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 Method of controlling administration of cancer antigen | 20130149337 | 20130613 |  The present invention is directed to mammalian bi-specific T cells and methods for using these bi-specific T cells. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of controlling administration of cancer antigen to a subject by providing bi-specific T cells that express a viral antigen T cell receptor and a cancer antigen-specific chimeric receptors and triggering their activation by also administering antigen-presenting T-cells which express viral antigen. These bi-specific T cell clones are a source of effector cells that persist in vivo in response to stimulation with viral antigen, leading to long-term function after their transfer to patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases.
... | | Establishment of rhesus monkey model of autoimmunity type 1 diabetes | 20130149733 | 20130613 |  Use of low dose streptozocin in the preparation of an animal model for screening drugs for treatment of antoimmune type 1 diabetes is disclosed, in which streptozocin is administrated intravenously at a dose of 15-30 mg/kg per time for 5 days and administrated again on the 7th day and 14th day after last time of offering drug. A method for preparing rhesus monkey model of autoimmune type 1 diabetes and autoimmune type 1 diabetes animal model obtained are also disclosed.
... | | Detection and measurement of tissue-infiltrating lymphocytes | 20130150252 | 20130613 |  The present invention is drawn to methods for measuring numbers, levels, and/or ratios of cells, such as lymphocytes, infiltrated into a solid tissue, such as a tumor or a tissue affected by an autoimmune disease, and to methods for making patient prognoses based on such measurements. In one aspect, methods of the invention comprise sorting lymphocytes from an accessible tissue, such as peripheral blood, into functional subsets, such as cytotoxic T cells and regulatory T cells, and generating clonotype profiles of each subset. An inaccessible disease-affected tissue is sampled and one or more clonotype profiles are generated. From the latter clonotype profiles, levels lymphocytes in each of the functional subsets are determined in the disease-affected tissue by their clonotypes, which are identified from lymphocytes sorted into... | | Vh4 codon signature for multiple sclerosis | 20130150308 | 20130613 |  The present invention provides for the diagnosis and prediction of multiple sclerosis (MS) in subject utilizing a unique a codon signature in VH4 expressiong B cells that has now been associated with MS and not with any other autoimmune disease.
... | | Modulators of retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma | 20130150333 | 20130613 |  Methods for modulating (inhibiting or stimulating) retinoid-related orphan receptor γ (RORγ) activity. This modulation has numerous effects, including inhibition of TH-17 cell function and/or TH-17 cell activity, and inhibition of re-stimulation of TH-17 cells, which are beneficial to treatment of inflammation and autoimmune disorders. Stimulation of RORγ results in stimulation of TH-17 cell function and/or activity which is beneficial for immune-enhancing compositions (e.g., vaccines).
... | Subscribe to updates on this page: Autoimmune RSS  | | Heterocyclic compound | 20130150364 | 20130613 | | The present inventors have investigated a compound having a PI3Kδ selective inhibitory action and/or an IL-2 production inhibitory action and/or a B cell proliferation inhibitory action (including an activation inhibitory action), and have found that the heterocyclic compound of the present invention has a PI3Kδ selective inhibitory action and/or and IL-2 production inhibitory action and/or a B cell proliferation inhibitory action (including an activation inhibitory action), thereby completing the present invention.
... | | Inhibitors of the unfolded protein response and methods for their use | 20130150399 | 20130613 | | Compounds that are inhibitors of the unfolded protein response and endonuclease IRE1 are provided, together with compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for their use in the treatment of various disorders, such as cancer, autoimmune disorders, and diabetes. Also provided are packaged pharmaceuticals comprising these compositions. The compositions may be administered in combination with another therapeutic agent.
... | | Novel receptor trem (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells) and uses thereof | 20130150559 | 20130613 | | Novel activating receptors of the lg 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.... | | Methods for improving immune function and methods for prevention or treatment of disease in a mammalian subject | 20130142755 | 20130606 | | A method for increasing a biological activity of a cytokine or lymphokine and a method of treating a neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, or infectious disease, and a method for expanding a hematopoietic cell population, is provided by administering an antibody capable of binding a cytokine or by administering a cytokine complexed with an antibody or by administering a cytokine complexed with a cytokine receptor to a mammalian subject in need thereof.
... | | Anti-icos antibodies and their use in treatment of oncology, transplantation and autoimmune disease | 20130142783 | 20130606 | | The present invention provides anti-human ICOS antibodies with increased effector function. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions, immunotherapeutic compositions, and methods using therapeutic antibodies that bind to the human ICOS antigen and that may mediate ADCC, CDC, and/or antibody-dependent phagocytosis (opsonisation) for the treatment and prevention of T cell-mediated diseases and disorders, such as, but not limited to, chronic infection, autoimmune disease or disorder, inflammatory disease or disorder, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), transplant rejection, and T cell proliferative disorder.
... | | Therapeutic use of anti-cd22 antibodies for inducing trogocytosis | 20130142787 | 20130606 | | Disclosed are methods and compositions of anti-B cell antibodies, preferably anti-CD22 antibodies, for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of B-cell associated diseases, such as B-cell malignancies, autoimmune disease and immune dysfunction disease. In certain embodiments, trogocytosis induced by anti-B cell antibodies may determine antibody efficacy, disease responsiveness and prognosis of therapeutic intervention. In other embodiments, optimal dosages of therapeutic antibody may be selected by monitoring the degree of trogocytosis induced by anti-B cell antibodies. Other characteristics of anti-B-cell antibodies that may be monitored include inducing phosphorylation of CD22, CD79a and CD79b; inducing translocation of CD22, CD79a and CD79b to lipid rafts; inducing caspase-dependent apoptosis; increasing pLyn, pERKs and pJNKs; decreasing constitutively-active p38; or inducing mitochondrial membrane depolarization, generation of reactive oxygen species, upregulation of pro-apoptotic Bax and... | | Tolerogenic plasmacytoid dendritic cells co-expressing cd8-alpha and cd8-beta and methods of inducing the differentiation of regulatory t cells using same | 20130142830 | 20130606 | | This invention discloses an unexpected discovery that plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) may be segregated into immunogenic or tolerogenic species based on novel biomarkers discovered herein. Exemplary biomarkers include CD8α+β+, CD8α+β−, CD8α−β−, C1q, and IL-9R. For example, pDCs with CD8α+β+, CD8α+β− are tolerogenic and CD8α−β− is immunogenic. Also disclosed are isolated pDCs, compositions comprising the pDCs, methods for isolating the pDCs, methods for treating immune-hyper-reactivity, such as airway hyper-reactivity, food allergy, asthma, and autoimmune disorders, by using compositions containing tolerogenic antigen presenting cells, preferably pDCs disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods for identifying tolerogenic antigen presenting cells by using one or more novel biomarkers disclosed herein, including RALDH expression, CD8α, CD8βC1qa, C1qc, and IL-9R. Also disclosed are methods for inducing Treg cells by using the pDCs disclosed... | | S-adenosylmethionine formulations with enhanced bioavailability | 20130142847 | 20130606 | | Provided herein are compositions and methods to enhance the absorption of S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) and methods of treating various disorders or diseases using non-parenteral SAMe formulations with enhanced-absorption and improved bioavailability. In certain embodiments, the enhanced bioavailability formulations provided herein may be used to treat a variety of diseases or disorders, such as for example, psychiatric disorders including, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, depressive disorders (e.g. major clinical depression) and dysthymia; as well as treating liver disorders, cancer, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory disorders, joint disorders, gastrointestinal disorders and cardiovascular disease.
... | Subscribe to updates on this page: Autoimmune RSS | | Immunosuppressant extracts derived from millettia laurentii or pseudotsuga pinaceae | 20130142895 | 20130606 | | One aspect of the present invention generally relates to deriving immunosuppressant extracts from Millettia laurentii or Pseudotsuga pinaceae. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of using immunosuppressant extracts of Millettia laurentii or Pseudotsuga pinaceae to treat an autoimmune condition, transplant rejection, or cancer.
... | | Regulatory b cells and their uses | 20130136754 | 20130530 | | The present invention relates to a distinct B cell subset, B10 cells, that regulate T cell mediated inflammatory responses through the secretion of interleukin-10 (IL-10). The invention also relates to the use of B10 cells in the manipulation of immune and inflammatory responses, and in the treatment of disease. Therapeutic approaches involving adoptive transfer of B10 cells, or expansion of their endogenous levels for controlling autoimmune or inflammatory diseases and conditions are described. Ablation of B10 cells, or inhibition of their IL-10 production can be used to upregulate immunodeficient conditions, ameliorate infectious diseases and/or to treat tumors/cancer. Diagnostic applications are also encompassed.
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| Monitoring health and disease status using clonotype profiles | 20130136799 | 20130530 | | There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers.
... | | 3,4-dihydro-2h-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-1-one derivatives for the modulation of the activity of protein kinases | 20130137696 | 20130530 | | Compounds which are 4,7-disubstituted derivatives of 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-1-one compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation process and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; these compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases caused by and/or associated with an altered protein kinase activity such as cancer, viral infection, prevention of AIDS development in HIV-infected individuals, cell proliferative disorders, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders; also disclosed is a process under Solid Phase Synthesis conditions for preparing the compounds of the invention and chemical libraries comprising a plurality of them.
... | | Heterodimer binding proteins and uses thereof | 20130129723 | 20130523 | | The present disclosure provides polypeptide heterodimers formed between two different single chain fusion polypeptides via natural heterodimerization of an immunoglobulin CH1 region and an immunoglobulin light chain constant region (CL). The polypeptide heterodimer comprises two or more binding domains that specifically bind one or more targets (e.g., a receptor). In addition, both chains of the heterodimer further comprise an Fc region portion. The present disclosure also provides nucleic acids, vectors, host cells and methods for making polypeptide heterodimers as well as methods for using such polypeptide heterodimers, such as in directing T cell activation, inhibiting solid malignancy growth, and treating autoimmune or inflammatory conditions.
... | | Human leukolectins and uses thereof | 20130129742 | 20130523 | | 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.
... | | Nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(a) sequence or a polyadenylation signal for increasing the expression of an encoded protein | 20130129754 | 20130523 | | The present application describes a coding nucleic acid sequence, particularly a messenger RNA (mRNA), comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal and the use thereof for increasing the expression of an encoded protein. It also discloses its use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially a vaccine e.g. for the use in the treatment of tumours and cancer diseases, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases or genetic diseases, or in gene therapy. The present invention further describes an in vitro transcription method, in vitro methods for increasing the expression of a protein using the nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal and an ex vivo and in... | | Methods of treating autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system (cns) and neurodegenerative diseases | 20130130976 | 20130523 | | An insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) inhibitor for use in the treatment of a disease selected from the group consisting of an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system and a neurodegenerative disease is disclosed.
... | | Method for inhibiting the induction of cell death by inhibiting the synthesis or secretion of age-albumin in cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system | 20130131006 | 20130523 | | The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting the induction of cell death by inhibiting the synthesis or secretion of AGE-albumin in cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system, to an AGE-albumin synthesis inhibitor, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the AGE-albumin synthesis inhibitor for preventing or treating degenerative disease and autoimmune disease. The AGE-albumin of the present invention is synthesized and secreted in human microglia or human macrophages in an Alzheimer's model, stroke model, Parkinson's disease model and rheumatoid arthritis model. The AGE-albumin synthesis and secretion are caused by oxidative stress. The expression of RAGE increases in first-order human neurons or cartilage cells to which AGE-albumin is administered, whereupon a MAPK signaling pathway is activated and the expression of Bax increases to induce an increase... | | 5,7-substituted-imidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidines as inhibitors of jak kinases | 20130131039 | 20130523 | | Compounds of Formula I: (Formula should be inserted here) and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X1 and X2 have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of one or more JAK kinases and are useful in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, rejection of transplanted organs, tissues and cells, as well as hematologic disorders and malignancies and their co-morbidities.
... | | Methods to detect and treat diseases | 20130131423 | 20130523 | | The current invention discloses methods to treat disease caused by virus infection, bacterial infection, parasites infection, autoimmune disease, disease caused by production of unwanted antibodies, sepsis as well as methods to treat cancer and methods for virus infection detection using blood purification method. The current invention provides a method to treat pathogen infection by inactivating the pathogens in the blood. During the treatment, blood is withdrawn from a patient and is separated into its plasma and cellular components. The plasma portion is treated with physical means such as UV radiation to inactivate the pathogens inside and then is returned to the patient. The current invention also provide a method to treat cancer especially to prevent tumor metastasis and tumor recurrence by removing and/or inactivating (e.g. killing)... | | Anti-cd19 antibodies | 20130121913 | 20130516 | | The present invention provides humanized, chimeric and human anti-CD19 antibodies, anti-CD19 antibody fusion proteins, and fragments thereof that bind to a human B cell marker. Such antibodies, fusion proteins and fragments thereof are useful for the treatment and diagnosis of various B-cell disorders, including B-cell malignancies and autoimmune diseases. In more particular embodiments, the humanized anti-CD19 antibodies may comprise one or more framework region amino acid substitutions designed to improve protein stability, antibody binding and/or expression levels. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the substitutions comprise a Ser91Phe substitution in the hA19VH sequence.
... | | Treatment drug for autoimmune diseases and allergic diseases | 20130121914 | 20130516 | | The present invention provides an agent for the prophylaxis or therapy of autoimmune diseases or allergic diseases, which contains an anti-Embigin antibody, particularly an anti-Embigin antibody showing cytotoxicity or a cytotoxicity inducing activity, an agent for the prophylaxis or therapy of diseases involving Th17 cell, and a cytotoxic agent to Th17 cell. In addition, an agent for detection of Th17 cell, which contains an anti-Embigin antibody, a convenient detection method of Th17 cell, which uses the agent, a method of efficiently delivering a drug and the like in a Th17 cell selective manner, which uses an anti-Embigin antibody, and a drug delivery system to Th17 cell are provided.
... | | Nucleic acid of formula (i): glxmgn, or (ii): clxmcn, in particular as an immune-stimulating agent/adjuvant | 20130121988 | 20130516 | | The present invention relates to a nucleic acid of the general formula (I): GlXmGn, which may be modified by a lipid. The invention relates further to a pharmaceutical composition containing an immune-stimulating agent according to the invention in combination with a pharmaceutically active carrier/vehicle (and, optionally, further auxiliary substances, additives and/or further adjuvants). The present invention can relate to a vaccine, which corresponds to a pharmaceutical composition of the invention, wherein the pharmaceutically active component induces a specific immune response (e.g. an antigen). The present invention can relate to the use of a nucleic acid of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention for the treatment of infectious diseases, autoimmune disease, allergies or cancer diseases.
... | | Antibody and methods for selective inhibition of t-cell responses | 20130122015 | 20130516 | | The present invention provides compositions, methods, and assays for treating an inflammatory and/or autoimmune disease, and/or transplanted tissue rejection using anti-αβ TCR antibodies and antibody fragments. Anti-αβ TCR antibodies are antibodies which bind to a αβ TCR. Anti-αβ TCR antibodies produced by the hybridoma TOL101 MCB are also provided. Methods for treatment of an inflammatory disease, an autoimmune disease and for tissue transplant rejection using therapeutic dosing regimen of anti-αβ TCR antibodies and antibody fragments and for upregulating the numbers of Treg T-cells are also provided
... | | Compositions and methods for treating diabetes using lisofylline analogs and islet neogenesis associated peptide | 20130122050 | 20130516 | | Pharmaceutical compositions and methods are provided for treating diabetes and/or restoring β-cell mass and function in a mammal in need thereof. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1 DM) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by immune damage to pancreatic beta-cells. Lisofylline analogs (LSF analogs) are immunomodulators that reduce interlukin 12 signaling and reduce the onset of T1 DM in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. A combination therapy with both LSF analog (pretreatment) and INGAP provides protection from autoimmune destruction. The concomitant or combination of an LSF analog and INGAP after pre-treatment with an LSF analog is an effective therapy for a disease or condition resulting from the loss of pancreatic islet cells or insulin production in a mammal.
... | | Dna vaccines encoding heat shock proteins | 20130122083 | 20130516 | | A method of treating a T cell-mediated inflammatory autoimmune disease by administering to an individual in need thereof an immunogenic composition comprising a recombinant construct of a nucleic acid sequence encoding heat shock protein 90 (HSP 90), or an active fragment thereof, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is operatively linked to one or more transcription control sequences. The disease is other than insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or rheumatoid arthritis. The administering of the immunogenic composition results in a shift of the immune response to a Th2 response, thereby treating the disease.
... | | Inhibitors of interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme | 20110015371 | 20110120 | | The present invention relates to novel classes of compounds which are inhibitors of interleukin-1β converting enzyme. The ICE inhibitors of this invention are characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting ICE activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as agents against interleukin-1 mediated diseases, including inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting ICE activity and methods for treating interleukin-1 mediated diseases using the compounds and compositions of this invention.
... | | Ex-vivo priming for generating cytotoxic t lymphocytes specific for non-tumor antigens to treat autoimmune and allergic disease | 20110015370 | 20110120 | | Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) specific for antigenic peptides derived from IgE molecule can be generated in vitro by stimulating resting naive CD8 T cells with IgE peptides presented by artificial antigen presenting cells. The IgE specific CTLs lyse the target cells loaded with IgE peptides in vitro and inhibit antigen specific IgE response in vivo. In addition, adoptive transfer of the IgE specific CTL to an asthmatic mouse model can inhibit the development of lung inflammation and airway hypersensitivity. IgE specific CTL provides a treatment for allergic asthma and other IgE-mediated allergic diseases. Antigenic peptides identified from non-tumor self-antigens induce specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) in vitro. The CTL induced by peptides identified from CD40L can kill activated CD4 T cells. In vitro generated CTL specific... | | Therapeutical uses of inecalcitol | 20110015276 | 20110120 | | The present invention thus concerns a method for treating and/or preventing rickets, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, psoriasis, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis or type I diabetes, hyperparathyroidism, benign prostate hyperplasia, any type of cancer or any vitamin D relevant disease comprising administering inecalcitol at doses comprised between 1 mg/day and 100 mg/day to a human patient in need thereof.
... | | (+)-morphinans as antagonists of toll-like receptor 9 and therapeutic uses thereof | 20110015219 | 20110120 | | The present invention provides (+)-morphinans comprising Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) antagonist activity, as well as a method for identifying (+)-morphinans that may be therapeutically effective by determining whether the (+)-morphinan inhibits the activation of TLR9. Also provided are methods of using the (+)-morphinans comprising TLR9 antagonist activity to treat conditions such as traumatic pain, neuropathic pain, inflammatory disorders, acetaminophen toxicity, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer.
... | | Screening for cd93 (c1qrp)-associated polymorphism(s) in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases | 20110014608 | 20110120 | | This invention is directed to a marker gene for autoimmune disease. Specifically, the invention is directed to the use of a polymorph of CD93 in methods and compositions for the detection, prognosis and therapy of Type I Diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
... | | high throughput protein interaction assay | 20110014226 | 20110120 | | A method to identify small molecules useful as therapeutics and/or vaccines to prevent, alleviate or ameliorate a pathogenic infection or an autoimmune disorder. The method can be used to screen small molecule test compounds for the ability to disrupt particular antigen-antibody interactions of interest. In one embodiment, the antigen is a pathogen-derived antigen and the antibody decreases or inhibits virulence of the pathogen when bound to the antigen (e.g., a neutralizing antibody, antibody with serum bactericidal activity, etc.). In another embodiment, the antigen is a self-antigen (autoantigen) and the antibody is an autoantibody that is known to be associated with a pathological condition (e.g., autoimmune disorder). Compounds that bind to the antigen or antibody disrupt binding can be used as therapeutics to decrease or inhibit the... | | Granulysin and uses thereof | 20110014215 | 20110120 | | Disclosed are uses of granulysin in methods of diagnosing or treating autoimmune disorders.
... | | Cytokine receptor modulators, method of identifying same, and method of modulating cytokine receptors activity with same | 20110014128 | 20110120 | | The present invention relates to a method for identifying a non-competitive peptide, which inhibits the activity of a cytokine receptor. This method includes the steps of selecting a candidate peptide containing from about 7 to about 20 amino acids derived from a flexible region of a cytokine receptor, and determining the ability of the peptide to inhibit or promote the oligomerization and/or activation of the receptor by measuring an activity of the receptor in the absence or the presence of the candidate peptide, wherein the non-competitive peptide is selected when the activity of the receptor is measurably lower in the presence of the peptide as compared to in the absence of the peptide so identified. This invention also provides agonists of cytokine receptor activity. Pharmaceutical compositions... | | Hydroxyalkanyl amides as modulators of chemokine receptor activity | 20110009452 | 20110113 | | The application describes modulators of MIP-1α or CCR-1 of the formula (I) or stereoisomers or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein ring A, T, V, R1, R2 and R5, are defined herein. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and transplant rejection using modulators of formula (I) are disclosed.
... | | Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase inhibitors | 20110009410 | 20110113 | | where in X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, R1, R2, R3 are as defined above. The compounds have apoptosis signal-regulating kinase (“ASK1”) inhibitory activity, and are thus useful in the treatment of ASK1-mediated conditions, including autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the compounds of Formula (I), and to methods of preparing the compounds of Formula (I).
... | | Tnfalpha gene expression as a biomarker of sensitivity to antagonists of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins | 20110008802 | 20110113 | | TNFα gene expression can be used as a biomarker of a cell's sensitivity to antagonists of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs). Methods of the invention are useful for screening patients to identify those who could benefit from administration of an IAP antagonist to treat various malignant or benign tumors, benign proliferative diseases, or autoimmune diseases.
... | | Compositions and methods using recombinant mhc molecules for the treatment of uveitis | 20110008382 | 20110113 | | Two-domain MHC polypeptides are useful for modulating activities of antigen-specific T-cells, including for modulating pathogenic potential and effects of antigen-specific T-cells. Exemplary MHC class II-based recombinant T-cell ligands (RTLs) of the invention include covalently linked β1 and α1 domains, and MHC class I-based molecules that comprise covalently linked α1 and α2 domains. These polypeptides may also include covalently linked antigenic determinants, toxic moieties, and/or detectable labels. The disclosed polypeptides can be used to target antigen-specific T-cells, and are useful, among other things, to detect and purify antigen-specific T-cells, to induce or activate T-cells, to modulate T-cell activity, including by regulatory switching of T-cell cytokine and adhesion molecule expression, to treat conditions mediated by antigen-specific T-cells, for example autoimmune diseases or conditions such as acute and recurrent... | | Methods of modulating the ox40 receptor to treat cancer | 20110008368 | 20110113 | | Numerous disease states, such as human allergic, autoimmune, and autoimmune diseases, and cancer, may be treated by targeting OX40/OX4OL. OX4OL inhibits the generation of Tr1 cells from naïve and memory CD4+ T cells. This unique function of OX4OL is not shared by two other costimulatory TNF-family members, GITR-ligand and 4-1BB-ligand. It has been shown that signaling the OX40-receptor on human T cells by antibodies, small molecules, or the OX4OL modulates the generation and function of IL-10 producing Foxp3+ Treg immunosuppressive T cells and blocks Foxp3+ Treg function. Further, provided are high throughput methods for identifying compounds that can inhibit the immunosuppressive function of IL-10 producing Tr1 cells.
... | | Treatment of autoimmune diseases | 20110008338 | 20110113 | | The present invention concerns treatment of autoimmune diseases with antagonists which bind to B cell surface markers, such as CD19 or CD20.
... | | Treatment of autoimmune diseases | 20110008336 | 20110113 | | The present invention concerns treatment of autoimmune diseases with antagonists which bind to B cell surface markers, such as CD19 or CD20.
... | | Treatment of autoimmune diseases | 20110008337 | 20110113 | | The present invention concerns treatment of autoimmune diseases with antagonists which bind to B cell surface markers, such as CD19 or CD20.
... | | Inhibitors of bruton's tyrosine kinase | 20110008257 | 20110113 | | Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
... | | Treatment of autoimmune diseases | 20110008250 | 20110113 | | The present invention concerns treatment of autoimmune diseases with antagonists which bind to B cell surface markers, such as CD19 or CD20.
... | | Method of identifying a compound for preventing and/or treating an autoimmune disease | 20110004953 | 20110106 | | A method of identifying a compound for preventing and/or treating an autoimmune disease is described which comprises obtaining a (BTLA−/−) NKT cell from a non-human animal, contacting the (BTLA−/−) NKT cell ex vivo with a test compound, in the presence of an antigen, measuring a response of the (BTLA−/−) NKT cell to the antigen, comparing the response of the (BTLA−/−) NKT cell to the antigen with a response of a (BTLA−/−) NKT cell in control assay, and selecting the compound that reduces the response of the (BTLA−/−) NKT cell in the presence of an antigen compared to a response of a (BTLA−/−) NKT cell in the control assay. Other methods of identifying a compound for preventing and/or treating an autoimmune disease are also described.
... | | Hexahydrocyclopentyl[f]indazole carboxamides and derivatives thereof as selective glucocorticoid receptor modulators | 20110003797 | 20110106 | | The present invention is directed to hexahydrocyclopentyl[f]imidazole carboxamides and derivatives thereof as selective glucocorticoid receptor ligands useful for treating a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
... | | Fused thiazole derivatives as kinase inhibitors | 20110003785 | 20110106 | | A series of 6,7-dihydro[1,3]thiazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-4(5H)-one derivatives, which are substituted in the 2-position by a substituted morpholin-4-yl moiety, being selective inhibitors of PI3 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions.
... | | Compositions and methods of use for mgd-csf in disease treatment | 20110003384 | 20110106 | | Disclosed is a newly identified secreted molecule, identified herein as “monocyte, granulocyte, and dendritic cell colony stimulating factor” (MGD-CSF), the polypeptide sequence, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequence. Also provided is a procedure for producing the polypeptide by recombinant techniques employing, for example, vectors and host cells. Additionally, procedures are described to modify the disclosed novel molecules of the invention to prepare fusion molecules. Also disclosed are methods for using the polypeptides and active fragments thereof for treatment of a variety of diseases, including, for example, cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases, and recurrent pregnancy loss.
... | | Method and kit for detection of autoimmune chronic urticaria | 20110003304 | 20110106 | | Disclosed is a rapid, non-invasive and highly specific and sensitive diagnostic assay for the identification of individuals with autoimmune chronic urticaria, which makes use of CD203c, and in some embodiments, additional proteins, as a marker for the disease. Test kits for diagnosis of an individual suspected of having autoimmune chronic urticaria are also disclosed. Also disclosed are a method of identifying compounds useful for treating autoimmune chronic urticaria and a method of treating autoimmune chronic urticaria.
... | | Mutant human cd80 and compositions for and methods of making and using the same | 20110002956 | 20110106 | | Improved vaccines and methods of using the same are disclosed Immunosuppressive compositions for treating individuals who have autoimmune diseases or transplants and methods of using the same are disclosed.
... | | Engineered anti-il-23 antibodies | 20110002942 | 20110106 | | Engineered antibodies to human IL-23p19 are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g. in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders.
... | | Uses of mammalian cytokine; related reagents | 20110002928 | 20110106 | | Provided are methods of treatment for inflammatory and autoimmune disorders of the metabolic system. Also provided are methods of diagnosis.
... | | Administration of interferon for prophylaxis against or treatment of pathogenic infection | 20110000480 | 20110106 | | The invention provides compositions and methods for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases or disorders in a subject (e.g., a mammal, such as a human) including, e.g., diseases or disorders caused by biological agents, autoimmune diseases, and cancer. The compositions include a delivery vector (e.g., a viral vector, such as an Ad5 vector) encoding an interferon (e.g., IFN-α), and are provided to the subject by, e.g., intranasal or pulmonary administration.
... | | Novel compound useful for the treatment of degenerative and inflammatory diseases | 20100331359 | 20101230 | | This compound may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplantation rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6.
... | | Inhibitors of bruton's tyrosine kinase | 20100331350 | 20101230 | | Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
... | | Novel compound useful for the treatment of degenerative and inflammatory diseases | 20100331319 | 20101230 | | A novel compound able to inhibit JAK is disclosed, this compound may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplantation rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6.
... | | Piperidinyl derivative as a modulator of chemokine receptor activity | 20090326010 | 20091231 | | or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and arthrosclerosis using the compound of the invention are disclosed.
... | | Methods of treating diarrhea caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth | 20090325994 | 20091231 | | Disclosed is a method of diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, or Crohn's disease, which involves detecting the presence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in a human subject having at least one symptom associated with a suspected diagnosis of any of those diagnostic categories. Also disclosed is a method of treating these disorders, and other disorders caused by SIBO, that involves at least partially eradicating a SIBO condition in the human subject. The method includes administration of anti-microbial or probiotic agents, or normalizing intestinal motility by employing a prokinetic agent. The method improves symptoms, including hyperalgesia related to SIBO and disorders caused by SIBO. Also disclosed is a kit... | | Benzofuro- and benzothienopyrimidine modulators of the histamine h4 receptor | 20090325927 | 20091231 | | Benzofuro- and benzothienopyrimidine compounds are described, which are useful as H4 receptor modulators. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by H4 receptor activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, and pruritis.
... | | Innovativer tsh-r-ab-kit | 20090325310 | 20091231 | | Methods are described for detection of autoimmune antibodies against the TSH receptor using TSH receptor chimeras, which preferably only contain the extracellular portion of the TSH wild type receptor modified as chimera, and are modified by highly immunogenic peptide residues or by enzymes suitable for detection, wherein the determination methods described allow simple detection of stimulating, blocking and neutral autoimmune antibodies.
... | | Levels of bcma protein expression on b cells and use in diagnostic methods | 20090325196 | 20091231 | | The present invention provides a method of measuring the levels of BCMA in a biological sample, specifically upon the B cell surface. The diagnostic assays are useful in predicting an individual's likelihood of developing or currently suffering from an autoimmune disease, such as SLE, and for methods for treating an individual clinically diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. This diagnostic test serves to predict a patient's likelihood to respond to a specific drug treatment, in particular treatment with BLyS antagonists, either singly or in combination with other immune suppressive drugs
... | | Sensitive and rapid methods of using chimeric receptors to identify autoimmune disease and assess disease severity | 20090325177 | 20091231 | | The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune diseases. In particular, the present invention provides improved methods and compositions for the diagnosis and management of Graves' disease. The methods of the present invention not only avoids the need for radioactivity and are much simpler, economical, and rapid than methods traditionally used for the diagnosis of Graves' disease, but also improve upon the sensitivity and detection abilities of previous luciferase-based autoantibody detection assays. Such improvements are based upon the superior performance of assays comprising a chimeric TSH receptor in the presence of a glucocorticoid including, but not limited to, dexamethasone.
... | | Method of using cytokine assay to diagnose, treat, and evaluate inflammatory and autoimmune diseases | 20090325167 | 20091231 | | The invention provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or evaluating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases by sampling peripheral blood, serum, plasma, tissue, cerebrospinal fluit, or other bodily fluids from a human subject having a suspected diagnosis. The sample is analyzed for the presence and amount of certain cytokines, which provides the diagnosis, prognosis or evaluation of therapeutic response.
... | | Drug conjugates and their use for treating cancer, an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease | 20090324621 | 20091231 | | Drug-Linker-Ligand Conjugates are disclosed in which a Drug is linked to a Ligand via a peptide-based Linker unit. In one embodiment, the Ligand is an Antibody. Drug-Linker compounds and Drug compounds are also disclosed. Methods for treating cancer, an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease using the compounds and compositions of the invention are also disclosed.
... | | Fc receptor binding proteins | 20090324614 | 20091231 | | This disclosure provides, inter alia, proteins that bind to FcRn, e.g., immunoglobulins that inhibit FcRn with high affinity and selectivity. The FcRn-binding proteins can be used to treat a variety of disorders including autoimmune disorders.
... | | Method of treating autoimmune disease with mesenchymal stem cells | 20090324609 | 20091231 | | Methods and compositions for treating an autoimmune disease, such as new onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) in a subject using autologous or allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells administered to the subject prior to autoimmune-induced complete depletion of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, e.g., within six months of new onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis or prior to the onset of disease in a subject determined to be at high risk for T1D.
... | | Interferon alpha antibodies and their uses | 20090324605 | 20091231 | | The present invention provides isolated anti-interferon alpha monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that inhibit the biological activity of multiple interferon (IFN) alpha subtypes but do not substantially inhibit the biological activity of IFN alpha 21 or the biological activity of either IFN beta or IFN omega. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for inhibiting the biological activity of IFN alpha using the antibodies of the invention, as well as methods of treating disease or disorders mediated by IFN alpha, such as autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection and graft versus host disease, by administering the antibodies of the invention.
... | | Nucleic acid of formula (i): gixmgn, or (ii): cixmcn, in particular as an immune-stimulating agent/adjuvant | 20090324584 | 20091231 | | The present invention relates to a nucleic acid of the general formula (I): GlXmGn, or (II): ClXmCn, which may be modified by a lipid. The nucleic acid of the invention acts as an immune-stimulating agent inducing the innate immune response. The invention relates further to a pharmaceutical composition (in a first embodiment), each containing an immune-stimulating agent according to the invention in combination with a pharmaceutically active carrier/vehicle (and, optionally, further auxiliary substances, additives and/or further adjuvants). In another embodiment, the inventive nucleic acid is combined with at least one pharmaceutically active component, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier/vehicle (and, optionally, further auxiliary substances, additives and/or further adjuvants). Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a vaccine, which corresponds to a pharmaceutical composition of the invention (second embodiment),... | | Process for identification of molecular mimicry and the uses thereof | 20090324582 | 20091231 | | The present invention discloses a process for simple and rapid detection and identification of molecular mimicry or mimic antigens or molecules existing in/on humans, animals and plants. The molecular mimicry can be related to infections, autoimmune diseases, cancers, obesity and other disorders. Therefore, novel methods for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infections, autoimmune diseases, cancers, obesity and other disorders obtainable based on these mimic antigens or molecules can be developed. Furthermore, the present invention also reveals a new functional mechanism of vaccine and passive immunity and novel vaccines obtainable based on the new mechanism.
... | | Lysosomal phospholipase a2 (lpla2) activity as a diagnostic and therapeutic target for identifying and treating systemic lupus erythematosis | 20090324575 | 20091231 | | The present invention is directed to methods for diagnosis and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus. More specifically, the specification describes methods using a lysosomal phospholipase A2 in methods for the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus and drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus.
... | | Methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds | 20090318687 | 20091224 | | The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, as well as methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with such diseases. Specific examples of autoimmune diseases that can be treated or prevented with the compounds include rheumatoid arthritis and/or its associated symptoms, systemic lups erythematosis and/or its associated symptoms and multiple sclerosis and/or its associated symptoms.
... | | Benzothiophene hydroxamic acid derivatives with carbamate, urea, amide and sulfonamide substitutions | 20090318541 | 20091224 | | The present invention relates to a novel class of hydroxamic acid derivatives carbamate, urea, amide and sulfonamide substitutions. The hydroxamic acid compounds can be used to treat cancer. The hydroxamic acid compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention are also useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The... | | Indolylmaleimide derivatives | 20090318463 | 20091224 | | Indolylmaleimide derivatives comprising either a substituted phenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, quinazolinyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl or pyrimidinyl residue have interesting pharmaceutical properties, e.g. in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated acute or chronic inflammatory diseases or disorders, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection or cancer.
... | | Agonists of the sphingosine-1 phosphate receptor | 20090318389 | 20091224 | | The invention provides compounds formulae I-III, their preparation, and their use as pharmaceutically active immunosuppressive agents for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, organ transplant rejection, disorders associated with an activated immune system, as well as other disorders modulated by lymphopenia or SIP receptors.
... | | Methods of using osk1 peptide analogs | 20090318341 | 20091224 | | Disclosed is a composition of matter comprising an OSK1 peptide analog, and in some embodiments, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A pharmaceutical composition comprises the composition and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also disclosed are DNAs encoding the inventive composition of matter, an expression vector comprising the DNA, and host cells comprising the expression vector. Methods of treating an autoimmune disorder and of preventing or mitigating a relapse of a symptom of multiple sclerosis are also disclosed.
... | | Screening method | 20090317833 | 20091224 | | The present invention provides a method of screening for a drug for the prophylaxis or treatment of at least one disease selected from the group consisting of cardiac disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, central nervous system disease, infectious disease, sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, which includes selecting a substance that binds to an intracellular region of TLR4, and inhibits signal transduction from said molecule, and a kit for this method, which contains (1) a cell that expresses wild-type TLR4 and (2) a cell that expresses a mutant TLR4, and which can detect a signal from TLR4 with expression of a reporter gene as an index.
... | | Reverse targeting lipid vesicle | 20090317455 | 20091224 | | The present invention provides an immunomodulating agent and a therapeutic agent for a immune disease, which comprise a lipid vesicle encapsulating a drug capable of suppressing or damaging an immunocyte that expresses or binds to an antibody, the lipid vesicle having an antigen for the antibody bound to the outer surface thereof. Hence, there is provided means for effectively treating an immune disease such as an allergic diseases or an autoimmune disease.
... | | Antibody and uses thereof | 20090317405 | 20091224 | | Described are specific binding members e.g. antibodies which may be used in the treatment of diseases associated with cathepsin S activity. The specific binding members bind cathepsin S and inhibit its proteolytic activity. The binding members may be used in the treatment of diseases such as cancer, inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, autoimmune disorders, and other diseases associated with excessive, deregulated or inappropriate angiogenesis.
... | | Fusion molecules and methods for treatment of immune diseases | 20090317389 | 20091224 | | The invention concerns bifunctional fusion molecules, and novel, safer and more efficacious methods for the treatment of immune disorders resulting from excessive or unwanted immune responses. The invention provides methods for the suppression of type I hypersensitive (i.e., IgE-mediated) allergic conditions, methods for the prevention of anaphylactic responses that occur as a result of traditional peptide immunotherapies for allergic and autoimmune disorders, and provides novel methods for the treatment of autoimmune conditions, where the methods have reduced risk of triggering an anaphylactic response. The invention provides novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of allergic responses, including the prevention of anaphylactic response that can occur from environmental allergen exposure. The invention also provides methods for the treatment of autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis, autoimmune type I... | | Use of effector-function-deficient antibodies for treatment of auto-immune diseases | 20090317382 | 20091224 | | The invention relates to the treatment of autoimmune diseases and disorders, in particular myasthenia gravis, by administration of effector-function-deficient antibodies, wherein said effector-function-deficient antibodies are capable of competing with one or more of the auto-antibodies involved in mediating the antibody-mediated auto-immune disease or disorder for binding to a target auto-antigen.
... | | Methods for treating or preventing autoimmune disease using histamine h1 receptor-blocking agents | 20090317357 | 20091224 | | Methods for treating or preventing an autoimmune disease using agents that block the histamine H1 receptor are disclosed. H1 receptor-blocking agents useful in accordance with the methods provided herein include, for example, H1 antihistamines, particularly H1 antihistamines that do not substantially block the serotonin receptor.
... | | Heterocyclic compounds, compositions comprising them and methods of their use | 20090312375 | 20091217 | | Heterocyclic compounds, compositions comprising them, and methods of their use for the treatment, prevention and management of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and disorders are disclosed. Particular compounds are of formula I:
... | | Inhibitors of the unfolded protein response and methods for their use | 20090312362 | 20091217 | | Compounds that are inhibitors of the unfolded protein response and endonuclease IRE1 are provided, together with compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for their use in the treatment of various disorders, such as cancer, autoimmune disorders, and diabetes. Also provided are packaged pharmaceuticals comprising these compositions. The compositions may be administered in combination with another therapeutic agent.
... | | Methods of treatment comprising the administration of haloaryl substituted aminopurines or compositions thereof | 20090312320 | 20091217 | | wherein R1, R2 and and R3 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of an Aminopurine Compound and methods for treating or preventing cancer, a cardiovascular disease, a renal disease, an autoimmune condition, an inflammatory condition, macular degeneration, ischemia-reperfusion injury, pain and related syndromes, disease-related wasting, an asbestos-related condition, pulmonary hypertension or a condition treatable or preventable by inhibition of the JNK pathway comprising administering an effective amount of an Aminopurine Compound to a patient in need thereof.
... | | Methods, compositions, and kits for collecting and detecting oligonucleotides | 20090311665 | 20091217 | | Methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are provided which includes accurately sampling a RNA from a tissue of an animal and analyzing RNA in the tissue of the animal as an indicator of physiological state, infectious disease, neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic disease, or neurological disease in the animal. A method is provided which includes administering at least one compound to an animal wherein the at least one compound is configured to prevent the cleavage of at least one tissue RNA by a ribonuclease. The method further includes collecting a sample of at least a portion of tissue from the animal.
... | | Methods, compositions, and kits for collecting and detecting oligonucleotides | 20090311270 | 20091217 | | Methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are provided which includes accurately sampling a RNA from a tissue of an animal and analyzing RNA in the tissue of the animal as an indicator of physiological state, infectious disease, neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic disease, or neurological disease in the animal. A method is provided which includes administering at least one compound to an animal wherein the at least one compound is configured to prevent the cleavage of at least one tissue RNA by a ribonuclease. The method further includes collecting a sample of at least a portion of tissue from the animal.
... | | Methods for treating autoimmune or demyelinating diseases | 20080317710 | 20081225 | | The present invention relates to novel therapeutic or prophylactic treatment in human subjects. The present invention results in part from the discovery that antagonists of IL-18Rα are effective in vivo for treating diseases. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of treating, preventing or ameliorating the symptoms of an autoimmune or demyelinating disease (such as multiple sclerosis) in a subject, preferably a human subject, said method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an antagonist of IL-18Rα. The invention also pertains to the use of an antagonist of IL-18Rα in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of an autoimmune or demyelinating diseases (such as multiple sclerosis).
... | | Induction of immunological tolerance | 20080317770 | 20081225 | | A method of creating tolerance to transplanted cells, tissue, or organs without the need for continuous immunosuppression. A tolerizing dose of a cell or tissue within a membrane structure is implanted into a patient. Once the patient becomes tolerant to the cell or tissue, a tissue or organ is implanted which will no longer be recognized as foreign matter. The method makes animal organs, practical for human use, prevents autoimmune destruction as well as immune rejection. It has applications in treatment and prevention of many mammalian diseases.
... | | Composition for improving membrane composition and functioning cells | 20080317868 | 20081225 | | the health of these persons improves. Membrane function of several types of mammalian cells improves, which allows efficient treatment of immune related disorders, such as allergy, autoimmune diseases, cancer, cognitive dysfunction and other diseases of the nervous system, neuropathies, such as diabetic neuropathies and neuropathic pains, neuronal damage during insulin resistance, and gut diseases and support of the development of gut and lung function during growth or recovery.
... | | Methods and compositions for detecting autoimmune disorders | 20080318800 | 20081225 | | The invention provides methods and compositions useful for detecting autoimmune disorders.
... | | Novel alpha glucosidase inhibitors from lichens | 20080318916 | 20081225 | | This invention is directed to a novel method for the inhibition of α-glucosidase enzyme and thus treating diabetes, viral infections, fungal infections, autoimmune function disorders and obesity using compounds derived as lichen metabolites; more specifically, this includes the therapeutic applications of methylorsellinate (2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate, Compound I), methyl-β-orinolcarboxylate (2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoate, Compound II) and zeorin (6,22-hopanediol, Compound III).
... | | Antibodies against pd-1 and uses therefor | 20080311117 | 20081218 | | This disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that can act as agonists and/or antagonists of PD-1 (Programmed Death 1), thereby modulating immune responses in general, and those mediated by TcR and CD28, in particular. The disclosed compositions and methods may be used for example, in treating autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders, allergies, transplant rejection, cancer, and other immune system disorders.
... | | Human complement c3 derivates with cobra venom factor-like function | 20080311132 | 20081218 | | A modified human complement C3 protein (C3) is disclosed comprising a substitution of a portion of a human C3 protein, with a corresponding portion of a Cobra Venom Factor protein (CVF) which results in a human C3 protein with CVF functions, but with substantially reduced immunogenicity. Advantageously, the C3 protein can be manipulated to contain at least one of the following CVF functions: increased stability of the C3 convertase and increased resistance to the actions of factors H and/or I. A large number of hybrid C3 proteins containing substitutions in the C-terminal portion of the alpha chain of C3 are presented and tested for the above functions. Methods of treatment of diseases such as reperfusion injury, autoimmune diseases, and other diseases of increased complement activation are... | | Antigen specific immunosuppression by dendritic cell therapy | 20080311140 | 20081218 | | The invention includes genetically modified dendritic cells expressing at least two immunosuppressive molecules. The genetically modified dendritic cells have the ability to induce tolerance. Enhanced tolerogenicity is useful for prolonging survival of a foreign transplant and for treatment of autoimmune diseases.
... | | preparation of artemisia to treat human cancer, autoimmune disease, iga-nephropathy, and to counteract weight loss in cancer patients | 20080311230 | 20081218 | | In human cancer, reduced appetite and weight loss are serious symptoms and are difficult to manage. These symptoms not only effect the quality of life, but also reduce the tolerance and response to anti-cancer drugs, thereby effecting the prognosis and survival to disease. These symptoms are caused, among others, by overactive immune system of the body. Anti-cancer drugs that were effective in the beginning start losing their efficacy, and are less tolerated. Also in autoimmune diseases, the immune system is overreacting. This herbal invention, based on Artemisia species, ginger root and large cardamom, each targeting at different factors involved in weight loss and autoimmune diseases, is effective in improving appetite, thus counteracts the development of resistance to anti-cancer drugs, and helps in the cure of autoimmune... | | Killing human lymphoma and leukemia cancer cells and tcr-activated normal human cells by dopamine d1r agonists | 20080311657 | 20081218 | | The dopamine D1/D5 receptor is highly over-expressed in various types of human and animal leukemia, lymphoma and activated T-cells. The dopamine D1 receptor is also expressed in dramatically elevated or even moderate levels in other types of cancer cells. Selective dopamine D1 receptor agonists, such as fenoldopam mesylate, rapidly, potently and selectively kill such human and animal T-cells expressing the dopamine D1 receptor. Thus, selective dopamine D1/5 receptor agonists may be used to treat lymphoma, leukemia and other cancers of the immune system, and T-cell mediated autoimmune diseases and other diseases caused by over-activated inflammatory T-cells (such as chronic inflammation), or graft versus host diseases (GVHD) or graft rejection, or by any other cell types expressing the dopamine D1 receptor, by killing the disease-causing cells. The... | | Oxadiazole derivatives with crth2 receptor activity | 20080312220 | 20081218 | | Compounds of formula are CRTH2 ligands, useful for treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, respiratory or allergy disease: wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or optionally substituted non-aromatic heterocyclyl having to 6 ring atoms; or R1 and R2, taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or optionally substituted non-aromatic heterocyclyl having 4 to 6 ring atoms: or R1 and R2, taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or optionally substituted non-aromatic heterocyclyl ring having 4 to 6 ring atoms; R is hydrogen or an optional substitutent by 1, 2 or 3 optional substituents; A is hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; and... | | Substituted pyrido(2,3-d) pyrimidine derivatives useful as medicines for the treatment of autoimmune disorders | 20080312227 | 20081218 | | This invention relates to a group of trisubstituted pyrido(2,3-d)pyrimidine derivatives, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, N-oxides, solvates and enantiomers, possessing unexpectedly desirable pharmaceutical properties, in particular which are highly active immunosuppressive agents, and as such are useful in the treatment in transplant rejection and/or in the treatment of certain inflammatory diseases. These derivatives are also useful in preventing or treating cardiovascular disorders, disorders of the central nervous system, TNF-α related disorders and cell proliferative disorders.
... | | Therapeutic morpholino-substituted compounds | 20080312233 | 20081218 | | Morpholino-substituted pyridopyrimidine, quinolone, and benzopyranone derivatives inhibit phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase, an enzyme that regulates platelet-adhesion processes. As a consequence, the compounds in question have anti-thrombotic activity, as well as other pharmaceutical properties. The compounds claimed are represented by formula (I), (II) and (III). PI 3-kinase generates 3-phosphorylated PI second messengers which stimulate platelet adhesion under blood-flow conditions. Because platelet adhesion is a necessary step in the formation of a thrombus, inhibition by these compounds of PI 3-kinase under such conditions inhibits or prevents thrombus formation. The compounds are useful in treating PI 3-kinase-dependent conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery occlusion, stroke, acute coronary syndrome, acute myocardial infarction, vascular restenosis, atherosclerosis, and unstable angina; respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), and... | | Cyclohexenone compounds from antrodia camphorata to treat autoimmune diseases | 20080312334 | 20081218 | | The present invention relates to a compound of Antrodia camphorata used to treat autoimmune diseases, in particular to an extract, 4-hydroxy-2,3-dimethoxy-6-methyl-5(3,7,11-trimethyl-dodeca-2,6,10-trienyl)-cyclohex-2-enone, isolated from Antrodia camphorata, and its use in alleviating symptoms of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The cyclohexenone compound according to the present invention helps to decrease proteinuria levels and antinuclear antibody titers in SLE mammals in order to alleviate kidney inflammation and disease, as well as the self-damage caused by antinuclear antibodies. The purpose for prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases and kidney diseases by the natural, side-effect free substance can then be accomplished.
... | | Imine compound | 20080312435 | 20081218 | | The imine compound of the present invention has a cannabinoid-receptor agonist effect, and is useful as a therapeutic or prophylactic drug for pains and autoimmune diseases.
... | | Methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds | 20080312438 | 20081218 | | The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, as well as methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with such diseases. Specific examples of autoimmune diseases that can be treated or prevented with the compounds include rheumatoid arthritis and/or its associated symptoms, systemic lups erythematosis and/or its associated symptoms and multiple sclerosis and/or its associated symptoms.
... | | Transport of nano-and macromolecular structures into cytoplasm and nucleus of cells | 20080305038 | 20081211 | | The present invention refers to novel conjugate molecules and their use or the transport of nano- and macromolecular structures into cells and/or the nucleus. More particularly, the present invention refers to conjugate molecules containing a carrier, preferably thiopyridyl moieties, and a cargo moiety. Thereby, the thiopyridyl moiety is bound to the cargo moiety to act as a carrier, particularly for efficient intracellular and/or intranuclear delivery of drugs, nano-or macromolecular structures, etc. The novel conjugate molecules are provided for the manufacture of a medicament for gene therapy, apoptosis, or for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases or infectious diseases.
... | | Soluble il-17rc variant and uses thereof | 20080305078 | 20081211 | | The present invention relates to a new soluble IL-17RC variant and its therapeutic uses thereof, in particular for treating or preventing inflammatory or autoimmune disorders or neurological diseases.
... | | Myeloid suppressor cells, methods for preparing them, and methods for using them for treating autoimmunity | 20080305079 | 20081211 | | The present invention relates to novel myeloid suppressor cells (MSCs) and to methods of isolating these MSCs are also included. The MSCs of the present invention can be used to treat or prevent autoimmune diseases or alloimmune responses. The MSCs of the present invention may also be used to reduce a T cell response, induce T regulatory cells, and produce T cell tolerance.
... | | Methods of treating autoimmune disease via ctla-4ig | 20080305092 | 20081211 | | The method of immunotherapy of the present invention involves the regulation of the T cell immune response through the activation or suppression/inactivation of the CD28 pathway. Induction of activated T cell lymphokine production occurs upon stimulatory binding of the CD28 surface receptor molecule, even in the presence of conventional immunosuppressants. Inhibition of CD28 receptor binding to an appropriate stimulatory ligand or inactivation of the CD28 signal transduction pathway through other means down-regulates CD28-pathway related T cell lymphokine production and its resulting effects.
... | | Recombinant polypeptides and methods for detecting and/or quantifying autoantibodies against tsh receptor | 20080305098 | 20081211 | | The present invention relates to unglycosylated isolated and purified recombinant polypeptides comprising a fusion protein able to bind to autoantibodies produced in response to an autoimmune disease associated with an immune reaction to a TSH-receptor (TSHR). Also disclosed are methods of detecting and/or quantifying such autoantibodies using the isolated and purified recombinant polypeptides and respective kits.
... | | Peptides of il1 beta and tnf alpha and method treatment | 20080305108 | 20081211 | | 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.
... | | Assay for cardiac troponin autoantibodies | 20080305512 | 20081211 | | The invention provides among other things methods and kits based on assaying for cardiac troponin autoantibodies, either in conjunction with an assay for cardiac troponin and/or as an independent indicator of cardiac pathology, such as myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and/or ischemic heart disease. Assay methods of the invention can be employed among other things to identify cardiac pathology, or risk thereof, in subjects who have an autoimmune disease or who are related to an individual with an autoimmune disease. In particular embodiments, the invention also provides a method of determining whether a subject having, or at risk for, a cardiac pathology is a candidate for immunosuppressive therapy or immunoabsorption therapy. The invention also provides kits and kit components that are useful for performing the methods of the invention.
... | | Fused thiazole derivatives as kinase inhibitors | 20080306060 | 20081211 | | A series of 5,6-dihydro-1,3-benzothiazol-7(4H)-one derivatives, and analogues thereof, which are substituted in the 2-position by an optionally substituted morpholin-4-yl moiety, being selective inhibitors of PD kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions.
... | | Membrane associated molecules | 20080299042 | 20081204 | | The present invention is directed to novel methods of treating, identifying or diagnosing a hyperproliferative disorder in a patient in need thereof. The methods of the invention include administering to a patient a composition comprising a binding molecule which binds to a cell surface expressed glycoprotein expressed predominantly in tumor or tumor-associated cells. In particular, the therapeutic and diagnostic methods of the present invention include the use of a binding molecule, for example an antibody or immunospecific fragment thereof, which specifically binds to a membrane associated molecule, variant polypeptide or fragment thereof. The present invention is based, at least in part, on the discovery of membrane associated proteins, i.e., nucleic acid molecules which encode membrane proteins and the use of these molecules to generate custom arrays... | | Methods and kits for diagnosing and treating acute joint injury | 20080299110 | 20081204 | | The present invention provides methods, reagents and kits for diagnosing and/or for the prognosis of non-autoimmune acute joint inflammation by detecting cytokine biomarkers in a sample obtained from an individual thought to be suffering from joint injury. The cytokine biomarkers used with the methods and kits of the present invention are IL-6, MIP-1β, MCP1 and IFNγ.
... | | Treatment method | 20080299117 | 20081204 | | The invention provides methods of treating autoimmune diseases using lower doses of anti-CD20 antibodies of 100 mg to 200 mg effective to deplete B cells in the patient.
... | | Controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising a fumaric acid ester | 20080299196 | 20081204 | | The present invention relates to controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumaric acid ester(s) as active substance(s). The compositions are suitable for use in the treatment of e.g. psoriasis or other hyperproliferative, inflammatory or autoimmune disorders and are designed to release the fumaric acid ester in a controlled manner so that local high concentrations of the active substance within the gastrointestinal tract upon oral administration can be avoided and, thereby, enabling a reduction in gastro-intestinal related side-effects.
... | | Monosaccharide derivatives | 20080300196 | 20081204 | | The present invention relates to monosaccharide derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents. The compounds disclosed herein can be useful for inhibition and prevention of inflammation and associated pathologies including inflammatory, cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases such as bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, type-I diabetes, multiple sclerosis, allograft rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, acne, atherosclerosis, pruritis or allergic rhinitis. Pharmacological compositions containing compounds disclosed herein and the methods of treating diseases such as bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, type-I diabetes, multiple sclerosis, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allograft rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, acne, atherosclerosis, pruritis or allergic rhinitis and other inflammatory and/or autoimmune disorders, using the compounds are also provided.
... | | Combination therapy with fumaric acid esters for the treatment of autoimmune and/or inflammatory disorders | 20080300217 | 20081204 | | The present invention relates to compositions, kits and methods for administration of a first component of fumaric acid ester(s), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a second component which is a substance that reduces or eliminates flushing.
... | | Effects of glycyl-2 methyl prolyl glutamate on neurodegeneration | 20070298009 | 20071227 | | This invention provides analogs and peptidomimetics of glycyl-L-prolyl-L-glutamic acid (GPE). In particular, this invention relates to GPE analogs and peptidomimetics that are anti-apoptotic, anti-necrotic and have neuroprotective effects. These agents are useful in treating neurodegeneration and behavioural disorders caused by toxins, traumatic brain injury and autoimmune disorders of the brain, such as multiple sclerosis and in reducing seizures.
... | | Use of parasitic biological agents for prevention and control of autoimmune diseases | 20070298011 | 20071227 | | The invention relates to a method of treating an excessive immune response including an aberrant/enhanced Th1 response by administering a helminthic parasite preparation in an amount sufficient to reduce the excessive immune response in an individual. This invention is generally directed to autoimmune diseases which involve an excessive immune response or an aberrant/enhanced Th1 response. More specifically, the present invention is directed to the treatment of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, both known as IBD. While the present invention discloses specific information about the treatment of IBD, the disclosure is in no way limiting. Additionally, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, lupus erythematosis, sarcoidosis and multiple sclerosis can be treated by the methods and compositions disclosed therein.
... | | Adjuvants of immune response | 20070298051 | 20071227 | | The present invention features methods to substantially increase the immunogenicity of a vaccine, preferably a DNA vaccine, and involves providing a mammal with a vaccine regimen, which includes an immunogen and Flt3L in combination with MIP-1α or MIP-3α. The methods of the present invention can be used for the prevention and treatment of various pathological states, including for example, cancer, microbial infections, autoimmune diseases, tissue rejection, and allergic reactions.
... | | Synergistic liposomal adjuvants | 20070298093 | 20071227 | | The present invention relates to liposome, mixtures or liposomes and liposomal compositions comprising at least two different adjuvants and a therapeutic agent, their production and use for the prevention and therapy of proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, rheumatoid diseases, inflammatory diseases, immune diseases, in particular autoimmune diseases and allergies.
... | | Method for diagnosing immunologic food sensitivity | 20070298447 | 20071227 | | The invention includes novel methodology for diagnosing immunologic food or drug sensitivities. The method for diagnosing food sensitivities includes using diagnoses of other related disorders, such as microscopic colitis or other chronic immunologic/autoimmune syndromes, chronic diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and hepatitis C and other hepatic diseases, Crohn's disease, alcoholism, and other idiopathic neuropsychiatric and neurologic disorders, as indicators in the diagnosis of the food sensitivity. Additionally, failure to respond to or a relapse after treatment for microscopic colitis with bismuth subsalicylate is disclosed by the present invention as being a further indicator in the diagnosis of immunologic food sensitivity. Finally, the presence of certain HLA-DQ alleles, particularly HLA-DQ1,3; -DQ1,7; -DQ1,8; and -DQ1,9, HLA-DQ1,1, and at least two subtypes of the HLA-DQ1 allele identified by molecular analysis... | | Immunosuppressive cytokine | 20070299026 | 20071227 | | The EB1-3-p35 cytokine is shown for the first time to be capable of inhibiting immune responses mediated or controlled by T cells via an effect on suppressor T cells. This suggests that EBI3-p35 may be therapeutically effective in a variety of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions including arthritis, atherosclerosis, allograft rejection, and allergies such as asthma.
... | | Methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds | 20070299095 | 20071227 | | The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, as well as methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with such diseases. Specific examples of autoimmune diseases that can be treated or prevented with the compounds include rheumatoid arthritis and/or its associated symptoms, systemic lups erythematosis and/or its associated symptoms and multiple sclerosis and/or its associated symptoms.
... | | Tetrahydropyranyl cyclopentyl 1-substituted and 1,1-disubstituted tetrahydroisoquinoline modulators of chemokine receptor activity | 20070299104 | 20071227 | | Compounds of Formula I: I (wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R15, R16, Y and Z are as defined herein) which are modulators of chemokine receptor activity and are useful in the prevention or treatment of certain inflammatory and immunoregulatory disorders and diseases, allergic diseases, atopic conditions including allergic rhinitis, dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and asthma, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which chemokine receptors are involved.
... | | 2-cyanopropanoic acid amide and ester derivatives and methods of their use | 20070299105 | 20071227 | | or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that are useful for the treatment of the inflammatory component of diseases and are particularly useful in treating atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, type II diabetes, and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
... | | Peptides associated with hla-dr mhc clas ii molecules involved in autoimmune diseases | 20070292347 | 20071220 | | Antigenic peptides that bind to MHC Class II molecules with the shared epitope referred to as HLA-DR molecules are disclosed. More specifically, are citrullinated antigenic peptides having an increased affinity for HLA-DR molecules and associated with Rheumatoid arthritis. These novel peptides provide the basis for new methods of diagnosis and treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis.
... | | Pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine compounds | 20070292430 | 20071220 | | wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined above, which are inhibitors of the enzyme protein kinases such as Janus Kinase 3 and as such are useful therapy as immunosuppressive agents for organ transplants, xeno transplation, lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Type I diabetes and complications from diabetes, cancer, asthma, atopic dermatitis, autoimmune thyroid disorders, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Leukemia and other autoimmune diseases.
... | | Ligand for herpes simplex virus entry mediatior and methods of use | 20070292435 | 20071220 | | A novel polypeptide ligand, p30, or LIGHT, for herpes virus entry mediator, HVEM, is provided. LIGHT is useful for modulating immune responses and in inhibiting infection and/or subsequent proliferation by herpesvirus. HVEM fusion proteins are also provided. Methods for treating subjects with lymphoid cell disorders, tumors, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders or those having or suspected of having a herpesvirus infection, utilizing p30 and the fusion proteins of the invention, are also provided.
... | | Antagonist anti-cd40 monoclonal antibodies and methods for their use | 20070292439 | 20071220 | | Compositions and methods for inhibiting CD40-directed activities that are mediated via the binding of C4BP to CD40 are provided. The compositions of the invention include anti-CD40 antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that have the following characteristics: 1) are free of significant CD40 agonist activity when bound to CD40 antigen; and 2) are capable of specifically binding to CD40 antigen expressed on the surface of cells, wherein this binding to CD40 antigen blocks C4BP-mediated CD40 signaling, thereby inhibiting one or more CD40-directed activities. These antagonist anti-CD40 antibodies can effectively be used to treat CD40-associated diseases that are mediated by C4BP stimulation of CD40 signaling, including cancers, such as B cell-related cancers and solid tumors, and diseases or disorders that have an autoimmune and/or inflammatory component, including organ... | | Polypeptides with multifunction | 20070292443 | 20071220 | | Polypeptides having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and having amino acid residues 9 to 27 of SEQ ID NO: 2 are disclosed, which are together named C-terminal polypeptides of CKLF1. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of the CKLF1 C-terminal polypeptide and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, carrier or excipient. Further disclosed are the polynucleotides encoding the C-terminal polypeptides of CKLF1, and vectors and host cells containing the polynucleotides; the in vitro assays for detecting the expression level of the polypeptide or polynucleotide in a test sample; and the monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies against the polypeptides or active fragments thereof. The polypeptides of the present invention can be pharmaceutically used for treating the HIV infection, allergic disease, allograft rejection,... | | Copper lowering treatment of autoimmune diseases | 20070292533 | 20071220 | | The present invention relates generally to the field of prophylaxis and therapy for autoimmune diseases. In particular, the present invention is related to agents that can bind or complex copper, and to the use of these agents in the prevention and/or treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosis, and multiple sclerosis.
... | | Ephrin and eph receptor mediated immune modulation | 20070292904 | 20071220 | | Methods and compositions for immune modulation are described. The methods involve modulating an ephrin or Eph receptor which consequently modulates an immune response, in particular a T cell response, modulates immune adhesion cell, modulates chemotaxis and/or migration or modulates apoptosis. The method is useful in treating a variety of conditions, including autoimmune disease, allergy, graft versus host disease, transplant rejection and cancer.
... | | Intracellular kinase inhibitors | 20070293499 | 20071220 | | Intracellular kinase inhibitors and their therapeutic uses for patients with T cell malignancies, B cell malignancies, autoimmune disorders, and transplanted organs.
... | | Substituted 3-amino-thieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylic acid amide compounds and processes for preparing and their uses | 20070293533 | 20071220 | | wherein R1 and R4 are defined herein, which are useful as inhibitors of the kinase activity of the IκB kinase (IKK) complex. The compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of IKK mediated diseases including autoimmune diseases inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing these compounds.
... | | Non-peptide inhibition of t-lymphocyte activation and therapies related thereto | 20070293554 | 20071220 | | Compounds, preparations and methods for immunosuppressive treatment of autoimmune disorders, graft rejection and/or graft/host disease. Therapeutically effective amounts of certain substituted triarylmethane compounds, such as 1-[(2-chlorophenyl)diphenylmethyl]-1H-pyrazole, are administered to mammalian patients to selectively inhibit the calcium-activated K+ channel (IKCa1) in lymphocytes, monocytes, macrophages, platelets or endothelial cells without concomitant inhibition of P450-dependent enzyme systems, resulting in reduction of antigen-, cytokine-, or mitogen-induced calcium entry through store operated calcium channels in these cells, suppression of cytokine production by these cells, and inhibition of activation of these cells. Such inhibition of the Ca++ activated K+ channel (IKCa1) prevents the pre-Ca++ stage of cell activation and thus causes immunosuppression and an anti-inflammatory response.
... | | Treatment of autoimmune disorders | 20070286849 | 20071213 | | Disclosed herein are methods for the treatment of autoimmune or immune related diseases or disorders. Also disclosed are methods for treating such autoimmune or immune related diseases or disorders with the administration of expanded populations of regulatory T cells. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating autoimmune or immune related diseases or disorders by administering an amount of expanded regulatory T cells to the body of a patient effective to reduce or prevent the symptoms of the autoimmune or immune related disease or disorder.
... | | Monosaccharide derivatives | 20070287673 | 20071213 | | The present invention relates to monosaccharide derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents. The compounds disclosed herein can be useful for inhibition and prevention of inflammation and associated pathologies including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis, allograft rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, acne, atherosclerosis, cancer, pruritis and allergic rhinitis. Pharmacological compositions containing compounds disclosed herein and the methods of treating bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, type I diabetes, psoriasis, allograft rejection, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, acne, atherosclerosis, cancer, pruritis, allergic rhinitis and other inflammatory and/or autoimmune disorders, using the compounds are also provided.
... | | Substituted 3-cyanopyridines as protein kinase inhibitors | 20070287708 | 20071213 | | and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and esters, wherein R1, R2, and X are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of making the compounds of formula I, and methods of treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or compounds of formula I to a mammal including a human.
... | | Substituted cyanopyridines as protein kinase inhibitors | 20070287738 | 20071213 | | and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and esters, wherein R1, R2, and X are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of making the compounds of formula I, and methods of treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or compounds of formula I to a mammal including a human.
... | | Tag-72 specific ch2 domain deleted antibodies | 20070280881 | 20071206 | | Methods, compositions and kits comprising dimeric antibodies for the treatment of neoplastic, autoimmune or other disorders are provided. The dimeric antibodies of the instant invention may comprise two antibody molecules (H4L4) having the same antigen binding specificity (homodimers) or, alternatively, may comprise two different antibody molecules having binding specificity for two distinct antigens (heterodimers). In preferred embodiments the antibody molecules comprising the dimers are non-covalently associated.
... | | Methods for decreasing immune response and treating immune conditions | 20070280933 | 20071206 | | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for decreasing an immune response in an animal comprising administering to said animal an agent that binds a bioactive lipid and reduces the effective concentration of said bioactive lipid. Also provided are methods for treating diseases or conditions, including autoimmune disorders, which are characterized by an aberrant, excessive or undesired immune response. The methods of the invention utilize agents that bind bioactive lipids and are capable of decreasing the effective concentration of the bioactive lipid. In some embodiments, the agent is a monoclonal antibody that is reactive against sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) or lysophosphatidic acid (LPA).
... | | Change of the load state of mhc molecules | 20070280957 | 20071206 | | The present invention relates to methods for changing the load state of MHC molecules with ligands, the change in the load state being catalysed by a compound of formulae I, IA, II, III or IV1 to IV3. The invention relates further to the use of compounds of formulae I, IA, II, III or IV1 to IV3 or to the use of MHC molecules loaded with ligands, which molecules can be prepared by a method according to the invention, for the treatment of disorders or conditions that are associated with various pathologically excessive or absent immune responses and also for triggering tumour-specific, pathogen-specific or autoreactive immune responses. The invention additionally relates to the use of such compounds for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmune... | | Therapeutic uses of chemokine variants | 20070280958 | 20071206 | | Variants of homodimer-forming chemokines, such as human CCL2, having a single amino acid substitution in the dimerization interface that alters the pattern of hydrogen bonds and acting as an obligate monomer, can antagonize natural chemokines and have anti-inflammatory activity in vivo. These variants can be used as active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, or infectious diseases.
... | | Benzamide inhibitors of the p2x7 receptor | 20070281939 | 20071206 | | wherein R1-R3 are as defined herein. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of IL-1 mediated disorders, including, without limitation, inflammatory diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; allergies, asthma, COPD, cancer, reperfusion or ischemia in stroke or heart attack, autoimmune diseases and other disorders.
... | | Cd25 dna vaccines for treating and preventing t-cell mediated diseases | 20070274949 | 20071129 | | Compositions comprising nucleic acids encoding the α chain of IL-2 receptor (IL-2Ra, CD25), homologs and fragment thereof, are effective in the treatment and prevention of T cell mediated pathologies. Methods are provided for enhancing anti-ergotypic T cell activity in a subject in need thereof, and for treating or preventing T cell mediated pathologies, such as autoimmune disease, inflammatory diseases and graft rejection.
... | | Methods for treating autoimmune diseases using a taci-ig fusion molecule | 20070274984 | 20071129 | | In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for treatment of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, for example comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a TACI-Ig fusion molecule. In one embodiment, the TACI-Ig fusion molecule is administered in amount sufficient to slow, suppress or inhibit proliferation-inducing functions of BlyS and APRIL.
... | | Improved raav vectors | 20060292117 | 20061228 | | Disclosed are methods for the use of therapeutic polypeptide-encoding polynucleotides in the creation of transformed host cells and transgenic animals. In particular, the use of recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vector compositions that specifically target mammalian cells, such as pancreatic islets cells, that express low-density lipoprotein receptors on their cell surface. The disclosed vectors comprise one or more polynucleotide sequences that express one or more mammalian polypeptides having therapeutic efficacy in the amelioration, treatment and/or prevention of AAT- or cytokine polypeptide deficiencies, such as for example in diabetes and related diseases, as well as a variety of autoimmune disorders including, for example, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
... | | Novel t-cell membrane protein (tirc7), peptides and antibodies derived therefrom and uses thereof | 20060292143 | 20061228 | | Described are generally a T cell immune response cDNA 7 (TIRC7) encoding a novel T-cell transmembrane protein as well as peptides und polypeptides derived therefrom and antibodies recognizing said (poly)peptides. More particularly, peptide and polypeptide as well as antibodies being capable of inhibiting T-cell stimulation through the T-cell membrane protein (TIRC7) are provided. Furthermore, vectors comprising the aforementioned polynucleotides and host cells transformed therewith as well as their use in the production of the above-defined proteins, peptides or polypeptides are described. Additionally, pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions are provided comprising any one of the afore described polynucleotide, vector, protein, peptide, polypeptide, or antibody. Furthermore, methods and uses for modulating immune responses through the novel TIRC7 membrane protein as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising agents which act on... | | Photoadjuvant immunotherapy | 20060292182 | 20061228 | | A photoadjuvant immunotherapeutical method includes the steps of providing a phototherapeutical apparatus, comprising a light source, an optical guidance system, and a patient interface; determining a minimal erythema dose; performing phototherapy by irradiating a target surface with the phototherapeutical apparatus; and performing immunotherapy by exposing the irradiated target surface to an antigen. The method can be applied to treat allergic diseases, including allergic rhinitis, rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis, as well as to treat autoimmune diseases. UVA, UVB and visible light can be used, emitted from a quartz bulb with a small discharge volume. The phototherapy increases the tolerance of a patient's body toward an antigen. During immunotherapy the irradiated target surface can be exposed to a naturally present antigen or to an administered antigen. The... | | Antigen-presenting cell populations and their use as reagents for enhancing or reducing immune tolerance | 20060292618 | 20061228 | | The present invention is based on the discovery antigen-presenting cells (APCs) may be generated to have predetermined levels of expression of the intracellular enzyme, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Because expression of high levels of IDO is correlated with a reduced ability to stimulate T cell responses and an enhanced ability to induce immunologic tolerance, APCs having high levels of IDO may be used to increase tolerance in the immune system, as for example in transplant therapy or treatment of autoimmune disorders. For example, APCs having high levels of IDO, and expressing or loaded with at least one antigen from a donor tissue may be used to increase tolerance of the recipient to the donor's tissue. Alternatively, APCs having reduced levels of IDO expression and expressing or loaded... | | Methods involving aldose reductase inhibitors | 20060293265 | 20061228 | | Embodiments of the invention include methods and compositions involving aldose reductase inhibitors for the treatment of sepsis and autoimmune diseases, including Type I diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. The invention also pertains to preventing the loss of cardiac muscle contractibility.
... | | 2-propylidene-19-nor-vitamin d compounds | 20060293291 | 20061228 | | 2-propylidene-19-nor-vitamin D compounds are disclosed as well as pharmaceutical uses for these compounds and methods of synthesizing these compounds. These compounds are characterized by high bone calcium mobilization activity and high intestinal calcium transport activity. This results in novel therapeutic agents for the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases where bone formation is desired, particularly osteoporosis, as well as autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes mellitus and lupus. These compounds also exhibit pronounced activity in arresting the proliferation of undifferentiated cells and inducing their differentiation to the monocyte thus evidencing use as an anti-cancer agent and for the treatment of skin diseases such as psoriasis. These compounds also increase both breaking strength and crushing strength of bones evidencing use in conjunction with bone replacement surgery such... | | Use of 15-deoxyspergualin for the treatment of hyperreactive inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases | 20060293391 | 20061228 | | The invention describes the use of deoxyspergualin (DSG) or an analogue thereof for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of and/or prophylaxis against hyperreactive inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases, wherein the treatment is performed in cycles.
... | | Methods for making and using regulatory t cells | 20060286067 | 20061221 | | The invention is generally related to methods of making regulatory T cells and treating autoimmune diseases, including both antibody-mediated and cell-mediated disorders.
... | | Use of cytokines and mitogens to inhibit pathological immune responses | 20060286079 | 20061221 | | The invention is generally related to methods of treating autoimmune diseases, including both antibody-mediated and cell-mediated disorders.
... | | Treatment of autoimmune disorder with a neurotoxin | 20060286127 | 20061221 | | Methods of treating one or more autoimmune disorders include a step of administering a Clostridial neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a patient that has an autoimmune disorder. In one aspect, a method includes a step of administering the neurotoxin to the thymus gland or near the thymus gland of the patient. In another aspect, a method includes a step of administering the neurotoxin in combination with administering a cytokine inhibitor to the patient. Compositions are also described.
... | | Lymphoid chemokines in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of inflammatory disease | 20060286556 | 20061221 | | Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a Th1-mediated autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that is widely used as an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study it was demonstrate that CXCL13, a chemokine involved in the development of secondary lymphoid tissues, is expressed in CD11c+ myeloid cells that accumulate in EAE lesions. Blockade or deficiency of CXCL13 ameliorates clinical EAE, both during acute and relapsing stages. CXCL13 deficiency did not inhibit the priming or differentiation of autoimmune effector T-cells in the periphery, but appeared to exert its effects during the effector phase of pathogenesis. These findings indicate that reagents that antagonize or inhibit CXCL13 are useful for the treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases such as MS.
... | | 17-acetamido-4-azasteroid derivatives as androgen receptor modulators | 20060287326 | 20061221 | | Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient. These compounds are therefore useful in the enhancement of weakened muscle tone and the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, cancer cachexia, Alzheimer's disease,... | | Haloaryl substituted aminopurines, compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith | 20060287344 | 20061221 | | wherein R1, R2 and and R3 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of an Aminopurine Compound and methods for treating or preventing cancer, a cardiovascular disease, a renal disease, an autoimmune condition, an inflammatory condition, macular degeneration, ischemia-reperfusion injury, pain and related syndromes, disease-related wasting, an asbestos-related condition, pulmonary hypertension or a condition treatable or preventable by inhibition of the JNK pathway comprising administering an effective amount of an Aminopurine Compound to a patient in need thereof.
... | | 17-acetamido-4-azasteroid derivatives as androgen receptor modulators | 20060287348 | 20061221 | | Compounds of structural formula (I) are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient. These compounds are therefore useful in the enhancement of weakened muscle tone and the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, cancer cachexia, Alzheimer's disease,... | | 17-heterocyclic-4-azasteroid derivatives as androgen receptor modulators | 20060287349 | 20061221 | | Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. These compounds are useful in the enhancement of weakened muscle tone and the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), abdominal adiposity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, cancer cachexia, Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophies, cognitive decline, sexual dysfunction, sleep apnea, depression, premature ovarian failure, and autoimmune disease, alone or in combination with other active agents.
... | | Synthesis of salinosporamide a and analogues thereof | 20060287520 | 20061221 | | A novel synthesis of salinosporamide A is provided. Salinospoamide A as well as structurally related natural products, omuralide and lactacystin, have been shown to be proteasome inhibitors. Therefore, these compounds as well as analogues of these natural products may be useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, diabetic retinopathy, etc. The invention provides for the synthesis of salinosporamide A as well as analogs thereof using a convenient point for derivatization of the bicyclic core. Pharmaceutical compositions and method of using the inventive compounds are also provided.
... | | Method of treating autoimmune disease by inducing antigen presentation by tolerance inducing antigen presenting cells | 20060280679 | 20061214 | | Antibodies to antigen presenting cells may be utilized to interfere with the interaction of the antigen presenting cell and immune cells, including T cells. Peptides may be linked to said antibodies thereby generating an immune response to such peptides. Preferably peptides linked to the antibodies are associated with autoimmunity.
... | | Methods utilizing novel target genes related to immune-mediated diseases | 20060280684 | 20061214 | | The present invention provides methods utilizing novel target genes related to immune-mediated diseases, such as asthma, allergy and autoimmune diseases. The invention is based on a molecular level description of the polarization of CD4+ precursor cells (Thp) from which T helper cells are known to originate. Particularly, the present invention provides a method of identifying a compound capable of modulating the polarization of CD4+ lymphocytes. The invention is also related to a method for assessing the presence of, or a predisposition to, an immune-related disorder in a subject.
... | | Peptides modulating caspase activation | 20060280732 | 20061214 | | The present invention provides structures of small molecules capable of modulating apoptotic cell death. More specifically, the structures relate to the structures of apoptotic active sites of mammalian alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and albumin. Peptides mimicking the active site contain two sequences, Arg-Gly-Asp and Asp-X-X-Asp, wherein X means any amino acid. These sequences are needed in the same molecule for causing a wide range of biological activities. The peptides can be utilized to suppress apoptotic pathways by inhibiting the cytochrome c-mediated caspase activation. Thus, the peptides can be used to inhibit effects of apoptosis induced by oxidative stress, drugs, cytokines, Fas-ligand, alpha-fetoprotein, used to prevent apoptosis in culturing cells, in organ transplantation, in immunological autoimmune disorders and immunodeficiency syndrome induced by viral infection, or to diminish side cytotoxic... | | Methods for treating autoimmune and chronic inflammatory conditions using antagonists of cd30 or cd30l | 20060280741 | 20061214 | | The invention provides methods of treating autoimmune and chronic inflammatory conditions by administering agents that hinder the CD30/CD30L interaction, combination treatments, and methods of treating conditions resistant to treatment with TNFα inhibitors by administering agents that inhibit signal transduction by CD30 or IL-1. Included also are treatments involving concurrently administering agents that block the CD30/CD30L interaction and agents that antagonize the IL-4/IL-4R interaction. Additionally provided is an animal model for screening candidate agents for their efficacy in treating conditions that are resistant to treatment with TNFα inhibitors.
... | | Modulation of nkg2d | 20060280755 | 20061214 | | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing autoimmune and/or inflammatory disease. In particular, the present invention provides therapeutics for impairing the expansion and function of autoreactive T cells, NK cells and/or NKT cells, by modulating NKG2D.
... | | Method for modulating activity of hcv protease through use of a novel hcv protease inhibitor to reduce duration of treatment period | 20060281690 | 20061214 | | The invention relates to unsolvated and host-guest solvated crystalline forms of (2E,4S)-4-[(N-{[(2R)-1-isopropylpiperidin-2-yl]-carbonyl}-3-methyl-L-valyl)(methyl)amino]-2,5-dimethylhex-2-enoic acid, E7974, and their therapeutic uses. Pharmaceutical compositions containing crystalline forms of E7974 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier represent one embodiment of the invention. The invention also relates to methods for treating cancer, an inflammatory disorder, an autoimmune disorder, or a proliferative disorder as well as restenosis of blood vessels comprising the step of administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of crystalline E7974.
... | | Amines that inhibit a mammalian anandamide transporter, and methods of use thereof | 20060281742 | 20061214 | | One aspect of the present invention relates to amines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the amines as inhibitors of a mammalian anandamide transporter. The compounds of the present invention will also find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to asthma, neuropathic pain, persistent pain, inflammatory pain, hyperactivity, hypertension, brain ischemia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, hemorrhagic shock, septic shock, cardiac shock, migrane, Horton's headache, multiple sclerosis, anorexia, AIDS wasting syndrome, organ rejection, autoimmune diseases, allergy, arthritis, Crohn's disease, malignant gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington's chorea, glaucoma, nausea, anxiety, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, premature ejaculation, and stroke. Another aspect of the present invention relates to combinatorial libraries of... | | 4-azasteroid derivatives as androgen receptor modulators | 20060281761 | 20061214 | | Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient. These compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, cancer cachexia, Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophies, premature ovarian failure, and autoimmune... | | Antibodies that specifically bind to chemokine beta-4 | 20060275210 | 20061207 | | The present invention relates to antibodies and related molecules that specifically bind to CK-B4. Such antibodies have uses, for example, in the prevention and treatment of cancer as well as immune system diseases and disorders including cancers, as well as immune system diseases and disorders including autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders, immunodeficiencies, infections, HIV, arthritis, allergy, psoriasis, dermatitis, and inflammatory bowel disease. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding anti-CK-B4 antibodies, vectors and host cells containing these nucleic acids, and methods for producing the same. The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preventing, detecting, diagnosing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder, especially cancers, as well as immune system diseases and disorders including autoimmune disease, inflammatory disorders, immunodeficiencies, infections, HIV, arthritis, allergy, psoriasis,... | | Methods of screening for anti-inflammatory drugs and use thereof | 20060275214 | 20061207 | | The present invention relates to methods for screening small organic compounds capable of inhibiting the interactions of glycosaminoglycans with effector cell adhesion molecules. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for screening of small organic compounds, the compounds inhibit the interaction of heparin with L-selectin or P-selectin. The compounds identified by the methods of the invention are useful for treating inflammatory disorders, autoimmune diseases and cancer.
... | | Transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases | 20060275272 | 20061207 | | The present invention relates to a treatment of an autoimmune demyelinating disease/disorder. Also included in the present invention is the use of bone marrow stromal cells for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
... | | Combination therapy for treatment of autoimmune diseases using b-cell depleting/immunoregulatory antibody combination | 20060275284 | 20061207 | | The present invention concerns treatment of autoimmune diseases with the combination of an immunoregulatory antibody, e.g. an anti-B7.1 or anti-B7.2 or anti-CD40L antibody and at least one B cell depleting antibody, such as CD19, CD20, CD22, CD23, or CD37, wherein such antibodies may be administered separately, or in combination, and in either order, over prolonged periods of time.
... | | Identification of unique binding interactions between certain antibodies and the human b7.1 and b7.2 co-stimulatory antigens | 20060275291 | 20061207 | | The present invention relates to the identification of antibodies which are specific to human B7.1 antigen (CD80) and which are capable of inhibiting the binding of B7.1 to a CD28 receptor and which are not capable of inhibiting the binding of B7.1 to a CTLA-4 receptor. Two of these antibodies, 16C10 and 7C10, significantly inhibit the production of IL-2, in spite of the existence of a second activating ligand B7.2 (CD86). Blocking of the primary activation signal between CD28 and B7.1 (CD80) with these antibodies while allowing the unimpaired or coincident interaction of CTLA-4 and B7.1 and/or B7.2 represents a combined antagonistic effect on positive co-stimulation with an agonistic effect on negative signalling. These antibodies may be used as specific immunosuppressants, e.g., for the treatment of... | | Fully human anti-cd3 monoclonal antibodies | 20060275292 | 20061207 | | Non-toxic anti-CD3 antibody is useful for the treatment, prevention, and reversal of human autoimmune disease. Anti-CD3 antibody is generated by immunizing xenogenic mice capable of developing fully human antibodies. Because the inventive antibodies are not derived from other species, they do not the invoke the immune responses typically associated with humanized or grafted antibodies.
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