Abstract: The present invention provides certain compounds, pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for the treatment of conditions mediated by 5-HT2 receptors. These compounds provide for modulation of the signals mediated by 5-HT2 receptors, specifically those receptors in the cardiovascular system. Thus, these compounds may be used alone or in conjunction with other drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases such as, but not limited to, muscle atrophy, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and primary pulmonary hypertension.

Abstract: The present invention describes a novel form of the MCIP protein, a 38 kDa version (MCIP-1-38) that predominates in the human heart, the upregulation of which is strongly suggested for the treatment or prevention of heart disease. The present invention provides for methods of treating and preventing cardiovascular diseases, in particular pathological cardiac hypertrophy and chronic heart failure, by applying a modulator of MCIP-1-38. The present invention also provides for methods of screening to find modulators of MCIP-1-38 and inhibitors of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.

Abstract: The present invention describes novel uses for inhibitors of the ubiquitin proteasome degradative pathway. In particular it describes methods for improving cardiac function, increasing alpha myosin levels in the heart, and increasing SERCA levels in the heart. The invention also provides methods for treating cardiac hypertrophy through inhibiton of the ubiquitin proteasome.

Abstract: The present invention provides certain compounds, pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for the treatment of conditions mediated by 5-HT2 receptors. These compounds provide for modulation of the signals mediated by 5-HT2 receptors, specifically those receptors in the cardiovascular system. Thus, these compounds may be used alone or in conjunction with other drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases such as, but not limited to, muscle atrophy, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and primary pulmonary hypertension.

Abstract: The present invention provides for methods of treating and preventing muscle atrophy, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure and/or primary pulmonary hypertension linked to a family of serotonin receptors called 5-HT2 receptors. The present invention further demonstrates that modulators of 5-HT2 receptors can inhibit or treat muscle atrophy, heart failure, cardiac hypertrophy, and/or primary pulmonary hypertension.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating and preventing cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. MEF-2, NF-AT3, calcineurin, MCIP, and Class II HDACs have been shown to have a major role in cardiac hypertrophy and heart disease, and inhibition of many of these factors or the pathways mediated by these factors has been shown to have a beneficial, anti-hypertrophic effect. The present invention provides a link between these factors and the pathways they mediate through a family of non-voltage gated channels called TRP channels. The present invention further demonstrates that inhibitors of TRP channels can inhibit or treat heart failure and cardiac hypertrophy.

Abstract: The present invention identifies the rat muscle cell line H9C2 as a suitable platform for drug screening of potential anti-hypertrophic agents. These cells exhibit gene expression patterns that are characteristic of hypertrophic cells, thus permitting a variety of in vitro screens on candidate drugs to be conducted.