149 results about "Retionic Acid" patented technology

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A topical composition comprising: (a) conjugated linoleic acid and/or derivatives thereof; (b) a retinoic acid, retinol, retinyl ester and/or an LRAT/ARAT inhibitor; and (c) a dermatologically acceptable vehicle. Such skin care compositions are useful for treating and/or preventing normal, but undesirable, skin conditions selected from the group consisting of wrinkling, sagging, photodamaged skin, dry skin and age spots and soothing sensitive skin.

Methods of generating spinal cord glutamatergic interneurons (V2a interneurons) from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are provided. A method of the present disclosure may include culturing a first population of hPSCs in vitro in a neural induction medium that includes: a retinoic acid signaling pathway activator; a sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway activator; and a Notch signaling pathway inhibitor, wherein the culturing results in generation of a second population of cultured cells containing CHX10+ V2a interneurons. Also provided are non-human animal models that include the hPSC-derived spinal cord glutamatergic interneurons, and methods of producing the non-human animal models.

The present invention relates to a compound which can be used as a retinoid-related orphan receptor γ (RORγ) modifier, a pharmaceutical composition of said compound, the use of said compound in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, and a method for using said compound for treatment and/or prophylaxis of a RORγ-mediated disease in a mammal (especially a human). The compound has the structural formula I.

The invention features all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-related compounds capable of associating with Pin1 and methods of identifying the same. The invention also provides methods of treating a condition selected from the group consisting of a proliferative disorder, an autoimmune disease, and an addiction condition characterized by elevated Pin1 marker levels, Pin1 degradation, and/or reduced Pin1 Ser71 phosphorylation in a subject by administering a retinoic acid compound. Additionally, the invention features methods of treating proliferative disorders, autoimmune diseases, and addiction conditions (e.g., diseases, disorders, and conditions characterized by elevated Pin1 marker levels) by administering a retinoic acid compound in combination with another therapeutic compound. The invention also features a co-crystal including Pin1 and a retinoic acid compound. Finally, the invention also provides methods of developing and identifying enhanced Pin1-targeted ATRA-related compounds based on the newly defined unique binding pockets in the Pin1 active site revealed from the co-crystal structure, structure-activity relationship, and structural modeling.