113 results about "Lipoxin" patented technology

Compounds having the active site of natural lipoxins, but a longer tissue half-life are disclosed. In particular, 15-epi-lipoxins and their use in ameliorating undesired cell proliferation, which characterizes diseases such as cancer, are also disclosed.

The present invention provides, among other things, new benzylamine compounds, compositions comprising benzylamine compounds, methods of making benzylamine compounds, and methods of using benzylamine compounds for treating or preventing a variety of conditions or diseases associated with lipoprotein metabolism.

The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of apolipoprotein B. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acids encoding apolipoprotein B. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of apolipoprotein B expression and for treatment of diseases associated with expression of apolipoprotein B are provided.

The present invention includes peptidomimetic compound compositions and methods of making and using peptidomimetic compounds to modulate the activity of a peptide receptor for the treatment of one or more of hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia or other symptoms that relate to the function of the targeted receptor. The peptidomimetic includes an oligo-benzamide compound having at least three optionally substituted benzamides.

The present invention provides, among other things, new benzylamine compounds, compositions comprising benzylamine compounds, methods of making benzylamine compounds, and methods of using benzylamine compounds for treating or preventing a variety of conditions or diseases associated with lipoprotein metabolism.

The invention relates to methods of treating ophthalmic conditions comprising administering a compound of formula A, a compound of any one of formulae 1-49, a lipoxin compound, or an oxylipin compound.

This invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing lipoxin compounds and therapeutic uses for the compounds in treating or preventing a disease or condition associated with columnar epithelial inflammation. The invention also discloses methods for screening for compounds useful in preventing columnar epithelial inflammation.

In the present invention, the markers identified for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis and the microarray panel thereof comprise at least one of the following proteins / genes:8 up-regulated genes such asANXA2; COL1A2; COL3A1; GSN; LDHB; LUM; PDGFRA and TIMP1.13 down-regulated genes such asALB; ANPEP; APOF; AZGP1; BHMT C8A; CFHR4; CFHR5; COL18A1; FTCD; GYS2; ITIH1, and THRAP1.9 therapeutic targets such as PDGFRA; S100A4; COL3A1; CCL19; DCN; DPT; APP; TNF; and INFG.The present invention is capable of screening markers for the early warning of the occurrence for severe fibrosis or cirrhosis and potentially targets for drug design.

The present invention is generally drawn to novel isolated therapeutic agents, termed lipoxins, generated from the interaction between a dietary omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) such as arachidonic acid (AA), oxygenases and the analgesic aspirin (ASA). Surprisingly, careful isolation of compounds generated from the combination of components in an appropriate environment provide di- and tri-hydroxy containing derivatives of AA containing compounds having unique structural and physiological properties. The present invention therefore provides for many new useful therapeutic di- and tri-hydroxy derivatives of AA (lipoxins, aspirin-triggered epi-lipoxins) that diminish, prevent, or eliminate NV, hemangiogenesis and / or angiogenic condition(s) of corneal tissue. The present invention also provides methods of use, methods of preparation, and packaged pharmaceuticals for use as medicaments for the compounds disclosed throughout the specification.

The invention relates to methods of treating inflammatory disease comprising administering a compound of formula A, a compound of any one of formulae 1-49, a lipoxin compound, or an oxylipin compound.

A composition is provided which contains policosanol and chromium and / or chromium salts and which may be used for treating, preventing and or reducing metabolic syndrome, hypercholesterolemia and hypoglycemia related diseases, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, LDL / HDL ratio, triglycerides, coronary heart disease (heart attacks and strokes), inflammation, deep-vein thrombosis, immunoregulatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, raised blood pressure, fatigue, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety, depression and / or neurodegenerative disorders, and / or raising HDL cholesterol and / or lean body mass in humans and animals. The method comprises administering policosanol and chromium and / or chromium salts which together effectively lower blood glucose levels and lower the LDL / HDL cholesterol ratio. Typically, the administered composition includes about 0.1-10:1 parts by weight of policosanol to chromium and / or chromium salts.

This invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing lipoxin compounds and therapeutic uses for the compounds in treating or preventing a disease or condition associated with columnar epithelial inflammation. The invention also discloses methods for screening for compounds useful in preventing columnar epithelial inflammation.

The present invention relates to novel cycloalkyl-hydroxyl compounds, compositions comprising hydroxyl compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing a variety of diseases and conditions such as, but not limited to aging, Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, a disorder of glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, dyslipoproteinemia, hypertension, impotence, inflammation, insulin resistance, lipid elimination in bile, obesity, oxysterol elimination in bile, pancreatitis, Parkinson's disease, a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-associated disorder, phospholipid elimination in bile, renal disease, septicemia, Syndrome X, thrombotic disorder. Compounds and methods of the invention can also be used to modulate C reactive protein or enhance bile production in a patient. In certain embodiments, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are useful in combination therapy with other therapeutics, such as hypocholesterolemic and hypoglycemic agents.

A reagent for detecting a risk factor of Alzheimer's disease which contain, as the active ingredients, an antibody specific to apolipoprotein E4 and an antibody against all of apolipoprotein E2, apolipoprotein E3 and apolipoprotein E4; a detection method; and a detection kit. Thus, apolipoprotein E4 genotype can be economically and sensitively detected compared with the PCR method which is employed for gene examination today.

Methods are provided for treating or preventing conditions comprising hypertension and dyslipidemia using antihyperlipemic agents and compounds that antagonize the angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor, function as partial or full activators of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) and lower triglycerides or elevate blood HDL-cholesterol. Compositions are provided for treating or preventing conditions comprising hypertension and dyslipidemia, comprising antihyperlipemic agents which lower triglycerides and inhibit cholesterol synthesis such as statins, and compounds that antagonize or block the angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor, activate PPARs and lower triglycerides or elevate blood HDL-cholesterol such as sartans.

The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

Disclosed herein are compounds that selectively activate the FPRL1 receptor. Further disclosed are methods of alleviating inflammatory responses by regulating key steps in leukocyte trafficking and preventing neutrophil-mediated tissue damage by administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of the compounds disclosed herein. In addition, methods of modulating, or specifically agonizing, the FPRL1 receptor by administering an effective amount of the compounds disclosed herein are provided.

Methods for detecting acute kidney injury in an individual comprise (a) contacting a body fluid sample from the individual with an assay device including neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) antibody and a detectable label, to allow complexing of NGAL protein in the sample with NGAL antibody, and determining an amount of complex formed between NGAL protein from the sample and NGAL antibody in the assay device using the detectable label, wherein NGAL antibody in the device has binding capacity with more than two NGAL protein epitopes, and wherein the amount of the formed complex represents a level of acute kidney injury. Methods for determining an origin of NGAL protein in a sample from an individual include the step of determining relative amounts of monomeric, dimeric and heterodimeric forms of NGAL protein in the sample and allow improved diagnosis and therefore better targeted treatment.

The invention provides a method that uses enzyme-treatment of whole soybeans or partially defatted soybeans to select soybeans with improved bioactivity or bioactivities. The invention further provides a soybean plant and seed with a non-transgenic mutation conferring enhanced bioactivity as an hydrolysate when compared to hydrolysate from other seeds, for instance in a cell-based assay, including reduced cancer cell viability; increased LDL receptor activity; reduced lipid accumulation; increased adiponectin expression; decreased FAS and LPL expression; reduced production of NO and PGE2, and expression of iNOS and COX-2; higher antioxidant activity; promotion of growth of bifidobacteria; and inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria; for instance when compared to other seeds tested as hydrolysates. The invention also provides soybean plants for use in producing seeds that have an overall improved bioactivity compared to other seeds as hydrolysates by combining effects on several bioactivity assays in a health index. The invention also provides products derived from, and parts of, these plants and uses thereof. Methods for producing such plants are also provided, as well as methods for standardizing or assuring quality control of soybean products with enhanced bioactivity for humans and animals.

This invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing lipoxin compounds and therapeutic uses for the compounds in treating or preventing a disease or condition associated with columnar epithelial inflammation. The invention also discloses methods for screening for compounds useful in preventing columnar epithelial inflammation.

The invention relates to methods of treating mucositis comprising administering a compound of formula A, compound of any one of formulae 1 to 46, lipoxin compound, or oxylipin compound.

This invention provides a method for treating pulmonary disease in patients with cystic fibrosis, variant cystic fibrosis, and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. The method involves administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a lipoxin or lipoxin analogue to subjects with cystic fibrosis or related disease, in amounts sufficient to downregulate harmful neutrophilic airway inflammatory responses.

The present invention provides, among other things, new bicyclic heterocyclic compounds, compositions comprising these heterocyclic compounds, methods of making the heterocyclic compounds, and methods of using these heterocyclic compounds for treating or preventing a variety of conditions or diseases associated with lipoprotein metabolism.

The invention relates to a method of diagnosing non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) using molecular markers. The inventive method consists in detecting and quantifying, in vitro in a hepatic tissue sample, the levels of a protein which can be used as a NASH molecular marker and which is selected from apolipoprotein A1, sub-unit β of the mitochondrial ATPase, leukotriene A4 hydrolase, keratin 18, guanidine acetate N-methyltransferase, superoxide dismutase, albumin, antioxidant protein 2 (isoform 1), prohibitin 1, methionine adenosyl transferase, long-chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase, selenium binding protein, antioxidant protein 2 (isoform 2), and combinations of same. The invention further consists in comparing the results obtained with the normal values of said proteins in healthy hepatic tissue. Said method can be used to diagnose NASH and / or to assess a patient's potential risk of developing NASH.

The present invention proposes formative agent of protein complex, in which a polyphenol is useful component, and the agent is useful as gene complex, cell adhesion inhibitor or immune tolerogen. The polyphenol of forming the agent is selected from catechin group consisting of epigallocatechin-gallate, tannic acids, or proanto-dianisidine, a protein of the protein complex is selected from proteins consisting of animal proteins composed of polypeptide chain of peptide-combined amino acids, vegetative proteins, nucleus proteins, glycogen proteins, lipo-proteins and metal proteins, the gene complex comprises by compositing genes by polyphenol catechins in order to introduce genes to cells of animals or human bodies, a cell composed of the cell adhesion inhibitor is selected from cells consisting of an animal cell including a stem cell, skin cell, mucosa cell, hepatocyte, islet cell, neural cell, cartilage cell, endothelial cell, epidermal cell, osteocyte or muscle cell isolated from human or animal organism, or sperm, ovum or fertilized egg of domestic animals or fishes and a tissue or an organ for transplantation of the immune tolerogen is selected from the tissue or the organ consisting of skin, blood vessel, cornea, kidney, heart, liver, umbilical cord, bowels, nerve, lung, placenta or pancreas.

The invention relates to methods of treating inflammatory disease comprising administering a compound of formula A, a compound of any one of formulae 1-49 or I-III, a lipoxin compound, or an oxylipin compound.

A method of preventing, arresting, reversing and treatment of atherosclerosis by enhancing the activities of Δ6 and Δ5 desaturases such that the cell, tissue, and plasma levels of various polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and, in particular that of endothelial cells lining the blood vessels will increase. More particularly, the invention is directed to enhance the activities of Δ6 and Δ5 desaturases that, in turn, will lead to increased production of products of polyunsaturated fatty acids such as prostacyclin (PGI2), PGI3, lipoxins, resolvins, protecting, PGE1 (prostaglandin E1), nitric oxide, and nitrolipids such that atherosclerotic process will be prevented, arrested, reversed and this will lead to efficient arrest, regression, prevention and / or treatment of even established atherosclerosis and its associated conditions. More particularly, the invention is directed to the delivery of proteins, peptides, lipids, lipoproteins, glycolipids, synthetic chemicals such as statins and their derivatives, troglitazones and their derivatives, and other compounds (synthetic or natural) that have the ability to enhance the activities of Δ6 and Δ5 desaturases in vivo, also provides methods of efficiently delivering cDNA clones of Δ6 and Δ5 desaturases and genes of Δ6 and Δ5 desaturases to endothelial cells and other target cells to prevent, arrest, reverse and treat atherosclerosis.

An application of peperate compounds in preparing the medicines or health-care food for preventing and treating cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, hyperlipemia, etc is disclosed.

Lipoxin A4 and its analogs have been discovered to promote the cell proliferation of cornea endothelial cells, and thus promote the proper functioning of the labile tissue layer of cornea endothelial cells. These lipoxin compounds can be administered alone or in combination with other known compounds as a solution that can be topically administered to decrease the swelling of the cornea or maintain the clarity of the cornea. Lipoxin A4 or its analogs can also be combined with other known nutritive compounds to form a solution for storage of a cornea prior to transplantation.