86 results about "Increased hdl" patented technology

Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of ApoCIII mRNA and protein in an animal. Also provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for increasing HDL levels and/or improving the ratio of TG to HDL and reducing plasma lipids and plasma glucose in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate any one or more of cardiovascular disease or metabolic disorder, or a symptom thereof.

It has been discovered that certain selected ethers of probucol, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs, are useful for increasing circulating HDL cholesterol. These compounds may also improve HDL functionality by (a) increasing clearance of cholesteryl esters, (b) increasing HDL-particle affinity for hepatic cell surface receptors or (c) increasing the half life of apoAI-HDL.

The present invention provides compounds that elevate cellular expression of the ABCA-1 gene, promoting cholesterol efflux from cells and increasing HDL levels in the plasma of a mammal, in particular humans. The compounds are useful for treating coronary artery disease.

The present invention relates to solid pharmaceutical combinations for oral administration comprising nicotinic acid or a nicotinic acid compound or mixtures thereof in an extended release form and an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, which are useful for altering lipid levels in subjects suffering from, for example, hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis, without causing drug-induced hepatotoxicity, myopathy or rhabdomyolysis. The present invention also relates to methods of altering serum lipids in subjects to treat, for example, hyperlipidemia in hyperlipidemics, lipidemia in normolipidemics diagnosed with or predisposed to cardiovascular disease, and atherosclerosis, by administering such oral solid pharmaceutical combinations once per day as a single dose during the evening hours, without causing drug-induced hepatotoxicity, myopathy or rhabdomyolysis, or without causing in at least an appreciable number of individuals drug-induced hepatotoxicity, myopathy or rhabdomyolysis to such a level that discontinuation of such therapy would be required. More particularly, the present invention concerns oral solid pharmaceutical combinations comprised of, for example, (1) an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor for immediate or extended release, (2) nicotinic acid, a nicotinic acid compound or mixtures thereof, and (3) a swelling agent to form a sustained release composition for extended release of the nicotinic acid or nicotinic acid compound or mixtures thereof for nocturnal or evening dosing for reducing serum lipids and increasing HDL-cholesterol. In accordance with the present invention, and by way of example, a composition for oral administration during the evening hours to alter serum lipids comprised of nicotinic acid and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose in the form of an extended or sustained release tablet or caplet coated with a coating comprising an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor in immediate release form is disclosed. Also in accordance with the present invention, the pharmaceutical combinations may include a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent for reducing the capacity of nicotinic acid or nicotinic acid compounds to provoke flushing reactions in individuals.

A composition containing EPA and EHA, preferably derived from fish oil, in combination with at least one of oleuropein, allicin, and policosanol having anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombotic, immunomodulatory activity as well as activity to lower triglycerides and low density lipoprotein, to increase high density lipoprotein, and to lower both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating hypercholesterolemia, including methods for increasing HDL cholesterol levels, using a composition comprising an extract from the Ortanique peel. The invention also relates to compositions and methods for treating hypercholesterolemia, including methods for increasing HDL cholesterol levels, using a composition comprising substantially similar amounts of tetramethylscutellarein and nobiletin by weight and/or a composition comprising substantially similar amounts of tetramethylscutellarein, nobiletin, and tangeretin by weight.

Nutritional fat or oil-based compositions for increasing HDL cholesterol, decreasing total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol and decreasing the LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio in human plasma are described. The compositions can advantageously include at least 10% of myristic acid and/or lauric acid in which at least 3% of said fatty acid composition is myristic acid and at least 3% is lauric acid; in some cases at least 1% by weight myristic acid and/or lauric acid is esterified at the sn-2 position in triglyceride molecules. The compositions also include between 5% and 40% by weight linoleic acid, and typically further include at least 10% by weight monounsaturated fatty acids and between 15% and 55% by weight total saturated fatty acids. The sum of weight percentages for saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids equals 100%. In desirable cases, the composition is substantially cholesterol-free. Also described are fat compositions and diets which are adapted to limit increases in blood triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL, and VLDL, even in the presence of dietary cholesterol.

The present invention provides a CETP activity inhibitor comprising as an active ingredient a compound represented by the formula (I):

wherein R represents a straight chain or branched alkyl group; a straight chain or branched alkenyl group; a lower haloalkyl group; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl group; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylalkyl group; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, X₁, X₂, X₃, and X₄ may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower haloalkyl group; a lower alkoxy group; a cyano group; a nitro group; an acyl group; or an aryl group, Y represents —CO— or —SO₂—, and Z represents a hydrogen atom or a mercapto-protecting group, or a prodrug compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or hydrate or solvate thereof. The compounds represented by the formula (I) can increase HDL and at the same time decrease LDL through selective inhibition of CETP activity and, therefore, is expected to be useful as a new type of a preventive or therapeutic agent for atherosclerosis or hyperlipidemia.

It has been discovered that certain selected probucol monoesters, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs, are useful for increasing circulating HDL cholesterol. These compounds may also improve HDL functionality by (a) increasing clearance of cholesteryl esters, (b) increasing HDL-particle affinity for hepatic cell surface receptors or (c) increasing the half life of apoAI-HDL.

A pharmaceutical composition and method for modifying levels of cholesterol is described. Implementations of a pharmaceutical composition may comprise milk thistle and one of niacin, policosanol, and both niacin and policosanol. Implementations of a pharmaceutical composition may be administered using a method for reducing total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides and increasing HDL cholesterol levels in a human or animal. The method may include the step of administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition that includes milk thistle and one of niacin, policosanol, and both niacin and policosanol to a human or animal.

The invention provides an extraction process of emodin, comprising: taking Chinese rhubarb root, washing, drying at 110-130 DEG C, crushing to obtain fine powder, distilling the fine powder by steam distillation, removing distilled impurity, adding refined powder to ethanol solution, heating and refluxing for extracting, standing and cooling, adjusting pH of extract to 3.0-4.4, standing for layering, charging supernate into a microfiltration membrane for filtering, heating and concentrating micro filtrate, charging concentrate into a chromatographic column for cleaning, and spray drying obtained permeate to obtain emodin. The extraction process is higher in extraction efficiency, the obtained emodin is high in purity, capable of significantly decreasing serums TC, TG and LDL-C in rats with hyperlipidemia due to high-fat feed and increasing HDL-C, and has hypolipidemic effect.

The invention relates to a method for treating Syndrome X, or inhibiting the onset of symptoms of Syndrome X in a patient, and includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a salt of at least one alkylated and cross-linked polymer, or a copolymer thereof, the polymer salt formed as a product of the reaction of one or more polymers, or salts and copolymers thereof, having a repeat unit that is essentially:

where n is a positive integer and each R, independently, is H or a C₁–C₈ alkyl group; at least one aliphatic alkylating agent; and a cross-linking agent. Long term administration of the cross-linked polyamine salts of the invention increases HDL levels and decreases LDL levels in patients. The invention also provides for administration of the polymer salt colesevelam, in combination with an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor; the combined administration is effective in further lowering serum total-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels beyond that achieved by either agent alone.

A nutritional fat or oil-based composition for increasing HDL cholesterol, decreasing LDL cholesterol and decreasing the LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio in human plasma is described. The composition typically includes at least 1% by weight myristic acid esterified at the sn-2 position in triglyceride molecules, includes between 10% and 40% by weight linoleic acid, and further includes between 30% and 65% by weight oleic acid and between 15% and 40% by weight total saturated fatty acids. The ratio of sn-2 myristic acid to sn-2 palmitic acid is typically greater than 1:1 and the sum of weight percentages for saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids equals 100%. In desirable cases, the composition is substantially cholesterol-free.

Methods are provided for treating diabetes, lowering plasma level of HbA1c, glucose plasma levels, total cholesterol plasma level, and/or triglyceride plasma level while increasing HDL cholesterol levels and delaying onset of diabetic retinopathy in a diabetic, pre-diabetic, or non-diabetic mammal while minimizing undesirable side effects.

The present invention provides compounds that elevate cellular expression of the ABCA-1 gene, promoting cholesterol efflux from cells and increasing HDL levels in the plasma of a mammal, in particular humans. The compounds are useful for treating coronary artery disease.

The present invention provides antibodies that bind to ANGPTL8 and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the invention includes methods of using anti-ANGPTL8 antibodies that bind human ANGPTL8 with high affinity to treat obesity, reduce body fat, reduce body weight, increase energy expenditure, and increase HDL-C, in a subject.

The present invention provides biaryl- or heterocyclic biaryl-substituted cyclohexene derivative compounds, isomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds of the invention show a CETP inhibitory effect that increases HDL-cholesterol levels and reduces LDL-cholesterol levels. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds are useful for the prevention or treatment of dyslipidemia or dyslipidemia-related diseases.

Provided are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of ApoCIII mRNA and protein for treating, preventing, delaying, or ameliorating Fredrickson Type I dyslipidemia/FCS/LPLD, in a patient. Such methods, compounds, and compositions increase HDL levels and/or improving the ratio of TG to HDL and reducing plasma lipids and plasma glucose in the patient, and are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate any one or more of pancreatitis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorder, and associated symptoms.

The invention discloses a seabuckthorn flavone compound preparation for treating dyslipidemia. The compound preparation consists of the following components: seabuckthorn flavone and any statin medicament. The seabuckthorn flavone compound preparation has the advantages of making full use of complementary and synergistic effect of the medicaments through combination, contribution to comprehensively regulating dyslipidemia, and reducing untoward effect related to certain dosage increase; moreover, the compound reparation is prepared by combining the active component of the natural plant medicine seabuckthorn flavone with other fat reducing chemical medicaments, and can reduce TC, LDL-C and TG, increase HDL-C and effectively regulate dyslipidemia to make the blood lipid level meet the standard. The compound preparation has the characteristics of short treatment course, quick response, small side effect and low cost.