1032 results about "Colonic Cancers" patented technology

Antibodies, humanized antibodies, resurfaced antibodies, antibody fragments, derivatized antibodies, and conjugates of same with cytotoxic agents, which specifically bind to, and inhibit, insulin-like growth factor-I receptor, antagonize the effects of IGF-I, IGF-II and serum on the growth and survival of tumor cells, and which are substantially devoid of agonist activity. Said antibodies and fragments thereof may be used, optionally in conjunction with other therapeutic agents, in the treatment of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor, such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian carcinoma, synovial sarcoma, prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer, and said derivatized antibodies may be used in the diagnosis and imaging of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor.

The present invention relates to novel colon or colon cancer related polynucleotides and the polypeptides encoded by these polynucleotides herein collectively known as "colon or colon cancer antigens," and the use of such colon or colon cancer antigens for detecting disorders of the colon, particularly the presence of colon cancer and colon cancer metastases. More specifically, isolated colon or colon cancer associated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding novel colon or colon cancer associated polypeptides. Novel colon or colon cancer polypeptides and antibodies that bind to these polypeptides are provided. Also provided are vectors, host cells, and recombinant and synthetic methods for producing human colon or colon cancer associated polynucleotides and / or polypeptides. The invention further relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods useful for diagnosing, treating, preventing and / or prognosing disorders related to the colon, including colon cancer, and therapeutic methods for treating such disorders. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention. The present invention further relates to methods and / or compositions for inhibiting the production and function of the polypeptides of the present invention.

Provided herein are compounds according to Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions comprising the same, for use in various methods, including treating cancers such as colon, ovarian, pancreatic, breast, liver, prostate and hematologic cancers:

The present invention provides methods for identifying or assessing probabilities for having or developing an abnormal condition in subject and for the recurrence of the abnormal condition in the subject after receiving treatment. The method comprises determining the methylation status of at least the tachykinin-1 (TAC1) gene in the subject and comparing this methylation status to normal methylation status. Differences between the methylation status of the TAC1 gene is indicative of the subject developing an abnormal condition or for the development or recurrence of the abnormal conditions after receiving treatment.

Antibodies, humanized antibodies, resurfaced antibodies, antibody fragments, derivatized antibodies, and conjugates of these molecules with cytotoxic agents, which specifically bind to and inhibit insulin-like growth factor-I receptor, antagonize the effects of IGF-I and are substantially devoid of agonist activity toward the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor. These molecules can be conjugated to cytotoxic agents for use in the treatment of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor, such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian carcinoma, synovial sarcoma and pancreatic cancer. These molecules can also be labeled for in vitro and in vivo diagnostic uses, such as in the diagnosis and imaging of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor.

The present invention provides compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are described herein. The invention also provides syntheses for preparation of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention further provides methods for inhibiting kinases, in particular CDK2, for inhibiting angiogenesis, and for treating cancers, in particular breast, colon, prostate, and lung cancer.

The present application discloses an epigenetic marker for colon cancer.

Methods, compositions and systems are provided for the imaging of cavity / tissue lesions, including without limitation cavity / tissue malignant lesions, e.g. cancers of the skin, mouth, colon, digestive system cervix, bladder, lung, etc.

Provided herein are compounds according to Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions comprising the same, for use in various methods, including treating cancers such as colon, ovarian, pancreatic, breast, liver, prostate and hematologic cancers:

This application describes methods and compositions for detecting and treating HLTF-associated neoplasia. Differential methylation of the HLTF nucleotide sequences has been observed in HLTF-associated neoplasia such as colon neoplasia.

Human antibodies that bind to TIMP-1 can be used as reagents to diagnose and treat disorders in which TIMP-1 is elevated, such as liver fibrosis, alcoholic liver disease, cardiac fibrosis, acute coronary syndrome, lupus nephritis, glomerulosclerotic renal disease, benign prostate hypertrophy, colon cancer, lung cancer, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

The present invention provides new derivatives of 4- or 5-aminosalicylic acid, and a pharmaceutical composition containing these derivatives of 4- or 5-aminosalicylic acid as active ingredients, useful for the treatment of intestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and for the prevention / treatment of colon cancer. More particularly, these derivatives comprise a hydrogen sulfide releasing moiety linked via an azo, an ester, an anhydride, a thioester or an amide linkage to a molecule of 4- or 5-aminosalicylic acid. Furthermore, the present invention provides a process for preparing these compounds and their use for treating IBD and IBS and the prevention / treatment of colon cancer.

The invention relates generally to compounds which are allosteric modulators (e.g., negative and positive allosteric modulators, allosteric agonists, and ago-allosteric modulators) of the G protein coupled receptor CXCR5. The CXCR5 receptor compounds are derived from the intracellular loops and domains of the CXCR5 receptor. The invention also relates to the use of these CXCR5 receptor compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the CXCR5 receptor compounds in the treatment of diseases and conditions associated with CXCR5 receptor modulation such as autoimmune diseases including lupus, HIV and rheumatoid arthritis, Primary Sjogren's Syndrome, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Burkitt Lymphoma, colon and breast cancer tumor metastasis, Multiple Sclerosis and compromised immune function.

The invention discloses bifidobacterium bifidum capable of remarkably relieving constipation and application thereof and belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. The bifidobacterium bifidum CGMCC NO.13632 can well tolerate simulative gastrointestinal fluid, can be well attached to colon cancer cells HT-29, and can remarkably increase the water content of excrement of constipation mice and shorten the first tarry stool time. On the aspect of increasing the small intestine driving rate, the bifidobacterium bifidum CGMCC NO.13632 is superior to cathartic phenolphthalein, a best effect is shown, secretion of gastrointestinal regulatory peptide relevant to constipation in serum is also adjusted while constipation pathological factors are remarkably improved, and the bifidobacterium bifidum does not have toxic and side effects of medicine for treating constipation, and is a first choice for preventing and treating constipation. The bifidobacterium bifidum CGMCC NO.13632 is used for preparing pharmaceutical compositions and fermented food for relieving constipation, and has very wide application prospects.

PCT No. PCT / US97 / 11564 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 14, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 14, 1999 PCT Filed Jul. 8, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98 / 01132 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 15, 1998The present invention relates to specific adamantyl or adamantyl group derivative containing retinoid compounds induce apoptosis of cancer cells. These adamantyl retinoid derivatives are useful for the treatment of many cancers and solid tumors, especially androgen-independent prostate cancer, skin cancer, pancreatic carcinomas, colon cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, small cell lung carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, brain cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, neuroblastoma / glioblastoma, and leukemia. Also, the invention relates to novel adamantyl or adamantyl group derivative compounds which are useful as active agents for the treatment or prevention of keratinization disorders and other dermatological conditions, and other diseases.

Compounds of the present invention find utility in the treatment of mammalian cancers and especially human cancers including, but not limited to, malignant melanomas, solid tumors, glioblastomas, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancers, breast cancers, kidney cancers, hepatic cancers, cervical carcinomas, metastasis of primary tumor sites, myeloproliferative diseases, chronic myelogenous leukemia, leukemias, papillary thyroid carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, hypereosinophilic syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, colonic cancers, ocular diseases characterized by hyperproliferation leading to blindness including various retinopathies, diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mastocytosis, mast cell leukemia, and diseases caused by PDGFR-α kinase, PDGFR-β kinase, c-KIT kinase, cFMS kinase, c-MET kinase, and oncogenic forms, aberrant fusion proteins and polymorphs of any of the foregoing kinases.

The invention provides novel compositions, methods and uses, for the diagnosis, prognosis, prediction, prevention and aid in treatment of malignant neoplasia such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, esophageal cancer, mesenchymal cancer, bladder cancer or non-small cell lung cancer. Genes that are chromosomally amplified in breast tissue of breast cancer patients are disclosed. Further disclosed are chromosomally amplified genes and non-amplified genes that correlate to Taxane resistance, Taxane benefit or adverse Taxane reaction, which can be used as an aid to make therapy dicisions.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating colon cancer and a preparation method thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine composition mainly comprises the following raw medicinal herbs: indigo naturalis, tuckahoe, coix seed, taraxacum officinale root, herba violae, Mangnolia officinalis, houttuynia cordata, patrinia, angelica sinensis, radix paeoniae alba, Chinese lobelia herb, radix sophorae falvescentis, dried orange peel, medicated leaven, rhizoma cyperi, aspongopus, prepared frankincense, prepared myrrh, corydalis tuber, manis pentadactyla, raw astragalus mongholicus, radix notoginseng, charred sanguisorba officinalis, rhizoma sparganii, curcuma zedoary and the like. The Traditional Chinese medicine composition can be prepared into any one common oral preparation according to a conventional traditional Chinese medicine composition method. The invention can remarkably improve symptoms of frequency increase of defecate, blood and mucus brought in the defecate, bellyache, diarrhea or astriction, intestinal obstruction and malaise, weight reduction, anemia and the like, and has accurate clinical treatment effect, remarkable treatment effect and rapid effect taking. Because of being combined by basically adopting medicinal and edible medicines specified in National Formulary, the traditional Chinese medicine composition has the advantages of low cost, basic no toxic and side effect, and the like.

A mouse monoclonal antibody for antagonizing and inhibiting binding of a vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor (VEGF-R), and a heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region amino acid sequence thereof. Also disclosed are a humanized preparation process of the antibody and a heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region amino acid sequence of the humanized antibody. The humanized antibody or its derivative can act as an ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition or be prepared into a suitable pharmaceutical preparation, is administered alone or in combination with a chemotherapy drug or other treatment means, and is used in broad-spectrum treatment of various solid tumors such as colon cancer, breast cancer and rhabdomyosarcoma.

The present invention relates to a method and kit for in vitro diagnosing a complex disease such as cancer, in particular, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), colon cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer; transient ischemic attack (TIA), ischemia, in particular stroke, hypoxia, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, perinatal brain damage, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy of neotatals asphyxia; demyelinating disease, in particular, white-matter disease, periventricular leukoencephalopathy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer and Parkinson's disease; in a biological sample. For the diagnosis, use is made of measuring at least two different species of biomolecules and classifying the results by means of suitable classifier algorithms and other statistical procedures. With the present invention, a significant improvement of the reliability of e.g. expression profiles alone, are achieved. In other words, in a defined collective, an up to 100% accurate positive diagnosis could be achieved, which renders the method of the present invention superior over the prior art.

The invention relates to a method for preparing icaritin through converting total flavones of epimedium by an enzyme method. The method comprises the step of converting multicomponent flavone glycosides in the total flavones of epimedium by a dual-enzyme system consisting of heat-resistant alpha-L-rhamnosidase and heat-resistant beta-glucosidase, so as to produce the icaritin. According to the method, multicomponent flavone compounds (such as icariin, Epimedin A, Epimedin B and Epimedin C) in the total flavones of epimedium can be almost completely converted into the target product; the optimal acting temperature is high, so that a substrate and intermediate products have good solubility, and a cosolvent is not required; and the enzymolysis time is short, and the yield is high. The icaritin prepared by the method has a remarkable higher propagation inhibiting effect on liver cancers, lung cancers, colon cancers and mammary cancers compared with each monomer of the total flavones of epimedium before conversion.

The invention provides a hemoglobin, hemoglobin-haptoglobin composite and transferrin joint examination kit. The hemoglobin, hemoglobin-haptoglobin composite and transferrin joint examination kit comprises an upper shell, a lower shell, an immunostrip, test paper and the like; a gold-labeled composite containing a hemoglobin monoclonal antibody, a hemoglobin-haptoglobin composite monoclonal antibody and a transferrin monoclonal antibody is scribed on a nitrocellulose membrane; 3 test lines, a quality control line (15) and a gold-labeled composite membrane scribing line (8) are arranged on the nitrocellulose membrane in parallel. The invention further provides a preparation method and a detection method of the hemoglobin, hemoglobin-haptoglobin composite and transferrin joint examination kit. The hemoglobin, hemoglobin-haptoglobin composite and transferrin joint examination kit is convenient and simple in operation, stable in performance and accurate in result, has a relatively good reference value for early diagnosis and identification of colorectal cancer or colon cancer tumor or other tumors with lower gastrointestinal bleeding symptoms in clinic, significantly improves the positive detection rate of digestive hemorrhagic diseases, is suitable for clinical hospital examination and household self-examination, and provides measures for large-scale general examination of such diseases.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biopharmacy, particularly relates to a PD-L1 IgV targeted affinity peptide product with antineoplastic activity, and a preparation method and application of the affinity peptide product. According to the invention, the affinity peptide is specifically bonded in the PD-L1 IgV area, the amino acid sequence of the affinity peptide is ANGSRLV (Ala-Asn-Gly-Ser-Arg-Leu-Val), and the molecular weight of the affinity peptide is 715.4; the affinity peptide can be artificially synthesized by adopting the Fomc solid-phase polypeptide synthesis, and can be adopted as the mainly active ingredient in preparing colon cancer (CT26) resistance medicines. Bacteriophages are adopted to display the peptide bank screening technique, the PD-L1 IgV is adopted as the target for high-flux screening, and the affinity peptide with the antineoplastic activity is artificially synthesized; the inventor further proves that the affinity peptide has the better antineoplastic activity, can remarkably inhibit growth of tumors in rats, and provides the novel thinking and theoretical basis for the research and development of PD-L1-based medicines.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating tumours and a preparation method thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine composition contains a bufogenin extract anda medicinal carrier, wherein the bufogenin extract is prepared by the purification of a silica gel column after being extracted by a toad venom medicinal material, the total content is not below 92%,and then the traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared by dissolution, filtration, encapsulation and sterilization and can be further prepared into a liquor for injection or freeze-drying powder injection. The traditional Chinese medicine composition has a favorable anticancer action for lung cancer, liver cancer, mammary cancer, stomach cancer, colonic cancer and the like, can increaseleucocyte and has less side effect.

The present invention features methods and formulations or compositions for the treatment of colon cancer, and particularly for the inhibition, prevention and / or reduction of cancerous cell growth, as well as the destruction of early stage cancerous cells within the colon region of a mammal, wherein the formulations and compositions comprise an identified amount or concentration of a processed Morinda citrifolia product or an active ingredient there from, as obtained from the Indian Mulberry plant.

Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to stage-specific embryonic antigen 4 (SSEA-4) are disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, biliary cancer, liver cancer, buccal cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, oral cancer, neuroendocrine cancer, adrenal cancer, thyroid cancer, bone cancer, skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and / or brain tumor.

The invention belongs to the field of medicines, relates to anti-tumor medicines, and in particular relates to anti-tumor medicines in double-aryl urea structures based on indazole, indole, azaindazole or azaindole. The structural formulae of the anti-tumor medicines are shown in formula (Ia) and formula (Ib), wherein Z is N atom or C atom; W is O; M is O, S, N or CH; n is 1 or 2; Y and R are halogen atoms, H, R1, CF3, OCF3, OH, OR2, OCOR3, NH2, NHR4, NR52, NHCOR6, carboxyl group, ester group, cyano group, mercapto group, alkyl sulphanyl, sulfuryl, sulfoxide, sulfonic group, sulfamate, sulfonamide, ketonic group, aldehyde group, nitro group or nitroso group. Pharmacodynamic experiments prove that the medicines have good anti-tumor effects on human lung cancer, human kidney cancer, human colon cancer, human liver cancer, human gastric cancer, human breast cancer, melanoma and the like.