842 results about "Steroid" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a drug which is prone to oxidation, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the drug which is prone to oxidation. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a corticosteroid, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid. The present disclosure also relates to a composition comprising a corticosteroid and an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid.

The present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a drug which is prone to oxidation, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the drug which is prone to oxidation. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a corticosteroid, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid. The present disclosure also relates to a composition comprising a corticosteroid and an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid.

A method is disclosed for the treatment of human subjects diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The method comprises administering to a human subject a human neonatal Fc receptor (hFcRn) antagonist, optionally in combination with standard-of-care ITP treatment. In certain embodiments, the hFcRn antagonist is efgartigimod (ARGX-113). Standard-of-care ITP treatment may comprise administration of corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and / or thrombopoietin receptor (TPO-R) agonists.

The present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a drug which is prone to oxidation, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the drug which is prone to oxidation. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a corticosteroid, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid. The present disclosure also relates to a composition comprising a corticosteroid and an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid.

The present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a drug which is prone to oxidation, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the drug which is prone to oxidation. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a corticosteroid, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid. The present disclosure also relates to a composition comprising a corticosteroid and an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid.

The present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a drug which is prone to oxidation, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the drug which is prone to oxidation. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a corticosteroid, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid. The present disclosure also relates to a composition comprising a corticosteroid and an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid.

The present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a drug which is prone to oxidation, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the drug which is prone to oxidation. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method for stabilizing the pH of an aqueous composition comprising a corticosteroid, said method comprising the addition of an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid. The present disclosure also relates to a composition comprising a corticosteroid and an additive to prevent oxidation of the corticosteroid.

Disclosed are methods of treating a subject having clinically significant signs and symptoms associated with blood cell differentiation and treated with an agent that reduces the level and / or activity of BRG1 and / or BRM. The methods disclosed herein may include, e.g., administering to the subject an effective amount of a corticosteroid, hydroxyurea, or furosemide, or subjecting the subject to leukapheresis.

The invention discloses a high-stability hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase mutant, a co-immobilized enzyme construction method and application. According to the invention, a site-directed mutant library is constructed based on computer-aided design, and mutants with significantly improved thermal stability and greatly improved catalytic efficiency compared with wild type mutants are obtained through screening; meanwhile, a co-immobilized enzyme construction method based on electrostatic adsorption and chemical crosslinking is established, the hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase mutant and lactic dehydrogenase are co-immobilized, the co-immobilized enzyme can still keep high activity under high substrate concentration, and the conversion rate is still maintained to be 90% or above after 30 batches of co-immobilized enzyme are repeatedly used. And an important foundation is laid for industrial application of the hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.

The invention discloses lactobacillus mucilaginosus and application thereof in fermentation of sporoderm-broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder. The preservation number of the lactobacillus mucilaginosus is CGMCC (China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center) No.31453. The strain is separated and screened from vaginal secretions of healthy women at the childbearing age, is not hemolyzed, is sensitive to various common antibiotics and has strong lactic acid production capacity, and fermented supernate of the strain has strong growth inhibition capacity on escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus, salmonella typhimurium, shigella dysenteriae and gardnerella vaginalis and can be used for producing lactic acid. The compound has strong adhesion ability, growth inhibition ability and apoptosis promoting effect on human cervical cancer cells. When the strain is used for fermenting wall-broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder, the content of bioactive substances such as amino acids and derivatives thereof, fatty acids and steroids in fermentation liquor can be greatly increased, the strain has an obvious anti-inflammatory effect on DSS-induced mouse colitis, and the inflammatory factor level is remarkably reduced. The strain not only has significant application value in functional food and biological agents, but also opens up a new way for further development of ganoderma spores.

The present invention is directed to orally administered compositions of topically acting corticosteroids for the treatment of inflammation of the gastrointestinal tracts such as eosinophilic esophagitis. The present invention also provides a method for treating conditions associated with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract in an individual. The method comprises administering to an individual in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition of the present invention as orally disintegrating tablets comprising a topically active corticosteroid adsorbed onto a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier such as silicified microcrystalline cellulose.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicine, and discloses a novel adjuvant recombinant herpes zoster vaccine and a preparation method thereof. The vaccine is composed of gE-gD protein and a liposome adjuvant, the liposome adjuvant is prepared by the following steps: co-dissolving 3D-MLA, phospholipid-containing components and steroid components in an organic solvent to form a film, hydrating and homogenizing with PBS, finally adding QS-21, and fixing the volume with PBS. According to the process, enhanced components are uniformly and stably anchored in a membrane phase micro-domain, and the particle structure is controllable. Under the same antigen dosage and detection caliber, the D28 GMC of the vaccine is obviously improved, and more sufficient and stronger primary humoral immune response is embodied.

This invention relates to a crystalline 19-nor C3,3-disubstituted C21-pyrazolyl steroid of Formula (I),and compositions thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the same and methods of using the same.

In some aspects, the present disclosure provides compositions of lipid nanoparticles useful for the delivery of large RNAs including mRNAs. These compositions may include a cationic ionizable lipid, a phospholipid, a PEGylated lipid, and a steroid including using less of a cationic ionizable lipid than compositions with shorter nucleic acids. These compositions may be used to treat a disease or disorder for which the delivery of an mRNA is therapeutically effective.

The invention provides an application of a pentacyclic triterpenoid compound targeting hydroxyl steroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 4. The pentacyclic triterpenoid compound can effectively relieve or treat central nervous system diseases (inflammatory diseases), including central nervous system degenerative diseases or chronic central inflammatory diseases. The pentacyclic triterpenoid compound can maintain the structural stability or activity of hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase and maintain the stability or activity of peroxisome, thereby relieving or treating central nervous inflammation. The pentacyclic triterpenoid compound can target hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 4, inhibit neuroglial cell excessive activation related neuroinflammation, relieve neuron damage or death speed and improve a central nervous system cell metabolism microenvironment.

Described herein are neuroactive steroids of the Formula (II): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein A, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5, R6 and are as defined herein. Such compounds are envisioned, in certain embodiments, to behave as GABA modulators. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the present invention and methods of use and treatment, e.g., such for inducing sedation and / or anesthesia.

The invention provides a breeding method for constructing XX / XY sex determination all-female sterile fish and application. The method comprises the following steps: knocking out a catalytic enzyme coding gene of a fish sex steroid hormone synthesis pathway by using a gene editing technology to block the fish sex steroid hormone synthesis pathway, screening to obtain an effectively mutated homozygote XX sex genetic type pseudo male fish, and hybridizing the pseudo male fish with improved allotetraploid crucian and carp female fish to obtain the fish sex steroid hormone synthesis pathway. Therefore, an allotriploid population is obtained, and the population completely develops into female fishes and is sterile, so that the effect of obtaining all-female and sterile populations is achieved at the same time. The method provided by the invention has very strong applicability, and can be widely applied to aquaculture of fishes to obtain female unisexual groups of the fishes so as to improve the aquaculture yield, realize effective control on female fertility and protect ecological safety; the method has a wide application prospect in the fields of genetic breeding and ecological safety of aquaculture fishes.

The present disclosure provides methods of treating inflammation of the upper gastrointestinal tract, especially the esophagus, by administering an oral corticosteroid. In some cases, the methods include treating eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) by administering an oral corticosteroid in an induction phase and a maintenance phase to improve peak eosinophilic counts and symptoms. In embodiments, the methods include treating EoE by administering the oral corticosteroid at nighttime and / or while the patient is lying down.

The present invention relates to a method of conferring or increasing resistance against fungal pathogens in plants and / or plant material. To this end the invention focuses on facilitating or increasing the production and / or accumulation of a membrane steroid binding protein 1 (MSBP1), fragment or homolog thereof in a plant or plant material compared to corresponding wild type plant or plant material. The invention also relates to plant and plant material having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens and to material and methods to create or use such plants plant parts or to produce products therefrom.

The present invention relates to a three-layered intravaginal ring (1;1'), a core (2;9), an intermediate layer (3;10), and a sheath (6) comprising a second ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (7) having a vinyl acetate content from 20 to 40 wt%, and at least 10 wt% of a progestational steroid (8) based on the weight of the sheath, wherein one of the core (9) and intermediate layer (3) comprises a first ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (4) having a vinyl acetate content from 26 to 40 wt% and an estrogenic steroid (5), and the other one of the core (2) and intermediate layer (10) is an inactive layer (2;10). Using the intravaginal ring according to the present the inventors have found that it is possible to attain independent and optimal release of the two active ingredients; an estrogenic steroid and a progestational steroid, without the need for complex assembly of parts.

The invention discloses a circRNA nano delivery system capable of reversing nucleus pulposus progenitor cell senescence and a preparation method and application of the circRNA nano delivery system. The circRNA nano delivery system comprises: a) Klotho circRNA, and b) a liposome, and the liposome comprises a vascular peptide vasculotide, an ionizable lipid molecule, a phospholipid, a PEG lipid, and a steroid. The invention also provides application of the circRNA nano delivery system capable of reversing nucleus pulposus progenitor cell senescence in preparation of drugs for treating intervertebral disc degeneration. The invention provides liposome particles (Vas-Klotho-LNP) which have targeted NPPCs and wrap circRNA, Klotho circRNA is efficiently introduced into the NPPCs through Tie2 agonist peptide, so that rejuvenation of the NPPCs is promoted, ECM synthesis is promoted, and regeneration and repair of intervertebral discs are synergistically promoted in vivo and in vitro.

The invention discloses a progesterone 5beta-reductase mutant and application thereof in synthesis of 5beta-dihydrosteroid, relates to the technical field of biology, and in particular relates to application of gene mining and engineering modification of progesterone 5beta-reductase derived from bacteria in asymmetric synthesis of 5beta-dihydrosteroid. According to the progesterone 5 beta-reductase LpP5beta R disclosed by the invention, the progesterone 5 beta-reductase LpP5beta R from bacteria psoromais is obtained by a gene mining method, and the progesterone 5 beta-reductase LpP5beta R can be subjected to soluble expression in escherichia coli. The mutant obtained by mutating the wild type LpP5beta R has obviously improved catalytic ability on progesterone, and can efficiently catalyze delta 4-3-carbonyl steroids such as hydrocortisone, dinorcitol and the like to generate corresponding 5beta-dihydrosteroids. According to the invention, the technical bottlenecks of poor heterologous expression and low catalytic efficiency of plant-derived progesterone 5beta-reductase are solved, and a potential biocatalyst is provided for green manufacturing of 5beta-dihydrosteroid drugs.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical detection, in particular to a method for detecting aldosterone, cortisol, deoxycorticosterone and cortisone in plasma through LC-MS / MS. The method comprises the following steps: (a) mixing a plasma sample with an internal standard solution to obtain a mixed solution; (b) adding the mixed solution into the magnetic bead suspension, sequentially carrying out adsorption, weak washing, strong washing and elution, and collecting an eluent; (c) carrying out liquid nitrogen blowing and redissolving on the eluent, and then carrying out LC-MS / MS detection; wherein the surfaces of the magnetic beads are modified with steroid adsorption groups, and the target detection objects are aldosterone, cortisol, deoxycorticosterone and cortisone. The detection method is convenient and simple, the detection efficiency is higher than that of a traditional method, and a feasible solution is provided for promoting popularization and application of the LC-MS / MS technology in clinical practice.

The invention belongs to the technical field of microorganisms, and discloses an armillaria mellea strain Ag001 symbiotic with polyporus umbellatus, and the preservation number of the armillaria mellea strain Ag001 is CGMCC No.41458. The invention further provides a biological preparation containing the armillaria mellea strain Ag001 and a method for improving the sclerotium biomass and the active ingredient content of polyporus umbellatus. According to the armillaria mellea provided by the invention, the sclerotium biomass of polyporus umbellatus and the content of components such as polysaccharide and steroids can be remarkably improved, so that the economic benefit is improved.

A method is disclosed for the treatment of human subjects diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The method comprises administering to a human subject a human neonatal Fc receptor (hFcRn) antagonist, optionally in combination with standard-of-care ITP treatment. In certain embodiments, the hFcRn antagonist is efgartigimod (ARGX-113). Standard-of-care ITP treatment may comprise administration of corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and / or thrombopoietin receptor (TPO-R) agonists.

The invention provides a method for improving cell permeability of mycobacterium neoaurum, a mycobacterium neoaurum engineering bacterium and an application of the mycobacterium neoaurum engineering bacterium in preparation of 9 alpha-hydroxyandrostane-4-ene-3, 17-diketone (9-OHAD). Biotransformation of phytosterol into high-value steroid intermediates such as 9-OHAD in mycobacteria is a footstone of steroid drugs. However, the limited permeability of its dense cell wall of Mycobacterium severely hinders the effective intracellular transport of phytosterols and its bioconversion to 9-OHAD. The endogenous synthesis capability and exogenous circulation capability of mycobacterium neoaurum trehalose are destroyed through gene knockout, the permeability of cells is improved, the molar conversion rate of 9-OHAD is increased to 65.7% from 44.7%, the extracellular production of 9-OHAD is also improved, the extracellular yield of 9-OHAD is increased to 32.1% from 12%, and subsequent separation and purification are facilitated.

Methods for stereo-selectively crystallizing 3-keto-5β-cholanic acid ("3-KCA") and 3-keto ursodeoxycholic acid ("3-KUDCA") of exceptional purity, salts useful in carrying out such methods, particularly the t-butylamine and cyclohexylamine salts of 3-KCA, the t-butylamine salt of 3-KUDCA, and crystalline forms of such salts, and methods of making commercial steroids from such purified materials.

The present invention is directed to orally administered corticosteroid compositions. The present invention also provides a method for treating a condition associated with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract in an individual. The method comprises administering to an individual in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition of the present invention.

The invention relates to the technical field of ovarian granule cell apoptosis, and discloses a method for regulating oxidative stress induced sheep ovarian granule cell apoptosis by using allicin, and the method comprises the following steps: firstly preparing a culture solution, then preparing an allicin stock solution, and identifying sheep ovarian granule cells; the method comprises the following steps: firstly, measuring the activity of ovarian granular cells after independent treatment of H2O2 and allicin, determining the optimal treatment time and concentration of H2O2 and allicin, then carrying out co-treatment of H2O2 and allicin, detecting the apoptosis of the granular cells by using flow cytometry, detecting the expression of apoptosis-related genes by using real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR, detecting the secretion of steroid hormones by using ELISA, and carrying out data analysis. The invention solves the problems that in the prior art, an effective regulation and control method for ovarian granular cell apoptosis induced by oxidative stress is lacked, and traditional medicines possibly have large side effects, unobvious effects and the like.

The present disclosure relates to methods of treating major depressive disorder (MDD) or postpartum depression (PPD) in a subject in need thereof with a combination of Compound (1) and an additional antidepressant, followed by continued administration of the additional antidepressant.