Abstract: There is disclosed a method for treatment, prevention, and/or slowing of progression for various chronic inflammatory disorder groups including (1) type 2 diabetes group (metabolic syndrome (MET), obesity, hyperglycemia); (2) ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome); (3) chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorders (rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, and psoriasis); (4) inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; (5) metabolome-mediated diseases (atherosclerosis, hypertension, and congestive heart failure); and (6) hyperphagia disorders such as Prader-Willi Syndrome and other monogenic and syndromic obesity disorders including leptin pathway deficiencies, each comprising administering orally a pharmaceutical composition comprising a denatonium salt.

Abstract: A DNA composition effective for inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation comprises a DNA construct operably encoding a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor polypeptide, which can be a full length VEGF receptor protein or an immunogenic fragment thereof. This invention provides DNA compositions that encode VEGF receptor-2 (KDR), VEGF receptor-1 (Flt-1), or Flk-1 (the murine homolog of KDR), as well as methods of using such a DNA composition to inhibit vascular endothelial cell proliferation in the tumor micro-environment. Angiogenesis inhibition and subsequent decrease in tumor growth and dissemination is achieved.