1721 results about "Liver disease" patented technology

A test indicator for quantifying remaining liver function is provided. A novel liver receptor imaging agent with liver targeting property is utilized to develop a method for quantifying remaining liver function to serve as test indicator for judging the liver failure outcome in clinic, particularly for judging the necessity of liver transplantation for patients with liver failure or liver disease. The radioactivity uptake of the test indicator was negatively correlated with the extent of liver reserve. The cutoff value of liver reserve for liver transplantation is also disclosed.

The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases characterized by aberrant programmed cell death and / or inflammation, comprising mediating A20 function in the subject. Such diseases include Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, a disease associated with ischemic injury, a toxin-induced liver disease and cancer. The invention further provides methods and compositions for assays for modulators of A20.

Provided herein are methods of treating or ameliorating hypercholemia or a cholestatic liver disease by administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an Apical Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor (ASBTI) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods for treating or ameliorating a liver disease, decreasing the levels of serum bile acids or hepatic bile acids, treating or ameliorating pruritis, reducing liver enzymes, or reducing bilirubin comprising administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of ASBTI or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

A test indicator for quantifying remaining liver function is provided. A novel liver receptor imaging agent with liver targeting property is utilized to develop a method for quantifying remaining liver function to serve as test indicator for judging the liver failure outcome in clinic, particularly for judging the necessity of liver transplantation for patients with liver failure or liver disease. The radioactivity uptake of the test indicator was negatively correlated with the extent of liver reserve. The cutoff value of liver reserve for liver transplantation is also disclosed.

Systems and methods are provided for predicting patient response to a therapy regimen for a liver disease or a disease that is treatable with an immunomodulatory disease therapy using gene expression classifiers. Systems and methods for screening for modulators of target gene expression are also provided. Systems and methods for developing therapeutics against one or more of the proteins coded for by genes of the present invention are also provided. Systems and methods for predicting a patient response to a regimen of pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin in a therapy for hepatitis C viral infection are also provided.

The present invention provides novel 1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione derivatives, such as compounds of any one of Formulae (I) and (II), and salts thereof, and methods of preparing the compounds. Also provided are compositions including a compound of the invention and an agent (e.g., an siRNA, mRNA, or plasmid DNA). The present invention also provides methods and kits using the compositions for delivering an agent to a subject (e.g., to the liver, spleen, or lung of the subject) or cell and for treating and / or preventing a range of diseases, such as genetic diseases, proliferative diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, liver diseases, and lung diseases.

In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for treating fatty liver disease by administering an antagonist of an ActRIIB signaling pathway. Examples of such antagonists include ActRIIB polypeptides, anti-ActRIIB antibodies, anti-myostatin antibodies, anti-GDF3 antibodies and anti-activin A or B antibodies. A variety of hepatic and metabolic disorders may be improved by treating fatty liver disease.

The present invention provides solid forms of Compound (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the treatment or prevention of diseases including, but not limited to a liver disease, cancer, a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disease, a renal disease, an autoimmune condition, an inflammatory condition, macular degeneration, pain and related syndromes, disease-related wasting, an asbestos-related condition, pulmonary hypertension, ischemia / reperfusion injury, central nervous system (CNS) injury / damage or a disease treatable or preventable by the inhibition of JNK. In particular, the invention relates to certain novel crystal forms of the compound 1-(5-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)(1H-indazol-3-yl))-3-(2-piperidylethoxy)benzene.

A composition for use in making commercial food and skin products comprising S-equol or mixtures, including both a non-racemic mixture and a racemic mixture, of S-equol and R-equol. The composition can be used to make articles of commerce such as food supplements, pharmaceuticals, and medicaments. The compositions are useful in a method of delivering S-equol to a mammal to prevent or treat a disease or associated condition, including hormone-dependent diseases or conditions such as cardiovascular disease, lipid disorder, osteopenia, osteoporosis, liver disease, and acute ovarian estrogen deficiency. The S-equol enantiomer can be produced in a biological synthesis from the metabolism of an isoflavone by an organism.

The present invention relates to novel human nucleic acid molecules encoding novel human cation channels, and proteins and polypeptides encoded by such nucleic acid molecules. More specifically, the nucleic acid molecules of the invention include the novel human gene designated HBMYCNG. The proteins and polypeptides of the invention represent a novel cation channel that may be therapeutically valuable targets for drug delivery in the treatment of human diseases which involve calcium, sodium, potassium or other ionic homeostatic dysfunction, such as central nervous system (CNS) disorders, e.g., stroke, anxiety and depression, or degenerative neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease, or other disorders such as cardiac disorders, e.g., arrhythmia, diabetes, chronic pain, hypercalcemia, hypocalcemia, hypercalciuria, hypocalciuria, or ion disorders associated with immunological disorders, gasto-intestinal (GI) tract disorders, or renal or liver disease.

The invention relates to compositions comprising acyl derivatives of cytidine and uridine. The invention also relates to methods of treating hepatopathies, diabetes, heart disease, cerebrovascular disorders, Parkinson's disease, infant respiratory distress syndrome and for enhancement of phospholipid biosynthesis comprising administering the acyl derivatives of the invention to an animal.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease and affects over 270 million individuals worldwide. The HCV genome is a single-stranded RNA that functions as both a messenger RNA and replication template, making it an attractive target for the study of RNA interference. Double-stranded short interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules designed to target the HCV genome are disclosed herein.

Biomarkers for liver diseases and method for using the same are provided. For detecting liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, the biomarkers are selected from any one of the amino acid sequences with SEQ ID NO:1 to SEQ ID NO:24 or derivatives or fragments or variants or the combination thereof or the antibodies against the amino acid sequences. Then the biomarkers are further developed into detection kits, such that by detecting the existence of autoantibodies or autoantigens in screened specimens, liver diseases are detected with higher accuracy and sensitivity.

The sulfated oxysterol 5-cholesten-3β, 25-diol 3-sulphate, a nuclear cholesterol metabolite that decreases lipid biosynthesis and increases cholesterol secretion and degradation, is provided as an agent to lower intracellular and serum cholesterol and / or triglycerides, and to prevent or treat lipid accumulation-associated inflammation and conditions associated with such inflammation. Methods which involve the use of this sulfated oxysterol to treat conditions associated with high cholesterol and / or high triglycerides and / or inflammation (e.g. hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, atherosclerosis, etc.) are also provided.

The invention relates to polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding these and to their use for the diagnosis, prevention and / or treatment of liver disorders and neoplastic disorders, especially cancer of the liver and other epithelial tissues, benign liver neoplasms such as adenoma and other proliferative liver disorders such as focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) and cirrhosis. The invention further relates to methods of diagnosing and treating these disorders.

A method of treating liver disease in a subject. The method may include administering to the subject an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation. The pharmaceutically acceptable formulation may include a synthetic analog or derivative of a carotenoid. The subject may be administered a carotenoid analog or derivative, either alone or in combination with another carotenoid analog or derivative, or co-antioxidant formulation. The carotenoid analog may include a conjugated polyene with between 7 to 14 double bonds. The conjugated polyene may include an acyclic alkene including at least one substituent and / or a cyclic ring including at least one substituent. In some embodiments, a carotenoid analog or derivative may include at least one substituent.

The invention relates to a method for establishing a Gadd45a knockout rabbit model by adopting a knockout technology and belongs to the technical field of biotechnology. The invention aims to establish a rabbit model by knocking out GADD45a gene by utilizing a Grispr / cas9 technology and to provide the method for establishing the Gadd45a knockout rabbit model by adopting the knockout technology andfor researching the influence of the gene on animal liver. The method provided by the invention comprises the following steps: establishing sgRNA; synthesizing double-stranded DNA; linearizing p UC-57 carrier; linking p UC-57 carrier with double-stranded DNA; converting; performing monoclonal picking and plasmid DNA extraction; identifying plasmid sequence; expressing plasmid with CAS9; and performing digestion linearization for in vitro transcription. Through related detection, the invention successfully acquires the Gadd45a knockout rabbit model; the model is established for simulating theclinic pathological processes of the liver diseases, such as, fatty liver, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer after giving the corresponding alcohol stimulation, is capable of effectively forecasting the clinic application effects of new vaccine, new drugs and new diagnostic reagents, and meanwhile, and is capable of greatly reducing the risk in researching and developing the new drugs; and a basismodel is supplied for the clinical research.

The invention belongs to the technical field of food with homology of medicine and food, and particularly relates to a preparation method of rose ferment. The method comprises the steps of separating petals, sieving, protecting color, carrying out superfine grinding, carrying out fermentation pretreatment, planting bacteria for the first time, planting bacteria for the second time, planting bacteria for the third time, finely filtering and feeding collagen to obtain rose ferment liquid. According to the method, probiotic strains which are good for the intestinal tract of a human body are selected for use, and the fermentation temperature is strictly controlled, so that the loss of effective components in roses can be effectively reduced, and the activity of the rose ferment is maintained to the utmost extent; the dominant bacteria are implanted for three times, so that the growth of other bacteria can be effectively inhibited, and the product quality is stable; lactobacillus acidophilus, lactobacillus thermophilus and lactobacillus plantarum are selected, have symbiosis performance and can be planted in the intestinal tract after being fermented in a mixed way; furthermore, the comprehensive activity of ferment products can be better improved. The prepared rose ferment has a certain prevention function for chronic diseases such as heart disease and liver disease, and has the effects of soothing the liver and activating the spleen. After being eaten for a long time, the rose ferment also has the functions of smoothing the skin, whitening the skin and beautifying the face.

A compound preparation consists of ornithine or its salt and asparagic acid or its salt as well as proper amount of supplementary material; and is prepared into oral preparation or injection through mechanical mixing and other process. The said compound preparation is used for treating various acute hepatitis, chronic hepatosis and hepatic encephacopathy and has the obvious effects of protecting liver and strengthening physique. The preparation process is simple, short in production period and low in cost.

The invention relates to an antibody against fucosylated protein GP73, a method for preparing the antibody against the fucosylated protein GP73, a reagent for diagnosing liver cancers, a kit for diagnosing the liver cancers, application of the reagent and / or the kit to preparing products for diagnosing liver diseases and a method for preparing purified fucosylated protein GP73. Occurrence, development and metastasis of liver cancers are diagnosed by detecting the fucosylated protein GP73 or the antibody. The antibody against the fucosylated protein GP73 can be more widely used for affinity chromatography, cDNA library screening, immunologic diagnosis or pharmaceutical preparation.

The present invention relates generally to the field of prophylaxis and therapy for inflammatory and / or fibrotic diseases which include responses to injuries. In particular, the present invention is related to agents that can bind or complex copper such as thiomolybdate, and to the use of these agents in the prevention and treatment of inflammatory and / or fibrotic diseases. Exemplary thiomolybdates include mono-, di-, tri- and tetrathiomolybdate; these agents are administered to patients to prevent and / or treat inflammatory and / or fibrotic diseases, such as pulmonary disease including pulmonary fibrosis and acute respiratory distress syndrome, liver disease including liver cirrhosis and hepatitis C, kidney disease including renal interstitial fibrosis, scleroderma, cystic fibrosis, pancreatic fibrosis, keloid, secondary fibrosis in the gastrointestinal tract, hypertrophic burn scars, myocardial fibrosis, Alzheimer's disease, retinal detachment inflammation and / or fibrosis resulting after surgery, and graft versus host and host versus graft rejections.

This is a kind of baicalin total flavones glucoside distillation, baicalin monomer flavones glucoside and its preparation method and application, belonging to the Chinese native medicine drugs manufacturing technology field. The invention obtains the baical in total flavones glucoside distillation mainly containing biacalein, or baical in flavones glucoside monomer compound mainly containing biacalein or wogonoside or oroxylin; comminute baixcal, add water, have alcoholysis reaction at 41 -46 Deg. C, the baialinase and baicalin flavones glucoside naturally existing in baixcal directly have alcoholysis reaction without distillation and separation. The pharmacy preparation includes various pharmacy preparations comprised of officinal auxiliary materials with baicalin total flavones glucoside distillation or monomer flavones glucoside as pharmacy active components, and are used to prepare drugs for curing liver diseases and AIDS. The reaction condition of the invention is mild, and it has high distilling rate, good product quality, low energy waste simple craft, no pollution and low production cost.

The present invention relates to a method for treating liver disease in a animal by administering to the animal an active vitamin D compound, preferably one that accumulates in the liver.

Methods and compositions are provided which contains preparations of calcium chelators, bisphosphonates, antibiotics, antimicrobial agents, cytostatic agents, calcium ATPase and pyrophosphatase pump inhibitors, calcium phosphate-crystal dissolving agents, agents effective against calcium phosphate-crystal nucleation and crystal growth, and / or a combination of supportive agents and which may be used for treating and or reducing pathological calcifications, the growth of Nanobacterium and calcification-induced diseases including, but not limited to, Arteriosclerosis, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Chronic Heart Failure, Valve Calcifications, Arterial Aneurysms, Calcific Aortic Stenosis, Transient Cerebral Ischemia, Stroke, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Vascular Thrombosis, Dental Plaque, Gum Disease (dental pulp stones), Salivary Gland Stones, Chronic Infection Syndromes such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Kidney and Bladder Stones, Gall Stones, Pancreas and Bowel Diseases (such as Pancreatic Duct Stones, Crohn's Disease, Colitis Ulcerosa), Liver Diseases (such as Liver Cirrhosis, Liver Cysts), Testicular Microliths, Chronic Calculous Prostatitis, Prostate Calcification, Calcification in Hemodialysis Patients, Malacoplakia, Autoimmune Diseases. Erythematosus, Scleroderma, Dermatomyositis, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Arteritis Nodosa, Thrombocytopenia, Hemolytic Anemia, Myelitis, Livedo Reticularis, Chorea, Migraine, Juvenile Dermatomyositis, Grave's Disease, Hypothyreoidism, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Addison's Disease, Hypopituitarism, Placental and Fetal Disorders, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Glomerulopathies, Eye Diseases (such as Corneal Calcifications, Cataracts, Macular Degeneration and Retinal Vasculature-derived Processes and other Retinal Degenerations, Retinal Nerve Degeneration, Retinitis, and Iritis), Ear Diseases (such as Otosclerosis, Degeneration of Otoliths and Symptoms from the Vestibular Organ and Inner Ear (Vertigo and Tinnitus)), Thyroglossal Cysts, Thyroid Cysts, Ovarian Cysts, Cancer (such as Meningiomas, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Serous Ovarian Adenocarcinoma), Skin Diseases (such as Calcinosis Cutis, Calciphylaxis, Psoriasis, Eczema, Lichen Ruber Planus), Rheumatoid Arthritis, Calcific Tenditis, Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia, Bone Spurs, Diffuse Interstitial Skeletal Hyperostosis, Intracranial Calcifications (such as Degenerative Disease Processes and Dementia), Erythrocyte-Related Diseases involving Anemia, Intraerythrocytic Nanobacterial Infection and Splenic Calcifications, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Broncholiths, Bronchial Stones, Neuropathy, Calcification and Encrustations of Implants, Mixed Calcified Biofilms, and Myelodegenerative Disorders (such as Multiple Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's and Alzheimer's Disease) in humans and animals. The method comprises administering the various classes of compositions of the present invention, which together effectively inhibit or treat the development of calcifications in vivo.

The present invention relates to novel hepatitis B virus vectors for use in gene therapy which can deliver therapeutic genes to liver cells. The invention also provides methods for the production of novel recombinant hepatitis B viruses. The recombinant viruses produced by this invention can deliver therapeutic genes specifically to liver cells either through in vivo or ex vivo therapy protocols. This vector can be used not only to treat liver diseases but also genetic diseases.

The invention discloses a pyridines compound for treating liver diseases. The compound is a compound as shown in a formula I, pharmacologically acceptable salt, a hydrate, a solvate or a metabolite ofthe compound. The compound can be used for preparing a medicine for treating and / or preventing the liver diseases.

The present invention is based on the discovery that parenteral nutrition (PN) induced liver disease, e.g. fatty liver disease, can be prevented and even reversed by administration of primarily omega-3-fatty acid with PN rather than the administration of the standard intravenous lipid emulsions that contain primarily plant derived omega-6 fatty acid. Thus, the present invention provides a method for treating or preventing liver disease in a human patient obtaining nutritional support through PN. The method comprises intravenous administration of an effective amount of an omega-3-fatty acid emulsion to the patient, wherein the patient is not administered phytosterols or plant derived fatty acids, e.g. omega-6 fatty acids derived from a plant source, and wherein the administration of the omega-3-fatty acid emulsion to the patient is for a period greater than three weeks. Preferably, the administration is for a period of greater than six weeks. More preferably, the administration is for a period greater than three months.

The invention discloses a kit for joint or single detection of an autoimmune liver disease related antibody, and a method for quantitative and qualitative detection of the autoimmune liver disease related antibody by using the kit. A sample is combined with a specific antigen which is connected with IgG or / and anti-human IgM or / and anti-human IgA of a label and corresponds to a detection antibody, a substrate of a luminescent system or a color development system or an exciting light system is added, then the signal value of the sample to be tested is read, and a quantitative or qualitative result is calculated or the quantitative or qualitative result is read through an immuno-chromatographic or an immuno-percolation method naked eye or an instrument, so that the type and the severity of an autoimmune liver disease are accurately diagnosed, medication performed by doctors is guided, and the method is high in sensitivity, strong in specificity and high in accuracy, and is suitable for a semi-automatic or full-automatic detection system or naked eye interpretation.

The present invention relates to methods of treatment utilizing pharmaceutical compositions that include as active ingredients non-psychotropic cannabinoid derivatives that modulate the expression of genes involved in inflammatory and immune processes. Regulating the transcription of pro and anti-inflammatory mediators has useful therapeutic application for prevention and treatment of acute and chronic inflammation, autoimmune diseases and related disorders, pain, infections, liver diseases, cardiovascular disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system including neurodegenerative diseases, respiratory diseases, renal diseases, post-operative complications, tissue rejection and certain types of cancer.