADAPTED HA POLYPEPTIDES; VACCINES - The present invention provides, among other things, methods, reagents, and systems for the treatment, detection, analysis, and/or characterization of influenza infections. | 05-28-2015 |
20150147330 | HIGH-AFFINITY MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO GLYPICAN-3 AND USE THEREOF - Described herein is the identification of a panel of high affinity monoclonal antibodies that bind GPC3. The disclosed antibodies recognize native GPC3 on the surface of cancer cells, as well as soluble GPC3. The highest affinity antibody (YP7) was further characterized and shown to be highly sensitive in that it was capable of detecting cancer cells with low expression of GPC3. YP7 also exhibited significant HCC tumor growth inhibition in vivo. Immunotoxins comprising the antibodies disclosed herein fused to PE38 exhibited very high binding affinity for GPC3-expressing cells and significantly inhibited GPC3-expressing cancer cell growth. Thus, the high-affinity monoclonal antibodies disclosed herein can be used for the diagnosis and treatment of GPC3-expressing cancers. | 05-28-2015 |
20150147331 | Neutralising Antibody Molecules having Specificity for Human IL-17 - The invention relates to an antibody molecule having specificity for antigenic determinants of IL-17, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecule and methods for producing said antibody molecule. | 05-28-2015 |
20150147332 | BORDETELLA OUTER-MEMBRANE PROTEIN ANTIGENS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - An isolated protein or peptide selected from the group consisting of | 05-28-2015 |
20150147333 | ANTI-RSPO ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - Provided herein are anti-RSPO antibodies, in particular anti-RSPO2 antibodies and/or anti-RSPO3 antibodies, and methods of using the same. | 05-28-2015 |
20150147334 | IMMUNOTHERAPY TARGETING OF THE SHARED ABNORMAL CONFORMATIONAL STATE OF AMYLOIDOGENIC PEPTIDES/PROTEINS - The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical agents and compositions useful for the treatment and prevention of amyloid disease in a subject. The invention further relates to isolated antibodies that recognize a common conformational epitope of amyloidogenic proteins or peptides that are useful for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of amyloid disease. | 05-28-2015 |
20150290319 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE - Compositions and methods for the treatment or prevention of | 10-15-2015 |
20150291666 | Gonorrheal MtrE Peptides and Vaccines - The invention is directed to MtrE peptides and their use in gonorrhea vaccines. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291681 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING NOTCH ACTIVITY - Provided herein are polypeptides and derivatives thereof that contain sequences of a Serrate protein and that inhibit Notch pathway function. Also provided herein are nucleic acids that encode the polypeptides, vectors and cells for producing the polypeptides, and related pharmaceutical compositions and kits. Additionally provided are antibodies which bind to the Notch inhibitory region of a Serrate protein. Therapeutic methods are also provided. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291692 | KIR3DL2 BINDING AGENTS - The present invention relates to a method of predicting or monitoring the sensitivity of a subject having a tumor to a chemotherapy, to a method of selecting an appropriate chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer, to a method of screening or identifying a compound suitable for improving the treatment of a cancer, and to corresponding kits. The method of predicting or monitoring the sensitivity of a subject having a tumor to a chemotherapy typically comprises a step a) of determining, in a biological sample from said subject, the presence, absence or expression level of at least one of a soluble B7H6 (sB7H6 or sB7-H6) and a soluble MIC (sMIC) and when the expression level is determined a step b) of comparing said expression level to a reference expression level, thereby assessing or monitoring whether the subject having a tumor is responsive or resistant to the chemotherapy. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291698 | Methods and Products for Preventing and/or Treating Metastatic Cancer - The present disclosure relates to the prevention and/or treatment of metastatic cancer. Certain example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for preventing and/or treating a metastatic cancer in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of a chemokine receptor CCX-CKR. | 10-15-2015 |
20150297697 | CANCER-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN RELATED APPLICATIONS - The present invention provides a novel cancer-associated antigen that can be used in the treatment and diagnosis of cancer. Further, the invention provides amino acid and nucleic acid sequence of the novel antigen, binding proteins, and immunoconjugates. The invention also relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and kits. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299298 | BINDING MOIETIES FOR BIOFILM REMEDIATION - Binding agents able to disrupt bacterial biofilms of diverse origin are described, including monoclonal antibodies suitable for administration to a selected species and decoy nucleic acids. Methods to prevent formation of or to dissolve biofilms with these binding agents are also described. Immunogens for eliciting antibodies to disrupt biofilms are also described. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299299 | ANTIBODIES TO AMYLOID BETA - Antibody for human amyloid beta. Antibody selectively binds human amyloid beta 42 peptide over human amyloid beta 40 peptide. Antibodies specific for amyloid beta 42 as therapeutic agents for binding amyloid beta 42 peptide and treating conditions associated with amyloidosis, such as Alzheimer's disease. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299303 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO FEL D1 AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to the cat allergen, Fel d1, compositions comprising the antibodies, nucleic acids encoding the antibodies and methods of use of the antibodies. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to Fel d1. The antibodies of the invention are useful for binding to the Fel d1 allergen in vivo, thus preventing binding of the Fel d1 allergen to pre-formed IgE on the surface of mast cells or basophils. In doing so, the antibodies act to prevent the release of histamine and other inflammatory mediators from mast cells and/or basophils, thus ameliorating the untoward response to the cat allergen in sensitized individuals. The antibodies of the invention may also be useful for diagnostic purposes to determine if a patient is allergic to the Fel d1 cat allergen. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299314 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF GALLBLADDER CANCER - Provided is an antibody effective for treatment and/or prevention of gallbladder cancer. A pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of gallbladder cancer contains as an active ingredient an antibody or a fragment thereof having immunological reactivity with a CAPRIN-1 protein or a fragment thereof comprising at least seven consecutive amino acid residues of the amino acid sequence of the protein. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299321 | COMPOSITIONS MONOVALENT FOR CD28 BINDING AND METHODS OF USE - Disclosed are domain antibodies that monovalently bind CD28. Domain antibodies that are monovalent for binding of CD28 can inhibit CD28 activity. In one aspect, a domain antibody consists of or comprises a single immunoglobulin variable domain that specifically binds and antagonizes the activity of CD28, in an aspect, without substantially agonizing CD28 activity. In another aspect, the domain antibody is a human domain antibody. The disclosure further encompasses methods of antagonizing CD80 and/or CD86 interactions with CD28 in an individual and methods of treating diseases or disorders involving CD80 and/or CD86 interactions with CD28, the methods involving administering a domain antibody to the individual. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299325 | Anti-Blood Dendritic Cell Antigen 2 Antibodies And Uses Thereof - Antibodies and antibody fragments that bind to BDCA2 are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using the antibodies and antibody fragments to induce death of a plasmacytoid dendritic cell, inhibit production or secretion of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, and treat or prevent immunological disorders such as inflammatory and autoimmune conditions. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301068 | MEANS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The disclosure provides an extracellular target for Alzheimer's disease selected from the tetraspanin web family. The disclosure also provides diagnostic methods for the use as a target for detection of Alzheimer's disease in a subject. In addition, screening methods are provided for selecting compounds that bind or down-regulate the expression of the target. | 10-22-2015 |
20150307590 | IMMUNOMODULATORY PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present disclosure provides peptides that modulate an immune response in an individual. The present disclosure provides peptides that modulate cellular responses in vitro. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the peptides. The peptides and compositions are useful in methods of modulating an immune response in an individual, which methods are also provided. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307598 | YERSINIA SPP. POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a | 10-29-2015 |
20150307602 | ANTI-POLYUBIQUITIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides anti-polyubiquitin antibodies and methods of using the same. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307625 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST ACTIVATED PROTEIN C (aPC) - Provided herein are antibodies, antigen-binding antibody fragments (Fabs), and other protein scaffolds, directed against human activated Protein C (aPC) with minimal binding to its zymogen Protein C (PC). Moreover, these aPC binding proteins could potentially block the anti-coagulant activity of aPC to induce coagulation. Therapeutic uses of these binders are described herein as are methods of panning and screening specific antibodies. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307945 | FGFR3 FUSION GENE AND PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG TARGETING SAME - The FGFR-encoding gene was studied extensively with regard to its expression, hyperamplification, mutation, translocation, or such in various cancer cells. As a result, novel fusion polypeptides in which the FGFR3 polypeptide is fused with a different polypeptide were identified and isolated from several types of bladder cancer-derived cells and lung cancer cells. The use of a fusion polypeptide of the present invention as a biomarker in FGFR inhibitor-based cancer therapy enables one to avoid side effects in cancer therapy and control the therapeutic condition to produce the best therapeutic effect, thereby enabling individualized medicine. | 10-29-2015 |
20150315261 | MEANS FOR TREATING HEART DISEASE - The invention pertains to a means for downregulating or inhibiting or mislocalizing CAR in a cardiac cell for treating/curing a patient who has suffered or is predisposed to suffering a myocardial infarction (MI) or preventing myocardial infarction or complications thereof. | 11-05-2015 |
20150315266 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES AGAINST RABIES AND USES THEREOF - Human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to rabies virus, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using such antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof for treating rabies virus in a subject, are provided herein. | 11-05-2015 |
20150315273 | SP35 Antibodies And Uses Thereof - Endogenous Sp35 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination. Molecules that block endogenous Sp35 function, such anti-Sp35 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for Sp35, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous Sp35 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies. The invention further provides methods of promoting oligodendrocyte survival and myelination in a vertebrate, comprising administering to a vertebrate in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-Sp35 antibody. | 11-05-2015 |
20150315286 | GLYCATED CD59 PEPTIDES, THEIR PREPARATION, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides glycated Amadori products of the CD59 peptide and fragments thereof to be used as tools and among methods for the diagnosis and prognosis of pre-diabetes and diabetes. Certain aspects of the invention include glycated Amadori products of CD59 and fragments thereof to be used for the generation of antibodies and antibody fragments. Still other aspects of the invention include methodologies for the preparation of glycated Amadori products of CD59, fragments thereof, the inventive antibodies, and antibody fragments. | 11-05-2015 |
20150315292 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST FACTOR XII AND USES THEREOF - Provided are antibodies that selectively bind to and inhibit activation of coagulation factor XII. Methods of treatment employing these antibodies are described herein. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316552 | Human Notch Receptor Mutations and Their Use - The present invention provides the identification and characterization of NOTCH mutations associated with enhanced receptor signaling. The present invention provides methods and kits for using the same. The present invention further provides methods of treating cancer in a patient having a solid tumor, wherein the solid tumor cells comprise an elevated level of NOTCH ICD. | 11-05-2015 |
20150320832 | INHIBITION OF CANCER GROWTH AND METASTASIS - The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing cancer and metastasis. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing cancer by decreasing the expression and/or activity of Flightless I. Also provided are methods for inhibiting the growth of a cancerous cell and methods for inhibiting formation and/or growth of a tumour which also rely on decreasing the expression and/or activity of Flightless I. The present invention also extends to methods for diagnosing cancer, methods for determining if a subject is susceptible to developing cancer, and methods for assessing progression of cancer based on the finding that increased expression and/or activity of Flightless I is associated with cancer development, growth and metastasis. The present invention also provides methods for screening for a candidate therapeutic agent useful for treating or preventing cancer, and related pharmaceutical compositions and kits. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322117 | PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS USEFUL IN VACCINES TARGETING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS - Disclosed are novel immunogenic proteins derived from | 11-12-2015 |
20150322137 | HUMAN ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS, OR ANTIGEN-BINDING FRAGMENT THEREOF - The present invention provides a novel human-derived monoclonal antibody specifically binding to human metapneumovirus F protein and neutralizing the human metapneumovirus, and an antigen-binding fragment thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322140 | HMGI ANTIBODY FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS - There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition and method for treating sepsis, including septic shock and ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), comprising administering an effective amount of a HMG1 antagonist. There is further disclosed a diagnostic method for monitoring the severity or potential lethality of sepsis or septic shock, comprising measuring the serum concentration of HMG1 in a patient exhibiting or at risk of exhibiting sepsis or septic shock symptoms. Lastly, there is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition and method for effecting weight loss or treating obesity, comprising administering an effective amount of HMG1 or a therapeutically active HMG1 fragment. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322141 | Phoenixin Peptides - Human phoenixin peptides, analogs and mimetics useful in production of anti-phoenixin antibodies, diagnostic screening and assays, and in modulating cellular concentration of cAMP, and treatment of disorders related to cAMP or Ca | 11-12-2015 |
20150322143 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND AMYLOID OLIGOMERS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to compositions and methods related to immunogenic compositions comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and amyloid oligomer specific antibodies that specifically bind an oligomer comprising such a peptide. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322144 | Antibodies that Bind Myostatin, Compositions and Methods - There are disclosed selective myostatin antagonists (including antibodies), nucleic acids encoding them, and methods of making and using them. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322145 | THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTIBODIES TO HGF - The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof (especially chimeric and humanized) having binding specificity for HGF and their use in therapy and diagnosis. These antibodies inhibit or block HGF-associated activities including HGF's effects on cell proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, metastasis and fibrosis. Particularly the antibodies may be used as a monotherapy or in combination therapies in treating cancer, other proliferative disorders and other conditions wherein inhibition of HGF and/or the HGF/HGF-R (c-met) interaction is desired. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322151 | ANTIBODIES TARGETING CDH19 FOR MELANOMA - The present disclosure provides a human antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof or an antibody construct comprising a human binding domain or antigen binding fragment thereof capable of binding to human CDH19 on the surface of a target cell. The disclosure relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof contained in the antibody construct, a vector comprising the nucleic acid sequence and a host cell transformed or transfected with the vector. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a process for the production of the antibody construct of the disclosure, a medical use or a method of treatment using the antibody construct and a kit comprising the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof or the antibody construct. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322159 | METHODS OF USE OF ANTI-CD19 ANTIBODIES WITH REDUCED IMMUNOGENICITY - Anti-CD19 B4 antibodies with modified variable regions are disclosed. The modified anti-CD19 variable region polypeptides have alterations to one or more framework regions or complementarity determining regions of the heavy chain variable region or light chain variable region, thereby to reduce a T-cell response. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322163 | ANTI-FACTOR XI MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Compositions and methods for inhibiting thrombosis without compromising hemostasis are described. Compositions include anti-factor XI monoclonal antibodies (aXIMabs) capable of binding to an epitope on the heavy chain of human FXI, particularly the A3 domain of the heavy chain of human FXI. Compositions also include epitope-binding fragments, variants, and derivatives of the monoclonal antibodies, cell lines producing these antibody compositions, and isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the amino acid sequences of the antibodies. The disclosure further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed anti-factor XI monoclonal antibodies, or epitope-binding fragments, variants, or derivatives thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of the disclosure include administering the compositions described above to a subject in need thereof for the purpose of inhibiting thrombosis, reducing a required dose of an antithrombotic agent in the treatment of thrombosis, treating metastatic cancer, or treating an acute inflammatory reaction. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322167 | ANTI-SOD1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention features anti-SOD1 antibodies and methods of using the antibodies for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or the amelioration of symptoms associated with ALS. | 11-12-2015 |
20150328302 | IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION FOR USE IN VACCINATION AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCEI - The present application relates to immunogenic compositions comprising a mixture of | 11-19-2015 |
20150329624 | IGY COMPOSITION FOR USE IN CELIAC DISEASE - The present invention relates to an IgY composition characterized in that said IgY composition contains IgY antibodies, fragments, and/or Fab fragments thereof that specifically bind to a peptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and to the use of this IgY composition in the therapy of celiac disease, rheumatism, and/or wheat allergy. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329627 | Ang2 Antibodies - The present invention relates to antibodies that bind human angiopoietin-2 (Ang2), and may be useful for treating cancer alone and in combination with VEGF pathway inhibitors, especially cancer driven by VEGFR2 and Ang2, including gastric, hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian, colorectal, and breast cancers. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329638 | Use of DR6 Antagonists to Improve Motor Neuron Disease - The present invention relates to Death Receptor-6 (DR6) antagonists and methods of their use in improving motor neuron disease. Novel affinity enhanced anti-DR6 antibodies are also provided. The invention also pertains to methods of identifying additional anti-DR6 antagonists. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329641 | EMP2 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USES - The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of | 11-19-2015 |
20150329644 | PEPTIDES USEFUL FOR MODULATING HISTONE DEMETHYLASE FUNCTION - We described peptides and peptide fragments that can be used to inhibit cyclin D1 and cyclin E1, function of both of which is involved in malignant growth. Methods of treatment of cancer by inhibiting interaction between NPAC and LSD2 are also provided. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329645 | ANTI-COMPLEMENT C1S ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides antibodies that bind complement C1s protein; and nucleic acid molecules that encode such antibodies. In some embodiments, such anti-complement C1s antibodies inhibit proteolytic activity of C1s. The present disclosure also provides compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods to produce and use such antibodies, nucleic acid molecules, and compositions. | 11-19-2015 |
20150337032 | ANTAGONIST ANTIBODIES AGAINST GDF-8 AND USES THEREFOR - The disclosure provides improved neutralizing anti-GDF-8 antibodies capable of substantially higher levels of expression in host cells compared to previous anti-GDF-8 antibodies. Also provided are methods of using compositions comprising such antibodies to increase muscle mass or strength, and to treat or prevent muscular disorders, neuromuscular disorders, metabolic disorders, adipose tissue disorders or bone disorders. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337039 | MAC-1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - A method of treating a subject having or at risk of a disease or disorder associated with aberrant leukocyte-platelet interactions includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a monoclonal antibody or antigen binding portion thereof that specifically binds to at least one of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, or SEQ ID NO: 3 to inhibit leukocyte arrest on adherent platelets in the subject. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337045 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO THE GLUCAGON RECEPTOR - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to the human glucagon receptor, designated GCGR and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human GCGR. The antibodies of the invention are useful for lowering blood glucose levels and blood ketone levels and are also useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more GCGR biological activities, including the treatment of diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis and long-term complications associated with diabetes, or other metabolic disorders characterized in part by elevated blood glucose levels. | 11-26-2015 |
20150342888 | LYOPHILIZED FORMULATION COMPRISING GM-CSF NEUTRALIZING COMPOUND - The present invention relates to aqueous formulations comprising at least 20 mg/ml of a compound neutralizing GM-CSF, a lyoprotectant and an amino acid and/or a buffer. The ingredients of the formulation preferably provide stability to the compound neutralizing GM-CSF in view of lyophilisation, storage and reconstruction. In a preferred aspect, the formulation, e.g. after reconstruction, is for use in therapy, preferably for use in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, preferably including allergic and psoriatic disorders, as well as arthritic and asthmatic disorders. Furthermore, a kit comprising the formulation of the invention is provided. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344547 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST MURAMYL PEPTIDES - Disclosed is an isolated antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof. The antibody is capable of binding to a muramyl peptide, or a derivative or an analog or a salt thereof. The muramyl peptide comprises muramic acid and an amino acid selected from the group consisting of alanine, isoglutamine, glutamic acid, and a salt thereof. Also disclosed are methods of producing the antibody, compositions comprising the antibody, methods of treating using the antibody, uses of the antibody, methods of detecting muramyl peptide, an assay for detecting muramyl peptide, an antibacterial agent, hybridomas and kits. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344550 | ANTI-NEUBLASTIN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Antibodies and antigen binding fragments that bind to neublastin polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments in assays for detecting the presence or amount of endogenous and/or exogenous neublastin in a sample and in methods of antagonizing neublastin bioactivity. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344556 | EXTRACELLULAR HISTONES AS BIOMARKERS FOR PROGNOSIS AND MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR THERAPY - Hyper-inflammatory responses can lead to a variety of diseases including sepsis. It is now shown that extracellular histones released in response to inflammatory challenge are mediators contributing to endothelial dysfunction, organ failure and death during sepsis. As such, they can be targeted pharmacologically by inhibitors, as well as used as biomarkers for prognosis of sepsis and other diseases. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344576 | HUMAN ANTI-KIR ANTIBODIES - Compositions and methods for regulating an immune response in a subject are described. More particularly, described are human antibodies that regulate the activity of NK cells and allow a potentiation of NK cell cytotoxicity in mammalian subjects, and antibodies having antigen-binding properties similar to those of human monoclonal antibody 1-7F9 or 1-4F1. Described also are also fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and their uses, particularly for use in therapy, to increase NK cell activity or cytotoxicity in subjects. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344581 | METHODS OF TREATING SKIN DISORDERS USING IL-31RA ANTAGONIST - The present invention relates to methods of treating patients suffering from Contact dermatitis, Drug induced delayed type cutaneous allergic reactions, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma, Bullous pemphigoid, Alopecia aereata, Vitiligo, Acne Rosacea, Prurigo nodularis, Scleroderma, Herpes simplex virus, or combination by administering an IL-31RA antagonist. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344965 | Compositions and Methods for Treating or Preventing Prostate Cancer and for Detecting Androgen Receptor Variants - The invention features diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions featuring androgen receptor variant proteins and nucleic acid molecules whose expression is increased in androgen related diseases or disorders. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344976 | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF VIRAL DISEASES - This disclosure relates to methods of diagnosing a viral disease such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Castleman's disease, a lymphoma, a thymoma or a sarcoma in a patient by identifying one or more virus-specific elements such as a nucleic acid or a viral protein or a patient antibody to a virus-specific element, as well as to kits for diagnosing the viral disease in a patient. The disclosure further relates to methods of monitoring disease progression and/or the efficacy of therapy by measuring the levels of a virus-specific element in a sample from a patient, in addition, the disclosure relates to methods of identifying therapeutic agents that show efficacy in reducing levels of virus-specific agents in vitro. The disclosure further relates to methods of treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lymphoproliferative disease and cancer, as well as to methods of preventing viral infection, including Herpesvirus saimiri infection. | 12-03-2015 |
20150352186 | FACTOR 1 PROTEIN, FACTOR 2 PROTEIN AND INHIBITORS THEREOF FOR USE IN TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASES - The present invention relates to proteins comprising amino acid sequences encoded by nucleic acids derived from the human chromosomal region C19Orf10 termed Factor1 and/or C19Orf63 termed Factor 2 for the use in enhancing proliferation and/or healing and/or inhibiting apoptosis of none-transformed tissue or none-transformed cell or inhibitors thereof. The invention further relates to the use of inhibitors of factor1 and factor 2 for medical use, preferably for use in treating or preventing a disease in which angiogenesis contributes to disease development or progression. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353617 | ANTI-ANGIOGENIC VEGF-AX ISOFORM - A VEGF-Ax polypeptide, as well as a smaller Ax poly-peptide, both having anti-angiogenic activity that can be used for treating or preventing angiogenesis are described. An antibody specific to the Ax region of a VEGF-Ax polypeptide, as well as an antibody specific to the C-terminus region of a VEGF-A polypeptide that is not capable of binding to VEGF-Ax, and methods of using these antibodies, are also described. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353622 | High Avidity Antigen Recognizing Constructs - The present invention pertains to novel high avidity antigen recognizing constructs, such as antibodies or T cell receptors, which specifically bind to the melanoma associated antigen (MAGE) A1. The constructs of the invention are particularly useful for the diagnosis, prevention or therapy of tumorous diseases which are characterized by the specific expression of the MAGE-A1 antigen. Furthermore provided are nucleic acids, vectors and host cells—such as CD4 or CD8 positive T cells—which encode, comprise or present the antigen recognizing constructs of the invention. The invention thus provides new means for immune therapy, specifically adoptive T cell therapy, for treating cancer. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353627 | HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to neutralizing antibodies, and antibody fragments thereof, having high potency in neutralizing hCMV, wherein said antibodies and antibody fragments are specific for one, or a combination of two or more, hCMV gene UL products. The invention also relates to immortalized B cells that produce, and to epitopes that bind to, such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and epitopes in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of disease. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353635 | NANOBODIES AGAINST TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA - The present invention relates to improved Nanobodies™ against Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), as well as to polypeptides comprising or essentially consisting of one or more of such Nanobodies. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such Nanobodies and polypeptides; to methods for preparing such Nanobodies and polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such Nanobodies or polypeptides; to compositions comprising such Nanobodies, polypeptides, nucleic acids or host cells; and to uses of such Nanobodies, such polypeptides, such nucleic acids, such host cells or such compositions, in particular for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes, such as the prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353637 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR (GITR) AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, that bind to glucocorticoid-inducible TNF receptor (GITR). Also provided are uses of these proteins in therapeutic applications, such as in the treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353641 | USE OF SEMAPHORIN-4D BINDING MOLECULES FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - Provided herein are methods for alleviating symptoms in a subject having a neurodegenerative disorder, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated binding molecule which specifically binds to semaphorin-4D (SEMA4D) or to its Plexin-B1 or Plexin-B2 receptors. | 12-10-2015 |
20150355180 | Differential Expression of Novel Protein Markers for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis - A method is described for diagnosing eosinophilic esophagitis by studying the levels of expression of novel markers, including ALOX15 or metabolites thereof, TNFAIP6, FLG, SLURP1, or CRISP3. Also described are methods for treating eosinophilic esophagitis. | 12-10-2015 |
20150361142 | VACCINE FOR PREVENTING PORCINE EDEMA DISEASE - A purpose is to provide a vaccine which can prevent porcine edema disease in farms where porcine edema disease is anticipated. Meeting this purpose is a vaccine that is a fusion protein in which Stx2eB and a polypeptide having a coiled-coil forming unit are joined or a multimer of the fusion protein, and by immunizing pigs with this vaccine, it is possible to induce potent neutralizing antibodies and to defend against the onset of porcine edema disease. | 12-17-2015 |
20150361162 | NUCLEOTIDE AND AMINO ACID SEQUENCES RELATING TO RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND OBESITY - This invention relates to genes identified from human chromosome 12q23-qter, which are associated with various diseases, including asthma. The invention also relates to the nucleotide sequences of these genes, isolated nucleic acids comprising these nucleotide sequences, and isolated polypeptides or peptides encoded thereby. The invention further relates to vectors and host cells comprising the disclosed nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies that bind to the encoded polypeptides or peptides. Also related are ligands that modulate the activity of the disclosed genes or gene products. In addition, the invention relates to methods and compositions employing the disclosed nucleic acids, polypeptides or peptides, antibodies, and/or ligands for use in diagnostics and therapeutics for asthma and other diseases. | 12-17-2015 |
20150361166 | DIPEPTIDE-REPEAT PROTEINS AS THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES WITH HEXANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION - The present invention relates to a method of detecting a disease characterized by an expansion of genomic hexanucleotide repeats as well as polypeptides of said hexanucleotide repeats, ligands specifically binding to the polypeptide, methods of identifying an inhibitor preventing the expression and/or aggregation of said polypeptide. | 12-17-2015 |
20150361167 | ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST PYROGLUTAMATE MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN-1 (MCP-1 N1PE) - Monoclonal antibodies which bind specifically to the proinflammatory cytokine pyroglutamate MCP-1 (MCP-1 N1pE). | 12-17-2015 |
20150361181 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING DISEASES - Methods and compositions are provided for assessing, treating, and preventing diseases, especially cancer, using cancer-associated targets (CAT). Methods and compositions are also provided for determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment for these diseases or for selecting a treatment, using CAT. Methods and compositions are further provided for modulating cell function using CAT. Also provided are compositions that modulate CAT (e.g., antagonists or agonists), such as antibodies, proteins, small molecule compounds, and nucleic acid agents (e.g., RNAi and antisense agents), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided are methods of screening for agents that modulate CAT, and agents identified by these screening methods. | 12-17-2015 |
20150361183 | INHIBITION OF THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM - Agents and compounds which can be used to modulate the activity of the complement system, novel biological targets associated with such modulation, and pharmaceutical compositions, medicaments and methods of treatment for use in preventing, ameliorating or treating diseases that are characterised by inappropriate complement activity. These diseases include age-related macular degeneration (AMD), meningitis, renal disease, autoimmune disease and inflammation. Therapeutic antibodies and screening assays for identifying agents useful in treating these diseases are also provided. | 12-17-2015 |
20150366957 | Melanoma-Associated MHC Class I Associated Oligopeptides and the Uses Thereof - The present invention relates to certain melanoma-associated oligopeptides that are recognized by CD8-positive cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) as peptide antigen and which elicit a CTL-induced lysis and/or apoptosis of tumor cells. The present invention also relates to the use of these melanoma-associated oligopeptides in cancer therapy. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368323 | ANTI-STAPHYLOCOCCAL ANTIBODIES - This disclosure generally relates to antibodies or fragments thereof which interact with the bacterial protein MprF. The disclosure further discloses antibodies, which bind to specific extracellular motifs of MprF. The disclosure further relates to therapeutics comprising MprF-specific antibodies and methods of treatment using MprF-specific antibodies or fragments thereof. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368349 | Anti-GITR Antibodies and Methods of Use Thereof - The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to human glucocorticoid-induced TNFR family related receptor (GITR) and compositions comprising such antibodies. In a specific aspect, the antibodies specifically bind to human GITR and modulate GITR activity, e.g., enhance, activate or induce GITR activity, utilizing such antibodies. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating disorders, such as cancer and infectious diseases, by administering an antibody that specifically binds to human GITR and modulates GITR activity e.g., enhances, activates or induces GITR activity. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368361 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR (EGFR) AND USES THEREOF - Anti-EGFR antibodies, therapeutic compositions comprising combinations of anti-EGFR antibodies, as well as methods for using such antibodies and compositions to treat EGFR-related disorders (e.g., cancers), are disclosed. | 12-24-2015 |
20150376267 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN DELTA LIKE LIGAND 4 - The present invention provides methods of treating, ameliorating, or inhibiting tumor growth, cancer, or pathological angiogenesis by administering to a subject in need thereof a human antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to human delta-like ligand 4 (hDll4) and blocks hDll4 binding to a Notch receptor. The anti-hDll4 antibody or fragment thereof of the present invention have a high affinity with the K | 12-31-2015 |
20150376269 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO SERUM RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN FROM TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to serum resistance-associated (SRA) protein of | 12-31-2015 |
20150376290 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR CLL-1 - Provided herein are antibodies specific for CLL-1. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377908 | METHODS OF DIAGNOSING, TREATING AND MONITORING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY - Methods for the treatment and monitoring of diabetic retinopathy are provided. More specifically, the method for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy comprises administering to an individual suspected of having diabetic retinopathy a composition comprising an agent that inhibits the activity or expression of EMAPII or CXCR3. Methods for diagnosing and monitoring the progression of diabetic retinopathy in an individual, or monitoring the efficacy of a therapy for diabetic retinopathy are provided. More specifically, the method comprises determining the levels of EMAPII in a biological sample from an individual and comparing them to a control or reference sample, or a chronological sample from the individual. | 12-31-2015 |
20160000910 | Monoclonal Antibody - The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of β-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD). | 01-07-2016 |
20160002320 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT - Anti-HLA and other antibodies are present in goat serum after injection of HIV antigenic material, and form the basis for a most surprisingly effective treatment of HIV, multiple sclerosis and other conditions. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002329 | TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS INVOLVING DEMYELINATION - The invention provides methods of treating diseases, disorders or injuries involving demyelination and dysmyelination, including multiple sclerosis, by the administration of an Sp35 antagonist. Additional methods include methods for inhibiting the binding of the Sp35 polypeptide with the ErbB2 polypeptide and a method for increasing ErbB2 phosphorylation by contacting oligodendrocytes with an effective amount of a composition comprising an Sp35 antagonist of the invention. Further embodiments of the invention include methods of inhibiting the binding of the Sp35 polypeptide with the ErbB2, increasing ErbB2 phosphorylation and promoting oligodendrocyte differentiation comprising contacting oligodendrocyte or oligodendrocyte progenitor cells with an ErbB2 binding agent. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002331 | ANTI-NOTCH1 ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides for antibodies that bind to Notch1. The present disclosure also provides methods of making the antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of treating disorders with the antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002335 | THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTI-CS1 ANTIBODIES - The present invention is directed to antagonists of CS1 that bind to and neutralize at least one biological activity of CS1. The invention also includes a pharmaceutical composition comprising such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. The present invention also provides for a method of preventing or treating disease states, including autoimmune disorders and cancer, in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering into said subject an effective amount of such antagonists. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002336 | Methods of Modulating Immune Function - Presented herein are therapeutic agents that modulate one or more immune functions and uses of such therapeutic agents in the prevention, treatment and management of diseases. In one aspect, the therapeutic agents modulate one or more signal transduction pathways induced by the binding of B7-H7 to B7-HrCR, or the binding of B7-H2 to either ICOS, CD28, or CTLA-4. In another aspect, the therapeutic agents modulate the binding of B7-H7 to B7-H7CR, or the binding of B7-H2 to either ICOS, CD28, or CTLA-4. The therapeutic agents can be used in the prevention, treatment and/or management of diseases in which it might be useful to modulate one or more immune functions (e.g., cancer, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, and transplantation rejection). In another aspect, presented herein are methods for identifying receptor-ligand interactions. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002338 | ANTI-HER3 ANTIBODIES BINDING TO THE BETA-HAIRPIN OF HER3 - The invention relates to specific anti-HER3 antibodies, that bind to the beta-hairpin of HER3, their preparation and use as medicament. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002339 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR (EGFR) AND USES THEREOF - Anti-EGFR antibodies, therapeutic compositions comprising combinations of anti-EGFR antibodies, as well as methods for using such antibodies and compositions to treat EGFR-related disorders (e.g., cancers), are disclosed. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002346 | HER1 ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS BINDING TO THE BETA-HAIRPIN OF HER1 - The invention relates to anti-HER1 antigen binding proteins, e.g. anti-HER1 antibodies, that bind to the beta-hairpin of HER1, methods for selecting these antigen binding proteins, their preparation and use as medicament. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002354 | ANTIBODIES TO BONE MARROW STROMAL ANTIGEN 1 - The invention provides antibodies which bind to the ADP-ribosyl cyclase 2. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies are also provided. The antibodies may be used for the treatment of human cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, head and neck cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer and human inflammatory diseases, including asthma, gout, crohns, lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, diabetes and atherosclerotic. | 01-07-2016 |
20160008421 | METHOD OF ALTERING VASCULAR PERMEABILITY AND USES THEREOF | 01-14-2016 |
20160008426 | NOVEL STIP1 POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF | 01-14-2016 |
20160008465 | THERAPY INVOLVING ANTIBODIES AGAINST CLAUDIN 18.2 FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER | 01-14-2016 |
20160009769 | PROCESSES FOR ISOLATING SALICYCLIC ACID RECEPTORS | 01-14-2016 |
20160009773 | RSPONDINS AS MODULATORS OF ANGIOGENESIS AND VASCULOGENESIS | 01-14-2016 |
20160009790 | ANTI-VASOHIBIN 2 ANTIBODY | 01-14-2016 |
20160009791 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGETING POLYUBIQUITIN | 01-14-2016 |
20160009796 | Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-like Growth Factor Binding Proteins | 01-14-2016 |
20160009797 | METHODS FOR REGULATING HAIR GROWTH DISORDERS | 01-14-2016 |
20160009816 | Membrane Transporter NaPi2b (SCL34A2) Epitope for Antibody Therapy, Antibodies Directed Thereto, and Target for Cancer Therapy | 01-14-2016 |
20160010067 | NOVEL POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE GENES | 01-14-2016 |
20160011212 | RECOMBINANT PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | 01-14-2016 |
20160017025 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS WITH IMMUNE THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA - Novel antibodies, methods and compositions for treatment of a disease which is susceptible to amelioration by the blocking of APP cleavage. | 01-21-2016 |
20160017032 | ANTI-HEPCIDIN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present application relates to antibodies that specifically bind to hepcidin and methods of using the antibodies. Another aspect relates to antibodies which bind hepcidin and regulate iron homeostasis. Another aspect relates to the use of humanized antibodies which bind hepcidin for the treatment of a disease or condition associated with hepcidin. | 01-21-2016 |
20160017035 | TIM RECEPTORS AS VIRUS ENTRY COFACTORS - The present invention concerns the use of an inhibitor of an interaction between phosphatidylserine and a TIM receptor for preventing or treating a virus entry cofactors, in particular phosphatidylserine harboring virus infection such as | 01-21-2016 |
20160024188 | HUMAN BINDING MOLECULES CAPABLE OF NEUTRALIZING INFLUENZA VIRUS H5N1 AND USES THEREOF - Described are binding molecules such as human monoclonal antibodies that bind to influenza virus H5N1 and have neutralizing activity against influenza virus H5N1. Also described are polynucleotides encoding the antibodies, and compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of identifying or producing the antibodies. The antibodies can be used in the diagnosis, prophylaxis, and/or treatment of an influenza virus H5N1 infection. In certain embodiments, the antibodies provide cross-subtype protection in vivo, such that infections with H5, H2, H6, H9, and H1-based influenza subtypes can be prevented and/or treated. | 01-28-2016 |
20160024193 | ANTI-TAU ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to anti-Tau antibodies, such as antibodies that bind to a phosphorylated epitope on human Tau protein with high specificity and/or affinity, and methods of using the same. | 01-28-2016 |
20160024205 | Type I Interferon Diagnostic - The present disclosure encompasses type-I IFN and IFNα-induced PD marker expression profiles, kits, and methods for identifying such IFNα-induced PD marker expression profiles. The type-I IFN and IFNα-induced PD marker expression profiles may also be used in, for example, methods of treating patients having a type-I IFN or IFNα-mediated disorder, methods of monitoring disease progression of patients receiving treatment with a therapeutic agent that modulates type 1 interferon activity, identifying patients as candidates to receive a therapeutic that binds to and neutralizes IFNα activity, and in diagnosing or providing a prognosis to patients having IFNα-induced disorders. | 01-28-2016 |
20160024208 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO NAV1.7 - The present invention provides antibodies that bind to the human voltage gated sodium channel designated Na | 01-28-2016 |
20160024214 | Antibodies Against Human NKG2D and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides isolated anti-human NKG2D monoclonal antibodies useful for therapeutic applications in humans. Typically, the antibodies are fully human or humanized to minimize the risk for immune responses against the antibodies when administered to a patient. Preferred antibodies include human monoclonal antibodies MS and 21F2. As described herein, other antigen-binding molecules such as, e.g., antigen-binding antibody fragments, antibody derivatives, and multi-specific molecules, can be designed or derived from such antibodies. | 01-28-2016 |
20160030406 | CORRECTORS ACTING THROUGH MSD1 OF CFTR PROTEIN - The present disclosure provides methods for treating Cystic Fibrosis in a subject by administering to the subject a corrector agent capable of acting through MSD1 during the biosynthesis of CFTR protein. The disclosure also provides methods of screening for new corrector agents capable of acting through MSD1 during the biosynthesis of a CFTR protein. | 02-04-2016 |
20160030561 | Methods of Treating Pancreatic Cancer - Novel methods of treating pancreatic cancer are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining NOTCH mRNA expression levels in pancreatic cancer cells. In another embodiment, the method further comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective dose of a NOTCH antagonist. | 02-04-2016 |
20160030586 | Immunogenic Composition in Emulsion Form - The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising a continuous aqueous phase and a dispersed phase as droplets and comprising:
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20160031978 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING A TAUOPATHY - The present invention is a composition and method for the prevention and treatment of a tauopathy. The composition of the invention includes N-terminal amino acid residues of the tau protein, which have been identified as being involved in toxic activation of a PP1/GSK3 signaling cascade and inhibition of fast axonal transport in human tauopathies. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031979 | METHODS FOR TREATING OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA - The present invention provides methods for treating and improving the symptoms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a binding agent that binds to transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ). | 02-04-2016 |
20160031987 | ANTI-EPHA2 ANTIBODY - The present invention provides an antibody which recognizes an epitope recognized by an antibody produced by a hybridoma SH348-1 (FERM BP-10836) or a hybridoma SH357-1 (FERM BP-10837), an antibody produced by the hybridoma SH348-1 or the hybridoma SH357-1, an antibody obtained by humanizing the antibody produced by the hybridoma SH348-1 or the hybridoma SH357-1, a pharmaceutical agent comprising the antibody as an active ingredient, etc. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031993 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING MUSCLE GROWTH - This disclosure is in the field of anti-Activin receptor IIB (ActRIIB) antibodies. In particular, it relates to the use of said antibodies for treating muscle disorders, such as muscle wasting due to disease or disuse. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031996 | ANTI IL-3R ALPHA AGENTS AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to an epitope within an interleukin-3 receptor α. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031998 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST G-CSFR AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides proteins comprising antigen binding domains of antibodies that bind to human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor receptor. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031999 | IL-11R BINDING PROTEINS - The present disclosure provides proteins comprising antigen binding sites of antibodies that bind to interleukin-11 (IL-11) receptor alpha (IL-11Rα) and uses thereof, e.g., in therapy. | 02-04-2016 |
20160032017 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC TO A NOVEL EPITOPE ON CEMX OF HUMAN MEMBRANE-BOUND IGE AND USES THEREOF IN TREATING IGE-MEDIATED DISEASES - The present disclosure relates to anti-IgE antibodies that bind to novel antigenic epitopes of the CsmX domain, e.g., SVPHPRCHCGAGRA (SEQ ID NO: 4) and the uses thereof in treating IgE-mediated diseases. | 02-04-2016 |
20160039888 | IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING ALPHA-HEMOLYSIN OLIGOPEPTIDES - The present invention provides immunogenic compositions useful in prevention and treatment of | 02-11-2016 |
20160039915 | IMMUNOLOGICAL CONTROL OF BETA-AMYLOID LEVELS IN VIVO - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods useful for controlling β-amyloid levels. In particular, the instant invention relates to an antibody that catalyzes hydrolysis of β-amyloid at a predetermined amide linkage are provided. The present invention also provides a vectorized antibody that is capable of crossing the blood brain barrier and is also capable of catalyzing the hydrolysis of β-amyloid at a predetermined amide linkage. Also provided are methods for modulating β-amyloid levels in vivo using antibodies that bind to β-amyloid. These compositions and methods have therapeutic applications, including the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039918 | 14-3-3 ETA Antibodies and Uses Thereof for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Arthritis - The invention provides anti-14-3-3 eta antibodies that specifically bind to the human 14-3-3 eta protein isoform in its natural configuration while exhibiting selectivity over human 14-3-3 alpha, beta, delta, epsilon, gamma, tau, and zeta protein isoforms. Methods, kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said specific anti-14-3-3 eta antibodies are further provided for the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039928 | Anti-IL-17A antibodies and their use in treating autoimmune and inflammatory - The present disclosure relates to antibodies and proteins comprising an antigen-binding portion thereof that specifically bind to the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-17 A. The disclosure more specifically relates to specific antibodies and proteins that are IL-17 A antagonists (inhibit the activities of IL-17 A and IL-17 AF) and are capable of inhibiting IL-17 A induced cytokine production in in vitro assays, and having an inhibitory effect in an antigen-induced arthritis model in vivo. The disclosure further relates to compositions and methods of use for said antibodies and proteins to treat pathological disorders that can be treated by inhibiting IL-17A or IL 17AF mediated activity, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), lupus nephritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma or cystic fibrosis or other autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039930 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDE SEQUENCES INVOLVED IN CANCER - The present invention relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences which are differentially expressed in cancer cells compared to normal cells. The present invention more particularly relates to the use of these sequences in the diagnosis, prognosis or treatment of cancer and in the detection of cancer cells. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039933 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC TO CADHERIN-17 - The present disclosure provides antibodies, including isolated monoclonal antibodies, which specifically bind to Cadherin-17 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding Cadherin-17 antibodies, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the Cadherin-17 antibodies are also provided. Bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Cadherin-17 antibodies are also provided. Methods for detecting Cadherin-17, as well as methods for treating various cancers, including colorectal cancer, are disclosed. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039940 | Human CD30 Ligand Antigen Binding Proteins - Provided are compositions and methods relating to human CD30L antigen binding proteins. Compositions described herein include: human CD30L antigen binding proteins, polynucleotides encoding human CD30L antigen binding proteins, vectors comprising these polynucleotides, host cells, and pharmaceutical compositions. Methods of making and using each of these compositions are also provided. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039943 | METHOD OF INCREASING PLASMIN ACTIVITY THROUGH ANTIPLASMIN CONVERSION - Methods for increasing plasmin activity in a patient in need thereof are provided, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutic amount of an agent which binds to α2-antiplasmin at a binding site to increase conversion of α2-antiplasmin from an inhibitor to a plasmin substrate, thereby increasing plasmin activity in the patient. Also provided are methods for the identification of compounds or molecules that increase plasmin activity, comprising determining whether the compound or molecule binds to a binding site on α2-antiplasmin which increases the conversion of α2-antiplasmin from an inhibitor to a plasmin substrate, wherein the compound or molecule is not an antibody, thereby identifying a compound or molecule which increases plasmin activity. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of myocardial infarction, thrombosis, ischemic stroke, and pulmonary embolism. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039944 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOCLONAL IgA ANTIBODY - The present invention provides a component having effects in vivo of improving or optimizing the intestinal environment, suppressing intestinal putrefaction, or suppressing alternation of intestinal bacterial growth and/or pathological changes of intestinal bacterial growth in gut microbiota. The invention also provides an active ingredient suitably used for treating intestinal diseases. The invention provides a monoclonal IgA antibody that binds to amino acids 11 to 333 of serine hydroxymethyltransferase. | 02-11-2016 |
20160046689 | ANTIBODIES TO MICA AND MICB PROTEINS - MICA and MICB are expressed on the surface of stressed, virus infected and cancer cells; they bind to their common receptor NKG2D on immune effector cells such as natural killer (NK) cells and some T cells to signal immune responses, including cytotoxicity, towards cells expressing surface MICA or MICB. To evade this immune-surveillance, virus infected cells and cancer cells shed the extracellular domain of their MICA and MICB as soluble forms (sMICA and sMICB) which act as decoys by binding and down-regulating expression of NKG2D on the immune effector cells. Antibodies are provided that specifically bind the soluble forms of both MICA and MICB to inhibit their adverse effects, but do not bind cell- or membrane-bound MICA and MICB to preserve their beneficial immune effects. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046699 | PEPTIDES AND BINDING PARTNERS THEREFOR - The invention provides a peptide obtainable from | 02-18-2016 |
20160046702 | IMMUNOREGULATORY STRUCTURES FROM NORMALLY OCCURING PROTEINS - The present invention relates to isolated protein sequences that correspond to cell binding peptides, fragments, neo-structures and/or neo-epitopes of a normally occurring serum protein present in human tissue, wherein the peptide, fragment, neo-structure and/or neo-epitope has an immunoregulatory activity and is the result of either an enhanced proteolytic activity and/or conformational changes in a tissue, or a malignant tumour. In the present patent application, a common structure of several of these peptides, fragments, neo-structures and/or neo-epitopes, having immunoregulatory activity by binding to receptors on immune cells, has been identified. The present invention further also relates to monoclonal and/or polyclonal antibodies directed to a cell binding fragment of a normally occurring serum protein present in human tissue, as described above. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046704 | GLYCOPROTEINS HAVING LIPID MOBILISING PROPERTIES AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A biologically active lipid mobilising agent for use in therapy is disclosed which has the properties and characteristics of a Zn-α | 02-18-2016 |
20160046713 | ANTI-KIR3D ANTIBODIES - The present invention provides antigen-binding proteins capable of binding to KIR3D polypeptides. The antibodies have increased activity in the treatment of disorders characterized by KIR3DL2-expressing cells, particularly CD4+ T cells, including malignancies such as Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046716 | THERAPEUTIC PEPTIDES - The present disclosure provides, in part, compositions comprising peptides immuno specifically binds to defined binding partners, wherein the peptides comprise at least complementarity determining regions relating to the complementarity regions shown in Table 1. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046718 | AGENTS THAT NEUTRALIZE IL-3 SIGNALLING AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to compounds that are able to bind to an interleukin (IL)-3Rα chain and neutralize IL-3 signalling and uses thereof. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046721 | ANTIBODIES AND METHODS FOR TREATING ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED DISEASES - Provided herein in certain embodiments are antibodies, antibody fragments, pharmaceutical compositions, methods for modulating the functions of estrogen receptor alpha 36, and methods for preventing and/or treating diseases mediated by estrogen receptor alpha 36. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046723 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND LGR4 - Disclosed herein are anti-LGR4 antibodies for the treatment of cancer. Antibodies disclosed herein may bind LGR4 without disrupting LGR4-RSPO1 binding or signaling, and may disrupt LGR4 signaling through Wnt that is independent of RSPO1. Also disclosed are heavy and light chain polypeptide sequences for antibodies that bind LGR4, for example without disrupting LGR4-RSPO binding or signaling. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046726 | SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to specific binding members, particularly antibodies and fragments thereof, which bind to amplified epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and to the de2-7 EGFR truncation of the EGFR. In particular, the epitope recognized by the specific binding members, particularly antibodies and fragments thereof, is enhanced or evident upon aberrant post-translational modification. These specific binding members are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The binding members of the present invention may also be used in therapy in combination with chemotherapeutics or anti-cancer agents and/or with other antibodies or fragments thereof. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046907 | IN VITRO SYSTEM FOR GENERATION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSES - The present invention describes methods to produce vaccines and antibodies, which methods including contacting follicular dendritic cells (FDC) with naïve B-cells to mimic conditions in the germinal center (CG) in vitro, including methods of enhancing antibody production in hybridoma cells and compositions comprising product of the instant methods. | 02-18-2016 |
20160052985 | THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN FRAGMENTS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a compound selected in the group consisting of: a) a polypeptide consisting of the C-terminus amino acid sequence of the human Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) long isoform (SEQ ID NO: 2), derivatives and fragments thereof; b) a polynucleotide coding for said polypeptide; d) a vector comprising said polynucleotide; c) a host cell genetically engineered expressing said polypeptide, or d) a TSLP long isoform (SEQ ID NO:2) antagonist for use in the treatment or/and prevention and/or diagnosis and/or monitoring of a disorder or pathology characterized by an inflammatory response. | 02-25-2016 |
20160052997 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO INFLUENZA A VIRUS-NEUTRALIZING-BINDING MOLECULES - The present invention provides a composition comprising at least two influenza A virus-neutralizing binding molecules that bind to an epitope in the stem region of influenza A virus hemagglutinin (HA) protein, the method comprising: i) a first binding molecule capable of neutralizing at least one influenza A virus subtype selected from the group consisting of H1, H2, H5 and H9; ii) a second binding molecule capable of neutralizing at least one influenza A virus subtype selected from the group consisting of H1, H3, H5, H7 and H9. The mixed composition of the present invention can effectively neutralize the multiple influenza subtypes of both phylogenetic group 1 and phylogenetic group 2 and can be used in combination with a chemical compound. Thus, the composition of the present invention is very useful for the prevention and treatment of a disease by influenza virus. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053003 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HIF-1a OVER-EXPRESSING CANCERS - Described herein are compositions that include monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind Hsp90α and methods of using the same to treat HIF-1a-overexpressing cancer. In some embodiments, the cancers are breast cancer or lung cancer. The monoclonal antibodies bind the epitope TKPIWTRNP in Hsp90α or VKHFSVEGQ in Hsp90α. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053006 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO INHIBITING CANCER CELL GROWTH AND/OR PROLIFERATION - The present invention determined that EGFL6 functions as a tumor vascular regulator of ovarian cancer stem cells (CSC). In addition, the present invention determined that a novel EGFL6 blocking antibody was able to restrict cancer cell growth and delay disease recurrence. As such, the present invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting cancer cell growth, proliferation and/or metastasis. In particular, the present invention provides methods for inhibiting cancer cell growth, proliferation and/or metastasis through administration of a composition comprising an agent capable of inhibiting the function of EGFL6 (e.g., thereby inhibiting related cancer cell growth). In some embodiments, the agent capable of inhibiting the function of EGFL6 is an EGFL6 blocking antibody. The agents and related compositions additionally find use in diagnostic and research settings | 02-25-2016 |
20160053022 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN RYK AND USES THEREFOR - The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind RYK, in particular human RYK and their use in regulating RYK-associated activities. Specifically there is provided an isolated monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment or derivative thereof that specifically binds to the extracellular domain of human RYK, in particular, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, binds specifically to the WIF domain of human RYK. Preferably, the antibodies of the present invention modulate RYK-associated activity, which includes RYK mediated signal transduction activity and modulation of the interaction of Wnts with RYK and, preferably, modulate Wnt induced signaling. In particular, the antibodies inhibit the binding of Wnt5a and inhibit Wnt induced phosphorylation of Dishevelled (Dvl) 2 and/or Dvl3 proteins. | 02-25-2016 |
20160058832 | MEDICAL USE OF SYNDECAN-2 - SDC2, compositions that comprise SDC2, vectors encoding SDC2 and compounds that modulate expression of SDC2 by cells are used for treatment of mammalian, e.g. human, cells to achieve immunomodulation or for other specific therapeutic interventions. Cells are treated by combining the cells with SDC2, treating the cells with an antibody or fragment thereof that binds SDC2 or modulating expression or activity of SDC2 by the cells. Cells or tissue are derived from treated cells for therapeutic uses based on their immunomodulatory or other therapeutic properties. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060334 | FGF MODULATION OF IN VIVO ANTIBODY PRODUCTION AND HUMORAL IMMUNITY - The invention provides methods for increasing or decreasing antibody production in vivo by inhibiting or promoting the activity of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) respectively. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060346 | Modulation of Activity of Proneurotrophins - The present invention provides agents for inhibiting binding of a pro-neurotrophin to a Vps10p-domain receptor, in particular the binding of a pro-NGF or a pro-BDNF to a Sortilin receptor. The invention thus provides agents for the manufacture of a medicament, for treating and/or preventing disease or disorders such as but not limited to neurological, neuropsychiatric and ocular diseases, disorders, and degeneration as well as obesity, diabetes, pain and/or nociception in an individual. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060608 | LIPASES, POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING THEM AND THEIR USES - A lipase comprising a polypeptide or peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-19 and the polynucleotides encoding the lipases is disclosed. The lipases and nucleic acid sequences encoding these lipases can be used in the preparation of polymers, in formulations which may comprise detergents, as catalysts, in the preparation of bioplastics, as part of diagnostic kits, in the preparation of biofuels and for the prevention and/or treatment of a disease. | 03-03-2016 |
20160067205 | Combination Therapies with Anti-CD38 Antibodies - The present invention relates to combination therapies with anti-CD38 antibodies and all-trans retinoic acid. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068590 | POLYPEPTIDES AND IMMUNIZING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GRAM POSITIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a | 03-10-2016 |
20160068607 | THERAPEUTIC PROTEIN FORMULATIONS - The present invention generally concerns formulations having a pH that inhibits aspartyl isomerization at an Asp-Asp motif in a therapeutic protein contained in such a formulation. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068917 | ADENOVIRUSES AND THEIR USE - Baboon Adenovirus (BaAdV)-2/4 and BaAdV-3 are disclosed herein. BaAdV-2/4 and BaAdV-3 polynucleotide, polypeptides and antibodies that specifically bind BaAdV-2/4 and/or BaAdV-3 are disclosed. Methods are disclosed for detecting BaAdV-2/4 and BaAdV-3. Methods are also disclosed for treating, preventing, and inducing an immune response to BaAdV-2/4 and/or BaAdV-3. Kits are also provided. | 03-10-2016 |
20160069866 | INHIBITION OF THE BETA3 SUBUNIT OF L-TYPE CA2+ CHANNELS - The present invention provides reagents and methods for identifying inhibitors of the L-type Ca | 03-10-2016 |
20160074374 | CORRECTORS ACTING THROUGH MSD1 OF CFTR PROTEIN - The present disclosure provides methods for treating Cystic Fibrosis in a subject by administering to the subject a corrector agent capable of acting through MSD1 during the biosynthesis of CFTR protein. The disclosure also provides methods of screening for new corrector agents capable of acting through MSD1 during the biosynthesis of a CFTR protein. | 03-17-2016 |
20160075790 | ANTIBODY POLYPEPTIDES THAT ANTAGONIZE CD40L - Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind human CD40L are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not activate platelets. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40L activation, such as graft-related diseases and autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single V | 03-17-2016 |
20160082096 | VACCINE AGAINST STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS BASED ON RECOMBINANT PROTEINS - An antigenic composition comprises several antigenic components derived from antigens of | 03-24-2016 |
20160083461 | NOVEL ANTIGEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEOVASCULATURE OF TUMOUR METASTASES - The invention relates to a binding member that binds the Extra Domain-A (ED-A) isoform of fibronectin for the treatment of tumour metastases. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084840 | IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEIN ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA, GLIOBASTOMA AND LUNG CANCER - The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening, diagnosis and prognosis of HCC, glioblastoma and lung cancer, for monitoring the effectiveness of HCC, glioblastoma and lung cancer treatment, and for drug development. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084855 | Compositions and Methods for Modulation and Detection of Immune and Inflammatory Responses - Methods for detecting inflammatory or autoimmune conditions, comprising analyzing bacterial L-serine containing lipids in a sample; and, comparing results of the analysis of the bacterial L-serine containing lipids in the sample with information on occurrence of the bacterial L-serine containing lipids in a control sample, wherein a decreased occurrence of the bacterial L-serine containing lipids in the test sample over the occurrence of bacterial L-serine containing lipids in the control sample indicates the presence of an inflammatory or an autoimmune condition, are described herein. An example of the autoimmune condition is multiple sclerosis (MS). The use of bacterial L-serine containing lipids as biomarkers for detection of MS is described. Antibodies specific to L-serine containing lipids and their uses are also provided. Also provided are compositions comprising bacterial L-serine containing lipids for modulating immune responses or TLR pathways in humans, animals, and human or animal cells or tissues. | 03-24-2016 |
20160090402 | PEPTIDE DOMAIN REQUIRED FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ENVELOPE OF A VIRUS PERTAINING TO THE HERV-W INTERFERENCE GROUP AND AN HASCT RECEPTOR - A peptide domain necessary for an interaction between an envelope of a virus belonging to an HERV-W interference group and an hASCT receptor comprises (i) an N-terminus motif having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 1 to SEQ ID No. 29, (ii) a C-terminus motif having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 30 to SEQ ID No. 40, and (iii) at least one motif between the N-terminus and the C-terminus, and having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42 and SEQ ID No. 73. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090406 | AMYLOID BETA(1-42) OLIGOMERS, DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND ANTIBODIES THERETO, METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to neuromodulatory oligomers of the amyloid-β(1-42) protein, a particular production method, by means of which the oligomer can be obtained in a reproducible manner at high yield, the use of the oligomers as diagnostic and therapeutics agents, for the generation of oligomer-specific antibodies and for the discovery of substances which can interact with the oligomers and in the formation thereof. Corresponding methods for the production of the antibodies and for discovery of the substances are also disclosed as are the antibodies themselves and the use of the antibodies or substances as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. The invention further relates to derivatives of the oligomers and oligomers based on abbreviated forms of the amyloid-β(1-42) proteins, the production and use thereof. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090412 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE S100P PROTEIN FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER - The present invention relates to the use of antibodies against the S100P protein for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer; and to methods and kits for diagnosing cancer in vitro by means of detecting the levels of S100P in a biofluid, preferably with an antibody. The invention also relates to specific anti-S100P monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cell lines producing them and method for obtaining them, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions and conjugates containing them. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090416 | NOVEL ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to novel antibodies, which combine high affinity with high potency, particularly novel antibodies against a novel epitope. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090418 | BIOMARKER PROFILES FOR PREDICTING OUTCOMES OF CANCER THERAPY WITH ERBB3 INHIBITORS AND/OR CHEMOTHERAPIES - Provided are methods for optimizing therapy of, treating a patient having, or selecting (identifying) patients who will benefit from treatment for, a cancer (e.g., a non-hematological cancer; e.g., a gynecological cancer). The methods comprise determining whether the patient will benefit from treatment with an ErbB3 inhibitor (e.g., an anti-ErbB3 antibody), with or without either a taxane or an aromatase inhibitor, or with a taxane or an aromatase inhibitor in the absence of an ErbB3 inhibitor, based on levels of particular biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers measured in a biological sample obtained from the patient. The methods further comprise optimizing the patient's therapy, selecting the patient for treatment, or treating the patient accordingly. In various aspects the biological samples are sections of a biopsy (e.g., a formalin fixed paraffin embedded biopsy). In other aspects the biomarkers are proteins and/or nucleic acids. In other aspects the biomarkers function in ErbB-mediated signal transduction. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090422 | ANTI-CRTH2 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides anti-CRTh2 antibodies and methods of using the same. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090635 | PREDICTION OF EFFECT OF A C-MET INHIBITOR USING MUTATION OF KRAS OR BRAF - A method for predicting and/or monitoring the efficacy of a c-Met inhibitor using a biomarker; a method for selecting a subject suitable for the application of a c-Met inhibitor using a biomarker; and a method for preventing and/or treating cancer comprising administering a c-Met inhibitor to the selected subject. | 03-31-2016 |
20160096880 | HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to neutralizing antibodies, and antibody fragments thereof, having high potency in neutralizing hCMV, wherein said antibodies and antibody fragments are specific for one, or a combination of two or more, hCMV gene UL products. The invention also relates to immortalized B cells that produce, and to epitopes that bind to, such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and epitopes in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of disease. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096888 | Folate Receptor 1 Antibodies and Immunoconjugates and Uses Thereof - Novel anti-cancer agents, including, but not limited to, antibodies and immunoconjugates, that bind to human folate receptor 1 are provided. Methods of using the agents, antibodies, or immunoconjugates, such as methods of inhibiting tumor growth are further provided. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096890 | B7-H1, A NOVEL IMMUNOREGULATORY MOLECULE - The invention provides novel polypeptides useful for co-stimulating T cells, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding them, vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules, and cells containing the vectors. Also included are methods of making and using these co-stimulatory polypeptides. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096891 | ANTI-B7-H5 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES - The present invention relates to antibodies and their antigen-binding fragments and to other molecules that are capable of immunospecifically binding to the B7-H5 ligand of the B7-H5:CD28H pathway, and to the uses of such molecules in the treatment and diagnosis of autoimmune disease, transplant rejection and other inflammatory diseases. | 04-07-2016 |
20160102138 | TREATMENT OF TAUOPATHIES BY PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION TARGETING THE N-TERMINAL PROJECTION DOMAIN OF TAU - A method of treating tau pathologies, such as Alzheimer's disease, involving the administration of antibodies specific to the amino terminal region of human tau (amino acid residues 6-18 or 184-195) to provide passive immunization. The administration of such antibodies can reduce total tau levels, decrease tau hyperphosphorylation, and improve reference memory. Passive immunization with antibodies targeting the N-terminal projection domain of tau reduces both total and hyperphosphorylated tau was found effective in aged 3×Tg-AD mice, a generally accepted mouse model of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia in humans. | 04-14-2016 |
20160102139 | Inflammatory Disease Treatment Composition Including Anti-Myosin Regulatory Light-Chain Polypeptide Antibody - Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result. | 04-14-2016 |
20160108108 | INFLAMMATORY DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES-RESPONSIVE BEIGE-LIKE ANCHOR - Anti-cytokine therapy has revolutionized immunological disease treatment, but is not always effective and subject to treatment resistance as the cytokine cascade is highly redundant and multiple cytokines are involved in inflammation. Targeting a critical common regulator of inflammatory effectors is desirable. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-responsive beige-like anchor (LRBA) is a master regulator of multiple genes important for inflammation. Subcellular localization shows that LRBA translocated to the nucleus upon LPS stimulation and colocalized with multiple proteins associated with the endosome membrane system, indicating a critical role in membrane/vesicle trafficking essential for deposition, secretion and signal transduction of immune effectors. Deregulation, deficiency, down-regulation and overexpression of LRBA causes defective trafficking and signaling of immune effector molecules, resulting in immunodeficiency and autoimmunity diseases associated with a broader spectrum of severe symptoms when compared to other CVID genes. Modulating LRBA through antibodies, dominant negative mutants, or small interference RNA can be used to treat inflammatory diseases. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108109 | ANTIBODY TO PEPTIDE ENCODED BY Exon-21 OF PERIOSTIN, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASE CONTAINING SAID ANTIBODY - The present invention provides a drug for preventing or treating inflammation-associated diseases in which a periostin isoform having cell adhesion activity is involved, and also provides an inhibitor of a periostin isoform having cell adhesion activity. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108110 | ANGIOPOETIN-LIKE 4 (ANGPTL4) ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies binding to human angiopoetin-like protein 4 (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “ANGPTL4”), and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising the same. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108120 | ANTI-ROBO4 ANTIBODY - Problem to be Solved | 04-21-2016 |
20160108121 | T Cell Regulation - Combinations of anti-cancer antibodies and inhibitory antibodies to CD223 overcome immune suppression in cancer patients. The inhibitory antibodies may be generated in an animal by injection of fragments of CD223. Antibodies may be monoclonal antibodies or single chain antibodies or humanized antibodies. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108128 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TO JAGGED 1 - The present invention provides antibodies which bind to the Delta/Serrate/LAG-2 consensus sequence (DSL) domain of human Jagged 1 via novel epitopes comprising the residue E228, and inhibit the interaction between human Jagged 1 and its associated receptors. Said antibodies may be administered therapeutically in the treatment of tumours/cancer, preferably those associated with tumoural Jagged 1-mediated signalling and tumour microenvironmental processes in which Jagged 1 and/or Notch-mediated signalling has been implicated, including those comprising Jagged 1-mediated cross talk between the tumour and the tumour microenvironment. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibodies, uses of said antibodies in therapy, hybridomas comprising and/or secreting said antibodies and cells or cell lines expressing said antibodies and humanised/deimmunised variants in recombinant form. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108380 | FUSION PROTEINS AND METHODS THEREOF - The invention discloses oncogenic fusion proteins. The invention provides methods for treating gene-fusion based cancers. | 04-21-2016 |
20160114022 | THERAPIES, VACCINES, AND PREDICTIVE METHODS FOR FILOVIRUSES INCLUDING EBOLAVIRUS AND MARBURG VIRUS - The present invention provides therapies, vaccines, and predictive methods for Filoviruses, including Ebolaviruses and Marburg viruses, and provides compounds for diagnosing, preventing, and treating outbreaks of Filoviruses. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115224 | FORM-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES FOR NAG-1 (MIC-1, GDF-15), H6D AND OTHER TGF-BETA SUBFAMILY AND HEART DISEASE AND CANCER DIAGNOSES - A method of producing form-specific anti-peptide antibodies for a wild type protein and its one amino acid mutated protein using a peptide antigen, by obtaining a protein sequence of the wild type protein and its one amino acid mutated protein, selecting a continuous amino acid sequence without any internal cysteine residues that includes the one amino acid mutated sequence and wild type sequence corresponding to the mutated site at the end of the sequence to obtain a synthetic mutation peptide and a synthetic wild type peptide, conjugating the synthetic peptides to a carrier protein, and immunizing an animal to produce antibodies. Methods of detecting cancer and methods of treating cancer. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115230 | NOVEL ANTIBODY USEFUL IN NEUROLOGICAL OR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - The present invention relates to an anti-NMDA antibody or fragment or derivative thereof which is effective in inhibiting the deleterious effects of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) mediated by N-methyl-D-as-partate (NMDA) receptors and to medical uses, in particular for the treatment of neurological or neurodegenerative disorders, e.g. multiple sclerosis. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115234 | Anti-GPIIB/IIIA Antibodies or Uses Thereof - The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding molecules thereof which specifically bind the α and/or β subunits of the non-active form of the GPIIb/IIIIa receptor. The antibodies and antigen-binding molecules can be genetically fused and/or conjugated to heterologous moieties and used, for example, as targeting moieties. The invention also includes methods for screening for these antibodies, as well as methods of making and methods of using chimeric molecules derived from the antibodies. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115235 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DIRECTED AGAINST CXCR5 - The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies against human CXCR5 and to their use in the treatment of autoimmune or inflammatory diseases, as well as cancers. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115459 | CHIMERAS OF BRUCELLA LUMAZINE SYNTHASE AND BETA SUBUNIT OF AB5 TOXINS - Chimeric polypeptides useful as immunogens for inducing protective immune responses and neutralizing antibodies against Shiga toxin (Stx) in mammals. More specifically, chimeric polypeptides having a monomer of the homopentameric B subunit of the Shiga 2 toxin fused to the N-terminus of a monomer of | 04-28-2016 |
20160122409 | ERYTHROFERRONE AND ERFE POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF REGULATING IRON METABOLISM - Disclosed herein are polypeptides which are capable of modulating the amount of hepcidin in subjects. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders of iron metabolism. | 05-05-2016 |
20160122730 | NOVEL MOLECULES OF THE CARD-RELATED PROTEIN FAMILY AND USES THEREOF - Novel CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 polypeptides, proteins, and nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition to isolated CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 proteins, the invention further provides CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 antibodies. The invention also provides CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing a nucleic acid molecule of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced and non-human transgenic animals in which a CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 gene has been introduced or disrupted. Diagnostic, screening and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 05-05-2016 |
20160129108 | THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS COMPRISING ANTI-CD73 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides therapeutic combinations featuring anti-CD73 antibodies (e.g., MEDI9447) and A2A receptor inhibitors and methods of using such combinations for reducing tumor-mediated immunosuppression. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130306 | Human Adaptation of H7 HA - The present invention provides, among other things, systems (e.g., comprising compositions and/or methods) for diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment, prevention, and/or characterization of influenza transmission and/or infection. The present invention also provides methods for monitoring influenza variants for their potential to present a pandemic risk to humans. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130332 | ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN SIGNAL PEPTIDE-CONTAINING PROTEINS - The invention provides a human signal peptide-containing proteins (SIGP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode SIGP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for treating or preventing disorders associated with expression of SIGP. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130335 | NOVEL ANTI-NODAL ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USING SAME - The present invention relates to anti-Nodal antibodies and use of the anti-Nodal antibodies for diagnosing, preventing, and treating a Nodal-related disorder or disease. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130336 | ANTI-VEGF ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF - An anti-VEGF antibody, or a binding fragment thereof, includes a heavy-chain variable region that comprises: (1) a CDRH1 sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, or 38), (2) a CDRH2 sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, or 39, and (3) a CDRH3 sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, or 40; and a light-chain variable region that comprises: (1) a CDRL1 sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 41, 44, 47, 50, 53, 56, 59, or 62, (2) a CDRL2 sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, or 63, and (3) a CDRL3 sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, or 64. A method for treating or preventing a VEGF-related disorder, e.g., diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, or cancer, uses the antibodies. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130338 | Antibody Neutralizers of Human Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor - The present invention relates to a human monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof which specifically binds to and neutralizes primate GM-CSF. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130351 | Anti-IL-6/IL-6R Antibodies and Methods of Use Thereof - This invention provides fully human monoclonal antibodies that recognize the IL-6/IL-6R complex. The invention further provides methods of using such monoclonal antibodies as a therapeutic, diagnostic, and prophylactic. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130353 | Canine Anti-CD20 Antibodies - The invention provides canine CD20 specific antibodies, methods of making the antibodies and methods of use of the antibodies. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130354 | ANTIBODIES TO THE B12-TRANSCOBALAMIN RECEPTOR - The present invention provides anti-TCblR antibodies and related compositions, which may be used in any of a variety of therapeutic methods for the treatment of cancer, tumors and other proliferative diseases and disorders. | 05-12-2016 |
20160136272 | METHODS FOR RESTORING CORTICOSTEROID SENSITIVITY - The present invention relates to use of therapeutic agents that specifically bind and inhibit TLR3 signalling in order to sensitize patients to treatment with corticosteroids, notably for the treatment and prevention of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. | 05-19-2016 |
20160136288 | Immunogenic composition in emulsion form comprising two dispersed phases, one comprising an antigen and the other comprising an immunostimulating agent - The application relates to an immunogenic composition comprising a continuous aqueous phase and at least two dispersed phases 1 and 2 as droplets, wherein the dispersed phase 1 comprises a surfactant 1 bearing an antigen and the dispersed phase 2 comprises an immunostimulating agent 2, to its preparation method and its uses, notably for producing antibodies, as a drug, as a vaccine or in an immunization method. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137705 | COLON DISEASE TARGETS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with colon. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in colon diseases (CCAT) and antibodies binds to CCAT. The present invention provides that CCAT is used as targets for screening agents that modulates the CCAT activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with colon. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137715 | T CELL RECEPTORS - The present invention relates to T cell receptors (TCRs) which bind the HLA-A2 restricted FMNKFIYEI (158-166) peptide epitope derived from α Fetoprotein (AFP). Certain preferred TCRs of the invention demonstrate excellent binding characteristics and specificity profiles for this AFP epitope. T cell receptors of the invention may comprise at least one TCR alpha chain variable domain and/or at least one TCR beta chain variable domain, the alpha chain variable domain which may comprise an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% identity to the sequence of amino acid residues 1-112 of SEQ ID No: 2, and/or the beta chain variable domain which may comprise an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% identity to the sequence of amino acid residues 1-112 of SEQ ID No: 3. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137730 | ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES - This application discloses anti-P-cadherin antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates of said antibodies or antigen binding fragments. The invention also relates to methods of treating cancer using the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates, and methods of using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments as diagnostic reagents. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137746 | METHODS FOR TREATING HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA - The present invention provides methods for treating hypercholesterolemia. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a high cardiovascular risk patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P. The methods of the present invention are useful for treating high cardiovascular risk patients with hypercholesterolemia and established CHD or CHD risk equivalents that are not adequately controlled by maximum tolerated dose statin therapy. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137748 | ADAM22 FOR USE AS A PROGNOSTIC VARIABLE, AND TARGET FOR THERAPY, OF A METASTATIC BREAST CANCER DISEASE - A method of diagnosing metastatic potential of a breast cancer in an individual with breast cancer is described. The method comprises a step of assaying a breast cancer tumour sample from the patient for expression of A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase 22, (ADAM22), wherein expression of ADAM22 correlates with increased potential for metastasis compared with a patient who is ADAM22 negative. The invention also describes an agent for use in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer in a patient, in which the agent is selected from leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated protein 1 (LGI1) protein (SEQ ID NO:1) and an LGI1 peptide mimic capable of mimicking the ADAM22 binding activity of LGI1 by binding to the LGI1 binding domain of ADAM22 (SEQ ID NO: 4) and which is capable of inhibiting migration of endocrine resistant breast cancer cells. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138027 | TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DYSREGULATION OF MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1 (MTORC1) - Compositions and methods for treating diseases and conditions associated with dysregulation of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) are disclosed. The invention is based in part on the discovery that protein mediator of amino acid signaling to mTOR (MORTOR) is involved in amino acid-induced translocation of mTORC1 to lysosomes where MORTOR forms a signaling complex with mTORC1, Ragulator, and Rag GTPases, which controls protein synthesis. In particular, the invention relates to the use of antagonists of MORTOR for treating diseases and conditions associated with dysregulation of mTORC1. Downregulation of expression of MORTOR by RNA interference has been shown to reduce cell proliferation of cancerous cells and may be useful for treating cancer. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139120 | RAGE AS A C1Q RECEPTOR, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS - A method of identifying a compound capable of reducing or increasing the amount of the receptor for RAGE-C1q Binding comprising a) providing an amount of the compound to be tested; b) contacting the amount of the compound with C1q and RAGE; c) measuring the amount of RAGE-C1q binding in step b); d) comparing the amount of RAGE-C1q binding measured in step c) with the amount of RAGE-C1q binding measured under corresponding conditions in the absence of the compound; and e) identifying the compound as capable of reducing or increasing the amount of RAGE-C1q binding. The present invention also provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a RAGE-related disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that is a modulator of the amount of RAGE-C1q binding so as to thereby treat the subject. | 05-19-2016 |
20160144013 | Compositions and Methods for Preventing and Treating Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi Infection - The invention provides compositions and methods for preventing, treating and diagnosing infection by | 05-26-2016 |
20160144027 | COMBINATION THERAPY USING C-MET INHIBITOR AND IGF-1R INHIBITOR - A method of preventing and/or treating a cancer, the method including co-administering a dual inhibitor of c-Met (hereinafter, ‘c-Met inhibitor’) and an IGF-1R inhibitor to a subject in need thereof and a use of IGF-1R as a marker for resistance to a c-Met inhibitor. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145308 | Compositions and Methods for Targeted Endometriosis Treatment - Disclosed are compositions and methods for selectively targeting an endometriosis cell. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating endometriosis. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145321 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES BINDING TO RSV G PROTEIN - The disclosure relates to isolated antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that bind to the G protein of RSV and which are capable of neutralizing RSV A and B subtypes, and the use thereof in the diagnosis, prophylaxis, and/or treatment of RSV infections. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145326 | ANGIOPOIETIN-LIKE 4 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies binding to human angiopoietin-like 4 protein (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “ANGPTL4”), and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising the same. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145333 | CB-1 RECEPTOR ANTIGEN-BINDING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF - This disclosure relates to CB1 receptor antigen-binding proteins, e.g. antibodies and methods of using the CB1 receptor antibodies. The CB1 receptor antibodies may comprise an antagonistic antibody to CB1 receptors and may be used to treat various health conditions. The health conditions can comprise obesity or diabetes or any disease that benefits from antagonism of the CB1 receptor. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145334 | NEUTRALIZING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE NOGO-66 RECEPTOR (NgR) AND USES THEREOF - The subject invention relates to isolated proteins, particularly monoclonal antibodies, which bind to the Nogo-66 receptor. Specifically, these antibodies have the ability to inhibit the binding of the natural ligand of the Nogo-66 receptor and neutralize the Nogo-66 receptor. These antibodies or portions thereof of the invention are useful for detecting NgR and for inhibiting NgR activity, for example in a human suffering from a disorder in which NgR or Nogo-66 activity is detrimental. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145342 | ANTIBODIES AGAINST GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR (GITR) AND USES THEREOF - Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, that bind to glucocorticoid-inducible TNF receptor (GITR). Also provided are uses of these proteins in therapeutic applications, such as in the treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145343 | ANTI-MUCIN 1 BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF - This disclosure provides anti-MUC1 binding agents (e.g., antibodies and chimeric antigen receptors) and methods of treatment, prophylaxis, detection, and diagnosis using the same. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145345 | Human Anti-B7RP1 Neutralizing Antibodies - This invention provides antibodies that interact with or bind to human B7 related protein-1 (B7RP1) and antibodies that bind to and neutralize the function of B7RP1 thereby. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of said antibodies and methods for neutralizing B7RP1 function, and particularly for treating immune disorders (e.g., inappropriate immune response) by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of anti-B7RP1 antibodies. Methods of detecting the amount of B7RP1 in a sample using anti-B7RP1 antibodies are also provided. | 05-26-2016 |
20160152667 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS | 06-02-2016 |
20160152692 | INFLUENZA VIRUS-NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY AND SCREENING METHOD THEREFOR | 06-02-2016 |
20160152704 | CADHERIN 15 AGONISTS | 06-02-2016 |
20160152722 | COMBINATIONS OF ANTI-4-1BB ANTIBODIES AND ADCC-INDUCING ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | 06-02-2016 |
20160152729 | Antibodies Recognizing the N-Terminal Part of Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor Capable of Eliciting Pro-Coagulant Activity | 06-02-2016 |
20160152731 | ANTIBODIES THAT BIND NOTUM PECTINACETYLESTERASE | 06-02-2016 |
20160152734 | TREATMENT WITH ANTI-PCSK9 ANTIBODIES | 06-02-2016 |
20160158332 | VACCINE COMPRISING AMA1 AND RON2 - Disclosed is a vaccine comprising an immunogenic composition comprising a complex of AMA1 and RON2 (or a fragment thereof), which elicits an immune response to a | 06-09-2016 |
20160159891 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF - The subject invention relates to monoclonal antibodies (e.g., 8F5 and 8C5) that may be used, for example, in the prevention, treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or other neurodegenerative disorders. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159892 | ANTI-C5A ANTIBODIES - The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to C5a and to use of the antibodies in methods for treating or preventing complement-associated disorders such as, but not limited to, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, sepsis, severe burn, antiphospho lipid syndrome, asthma, lupus nephritis, Goodpasture's syndrome, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159901 | DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF CANCER INVOLVING CANCER STEM CELLS - The present invention provides methods for diagnosis or treatment of cancer diseases involving cancer stem cells comprising targeting CLDN6. In particular, the present invention provides a method of determining cancer stem cells comprising detecting cells expressing CLDN6, Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of treating or preventing cancer comprising inhibiting and/or eliminating cancer stem cells by administering an antibody having the ability of binding to CLDN6 to a cancer patient. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159903 | ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF TREATING CANCER - Described herein are antibodies against GPR49 and uses of such antibodies. Various aspects relate to monoclonal, humanized, or fully human antibodies against GPR49, hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such antibodies, nucleic acids and vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding for such antibodies, and methods of treating cancer with such antibodies. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159905 | ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides antagonizing antibodies that bind to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and methods of using same. The anti-PD-1 antibodies can be used therapeutically alone or in combination with other therapeutics to treat cancer and other diseases. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159922 | Novel Antibodies for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis - Novel antibodies or binding fragments thereof, which exhibit specific binding to citrullinated epitopes are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibodies, use of the antibodies and compositions comprising the same, in diagnosis, in prognostics, treatment and/or alleviation of rheumatoid arthritis, as well as processes for generating and preparing said antibodies. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159924 | Anitbodies That Bind Urokinase Plasminogen Activator - The present invention relates to a method of identifying urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) antibodies. The invention also relates to antibodies that are capable of binding uPA and which are capable of reducing or inhibiting u PA activity. Furthermore, the invention relates to uses for such antibodies, such as therapeutic and pharmaceutical uses. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159927 | IDENTIFICATION OF VSIG8 AS THE PUTATIVE VISTA RECEPTOR (V-R) AND USE THEREOF TO PRODUCE VISTA/VSIG8 AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS - The receptor for VISTA is identified (VSIG8) as well as the use of this receptor in the identification or synthesis of agonist or antagonist compounds, preferably antibodies, polypeptides and fusion proteins which agonize or antagonize the effects of VSIG8 and/or VISTA and/or the VSIG8/VISTA binding interaction. These antagonists may be used to suppress VISTA's suppressive effects on T cell immunity, and more particularly used in the treatment of cancer, or infectious disease. These agonist compounds may be used to potentiate or enhance VISTA's suppressive effects on T cell immunity and thereby suppress T cell immunity, such as in the treatment of autoimmunity, allergy or inflammatory conditions. Screening assays for identifying these agonists and antagonist compounds are also provided. | 06-09-2016 |
20160161494 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AND DIAGNOSING DISEASES - Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating diseases, particularly cancer, associated with differential expression of cancer-associated targets (CAT) in disease cells compared to healthy cells are provided. Also provided are antagonists and agonists of CAT, and methods for screening agents that modulate CAT level or activity in vivo or in vitro. | 06-09-2016 |
20160168206 | FINE EPITOPE PEPTIDE CAPABLE OF INDUCING CROSS-REACTIVE ANTIBODIES AMONG HOMOLOGOUS PROTEINS IN HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS E6 PROTEIN | 06-16-2016 |
20160168233 | CELLULAR FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE CYTOTOXICITY OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS LEUKOCIDINS: NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS | 06-16-2016 |
20160168241 | BINDING AGENTS | 06-16-2016 |
20160168245 | TRPM4 CHANNEL INHIBITORS FOR STROKE TREATMENT | 06-16-2016 |
20160168251 | ANTIBODIES FOR GUANYLYL CYCLASE RECEPTORS | 06-16-2016 |
20160168262 | ANTIBODIES TO MUC16 AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | 06-16-2016 |
20160168647 | CHARACTERIZATION OF PRE-CANCER BIOMARKER FOR PROGNOSTIC SCREEN | 06-16-2016 |
20160175440 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS | 06-23-2016 |
20160175441 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO PROTEIN A (SPA) ANTIBODIES AS AN ENHANCER OF IMMUNE RESPONSE | 06-23-2016 |
20160176954 | Anti-C5 Antibodies and Methods of Use | 06-23-2016 |
20160176960 | ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN (ADM) ANTIBODY OR ANTI-ADM ANTIBODY FRAGMENT OR ANTI-ADM NON-IG SCAFFOLD FOR PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF ORGAN DYSFUNCTION OR ORGAN FAILURE IN A PATIENT HAVING A CHRONIC DISEASE OR ACUTE CONDITION | 06-23-2016 |
20160176961 | THROMBOPOIETIN RECEPTOR LIGANDS FOR NEUROPROTECTION | 06-23-2016 |
20160176963 | ANTIBODIES TO TIGIT | 06-23-2016 |
20160176970 | PEPTIDE OR PEPTIDE COMPLEX BINDING TO ALPHA2 INTEGRIN AND METHODS AND USES INVOLVING THE SAME | 06-23-2016 |
20160176971 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO ANTI-IL-21 RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES | 06-23-2016 |
20160184421 | IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC TARGETS AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS - The subject invention pertains to vaccine formulations and antibodies, and related methods, for the treatment and/or prevention of | 06-30-2016 |
20160185845 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY VASCULAR LEAK, HYPOTENSION, OR A PROCOAGULANT STATE - Disclosed herein are methods for treating a vascular leak disorder, hypotension, or a procoagulant state using angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) antagonist compounds. Also disclosed are methods for treating a vascular leak disorder associated with high dose IL-2 therapy using angiopoietin-2 antagonist compounds. Methods for diagnosing and monitoring vascular leak disorders, hypotension, or a procoagulant state that include the measurement of Ang-2 polypeptide or nucleic acid levels are also disclosed. Methods for inducing a vascular leak using an Ang-2 agonist are also disclosed. | 06-30-2016 |
20160185853 | CANCER TREATMENT USING ANTIBODIES THAT BIND CELL SURFACE GRP78 - This application provides, inter alia, antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, targeting cell surface GRP78 expressed on tumor cells, tumor endothelial cells, and tumor initiating cancer cells. These anti-GRP78 antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, have a high affinity for GRP78 and are less immunogenic compared to their unmodified parent antibodies in a given species, e.g., a human, and function to inhibit GRP78. Importantly, these isolated novel antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, attenuate PI3K signaling and promote apoptosis in tumor cells, while leaving normal cells unaffected. The antibodies and antigen-binding fragments are useful for UPR-targeted cancer therapeutic treatments. | 06-30-2016 |
20160185855 | ANTI-LRP5 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides anti-LRP5 antibodies and methods of making and using the same. | 06-30-2016 |
20160185863 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING IMMUNE RESPONSES - The present invention provides a newly identified B7 receptor, zB7R1 that functions as lymphocyte inhibitory receptor, which is a PD-1-like molecule and is expressed on T cells. The present invention also provides the discovery of zB7R1's ability to bind to CD155. Methods and compositions for modulating zB7R1-mediated negative signaling and interfering with the interaction of its counter-receptor for therapeutic, diagnostic and research purposes are also provided. | 06-30-2016 |
20160185867 | Use of c-Fms antagonists - The present invention relates generally to a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of osteoarthritis (OA) and/or pain. In accordance with the present invention, an antagonist of c-Fms is effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis and/or pain. An antagonist of M-CSF includes, but is not limited to, an antibody that is specific for M-CSF, IL-34 or c-Fms. | 06-30-2016 |
20160187340 | Compositions, Kits, and Methods for the Modulation of Immune Responses Using Galectin-1 - The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that galectin-1 (Gal1) plays a role in immune disorders, including Hodgkin lymphoma. Accordingly, the invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, modulating, preventing, and treating immune disorders, e.g., Hodgkin lymphoma. | 06-30-2016 |
20160187353 | Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - Provided is a method for diagnosing and/or staging COPD based on detection of one or more histone proteins. In some embodiments, the histone protein is an H3.3 protein comprising a post-translational modification. In some embodiments, the histone protein is H2B, H3, H3.3 or H4. Kits for practicing the methods of diagnosis and/or staging are provided as well. Further provided is a method for treating COPD. | 06-30-2016 |
20160187355 | DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF LRP4-ASSOCIATED NEUROTRANSMISSION DISORDERS - The present invention includes methods for the detection of neurotransmission or developmental disorders, including, but not limited to, myasthenia gravis that is seronegative for autoantibodies to the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and/or muscle specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK), the method including detecting autoantibodies that bind to LRP4, or an epitope thereof. Also included are methods for the treatment of an individual suffering from a neurotransmission disorder, the method including detecting in a bodily fluid of the individual autoantibodies that bind to LRP4, or an epitope thereof, and administering to the patient an effective amount an immunosuppressant and/or another appropriate therapeutic modality. Also included are antibodies that bind to autoantibodies to LRP4 and kits for the detection of neurotransmission or developmental disorders. | 06-30-2016 |
20160193309 | METHOD TO GENERATE ANTIBODIES TO ION CHANNELS | 07-07-2016 |
20160193317 | PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN COMPLEXES WITH INCREASED STABILITY AND USES THEREOF | 07-07-2016 |
20160194366 | APPLICATIONS OF AN IMMUNE SYSTEM-RELEASED ACTIVATING AGENT (ISRAA) | 07-07-2016 |
20160194397 | FC RECEPTOR BINDING PROTEINS | 07-07-2016 |
20160194403 | MODULATION OF GAMMA DELTA T CELLS | 07-07-2016 |
20160194407 | BINDING MOLECULES SPECIFIC FOR CD73 AND USES THEREOF | 07-07-2016 |
20160194631 | Methods for Modulation of Autophagy Through the Modulation of Autophagy-Inhibiting Gene Products | 07-07-2016 |
20160195538 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING, DIAGNOSING, AND TREATING CANCER | 07-07-2016 |
20160199444 | New Use of Cell-Permeable Peptide Inhibitors of the JNK Signal Transduction Pathway for the Treatment of Various Diseases | 07-14-2016 |
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20160200815 | ANTIBODIES THAT INHIBIT TIM-3:LILRB2 INTERACTIONS AND USES THEREOF | 07-14-2016 |
20160200828 | ANTI-CD38 HUMAN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF | 07-14-2016 |
20160251415 | Mycobacterial Antigen Composition | 09-01-2016 |
20160251420 | ANTIBODIES TO TAU AND USES THEREOF | 09-01-2016 |
20160251438 | ANTI-GARP PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF | 09-01-2016 |
20160251442 | ANTI-PRLR ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF | 09-01-2016 |
20160251446 | PIK3C2G FUSIONS | 09-01-2016 |
20160251448 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE EFFECT OF AN ACTIVATED-POTENTIATED FORM OF AN ANTIBODY | 09-01-2016 |
20160251723 | MUTANT CALRETICULIN FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF MYELOID MALIGNANCIES | 09-01-2016 |
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20160376367 | PD-1 ANTIBODY, ANTIGEN-BINDING FRAGMENT THEREOF, AND MEDICAL APPLICATION THEREOF - The present invention provides a human PD-1 antibody, an antigen-binding fragment thereof, and medical use thereof, and further provides a chimeric antibody and humanized antibodies comprising a complementarity-determining region (CDR) of the antibody, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the human PD-1 antibody and the antigen-binding fragment thereof, and use of the antibody in preparing medicines for treating diseases or disorders. | 12-29-2016 |
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20170233485 | ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF | 08-17-2017 |
20170233495 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR MMP9 | 08-17-2017 |
20170234891 | AGENTS USEFUL IN DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPY OF BETA-AMYLOID AGGREGATION RELATED DISORDERS AND SCREENING METHODS | 08-17-2017 |
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20190144537 | ANTI-NOTCH3 ANTIBODY | 05-16-2019 |
20190144540 | ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC TO DELTA 1 CHAIN OF T CELL RECEPTOR | 05-16-2019 |
20190144544 | PD-L1 Antibodies | 05-16-2019 |
20190144547 | ANTI-ALPHA-V INTEGRIN ANTIBODY FOR THE TREATMENT OF FIBROSIS AND/OR FIBROTIC DISORDERS | 05-16-2019 |
20190144552 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES TO THE GLUCAGON RECEPTOR | 05-16-2019 |
20190144557 | Immune Modulation and Treatment of Solid Tumors with Antibodies that Specifically Bind CD38 | 05-16-2019 |
20190144563 | T CELL RECEPTOR-LIKE ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR A WTI PEPTIDE PRESENTED BY HLA-A2 | 05-16-2019 |
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