Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for screening a candidate substance for an unpleasant odor masking agent from among test substances using an olfactory receptor that is responsive to an unpleasant odor-causing substance. The screening method of the present invention includes the steps of: adding a test substance and an unpleasant odor-causing substance to an olfactory receptor polypeptide selected from the group consisting of OR2L3 and polypeptides which comprise an amino acid sequence having at least 80% identity to an amino acid sequence of OR2L3 and are responsive to the unpleasant odor-causing substance; measuring a response of the olfactory receptor polypeptide to the unpleasant odor-causing substance; and identifying the test substance that suppresses the response of the olfactory receptor polypeptide as a candidate substance for the unpleasant odor masking agent based on the measured response.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to anti-glyco-MUC1 antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to a cancer-specific glycosylation variant of MUC1 and related fusion proteins and antibody-drug conjugates, as well as nucleic acids encoding such biomolecules. The present disclosure further relates to use of the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments, fusion proteins, antibody-drug conjugates and nucleic acids for cancer therapy.

Abstract: The invention features compositions and methods treating or preventing for age-related insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and related disorders. The method involves depleting fTreg cells with an anti-ST2 antibody to decrease age-related fTreg accumulation and restore insulin sensitivity, thereby treating age-related insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and related disorders.

Abstract: Methods of treating metabolic diseases and disorders using an antigen binding protein specific for the GIPR polypeptide are provided. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy. In certain embodiments the antigen binding protein is administered in combination with a GLP-1 receptor agonist.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to methods and compositions for generation or enhancement of partial or complete cellular signaling pathways.

Abstract: The present invention relates to insulin degludec for use in medicine.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds having the structure of Formula Ia, wherein the compounds comprise a therapeutic agent having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35, and the compounds have an anion:cation molar ratio of from about 1:1 to about 1:7, and methods of using thereof for the treatment of metabolic diseases or disorders, including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, obesity, overweight, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and for reducing weight in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel derivatives of Interleukin-22 (IL-22), particularly those comprising a fatty acid covalently attached to an IL-22 protein, and their use in therapy.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treatment of diseases of aging including immunosenescence, immune dysfunction, inflammation and impairment of early lymphoid lineage differentiation. The invention more specifically relates to the use of granulocyte colony stimulating factors to assist in stem cell mobilization, optionally in combination with the application of a method of delivering precise magnetic field patterns which agree with the body's own natural magnetic field patterns, and further in combination with re-infusion of previously collected autologous cells and/or plasma, optionally including allogeneic (healthy donor) cells and blood plasma.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a composition containing a conjugate with a modified insulin molecule. The conjugate has an insulin molecule, which can be insulin or an insulin analog, glucagon, GLP-1, GLP-2 or a GLP-1 agonist. The conjugate also contains one or more polymers. Each of the one or more polymers is covalently linked to the insulin molecule. Additionally, each of the one or more polymers is covalently linked to between 0 to 50 copies of a decoy ligand, and to between 0 to 50 copies of a glucose-binding agent, such that the combined total number of glucose-binding agents and decoy ligands covalently linked to each of the one or more polymers is at least 1. The conjugate can reversibly bind to soluble glucose and in which the extent of its glucose-binding controls the extent to which the modified insulin is able to bind to and activate the insulin receptor. Methods of making the conjugate, as well as use of the conjugate in treatment, are also provided.

Abstract: Methods of treating metabolic diseases and disorders using a composition comprising an antigen binding protein specific for the GIPR polypeptide conjugated to a GLP-1 receptor agonist are provided. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy. In certain embodiments the composition comprises an antibody or functional fragment thereof comprising a cysteine at one or more conjugation site(s) wherein the GLP-1 receptor agonist is conjugated to the antibody or functional fragment thereof through the side-chain of the cysteine residue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the prediction of the progression of chronic kidney disease in a patient. More particularly, the invention relates to the early prediction of the fast progression of chronic kidney disease using specific biomarker signatures in urine sample of patients.

Abstract: Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins that exhibit neutralizing activity of BAFF and APRIL (or BAFF/APRIL heterotrimers). The immunomodulatory proteins provided herein include variant domains of Transmembrane Activator and CAML Interactor (TACI). Among provided immunodulatory proteins are TACI-Fc fusion proteins. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding the immunomodulatory proteins. The immunomodulatory proteins provide therapeutic utility for a variety of immunological diseases, disorders or conditions. Also provided are compositions and methods for making and using such proteins.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method of preventing, alleviating, or treating a condition (i.e., neutropenia) in a patient in need thereof, the condition characterized by compromised white blood cell production in the patient. The method includes administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a protein complex comprising a modified human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (hG-CSF) covalently linked to an immunoglobulin Fc region via a non-peptidyl polymer. The non-peptidyl polymer is site-specifically linked to an N-terminus of the immunoglobulin Fc region, and the modified hG-CSF comprises substitutions in at least one of Cys17 and Pro65.

Abstract: The present application relates to recombinant fusion proteins consisting of the extracellular domain (ECD) of human activin receptor IIB (ActRIIB) linked to a constant domain of an immunoglobulin, wherein the protein acts as an ActRIIB ligand trap, and compositions of the same comprising particular sequence variants. The present application further relates to method of making such recombinant fusion proteins and uses of such recombinant fusion proteins in the treatment of various diseases.

Abstract: The present application provides methods and processes for making and using a lyophilized mesenchymal stem cell secretome, as well as methods for treating ocular conditions and/disorders with the reconstituted lyophilized mesenchymal stem cell secretome described herein.

Abstract: The disclosure provides for compounds, compositions, and methods of use thereof for treating diabetes (e.g., type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes). In some aspects, methods comprise administering first, second, third, fourth, and fifth daily doses of insulin-like growth factor 2 (“IGF-2”) or a variant thereof to the subject at respective first, second, third, fourth, and fifth different times, wherein each of the daily doses comprises at least 65 ?g of IGF-2. In other aspects, compounds, compositions, and methods containing IGF-2 or variants thereof are used for treating a disorder in a patient in need thereof, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

Abstract: A polypeptide modified complex in the pharmaceutical field that can specifically adsorb apolipoproteins in plasma and can mediate a drug across the blood-brain barrier, a target delivery system, and use thereof in preparation of a formulation for diagnosing and treating brain tumors and other brain diseases. The polypeptide fragment (SP) of the amyloid ? (relating to one type) is modified shown that the modified delivery system increases uptake the of the amyloid ? by vascular endothelial cells after the modified delivery system forms a protein crown with plasma proteins. The modified liposome delivery system delivers a drug to the lesion site more effectively, significantly improving the therapeutic effect of the drug. After the SP adsorbs plasma proteins, a drug may be mediated across the blood-brain barrier and/or targeted to tumor neovascular and tumor cells, and the modified drug and delivery system thereof obtain a better therapeutic effect when treating brain tumors and other diseases in the brain.

Abstract: Provided herein are improved formulations of tagraxofusp for lyophilization used to manufacture stable formulations of tagraxofusp for intravenous injection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treatment or prevention of disorders caused influenced by dysfunction of ? cells by administering to said patient a compound selected from the group consisting of GABAA receptor agonists. The invention further relates to in vitro methods for finding potentially useful pharmaceutical compounds.