Patents Assigned to Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
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Patent number: 9765129Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of increasing lipid oxidation in a mammal and to agents useful for same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of increasing lipid oxidation in a mammal by administering a ligand which interacts with the IL-6 receptor and signals via interaction with a gp130/LIF receptor heterodimer. In a related aspect, the present invention provides a method of increasing insulin sensitivity in a mammal. The method of present invention is useful, inter alia, in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of conditions characterized by unwanted lipid accumulation (such as obesity, obesity induced-metabolic disorders, type II diabetes, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, obstructive sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) or inadequate insulin sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignees: Baker Medical Research Institute, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielInventors: Mark Anthony Febbraio, Stefan Rose-John
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Publication number: 20170263916Abstract: Method for producing metallic surface discharge electrodes on nonmetallic substrates comprising the following steps: a) producing a metallic seed layer on a substrate; b) electrically contacting the seed layer with a metal wire network and an electrolyte containing metal ions; c) electrodepositing a metal film from the electrolyte at least on the seed layer, with the metal wire network being embedded into the metal film, wherein d) metal wire filaments that are movable relative to one another are arranged to form an electrically percolating metal wire network, e) the arrangement of the metal wire filaments is cast into a gel and the gel is dried thereafter to the gel matrix, and f) the dried gel matrix with the metal wire network embedded therein is applied to the substrate and is wetted with a solvent of the gel matrix. Furthermore, the invention relates to a semifinished product for carrying out the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu KielInventors: Sandra NÖHREN, Jörg BAHR, Juergen CARSTENSEN
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Publication number: 20170253668Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for the detection, prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases, including, but not limited to, human carcinomas, in particular head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. In particular, an antibody and antigen-binding fragment as well as variants thereof are provided that bind to an epitope of LOXL4 in the cytoplasm and/or on the cell surface of tumor cells, which are useful in the diagnosis and especially the treatment of a tumor which expresses LOXL4.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielInventor: Tibor Görögh
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Patent number: 9387185Abstract: The present invention relates to physically-chemically and pharmacokinetically enhanced N?-hydroxy-L-arginine (NOHA) derivatives and a method for producing the NOHA derivatives having enhanced physical-chemical and pharmacokinetic properties according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Christian-Albrechts-Universität Zu KielInventors: Bernd Clement, Dennis Schade, Jürke Kotthaus
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Patent number: 9383417Abstract: A method for measuring a time-variant magnetic field using a magnetoelectric sensor having mechanical resonant frequency fR, wherein the magnetic field has at least one component having harmonic time dependence with the measuring signal amplitude to be determined Hmess0 and the measuring signal frequency to be determined fmess in a known frequency interval fmin<fmess<fmax. The method includes: a. superimposing the magnetic field with a modulation magnetic field having harmonic time dependence with the known modulation amplitude Hmess0 and a selectable modulation frequency on the sensor, b. varying (wobbling) the modulation frequency over a complementary frequency interval determined by the known interval limits fmin, fmax and the resonant frequency of the sensor, c. measuring the sensor signal for each selected modulation frequency, d. searching for the at least one modulation frequency fmod, which results in a sensor signal in the mechanical resonance of the sensor, e.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu KielInventors: Robert Jahns, Reinhard Knoechel, Eckhard Quandt
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Patent number: 9182399Abstract: Specific applications of particles and particle agglomerates with semiconductor surfaces are provided. The particles and particle agglomerates display a high affinity for viral particles, and may be used therapeutically and/or prophylactically to treat or prevent viral infections. The particles and particle agglomerates may also be used to remove viral particles from a surface or fluid, e.g., as an absorbent in a filter, applied to surfaces to render them virostatic, and as tool to handle viral particles, e.g., for research, diagnostic, or decontamination purposes.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignees: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel, Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holsten, Western University of Health Sciences, The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Rainer Adelung, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Claudia Röhl, Deepak Shukla, Frank Spors, Vaibhav Tiwari
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Patent number: 9062054Abstract: New phenanthroline derivatives as drug as well as methods for producing said compounds are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIELInventors: Bernd Clement, Christopher Meier, Dieter Heber, Lars Stenzel
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Patent number: 8921421Abstract: The invention relates to an inhibitor of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) of general structural formula (I), wherein B is a branched or unbranched, substituted or non-substituted, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having a chain length of 1 to 6 and/or a substituted or non-substituted aromatic system having a ring size of 3 to 6; R1 is selected from the group of structures (i-vii), wherein R2, R3 and R4 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl or aryl radical, R5 and R6 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a hydrocarbon chain having a chain length of 1 to 8 and an aryl radical, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, and alkyl or aryl radical; W is oxygen (O) or nitrogen (N); and X is a methylene group (CH2) or a secondary amino group (NH); Y is a branched or unbranched, substituted or non-substituted, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having a chain length of 1 to 6 and/or a substituted or non-substituted aromatType: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu KielInventors: Bernd Clement, Jürke Kotthaus, Dennis Schade
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Patent number: 8829938Abstract: A measuring method and device for characterizing a semiconductor component (1) having a pn junction and a measuring surface, which has a contacting subarea, covered by a metallization. The method including: A. Planar application of electromagnetic excitation radiation onto the measuring area of the semiconductor component (1) for separating charge carrier pairs in the semiconductor component (1), and B. spatially resolved measurement of electromagnetic radiation originating from the semiconductor component (1) using a detection unit. In one step A, a predetermined excitation subarea of the measuring surface has a predetermined intensity of the excitation radiation and at least one sink subarea of the measuring surface has an intensity of the excitation radiation which is less than the intensity applied to the excitation subarea. The excitation and sink subareas are disposed on opposite sides of said contacting subarea and adjoin it and/or entirely or partially overlap it.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität FrieburgInventors: Jürgen Carstensen, Andreas Schütt, Helmut Föll, Wilhelm Warta, Martin Kasemann
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Publication number: 20140140949Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of increasing lipid oxidation in a mammal and to agents useful for same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of increasing lipid oxidation in a mammal by administering a ligand which interacts with the IL-6 receptor and signals via interaction with a gp130/LIF receptor heterodimer. In a related aspect, the present invention provides a method of increasing insulin sensitivity in a mammal. The method of present invention is useful, inter alia, in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of conditions characterised by unwanted lipid accumulation (such as obesity, obesity induced-metabolic disorders, type II diabetes, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, obstructive sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) or inadequate insulin sensitivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicants: Christian-Albrechts-Universität Zu Kiel, Baker Medical Research InstituteInventors: Mark Anthony Febbraio, Stefan Rose-John
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Publication number: 20140125332Abstract: A magnetostrictive layer system is suggested comprising at least one layer sequence comprising an anti-ferromagnetic, (AFM), layer and a magnetostrictive, ferromagnetic, FM, layer arranged directly thereon, wherein the layer sequence has an associated exchange bias, EB, field, the EB-induced degree of magnetization of the FM layer in the absence of an external magnetic field being within a range between 85% and 100%, and the angle ?opt, which is enclosed by the EB field direction and the magnetostriction direction, that has the maximum piezomagnetic coefficient in the absence of an external magnetic field, within a plane parallel to the AFM layer and the FM layer lies within a range between 10° and 80°.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITÄT ZU KIELInventors: Enno Lage, Dirk Meyners, Eckhard Quandt
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Patent number: 8580102Abstract: Method for the electrochemical etching of macropores in n-type silicon wafers, using illumination of the wafer reverse sides and using an aqueous electrolyte, characterized in that the electrolyte is an aqueous acetic acid solution with the composition of H2O:CH3COOH in the range between 2:1 and 7:3, with an addition of at least 9 percent by weight hydrofluoric acid.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu KielInventors: Emmanuel Ossei-Wusu, Ala Cojocaru, Juergen Carstensen, Helmut Foell
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Publication number: 20130289913Abstract: A method for measuring a time-variant magnetic field using a magnetoelectric sensor having mechanical resonant frequency fR, wherein the magnetic field has at least one component having harmonic time dependence with the measuring signal amplitude to be determined Hmess0 and the measuring signal frequency to be determined fmess in a known frequency interval fmin<fmess<fmax. The method includes: a. superimposing the magnetic field with a modulation magnetic field having harmonic time dependence with the known modulation amplitude Hmess0 and a selectable modulation frequency on the sensor, b. varying (wobbling) the modulation frequency over a complementary frequency interval determined by the known interval limits fmin, fmax and the resonant frequency of the sensor, c. measuring the sensor signal for each selected modulation frequency, d. searching for the at least one modulation frequency fmod, which results in a sensor signal in the mechanical resonance of the sensor, e.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu KielInventors: Robert Jahns, Reinhard Knoechel, Eckhard Quandt
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Patent number: 8546525Abstract: The invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group comprising a) a nucleic acid molecule having one of the nucleotide sequences presented in SEQ ID:NO 4 to SEQ ID:NO 8, b) a nucleic acid molecule that codes for a peptide having one of the amino acid sequences presented in SEQ ID:NO 12 to SEQ ID:NO 16, c) a nucleic acid molecule, the complementary strand of which hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule according to a) or b) and which codes for a peptide having antimicrobial activity, and d) a nucleic acid molecule, the nucleotide sequence of which deviates from the nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid molecule according to c) because of the degenerated genetic code.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielInventor: Joachim Grötzinger
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Publication number: 20120293800Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting biological materials, comprising a light source (1) that radiates light (2) into an object (5), a photonic crystal brought into contact with the object, a detector (8) that detects light (7) transmitted through the photonic crystal (6) and the object, a first polarization filter (3) arranged between the light source (1) and the photonic crystal (6), and a second polarization filter (4) arranged between the object (5) and the detector (8) and rotated 90° relative to the first polarization filter (3), wherein the source (1) and the photonic crystal (6) are matched to each other such that the resonances caused by the photonic crystal (6) and the resonances caused by the interaction of the photonic crystal (6) with the object (5) lie in an edge range of the emission spectrum of the light source (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIELInventors: Martina Gerken, Yousef Nazirizadeh
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Publication number: 20120123111Abstract: The present invention relates to physically-chemically and pharmacokinetically enhanced N?-hydroxy-L-arginine (NOHA) derivatives and a method for producing the NOHA derivatives having enhanced physical-chemical and pharmacokinetic properties according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu KielInventors: Bernd Clement, Dennis Schade, Jürke Kotthaus
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Publication number: 20110294878Abstract: The invention relates to an inhibitor of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) of general structural formula (I), wherein B is a branched or unbranched, substituted or non-substituted, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having a chain length of 1 to 6 and/or a substituted or non-substituted aromatic system having a ring size of 3 to 6; R1 is selected from the group of structures (i-vii), wherein R2, R3 and R4 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl or aryl radical, R5 and R6 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a hydrocarbon chain having a chain length of 1 to 8 and an aryl radical, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, and alkyl or aryl radical; W is oxygen (O) or nitrogen (N); and X is a methylene group (CH2) or a secondary amino group (NH); Y is a branched or unbranched, substituted or non-substituted, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having a chain length of 1 to 6 and/or a substituted or non-substituted aromatType: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIELInventors: Bernd Clement, Jürke Kotthaus, Dennis Schade
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Publication number: 20110294302Abstract: Method for the electrochemical etching of macropores in n-type silicon wafers, using illumination of the wafer reverse sides and using an aqueous electrolyte, characterized in that the electrolyte is an aqueous acetic acid solution with the composition of H2O: CH3COOH in the range between 2:1 and 7:3, with an addition of at least 9 percent by weight hydrofluoric acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIELInventors: Emmanuel Ossei-Wusu, Ala Cojocaru, Juergen Carstensen, Helmut Foell
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Patent number: 7994365Abstract: Use of the substance characterized by general structural formula (I) for the preparation of an agent inhibiting the enzymatic activity of NO-synthase, R1, R2, R3, R4 and/or R5 being hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group and n equals 2 or 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu KielInventors: Bernd Clement, Dieter Heber, Ullvi Bluhm, Uwe Buss, Friederike Friedrich-Harder
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Publication number: 20100279297Abstract: A method is provided for detecting an increased susceptibility to ulcerative colitis by determining the presence of a polymorphism at position 256 of the nucleotide sequence of rs3024505 in which C is substituted by T or the presence of a polymorphism at position 501 of the nucleotide sequence of rs12612347 in which G is substituted by A.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIELInventors: Stefan Schreiber, Andre Franke