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The invention pertains to anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues. The antibodies of the invention exhibit increased antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity as compared to the fucosylated form of the antibodies. The invention also provides host cells that express the anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues, wherein the host cells are deficient for a fucosyl transferase. Methods of using the antibodies to inhibit the growth of PSMA+ cells, such as tumor cells, are also provided.

Injection molding systems and methods useful for making microcellular foamed materials are provided as well as microcellular articles. Pressure drop rate and shear rate are important features in some embodiments, and the invention provides systems for controlling these parameters in an injection molding system. Another aspect involves an injection molding system including a nucleator that is upstream of a pressurized mold. Another aspect involves an extrusion system with the reciprocating screw for forming a single phase solution of non-nucleated blowing agent and polymeric material. Another aspect involves very thin walled microcellular material and very thin walled polymeric material. Another aspect provides a method for producing high weight reductions in very thin-walled parts with surfaces that have no noticeable differences from non-foamed parts.

The present invention relates to materials and methods for the in vivo transport and deliver of nucleic acids. More particularly, it concerns the use of lipoproteins, including but not limited to, low density lipoproteins ("LDL"), and / or apolipoproteins for the binding and in vivo transport of nucleic acids. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of lipoproteins in the early detection of cancer and / or metastatic cancer and / or arteriosclerosis.

Novel compounds, their methods of preparation and use in therapies related to cancer and inflammation are provided. Compounds comprise esters of cinnamic acid, vanillic acid and 4-hydroxy cinnamic acid and derivatives and salts thereof. Compounds with novel benzofuran lignan structure as a potent antimitotic agent and inducer of apoptosis are provided. Formulations and methods for treatment of diseases mediated by NF-kappaB are also provided.

An expandable stent is implanted in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen for treating an area of vulnerable plaque. The invention provides for a an intravascular stent having a plurality of cylindrical rings connected by undulating links. The stent has a high degree of flexibility in the longitudinal direction, yet has adequate vessel wall coverage and radial strength sufficient to hold open an artery or other body lumen. A central section is positioned between distal and proximal sections and is aligned with the area of vulnerable plaque to enhance growth of endothelial cells over the fibrous cap of the vulnerable plaque to reinforce the area and reduce the likelihood of rupture.

An expandable stent is implanted in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen for treating an area of vulnerable plaque. The invention provides for an intravascular stent having a plurality of cylindrical rings connected by straight links. Alternatively, the cylindrical rings of the distal section and the cylindrical rings of the proximal section are connected directly to adjacent cylindrical rings. The stent has adequate vessel wall coverage and radial strength sufficient to hold open an artery or other body lumen. A central section is positioned between distal and proximal sections and is aligned with the area of vulnerable plaque to enhance growth of cells over the fibrous cap of the vulnerable plaque to reinforce the area and reduce the likelihood of rupture.

Methods of forming polymeric foams are provided. The methods may involve co-extruding a foam layer along with one or more skin layers. In some embodiments, the skin layer(s) may be removed (e.g., in a peeling operation); while, in other embodiments, the skin layer(s) may form part of the final article. The methods are particularly well suited for producing polymeric foams from polymeric materials that are considered to be difficult to foam by those of skill in the art.

Provided herein are cyclic peptide inhibitors of lysine-specific demethylase 1. These cyclic peptides have the potential to treat cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurological disorders.

An intraocular lens implantable in an eye includes an optic for placement in the capsular bag of the eye and for directing light toward the retina of the eye. The optic has a central optical axis, an anterior face, an opposing posterior face and a peripheral edge between the faces. The peripheral edge has one or more curved or angled surfaces that reduce glare within the IOL. For instance, a rounded transition surface on the anterior side of the peripheral edge diffuses the intensity of reflected light, or a particular arrangement of straight edge surfaces refracts the light so as not to reflect, or does not reflect at all. The intersection of the peripheral edge and at least one of the anterior face and the posterior face, preferably both of such faces, forms a peripheral corner located at a discontinuity between the peripheral edge and the intersecting face or faces. The present IOLs inhibit cell growth from the eye in front of or in back of the optic and reduce glare obtained in the eye in which the IOL is located.

Bioreactors are used in neo-organ production to allow for an appropriate environment for the maintenance of healthy culturing conditions from pre-wetting to shipment of the neo-organ. The closed system “all-in-one bioreactor” is designed to allow for minimal exposure of the scaffold to the open air in order to maintain sterility. The design allows for the same container to be utilized for sterilization, pre-wetting, cell seeding, medium exchange, and shipment. The “all-in-one” bioreactor also remains completely closed after the urothelial cell seeding step to the implantation at the clinical site. This allows for sufficient time for release testing to occur so the neo-organ can be implanted into the patient.

An expandable stent is implanted in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen for treating an area of vulnerable plaque. The invention provides for a an intravascular stent having a plurality of cylindrical rings connected by undulating links. The stent has a high degree of flexibility in the longitudinal direction, yet has adequate vessel wall coverage and radial strength sufficient to hold open an artery or other body lumen. A central section is positioned between distal and proximal sections and is aligned with the area of vulnerable plaque to enhance growth of endothelial cells over the fibrous cap of the vulnerable plaque to reinforce the area and reduce the likelihood of rupture.

The invention pertains to anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues. The antibodies of the invention exhibit increased antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity as compared to the fucosylated form of the antibodies. The invention also provides host cells that express the anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues, wherein the host cells are deficient for a fucosyl transferase. Methods of using the antibodies to inhibit the growth of PSMA+ cells, such as tumor cells, are also provided.

The present invention provides a compound having a particular chemical structure or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof which has an excellent inhibitory effect on EZH1 and / or EZH2 activity. The present invention provides a compound having a 1,3-benzodioxole structure represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and V in the formula (I) are each as defined in the present specification).

Methods for treating cancer are provided including administering a patient needing treatment a therapeutically effective amount of one or more antioxidants selected from the group of catalase, N-acetylcysteine, glutathione peroxidase, salen-transition metal complexes, dicumarol, and derivatives thereof.

The invention pertains to anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues. The antibodies of the invention exhibit increased antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity as compared to the fucosylated form of the antibodies. The invention also provides host cells that express the anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues, wherein the host cells are deficient for a fucosyl transferase. Methods of using the antibodies to inhibit the growth of PSMA+ cells, such as tumor cells, are also provided.

Therapeutically effective 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazole compounds are provided. Also provided are methods -of preparing the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds alone or in combination with other agents. The present invention further provides for the use of the compounds as anti-cancer agents; wherein: R1 is aryl, substituted aryl, heterocycle, substituted heterocycle, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl or amino; R2 and R3 are independently aryl, substituted aryl, heterocycle, heteroaryl, substituted heterocycle, or substituted heteroaryl or R2 and R3 when taken together along with the carbon atoms they are attached to, form aryl or substituted aryl, and R4 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, thiol, lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, substituted lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, substituted lower alkynyl, alkylalkenyl, alkyl alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, aryl, aryloxy, amino, amido, carboxyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heterocycle, heteroaryl, substituted heterocycle, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, alkylcycloheteroalkyl, nitro, cyano or —S(O)o.2R wherein R is alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heterocycle, heteroaryl, substituted heterocycle, or substituted heteroaryl.

Antifungal and antibacterial peptides, polypeptides and proteins as antifungal additives for paint and other coatings are disclosed, along with antifungal compositions, and coated surfaces with antifungal properties. Methods of using the coatings for treating and / or inhibiting growth of mold, mildew and other fungi and bacteria on objects such as building materials that are susceptible to such infestation are also disclosed.

Culture media for in vitro cell culture which contain substantially saturated amounts of selected amino acids improve protein production, constrain cell growth and extend cell longevity, methods for the production and use of such media, and systems for the production of protein utilizing such media and methods.

Compositions of matter are described which contain restricted cancer cells. When so restricted, the cells produce an unexpectedly high amount of material which suppresses cancer cell proliferation. The phenomenon crosses cancer type and species lines. Processes for making these compositions, and their use, are also described.

Provided is a use of an miRNA of an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), more specifically, EBV miR-BART4-5p, miR-BART4-3p, miR-BART1-5p, miR-BART15-3p, miR-BART5-5p, miR-BART5-3p, miR-BART16-5p, miR-BART16-3p, miR-BART17-3p, miR-BART21-3p, miR-BART18-5p, miR-BART7-5p, miR-BART9-5p, miR-BART22-5p, miR-BART20-3p, miR-BART13-5p, miR-BART13-3p, miR-BART2-3p, and mimics thereof for promoting apoptosis or inhibiting cell growth.

An objective of the present invention is to provide antibodies that recognize HLA class I and have significant cell death-inducing activity. To achieve the above objective, first, the present inventors immunized mice with soluble HLA-A to which a FLAG tag is attached. Four days after the final immunization, spleen cells from the mice were fused with mouse myeloma cells. Then, hybridoma screening was carried out using the cell aggregation-inducing activity and cell death-inducing activity as an index. Thus, the monoclonal antibody F17B1 that has strong cell death-inducing activity was selected. The sequences of the H chain and L chain variable regions of the mouse monoclonal antibody F17B1 were determined to humanize this antibody. Then, the humanized anti-HLA class I antibody H2-G1d_L1-k0 was assessed for cell death induction. The result showed that H2-G1d_L1-k0 suppressed the growth of the IM9 cell line in a concentration dependent manner.

The present invention is related to a novel functional nanoparticle-based antibiotics and preparation method thereof, especially related to an antibiotics-modified nanoparticle. The functional nanoparticle-based antibiotics according to the present invention can be used as the affinity probes and the photothermal agents to effectively inhibit the cell growth of pathogenic bacteria under NIR irradiation.

The invention relates to the cancer antigen PRAME (PReferentially expressed Antigen in MElanoma) and its use in a method of treatment of a tumour which comprises administering to a subject in need of treatment an effective amount of an inhibitor of PRAME, in combination with a second agent selected from the group of an inhibitor of HDAC (an HDACi) and a retinoid.

The present invention relates to eucaryotic initiation factor 5A and the use of polynucleotides encoding the same to inhibit cancer cell growth and inhibit metastases. In a preferred embodiment, eIF-5A1 is used to kill multiple myeloma cells.

Apigenin is a nontoxic compound. The present invention is appropriate for apigenin use in people who have a high risk of getting cancer, and in people who have cancer through chemoprevention and chemotherapy, respectively. We showed that apigenin inhibited cancer cell proliferation, tumor growth and angiogenesis. Apigenin selectively inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of cancer cells, enhanced the sensitivity of different cancer cells to different therapeutic drugs including cisplatin and taxol. Apigenin also inhibits angiogenesis and tumor growth in human cancers, and inhibits angiogenic inducers such as hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Apigenin inhibited expression of HIF-1 and VEGF through PI3K, AKT, p70S6K1 and HDM2 pathways, which are commonly observed in all kinds of human cancers. Thus, our results indicate that apigenin can be applied to various human cancers for chemoprevention, and for chemotherapy when combined with other therapeutic reagents.