126 results about "Tryptase" patented technology

Compounds are provided which have the structureWherein A, B, C, D, m, Y, Ra, Rc, Rd, and Rd′ are as described herein, and which are useful as inhibitors of tryptase, thrombin, trypsin, Factor Xa, Factor VIIa, Factor XIa, and urokinase-type plasminogen activator and may be employed in preventing and / or treating asthma, chronic asthma, allergic rhinitis, and thrombotic disorders.

A method for making hepatocytes from extrahepatic somatic stem cells comprises: a) culturing somatic stem cells in a medium comprising hepatic growth factor to cause the stem cells to differentiate toward hepatocytes; b) culturing cells from a) in a medium comprising HGF and oncostatin M to facilitate the cell differentiation toward hepatocytes; and c) culturing cells from b) in a medium comprising oncostatin M to cause the differentiated cells to mature into hepatocytes, thereby producing a cell population that has morphological features of hepatocytes and at least four of the following characteristics: i) antibody-detectable expression of albumin; ii) real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction-detectable expression of α-fetoprotein, HNF-1α, HNF-3β, HNF-4, HNF-6, α1-antitrypsin, alkaline phosphatase, tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase, tyrosine aminotransferase, cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily E polypeptide 1, glutamine synthetase, and / or low density lipoprotein receptor; iii) urea secretion; iv) cytochrome p450 enzyme activity; v) glycogen storage; and vi) low density lipoprotein uptake.

Methods for stimulating proliferation and inhibiting death of cells in the epidermis and dermis of wounded and non-wounded as well as transplanted mammalian skin and transplanted skin cell suspensions are described. The methods include the steps of administering to an area of wounded or non-wounded skin therapeutically effective amounts of α1-antitrypsin, alkaline phosphatase (such as placental alkaline phosphatase), transferrin, and α1-acid glycoprotein in compositions that contain at least two of these proteins, or their active derivatives, as the major active components. The compositions can be administered topically and / or by injection, or both. The invention also provides regimens for restoring or maintaining the strength and thickness of wounded, non-wounded and transplanted skin as well as developing new skin from skin cell suspensions comprising periodically administering one or more compositions topically and / or by injection.