34 results about "Paramyxoviridae" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to novel compounds of formulas (1) through (19) and to a method for treating humans infected with a virus including various respiratory viruses such as members of the Paramyxoviridae family (respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV), human parainfluenza virus (HPIV), measles virus, and mumps virus) with a compound of formulas (1) through (19). The present disclosure also relates to a cytopathic effect (CPE)-based assay that will assess virus-induced CPE for screening of compounds for treating viral diseases or inhibiting a virus.

Disclosed herein are compounds which exhibit antiviral activity against a plurality of viruses belonging to different families such as Bornaviridae, Filoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, and Poxviridae. Thus, methods of preventing, inhibiting, or reducing the viral activity of various viruses are provided as well as methods of treating viral infections.

Provided are processes for the preparation of compositions enriched in phenolic compounds from a crude plant extract. One process includes a novel column purification step using a polymer resin that releasably adsorbs the phenolic compounds but does not retain polar non-phenolic compounds, wherein the resin comprises aromatic rings substituted with one or more electron-withdrawing groups. This invention also includes compositions enriched in phenolic compounds. This invention encompasses methods of using the phenolic-enriched compositions for treating warm-blooded animals, including humans, infected with paramyxovaridae such as respiratory syncytial virus, orthomyoxovaridae such as influenza A, B, and C, parainfluenza, Herpes viruses such as HSV-1 and HSV-2, and Flaviviruses such as West Nile Virus, and for treating inflammation such as caused by arthritis, stress and digestive disease. The compositions are also useful as meat additives to inhibit food-borne pathogens.

This invention provides a process for the preparation of compositions enriched in total phenols from a crude plant extract. The process includes a novel column purification step using a brominated polystyrene resin. This invention also includes compositions enriched in total phenols. The enriched compositions are characterized as containing monomeric, oligomeric and polymeric phenols and having HPLC chromatograms substantially as set forth in FIGS. 10-13. This invention encompasses methods of using the total phenol-enriched compositions for treating warm-blooded animals, including humans, infected with paramyxovaridae such as respiratory syncytial virus, orthomyoxovaridae such as influenza A, B, and C, parainfluenza, Herpes viruses such as HSV-1 and HSV-2, and Flaviviruses such as West Nile Virus, and for treating inflammation such as caused by arthritis, stress and digestive disease.

Virus virions defective in F gene are successfully collected by using a Sendai virus genomic cDNA with deletion of F gene. Further, infectious viral particles defective in F gene are successfully constructed by using F-expression cells as helper cells. Also, virus virions defective in F gene and HN gene are successfully collected by using a virus genomic cDNA with deletion of both of F gene and HN gene. Further, infectious viral particles defective in F gene and HN gene are successfully produced by using F- and HN-expression cells as helper cells. A virus being defective in F gene and HN gene and having F protein is constructed by using F-expression cells as helper cells. Further, a VSV-G pseudo type virus is successfully constructed by using VSV-G-expression cells. Techniques for constructing these defective viruses contribute to the development of vectors of Paramyxoviridae usable in gene therapy.

The invention relates to a steroid antiviral agent, wherein a steroid compound has a structure as the formula I. The antiviral agent includes one or more of the compound as the formula I, or a stereoisomer, a geometric isomer, a tautomer, a solvate, a pre-drug or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of the compound I as effective components. The compound I has quite strong inhibition activity on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in paramyxoviridae, and can be used as an antiviral medicine or a lead compound of the antiviral medicine.

The present invention relates to pseudotyped retrovirus-like particles or retroviral vectors comprising both engineered envelope glycoproteins derived from a virus of the Paramyxoviridae family fusedto a cell targeting domain and fused to a functional domain. The present invention also relates to the use of said pseudotyped retrovirus-like particles or retroviral vectors to selectively modulate the activity of specific subsets of cells, in particular of specific immune cells. These pseudotyped retrovirus-like particles or retroviral vectors are particularly useful for gene therapy, immune therapy and/or vaccination.

The present invention provides a method for optimized preparation of an inactivated vaccine and/or an attenuated live vaccine, wherein in host cells, the cancer inhibition candidate gene 2 of glioma is subjected to over-expression to optimize the inside-host-cell replication environment for preparing the inactivated vaccine and/or attenuated live vaccine so as to improve the titers of 4 categories of viruses (including coronavirus, Paramyxoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae and herpes virus) by 1-3 lg unit. According to the present invention, the new strategy and the feasible basis are provided for the optimization of the whole virus vaccine virus titer, and important application prospects and innovative significance are provided in the biomedical field.

Immunogenic envelope glycoproteins are produced from enveloped virus, such as of the paramyxoviridae family, particularly PIV-3 and RSV, by culturing the virus in the substantial absence of exogenous serum proteins, isolating the virus from the tissue culture, solubilizing the envelope glycoproteins and isolating the solubilized envelope glycoproteins by chromatography.

The present invention relates to the use of leukotriene B4 (LTB4), variants and derivatives thereof as a therapeutic agent in the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections caused by human and animal viruses. The present invention also relates to the use of LTB4, variants and derivatives thereof as an anti-neoplastic agent in the prophylaxis and treatment of cancers induced by tumor viruses and in other neoplastic diseases. The human and animal viruses are DNA viruses, such as parvoviridae, papovaviridae, adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae and hepadnaviridae; RNA viruses, such as picornaviridae, togaviridae, orthomyxoviridae, paramyxoviridae, coronaviridae, reoviridae, oncornaviridae and filoviridae in general, and Retroviridae such as HIV-1 and HIV-2.

Highly antigenic yet safe vaccines against diseases caused by Paramyxoviridae viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are provided. The vaccines comprise attenuated Paramyxoviridae viruses with high antigenicity but which display impaired cell-to-cell transmission as a result of genetic manipulation of the gene encoding the matrix (M) protein. In the viruses, the M protein is absent or mutated to a less active form. Screening or assay systems and methods for evaluating the infectivity of mutant M proteins and for identifying suitable M candidates for live-attenuated vaccine virus and VLP production, are also provided.