57 results about "Cytokine activity" patented technology

Provided are methods of modulating cytokine activity, e.g., for the purpose of treating immune and inflammatory disorders, including tumors and cancer. Also provided are methods of administering agonists or antagonists of IL-33 and IL-33 receptor.

Provided are methods of modulating cytokine activity, e.g., for the purpose of treating viral infections. Also provided are reagents for use in screening for agonists or antagonists of IL-23.

Substances comprising disaccharides and substances comprising carboxylated and/or sulfated oligosaccharides in substantially purified form, and methods of using same, are disclosed for the regulation of cytokine activity in a host. For instance, the secretion of active Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF- alpha ) can be either inhibited or augmented selectively by administration to the host of an effective amount of a substance of the invention. Thus, the present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and their use for the prevention and/or treatment of pathological processes involving the induction of active cytokine secretion, such as TNF- alpha . The invention also relates to the initiation of a desirable immune system-related response by the host to the presence of activators, including pathogens. The substances and pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be administered daily, at very low effective doses, typically below 0.1 mg/kg human, or at intervals of up to about 5-8 days, preferably once a week.

The invention discloses a preparation method of an essence containing human mesenchymal stem cell factors. The preparation method of the essence containing the human mesenchymal stem cell factors comprises the steps: preparation of freeze-dried powder of the human mesenchymal stem cell factors, preparation of a solvent and mixing. The preparation method obtains a high-purity and high-activity stem cell active factor concentrated solution by a cryoconcentration technique and the concentrated solution is freeze-dried to obtainfreeze-dried powder at low temperature in vacuum, so that the factor activity can be kept for a long time; and the solvent contains multiple skin nourishing and moisturizing components and a stem cell lysis solution, can well dissolve the cell factor freeze-dried powder and keeps the cell factor activity. The stem cell essence disclosed by the invention contains vascular endothelial cell growth factors, platelet derived growth factors, epidermal growth factors and other components, can promote skin regeneration, can play roles in moisturizing, tendering, whitening and repairing the skin, and has good application prospects in fields of medical beauty treatment, health protection and the like.

A method to treat cancer uses ultrapheresis, refined to remove compounds of less than 120,000 daltons molecular weight, followed by administration of replacement fluid, to stimulate the patient's immune system to attack solid tumors. In the preferred embodiment, the patient is ultrapheresed using a capillary tube ultrafilter having a pore size of 0.02 to 0.05 microns, with a molecular weight cutoff of 120,000 daltons, sufficient to filter one blood volume. The preferred replacement fluid is ultrapheresed normal plasma. The patient is preferably treated daily for three weeks, diagnostic tests conducted to verify that there has been shrinkage of the tumors, then the treatment regime is repeated. The treatment is preferably combined with an alternative therapy, for example, treatment with an anti-angiogenic compound, one or more cytokines such as TNF, gamma interferon, or IL-2, or a procoagulant compound. The treatment increases endogenous, local levels of cytokines, such as TNF. This provides a basis for an improved effect when combined with any treatment that enhances cytokine activity against the tumors, for example, treatments using alkylating agents, doxyrubicin, carboplatinum, cisplatinum, and taxol. Alternatively, the ultrapheresis treatment can be combined with local chemotherapy, systemic chemotherapy, and/or radiation.

Provided are methods of modulating cytokine activity, e.g., for the purpose of treating immune and inflammatory disorders. Also provided are methods of administering agonists or antagonists of IL-27 and IL-27 receptor.

The γc-family cytokines, Interleukin-2 (IL-2), Interleukin-4 (IL-4), Interleukin-7 (IL-7), Interleukin-9 (IL-9), Interleukin-15 (IL-15), and Interleukin-21 (IL-21), are associated with important human diseases, such as leukemia, autoimmune diseases, collagen diseases, diabetes mellitus, skin diseases, degenerative neuronal diseases and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Thus, inhibitors of γc-cytokine activity are valuable therapeutic and cosmetic agents as well as research tools. The present embodiments relate to the design of peptide antagonists based on the consensus γc-subunit binding site to inhibit γc-cytokine activity. In several embodiments, peptide antagonists exhibit Simul-Block activity, inhibiting the activity of multiple γc-cytokine family members.

This invention relates to compositions which enhance a mammal's immune response to a cytokine by administering therapeutic amounts of catalysts for the dismutation of superoxide which include superoxide dismutase enzyme (SOD) and small molecular weight organic ligand mimics of that enzyme (SOD mimetics or SODms), alone or in combination with a cytokine. These compositions may be used in methods for enhancing a mammal's immune response to a virus such as the hepatitis C virus or the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or to a tumor thereby inhibiting the proliferation of the tumor. Relatedly, these compositions may be used in methods of treating mammals infected with HIV or mammals suffering from Hepatitis C or AIDS. This invention also relates to methods of enhancing cancer therapy and methods of preventing and treating hypotension in a mammal resulting from the administration of cytokines by the administration of therapeutic amounts of catalysts for the dismutation of superoxide in combination with a cytokine and catecholamine pressor agents. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising catalysts for the dismutation of superoxide alone or in combination with cytokines and catecholamine pressor agents for use in the above methods.

The invention relates to a composition of cellular factors. The invention also relates to medical application of the cellular factors. The composition of the cellular factors provided by the invention is stem cell culture fluid. The composition of the cellular factors has the advantages of having more diversified cellular factors and more natural cellular factor activity compared with the prior popular recombinant cellular factor preparation, and being a biological agent with huge development potential.

The invention discloses a thermo-sensitive hydrogel. The thermo-sensitive hydrogel comprises the following raw materials: a cytokine activity stabilizer, an epidermal stem cell conditioned culture medium and a collagen cross-linking solution. The cytokine activity stabilizer is added into the epidermal stem cell conditioned culture medium, so that multiple cytokines secreted by EpSCs are stabilized, the half-life period of each of the multiple cytokines is prolonged, the effect of each of the multiple cytokines on trauma repair is prolonged, and further, wound healing is promoted. In addition, the invention discloses a preparation method of the thermo-sensitive hydrogel, which has the characteristics of being simple to operate, random in molding and capable of in-situ gelling; the prepared hydrogel is slightly-viscous and clear liquid under the condition of 4-25 DEG C, is a solid gel when being put under the condition of 30-37 DEG C, has better mechanical strength and better biological compatibility and can promote fibroblast proliferation and facilitate fresh skin apparent and functional recovery, so that wounds are healed with high quality.

The present invention relates to the use of a cytokine-1, preferably from the IL-1 family more preferably IL-1F7b, or an isoform, mutein, fused protein, functional derivative or fragment thereof, capable of binding to IL-18BP or a mutein, fused protein, functional derivative or fragment thereof and capable of inhibiting a receptor of a cytokine-2, cytokine-2 being a member of the IL-1 family, preferably IL-18, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease which is caused or aggravated by inducing said receptor of cytokine-2.

A pharmaceutical composition for the regulation of cytokine activity in a subject. The composition features an effective amount of an oligosaccharide to inhibit the cytokine activity, preferably through inhibition of TNF-alpha activity. The oligosaccharide is more preferably up to four saccharide units in length, and optionally and more preferably, is N-sulfated with at least one other sulfur moeity. The compositions are useful for the treatment of various pathological conditions related to, caused by or promoted through, cytokine activity.

In general, the present invention relates to compounds capable of inhibiting p38, methods for inhibiting p38 in vivo or in vitro, and methods for treating conditions associated with p38 activity or cytokine activity.

Provided are methods of modulating cytokine activity, e.g., for the purpose of treating inflammation of the airways and lung. Also provided are reagents for use in screening for agonists or antagonists of IL-19 or IL-24.

The invention encompasses therapeutic compositions containing a pentavalent antimonial composition. The pentavalent antimonial can be sodium stibogluconate and pentamidine and biological equivalents of said compounds. The therapeutic composition of this embodiment contains an effective amount of pentavalent antimonial that can be used in treating infectious diseases. The types of diseases that can be treated with the present invention include, but are not limited to, the following: diseases associated with PTPase activity, immune deficiency, cancer, infections (such as viral infections), hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The therapeutic composition enhances cytokine activity. The therapeutic composition may include a cytokine, such as interferon α, interferon β, interferon γ, or granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor. The composition may also include a second agent for treating hepatitis.