Abstract: Methods for treating and/or preventing at least one symptom of a disorder associated with oxidative stress, carbonyl stress, or combinations thereof in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of pyridoxamine, an analog or derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing. Also provided are methods for treating or preventing a nephropathy, acute renal injury, acute renal failure, or combinations thereof in a subject, and formulations adapted for intravenous administration comprising pyridoxamine, an analog or derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing.

Abstract: The instant invention provides compositions and methods for modeling post-Amadori AGE formation and the identification and characterization of effective inhibitors of post-Amadori AGE formation, and such identified inhibitor compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crystallized NC1 domain hexamer of Type IV collagen, and methods for making the crystal, wherein the NC1 domain hexamer is crystallized such that the three dimensional structure of the crystallized NC1 domain hexamer can be determined to a resolution of at least 3 ? or better. The present invention also provides a method for designing compounds to inhibit angiogenesis, tumor growth, tumor metastasis, endothelial cell adhesion and/or proliferation, and/or basal lamina assembly, comprising analyzing the three dimensional structure of a crystallized Type IV collagen NC1 domain hexamer produced by the methods of the invention, and identifying and synthesizing compounds that target regions of the NC1 domain that have been identified by the analysis as being important for type IV collagen heterotrimer and hexamer assembly.

Abstract: The instant invention provides methods and kits for inhibiting angiogenesis, tumor growth and metastasis, and endothelial cell interactions with the extracellular matrix, involving contacting the tumor or animal tissue with at least one isolated type IV collagen NC1 ? chain monomer. In a specific embodiment of the invention, the isolated domain of type IV collagen comprises the NC1 (?1), (?2), (?3), or (?6) chain monomer, or protein constructs having substantially the same structure as the NC1 (?1), (?2), (?3), or (?6) chain monomer.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or inhibiting urinary stone disease that involve administering to an individual with urinary stone disease or at risk of developing urinary stone disease an amount effective of pyridoxamine to reduce urinary oxalate concentrations.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or inhibiting urinary stone disease that involve administering to an individual with urinary stone disease or at risk of developing urinary stone disease an amount effective of pyridoxamine to reduce urinary oxalate concentrations.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or inhibiting urinary stone disease that involve administering to an individual with urinary stone disease or at risk of developing urinary stone disease an amount effective of pyridoxamine to reduce urinary oxalate concentrations.