Abstract: A composition comprising_indole-3-carbinol, milk thistle, schizandra, stinging nettle, hydroxymatairesinol ligands and optionally calcium-d-glucarate and 400 KJ Vitamin D for altering urinap estrone metabolite and preventing breast cancer in pre and post menopausal women.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inventive novel industrialized method for preparing purified extract containing more abundant active ingredients such as catalpol derivatives from the extract of Pseudolysimachion rotundum var subintegrum than that prepared by the conventional preparation method disclosed in the prior art and the therapeutics or functional health food comprising the purified extract for treating and preventing inflammatory, allergic or asthmatic disease. The purified extract showed more potent anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy and anti-asthma activity than that prepared by the conventional preparation method disclosed in the prior art through various in vivo tests such as inhibition test on the reproduction of eosinophil, the release of immunoglobulin and inflammatory chemokines in plasma and bronchoalveolar fluid as well as the suppression of airway hyperresponsiveness and goblet cell hyperplasia in a OVA-sensitized/challenged mouse model.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inventive novel industrialized method for preparing purified extract containing more abundant active ingredients such as catalpol derivatives from the extract of Pseudolysimachion rotundum var subintegrum than that prepared by the conventional preparation method disclosed in the prior art and the therapeutics or functional health food comprising the purified extract for treating and preventing inflammatory, allergic or asthmatic disease. The purified extract showed more potent anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy and anti-asthma activity than that prepared by the conventional preparation method disclosed in the prior art through various in vivo tests such as inhibition test on the reproduction of eosinophil, the release of immunoglobulin and inflammatory chemokines in plasma and bronchoalveolar fluid as well as the suppression of airway hyperresponsiveness and goblet cell hyperplasia in a OVA-sensitized/challenged mouse model.

Abstract: The chemically synthesized compound Tricin 7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, native to the plant Deschampsia Antarctica and present in aqueous extracts of the plant Deschampsia Antarctica said compound having the ability to inhibit tumor growth in mammals with colorectal carcinoma.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing, as their only active ingredients, an extract of Curcuma spp, optionally as curcumin in the form of a complex with phospholipids, and an extract selected from Echinacea spp extract or lipophilic extract of Zanthoxylum spp, which are useful in the topical and systemic treatment of peripheral pain and of superficial and deep inflammatory and painful conditions. The compositions according to the invention are particularly effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in patients unable to tolerate long-term treatment with NSAIDs or steroids.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of inactivating and/or decolonizing bacteria on a surface. The present invention also discloses methods for treatment of epithelial conditions caused or aggravated by bacteria, such as acne vulgaris, in a subject in need thereof. The present invention additionally discloses inventive compounds and compositions that exhibit anti-bacterial and/or anti-inflammatory effects.

Abstract: Provided is a raw material for a food additive which promotes the intracerebral release of monoamines such as dopamine and noradrenaline, and imparts a function to prevent cranial nerve disease and a function to improve brain function to foods, by being added to said foods. This method involves using as a food additive an oligopeptide mixture containing dipeptides or tripeptides having tyrosine or phenylalanine as constituent amino acids, in order to produce foods to prevent cranial nerve disease or foods to improve brain function.

Abstract: Small molecule, peptidic hepatocyte growth factors mimics, which act as both mimetics and antagonists, have been generated. These molecules have been shown or predicted to have therapeutic potential for numerous pathologies including dementia, neurodegenerative disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, cancer, and defective wound healing.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to intravenous formulations of GLYX peptides for treating CNS Disorders such as depression, neuropathic pain, or anxiety.

Abstract: The disclosure relates, at least in part, to methods of treating autism in a patient in need thereof by administering an effective amount of a disclosed compound, e.g., a NMDA receptor glycine site partial agonist.

Abstract: Methods for the treatment and/or prevention of a fungal infection in the pulmonary system of a subject in need thereof with caspofungin or a derivative thereof are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Provided is a peptide, which has an anti-inflammatory activity and an activity for promoting osteogenic differentiation, formed from the amino acid sequence selected from the group comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, and SEQ ID NO: 3. And provided is a peptide, which has a hair growth promoting activity, formed from the amino acid sequence selected from the group comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2. A peptide formed from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, or SEQ ID NO: 3, according to the present invention, consequently shows an anti-inflammatory activity by inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine expression and proliferation of inflammatory cells, and consequently promotes osteogenic differentiation by increasing phosphorylation of PI3K, Smad1, Smad5 and Smad8, which contribute to osteogenesis, and by increasing ALP, OPG and BSP expressions.

Abstract: L27 in Staphylococcus aureus and other Firmicutes is encoded with an N-terminal extension that is not present in most Gram-negative organisms and is absent from mature ribosomes. We have identified a cysteine protease, conserved among bacteria containing the L27 N-terminal extension, which performs post-translational cleavage of L27. The provided methods have utility for the development of new therapeutic antibiotics that target this novel pathway in order to kill pathogenic Firmicutes and related bacteria.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for treatment, prevention or management of obesity, obesity related disorders, diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome in a subject by administering a ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) inhibitor and/or a ghrelin receptor antagonist to the subject. The invention also provides ghrelin receptor antagonists of formula (VII): A11-A12-A13-Gly-Ser-A14-Phe-Leu-A15-A16-A17-A18, wherein each of A11, A12, and A13 is independently absent, an amino acid, or an amino protecting group; each of A15, A16, A17, and A18 is independently absent or an amino acid; and A14 is a serine conjugated with a —C(O)C1-C20alky or a diaminopropionic acid conjugated with a —C(O)C1-C20alkyl group, provided that at least one of A11, A12, or A13 is present.

Abstract: Methods and devices are described for delivering octreotide to a patient, comprising implanting a controlled release composition for delivering octreotide, wherein the composition does not require hydration prior to implantation, and wherein the composition optionally comprises a release agent.

Abstract: The disclosure provides improved methods for treating or preventing a class of undesired health events including multiple related maladies, such as a disease, condition, or syndrome or the like. The improvement results from optimization of energy metabolism by administering a therapeutically effective compound selected to a) modulate mitochondrial activity to correct for deficiencies resulting from the disease, b) to boost cell energy metabolism thereby improving the original method's efficacy, and/or c) to correct for metabolic disruptions resulting from therapies or medicaments used in the method to be improved. A combination therapy may be designed based on a disease, a group and/or an individual, said combination comprising one or more energy optimization booster combined with a medicament used in an original method is an exemplary embodiment.

Abstract: The invention provides for peptides from syndecan 1 and methods of use therefor. These peptides can inhibit ?4?6 interaction with HER2, thereby preventing tumor cell growth and tissue invasion. The peptides can further be used to inhibit scarring and/or to inhibit pathologic neovascularization in a subject.

Abstract: MOTS3 is a novel polypeptide. Methods of treating diseases such as diabetes, obesity, fatty liver, and cancer using MOTS3 and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for cardioprotection of subjects who experienced a myocardial infarction. In particular, the present invention relates to a ligand of the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway for use in the cardioprotection of a subject who experienced a myocardial infarction.

Abstract: The present invention provides composition and methods for diagnosis and treatment of lysosomal storage diseases and their diagnosis and treatment, including Gaucher's Disease and Tay-Sachs disease, and particularly which utilize progranulin (PGRN), or active PGRN peptides, including atsttrin. The invention also provides animal models of lysosomal storage diseases, including Gaucher's Disease and Tay-Sachs disease, based on or including PGRN mutations including PGRN null mutants and PGRN gene knock outs.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a cardiomyopathy in a subject by administering directly to, or expressing locally in, a weakened, ischemic, and/or peri-infarct region of myocardial tissue of the subject an amount of SDF-1 effective to cause functional improvement in at least one of the following parameters: left ventricular volume, left ventricular area, left ventricular dimension, cardiac function, 6-minute walk test, or New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification. Methods of treating subjects with advanced ischemic cardiomyopathy are further disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the treatment or prevention of a corneal injury, which comprises thymosin ?4, and citric acid or its salt as active ingredients. The composition may further comprise at least one organic acid selected from acetic acid, ascorbic acid or salts thereof. The composition can maintain or increase the activity of thymosin ?4 conventionally used to effectively treat wounds on the cornea, and thus, is useful as an ophthalmic formulation for treating the corneal injury.

Abstract: Stable formulations for parenteral injection of peptide drugs and methods of using such stable formulations are provided. In particular, the present invention provides stable formulations for parenteral injection of glucagon and methods of using such glucagon formulations to treat hypoglycemia, especially severe hypoglycemia in emergency situations.

Abstract: There is provided a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding for a functional factor VIII protein, wherein the portion of the nucleotide sequence encoding for the B domain of the factor VIII protein is between 90 and 111 nucleotides in length and encodes for an amino acid sequence comprising a sequence having at least 85% identity to SEQ ID NO: 4 and which comprises six asparagine residues. Also provided is a functional factor VIII protein, a vector comprising the above nucleic acid molecule, a host cell, a transgenic animal, a method of treating haemophilia, e.g. haemophilia A, and a method for the preparation of a parvoviral gene delivery vector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for modulating tumor cell dissemination, in particular metastatic cancer cells. In particular, the invention relates to an agent for modulating metastatic tumor cell dissemination for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a metastatic cancer wherein the agent an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein carried on a polycarbonate polyurethane matrix. The invention also relates to a product, comprising an agent for modulating metastatic tumor cell dissemination, and to a method of treatment or prevention of cancer.

Abstract: Methods of treating an age-related disorder in a subject are provided. Aspects of the methods include administering to the subject a nucleic acid vector including a coding sequence for telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and/or telomerase RNA (TR). Gene therapy methods are also provided. Aspects of the invention further include compositions, e.g., nucleic acid vectors and kits, etc., that find use in methods of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating vaso-occlusive crises. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating a vaso-occlusive crisis in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of agent capable of degrading, destabilizing or depleting the blood-borne extracellular DNA from the blood of the subject.

Abstract: Provided is a norovirus deactivator, including a lysozyme component that includes at least one kind selected from lysozyme and/or a salt thereof, and a denatured product thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyethylene glycol (PEG) modified protein drugs, and a PEGylated tissue kallikrein, a preparation method and use thereof are disclosed. The tissue kallikrein has a sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 2, and the tissue kallikrein may be natural or recombinant. The PEG has a molecular weight of 20 to 40 kDa, and is conjugated to the N-terminal primary amino of the tissue kallikrein. In addition to the advantages of significantly extended half-life, significantly reduced immunogenicity and stable and uniform structure, the biological activity of the PEGylated KLK1 provided in the present invention is improved to a higher extent, which is more significant in the treatment of cerebral apoplexy and diabetic nephropathy in particular.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a proteolytic extract obtained from bromelain for the treatment of connective tissue diseases. In particular, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a proteolytic extract obtained from bromelain for the treatment of diseases such as Dupuytren's disease and Peyronie's disease.

Abstract: Compositions and methods of modulating cellular function and treatment of disease in mammals comprising locally administering a regulated SNARE inhibitor and a translocating agent to the mammal. Regulated SNARE inhibitors include clostridial neurotoxins, tetanus neurotoxin and their free light chain portions and IgA protease. Translocating agents include acids, encapsulating vectors, and transduction domains.

Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant Listeria strains comprising an angiogenic factor, recombinant polypeptides comprising an angiogenic factor operatively linked to a polypeptide comprising a PEST-like sequence, recombinant nucleotide molecules encoding same, related vaccines, and immunogenic and therapeutic methods utilizing same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of prophylaxis and therapy of cancer. In particular there is provided a protein Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) or peptide fragments here of that are capable of eliciting anti-cancer immune responses. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of IDO or peptides derived here from or IDO specific T-cells for treatment of cancer. The invention thus relates to an anti-cancer vaccine which optionally may be used in combination with other immunotherapies and to IDO specific T-cells adoptively transferred or induced in vivo by vaccination as a treatment of cancer. It is an aspect of the invention that the medicaments herein provided may be used in combination with cancer chemotherapy treatment. A further aspect relates to the prophylaxis and therapy of infections by the same means as described above. The use of IDO and immunogenic peptide fragments hereof in cancer and infection treatment, diagnosis and prognosis is also provided.

Abstract: Screening and diagnostic reagents, kits and methods for primary and/or metastatic stomach or esophageal cancer are disclosed. Compositions for and methods of imaging and treating primary and/or metastatic stomach or esophageal cancer are disclosed. Vaccines compositions and methods of for treating and preventing primary and/or metastatic stomach or esophageal cancer are disclosed.

Abstract: The present application relates to an antigen peptide derived from the sequence of epidermal growth factor receptor having T790M point mutation and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cancer comprising the peptide.

Abstract: The invention provides a protein comprising hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) with a sugar attached to an e1 loop. The protein may comprise a first and a second copy of HBcAg in tandem, wherein one or both copies of HBcAg has a sugar attached to the e1 loop. The first copy may have a sugar attached to the e1 loop and the second copy may comprise a peptide epitope in the e1 loop. The protein may be used to induce an immune response against the sugar and hence act as a vaccine.

Abstract: We constructed S. Gallinarum strains deleted for the global regulatory gene fur (FIG. 1) and evaluated their virulence and protective efficacy in Rhode Island Red chicks and Brown Leghorn layers. The fur deletion mutant was a virulent and, when delivered orally to chicks, elicited excellent protection against lethal S. Gallinarum challenge. We also examined the effect of a pmi mutant and a combination of fur deletions with mutations in the pmi and rfaH genes, which affect O-antigen synthesis, and ansB, whose product inhibits host T cell responses. The ?Afur ?pmi and ?fur ?ansB double mutants were attenuated, but not protective when delivered orally to chicks. However, a ?pmi ?fur strain was substantially immunogenic when administrated intramuscularly. Altogether our results show that the fur gene is essential for virulence of S. Gallinarum and the fur mutant is effective as a live recombinant vaccine against fowl typhoid.

Abstract: A composition and method for immunizing a mammal infected with Mycobacterium are disclosed. The genes gcpE, pstA, kdpC, papA2, impA, umaA1, fabG2_2, aceAB, mbtH2, IpqP, map0834c, cspB, lipN, and map1634 of M. paratuberculosis and the products that they encode are vaccine targets for Johne's and Crohn's disease. Eighteen M. paratuberculosis-specific genomic islands (MAPs) were identified. Three inverted large genomic fragments in M. paratuberculosis (INV) were also identified. These genomic identifiers represent novel virulence determinants that can be used as targets for vaccines and for developments of drugs against Johne's disease. The methods can be used to deliver an immunizing compound to a mammal, to provide an immune response against Johne's or Crohn's disease in the mammal.

Abstract: Embodiments herein report compositions, methods and uses for dengue-4 (DENV-4) virus constructs. Some embodiments concern a composition that includes, but is not limited to, DENV-4 virus constructs alone or in combination with other constructs, can be used in a vaccine composition to induce an immune response in a subject. In certain embodiments, compositions can include constructs of more than one serotypes of dengue virus, such as dengue-1 virus, dengue-2 virus, or dengue-3 virus in combination with DENV-4 virus constructs disclosed herein. In other embodiments, DENV-4 constructs disclosed herein can be combined in a composition with other flavivirus constructs to generate a vaccine against more than one flavivirus. Other embodiments provide methods and uses for DENV-4 virus constructs in vaccine compositions that when administered to a subject induce an immune response in the subject against DENV-4 that is improved by modified constructs compared to other vaccine compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an immunogenic composition that comprises a porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) antigen for treatment of several clinical manifestations (diseases). Preferably, the clinical manifestations are associated with a PCV2 infection. Preferably, they include lymphadenopathy, lymphoid depletion and/or multinucleated/giant histiocytes. Moreover, the clinical symptoms include lymphadenopathy in combination with one or a multiple of the following symptoms in pigs: (1) interstitial pneumonia with interlobular edema, (2) cutaneous pallor or icterus, (3) mottled atrophic livers, (4) gastric ulcers, (5) nephritis and (6) reproductive disorders, e.g. abortion, stillbirths, mummies, etc. Furthermore the clinical symptoms include Pia like lesions, normally known to be associated with Lawsonia intracellularis infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of a PCV2 infection or for reduction of clinical symptoms caused by or associated with a PCV2 infection in animals a) having anti-PCV2 antibodies and/or b) being young piglets of 1 to 22 days of age, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a PCV2 antigen to that animal in need of such treatment. Preferably, those animals are pigs or young piglets.

Abstract: The invention provides for immunogenic compositions against West Nile Virus. The immunogenic compositions, in alternate embodiments, also include other equine pathogens. The West Nile Virus composition of the present invention advantageously provides for protection against North American Dominant West Nile Virus strains or isolates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an immunogenic composition comprising a porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) antigen for the prevention and treatment, including a reduction in the severity of, duration of, and manifestations of, porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) in animals, preferably in pigs.

Abstract: The invention relates to an expression system comprising polynucleotides encoding proteins, wherein the expression system comprises a first polynucleotide encoding at least one protein, peptide or variant thereof, which induces a T cell response, and a second polynucleotide encoding at least one protein, peptide or variant thereof, which induces an anti-pathogenic B cell response. The invention further relates to protein mixtures encoded by the expression system and cells comprising the expression system or the protein mixture and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the expression system or the protein mixture.

Abstract: In this study, for the first time, protective efficacy of gD against ILTV challenge was evaluated. Immunization with recombinant Newcastle disease virus expressing ILTV gD induced a higher level of neutralizing antibodies and offered complete protection to chickens against lethal ILTV challenge. Uses of recombinant NDV as a vaccine vector are also described.

Abstract: The invention provides epitopes of HSV and VZV that are cross-reactive and are useful for the prevention and treatment of alphaherpesvirus infection. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against whole virus. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing epitopes or polynucleotides encoding epitopes of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of alphaherpesvirus infection.

Abstract: The invention provides delivery systems comprised of stabilized multilamellar vesicles, as well as compositions, methods of synthesis, and methods of use thereof. The stabilized multilamellar vesicles comprise terminal-cysteine-bearing antigens or cysteine-modified antigens, at their surface and/or internally.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to peptide monomers comprising an amphipathic ?-helical peptide, and optionally, at least one T cell epitope peptide; and to dimers and trimers comprising the peptide monomers. The monomeric, dimeric, and trimeric peptides may be conjugated to at least one hapten, wherein the hapten is linked to a lysine or aspartic acid residue of the peptide monomer. These peptide conjugates are useful as vaccine delivery vehicles.

Abstract: This composition and method provides for a method for reducing GVHD in a human subject which comprises administering to the subject at a predefined interval effective GVHD-reducing doses of (a) a humanized antibody designated PRO 140, or of (b) an anti-CCR5 receptor monoclonal antibody. This invention also provides a method for inhibiting in a human subject the onset or progression of GVHD. This invention also provides a method for treating a subject with GVHD comprising administering to the subject (a) a monoclonal antibody which (i) binds to a CCR5 receptor on the surface of the subject's CD4.sup.+ cells, and (b) a non-antibody CCR5 receptor antagonist, in amounts effective to treat the subject.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to anti-MIF antibodies, in particular their use in combination with cancer therapeutics, i.e. chemotherapeutics, in the treatment of cancer.