63 results about "PATHOLOGICAL DISORDERS" patented technology

Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to Programmed Death-1 (PD1, Pdcd-1, or CD279) and inhibit PD1-mediated cellular signaling and activities in immune cells, antibodies binding to a set of amino acid residues required for its ligand binding, and uses of these antibodies to treat or diagnose cancer, infectious diseases or other pathological disorders modulated by PD1-mediated functions.

The present invention relates to silent Fc variants of anti-CD40 antibodies and compositions and methods of use of said antibodies for treating pathological disorders such as autoimmune and inflammatory disorders and/or for preventing or reducing the risk of graft rejection in transplantation.

The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention or treatment of physiological and pathological disorders mediated by cyclooxygenase (COX) and/or 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) comprising Uncaria genus plant, in particular, Uncaria gambir, or its extract, and to a combined composition of said Uncaria genus plant extract and Scutellaria baicalensis extract and/or Camellia sinensis extract. The present composition shows excellent COX and/5-LO inhibition effects, and thus can be used for the prevention or treatment of disease and disorders mediated by various COX pathway and/or 5-LO pathway, including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to Programmed Death-1 (PD1, Pdcd-1, or CD279) ligand (PD-L1) and inhibit PD-L1-mediated cellular signaling and activities in immune cells, antibodies binding to a set of amino acid residues required for its ligand binding, and uses of these antibodies to treat or diagnose cancer, infectious diseases or other pathological disorders modulated by PD-L1-mediated functions.

The present invention relates to methods of treating pathological disorders susceptible to steroid hormone nuclear receptor modulation comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In addition, the present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compounds of Formula (I), including the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions which comprise as an active ingredient a compound of Formula (I).

The present teachings relate to compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, and Y are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of making the compounds of formula I and methods of inhibiting matrix metalloproteinases, in particular, MMP-12, that may be involved in pathological disorders found in mammals, including a human.

The present invention features methods and compositions for preventing, reducing, or treating hypoxia and, pathological disorders involving abnormal angiogenesis. Thus, the present invention is useful for treating, reducing, or preventing ischermic conditions (characterized by a reduced blood flow or reduced angiogenesis, e.g., a myocardial infarct) and hypervascular conditions (characterized by excessive angiogenesis, e.g., cancer). Where an increase in angiogenesis is desired, the mammal being treated for an ischermic condition is provided with Related Transcriptional Enhancer Factor-1 (RTEF-1; as a recombinant polypeptide or as an expression vector) sufficient to increase expression of VEGF, FGFR, or COX-2. This results in a concomitant increase in angio-genesis. Conversely, a mammal being treated for a hypervascular condition is administered a composition that reduces the levels of RTEF-1, thereby reducing the expression of VEGF, FGFR, or COX-2, which results in a decrease in angiogenesis. Also disclosed are screening methods that make use of RTEF-1 for the identification of novel therapeutics for the treatment, prevention, or reduction of pathological disorders involving hypoxia or abnormal angiogenesis, namely, ischernic or hypervascular conditions.

The present invention relates to a broad range of methods that utilize a transducer of regulated CREB (TORC)-related polynucleotide, polypeptide, or TORC-specific antibody. In addition the invention relates to TORC-related polynucleotide, polypeptide, or TORC-specific antibody compositions, including variants of TORC wild-type sequences. Exemplary methods include a method of stimulating a TORC related process in a cell as well as a method of inhibiting a TORC-related process in a cell, and a method of inhibiting TORC-related processes in a cell. The invention additionally discloses therapeutic methods of substantially inhibiting the development of, treating, or ameliorating a disease or pathological condition in a subject related to an abnormal level of a TORC-activated process in a cell that includes administering one or more therapeutically effective doses to the subject of either a substance that modulates accumulation of a TORC polypeptide in a subcellular region of the cell, or of a substance that inhibits expression of a TORC polypeptide in the cell. In an additional aspect a method of identifying an agent that modulates the activity of a TORC-related process in a cell is disclosed. In still a further aspect the invention relates to a method of detecting the presence or quantifying the amount of a TORC polypeptide in a sample. In a further aspect, a method is disclosed of determining whether the amount of a TORC polypeptide in a sample differs from the amount of the TORC polypeptide in a reference. An additional aspect relates to a method of contributing to the diagnosis or prognosis of, or to developing a therapeutic strategy for, a disease or pathology in a first subject, wherein the subcellular localization of a TORC polypeptide in the pathology is known to differ from the subcellular localization of the TORC polypeptide in a nonpathological state.

The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for the treatment of various diseases, pathological disorders, and medical conditions such as viral infections and cancer. The compositions include (A) an antiviral compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (B) an agent selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted imidazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; an amino acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a carboxylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a sulfonic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a combination thereof.

Methods and compositions for treating conditions including liver dysfunction, e.g., associated with fatty liver; glucose intolerance; and others, by administering compositions comprising anti-LPS immunoglobulin enriched colostrum preparations.

The present invention concerns a method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccination and/or treatment and/or diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, other infectious diseases, inflammatory and angiogenic diseases and tumours which utilizes a biologically active HIV-1 Tat protein, fragments or derivates thereof, as a module with one or more of the following features: antigen, adjuvant and targeting-delivery system to specific antigen-presenting cells including dendritic cells, endothelial cells and macrophages. In particular, it is claimed that Tat can be used only in its biologically active form as an antigen combined with one or more other antigens, to prime or to boost protective immune responses against itself as well as other antigens and/or to selectively deliver these antigen(s) as well as active compounds to dendritic cells, endothelial cells and macrophages, due to its capability of targeting these A PC and of activating their maturation and functions and of increasing Th-1 type immune responses as an adjuvant. Therefore, due to these characteristics and to the distribution of these cells in the body (during physiological and pathological disorders), biologically active Tat, fragments or derivates thereof containing the RGD region, can be used for preventive, therapeutic and/or diagnostic purposes for HIV/AIDS, other infectious diseases, inflammatory and angiogenic diseases and tumors.

The invention is directed to isolated genomic polynucleotide fragments that encode human resistin and human syntaxin binding protein 2, vectors and hosts containing these fragments and fragments hybridizing to noncoding regions as well as antisense oligonucleotides to these fragments. The invention is further directed to methods of using these fragments to obtain human resistin and human syntaxin binding protein 2 and to diagnose, treat, prevent and/or ameliorate a pathological disorder.

This invention is directed generally to substituted pyridinone and pyrimidinone compounds that generally inhibit p38 kinase, TNF, and/or cyclooxygeπase activity. Such substituted pyridinone and pyrimidinone compounds include compounds generally corresponding in structure to the following formula: wherein Z, n, R¹, R^2a, R^2b, R^2c, R^2d, R^2e, R^3a, R^3b, R^3c, R^3d, R⁴, R⁵, R⁶, R^7a, R^7b, R^7c, R^7d and R^7e are as defined in this specification. This invention also is directed to compositions of such substituted pyridinones and pyrimidinones (particularly pharmaceutical compositions), and methods for treating disorders (typically pathological disorders) associated with p38 kinase activity, TNF activity, and/or cyclooxygenase-2 activity.

Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to TIGIT (T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains, WUCAM or Vstm3) and inhibit Tigit-mediated cellular signaling and activities in immune cells. The anti-TIGIT antibodies can be used to treat or diagnose cancer, infectious diseases or other pathological disorders that may be modulated by Tigit-mediated functions.

he present invention relates to methods of treating pathological disorders susceptible to steroid hormone nuclear receptor modulation, particularly congestive heart failure, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the formula: I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In addition, the present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compounds of Formula I, including the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions which comprise as an active ingredient a compound of Formula I.