171 results about "Retionic Acid" patented technology

A treatment method for restoring of age related tissue loss in the face or selected areas of the body is disclosed which includes injecting an injectable composition containing a growth factor and hyaluronic acid as a carrier into the dermis, the hypodermis, or both, in various areas of the face, or selected areas of the body of a person to stimulate collagen, elastin, or fat cell production, thereby restoring age related tissue loss in the face and selected areas of the body. Further disclosed is an injectable composition for restoring of age related tissue loss in the face and selected areas of the body, which contains a growth factor and hyaluronic acid as a carrier for providing time release of the growth factor into tissues. The growth factor can be insulin, insulin-like growth factor, thyroid hormone, fibroblast growth factor, estrogen, retinoic acid, or their combinations.

The present invention is directed to the use of agents that induce high levels of cell surface molecules to provide targets for immunotoxins directed against the same cell surface molecules. A specific example is given in which all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) is used to induce high levels of CD38 cell surface antigen expression in several myeloid and lymphoid leukemia cells. CD38 was then used as target for delivering plant toxin (gelonin) to leukemia cells. Treatment of leukemia cells with RA induced high levels of CD38 in those cells that otherwise had low CD38 expression. The RA-induced leukemia cells then became exquisitely sensitive to an immunotoxin constructed from an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody conjugated to the plant toxin gelonin.

Skin care compositions containing microcapsules with a mean diameter of from 0.1 to 5 mm are disclosed. The microcapsules are prepared by a process comprising: (a) providing an o / w emulsion prepared by combining an aqueous preparation of a component selected from the group consisting of retinol and retinolic acid with an oil component in the presence of an emulsifier; (b) combining the emulsion and an aqueous solution of an anionic polymer to form a matrix; (c) contacting the matrix with an aqueous chitosan solution such that membrane-encapsulated products are formed in an aqueous phase; and (d) separating the products from the aqueous phase.

The invention features methods of treating a proliferative disorder characterized by elevated Pin1 marker levels and / or reduced Pin1 Ser71 phosphorylation in a subject by administering a retinoic acid compound. Additionally, the invention features methods of treating proliferative disorders (e.g., proliferative disorders characterized by elevated Pin1 marker levels) by administering a retinoic acid compound in combination with another anti-proliferative compound. Finally, the invention also features methods including high-throughput screens for discovering and validating Pin1 inhibitors.

This invention is concerned with stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood serum and a method for growing human embryonic stem cells and adult cells comprising sera separated from clotted umbilical cord blood, including growing and differentiating cord blood stem cells into neural precursors, comprising transdifferentiating CD34+ stem cells from mononuclear cells derived from umbilical cord blood to neural precursors. The stem cells obtained from the umbilical cord include pluripotent stem and progenitor cell population of mononuclear cells, and separating pluripotent stem and progenitor cell population of mononuclear cells obtained from the umbilical cord blood. A magnetic cell separator is used to separate out cells which contain a CD marker and then expanding the cells in a growth medium containing retinoic acid and one or more growth factors BDNF, GDNF, NGF and FGF as a differentiating agent. The invention is also concerned with the transplantation and repair of nerve damage, stokes, spinal injury, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, prepared in accordance with the aforesaid method and a media for culturing umbilical cord blood stem calls consisting essentially of cord blood stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood serum.

Described is a heterocycle-containing carboxylic acid derivative represented by the following formula (I): wherein A represents, for example, a heteroaryl group which contains at least one nitrogen atom and may have a substituent, B represents, for example, a heteroarylene group, a —CONH— group or a group represented by the formula —CR6═CR7— in which R6 and R7 represents H, a lower alkyl group or the like, D represents an arylene group, a heteroarylene group or the like, n1 stands for 0 or 1, M represents, for example, a hydroxyl group or a lower alkoxy group; or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof. As a retinoic-related compound replacing retinoic acid, it permits the provision of a preventive and / or therapeutic for various diseases.

Compositions and methods that employ various combinations of such factors as retinoic acid signaling inhibitors, antioxidants, BMP4, VEGF, prostaglandin E2 pathway stimulants, TPO, SCF, FLT-3, EPO, TGFβ1, p38 MAPK inhibitors, beta adrenergic receptor agonists, cell cycle inhibitors, RXR agonists, Cripto, and chromatin remodelers to drive differentiation of pluripotent stem cells towards primitive blood cells. Uses of such primitive blood cells are provided.

A method of generating neural and glial cells is provided. The method comprising growing human stem cells under conditions which induce differentiation of said human stem cells into the neural and glial cells, said conditions comprising the presence of retinoic acid and an agent capable of down-regulating Bone Morphogenic Protein activity.

Compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein n1, n2, n3, n4, G1, Q1, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, R5a, and R5b are defined herein, inhibit the cytochrome P450RAI enzyme and are useful for the treatment and / or prevention of various diseases and conditions which respond to treatment by retinoids and by naturally occurring retinoic acid.

The purpose of this invention is:new selenohydroxy acid compounds and their derivatives;their process for the preparation;use of the new compounds as precursors of L(+)-selenomethionine and / or source of selenium in human or animal nutrition, in cosmetics and pharmaceutics;and nutritional, cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.The new compounds that are the subject of this invention satisfy the general formula (I):in whichn=0, 1 or 2,R1=OH, OCOR3, OPO3H2, OPO(OR4)(OR5), or OR6,R2=OH, R3, or NHR7,R3=particularly alkoxyl (C1-C26), ceramide 1, ceramide 2, ceramide 3, ceramide 4, ceramide 5, ceramide 6a and 6b, S-cysteinyl, or S-glutathionyl, carnitoyl, lipids, polyols,OR4=OR5=particularly alkoxyl (C1-C26), ceramide 1, ceramide 2, ceramide 3, ceramide 4, ceramide 5, ceramide 6a and 6b, S-cysteinyl, or S-glutathionyl, carnitoyl, lipids, polyols,OR6=pyruvate, lactate, citrate, fumarate, maleate, myristate, palmitate, stearate, palmitoleate, oleate, linoleate, natural fatty acids, or 13-cis retinoate,R7=H, alkyl, natural amino acids, or natural amines.

This application discloses alginate microencapsulation-mediated differentiation of embryonic stem cells and use of the stem cell differentiation method for the development of effective treatment of various diseases and disorders. The microencapsulation of embryonic stem (ES) cells results in decreased cell aggregation and enhanced neural lineage differentiation through incorporating the soluble inducer retinoic acid (RA) into the permeable microcapsule system. This application also discloses a micro-encapsulation system for immobilizing mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) while sustaining the molecular communication. Thus, the invention provides the use of encapsulated mesenchymal stromal cells in the cellular transplantation therapies. Moreover, the invention provides methods for delivery of encapsulated MSCs into the central nervous system and therapies derived therefrom, such as, the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI) and other inflammatory conditions.

The invention refers to a method for the prognosis of a disease in a subject by the administration of a biopharmaceutical treatment in a subject suffering from, or likely to suffer from the disease, the method involving the analysis of SNP polymorphisms in the subjects pattern recognition receptor genes (PRRs), eg the analysis of polymorphisms' with the purpose of predicting the response of anti-TNFx antibody therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Also the response to Beta-interferon in multiple sclerosis patients may be predicted. The genes whose polymorphisms are analysed may be TLRs, NOD-like receptors or retinoic acid-inducible gene I-like receptors (RLR).

The invention provides a method of efficiently producing corneal endothelial cells, particularly from corneal stroma or iPS cell-derived neural crest stem cells, a method of producing corneal endothelial cells stably in a large amount by inducing more efficient differentiation of stem cells into corneal endothelial cells, and a medicament containing corneal endothelial cells. The method of inducing differentiation of stem cells into corneal endothelial cells includes a step of culturing the stem cells in a differentiation induction medium containing a GSK3 inhibitor (preferably a GSK3β inhibitor) and retinoic acid, with the differentiation induction medium preferably further containing one or more of TGFb2, insulin, a ROCK inhibitor, and the like.

This invention provides a method for stably producing alveolar epithelial progenitor cells from pluripotent stem cells, including steps of culturing pluripotent stem cells in (1) a medium containing activin A and a GSK3β inhibitor, (2) a medium containing a BMP inhibitor and a TGFβ inhibitor, and (3) a medium containing BMP4, retinoic acid, and a GSK3β inhibitor.

The present invention provides methods to manipulate differentiation of a neuroblastoma cell line (IMR-32) such that predominant Nav expression is either Nav1.3 in IMR-32 cells exposed to retinoic acid or Nav1.7 in cells grown under non-differentiating conditions. The cells of the present invention are useful for the discovery of new compounds that modulate the function of either Nav1.3 and / or Nav1.7.

The invention relates to the field of cosmetics, in particular to a multi-effect hydroxyl pinacolone retinoate nano composition which comprises hydroxyl pinacolone retinoate, nicotinamide, glycyrrhizic acid, an emulsifying agent, a co-emulsifying agent and polyhydric alcohol. The hydroxyl pinacolone retinoate accounts for 0.1-10% of of the total mass of the nano composition; the nicotinamide accounts for 0.1-10% of the total mass of the nano composition; and the glycyrrhizic acid accounts for 0.1-10% of the total mass of the nano composition. According to the nano composition disclosed by the invention, the hydroxyl pinacolone retinoate, the nicotinamide and the glycyrrhizic acid are wrapped in the nano composition, so that the stability of functional components is effectively improved. The three functional components of the nano composition are reasonably matched and synergistically interacted, penetrate through a skin barrier and enter deep skin tissues, the bioavailability is improved, the anti-aging, acne-removing and whitening effects are improved, and the nano composition is mild and non-irritant to skin and can be widely applied to cosmetics.

Oral and topical pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods of treatment thereof for treating various skin disorder including acne, psoriasis, ichthyosis, photoaging, photodamaged skin, and, skin cancer. Exemplary vitamin D analogs as active pharmaceutical ingredients include 2-methylene-19-nor-20(S)-1α-hydroxy-bishomopregnacalciferol, 19-nor-26,27-dimethylene-20(S)-2-methylene-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, 2-methylene-1α,25-dihydroxy-(17E)-17(20)-dehydro-19-nor-vitamin D3, 2-methylene-19-nor-(24R)-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2, 2-methylene-(20R,25S)-19,26-dinor-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, 2-methylene-19-nor-1α-hydroxy-pregnacalciferol, 1α-hydroxy-2-methylene-19-nor-homopregnacalciferol, (20R)-1α-hydroxy-2-methylene-19-nor-bishomopregnacalciferol, 2-methylene-19-nor-(20S)-1α-hydroxy-trishomopregnacalciferol, 2-methylene-23,23-difluoro-1α-hydroxy-19-nor-bishomopregnacalciferol, 2-methylene-(20S)-23,23-difluoro-1α-hydroxy-19-nor-bishomopregnancalciferol, (2-(3′hydroxypropyl-1′,2′-idene)-19,23,24-trinor-(20S)-1α-hydroxyvitamin D3, 2-methylene-18,19-dinor-(20S)-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, a stereoisomer thereof, a prodrug thereof in oral compositions, a salt thereof, and / or a solute thereof. Compounds that activate retinoic acid receptors, such as retinoyls and retinoyl esters, include 13-cis-retinoic acid, all-trans-retinoic acid, (2E,4E,6Z,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexeneyl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraenoic acid, 9-(4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethyl-phenyl)-3,7-dimethyl-nona-2,4,6,8-tetraenoic acid, 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2-napthoic acid, 4-[1-(3,5,5,8,8-pentamethyl-tetralin-2-yl)ethenyl]benzoic acid, retinobenzoic acid, ethyl 6-[2-(4,4-dimethylthiochroman-6-yl)ethynyl]pyridine-3-carboxylate, retinoyl t-butyrate, retinoyl pinacol, retinoyl cholesterol, an isomer thereof, a prodrug thereof for oral compositions, an ester thereof, a salt thereof, and / or, a solute thereof. Combinations of such active ingredients demonstrate synergistic efficacy.

The present invention provides a method of more efficiently producing pancreas cells, particularly pancreatic hormone-producing cells, a method of stably producing pancreas cells in a large amount by more efficiently inducing differentiation of stem cells into pancreas cells, a medicament containing a pancreas cells and a screening method using the cells.A method of producing pancreatic hormone-producing cells, including subjecting stem cells to the following steps (1)-(4):(1) a step of cultivating stem cells in a medium containing an activator of activin receptor-like kinase-4,7 and a GSK3 inhibitor(2) a step of cultivating the cells obtained in the aforementioned step (1) in a medium containing an activator of activin receptor-like kinase-4,7(3) a step of cultivating the cells obtained in the aforementioned step (2) in a medium containing any one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of (a) retinoic acid receptor agonists, (b) at least one kind selected from the group consisting of inhibitors of AMP-activated protein kinase and / or activin receptor-like kinase-2,3,6, and BMP antagonists, and (c) inhibitors of activin receptor-like kinase-4,5,7(4) a step of cultivating the cells obtained in the aforementioned step (3).

The present invention provides a biocompatible, biodegradable graft composition for regeneration of neural tissue, comprising the following components: a) a gel scaffold formed from an isolated platelet containing fluid and an activating agent comprising calcium chloride, with or without thrombin, b) a nerve growth factor selected from BDNF, NGF, retinoic acid and combinations thereof, and c) a culture of at least 50,000 progenitor stem cells; the method of production and the uses thereof.

The invention discloses a method for preparing neural stem cells, which comprises a step of inductively culturing P19 cells in N2B27 culture medium to obtain a cell group containing neural stem cells above 94%. The method can culture the P19 cells in an environment without blood serum and retinoic acid, thus suppressing the interference of the blood serum with complex components and preventing the obtained neural stem cells from being transformed posteriorly by retinoic acid. Moreover, the method can directly transform pluripotent stem cells to neutral stem cells without resulting in selective cell apoptosis. The neutral stem cells obtained by the invention have anterior neutral plate characteristics and totipotency, and can well simulate the neurogenesis process in body. Accordingly, the neural stem cells can be used as the research model for analyzing neural induction and neural differentiation process from epiblast to neuroderm, thus providing an ideal path for researching development of embryo after nidation.

The invention relates to medical therapy using an agonist of the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor gamma (ROR gamma) and provides adoptive cellular therapies using an agonist of ROR gamma, populations of lymphocyte cells that have been exposed to an agonist of ROR gamma, populations of dendritic cells that have been exposed to an agonist of ROR gamma, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for enhancing therapeutic effects of lymphocyte cells and / or dendritic cells in a patient by administering an agonist of ROR gamma to a patient.

The invention belongs to the field of synthesis, and particularly relates to a synthesis process of hydroxyl pinacolone retinoate, the synthesis process comprises the following steps: carrying out condensation reaction on tretinoin and hydroxyl pinacolone under the action of a water absorption catalyst to obtain hydroxyl pinacolone retinoate, wherein the water absorption catalyst adopts a shell-core catalyst, vermiculite is used as an inner core, and titanium aluminum oxide is used as a mesoporous shell layer. According to the synthesis process, the defects in the prior art are overcome, distilled water generated in the reaction process is rapidly absorbed by utilizing the water absorption catalyst, and stable esterification reaction is formed under the catalytic action of titanium oxide.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a process or method that can be utilized when deriving a three-dimensional structure of a kidney from pluripotent stem cells such as ES cells or iPS cells. The differentiation inducing method is characterized by culturing pluripotent cells with the following three steps, in order: (a) a step of culturing an embryoid body induced from the pluripotent stem cells in medium containing Bmp4 and a high-concentration (concentration A) Wnt agonist; (b) a step of culturing the embryoid body in medium which contains activin, Bmp4, retinoic acid and a middle-concentration (concentration B) Wnt agonist; and (c) a step of culturing the embryoid body in medium containing Fgf9 and a low-concentration (concentration C) Wnt agonist (herein, the Wnt agonist concentrations is concentration A>concentration B>concentration C).

This invention relates to the in vitro differentiation of pluripotent cells into pancreatic progenitors by i) culturing pluripotent cells in a definitive endoderm (DE) medium comprising a TGFp ligand, fibroblast growth factor ( FGF), bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), a PI3K inhibitor and optionally a GSK3 β inhibitor to produce a population of definitive endoderm cells, ii) culturing the definitive endoderm cells in a first pancreatic medium comprising an activin antagonist; FGF; retinoic acid; and a BMP inhibitor to produce a population of dorsal foregut cells; iii) culturing the dorsal foregut cells in a second pancreatic medium comprising FGF, retinoic acid, a BMP inhibitor, and a hedgehog signalling inhibitor, and; iv) culturing the endoderm cells in a third pancreatic medium comprising FGF. The progenitor cells thus produced may be further differentiated into pancreatic endocrine cells. These methods may be useful, for example, in producing pancreatic cells for therapy or disease modelling.

The present invention relates to mixed esters of hyaluronic acid, wherein the hydroxyl groups are partially esterified with retinoic and butyric acids. These mixed esters are characterized by specific degrees of esterification and by a high ratio between the degree of substitution with butyric acid and retinoic acid. They exhibit a high anti-proliferative activity associated with activation of cell differentiation, with consequent clinical relevance in the treatment of hyper-proliferative pathologies and in particular of solid and systemic tumors.

The invention relates to the field of cosmetics, in particular to a composition, application thereof, a cosmetic composition and a preparation method of the cosmetic composition. The composition comprises a hydroxypinacolone retinoate and retinyl retinoate. The hydroxypinacolone retinoate, the retinyl retinoate, hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol, nicotinamide, tocotrienol, 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acidand lipoic acid are synergistically compounded to obtain more excellent oxidation resistance, so that the composition is higher in mildness and stability. The cosmetic composition prepared from the composition provided by the invention has the advantages of small irritation, high skin friendliness, high stability, good transdermal absorption, high utilization rate, high efficiency, mildness and better anti-aging activity than traditional retinol, and the anti-aging and anti-oxidation effects of the cosmetic composition can be further improved under the optimal condition.

A method for producing renal progenitor cells from pluripotent stem cells, comprising steps (i) to (vi): (i) culturing the pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium containing FGF2, BMP4, a GSK-3[beta] inhibitor and retinoic acid or a derivative thereof; (ii) culturing cells produced in step (i) in a culture medium containing FGF2, a GSK-3[beta] inhibitor and BMP7; (iii) culturing cells producedin step (ii) in a culture medium containing FGF2, a GSK-3[beta] inhibitor, BMP7 and a TGF[beta] inhibitor; (iv) culturing cells produced in step (iii) in a culture medium containing FGF2, a GSK-3[beta] inhibitor, BMP7, activin and a ROCK (Rho-kinase) inhibitor; (v) culturing cells produced in step (iv) in a culture medium containing retinoic acid or a derivative thereof and FGF9; and (vi) culturing cells produced in step (v) in a culture medium containing a GSK-3[beta] inhibitor and FGF9 to induce renal progenitor cells from intermediate mesodermal cells.

The invention provides an anti-aging wrinkle-removing nano-preparation as well as a preparation method and use thereof. Specifically, the nano-preparation prepared by virtue of the preparation methodcontains hydroxypropyl tetrahydropyrantriol, retinyl retinoate and soy isoflavone as active ingredients and presents obvious anti-aging and wrinkle-removing effects.