23rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110135595 | NEUREGULIN BASED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing, treating or delaying various cardiovascular diseases or disorders in mammals, particularly in humans. More particularly, the present invention provides for compositions and methods for preventing, treating or delaying various cardiovascular diseases or disorders using, inter alia, a neuregulin protein, or a functional fragment thereof, or a nucleic acid encoding a neuregulin protein, or a functional fragment thereof, or an agent that enhances production and/or function of said neuregulin. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135596 | FUSION PROTEIN COMPRISING UBIQUITIN OR UBIQUITIN-LIKE PROTEIN, MEMBRANE TRANSLOCATION SEQUENCE AND BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MOLECULE AND USE THEREOF - A transmembrane fusion protein including ubiquitin or a ubiquitin-like protein, a membrane translocation sequence linked to the C-terminus of the ubiquitin or ubiquitin-like protein, and a biologically active molecule linked to the C-terminus of the membrane translocation sequence is disclosed herein. A polynucleotide encoding the transmembrane fusion protein, a recombinant expression vector including the polynucleotide sequence, a cell transformed by the recombinant expression vector, and a method of delivering the biologically active molecule into a cell using the transmembrane fusion protein are also disclosed. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135597 | Uses of Mammalian Cytokine; Related Reagents - Provided are methods of treatment for skin disorders. In particular, treatment, the skin disorders are generally inflammatory skin disorders, including improper wound healing. Provided are methods of using of a cytokine molecule. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135598 | METHODS TO DIAGNOSE AND IMMUNIZE AGAINST THE VIRUS CAUSING HUMAN MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA - The present invention provides isolated or substantially purified polypeptides, nucleic acids, and virus-like particles (VLPs) derived from a Merkel cell carcinoma virus (MCV), which is a newly-discovered virus. The invention further provides monoclonal antibody molecules that bind to MCV polypeptides. The invention further provides diagnostic, prophylactic, and therapeutic methods relating to the identification, prevention, and treatment of MCV-related diseases. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135599 | ANTIVIRAL COMPOUNDS - The present application includes novel inhibitors of HCV, compositions containing such compounds, therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135600 | BICYCLIC TRAIZOLE DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING OF TUMORS - Compounds of the formula (I), in which X | 2011-06-09 |
20110135601 | BICYCLOANILINE DERIVATIVE - The invention relates to a compound of a general formula (I): | 2011-06-09 |
20110135602 | SUPPERSSOR OF THE ENDOGENOUS INTERFERON-GAMMA - The invention relates to suppressor of the endogenous human interferon-gamma (hlFN-γ) applicable in treatment of diseases associated with impaired activity of endogenous hlFN-γ, especially autoimmune diseases and for prevention of graft arteriosclerosis and rejection of organs in allograft transplanted patients. It is based on inactive analogues of the hlFN-γ with pre-served affinity to the hlFN-γ receptor, genetically modified in the domain responsible for triggering the signal transduction pathway. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135603 | INHIBITORS OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE - The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3Kγ. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135604 | ANTIVIRAL COMPOUNDS - The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135605 | METHODS AND PRODUCTS RELATED TO TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION - The invention provides methods for identifying and treating subjects having hepatitis C infections. In some instances, the subjects are those that are non-responsive to non-CpG therapy. Preferably, the subjects are treated with C class CpG immunostimulatory nucleic acids having semi-soft backbone. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135606 | TEST SYSTEMS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POLYPEPTIDES AND CELLS ADHERING TO SILICONES - The present invention relates in general to the field of diagnostics, namely to test systems for polypeptides in respect to silicone. More precisely, the present invention, in one embodiment thereof, concerns test systems for identifying and analyzing polypeptides adhering to silicone. Furthermore, the present invention relates to newly identified polypeptides adhering to silicone and to respective uses of such proteins, e.g., in test systems for detecting a response reaction of a mammal to a silicone. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135607 | VIRAL NUCLEIC ACID FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - This invention relates to a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) sequence from Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) (termed “TRL4”) that specifically protects neuronal cells from cell death and may therefore be useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135608 | USE OF PROBIOTIC BACTERIA FOR THE TREATMENT OF HYPERHOMOCYSTEINAEMIA - The present invention refers to the use of probiotic bacteria for the treatment of hyperhomocysteinaemia. The present invention furthermore refers to a composition comprising probiotic bacteria in association with at least one vitamin chosen from the group comprising the B group of vitamins for the treatment of plasma hyperhomocysteinaemia. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135609 | LECANICILLIUM MUSCARIUM STRAIN V-5, PEST EXTERMINATION METHOD USING THE SAME, AND MICROORGANISM PESTICIDE COMPRISING THE SAME - A microbial pesticide which is safe for the environment, fast-acting and excellent in an insecticidal effect in case of spray treatment for eggs and larvae of a pest is required. The invention provides a method for controlling at least one pest selected from the group consisting of whiteflies, aphid, spider mites, thrips, rust mites, leaf miners, pyralidae, cabbage moths and longhorn beetles, with | 2011-06-09 |
20110135610 | Multipotent stem cells from the extrahepatic biliary tree and methods of isolating same - The present invention relates to a multipotent stem cell, multipotent cell populations, and an enriched multipotent cell population, each found in fetal, neonatal, pediatric, and adult biliary tree tissue and up to 72 hours post mortem (although preferentially, within 10 hours post mortem) and capable of maturing into multiple endodermal tissues that include liver, biliary and pancreatic tissues. The multipotent stem/progenitor cell and cell populations are found in peribiliary glands, and progenitors descending from them are present throughout the biliary tree including in the gallbladder. High numbers of the peribiliary glands are found in the branching locations of the biliary tree such as hilum, common hepatic duct, cystic duct, common duct, common hepato-pancreatic duct and gallbladder. Related multipotent cells, multipotent cell populations and their descendent progenitors are found throughout the biliary tree including in the gall bladder, which does not have peribiliary glands. Compositions comprising same, methods of identifying and isolating same, maintaining same in culture, expanding same in culture and differentiating or lineage restricting the same in vitro or in vivo to hepatic, biliary or pancreatic fates (e.g., as hepatocytes, cholangiocytes, and/or pancreatic islet cells) are also provided. Methods of using the multipotent cells and/or multipotent cell populations are also provided. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135611 | METHODS FOR TREATING APOLIPOPROTEIN E4-ASSOCIATED DISORDERS - The present disclosure provides methods of reducing apoE4 fragment-mediated toxicity of interneurons, e.g, GABAergic interneurons. The present disclosure provides methods of treating apoE4-mediated neurological disorders in an apoE4-positive individual. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135612 | COMPOSITIONS TO EFFECT NEURONAL GROWTH - Compositions containing neurogenic agents for inhibition of neuron death and inducing proliferation of neural cells are disclosed. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135613 | METHODS FOR TREATING APOLIPOPROTEIN E4-ASSOCIATED DISORDERS - The present disclosure provides a method of increasing the functionality of a GABAergic interneuron in the hilus of the hippocampus of an individual having at least one apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4) allele. The method generally involves reducing tau levels in the interneuron. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135614 | MODIFIED GROWTH HORMONE - The invention provides, a nucleic acid molecule encoding a growth hormone (GH) in which the RSP sorting signal has been mutated, such that the GH can be constitutively secreted by the nonregulated secretory pathway (NRSP) in a mammalian cell. The invention also provides a nucleic acid molecule encoding a GH in which the three-dimensional conformation of the RSP sorting signal has been altered such that the GH can be constitutively secreted by the NRSP in a mammalian cell. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135615 | TRANSIENTLY BUFFERED LACTOBACILLUS PREPARATIONS AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for | 2011-06-09 |
20110135616 | Medicinal Product for Treating Gastrointestinal Ulcers - The present invention relates to yeast cells for use in the prevention or treatment of gastric or intestinal ulcers. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135617 | Pairing processes for preparing reactive cytotoxic T cells - Provided in certain embodiments are methods for pairing patient cells and donor cells to prepare cytotoxic T cells, either in vitro or, when their formation is induced in a subject, in vivo. Such cytotoxic T cells could be administered to the patient for treating certain disorders, such as a cancer (for example, brain cancer). | 2011-06-09 |
20110135618 | METHODS OF TREATING CANCER WITH DOXAZOLIDINE AND PRODRUGS THEREOF - The invention provides therapeutically effective compounds for the prevention and treatment of cancer and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds as well as methods of using and administering these compounds. The invention also includes methods of activating a prodrug of these therapeutically effective compounds by the administration of a peptide-directed targeting construct that delivers a prodrug-activating enzyme to a target activation site. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135619 | Polypeptides of Alicyclobacillus sp. - Isolated polypeptides are disclosed selected from the group consisting of:
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20110135620 | PRODRUG ACTIVATION IN CANCER CELLS USING MOLECULAR SWITCHES - The present invention features a novel protein engineering strategy by combining the domains of two independent proteins into a molecular switch. The invention features polypeptides comprising a prodrug activating enzyme and a protein that binds a cancer specific marker, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and molecular switches for converting a prodrug into a toxin, comprising the polypeptides. The invention also features methods for converting a prodrug into a toxin, methods for treating cancer, and methods for making the molecular switches, as well as kits. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135621 | INHIBITING BACTERIAL INFECTION AND BIOFILM FORMATION - The present invention relates generally to the field of treating bacterial infections. More particularly, it relates to an antimicrobial agent and methods of eliminating biofilm and planktonic cells using the antimicrobial agent. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135622 | Presbyopia Treatment by Lens Alteration - This invention effects a change in the accommodation of the human lens affected by presbyopia through the use of various reducing agents that change accommodative abilities of the human lens, and/or by applying energy to affect a change in the accommodative abilities of the human lens. This invention both prevents the onset of presbyopia as well as treats it. By breaking and/or preventing the formation of bonds that adhere lens fibers together causing hardening of the lens, the present invention increases the elasticity and distensibility of the lens and/or lens capsule. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135623 | Conjugates of a Cholinesterase Moiety and a Polymer - Conjugates of a cholinesterase moiety and one or more nonpeptidic, water soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the nonpeptidic, water soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided, among other things, are compositions comprising conjugates, methods of making conjugates, and methods of administering compositions to a patient. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135624 | THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITION FOR AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS - A therapeutic composition for the treatment, alleviation or prophylaxis of autoimmune conditions is described. The composition comprises an enzyme and an immunogen appropriate to the condition to be treated. The composition may be given in conventional fashion but is preferably given by intradermal injection. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135625 | CONTROLLED RELEASE ENZYMATIC COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF USE - The invention relates to an enzyme-containing gel composition capable of controlling enzymatic release and increasing the enzymatic activity level. When the composition includes at least one enzyme derived from Antarctic krill, it is efficient in cleansing wounds and accelerating healing, achieved in significant part by a glycol and/or glycerol gel capable of sustaining enzymatic release and/or enzymatic activity. The krill enzyme-containing gel may also be used to correct skin disorders, sterilize instruments, and facilitate transplants and treating fungal infections, bacterial infections, parasitic infections, hemorrhoids, corneal scarring, dental plaque, acne, cystic fibrosis, blood clots, immune disorders, autoimmune diseases and cancer. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135626 | Localized Chemical Lysis of Ocular Tissue - A high-intensity pulsed-electrical-field (HIPEF) apparatus chemically induces lysis of ocular tissue within a localized portion of an eye. Instead of broadly applying a lysis affecting solution (e.g., plasmin) to the eye, the apparatus delivers solution to only a portion of the eye. The apparatus then alters the effectiveness of at least some of the solution delivered by applying a HIPEF to that solution. In some embodiments, for example, the apparatus delivers a solution that does not substantially affect lysis of ocular tissue and then enhances the solution's effectiveness by applying a HIPEF. As the apparatus applies the HIPEF with high precision, the HIPEF only enhances the effectiveness of the solution within select and localized portions of the eye. The apparatus is especially advantageous for vitreoretinal surgery, whereby the apparatus may selectively induce lysis of vitreous tissue within a localized portion of the vitreous cavity, without significantly affecting adjacent retinal tissue. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135627 | PAIN RELIEF COMPOSITION, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A composition for the relief of pain includes comprising a transducer, a fibrinolytic, at least one of a pain relief agent or an anti-inflammatory agent. The pain relief agent can be capsaicin and the fibrinolytic can be bromelain. The composition can also include at least one of a cooling component, a circulation increasing component, a joint or muscle soothing component and a muscle membrane stabilizer. the cooling agent fcan be menthol. A cream composition can include at least one cetyl esterified fatty acid. A cream can be made by combining the oil with a cream base. Suitable compositions include creams, gels, salves, sprays, powder, balms, liniment, ointments, and transdermal patches A system for pain relief that includes the oil and the cream, or a kit containing a container of the oil and a container of the cream. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135628 | ANTICOCCIDIAL COMPOSITION - [Objects] An object of the present invention is to provide an orally administrable agent for medical use for animals for preventing or treating coccidiosis which is highly safe with no side effects, an agent for a food or a drink for use in the preservation of health, a feed additive, and a feed comprising the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for rearing animals (particularly, livestock and poultry) using the same and a method for controlling coccidiosis using the same. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135629 | EYA2S As Modifiers of the PTEN/AKT Pathway and Methods of Use - Human MPTENAKT genes are identified as modulators of the PTEN/AKT pathway, and thus are therapeutic targets for disorders associated with defective PTEN/AKT function. Methods for identifying modulators of PTEN/AKT, comprising screening for agents that modulate the activity of MPTENAKT are provided. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135630 | CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS - The present invention provides methods for expressing glycoproteins comprising a N-terminal cysteine. Methods are also provided for chemically modifying the glycoproteins comprising a N-terminal cysteine. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135631 | 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. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135632 | METHODS FOR THE MODULATION OF ANGIOGENESIS - The present invention relates to methods and compositions of promoting or inhibiting capillary endothelial (CE) cell migration, promoting or inhibiting the formation of CE networks and promoting or inhibiting angiogenesis, and uses thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to methods and compositions for promoting capillary endothelial (CE) cell migration, promoting the formation of CE networks and promoting angiogenesis, and uses thereof for the purposes of treating angiogenesis-related disorders characterized by loss or decreased angiogenesis, such as ischemic injury and the like. One aspect of the invention related to use of at least one pro-angiogenic agent selected from at least one of an p190RhoGAP inhibitor, a TFII-I inhibitor or a GATA-2 activator for promoting the formation of CE networks and promoting angiogenesis, and uses thereof for the purposes of treating angiogenesis-related disorders characterized by loss or decreased angiogenesis. Another aspect of the invention related to use of at least one anti-angiogenic agent selected from at least one of an p190RhoGAP activator, a TFII-I activator or a GATA-2 inhibitor for inhibiting the formation of CE networks and inhibiting angiogenesis, and uses thereof for the purposes of treating angiogenesis-related disorders characterized by uncontrolled or elevated angiogenesis. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135633 | CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA CELL LINE - The preparation and characterization of antibodies that bind to antigens on CLL or other cancer cells, especially to antigens upregulated in the cancer cells, and the identification and characterization of antigens present on or upregulated by cancer cells are useful in studying and treating cancer. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135634 | METHODS OF INHIBITING INFECTION BY DIVERSE SUBTYPES OF DRUG-RESISTANT HIV-1 - This invention provides methods of inhibiting HIV-1 infection of a susceptible cell by an HIV-1 virus that is, or has become, resistant to one or more HIV protease inhibitors, one or more HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, or one or more HIV protease inhibitors and one or more HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, which comprises subjecting the susceptible cell to an effective HIV-1 infection inhibiting dose of a humanized antibody designated PRO 140, or of an anti-CCR5 receptor monoclonal antibody, wherein the effective HIV-1 infection inhibiting dose comprises from 0.1 mg per kg to 25 mg per kg of the subject's body weight, so as to thereby inhibit the infection of the susceptible cell by HIV-1 that is, or has become, resistant to one or more HIV protease inhibitors, one or more HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, or one or more HIV protease inhibitors and one or more HTV reverse transcriptase inhibitors. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135635 | ANTI-ALPHA2 INTEGRIN ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USES - The invention relates to anti-α2 integrin antibodies and their uses. Humanized antibodies are disclosed that bind to the I domain of α2 integrin and inhibit the interaction of α2β1 integrin with collagen. Also disclosed are therapeutic uses of anti-α2 integrin antibodies in treating α2β1-mediated disorders, including anti-α2 integrin antibodies that bind to α2 integrin without activating platelets. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135636 | Recombinant Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibody Compositions - The invention relates to the field of recombinant antibodies for use in human cancer therapy. More specifically the invention provides compositions or mixtures of antibodies capable of binding human EGFR. Antibody compositions with 3 or more antibodies shown synergy in reduction of proliferation of representative cancer cell lines. Advantageous results have also been obtained with a composition comprising two different chimeric anti-hEGFR antibodies which show a new mechanism of action based on rapid and efficient receptor internalisation, induction of terminal differentiation and subsequent tumour eradication in an animal model. The antibodies of the invention can be manufactured in one bioreactor as a polyclonal antibody. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135637 | TRIMODAL CANCER THERAPY - Cancers are treated with three types of agents: a chemotherapeutic agent which induces lymphopenia; an inhibitory antibody to a surface marker on Treg cells; and an anti-cancer vaccine. This combination may lead to enhanced immune responses despite lymphodepletion. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135638 | 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. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135639 | B LYMPHOCYTE STIMULATOR ASSAYS - The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV polypeptides, including soluble forms of the extracellular domain. Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to antibodies or portions thereof that specifically bind Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV and diagnostic and therapeutic methods using these antibodies. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting immune system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating immune system-related disorders using the compositions of the invention. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135640 | IDENTIFICATION OF TUMOUR-ASSOCIATED CELL SURFACE ANTIGENS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY - The present invention provides agents with tumor-inhibiting activity, and which are selective for cells expressing or abnormally expressing a tumor-associated antigen. Said tumor-associated antigen has a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleotide sequence selected from the specific sequences set forth herein, or a 6-50 contiguous nucleotide residue portion thereof; (b) a nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid which hybridizes with a nucleic acid having the nucleotide sequence of (a) under stringent conditions; (c) a nucleotide sequence which is degenerate with respect to the nucleotide sequence of (a) or (b); and (d) a nucleotide sequence which is complementary to the nucleotide sequence of (a), (b) or (c). Pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the agents are also provided, as well as methods treating, diagnosing or monitoring a disease characterized by expression or abnormal expression of the tumor-associated antigen. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135641 | RADIOPROTECTANTS TARGETING THROMBOSPONDIN-1 AND CD47 - Described herein is the discovery that cell and tissue survival can be dramatically increased following radiation exposure through inhibition of the interaction between TSP-1 and CD47. This effect is shown using antisense molecules, peptides, and antibodies, which can now be used as radioprotectant agents. These agents find application in minimizing, reducing and/or preventing tissue damage following intentional and accidental radiation exposure, as well as increasing the therapeutic efficacy of radiation therapies by protecting non-target tissue from incidental radiation damage and by increasing tumor ablation following radiation treatment. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135642 | Pharmaceutical Compositions Comprising Antibodies Binding To EBV (Ebstein-Barr Virus) Protein BARF1 - The invention relates to pharmaceutical and vaccine compositions comprising an antibody binding specifically to selected peptides of EBV protein BARF1. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135643 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROSTATE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY - The present invention features methods and compositions (e.g., immune response stimulating peptides (e.g., ERG or SIM2 peptides), activated immune cells, antigen-presenting cells, and antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof) for generating an immune response for the treatment of cancer (e.g., prostate cancer). | 2011-06-09 |
20110135644 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED DELIVERY OF MACROMOLECULES - The invention provides compositions and methods that enhance the delivery of large macromolecules (i.e., greater than 10 kDa), such as antigen-binding polypeptides, across tight junctions. Such methods and compositions are particularly useful for delivering therapeutic antigen-binding polypeptides to the CNS, via intranasal administration, for the treatment of neurological disorders. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135645 | HUMAN ANTIBODIES NEUTRALIZING HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS - The present invention discloses methods for generating antibodies to human metapneumovirus (HMPV) polypeptides, including antibodies that immunospecifically bind to a HMPV F-protein. The invention also discloses methods for preventing, treating, or ameliorating symptoms associated with HMPV infection. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135646 | Genes of an Otitis Media Isolate of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae - The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of | 2011-06-09 |
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. | 2011-06-09 |
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. | 2011-06-09 |
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. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135650 | MORPHOLINONE COMPOUNDS AS FACTOR IXA INHIBITORS - The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) | 2011-06-09 |
20110135651 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL MOBILIZATION - A therapeutic combination for improved mobilization of the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, and methods of use thereof are described. The therapeutic combination comprises G-CSF and an inhibitor of the EGFR signaling pathway. The role of EGFR is established by several lines of evidence, including use of quantitative trait locus analysis to map the chromosomal location of the non-G-CSF enhancement of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells mobilization. Further, several different modes of inhibiting EGFR signaling all provide for an enhanced G-CSF induced mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135652 | Novel Use of Idbf - There are provided Idbf (inhibitor of Dvl and Bone formation) which is a novel Dvl-binding protein that binds to Dvl to inhibit signal transduction carried out through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, a gene for coding for the same, the use thereof, and the use of an inhibitor of the Idbf. The Idbf was known to be expressed by activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and bind to Dvl to block signal transduction carried out through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Therefore, the Idbf can be used in development of medicines for inhibiting the signal transduction carried out through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, and an Idbf inhibitor can be used in preparation of medicines for activating the signal transduction carried out through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135653 | Antibodies Against HER2 Truncated Variant CTF-611 - The present invention relates to a method of diagnosis and therapy of cancers expressing the HER2 receptor. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135654 | PROSTATE CANCER RELATED GENE STYK1 - The present invention provides methods for detecting and diagnosing cancer, which method involves the determination of the expression level of the STYK1 gene. The gene was discovered to discriminate cancer cells from normal cells. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of cancer, methods for treating cancer, and methods for vaccinating a subject against cancer. Moreover, the present invention provides siRNAs targeting the STYK1 gene, which are suggested to be useful in the treatment of cancer. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135655 | Role of PI3K p110 delta Signaling in Retroviral Infection and Replication - The invention includes compositions and methods for regulating PI3K p110 delta as an anti-retroviral therapy. The invention includes inhibiting p110 delta, a component of PI3K p110 delta signaling pathway, or any combination thereof in a cell as an anti-retroviral therapeutic approach for treating a retroviral infection, for example HIV. The invention includes a method of modulating PI3K p110 delta in a cell infected with a retrovirus by contacting the cell with an effective amount of a composition comprising an inhibitor of PI3K p110 delta. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135656 | METHOD OF TREATING CANCER - A method for inducing apoptosis of a neoplastic cell expressing C3aR or C5aR includes administering at least one complement antagonist to the cell so that the at least one complement antagonist substantially reduces or inhibits the activity of protein kinase B in the neoplastic cell. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135657 | HUMAN ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS THAT BIND BETA-KLOTHO, FGF RECEPTORS AND COMPLEXES THEREOF - The present invention provides compositions and methods relating to or derived from antigen binding proteins activate FGF21-mediated signaling. In embodiments, the antigen binding proteins specifically bind to (i) β-Klotho; (ii) FGFR1c, FGFR2c, FGFR3c or FGFR4; or (iii) a complex comprising β-Klotho and one of FGFR1c, FGFR2c, FGFR3c, and FGFR4. In some embodiments the antigen binding proteins induce FGF21-like signaling. In some embodiments, an antigen binding protein is a fully human, humanized, or chimeric antibodies, binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and polypeptides that specifically bind to (i) β-Klotho; (ii) FGFR1c, FGFR2c, FGFR3c or FGFR4; or (iii) a complex comprising β-Klotho and one of FGFR1c, FGFR2c, FGFR3c, and FGFR4. Other embodiments provide nucleic acids encoding such antigen binding proteins, and fragments and derivatives thereof, and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antigen binding proteins, and fragments and derivatives thereof, and polypeptides, and methods of using such antigen binding proteins, fragments and derivatives thereof, and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects suffering from type 2 diabetes, obesity, NASH, metabolic syndrome and related disorders or conditions. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135658 | VHZ FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCERS - We provide VHZ for use in a method of treatment, prophylaxis or alleviation of a cancer in an individual selected from the group consisting of: colon cancer, lung cancer, squamous cell carcinoma including lip, larynx, vulva, cervix and penis cancer, pancreatic cancer, brain cancer, oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, skin cancer, ovary cancer, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. We provide an anti-VHZ agent for the treatment, prophylaxis or alleviation of such a cancer. The anti-VHZ agent may comprise SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQ ID NO: 5, or both. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135659 | Fish Vaccine - A salmonid alphavirus polypeptide comprising an epitope capable of inducing a virus neutralizing immune response, nucleic acids encoding the polypeptide, a vaccine comprising the polypeptide and a method of producing salmonid alphavirus neutralizing antibodies. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135660 | PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SYNUCLEINOPATHIC DISEASE - The invention provides improved agents and methods for treatment of diseases associated with synucleinopathic diseases, including Lewy bodies of alpha-synuclein in the brain of a patient. Such methods entail administering agents that induce a beneficial immunogenic response against the Lewy body. The methods are particularly useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Parkinson's disease. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135661 | TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DRY AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION BY ACTIVATING CD36 - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration by administering a CD 36-activator compound to a subject in need thereof; wherein the CD36 activator compound is the CD36 antibody FA6-152, or the growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptide family-derived compound EP80317 or the compound of Formula 1 [A-(Xaa) | 2011-06-09 |
20110135662 | FUNCTION MODIFYING NAv 1.7 ANTIBODIES | 2011-06-09 |
20110135663 | ANTI-IGF-IR ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The subject invention provides antibodies, or binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to human IGF-IR. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies and binding fragments of the subject invention and vectors and host cells containing these nucleic acid molecules. The disclosure also provides methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth and metastasis in a mammal using the antibodies described herein, as well as compositions containing the antibodies, nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, and host cells and vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules. The disclosure also features the use of the polypeptides to detect the presence of IGF-IR in a mammal, and epitopes that can be used as cancer vaccine immunogens. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135664 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE RGM A PROTEIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER DEGENERATION - The present application describes RGM A binding proteins, particularly monoclonal antibodies, and in particular CDR grafted, humanized versions thereof, which have the ability to bind to RGM A and prevent binding of RGM proteins to RGM A receptor and other RGM A binding proteins, and therefore neutralize the function of RGM A, for use in the treatment of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) degeneration as well as methods of therapeutically or prophylactically treating a mammal against RNFL degeneration. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135665 | METHODS FOR TREATING REPERFUSION INJURIES - The present invention relates to treating a tissue in a mammal from the effects of reperfusion using flagellin. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135666 | REGULATORY B CELLS AND THEIR USES - The present invention relates to a phenotypically distinct CD1d | 2011-06-09 |
20110135667 | ANTI-CD79B ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNOCONJUGATES AND METHODS OF USE - 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. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135668 | COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS AS PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS - The invention provides novel pyrimidine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for using such compounds. For example, the pyrimidine derivatives of the invention may be used to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition which responds to inhibition of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) activity, c-ros oncogene (ROS), insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1R), and/or insulin receptor (InsR) or a combination thereof. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135669 | SYNTHETIC AGONISTS OF TLR9 - The invention provides novel oligonucleotide-based compounds that individually provide distinct immune response profiles through their interactions as agonists with TLR9. The TLR9 agonists according to the invention are characterized by specific and unique chemical modifications, which provide their distinctive immune response activation profiles. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135670 | PURINE DERIVATIVES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC, INFLAMMATORY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES - The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): | 2011-06-09 |
20110135671 | PURINE DERIVATIVES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC, INFLAMMATORY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES - The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): | 2011-06-09 |
20110135672 | HLA-G COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - It has been discovered that HLA-G dimers are potent ligands of ILT2 and ILT4 on immune cells and enhance signal transduction through ILT2 and ILT4. Enhanced signal transduction through ILT-2, ILT-4 or both down-regulates the biological activity of T cells and dendritic cells. HLA-G compositions including HLA-G dimers are provided that are useful for modulating activity of immune cells. Preferred compositions include microparticles having HLA-G dimers on the surface of the microparticles. The microparticles optionally include a targeting moiety to target the microparticles to specific immune cells. In a preferred embodiment the microparticles are targeted to T cells or dendritic cells expressing ILT2 or both ILT2 and ILT4, respectively. The HLA-G dimer can include any HLA-G protein that is capable of forming a dimer. Preferred HLA-G proteins include HLA-G1 and HLA-G5. In certain embodiments the microparticles include dimers of HLA-G1 and HLA-G5. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135673 | EPITOPE PROTECTION ASSAY - The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135674 | Markers of XMRV Infection and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates generally to assays for the detection of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-related Retrovirus (“XMRV”) and diseases associated with XMRV infection. Additionally, the invention relates to specific XMRV antigens capable of inducing an immunogenic response as well as XMRV-related nucleic acids having significant diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic utilities. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135675 | MELANOMA ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE ANALOGUES AND VACCINES AGAINST MELANOMA - The present invention is concerned with cancer treatment and diagnosis, especially with melanoma associated peptide analogues with improved immunogenicity, epitopes thereof; vaccines against melanoma, tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes recognizing the antigen and diagnostics for the detection of melanoma and for the monitoring of vaccination. The peptides according to the invention can be exploited to elicit native epitope-reactive Cm. Usage of the peptides with improved immunogenicity may contribute to the development of CTL-epitope based vaccines in viral disease and cancer. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135676 | NOVEL ANTIVIRAL PEPTIDE AGAINST AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS H9N2 - The present invention relates to recombinant phages carrying fusion peptides that bind to avian influenza virus (AIV). Such phages are useful as diagnostic reagents to replace anti-AIV antibodies because the phages are capable of competing with the latter antibodies for binding sites on the virus. Synthetic peptides with the sequence CNDFRSKTC, either in linear or cyclic conformations, or fusion phages bearing the above said peptides inhibited AIV propagation in embryonated egg as well as in MDCK cell lines. Therefore they may be used as'therapeutic agents to control, to treat and to eradicate bird flu caused by avian influenza virus. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135677 | Circovirus sequences associated with piglet weight loss disease (PWD) - The genome sequences and the nucleotide sequences coding for the PWD circovirus polypeptides, such as the circovirus structural and non-structural polypeptides, vectors including the sequences, and cells and animals transformed by the vectors are provided. Methods for detecting the nucleic acids or polypeptides, and kits for diagnosing infection by a PWD circovirus, also are provided. Method for selecting compounds capable of modulating the viral infection are further provided. Pharmaceutical, including vaccine, compositions for preventing and/or treating viral infections caused by PWD circovirus and the use of vectors for preventing and/or treating diseases also are provided. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135678 | TOLERIZING AGENTS - Described herein is the development of fusion proteins useful for inducing tolerance in a subject. In particular embodiments, the tolerizing agents are useful for influence autoimmune, inflammatory, and/or allergic reactions. Example tolerizing fusion proteins contain a targeting portion (which delivers the fusion protein) and a toleragen or allergen or other antigen to which tolerance is desired in a subject. In particular examples, it is demonstrated that a pσ1 fusion protein, when administered orally, facilitates systemic and mucosal tolerance. Also described is the nasal delivery of fusion proteins, for instance for restoring immunogenicity. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135679 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUCING IMMUNE RESPONSES - The invention provides, inter alia, immunogenic compositions that comprise (a) a first antigen, (b) at least first and second adjuvants, wherein the first adjuvant comprises microparticles and wherein the second adjuvant comprises an imidazoquinoline compound, and (c) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which compositions elicits an immune response when administered to a vertebrate subject. The invention also provides methods of producing immunogenic compositions and methods for using immunogenic compositions (e.g., for treatment), among other benefits. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135680 | DELETION MUTANTS OF FLAGELLIN AND METHODS OF USE - Compositions that include Toll-like Receptor 5 agonists and at least a portion of at least one viral antigen can be employed in methods that stimulate an immune response in a subject, in particular, a protective immune response in a subject. Compositions can be associated with particles and employed in the methods in relatively low doses to provide protective immunity to viral infection. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135681 | Composition and Method for Enhancing Insulin Activity - A new treatment for individuals suffering from type 2 diabetes. The formulation used in the treatment includes a mixture of a thiazoleineione, an insulin, cinnamon bark extract, and at least one synergistic supplement selected from the group consisting of blueberry leaf extract, cranberry extract, kelp extract, sugar sea beet extract, acerola berry extract; ginger root extract, black cherry extract, green tea extract, Irish moss extract, aloe vera extract, and Stevia leaf extract. The thiazoleineione is preferably pioglitazone. The insulin is preferably an Insulin Aspart of rDNA origin. It is preferred that the cinnamon bark extract and synergistic supplement be in the form of a liquid concentrate. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135682 | Recombinant Bicistronic Flaviviruses and Methods of Use Thereof - The present invention provides recombinant bicistronic flaviviruses, particularly live attenuated recombinant bicistronic flavivirus, which comprise, in order from 5′ to 3′, a viral 5′UTR, an ORF encoding all viral proteins, an internal ribosome entry site, an exogenous nucleotide sequence that encodes an exogenous polypeptide, and a viral 3′UTR. Infection of a host cell with a recombinant flavivirus provides for expression of the exogenous nucleic acid in a host cell. Such recombinant flavivirus are useful for delivering a protein to a mammalian host; and for eliciting an immune response to the exogenous polypeptide. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135683 | MODIFIED VACCINIA VIRUS ANKARA FOR THE VACCNATION OF NEONATES - The invention concern the use of a virus for the preparation of a medicament for the vaccination or treatment of a neonatal or prenatal animal, including a human, wherein the virus is capable of infecting the cells of the neonatal or prenatal animal, including a human, but not capable of being replicated to infectious progeny virus in the neonatal or prenatal animal, including a human. The virus is preferably a Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135684 | Use of L-alpha-lysophosphatidylcholine to obtain the differentiation of monocytes in mature dendritic cells in vitro - A method for treating and/or preventing certain ailments by administering to a person in need thereof L-α-lysophosphatidylcholine as an agent for activating the immune system of the person. Also, vaccine compositions that include L-α-lysophosphatidylcholine. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135685 | Edible Vaccines Expressed in Soybeans - The present invention relates to vaccines that are made in transgenic soybeans for use in humans, animals of agricultural importance, pets, and wildlife. These vaccines are used as vaccines against viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic or prion related diseases, cancer antigens, toxins, and autologous or self proteins. The transgenic soybeans of the instant invention also can be used for inducing tolerance to allergens or tolerance to autoimmune antigens, wherein an individual shows hypersensitivity to said allergen or has developed autoimmunity to autologous or self proteins, respectively. The invention also relates to prophylactically treating individuals and/or populations prior to showing hypersensitivity to allergens. Other aspects of the invention include using the transgenic soybeans as an oral contraceptive, and the expression of protein adjuvants in transgenic soybeans. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135686 | Replication-Defective Flavivirus Vaccines and Vaccine Vectors - This invention provides replication-defective flavivirus vaccines and vaccine vectors, and corresponding compositions and methods. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135687 | RAPID, EFFICIENT PURIFICATION OF HSV-SPECIFIC T-LYMPHOCYTES AND HSV ANTIGENS IDENTIFIED VIA SAME - Described is a method of identifying an immunologically active antigen of a virus that attacks skin, as well as a method of enriching a population of lymphocytes for T lymphocytes that are specific to a virus that attacks skin. Also provided are HSV antigens and epitopes that are useful for the prevention and treatment of HSV infection that have been identified via the methods of the invention. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against cells infected with HSV. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing antigen or polynucleotides encoding antigens of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of HSV infection. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135688 | Methods and Compositions for Increasing Titer of Recombinant Porcine Adenovirus-3 Vectors - This invention relates to methods of increasing titer of recombinant PAdV-3 produced in porcine host cells by increasing PAdV-3 encapsidation efficiency and compositions comprising the same. More particularly, the invention describes optimized recombinant PAdV-3 vectors in which the packaging signal has been optimized. In particular, the optimization involves increasing the number of packaging elements in the PAdV-3 viral genome. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135689 | Vaccine, therapeutic composition and methods for treating or inhibiting francisella tularenis - The present invention is directed to compounds and methods for treating a mammal exposed to | 2011-06-09 |
20110135690 | EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX ADJUVANT & METHODS FOR PREVENTION AND/OR INHIBITION OF OVARIAN TUMORS AND OVARIAN CANCER - Compositions suitable for use as ovarian cancer and/or tumor adjuvants in the preparation of ovarian cancer vaccines, particularly those vaccines useful in the treatment of human ovarian cancer, are provided. The ovarian cancer adjuvants described are comprised of an extracellular matrix material, such as small intestinal submucosal (SIS) tissue. The preparations may take the form of sheets, gels, liquids (injectable), tracer, or other solid or semi-solid preparation. Also disclosed are ovarian tumor inhibiting compositions that include extracellular matrix tissue adjuvants. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135691 | IMMUNOMODULATION BY IAP INHIBITORS - The present invention is directed to immune adjuvants containing IAP inhibitors, including Smac mimetics. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines containing an IAP inhibitor and an antigen. Methods of enhancing an immune response by administration of an IAP inhibitor, methods of treating or preventing cancer, methods of treating or preventing infections, methods of treating autoimmune disorders, and methods of potentiating cytokine or antibody production are also provided. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135692 | ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY - The present invention relates to the use of telomerase-derived peptides for the treatment of any cancer patients, particularly for the treatment of patients with renal or prostate cancer. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135693 | PATCH - An adhesive patch for attaching to the skin for medical, cosmetic, and/or orthopedic purposes. The patch is formed with a film that includes a carrier material, which is provided with a therapeutically effective coating on both sides. | 2011-06-09 |
20110135694 | PARTIAL DIP COATING OF DOSAGE FORMS FOR MODIFIED RELEASE - A dosage form comprising a tablet core containing at least one active ingredient and having at least one modified release coating that partially surrounds the tablet core is disclosed. The tablet core is preferably in the form of a compressed core wherein the at least one modified release coating is provided on a position of the exterior surface of the compressed core using dipping technology. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing the dosage form and a method of treatment using the dosage form. | 2011-06-09 |