Abstract: Described herein are compounds that activate pyruvate kinase R, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof. These compounds are represented by Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, L1, and L2 are as defined herein.

Abstract: Imatinib is approved and marketed in solid oral dosage forms which may be dispersed in water or apple juice for patients having swallowing difficulty. Dispersion of Imatinib solid dosage forms in apple juice may increase palatability and patient compliance but apple juice may not be available all the time for administration. Further, dispersion of Imatinib solid oral dosage forms may not administer correct and consistent dose of medicine every time. The present invention therefore provides liquid dosage forms of Imatinib which correctly and consistently administers correct dose of drug to the patients.

Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure relates to compounds useful to regulate, limit, or inhibit the expression of AVIL (advillin), methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of treating disorders associated with AVIL dysregulation using same. In aspects, the disclosed compounds, compositions and methods are useful for treating disorders or diseases in which the regulation, limitation, or inhibition of the expression of AVIL can be clinically useful, such as, for example, the treatment of cancer. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions that include a compound described herein (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of a compound described herein) and methods of synthesizing the same. Also provided herein are methods of treating diseases and/or conditions with a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Methods for treating uterine fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis, or heavy menstrual bleeding in a subject, which include administering to the subject from 10 mg to 60 mg per day of N-(4-(1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-5-((dimethylamino)methyl)-3-(6-methoxy-3-pyridazinyl)-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)phenyl)-N?-methoxyurea, and from 0.01 mg to 5 mg per day of a hormone replacement medicament. The present disclosure has methods for reducing menstrual bleeding in a subject, reducing bone mineral density loss in a subject caused by administering a GnRH antagonist to the subject, suppressing sex hormones in a subject, reducing vasomotor symptoms or hot flashes in a subject, and reducing symptoms of decreased libido in a subject having uterine fibroids, endometriosis, or adenomyosis.

Abstract: Liquid pharmaceutical compositions of tofacitinib or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described, which are suitable for oral administration, and which are stable under varying storage conditions for extended periods of time. Methods of treating auto-immune disorders are also described, using the stable liquid pharmaceutical compositions of tofacitinib. A stable liquid pharmaceutical composition of tofacitinib according to the invention comprises of (a) tofacitinib at a concentration of about 1 mg/mL or more; (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid vehicle; (c) at least one anti-oxidant; and (d) optionally one or more other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for the administration of reboxetine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a human being in need thereof, resulting in a first maximum plasma concentration and a second maximum plasma concentration, wherein the two maxima are separated by a time period of about 2 hours to about 6 hours.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions capable of modulating the hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase (HSD17B) family member proteins including inhibiting the HSD17B member proteins, e.g. HSD17B13. The disclosure further relates to methods of treating liver diseases, disorders, or conditions with the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein, in which the HSD17B family member protein plays a role.

Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods related to the use of apilimod in combination with glutamatergic agents for treating neurological diseases and disorders, and for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for modulating the Cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) with the compounds and compositions disclosed herein. Also described are methods of treating diseases or conditions that are mediated by the action of Cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) or that we benefit from modulating the Cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2).

Abstract: The invention provides a chromogenic ?-lactam molecule that retains its diagnostic color change response when modified for conjugation to another molecule.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a combination drug that has remarkably excellent preventive and/or therapeutic effects on polycystic kidney disease. The present invention provides a drug for preventing and/or treating polycystic kidney disease comprising a combination of tolvaptan or a prodrug thereof with a somatostatin derivative, and a method for treating polycystic kidney disease using this drug.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) comprising administering clomipramine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The administration of clomipramine increases the levels of TAp73 and decreases the levels of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and cleaved caspase-3 in the AD patients. The methods of the present disclosure reduce the neurodegeneration and improve the cognitive and functional decline in AD patients.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of treating cancer by administering an MCL-1 inhibitor and an anticancer agent.

Abstract: An orodispersible solid pharmaceutical dosage unit of estetrol is disclosed. The solid dosage unit is easy to manufacture and suited for sublingual, buccal or sublabial administration. The orodispersible solid pharmaceutical dosage unit can include at least 100 ?g of an estetrol component and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. Methods of manufacturing the orodispersible solid pharmaceutical dosage unit are also disclosed.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein is generally directed to modulating T cell dysfunctional and effector states by modulating glucocorticoid and IL-27 signaling. The invention further relates to modulating immune states, such as CD8 T cell immune states, in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro. The invention further relates to diagnostic and screening methods.

Abstract: Sustained-release abiraterone prodrug formulations, methods, and kits for parenteral administration to a subject having a sex hormone-dependent benign or malignant disorder such as prostate cancer, an androgen receptor driven cancer, a syndrome due to androgen excess, and/or a syndrome due to glucocorticoid excess such as hypercortisolemia.

Abstract: Disclosed is a viral receptor that contains a sialic acid compound at one side thereof to provide binding affinity to a virus, and contains a lipid at the other side thereof, and that can be widely used for the treatment of viral infections based on this characteristic.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for the reduction or elimination of bacterial biofilms on biological and non-biological surfaces, as well as methods for the treatment of wounds, skin lesions, mucous membrane lesions, and other biological surfaces infected or contaminated with bacterial biofilms using compositions comprising a synergistic combination of thermolysin and at least one aminoglycoside antibacterial agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting PAR2 activity including punicalagin, and more specifically, the present invention provides a composition for inhibiting PAR2 activity including punicalagin, a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition, health functional food composition, or cosmetic composition for preventing or treating an inflammatory disease or pruritis.

Abstract: This disclosure describes the use of azithromycin, roxithromycin, and telithromycin, including derivatives thereof, as senolytic drugs. BrdU was used to induce senescence in model human fibroblast cell lines. Also disclosed are methods for screening compounds for senolytic activity. The SRB assay was used to measure cell viability through protein content. Azithromycin roxithromycin, and telithromycin, clinically-approved pharmaceuticals, were found to be senolytic drugs. However, the closely-related parent compound, erythromycin, showed no senolytic activity. Azithromycin strongly induced both aerobic glycolysis and autophagy in human fibroblasts, but showed bi-phasic effects including on mitochondrial oxygen consumption rates with inhibitory activity at 50 ?M and stimulatory activity at 100 ?M. The xCELLigence real-time assay system showed that azithromycin preferentially targets senescent cells, removing approximately 97% (nearly a 25-fold reduction in senescent cells).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new means for treating or ameliorating a blood cancer patient, wherein the new means has high effect and few side effects. The present invention relates to a combined medicine for use in a method for treating or ameliorating a blood cancer patient, comprising 4-amino-1-(2-cyano-2-deoxy-?-D-arabinofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyrimidinone or a salt thereof and venetoclax or a salt thereof.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to ophthalmic suspension vehicles for delivery of at least one pharmaceutical ingredient to a patient in need of treatment. The disclosure also provides methods of delivering at least one pharmaceutical ingredient to a patient in need of treatment.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of modulating and regulating NHD protein-protein interactions through nicotinamide mononucleotide, analogs and derivatives thereof, such as NAD+. Such modulation may be useful in methods of treating and preventing cancer, aging, cell death, radiation damage, radiation exposure, among others, may improve DNA repair, cell proliferation, cell survival, among others, and may increase the life span of a cell or protect it against certain stresses, among others.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating a subject having metabolic disorders and/or cardiovascular diseases, methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing a metabolic disorder and/or a cardiovascular disease, and methods of detecting human Inhibin Subunit Beta E variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and disorders in a subject diagnosed as having suffered a cerebrovascular injury by administering agents that contain or induce the expression of microRNA-126.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing or treating fibrosis including an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 17 (CDK17) expression or activity. According to the present disclosure, the inhibitor of CDK17 expression or activity significantly reduces collagen production and cell activity and viability in activated hepatic stellate cells (liver fibrosis cell model), renal tubular epithelial cells (renal fibrosis cell model) in which fibrosis is induced by TGF-? treatment, and alveolar epithelial cells (lung fibrosis cell model) in which fibrosis is induced by TGF-? treatment, indicating that the composition of the present disclosure has an excellent effect in preventing or treating fibrosis.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder of the pulmonary system (e.g., cystic fibrosis), respiratory or digestive system in a subject, the methods comprising administering compounds or compositions comprising water soluble polyglucosamine and derivatized polyglucosamine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition that controls pharmacokinetics. Specifically, the present invention provides: a composition for controlling pharmacokinetics, the composition containing a polyvalent cation as an active ingredient; and a method for controlling pharmacokinetics using the polyvalent cation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nanoemulsion composition of oxygen gas sustained release and method for preparing the same, and provides a nanoemulsion composition of oxygen gas sustained release and method for preparing the same, including a water phase part containing water, and an oil phase part dispersed in the water phase part and made of nanoparticle containing a perfluorocarbon compound, wherein the oil phase part contains oxygen gas, and the oxygen gas is released in sustained release. According to the present disclosure, there are advantages of preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth by increasing the amount of oxygen gas supplied to the hair bulb and the oxygen release time from the hair bulb.

Abstract: Wound-care composition and method of use. The composition comprises: a substrate; potassium alum; and urea. The potassium alum makes up 10.27 wt. % of the composition within a tolerance of +/- 50%; and the urea makes up 0.12 wt. % of the composition within a tolerance of +/- 50%. The method comprises applying the composition to a wound on a non-human animal.

Abstract: Rapid, corrective treatment for respiratory tract infections; using a safe ultra-low dose of a derivative of chlorine.

Abstract: An application of a hydrogel in the preparation of products for the treatment of bacterial infection is disclosed. Ferrous ion was used in the antibacterial activity test of Staphylococcus aureus and showed a strong bactericidal effect, which the survival rate of Staphylococcus aureus is less than 0.001%, as well as the survival rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was less than 0.01%. Ferrous ion hydrogel was used for the treatment of keratitis and skin wound infection. Ferrous ion hydrogel for the treatment of keratitis and skin wound infection, which can significantly reduce the risk of pulmonary MRSA infection, prevented the dissimilation of MRSA to the lung, and alleviated systemic inflammation in the body in a timely and effective manner, revealing the therapeutic potential of ferrous compounds for treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections, including MRSA.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment or prevention of a neurological disease or disorder of the central nervous system (e.g., a storage disorder, lysosomal storage disorder, neurodegenerative disease, etc.) by reconstitution of brain myeloid cell and microglia upon transplantation of hematopoietic cells enriched in microglia reconstitution potential. The invention also provides compositions and methods for ablating and reconstituting microglia.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to non-natural NKG2D receptors attached to mammalian cell surfaces wherein the non-natural receptors do not directly signal or directly activate the cell when the receptor is bound by cognate non-natural ?1-?2 domains of NKG2D ligands modified to specifically bind the non-natural NKG2D receptors. The non-natural ?1-?2 domains of NKG2D ligands may be attached to heterologous atoms or molecules including polypeptides, in some embodiments cytokines or modified cytokines, antibodies or fragments of antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an in-vitro method for transferring biological material into activated NK cells with a pseudotyped retroviral vector particle or a virus-like particle thereof, comprising the steps a) activation of NK cells, and b) addition of said pseudotyped retroviral vector particle or virus-like particle thereof to said activated NK cells, wherein said pseudotyped retroviral vector particle or virus-like particle thereof comprises a modified baboon endogenous retrovirus (BaEV) envelope glycoprotein that is able of binding to and fusing with a hematopoietic cell membrane, thereby transferring biological material into said activated NK cells. Preferentially, the activating of NK cells is performed by the addition of a IL-1 family cytokine to the NK cells.

Abstract: The invention relates to a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of (i) SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 216, and (ii) a variant sequence thereof which maintains capacity to bind to MHC molecule(s) and/or induce T cells cross-reacting with said variant peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-human MSLN-specific antibody and an MSLN-targeting immune effector cell. Also provided is an MSLN-targeting chimeric antigen receptor modified T-cell prepared using the antibody and a use thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising multipotent progenitor cells isolated from tonsillar tissue and differentiated cells derived therefrom and methods for using the cells for the treatment of diseases or disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substantially homogenous populations of human retinal progenitor cells having the following positive surface markers: SSEA4, CD73, PTK7 and PSA-NCAM. The invention also relates to method for preparing such substantially homogeneous cell populations from human tissue using cell sorting techniques.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of probiotic bacteria. In particular, it relates to methods for treating or preventing functional GI disorders comprising administering Bifidobacterium longum, such as Bifidobacterium longum ATCC BAA-999.

Abstract: The present invention relates to edible plant parts or tissues comprising probiotic bacteria and use thereof for oral delivery of the probiotic bacteria to an organism and enriching and/or improving the organism gastrointestinal tract microbiome. The present invention further relates to methods for selecting and/or producing probiotic bacteria capable of colonizing a plant tissue.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an anti-aging composition, which includes: (a) isolated lactic acid bacterial strains or a fermented product thereof; and (b) an excipient, a diluent, or a carrier; wherein the isolated lactic acid bacterial strains include: Bifidobacterium bifidum VDD088 strains, Bifidobacterium breve Bv-889 strains, and Bifidobacterium longum BLI-02 strains. The present invention further provides a method for preventing aging by administering the foregoing anti-aging composition to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Methods and uses of compositions (e.g. comprising one or more microbial strains, one or more components, one or more metabolites, or a combination thereof) for treating neurodegenerative diseases, disorders, and conditions are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to bacteriophage therapy. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel bacteriophages having a high specificity against Escherichia coli strains, their manufacture, components thereof, compositions comprising the same and the uses thereof in phage therapy.

Abstract: Nutrient compositions comprising botanical extracts and methods of their use for treating, inter alia, autism or apraxia and/or ameliorating one or more symptoms thereof are disclosed. The use of such compositions for enhancing cognitive function and/or one or more aspects thereof, or for treating stroke or seizures and/or ameliorating one or more symptoms thereof are also disclosed.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition or a health food composition for controlling blood sugar, raw materials of which include dioscoreae rhizome, medlar, and coconut oil. A preparation method for the composition includes: mixing dioscoreae rhizome and a decoction thereof with medlar for homogenization, pulverization and drying, and mixing the resultant product with coconut oil and water, followed by baking and drying. Further disclosed are a pharmaceutical preparation or a health food including the composition and an excipient, and a use of the composition in the preparation of a pharmaceutical preparation or a health food for reducing or eliminating diabetic conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed are means, methods, and therapeutic compositions for prevention of memory loss during situations of neuroinflammation. In one embodiment the invention teaches administration of the therapeutic combination of ingredients comprising of pterostilbene, Nigella sativa, sulforaphane, and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) to a mammal suffering from inflammation in order to preserver memory function.

Abstract: The invention discloses compositions and methods comprising enriched Bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC) present not less than 20% w/w for use in inhibiting Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products (RAGE) expression in a subject with chronic-inflammatory condition. The composition further comprises ?-amyrin palmitate (BAP). The invention also includes disclose the use of the above composition in the management of chronic inflammatory condition in a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids, and cells for use in the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to survivin-derived tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention specifically relates to three novel peptide sequences and variants thereof derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.