Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preferentially reducing the proliferation of cystic epithelial cells in the kidney or bile duct in a mammal in need thereof by administering a 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme inhibitor or a 20-HETE antagonist to the mammal in an amount sufficient to preferentially reduce the proliferation of cystic epithelial cells over normal epithelial cells such as tubule epithelial cells in the kidney or bile duct. The present invention also provides a method for preventing or treating autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), ARPKD associated congenital hepatic fibrosis, ARPKD associated Caroli's disease, or cholangiocarcinoma in a mammal in need thereof by administering a 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme inhibitor or a 20-HETE antagonist to the mammal in an amount sufficient to prevent or treat the disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preferentially reducing the proliferation of cystic epithelial cells in the kidney or bile duct in a mammal in need thereof by administering a 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme inhibitor or a 20-HETE antagonist to the mammal in an amount sufficient to preferentially reduce the proliferation of cystic epithelial cells over normal epithelial cells such as tubule epithelial cells in the kidney or bile duct. The present invention also provides a method for preventing or treating autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), ARPKD associated congenital hepatic fibrosis, ARPKD associated Caroli's disease, or cholangiocarcinoma in a mammal in need thereof by administering a 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme inhibitor or a 20-HETE antagonist to the mammal in an amount sufficient to prevent or treat the disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preferentially reducing the proliferation of cystic epithelial cells in the kidney or bile duct in a mammal in need thereof by administering a 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme inhibitor or a 20-HETE antagonist to the mammal in an amount sufficient to preferentially reduce the proliferation of cystic epithelial cells over normal epithelial cells such as tubule epithelial cells in the kidney or bile duct. The present invention also provides a method for preventing or treating autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), ARPKD associated congenital hepatic fibrosis, ARPKD associated Caroli's disease, or cholangiocarcinoma in a mammal in need thereof by administering a 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme inhibitor or a 20-HETE antagonist to the mammal in an amount sufficient to prevent or treat the disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preferentially reducing the proliferation of cystic epithelial cells in the kidney or bile duct in a mammal in need thereof by administering a 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme inhibitor or a 20-HETE antagonist to the mammal in an amount sufficient to preferentially reduce the proliferation of cystic epithelial cells over normal epithelial cells such as tubule epithelial cells in the kidney or bile duct. The present invention also provides a method for preventing or treating autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), ARPKD associated congenital hepatic fibrosis, ARPKD associated Caroli's disease, or cholangiocarcinoma in a mammal in need thereof by administering a 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme inhibitor or a 20-HETE antagonist to the mammal in an amount sufficient to prevent or treat the disease.

Abstract: A graphics system comprising a plurality of rendering pipelines and a scheduling network. Each rendering pipeline couples to the scheduling network, and includes a media processor, a rendering unit and a memory. A communication bus may couple the scheduling network and the memory of each rendering pipeline. The media processor in each rendering pipeline may direct the saving of state information of the corresponding rendering pipeline to the corresponding memory in response to receiving a corresponding context switch indication. A first of the media processors initiates the transfer of a resume token to the scheduling network through the corresponding rendering pipeline if the context switch occurs during an ordered processing mode. The scheduling network unblocks one or more rendering pipelines other than the first rendering pipeline in response to receiving the resume token.

Abstract: A graphics system comprising a plurality of rendering pipelines and a scheduling network. Each rendering pipeline couples to the scheduling network, and includes a media processor, a rendering unit and a memory. A communication bus may couple the scheduling network and the memory of each rendering pipeline. The media processor in each rendering pipeline may direct the saving of state information of the corresponding rendering pipeline to the corresponding memory in response to receiving a corresponding context switch indication. A first of the media processors initiates the transfer of a resume token to the scheduling network through the corresponding rendering pipeline if the context switch occurs during an ordered processing mode. The scheduling network unblocks one or more rendering pipelines other than the first rendering pipeline in response to receiving the resume token.