120 results about "Systemic inflammation" patented technology

The present invention relates to a method for in vitro detection of SIRS, sepsis and / or sepsis-like conditions. This method renders the evaluation of the severity and / or the therapeutic progress of sepsis and severe infections, in particular sepsis-like systemic infections possible. Further, the present invention relates to the use of recombinantly or synthetically prepared nucleic acid sequences or peptide sequences derived therefrom as calibrator in sepsis assays and / or for the evaluation of the effect and the toxicity during screening of the active agents and / or the preparation of therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of SIRS, sepsis, sepsis-like systemic inflammatory conditions and sepsis-like systemic infections.

Whole blood is treated extracorporeally to remove substances contrary to health using mesoporous / microporous or macroporopus / microporous carbon in the form of beads or a channel monolith. The carbon may be the result of carbonising a mesoporous or macroporous phenolic resin. Substances contrary to health include externally introduced toxins such as bacterially derived staphylococcus enterotoxins A, B, TSST-1 or autologous, biologically active molecules with harmful, systemic effects when their activity is excessive or unregulated. Examples include the removal of inappropriate amounts of pro- or anti-inflammatory molecules and toxic mediators of systemic inflammatory response syndrome related to sepsis, cardio-pulmonary by-pass surgery, ischaemic reperfusioninjury; the removal of larger molecular weight and protein bound uremic toxins related to kidney and hepatic toxins related to liver failure and the removal of toxins relevant to biological and chemical warfare.

The present invention relates to binding moieties that specifically bind to a conformational epitope of C5a, in particular human C5a. Preferred binding moieties are anti-C5a antibodies that bind to this conformational epitope. The binding moieties described herein are useful as active agents in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and prevention of various acute and chronic diseases, in particular acute inflammatory diseases, such as the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and different degrees of sepsis including sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock.

This invention is directed to a method of using a therapeutic composition comprising a compound of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid (pyruvate) and / or its derivatives for the treatment of cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions. The compound is an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, a physiologically acceptable salt of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, an ester of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, or an amide of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid. A component for inducing and stabilizing the enol resonance form of the ester at physiological pH values is also disclosed. The cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions are mediated by, for example, an “early” (Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF), interleukin-1β (IL-1β)) or “late” (high mobility group B-1 (HMGB-1)) mediator of inflammation. Exemplary cytokine-mediated inflammatory conditions include, but are not limited to, local and systemic inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), rheumatoid arthritis, asthma (including status asthmaticus), sepsis or septic shock, also including inflammatory skin conditions, for example, psoriasis and eczema.

The infrared spectrum of cells or tissues in the frequency range 900cm−1-1750cm−1 is digitally separated by the method of the invention into the component contributions by protein, RNA and DNA. By comparing the relative sizes of the component spectra, relative quantities of these components can be specified. The ratios protein / DNA and RNA / DNA can be used to quantify the degree of cellular biosynthesis for the purpose of grading the aggressiveness of cancer cells. The ratio nucleic acid / protein may be used to measure the nuclear cell content of blood for the purpose of quantifying the degree of systemic inflammation. The advantage of the method is in its' minimal sample size requirement and low cost.

The invention involves methods for characterizing an individual's risk profile of developing a future cardiovascular disorder by obtaining a level of the marker of systemic inflammation in the individual. The invention also involves methods for evaluating the likelihood that an individual will benefit from treatment with an agent for reducing the risk of future cardiovascular disorder.

Statin therapy has revolutionized the treatment of cardiovascular disease, but not all patients can take the appropriate level of statins because of their side effects. The present invention provides compositions that provide potent cholesterol lowering while minimizing the damaging side effects to liver, muscles, and neurons, and has the added benefit of reducing chronic systemic inflammation, which is an independent determinant of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. The current invention presents pharmaceutical compositions for reducing cholesterol and chronic systemic inflammation comprising therapeutically effective amounts of: at least one lipid-lowering agent chosen from HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, high-dose controlled-release niacin, red yeast rice, or policosanol; and at least one antiinflammatory natural product chosen from alpha-lipoic acid and corosolic acid. To those in need of such treatment, the current invention also provides safe methods for reducing high serum cholesterol or chronic inflammation, or for simultaneously reducing both cholesterol and chronic inflammation via treatment with therapeutically effective daily doses of pharmaceutical compositions as described herein. The present invention provides mammals with compositions and methods for concurrently reducing cholesterol and inflammation as a prevention or treatment for many age-related diseases and disorders.

The present invention relates to SGLT2 inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof for use in the treatment and / or prevention of a metabolic disorder of an equine animal. In particular, the present invention relates the SGLT2 inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof for use in the treatment and / or prevention of insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, dysadipokinemia, subclinical inflammation, systemic inflammation, low grade systemic inflammation, obesity, and / or regional adiposity in an equine animal.

The present invention is directed to a novel method for treating or preventing systemic inflammation in a formula-fed infant. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of LGG to the infant.

The present invention relates to one or more SGLT2 inhibitors or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof for use in the treatment and / or prevention of a metabolic disorder in a feline animal, preferably wherein the metabolic disorder is one or more selected from the group consisting of: ketoacidosis, pre-diabetes, diabetes mellitus type 1 or type 2, insulin resistance, obesity, hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, dysadipokinemia, subclinical inflammation, systemic inflammation, low grade systemic inflammation, hepatic lipidosis, atherosclerosis, inflammation of the pancreas, neuropathy and / or Syndrome X (metabolic syndrome) and / or loss of pancreatic beta cell function and / or wherein the remission of the metabolic disorder, preferably diabetic remission, is achieved and / or maintained.

The invention provides a method of ameliorating systemic inflammation in a patient involving administering to the patient a therapeutically effective dose of composition including polystyrene divinyl benzene copolymer and a polyvinyl pyrrolidone polymer. More particularly, the method relates to using these polymers as an enteral sorbent preparation to remove inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines, from the intestinal lumen. The polymers can be in the form of a preparation of polystyrene divinyl benzene copolymer beads with a biocompatible polyvinyl pyrrolidone polymer coating.

The invention involves methods for characterizing an individual's risk profile of developing a future cardiovascular disorder by obtaining a level of the marker of systemic inflammation in the individual. The invention also involves methods for evaluating the likelihood that an individual will benefit from treatment with an agent for reducing the risk of future cardiovascular disorder.

The invention involves, inter alia, the use of markers of systemic inflammation to determine whether or not an individual undergoing treatment with a cardiovascular agent to reduce the risk of a future cardiovascular event will benefit from continued treatment with the cardiovascular agent. Further, this invention describes the use of markers of systemic inflammation to evaluate the efficacy of treatment and to assist physicians in deciding on the course of a treatment in an individual at risk of future cardiovascular events.

Disclosed are compositions, methods and apparatus for diagnosing and / or monitoring a virus-associated systemic inflammation by measurement of a host immune response. The invention can be used for diagnosis including early diagnosis, monitoring, making treatment decisions, or management of subjects suspected of having systemic inflammation associated with an infection. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to peripheral blood RNA and protein biomarkers that are useful for specifically distinguishing between the host systemic immune response to viruses as compared to the host immuneresponse to other causes of systemic inflammation.

The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for reducing essential hypertension and systemic inflammation. While many drugs have been found to treat hypertension, the currently available drugs often do not maintain reduced blood pressure at the preferred norm of 115 / 75 mm Hg or less throughout a 24 hour period. The current invention provides compositions comprising at least one hypertensive drug combined with the natural product Coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone or CoQ10), which synergizes with the antihypertensive drugs to maintain low blood pressure throughout the day and night while generating other positive effects on the risks of cardiovascular disease, renal failure, and stroke. CoQ10 also counteracts some of the side effects of some hypertensive drugs such as tiredness, weakness, and / or liver toxicity. The invention further describes therapeutically effective methods for reducing systemic inflammation in hypertensive mammals comprising treatment with an antihypertensive composition that includes at least one angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker and CoQ10 (ubiquinone). The invention metrics for reducing systemic inflammation comprise the reduction of serum levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin 6 (IL-6), and / or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). These antihypertensive-CoQ10 combinations will synergistically reduce both hypertension and systemic inflammation.

The present invention is directed to a novel method for treating or preventing systemic inflammation in a subject. The method administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of inactivated LGG.

The invention relates to a prenylated flavonoid, and applications thereof in preparing drugs used for treating inflammatory diseases. The prenylated flavonoid is a novel compound separated from artocarpus heterophyllus of Artocarpus, Moraceae, and is named as artoheteroid C. The structure of artoheteroid C is disclosed in the invention, possesses high inhibition activity on mouse neutrophil respiratory burst, can be used for preparing drugs used for treating inflammatory diseases, and can be used for clinical treatment of oxidative damages, such as rheumatoid arthritis, compensatory anti-inflammatory response syndrome, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome, caused by neutrophil excessive activation; and the IC50 value is 7.5<mu>M.

Pyrimidine nucleotide precursors including acyl derivatives of cytidine, uridine, and orotate, and uridine phosphorylase inhibitors, and their use in enhancing resistance to sepsis or systemic inflammation are disclosed.

Pyrimidine nucleotide precursors including acyl derivatives of cytidine, uridine, and orotate, and uridine phosphorylase inhibitors, and their use in enhancing resistance to sepsis or systemic inflammation are disclosed.

Pyrimidine nucleotide precursors including acyl derivatives of cytidine, uridine, and orotate, and uridine phosphorylase inhibitors, and their use in enhancing resistance to sepsis or systemic inflammation are disclosed.

The present invention relates to methods for treating systemic inflammation. In certain embodiments, the method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of curcumin-selenium loaded nanoparticles. The curcumin-selenium loaded nanoparticles can comprise a matrix of chitosan, polyethylene glycol and tetramethoxysilane encapsulating curcumin and selenium. In certain embodiments, the method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles. The nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticles can comprise a matrix of chitosan encapsulating nitric oxide. In certain embodiments, the systemic inflammation can be caused by endotoxemia. In certain embodiments, the systemic inflammation can be caused by a Filovirus, including an Ebola virus or a Marburg virus. In certain embodiments, the methods for treating systemic inflammation in a subject result in the reduction of proinflammatory cytokines in a subject. In certain embodiments, the method of treatment is a combination therapy. The present invention also relates to methods of making compositions comprising nanoparticles.

The present invention provides methods and compositions useful for the diagnosis or prognosis of a systemic inflammatory condition such as sepsis.

Methods for treating individuals suffering from inflammation, specifically systemic inflammation including septic shock and inflammatory conditions affecting the gastrointestinal, myocardial and endocrine systems with ladostigil.

The present invention relates to one or more SGLT2 inhibitors or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof for use in the treatment and / or prevention of a metabolic disorder in a canine animal, preferably wherein the metabolic disorder is one or more selected from the group consisting of: ketoacidosis, pre-diabetes, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, hyperglycemia, hyperglycemia induced cataract formation, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, dysadipokinemia, subclinical inflammation, systemic inflammation, low grade systemic inflammation, hepatic lipidosis, inflammation of the pancreas, metabolic disorder consequences, such as hypertension, renal dysfunction and / or muscoskeletal disorders, and / or Syndrome X (metabolic syndrome), wherein preferably the development of hyperglycemia induced cataract formation is prevented or remission is achieved and / or wherein preferably the development of metabolic disorder consequences, such as hypertension, renal dysfunction and / or muscoskeletal disorders, is prevented or progression is slowed or remission is achieved.

The present invention provides a method of detecting platelet thrombosis or organ injury in a patient suffering from disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) syndrome or systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) by analyzing a von Willebrand factor-degrading enzyme and / or a degrading factor thereof. A kit for detecting platelet thrombosis or organ injury in a patient suffering from DIC or SIRS which contains an antibody capable of binding specifically to a von Willebrand factor-degrading enzyme or its fragment and an antibody capable of binding specifically to a degrading factor of a von Willebrand factor-degrading enzyme or its fragment.