150 results about "Endocrine disease" patented technology

Disclosed herein are methods for modifying electrical currents in brain circuits through the simultaneous use of focused ultrasound pulse (FUP) and an existing brain-imaging system, such as a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) system. The methods are used for research, treatment and diagnosis of psychiatric, neurological, and neuroendocrine disorders whose biological mechanisms include brain circuits. The methods include the simultaneous steps of applying FUP to a live neuronal circuit within a brain and monitoring a brain image produced by a brain imaging system during the application of FUP.

A method, system, and an apparatus for stimulating a cranial nerve of a patient to treat a disorder, such as a metabolic or an endocrine disorder associated with the thyroid gland with an implantable medical device are provided. The method comprises coupling an electrode to the cranial nerve selected from the group consisting of a vagus nerve, a trigeminal nerve, and a glossopharyngeal nerve. The method further includes generating an electrical signal to treat a disorder associated with the thyroid gland. The electrical signal may be applied to the cranial nerve using the electrode to provide electrical nerve stimulation therapy to the patient. For treating a patient with a metabolic or an endocrine disorder associated with the thyroid gland, a neurostimulator may be adapted to apply an electrical stimulus to the vagus nerve and / or a branch of the vagus nerve associated with the thyroid gland. By balancing hormonal imbalance, the neurostimulator may provide electrical nerve stimulation therapy to the patient, thereby treating a target metabolic or an endocrine disorder associated with the thyroid gland.

Buccal aerosol sprays or capsules using polar and non-polar solvent have now been developed which provide biologically active compounds for rapid absorption through the oral mucosa, resulting in fast onset of effect. The buccal polar compositions of the invention comprise formulation I: aqueous polar solvent, active compound, and optional flavoring agent; formulation II: aqueous polar solvent, active compound, optionally flavoring agent, and propellant; formulation III: non-polar solvent, active compound, and optional flavoring agent; and formulation IV: non-polar solvent, active compound, optional flavoring agent, and propellant.

The present invention relates to methods of identifying a disease treatable with PARP modulators by identifying a level of PARP in a sample of a subject, making a decision regarding identifying the disease treatable by the PARP modulators wherein the decision is made based on the level of PARP. The method further comprises of treating the disease in the subject with the PARP modulators. The methods relate to identifying up-regulated PARP in a disease and making a decision regarding the treatment of the disease with PARP inhibitors. The extent of PARP up-regulation in a disease can also help in determining the efficacy of the treatment with PARP inhibitors. The present invention discloses various diseases that have up-regulated or down-regulated PARP and can be treated with PARP inhibitors or PARP activators, respectively. The examples of the diseases include cancer, inflammation, metabolic disease, CVS disease, CNS disease, disorder of hematolymphoid system, disorder of endocrine and neuroendocrine, disorder of urinary tract, disorder of respiratory system, disorder of female reproductive system, and disorder of male reproductive system.

The present invention provides novel conformationally-defined macrocyclic compounds that have been demonstrated to be selective modulators of the ghrelin receptor (GRLN, growth hormone secretagogue receptor, GHS-R1a and subtypes, isoforms and / or variants thereof). Methods of synthesizing the novel compounds are also described herein. These compounds are useful as antagonists or inverse agonists of the ghrelin receptor and as medicaments for treatment and prevention of a range of medical conditions including, but not limited to, metabolic and / or endocrine disorders, obesity and obesity-associated disorders, appetite or eating disorders, addictive disorders, cardiovascular disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, genetic disorders, hyperproliferative disorders, central nervous system disorders and inflammatory disorders.

Described is the use of Eubacterium hallii et rel. and / or Alcaligenes faecalis et rel., as well as pharmaceutical, food, or feed compositions comprising these bacteria as a medicament, in particular, for preventing and / or treating insulin resistance and / or insulin resistance-related complications such as metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus, as well as insulin resistance in endocrine diseases (e.g., obese subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus, Cushing's disease and lipodystrophy syndromes. Also described is a method for preventing and / or treating insulin resistance and / or insulin resistance-related complications such as dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus as well as insulin resistance in endocrine diseases (e.g., obese subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus, Cushing's disease and lipodystrophy syndromes) in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising the step of increasing the level of Eubacterium hallii et rel. and / or Alcaligenes faecalis et rel. in the small intestine.

The system presents applications of personalized medicine with intelligent medical devices (iMDs) and customizes therapies to complex problems involving neurological, cardiovascular, cancer, immunological and endocrinological diseases.

Apparatus and methods are provided for treating a human condition by providing an appendage chamber having a thermal exchange member. A vacuum may be applied to the appendage chamber to maintain vasodilation of an appendage when placed within the appendage chamber. The appendage may be heated or cooled at the thermal exchange member for therapeutic application of thermal energy to treat a number of circulatory, neurological, lymphatic, or endocrinal maladies.

The invention relates to a method for detecting 12 steroid hormones in serum by using an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry technology. The method comprises the following steps of: mixing a serum sample with a mixed internal standard solution of all to-be-detected substances, and carrying out one-step liquid-liquid extraction to obtain a to-be-detected solution;adding electrolyte ammonium fluoride into a mobile phase, so that the ionization efficiency of certain target compounds can be effectively improved; and simultaneously detecting the 12 hormones by adopting a mass spectrum positive-negative switching scanning mode. The method has the advantages of multiple detection types, high sensitivity, high specificity, low cost and simple pretreatment process, does not need solid phase extraction or derivation, can complete separation and detection of 12 hormones within 5.0 min, and provides a reliable detection method for the health assessment of clinical endocrine diseases.

The invention provides a medical sodium alginate gel microsphere and a preparation method and application of the medical sodium alginate gel microsphere. The medical sodium alginate gel microsphere consists of a composite medicine carrier and a water-insoluble medicine; the medicine is coated with the composite medicine carrier; and the composite medicine carrier is an ion crosslinking agent-sodium alginate-divalent metal ion, wherein the ion crosslinking agent is 4-aminomethylbenzoic acid or tranexamic acid. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1) mixing ion crosslinking agent aqueous solution with divalent metal ion solution in the same volume to obtain composite solidifying liquid; (2) dispersing medicine powder or an agent into sodium alginate aqueous solution; uniformly mixing; dropwise adding the mixture into the composite solidifying liquid obtained in step (1) through a high-voltage static droplet generating device or a syringe needle, so that the mixture drops are solidified into spheres; and (3) dehydrating gel microspheres which are washed with the distilled water; and drying at normal temperature. The medical sodium alginate gel microsphere can be used for treating tuberculosis, endocrine disease and tumor, and also can be used for treating local acute hemorrhage and chronic errhysis.

The invention discloses a mutant fibroblast growth factor (FGF-21) and use of the mutant fibroblast growth factor in treating endocrine diseases. The amino acid sequence of the fibroblast growth factor-21 disclosed by the invention is shown as SEQ ID NO: 2, and the sequence of a gene for encoding the mutant fibroblast growth factor is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1. According to the invention, a wild typeFGF-21 is used as a template, two arginine (Arg) residues are introduced through a downstream primer, and a mutant is obtained through polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The strong basicity and positive charges in the physiological condition of Arg are mainly utilized so that the isoelectric point of FGF-21 is up-regulated, and FGF-21 binding to the surfaces of cell membranes is facilitated. The results of an animal experiment show that the mutant FGF-21 disclosed by the invention can more effectively reduce the blood glucose level in an animal, and furthermore, the mutant disclosed by the invention has the advantages of fast onset of drug action, lasting drug effect and the like in reducing the blood glucose level. The mutant GF-21 disclosed by the invention can be used as a medicine to treat endocrine diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, lipid metabolism disorder and the like.

A method, system, and an apparatus for stimulating a cranial nerve of a patient to treat a disorder, such as a metabolic or an endocrine disorder associated with the thyroid gland with an implantable medical device are provided. The method comprises coupling an electrode to the cranial nerve selected from the group consisting of a vagus nerve, a trigeminal nerve, and a glossopharyngeal nerve. The method further includes generating an electrical signal to treat a disorder associated with the thyroid gland. The electrical signal may be applied to the cranial nerve using the electrode to provide electrical nerve stimulation therapy to the patient. For treating a patient with a metabolic or an endocrine disorder associated with the thyroid gland, a neurostimulator may be adapted to apply an electrical stimulus to the vagus nerve and / or a branch of the vagus nerve associated with the thyroid gland. By balancing hormonal imbalance, the neurostimulator may provide electrical nerve stimulation therapy to the patient, thereby treating a target metabolic or an endocrine disorder associated with the thyroid gland.

The invention discloses a multifunctional positioning device for injection treatment of endocrine diseases. The multifunctional positioning device for the injection treatment of the endocrine diseases comprises a supporting frame, wherein supporting columns are arranged on the edge of the lower surface of the supporting frame; a cotton pad is arranged on the lower surface of the supporting frame; an electric heating film is arranged on the upper surface of the cotton pad; telescopic rods are arranged at the middle parts of the left end and the right end of the upper surface of the supporting frame; the fixed ends of the telescopic rods are fixedly connected with the supporting frame; threads are formed in the side surfaces of the telescopic ends of the telescopic rods; the telescopic ends of the telescopic rods are in threaded connection with positioning nuts; the telescopic ends of the telescopic rods are fixedly connected with the upper surface of a supporting plate; a fixing sleeve is arranged at the middle part of the upper surface of the supporting plate. The multifunctional positioning device for the injection treatment of the endocrine diseases is simple in structure and multifunctional, can massage and heat an injection site of a patient so as to prevent subcutaneous induration and facilitate medicine absorption, can adjust the position of a syringe so as to control the injection depth and facilitate rehabilitation of the patient, and is easy to operate and convenient to use.

Described is the use of Eubacterium hallii et rel. and / or Alcaligenes faecalis et rel., as well as pharmaceutical, food, or feed compositions comprising these bacteria as a medicament, in particular, for preventing and / or treating insulin resistance and / or insulin resistance-related complications such as metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus, as well as insulin resistance in endocrine diseases (e.g., obese subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus, Cushing's disease and lipodystrophy syndromes. Also described is a method for preventing and / or treating insulin resistance and / or insulin resistance-related complications such as dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus as well as insulin resistance in endocrine diseases (e.g., obese subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus, Cushing's disease and lipodystrophy syndromes) in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising the step of increasing the level of Eubacterium hallii et rel. and / or Alcaligenes faecalis et rel. in the small intestine.

A pulmonary drug delivery system is disclosed, including a breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, and a cartridge for delivering a dry powder formulation. The inhaler and cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of endocrine disease, for example, diabetes and / or obesity.

The invention relates to the medical instrument technical field, and especially relates to an endocrine clinic back pack fumigating treatment device; a front clamp portion and a rear clamp portion are interlayering structure bodies with inner arc surfaces; tops of the front clamp portion and the rear clamp portion are provided with shoulder belts, and the bottoms are respectively provided with waistbands; inner portions, close to the inner arc surfaces, are respectively provided with an electric heating wire net; the side faces are respectively and symmetrically provided with two fumigating chambers; fumigating tubes are arranged in the fumigating chambers; the left and right sides of the inner arc surface are respectively provided with a plurality of air pores; the top and bottom of the inner arc surface are respectively provided with a plurality of magnets; the outer arc surface of the front clamp portion is provided with a control board; the lower portion of the outer arc surface of the rear clamp portion is provided with a cell bag filled with cell units. The endocrine clinic back pack fumigating treatment device is reasonable in structure design; the front clamp portion and the rear clamp portion are connected so as to put the fumigating device on the back of the patient; the power of the electric heating wire nets and fumigating tubes can be hand-operated so as to carry out fumigating treatment for endocrine diseases; the endocrine clinic back pack fumigating treatment device is simple in operation, safe and reliable, and has very well clinic popularization application prospect.

The invention provides LTBP2, which is associated with cardiovascular diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, cancer, endocrinological diseases, and urological diseases. The invention also provides assays for the identification of compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, cancer, endocrinological diseases, and urological diseases. The invention also features compounds which bind to and / or activate or inhibit the activity of LTBP2 as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The invention also provides LTBP2 as a biomarker for diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, cancer, endocrinological diseases, and urological diseases.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of medicine, relating in particular to: a fused ring compound as represented by Formula (I) for use as a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an isomer thereof; a preparation method for these compounds; a pharmaceutical preparation containing these compounds; and an application of these compounds, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or the isomers thereof in the preparation of medicants for the treatment and / or prevention of kidney injury, cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, and / or endocrine disease. The definitions of X, Y1, Y2, Y3, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4, Cy and n are as presented in the description.

A novel polypeptide having a cell death inhibitory activity and use thereof is provided. The polypeptide and the polynucleotide encoding it can be used as a diagnostic, therapeutic or prophylactic agent for various diseases and disorders. Certain suitable diseases and disorders which may be diagnosed, treated, or prevented with the polypeptide and the polynucleotide encoding it are selected from neurodegenerative diseases, brain dysfunctions, cancers, immunological disease, infections, gastrointestinal diseases, circulatory diseases, and endocrine diseases. The polypeptide and the polynucleotide encoding it can be used as a cell death inhibitor.

The invention relates to a kit for detecting 12 steroid hormones in serum by using an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry technology. The kit is characterized in thata serum sample is mixed with a mixed internal standard solution of all to-be-detected substances, the sample does not need derivatization treatment, and a to-be-detected solution can be obtained justby one-step liquid-liquid extraction; electrolyte ammonium fluoride is added into a mobile phase, so that the ionization efficiency of certain target compounds can be effectively improved; and 12 hormones are simultaneously detected by adopting a mass spectrum positive-negative switching scanning mode. The kit has the advantages of high sensitivity, high specificity, low cost and simple and quickpretreatment process, does not need solid-phase extraction or derivation, can complete the separation and detection of 12 hormones within 5.0 minutes, and provides a reliable detection kit for the health assessment of clinical endocrine diseases.

A pulmonary drug delivery system Is disclosed, including a breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, and a cartridge for delivering a dry powder formulation. The inhaler and cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, Including, small organic molecules, peptides and proteins, including, insulin and g!ucagon-i!ke peptide (1) for the treatment of disease and disorders, for example, endocrine disease such as diabetes and / or obesity.

This invention relates to oxadiazolyl and thiadiazolyl derivatives, which are found to be modulators of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Due to their pharmacological profile the compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), the peripheral nervous system (PNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neuro-degeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances.

The present invention relates to novel heteroaryl diazacycloalkane derivatives which are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic Acetyl Choline Receptors. Due to their pharmacological profile the compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neurodegeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances.