Abstract: A pharmaceutical combined preparation containing a therapeutic protein having SH-groups which are nitrosated and a compound containing thiol groups and having an average molecular weight of at most 10,000.

Abstract: The present invention provides a circular dumbbell oligodeoxynucleotide (CDODN) comprising two loop structures and a stem structure, wherein the stem structure comprises a nucleotide sequence capable of binding the DNA-binding domain of a transcriptional factor. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising said CDODN. The pharmaceutical composition can be used for treating and/or preventing a disease or disorder related to such a transcriptional factor. The present invention also provides a method for treating and/or preventing a disease or disorder related to such a transcriptional factor, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a CDODN comprising two loop structures and a stem structure, wherein the stem structure comprises a nucleotide sequence capable of binding the DNA-binding domain of the transcriptional factor.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for treating a cognitive disorder or memory disorder in animals that result from aging or other neurodegenerative condition. In particular, compounds of this invention can stimulate neural cell growth, increased amounts of cells containing a key enzyme needed for production of the cholinergic neurotransmitter, and can improve memory and cognitive function in animals who have experienced a loss of memory or cognitive function.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, X1, X2, X3 and X4 have the meanings indicated in the claims, and which are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They are reversible inhibitors of the interaction between the plasma protein von Willebrand factor (vWF) and the blood platelet receptor glycoprotein Ib-IX-V complex (GPIb), and are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of athero-thrombotic diseases. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the Formula (I), their use, in particular as active ingredients in medicaments, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.

Abstract: Methods of using an ETB receptor agonist, such as IRL-1620, for the treatment of stroke or cerebrovascular accidents are disclosed. The ETB receptor agonist is used alone or in combination with a second agent useful in the treatment of stroke or other cerebrovascular accident.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for targeted delivery to and detection of sites of neovascular growth, including tumor vasculature, are provided. Compositions include polypeptides conjugated to or complexed with a bioactive compound, wherein the polypeptide is capable of binding to an OEC or a circulating progenitor thereof. Methods for identifying additional polypeptides with the same binding characteristics are further provided. Methods for targeted delivery of a bioactive compound to a site of neovascular growth are provided in which polypeptides capable of binding OECs or progenitors thereof are conjugated to or complexed with the bioactive compound and administered to a subject in need thereof. Methods for detecting neovascular growth are also provided, wherein the polypeptides conjugated to or complexed with a detectable label are administered to a subject and the label is detected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to treating a tissue in a mammal from the effects of reperfusion using flagellin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to potent compounds having combined antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-radiation and metal chelating properties. Specifically, the present invention relates to short peptides having these properties, and to methods and uses of such short peptides in clinical and cosmetic applications.

Abstract: Methods of improving cardiac function and/or methods for attenuating and/or prevention cardiac remodeling in an individual's heart comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of Heat-Shock Protein Hsp20 or an agent that increase the levels of and/or the activity of Hsp20 are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel serine rich peptides capable of exhibiting antioxidative properties and that can be used to protect a cell, tissues, organs or a multi-cellular organism, such as animals, against oxidative stress. In aspects of the invention, the peptides may be derived from egg yolk proteins utilizing only generally recognized as safe (GRAS) compounds. The invention also relates to cosmetics, functional foods, food supplements or pharmaceutical formulations comprising the peptides of the present invention having antioxidative properties. The cosmetics, functional food or pharmaceutical products are particularly suitable for the care of the skin in protecting against oxidative stress and ageing phenomena.

Abstract: Techniques, methods and lavages are disclosed for prevention or treatment of shock, particularly cecal ligation or cecal inoculation shock, by administering a specific therapeutic agent, which is able to use smaller volumes of reagent to achieve partial to complete inhibition, than other previously described techniques. The agent includes a combination of enzyme inhibitor, cytotoxic lipid binding protein, and antibiotic.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating inflammation and inflammatory disorders in a subject, by administering an effective amount of KSHV-Orf63 and/or active peptides and/or fragments thereof.

Abstract: A therapeutic or prophylactic treatment method of ischemia, such as due to myocardial infarction, by administering thrombopoietin, alone or in combination with other drugs, to a patient suffering from or at risk of cardiac injury, such as myocardial ischemia. The thrombopoietin is administered in a concentration such that the subject's platelet count or production of platelets is not significantly affected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chimeric molecules of ficolin-associated polypeptides, such as fusion polypeptides for the use in the treatment of conditions associated with inflammation, apoptosis, autoimmunity, coagulation, thrombotic or coagulopathic related diseases. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such fusion polypeptides, vectors and host cells used in the production of the fusion polypeptides.

Abstract: The present invention includes methods of generating derivatives of a protein, as well as methods of treating a subject with the derivatized proteins. More particularly, the present invention includes methods of generating derivatives of HSP 70 proteins and methods of treating a subject with the derivatized HSP 70 proteins.

Abstract: Peptides are provided consisting of L- and/or D-amino acids and combinations thereof, which affect myeloid cells by action on the triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells (TREMs), including TREM-1 and TREM-2. The peptides act on the TREM/DAP-12 signaling complex. Also provided are lipid and sugar conjugated peptides comprising L- or D-amino acids. A method is provided of designing the peptides and lipid- and/or sugar-conjugated peptides comprising L- or D-amino acids. The disclosure relates to the therapy of various myeloid cell-related disease states involving the use of these peptides and compounds. The peptides and compounds are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease or condition where myeloid cells are involved or recruited. The peptides of the present invention also are useful in the production of medical devices comprising peptide matrices (for example, medical implants and implantable devices).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the Formula (I)): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the symbols are as defined in the specification; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, a method for treating or preventing viral infections, inflammation, dry eye, central nervous disorders, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity, diabetes, muscular dystrophy, and hair loss.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and materials for use in increasing HSP20 activation in a biological system, for example by increasing phosphorylation of Ser16 of HSP20. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for increasing HSP20 activation in a biological system, comprising contacting the system with an antagonist capable of inhibiting PDE4 binding to HSP20, the antagonist comprising or consisting essentially of a fragment of PDE4 or an analogue thereof. In a further aspect the invention provides a method of screening for an agent able to increase activation of HSP20. A preferred antagonist has a C-terminal lysine residue.

Abstract: Whether the growth hormone (GH)/Insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF-I) axis exerts cardioprotective effects remains controversial; and the underlying mechanism(s) for such actions are unclear. Here we tested the hypothesis that growth-hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) directly activates cellular reparative mechanisms within the injured heart, in a GH/IGF-I independent fashion. Following experimental myocardial infarction (MI), rats were randomly assigned to receive, during a 4 week period, either placebo (n=14), rat recombinant GH (rrGH, n=8) or JI-38 (n=8; 50 ?g/Kg/day), a potent GHRH-agonist. JI-38 did not elevate serum levels of GH or IGF-I, but markedly attenuated the degree of cardiac functional decline and remodeling after injury. In contrast, GH administration markedly elevated body weight, heart weight, circulating GH and IGF-I, but did not offset the decline in cardiac structure and function.

Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I?: or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the polypeptides of the invention, and its therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, restenosis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cardiomyopathy, cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia, water retention, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), obesity, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, burn injuries (including sunburn) and preeclampsia.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of preventing or treating cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury in a mammalian subject. The methods provide administering aromatic-cationic peptides in effective amounts to prevent or treat an anatomic zone of no re-flow in mammalian subjects. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to subjects in need thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are lipids, annexin, and lipid-annexin complexes for use in the prevention and/or treatment of ischemia-reperfusion injury and reperfusion injury associated with a variety of diseases and conditions. Also disclosed are therapeutic targets and compositions for the prevention and treatment of ischemia-reperfusion injury and diseases and conditions associated with ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Abstract: Novel mutants of human monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) with increased glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding affinity and knocked-out or reduced GPCR activity compared to wild type MCP-1, and their use for therapeutic treatment of inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: This invention discloses isolated short peptides comprising the amino acid sequence Cys-Glu-Phe-His (CEFH; SEQ ID NOS: 1 and 15) and analogs thereof as well as compositions comprising CEFH peptides and analogs thereof. The CEFH peptides disclosed herein are effective in mediating the denitration of 3-nitrotyrosines (3-NT) in cellular proteins thereby preventing tissue damage associated with excess nitric oxide (NO) and its reactive species. The CEFH peptides disclosed herein are useful in the treatment of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and other disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to crystalline peptide keto epoxide compounds, methods of their preparation, and related pharmaceutical compositions. This invention also relates to methods for the preparation of amino acid keto-epoxides. Specifically, allylic ketones are stereoselectively converted to the desired keto epoxides.

Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and methods for treating and preventing non-degenerative neurological diseases and disorders associated with elevated sPLA2 activity as well as cardiovascular diseases using a CHEC peptide to inhibit sPLA2 activity.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting the interaction between eNOS and ?-actin are provided for use in inhibiting or reducing lung injury from oxygen toxicity. One embodiment provides a synthetic or recombinant polypeptide having the ?-actin binding domain of eNOS, wherein the polypeptide inhibits or reduces eNOS activity in lung endothelial cells.

Abstract: A method of treating a patient suffering from a disease characterized by tissue necrosis by administering to the patient a necrosis inhibitor and/or a Humanin or a derivative of Humanin is provided. The invention further includes a method for prophylactically treating a patient at risk for a pathological condition that is precipitated at least in part by tissue necrosis by administering to the patient a necrosis inhibitor and/or a Humanin or a derivative of Humanin.

Abstract: Use of polypeptide micromolecule MLIF in preparing medicine for preventing and treating myocardial ischmia, where amino acid sequence of the polypeptide micromolecule MLIF is Met-Gln-Cys-Asn-Ser (SEQ ID NO:1).

Abstract: A PTD-UQCRB fusion polypeptide, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating ischemic diseases, containing the same. The PTD-UQCRB fusion polypeptide of the present invention very effectively passes through a cell membrane to induce angiogenesis and does not cause cytotoxicity, and is thus useful for preventing and treating ischemic diseases.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for preventing or treating an ischemia-reperfusion injury, such as occurs during acute myocardial infarction and organ transplant in a mammalian subject. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more additional active agents such as cyclosporine.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides peptides and constructs that inhibit mitochondrial fission, and compositions comprising the peptides or constructs. The present disclosure provides methods of reducing abnormal mitochondrial fission in a cell. Also provided are methods for designing and validating mitochondrial fission inhibitor constructs and peptides, including but not limited to, evaluating the effects of the constructs and peptides on Drp1 GTPase activity, binding of Drp1 to Fis1, reduction of mitochondrial damage, reduction in cell death, inhibition of mitochondrial fragmentation in a cell under pathological conditions, and reduced loss of neurites in primary dopaminergic neurons in a Parkinsonism cell culture.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to inhibitors that preferentially inhibit immunoproteasome activity over constitutive proteasome activity. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of immune related diseases, comprising administering a compound of the invention. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of cancer, comprising administering a compound of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cyclic or constrained acyclic compounds which modulate the activity of G protein-coupled receptors and are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by G protein-coupled receptors, for example, inflammatory conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to treating a tissue in a mammal from the effects of reperfusion using flagellin

Abstract: Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is associated with a number of diseases and disorders. Agonists of the non-proteolytically activated thrombin receptor can be used in methods to treat ED or ED-related diseases and disorders.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions related to the discovery that the Follistatin-like 1 protein (Fstl-1) has metabolic and cardioprotective effects in vivo. Fstl-1 and portions and derivatives or variants thereof can be used to treat or prevent metabolic diseases or disorders and to treat or prevent cardiac damage caused by interrupted cardiac muscle blood supply.

Abstract: The present invention relates to treating a tissue in a mammal from the effects of reperfusion using flagellin.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclic compounds which have the ability to modulate the activity of G protein-coupled receptors. The compounds preferably act as antagonists. In preferred embodiments, the invention provides cyclic peptidic and peptidomimetic antagonists of C5a receptors, which are active against C5a receptors on polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages. The compounds of the invention are both potent and selective, and are useful in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory conditions.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting the binding between N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and neuronal proteins in a neuron is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the neuron an effective inhibiting amount of a peptide replacement agent for the NMDA receptor or neuronal protein interaction domain that effect said inhibition of the NMDA receptor-neuronal protein interaction. The method is of value in reducing the damaging effect of injury to mammalian cells. Postsynaptic density-95 protein (PSD-95) couples neuronal N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) to pathways mediating excitotoxicity, ischemic and traumatic brain damage. This coupling was disrupted by transducing neurons with peptides that bind to modular domains on either side of the PSD-95/NMDAR interaction complex.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for novel peptides of use for detection and/or inhibition of anti-?1-adrenergic receptor antibodies. Certain embodiments concern uses of cyclic and/or linear peptides. In other embodiments, the present invention relates to novel peptides of use in diagnostic and/or pharmaceutical compositions. Some embodiments concern diagnosing and/or treating cardiac conditions. Cardiac conditions of the instant invention can concern infectious heart disease, non-infectious heart disease, ischemic heart disease, non-ischemic heart disease, inflammatory heart disease, myocarditis, cardiac dilatation, idiopathic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, immune-cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and any cardiac arrhythmia condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of modulating Na+/K+ pump activity, the method comprising contacting the Na+/K+ pump with an FXYD protein or a fragment or variant thereof wherein glutathionylation of said Na+/K+ pump is altered by said FXYD protein.

Abstract: The present invention provides isolated or synthetic peptides derived from the d subunit of mammalian F1Fo ATP synthase (dF1Fo) protein for the purposes of tissue protection and improved energy production following acute injury from ischemia/reperfusion or other toxic insults, or in chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer. The major focus of the patent protection will be 2 peptides comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2 and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. However, additional peptide sequences within the dF1Fo protein may also have efficacies in these disease states and therefore all peptides shown in the Figures of this application (combined with the HIV-Tat protein transduction, COIV mitochondrial targeting and Flag domains) are included for their efficacies in these conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating, ameliorating or preventing myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in a subject in need thereof, by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an ANXA1short peptide (ANXA1sp).

Abstract: The present application discloses a method of treating a disease that is treatable by therapeutic angiogenesis comprising administering to a needy subject an effective amount of a chimeric coiled coil molecule comprising a coiled-coil domain linked to a receptor binding domain of a ligand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient for a condition where blood flow to a tissue or organ is interrupted. This method involves administering to a patient with a hypoxic condition where blood flow to a tissue or organ is interrupted, or at risk thereof, a compound that reduces the rate of HIF-1? inactivation in cells affected by the condition, thereby treating the patient for the condition. Also disclosed is a method of treating a tumor in a patient. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of identifying compounds as candidate drugs for treatment of hypoxic conditions and for treating tumors in a subject.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of delivering pharmacologic agents linked to an internalization peptide, in which an inflammatory response inducible by the internalization peptide is inhibited by co-administration of an anti-inflammatory or by linking the internalization peptide to biotin or similar molecule. Such methods are premised in part on the results described in the examples whereby administration of a pharmacological agent linked to tat at high dosages is closely followed by an inflammatory response, which includes mast cell degranulation, histamine release and the typical sequelae of histamine release, such as redness, heat, swelling, and hypotension.

Abstract: The present invention features compositions featuring agents that bind to denatured collagen and methods of using such agents to treat or prevent fibrosis or inflammation in a subject.

Abstract: Methods of improving cardiac function and/or methods for attenuating and/or prevention cardiac remodeling in an individual's heart comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of Heat-Shock Protein Hsp20 or an agent that increase the levels of and/or the activity of Hsp20 are provided.

Abstract: A method of treating injuries to or diseases of the central nervous system that predominantly effects glia and/or non-cholinergic neuronal cells characterized in that it comprises the step of increasing the active concentration(s) of insulin-like growth factor 1 and/or analogues thereof in the central nervous system of the patient. The present invention also provides therapeutic compositions comprising insulin-like growth factor 1 and/or analogues thereof for administration to a patient at or following a neural insult, which compositions are useful in minimizing damage to the central nervous system that would otherwise occur following the insult.