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RNA interference mediated inhibition of gene expression using multifunctional short interfering nucleic acid (multifunctional siNA)

ActiveUS7858769B2Down regulating or inhibiting the expression of one or more target nucleicInhibit and reduce expressionSugar derivativesPeptide/protein ingredientsDiseaseBiological body
The present invention concerns methods and nucleic acid based reagents useful in modulating gene expression in a variety of applications, including use in therapeutic, veterinary, agricultural, diagnostic, target validation, and genomic discovery applications. Specifically, the invention relates to multifunctional short interfering nucleic acid (multifunctional siNA) molecules that modulate the expression of one or more genes in a biologic system, such as a cell, tissue, or organism via RNA interference (RNAi). The bifunctional short interfering nucleic acid (multifunctional siNA) molecules of the invention can target more than one regions of nucleic acid sequence in a single target nucleic acid molecule or can target regions of nucleic acid sequence in differing target nucleic acid molecules. The self multifunctional siNA molecules are useful in the treatment of any disease or condition that responds to modulation of gene expression or activity in a cell, tissue, or organism.
Owner:SIRNA THERAPEUTICS INC

Methods for treating and preventing gi syndrome and graft versus host disease

ActiveUS20100239572A1Regulate hepatocyte apoptosisProtected hepatocytesAntipyreticAnalgesicsAutoimmune diseaseT lymphocyte
We have discovered that administering anti-ceramide antibody treats and prevents an array of diseases mediated by cytolytic T lymphocyte (CTLs)-induced killing and by damage to endothelial microvasculture, including radiation-induced GI syndrome, Graft vs. Host diseases, inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases. We have also discovered new anti-ceramide monoclonal antibodies, that have therapeutic use preferably in humanized form to treat or prevent these diseases.
Owner:THE UNIV OF TEXAS SYST +1

Method of cancer treatment using sirna silencing

ActiveUS20090220582A1Reduction in IDO expressionDecrease in IDO-directed tumoral immunosuppressionOrganic active ingredientsSugar derivativesSirna silencingWilms' tumor
The present invention is a method for the treatment of cancer involving tumor derived immunosuppression in a subject. The method comprises administering to a subject one or more siRNA constructs capable of inhibiting the expression of an immunosuppressive molecule. The invention also provides siRNA constructs and compositions.
Owner:REGEN BIOPHARMA

Rna Interference Mediated Inhibition of Gene Expression Using Multifunctional Short Interfering Nucleic Acid (Multifunctional Sina)

The present invention concerns methods and nucleic acid based reagents useful in modulating gene expression in a variety of applications, including use in therapeutic, veterinary, agricultural, diagnostic, target validation, and genomic discovery applications. Specifically, the invention relates to multifunctional short interfering nucleic acid (multifunctional siNA) molecules that modulate the expression of one or more genes in a biologic system, such as a cell, tissue, or organism via RNA interference (RNAi). The bifunctional short interfering nucleic acid (multifunctional siNA) molecules of the invention can target more than one regions of nucleic acid sequence in a single target nucleic acid molecule or can target regions of nucleic acid sequence in differing target nucleic acid molecules. The self multifunctional siNA molecules are useful in the treatment of any disease or condition that responds to modulation of gene expression or activity in a cell, tissue, or organism.
Owner:SIRNA THERAPEUTICS INC

Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of pro-apoptotic genes

The invention relates to one or more inhibitors, in particular siRNA compounds, which down-regulate the expression of a pro-apoptotic gene selected from the group consisting of TP53; HTRA2; KEAP1; SHC1-SHC, ZNHIT1, LGALS3 and HI95. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention further provides methods of treating a subject afflicted with a disease or a condition associated with those genes, comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition in a therapeutically effective dose so as to thereby treat the subject.
Owner:QUARK FARMACUITIKALS INC

Composition and methods for inhibiting expression of hypoxia-inducible genes

InactiveUS20060025429A1Reduce and inhibit expressionReducing and inhibiting angiogenesisBiocideGenetic material ingredientsHypoxia responseInducible gene
Methods are provided for interfering with a hypoxia-mediated transcriptional pathway using an agent that binds to a hypoxia response element and inhibits transcription of a hypoxia inducible gene associated therewith. Also provided are methods of treating a patient with a solid tumors, and compositions useful for treating a patient having solid tumors, including, for example, by administering an agent that binds to a hypoxia response element in a cell. Agents for the methods of the invention are provided including compositions comprising a pyrrole imidazole polyamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof.
Owner:CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH

Method for evaluating cell aging by expression level of cofilin

The present invention discloses a concept that the expression level of cofilin may reflect the senescent condition of a cell or tissue. According to the findings in present invention, a method for determining the cellular senescent condition in a cell or tissue sample by evaluating the expression level of cofilin is provided. The detection of the expression level of cofilin is also used to screen an effective compound or composition for regulating the senescent condition in target cells.
Owner:NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY

Compositions and methods for reducing or protecting against delayed graft function (DGF)

The invention relates to one or more inhibitors, in particular siRNA compounds, which down-regulate the expression of a pro-apoptotic gene selected from the group consisting of TP53; HTRA2; KEAP1; SHC1-SHC, ZNHIT1, LGALS3 and HI95. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention further provides methods of treating a subject afflicted with a disease or a condition associated with those genes, comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition in a therapeutically effective dose so as to thereby treat the subject.
Owner:QUARK FARMACUITIKALS INC

Methods for monitoring polymorphonuclear myeloid derived suppressor cells, and compositions and methods of treatment of cancer

A method of obtaining a population of cells enriched in human polymorphonuclear myeloid derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs) comprises isolating from a cell suspension those cells which express LOX-1 to provide a population of cells enriched with PMN-MDSCs. A method of monitoring the population of LOX-1+ cells in a cell-containing biological sample is useful for determining the efficacy of treatment or the metastasis or increasing progression of cancer. Other cell isolation and diagnostic methods are also described. A composition for use in diagnosing and treating cancer related to PMN-MDSC is provided that contains antagonists and / or inhibitors of genes related to the ER stress response.
Owner:THE WISTAR INST OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGY

Rny-derived small rnas as biomarkers for atherosclerosis-related disorders

The present invention concerns an in vitro method of diagnosis or prognosis of an atherosclerosis-related disorder by detecting a small Y RNA (s-RNY), as well as the use of an inhibitor of s-RNY as a medicament against atherosclerosis-related disorders. The invention also concerns a method for screening for a compound suitable for the treatment of an atherosclerosis-related disorder.
Owner:INST NAT DE LA SANTE & DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) +2

Compositions and Methods for Increasing Pest Resistance in Plants

Compositions and methods of reducing expression of a flavonoid glucosyltransferase plants, and transgenic and hybrid plants with increased pest resistance are disclosed. The plants can express a polynucleotide that alters, reduces, or silences expression of a flavonoid glucosyltransferase. The flavonoid glucosyltransferase can be Glyma07g14530, or a variant, homolog, or ortholog thereof. Compositions and methods for placing a gene of interest under an expression control sequence of Glyma07g14530, or a fragment thereof, and transgenic and hybrid plants containing one or more herbivory-inducible genes are disclosed. The plants can include a polynucleotide having 50, 100, 150, 250, 500, 750, 1,000, 1,250, 1,500, or 2,000 or more nucleotides of an expression control sequence of Glyma07g14530 operable linked to a nucleic acid encoding a gene of interest. The plants can include one or more transgenes or QTLs that increases insect resistance, for example a Bt transgene, or a Pb, QTL-H, or QTL-G.
Owner:UNIV OF GEORGIA RES FOUND INC

Antisense oligonucleotides targeting alpha-synuclein and uses thereof

The present disclosure relates to antisense oligonucleotides, which target SNCA mRNA (e.g., at an intron exon junction) in a cell, leading to reduced expression of SNCA protein. Reduction of SNCA protein expression is beneficial for the treatment of certain medical disorders, e.g., a neurological disorder.
Owner:ROCHE INNOVATION CENT COPENHAGEN

Methods for treating GI syndrome and graft versus host disease

ActiveUS8562993B2Regulate hepatocyte apoptosisProtected hepatocytesAntipyreticAnalgesicsAutoimmune diseaseT lymphocyte
We have discovered that administering anti-ceramide antibody treats and prevents an array of diseases mediated by cytolytic T lymphocyte (CTLs)-induced killing and by damage to endothelial microvasculture, including radiation-induced GI syndrome, Graft vs. Host diseases, inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases. We have also discovered new anti-ceramide monoclonal antibodies, that have therapeutic use preferably in humanized form to treat or prevent these diseases.
Owner:BOARD OF RGT THE UNIV OF TEXAS SYST +1

Medicament for treatment of liver cancer

The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising Sorafenib in combination with an inhibitor of a specific kinase inhibitor as a medicament for the treatment or prevention of liver cancer.
Owner:GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH GBF

Compositions and methods for self-regulated inducible gene expression

A self-regulating gene expression construct comprises a single promoter in operative association with a repressor sequence (e.g., bacterial repressor lacI or gaiR), operator sequence(s) responsive to the expressed repressor protein, and a transgene. A dual-regulating construct comprises a single promoter controlling expression of a bacterial repressor sequence and a transgene, and which, in the presence of a first inducer molecule, transcribes the transgene and repressor; and a ribozyme in association with an aptamer sequence, the aptamer sequence capable of interacting with a second inducer molecule to terminate mRNA degradation by the ribozyme. Also provided are recombinant vectors or viruses containing the self-regulating or dual self-regulating constructs and cells containing the vectors. Such compositions are useful in methods of treating a diseases using gene therapy.
Owner:THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA

Compositions and methods for self-regulated inducible gene expression

A self-regulating gene expression construct comprises a single promoter in operative association with a repressor sequence (e.g., bacterial repressor lacI or gaiR), operator sequence(s) responsive to the expressed repressor protein, and a transgene. A dual-regulating construct comprises a single promoter controlling expression of a bacterial repressor sequence and a transgene, and which, in the presence of a first inducer molecule, transcribes the transgene and repressor; and a ribozyme in association with an aptamer sequence, the aptamer sequence capable of interacting with a second inducer molecule to terminate mRNA degradation by the ribozyme. Also provided are recombinant vectors or viruses containing the self-regulating or dual self-regulating constructs and cells containing the vectors. Such compositions are useful in methods of treating a diseases using gene therapy.
Owner:THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA

Method for evaluating cell aging by expression level of cofilin

The present invention discloses a concept that the expression level of cofilin may reflect the senescent condition of a cell or tissue. According to the findings in present invention, a method for determining the cellular senescent condition in a cell or tissue sample by evaluating the expression level of cofilin is provided. The detection of the expression level of cofilin is also used to screen an effective compound or composition for regulating the senescent condition in target cells.
Owner:NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY

Coronavirus irna compositions and methods of use thereof

The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., dsRNA agents, targeting the coronavirus genome. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of a coronavirus genome and to methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus-associated disease in a subject.
Owner:VIR BIOTECH INC +1

Prophylaxis and Treatment of Enteropathogenic Bacterial Infection

InactiveUS20140057993A1Reducing and suppressing inflammationInhibit and reduce expressionBiocideOrganic chemistryAntidiarrheal AgentΒ1 integrins
In accordance with the present invention, methods are provided for the prevention and / or treatment of enteropathogenic bacterial infection in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, and the diarrhea associated with the infection, by administration to the subject of a low molecular weight polyethylene glycol, as well concurrent administration with other antibiotic and antidiarrheal agents. Methods for reduction or suppression of inflammation, and inhibition of β1-integrin expression in the gastrointestinal mucosa are also provided. Also described is a kit suitable for use with the methods disclosed.
Owner:NORTHSHORE UNIV HEALTHSYST

Methods for Monitoring Polymorphonuclear Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells and Compositions and Methods of Treatment of Cancer

A method of obtaining a population of cells enriched in human polymorphonuclear myeloid derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs) comprises isolating from a cell suspension those cells which express LOX-1 to provide a population of cells enriched with PMN-MDSCs. A method of monitoring the population of LOX-1+ cells in a cell-containing biological sample is useful for determining the efficacy of treatment or the metastasis or increasing progression of cancer. Other cell isolation and diagnostic methods are also described. A composition for use in diagnosing and treating cancer related to PMN-MDSC is provided that contains antagonists and / or inhibitors of genes related to the ER stress response.
Owner:THE WISTAR INST OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGY

Antisense compositions targeted to beta1-adrenoceptor-specific mRNA and methods of use

Disclosed are antisense oligonucleotide, polynucleotide, and peptide nucleic acid compounds that specifically bind to mammalian mRNA encoding a beta1-adrenoceptor polypeptide and that are useful in the control and / or treatment of cardiac dysfunction, hypertension, hypertrophy, myocardial ischemia, and other cardiovascular diseases in an affected mammal, and preferably, in a human subject. The antisense compounds disclosed herein, and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, provide sustained control of beta1-adrenoceptor expression over prolonged periods, and achieve therapeutic effects from as little as a single dose. Administration of these antisense compositions to approved animal models resulted in a decrease in blood pressure, but no significant change in heart rate. Use of such antisense compositions in the reduction of beta1-adrenoceptor polypeptides in a host cell expressing beta1-adrenoceptor-specific mRNA, and in the preparation of medicaments for treating human and animal diseases, and in particular, hypertension and other cardiac dysfunction is also disclosed.
Owner:UNIV OF FLORIDA RES FOUNDATION INC

Application of yew polysaccharide in preparing medicament for myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

The invention discloses an application of polysaccharides of taxus mairei in the preparation of drugs for preventing and controlling the myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury. The drugs can be any pharmaceutically acceptable preparation, and the content of the polysaccharides of taxus mairei in the preparation by weight percent is not less than 60 percent; the polysaccharides of taxus mairei canimprove the LV-dp / dXmaX and SOD ability after the myocardial ischemia reperfusion, improve the myocardial compliance, significantly reduce the serum LDH, the serum cTnT and the MDA level after the myocardial ischemia reperfusion and reduce the myocardial injury; the polysaccharides of taxus mairei can significantly inhibit and lower the FaS mRNA and the protein expression thereof, the MCP-1 mRNA and the protein expression thereof and the NCF-47K mRNA and the protein expression thereof after the myocardial ischemia reperfusion, thereby further inhibiting the myocardial cell apoptosis after themyocardial ischemia reperfusion. Therefore, the polysaccharides of taxus mairei have the effects of preventing and controlling the myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury and developing a new clinicalapplication field of the polysaccharides of taxus mairei.
Owner:台州市中心医院 +1

Nrf-2 deficient cells and uses thereof

The present disclosure relates to T cell anticancer immunotherapy based on modulation of Nrf2 expression, that is, to an Nrf2-targeting immune cell, e.g., T cell, anticancer therapy. The present disclosure allows deep interference with the Nrf2 expression in T cells, thereby solving the problem of immune tolerance shown by cancer cells to T cells; in other words, the effect of anticancer immunotherapy can be improved by targeting Nrf2. The present disclosure can provide an Nrf2-targeting new T cell anticancer immunotherapy and a T cell for the second-generation anticancer immunotherapy. This technology is applicable to the preparation of CAR-T, engineered T, and TIL T cells, and to the treatment of various solid carcinomas, including lymphoma. It can be said to be a new anticancer therapy that improves the therapeutic efficacy effectively.
Owner:NEOIMMUNETECH INC
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