Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the isolation of bioactive components from spent turmeric (Curcuma longa) and compositions comprising said bioactive components. Further, the present invention also elucidates the potent anti-inflammatory activity of said bioactive compositions and therapeutic applications thereof in rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for prophylaxis or treatment of infection of a virus, or for modulating innate immunity, in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a PUM1 inhibitor. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the PUM1 inhibitor is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed here is a method for enhancing synaptogenesis and/or neuritogenesis, reducing neurodegeneration, and/or reducing accumulation or aggregation of Tau proteins in a subject suffering from cochlear synaptopathy or vestibular synaptopathy or a central nervous system disease or condition, comprising administering to said subject in need thereof an effective amount of 2,4-disulfonyl ?-phenyl tertiary butyl nitrone (2,4-DSPBN) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The method may further comprise administrating N-acetylcysteine (NAC) to the subject.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of prophylactic and therapeutic treatments of a Pneumocystis infection (i.e., an infection caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii) in a subject by administering to the subject a compound of any of formulas (I)-(III) (e.g., a salt of Compound 1, or a neutral form thereof). The disclosure also relates to methods of inhibiting the replication of a Pneumocystis spp. The methods of the disclosure can be useful in immunocompromised subjects.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of identifying an individual having or at risk of developing intra-abdominal candidiasis (1AC) and treating, mitigating, or preventing 1AC in the individual by administering a pharmaceutical composition including CD1 01, in salt or neutral form, in an amount sufficient to effectively treat or prevent 1AC.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to inhibitors of PCSK9 useful in the treatment of cholesterol lipid metabolism, and other diseases in which PCSK9 plays a role, having the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, N-oxide, or tautomer thereof, wherein R1, R1, R1, R1, R1, R1, R1, R1, R1, X1, X2, and X3 are described herein.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed herein for administering a FoxM1 inhibitor for preventing, treating, and/or reducing cardiac hypertrophy and/or cardiac failure. Particularly, the methods are directed to the use of a FoxM1 inhibitor to block the function of FoxM1-Brg1 complex, thereby reversing the ACE/ACE2 expression ratio such to protect the heart from hypertrophy and failure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the inhibition of apoptosis associated with ischemic injury in the central nervous system. In addition, the present invention relates to compositions and methods useful for extending the therapeutic window associated with ischemic injury.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide HP, or a polynucleotide sequence encoding polypeptide HP, or a host cell comprising said polynucleotide sequence, or a host cell comprising an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide sequence, for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disorder in a subject; wherein said disorder is an inflammatory disorder and/or an autoimmune disorder; wherein said polypeptide has at least 75% identity to SEQ ID NO 2, SEQ ID NO 4 or SEQ ID NO 6 or variants, homologues, fragments or derivatives thereof; and wherein said polynucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide which has at least 75% identity to SEQ ID NO 2, SEQ ID NO 4 or SEQ ID NO 6 or variants, homologues, fragments or derivatives thereof and/or wherein said polynucleotide sequence has at least 75% identity to SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 3 or SEQ ID NO 5 or variants, homologues, fragments or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: Methods and composition for delivery of enzymes to a subject's airway. In some aspects, nebulized composition of enzymes, such as plasminogen activators are provided. In further aspects perfluorocarbon compositions comprising enzymes, such as plasminogen activators are provided. Compositions may, in some aspects, be used for the treatment of lung infections or acute lung injury, such as inhalational smoke induced acute lung injury (ISALI).

Abstract: In certain aspects, the present disclosure relates to the insight that a polypeptide comprising a truncated, ligand-binding portion of the extracellular domain of endoglin (ENG) polypeptide may be used to treat fibrotic disorders.

Abstract: Methods are provided for the prevention and/or treatment of pain, interstitial cystitis and/or overactive bladder in a subject using an IPSE protein, such as H03 H-IPSE, H06 H-IPSE, M-IPSE or other IPSE homologs, variants, mutants or mimics. The IPSE protein can be administered prior to, contemporaneously with, and/or after the subject develops pain, interstitial cystitis and/or overactive bladder. Pharmaceutical compositions also are provided that contain one or more IPSE proteins in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of inhibitors of T cell costimulation and/or activation and/or function in the treatment and/or prevention of cardiac pathologies, in particular heart failure diseases, and/or of related symptoms.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides compositions and methods related to the field of immunology. Specifically, disclosed herein are chemokine binding proteins and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to long acting parathyroid or parathyroid hormone like fusion polypeptides comprising a receptor polypeptide and its use in the treatment of hypoparathyroidism and osteoporosis.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for the treatment of BRAF-mutant cancer with targeted therapies including androgen receptor (AR) antagonists, G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor 1 (GPER1) agonists, and/or MYC inhibitors. The therapies may be combined with BRAF and MEK-targeted therapy and/or immune checkpoint blockade.

Abstract: Models useful in determining whether fibroblast growth factor 19 variant polypeptides having glucose-lowering activity and/or anti-obesity activity also exhibit favorable oncology-related profiles, and methods and uses associated therewith. Also provided are methods of antagonizing the oncogenic activity of FGF19 in a subject and, in certain embodiments, methods of preventing or treating a disease, disorder or condition, such as a FGF19-dependent disease, disorder or condition, or a symptom thereof.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using 7?-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one (C4) in predicting the clinical sensitivity to treatment of bile acid-related and associated disorders with treatment peptides, such as variants of fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) proteins and peptide sequences (and peptidomimetics) and fusions of FGF19 and/or fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) proteins and peptide sequences (and peptidomimetics), and variants of fusions of FGF19 and/or FGF21 proteins and peptide sequences (and peptidomimetics).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dermocosmetic composition for topical use comprising a combination of selected synthetic platelet-like molecules which find application in the trichological field in preventing or treating the thinning of the scalp and in the aesthetic field in preventing or treating the signs of skin aging such as roughness and loss of elasticity of the skin.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, formulation compositions comprising modified nucleic acid molecules which may encode a protein, a protein precursor, or a partially or fully processed form of the protein or a protein precursor. The formulation composition may further include a modified nucleic acid molecule and a delivery agent. The present invention further provides nucleic acids useful for encoding polypeptides capable of modulating a cell's function and/or activity.

Abstract: Methods of protecting vascular integrity in a subject exposed to a targeted radiation therapy are described. In particular, an effective amount of a thrombopoietin (TPO) mimetic, such as TPOm, is used to protect vascular integrity following the radiation therapy.

Abstract: Intestinal absorption is enhanced in short bowel syndrome patients presenting with colon-in-continuity by treatment with a GLP-2 receptor agonist, such as teduglutide.

Abstract: Intestinal absorption is enhanced in short bowel syndrome patients presenting with colon-in-continuity by treatment with a GLP-2 receptor agonist, such as teduglutide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the GLP-1 peptide semaglutide comprising no more than 0.01% (w/w) phenol, their preparation, kits comprising such compositions as well as uses thereof.

Abstract: Intestinal absorption is enhanced in short bowel syndrome patients presenting with colon-in-continuity by treatment with a GLP-2 receptor agonist, such as teduglutide.

Abstract: Drug delivery systems have been developed based on the formation of diketopiperazine carboxylate salts and microparticles containing the same. The systems may further comprise a bioactive agent. Related methods for making and using the biologically active agent delivery compositions are also provided. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts described can be formed by removal of solvent by methods including distillation, evaporation, spray drying or lyophilization.

Abstract: Disclosed are abaloparatide formulations for transdermal delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of abaloparatide, as well as transdermal patches prepared using these formulations, methods of preparing the disclosed formulations and patches, and methods of using these formulations and patches to treat osteoporosis, osteopenia, osteoarthritis, and/or bone fracture, improve bone mineral density (BMD), improve trabecular bone score (TBS), and treat, prevent, and/or reduce bone fractures.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are described herein that inhibit FAK/ATK interactions. Such methods and compositions are useful for inhibiting cell adhesion and cancer metastasis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to at least one modulator of PP2A or at least one modulator of PP2A-like phosphatase or at least one modulator of PP2A and PP2A-like phosphatase or a combination of said modulators for use in the treatment of a disease characterized by an alteration in the DNA damage response. The present invention also relates to a method to identify a subject to be treated with a PP2A modulator comprising detecting in the genome of said patient a mutation in PP2A.

Abstract: Microparticle formulations of a sialidase fusion protein are produced by contacting an aqueous solution of a protein or other active agent with an organic solvent, a counterion and a scavenging agent, and chilling the solution. The microparticles are useful for preparing stable, uniform pharmaceuticals of predetermined defined dimensions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating an infection by hMPV. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods that entail administering agents having an anchoring domain that anchors the compound to the surface of a target cell, and a sialidase domain that can act extracellularly to inhibit infection of a target cell by hMPV.

Abstract: Method for treating a disease, condition, or syndrome in a subject comprising administering, to a subject in need thereof, a solid or liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) a high purity botulinum neurotoxin or a complex comprising botulinum neurotoxin, wherein the botulinum neurotoxin is of type A, B, C, D, E, F or G; and (b) a surfactant; wherein the composition does not comprise albumin or a polysaccharide.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of compounds for the treatment or prevention of Flavivirus infections, such as Zika virus infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing Flavivirus virus infection, such as Zika virus infection, by administering a compound or class of compound disclosed herein, such as a niclosamide compound, an emricasan compound, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, a proteasome inhibitor, or a combination of two or more of the foregoing, to a subject in need thereof; methods for inhibiting Flavivirus infections such as Zika virus infections in a cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits for treating or preventing Flavivirus infections, such Zika virus infections.

Abstract: Antigenic polypeptides of the growth factor receptor HER2, for breaking the tolerance of a host against self HER2. The antigenic polypeptides include HER2 polypeptides with single amino acid substitutions of lysine for glutamine, arginine for glutamine, or aspartic acid for asparagine. Gene expression constructs, vaccine compositions, and immunization methods including the substituted HER2 polypeptides. Methods for immunizing mammalian subjects with heterologous unsubstituted HER2 antigenic polypeptides, including polypeptides of feline and bear HER2. A diagnostic method of determining whether a mammalian subject is sufficiently immunocompetent to respond to immunotherapies directed at breaking tolerance to self HER2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.

Abstract: A CMV-based vaccine that promotes immune-mediated destruction of cancer through a onetime or repeated intratumoral administration of a recombinant CMV to generate a robust, long-lasting anti-tumor immune response.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides immunogenic compositions and vaccines effective for reducing the incidence of or severity of clinical signs or symptoms of infection by a tick-borne pathogen selected from the group consisting of Rickettsia rickettsii, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia ruminantium, Anaplasma marginale, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. In preferred forms, the immunogenic composition comprises an inactivated whole cell bacteria selected from the group consisting of Rickettsia rickettsii, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia ruminantium, Anaplasma marginale, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and any combination thereof, together with an adjuvant.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a composition including a factor H binding protein (fHBP) and a Neisseria meningitidis non-serogroup B capsular polysaccharide. The invention further relates to uses of a composition that includes fHBP, such as, for example, uses to elicit an immune response against N. meningitidis serogroup B strains and non-serogroup B strains. The compositions and methods described herein are directed to administration in humans, including adults, adolescents, toddlers, and infants.

Abstract: Provided is designer nucleic acid constructs and polypeptides that can be used as therapeutic vaccines against HPV16.

Abstract: An immunogenic CD40-targeted trimeric MERS-CoV S1 fusion polypeptide as well as a corresponding polynucleotide encoding it and its use for safely inducing immune responses directed against MERS-CoV without inducing vaccine associated respiratory pathologies associated with non-targeted vaccines.

Abstract: Anti-Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) antibodies and vaccines are described herein. The antibodies and vaccines can be used to treat and/or reduce the risk of EBV infection and to treat and/or reduce the risk of complications associated with EBV infection, such as infectious mononucleosis, lymphoproliferative disorders, carcinomas, and smooth muscle tumors.

Abstract: Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 (HSV-2) epitopes bound by CD8 or CD4 tissue resident memory cells at a healed site of HSV-2 infection are disclosed. The HSV-2 epitopes can be used as immunogenic compositions to elicit protective immune responses against HSV-2.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel administration regimens for poxviral vectors comprising nucleic acid constructs encoding antigenic proteins and invariant chains. In particular the use of said poxviral vectors for priming or for boosting an immune response is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a virus-like particle comprising several or more types of HBs-L antigen proteins or a virus-like particle composition comprising a combination of the virus-like particles, for the purpose of provision of an antigen that triggers an immune reaction against HBV of various genotypes.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for the treatment of allergic disease include treating a subject in need thereof with a dosage of an allergen, wherein the allergen is administered to the subject's oral vestibular space. In a preferred embodiment, the allergen is administered at night, thereby exploiting circadian rhythms in the subject's immune response and enhancing the effectiveness of the treatment.

Abstract: Herein is reported a conjugate comprising an antigen and an antibody that specifically binds to the antigen wherein a covalent bond is formed between the antigen and an amino acid residue in the CDR2 of the antibody, an antibody comprising a cysteine residue at amino acid position 53 (according to Kabat) in the heavy chain CDR2 and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present application relates to triterpene glycoside saponin-derived adjuvants, syntheses thereof, and intermediates thereto. The application also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the present invention and methods of using said compounds or compositions in the treatment of and immunization for infectious diseases.

Abstract: This application relates to compositions comprising one or more CpG oligodeoxynucleotides complexed to nanoparticles comprising a gemini surfactant and optionally a muco-adhesive polymer, which can be used for intrapulmonary delivery to induce immunity in feed animals, and the methods of making and uses thereof.

Abstract: Compounds and compositions for selectively inhibiting Akt3 are provided. Methods of using the compounds are also provided. Because Akt3 modulates the suppressive function of natural Tregs and the polarization of induced Tregs, the disclosed compounds are useful for modulating immune responses.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to novel modulators of tumor resistance against T-cell mediated cytotoxic immune responses. The invention provides antagonists of tumor immune escape mechanisms and methods and other aspects related thereto, and therefore provides novel approaches for treating or aiding a treatment of various cancerous diseases and/or the diagnosis thereof. The invention pertains to both negative and positive regulators of tumor cell resistance and suggests the use inhibitors or activators of these genes for therapeutic purposes. In particular aspects, the invention provides combination therapeutics and/or therapies involving such inhibitors or activators. The invention furthermore provides screening methods for novel cancer therapeutics modulating the action of the identified genes, diagnostic approaches to detect cancer resistance to cytotoxic T-cells as well as pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits, for use with or related to for performing these methods.