2952 results about "Angiogenesis growth factor" patented technology

Methods of treating, preventing and / or managing cancer as well as and diseases and disorders associated with, or characterized by, undesired angiogenesis are disclosed. Specific methods encompass the administration of an immunomodulatory compound alone or in combination with a second active ingredient. The invention further relates to methods of reducing or avoiding adverse side effects associated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy or immunotherapy which comprise the administration of an immunomodulatory compound. Pharmaceutical compositions, single unit dosage forms, and kits suitable for use in methods of the invention are also disclosed.

Implantable devices and methods for use in the treatment of osteonecrosisare provided. The device includes at least one implant device body adapted for insertion into one or more channels or voids in bone tissue; a plurality of discrete reservoirs, which may preferably be microreservoirs, located in the surface of the at least one implant device body; and at least one release system disposed in one or more of the plurality of reservoirs, wherein the release system includes at least one drug selected from the group consisting of bone growth promoters, angiogenesis promoters, analgesics, anesthetics, antibiotics, and combinations thereof. The device body may be formed of a bone graft material, a polymer, a metal, a ceramic, or a combination thereof. The device body may be a monolithic structure, such as one having a cylindrical shape, or it may be in the form of multiple units, such as a plurality of beads.

Disclosed are compositions, systems and methods for treating a subject's body, body part, tissue, body fluid cells, pathogens, or other undesirable matter involving the administration of a targeted thermotherapy that comprises a bioprobe (energy susceptive materials that are attached to a target-specific ligand). Such targeted therapy methods can be combined with at least one other therapy technique. Other therapies include hyperthermia, direct antibody therapy, radiation, chemo- or pharmaceutical therapy, photodynamic therapy, surgical or interventional therapy, bone marrow or stem cell transplantation, and medical imaging, such as MRI, PET, SPECT, and bioimpedance. The disclosed therapies may be useful in the treatment of a variety of indications, including but not limited to, cancer of any type, such as bone marrow, lung, vascular, neuro, colon, ovarian, breast and prostate cancer, epitheleoid sarcomas, AIDS, adverse angiogenesis, restenosis, amyloidosis, tuberculosis, cardiovascular plaque, vascular plaque, obesity, malaria, and illnesses due to viruses, such as HIV.

Disclosed are antibodies that specifically inhibit VEGF binding to only one (VEGFR2) of the two VEGF receptors. The antibodies effectively inhibit angiogenesis and induce tumor regression, and yet have improved safety due to their specificity. The present invention thus provides new antibody-based compositions, methods and combined protocols for treating cancer and other angiogenic diseases. Advantageous immunoconjugate and prodrug compositions and methods using the new VEGF-specific antibodies are also provided.

Indazole compounds that modulate and / or inhibit the activity of certain protein kinases are described. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are capable of mediating tyrosine kinase signal transduction and thereby modulate and / or inhibit unwanted cell proliferation. The invention is also directed to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and to methods of treating cancer and other disease states associated with unwanted angiogenesis and / or cellular proliferation, such as diabetic retinopathy, neovascular glaucoma, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis, by administering effective amounts of such compounds.

A myocardial implant for insertion into a heart wall for trans myocardial revascularization (TMR) of the heart wall. The TMR implant provides for means to promote the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis), and has a flexible, elongated body that contains a cavity and openings through the flexible, elongated body from the cavity. The TMR implant includes a coaxial anchoring element integrally formed at one end for securing the TMR implant in the heart wall.

Disclosed are antibodies that specifically inhibit VEGF binding to only one (VEGFR2) of the two VEGF receptors. The antibodies effectively inhibit angiogenesis and induce tumor regression, and yet have improved safety due to their specificity. The present invention thus provides new antibody-based compositions, methods and combined protocols for treating cancer and other angiogenic diseases. Advantageous immunoconjugate and prodrug compositions and methods using the new VEGF-specific antibodies are also provided.

Osteoinductive compositions and implants having increased biological activities, and methods for their production, are provided. The biological activities that may be increased include, but are not limited to, bone forming; bone healing; osteoinductive activity, osteogenic activity, chondrogenic activity, wound healing activity, neurogenic activity, contraction-inducing activity, mitosisinducing activity, differentiation-inducing activity, chemotactic activity, angiogenic or vasculogenic activity, and exocytosis or endocytosis-inducing activity. In one embodiment, a method for producing an osteoinductive composition comprises providing partially demineralized bone, treating the partially demineralized bone to disrupt the collagen structure of the bone, and optionally providing a tissue-derived extract and adding the tissue-derived extract to the partially demineralized bone. In another embodiment, an implantable osteoinductive and osteoconductive composition comprises partially demineralized bone, wherein the collagen structure of the bone has been disrupted, and, optionally, a tissue-derived extract.

The present invention relates to a method for promoting blood vessel formation in tissues and organs. In particular, the method relates to implantation or attachment of an engineered three-dimensional stromal tissue to promote endothelialization and angiogenesis in the heart and related tissues. The three-dimensional stromal tissue of the present invention may be used in a variety of applications including, but not limited to, promoting repair of and regeneration of damaged cardiac muscle, promoting vascularization and healing during cardiac surgery, promoting blood vessel formation at anastomosis sites, and promoting vascularization and repair of damaged skeletal muscle, smooth muscle or connective tissue.

The invention relates generally to methods for inhibiting angiogenesis. More particularly, methods for inhibiting angiogenesis comprise selectively inhibiting phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) activity in endothelial cells. The methods may comprise administration of one or more cytotoxic therapies including but not limited to radiation, chemotherapeutic agents, photodynamic therapies, radiofrequency ablation, anti-angiogenic agents, and combinations thereof.

Provided herein are substituted pyrrolopyridine heterocycles and substituted pyrazolopyridine heterocycles, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said heterocycles and methods of using said heterocycles in the treatment of disease. The heterocycles disclosed herein function as kinase modulators and have utility in the treatment of diseases such as cancer, allergy, asthma, inflammation, obstructive airway disease, autoimmune diseases, metabolic disease, infection, CNS disease, brain tumor, obesity, asthma, hematological disorder, degenerative neural disease, cardiovascular disease, or disease associated with angiogenesis, neovascularization, or vasculogenesis.

Described herein are methods of treating a disorder or disease in which aberrant Wnt signaling is implicated, with a variety of compounds, including Wnt inhibitor compounds. More particularly, it concerns the use of an indazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases due to mutations in Wnt signaling components.

A medical device and method are described for performing Trans Myocardial Revascularization (TMR) in a human heart. The device consists of a myocardial implant and a directable intracardiac catherter that are suited for delivery into a heart wall of the implant. The catheter utilizes a percutaneous, minimally-invasive access to reach the inner surface of the heart chambers. The catheter provides a conduit for advancing multiple myocardial implants to the heart wall. The implant may include anchoring elements or a retainer for holding the implant body into the heart wall. The implant may include a tapered leading end, and can be advanced into the heart wall using a rotational or a pushing technique until the implant is fully deployed. The implant is then released from the catheter, and another implant inserted into the catheter, or the catheter withdrawn from the human body. The myocardial implant is used to stimulate the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) in the treated heart wall, and to result in Trans Myocardial Revascularization of this heart wall.

Oligonucleotides are provided which are effective in inhibiting the growth, metastasis and / or angiogenesis of tumors, including particularly melanoma and / or lung cancer. Methods are also provided for use of these oligonucleotides in the treatment of diseases.

The present invention concerns methods and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis and / or tumor growth, survival and / or metastasis. In particular embodiments, the methods and compositions may concern ligands against placenta growth factor (PlGF), such as BP-1, BP-2, BP-3 or BP-4. Some methods may comprise administering one or more PlGF ligands, alone or in combination with one or more other agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents, other anti-angiogenic agents, immunotherapeutic agents or radioimmunotherapeutic agents to a subject. The PlGF ligands are effective to inhibit angiogenesis, tumor cell motility, tumor metastasis, tumor growth and / or tumor survival. In certain embodiments, PlGF ligands may be administered to subjects to ameliorate other angiogenesis related conditions, such as macular degeneration. In some embodiments, PlGF expression levels may be determined by any known method to select those patients most likely to respond to PlGF targeted therapies.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating ocular neovascularization, angiogenesis, retinal edema, diabetic retinopathy, and / or retinal ischemia in order to prevent the loss of visual acuity associated with such conditions. More specifically, the present invention provides compositions containing receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitors having unique binding profiles and their use in treating ocular disorders.

This invention relates to the use of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors to transduce cardiomyocytes in vivo by infusing the rAAV into a coronary artery or coronary sinus. rAAV infection is not associated with detectable myocardial inflammation or myocyte necrosis. Thus, rAAV is a useful vector for the stable expression of therapeutic genes in the myocardium and can be used to deliver genes for inducing angiogenesis, inhibiting angiogenesis, stimulating cell proliferation, inhibiting cell proliferation and / or treating or ameliorating other cardiovascular conditions.

The present invention relates to chalcone and chalcone derivatives and analogs which are useful as angiogenesis inhibitors. The present compounds, which are inexpensive to synthesize, exhibit unexpectedly good activity as angiogenesis inhibitors. The present invention also relates to the use of chalcone and its analogs as antitumor / anticancer agents and to treat a number of conditions or disease states in which angiogenesis is a factor, incluidng angiongenic skin diseases such as psoriasis, acne, rosacea, warts, eczema, hemangiomas, lymphangiogenesis, among numerous others, as well as chronic inflammatory disease such as arthritis.

The present invention relates to compounds having the formula I: which inhibit, regulate and / or modulate tyrosine kinase signal transduction, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat tyrosine kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The compounds of the present invention are useful in treating angiogenesis, cancer, tumor growth, atherosclerosis, age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inflammatory diseases, and the like in mammals.

The invention discloses and claims benzimidazole compounds of formula (I): wherein X is C—R2; Y is C—R2 or C—R3; W and Z are each C—R3; R1 is an optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl or a saturated 5- or 6-membered monocyclic heterocyclic radical or a bicyclic heterocyclic radical; and A5 is H or alkyl; or a stereoisomer, a racemate, an enantiomer or a diastereoisomer of said compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; the use of compounds of formula (I) for the treatment of a disorder of proliferation of blood vessels, uncontrolled angiogenesis, a fibrotic disorder, a disorder of proliferation of mesangial cells, a metabolic disorder, allergy, asthma, thrombosis, a disease of the nervous system, retinopathy, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, muscle degeneration, solid tumors and cancers, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvants or diluents and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) and one or more. antimitiotic agents.

Compositions and methods of using cells derived from postpartum tissue such as the umbilical cord and placenta, to stimulate and support angiogenesis, to improve blood flow, to regenerate, repair, and improve skeletal muscle damaged by a peripheral ischemic event, and to protect skeletal muscle from ischemic damage in peripheral vascular disease patients are disclosed.

Provided are 5-substituted quinazolinone compounds, for example, of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use for treating angiogenesis or cytokine related disorders, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed.

The present application relates to anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies and their use in purification, diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, humanized antibodies and functional fragments thereof. Anti-LOX and anti-LOXL2 antibodies can be used to identify and treat conditions such as a fibrotic condition, angiogenesis, or to prevent a transition from an epithelial cell state to a mesenchymal cell state.

The present invention relates to compounds which inhibit, regulate and / or modulate tyrosine kinase signal transduction, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat tyrosine kinase-dependent diseases and conditions, such as angiogenesis, cancer, tumor growth, atherosclerosis, age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inflammatory diseases, and the like in mammals.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating conditions associated with angiogenesis. In particular the present invention relates to multi-unit complexes of tRNA synthetase fragments and uses thereof; diverse multi-unit complexes including a tRNA synthetase fragment; compositions and methods for modulating angiogenesis; polynucleotides encoding tRNA synthetase fragments and uses thereof; antibodies and epitopes specific to tRNA synthetase fragments; variants of tRNA synthetase fragments and uses thereof; methods for treating angiogenesis; methods for screening for anti-angiogenic agents; methods of modulating angiogenesis; kits for modulating angiogenesis; and business methods for modulating angiogenesis. Preferably the tRNA synthetase fragments are tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase fragments, and more preferably human tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase fragments.

The invention relates to a medicine of a bispecific monoclonal antibody, and especially to a medicine of a bispecific monoclonal antibody to human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF / VEGF-A) and platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) for resistance to angiogenesis of tumor. The bispecific antibody to VEGF / PDGFR beta provided in the invention is characterized in that: a monoclonal antibody to VEGF is used as the base for the antibody and a single chain antibody to PDGFR beta is connected with the terminal of FC segment of the monoclonal antibody to VEGF to form the bispecific antibody to VEGF / PDGFR beta. The bispecific antibody related to in the invention is obtained by employing technical means like gene engineering and constructing antibody segments which identify VEGF and PDGFR beta in a same antibody molecule that can be specifically bound with the two antibody segments; the effect of the bispecific antibody on inhibiting angiogenesis of tumor issue is obviously superior to that of a single antibody to VEGF; and the bispecific antibody has good activity in resisting tumors.

The present invention relates to compounds which inhibit, regulate and / or modulate tyrosine kinase signal transduction, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat tyrosine kinase-dependent diseases and conditions, such as angiogenesis, cancer, tumor growth, atherosclerosis, age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inflammatory diseases, and the like in mammals.

The invention is directed to methods and systems of hyperspectral and multispectral imaging of medical tissues. In particular, the invention is directed to new devices, tools and processes for the detection and evaluation of diseases and disorders such as, but not limited to diabetes and peripheral vascular disease and cancer, that incorporate hyperspectral or multispectral imaging.

Indazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an indazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases due to mutations in Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.