Abstract: The present invention is concerned with combinations of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor and an anti-tumor nucleoside derivative for inhibiting the growth of tumor cells and useful in the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are 2,6,9-trisubstituted purine inhibitors of cyclin/cdk complexes. The compounds also are potent inhibitors of human cellular proliferation. As such, the compounds constitute pharmaceutical compositions with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Such compounds are useful in inhibiting cellular proliferation in a mammal by administering to such mammal an effective amount of the compound. An example is represented by the following chemical structure: wherein: X=N; R2= phenyl; substituted phenyl; 1-naphthyl; 2-naphthyl; heterocycles; or substituted heterocycle; Y= H; OR1; NHR1; NHC(O)R3; NHSO2R3; NHC(O)NHR3; NHC(O)R5; or NHC(O)OR6; and R1, R3, and R4 are defined herein.

Abstract: The invention provides new methods for synthesis of nucleotide-based compounds and new libraries of such compounds. Compounds of the invention are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, including treatment of viral or bacterial infections and associated diseases and disorders.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for treating hepatitis B virus infection in humans comprising administering a synergistically effective amount of agents having known anti-hepatitis B virus activity in combination or alternation. Specifically, the invention is directed to a method for treating hepatitis B virus infection comprising administering FTC in combination or alternation with penciclovir, famciclovir or Bis-POM-PMEA. Additionally, the invention is directed to a method for treating hepatitis B virus infection comprising administering L-FMAU in combination or alternation with DAPD, penciclovir or Bis-POM-PMEA. The invention is further directed to a method for treating hepatitis B virus infection comprising administering DAPD in combination or alternation with Bis-POM-PMEA.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I): wherein Z represents a 5 or 6 membered cycloalkyl, aryl, substituted cycloalkyl, or substituted aryl, said cycloalkyl, aryl, substituted cycloalkyl or substituted aryl optionally containing one or more heteroatoms selected from 0, N or S; k represents 0 or 1; n represents an integer of 1 to 50; X represents —O—, —N(H)—, —N(C1-6alkyl)-, —N(C3-8cycloalkyl)-, —N(C1-8alkyl)(C3-8 cycloalkyl), —N[(CH2CH2O)m(C1-12 alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl)]-, —CH2O—, —CH2NH—, —CH2N(C1-6alkyl)-, —CH2N(C3-8cycloalkyl)-, or —C1-12alkyl-; Q represents (—CH2)p, (—CH═CH—)p, (—C≡C—)p, (—(O)p1CH2—)p or (—CH2(O)p1)p R6 and R7 independently represent O or S; and all other variables are as defined herein; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical formulations containing them, and their use in me

Abstract: The invention is based on the discovery that compounds of Formula I are unexpectedly highly potent and selective inhibitors of the adenosine A1 receptor. Adenosine A1 antagonists can be useful in the prevention and/or treatment of numerous diseases, including cardiac and circulatory disorders, degenerative disorders of the central nervous system, respiratory disorders, and many diseases for which diuretic treatment is suitable. In one embodiment, the invention features a compound of formula I: R3 is an optionally substituted group selected from: and wherein X1, X2, Z, R1, R2, and R6 are as described in the specification.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel A2A adenosine receptor antagonists, useful for treating various disease states, for example cardiovascular disorders, including tissue damage due to ischemia, CNS diseases, including Parkinson's disease, depression, and the like.

Abstract: Compounds represented by the formula 1: 1

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a ribonucleoside analogue in accordance with general formula I or II as herein defined, in admixture with a physiologically acceptable excipient diluent or carrier.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain novel 2′-halomethylidene, 2′-ethenylidene and 2′-ethynyl cytidine, uridine and guanosine derivatives, and compositions thereof, which are useful in the treatment of patients afflicted with neoplastic or viral disease states.

Abstract: The present invention comprises 6-9-Disubstituted 2-[trans-(4-aminocyclohexyl]aminopurines that are useful in inhibiting cyclin dependent kinases, particularly cdk-2. The present invention also provides a method of preventing apoptosis in neuronal cells and a method of inhibiting the development of neoplasms.

Abstract: A method of treating a patient suffering from or susceptible to ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease or stroke or which subject is suffering pain, a CNS disorder or sleep apnea which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an adenosine derivative which is an agonist at the adenosine A1 receptor and which exhibits little or no agonist activity of the A3 receptor.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula

Abstract: The disclosed invention is a composition for and a method of treating a Flaviviridae (including BVDV and HCV), Orthomyxoviridae (including Influenza A and B) or Paramyxoviridae (including RSV) infection, or conditions related to abnormal cellular proliferation, in a host, including animals, and especially humans, using a nucleoside of general formula (I)-(XXIII) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug.

Abstract: The present invention provides a procaryotic host cell stably transformed or transfected by a vector including a DNA sequence encoding for purine nucleoside phosphorylase or hydrolase. The transformed or transfected procaryotic host cell can be used in combination with a purine substrate to treat tumor cells and/or virally infected cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 5′-deoxy-5′-methylthioadenosine in skin cosmetic compositions for improving the appearance of the skin, to such compositions and to a method for the cosmetic treatment of the skin.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds that are A2B adenosine receptor antagonists, useful for treating various disease states, in particular asthma and diarrhea.

Abstract: A method for treating arrhythmia in mammals is provided comprising administering a low dose of an adenosine receptor agonist of the Formula I: wherein R1 is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, preferably monocyclic.

Abstract: The present invention provides selenium derivatives of nucleosides, nucleoside phosphoramidites, nucleotides, nucleotide triphosphates, oligonucleotides, polynucleotides, and larger nucleic acids and methods for their synthesis. Selenium derivatives of both ribonucleic acids and deoxyribonulcleic acids, as well as methods for their synthesis, crystallization and uses in structural determinations, particularly by X-ray crystallographic techniques are disclosed. The selenium derivatives of the present invention are also useful as food supplements.

Abstract: A3 agonists having Formula I are described herein as well as methods of using such A3 agonists and pharmaceutical compositions containing such A3 agonists.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds that are partial and full A1 adenosine receptor agonists, useful for treating various disease states, in particular tachycardia and atrial flutter, angina, and myocardial infarction.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical combination useful for the treatment of viral infections comprising a at least one antiviral active compound of formula (1) 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting the growth, elaboration and/or replication of HIV in human patients and to the prevention and treatment of human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other diseases caused by retroviral infection. More particularly, in preferred aspects, the present invention provides a method for the use of novel prodrug forms of 9-(2,3-Dideoxy-&bgr;-D-glycero-pent-2-enofuranosyl)guanine (d4G) for the prevention and treatment of both wild type and drug-resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the causative pathogen of AIDS.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating conditions associated with pain and alleviating the symptoms associated therewith which comprises administering to a mammal, including man, an adenosine A1 agonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and a 5HT3 antagonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and patient packs comprising said combinations.

Abstract: Dioxolane analogs of the following formula: 1

Abstract: Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying an inhibitor of telomerase to the skin.

Abstract: The present invention also provides a general method to whereby mono-, bi-, or tricyclic heterocycles may be modified to obtain potent antagonists at the NPY1 receptor. The present invention provides novel, potent, non-peptidic antagonists of NPY receptors, particularly, the NPY1 receptors, designed from a selection of mono-, bi-, or tri-cyclic heterocyclic cores. This invention relates to novel compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment of physiological disorders associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y. The novel compounds encompassed by the present invention are those of the formula I-XV.

Abstract: The present invention comprises novel and known purine and pyrimidine nucleoside derivatives which have been discovered to be active against hepatitis C virus (HCV). The use of these derivatives for the treatment of HCV infection is claimed as are the novel nucleoside derivatives disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating conditions associated with pain and alleviating the symptoms associated therewith which comprises administering to a mammal, including man, an adenosine A1 agonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and a sodium channel blocker or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and patient packs comprising said combinations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating conditions associated with pain and alleviating the symptoms associated therewith which comprises administering to a mammal, including man, an adenosine A1 agonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and an opioid or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and patient packs comprising said combinations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating conditions associated with pain and alleviating the symptoms associated therewith which comprises administering to a mammal, including man, an adenosine A1 agonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and an NSAID, e.g. a COX-2 inhibitor, or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and patient packs comprising said combinations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating conditions associated with pain and alleviating the symptoms associated therewith which comprises administering to a mammal, including man, (i) an adenosine A1 agonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and (ii) gabapentin or pregabalin or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and patient packs comprising said combinations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating conditions associated with pain and alleviating the symptoms associated therewith which comprises administering to a mammal, including man, an adenosine A1 agonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and a 5HT1 receptor agonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and patient packs comprising said combinations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating conditions associated with pain and alleviating the symptoms associated therewith which comprises administering to a mammal, including man, a adenosine A1 agonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and an EP1 antagonist or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and patient packs comprising said combinations.

Abstract: A class of 2′-fluoro-nucleoside compounds are disclosed which are useful in the treatment of hepatitis B infection, hepatitis C infection, HIV and abnormal cellular proliferation, including tumors and cancer.

Abstract: It has been unexpectedly found that a drug resistant strain of HIV exhibits the behavior of drug-naïve virus when given the combination of a &bgr;-D-1,3-dioxolanyl nucleoside and an IMPDH inhibitor. In one nonlimiting embodiment, the HIV strain is resistant to a &bgr;-D-1,3-dioxolanyl nucleoside.

Abstract: Methods and combinations of an agent that promotes DNA synthesis in a virally-targeted cell and a nucleoside analogue having antiviral activity are provided for treating a viral infection in a subject in need thereof. Such compositions are particularly effective where the subject has resistance to a nucleoside analogue, where the subject has resting cellular reservoirs of such a virus, or to induce a post-treatment period of replication incompetence of such a virus.

Abstract: This invention relates to adenosine derivatives and analogues which possess biological activity and are useful as anti-hypertensive, cardioprotective, anti-ischemic, and antilipolytic agents, to pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and to their use in treating hypertension, myocardial ischemia, ameliorating ischemic injury and myocardial infarct size consequent to myocardial ischemia, and treating hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia, and to methods and intermediates used in the preparation of such compounds.

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Abstract: The present invention relates to derivatives and analogues of adenine, which inhibit adenylyl cyclase activity. The present invention also relates to a method of preventing and inhibiting a patient's fibroproliferative vasculopathy following vascular injury or a vascular surgical operation which includes administering to the patient, an effective amount of a compound according to the invention subsequent to a vascular injury, or subsequent to a vascular surgical operation, for one to two weeks after the injury or surgical operation, effective to treat or prevent a patient's fibroproliferative vasculopathy such as chronic allograft rejection or vascular restenosis following vascular trauma. The present invention also relates to a method for measuring the inhibition of adenylyl cyclase activity and a method for treating congestive heart failure.

Abstract: Novel purine L-nucleoside compounds are disclosed, in which both the purine rings and the sugar are either modified, functionalized, or both. The novel compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable esters or salts thereof may be used in pharmaceutical compositions, and such compositions may be used to treat an infection, an infestation, a neoplasm, or an autoimmune disease. The novel compounds may also be used to modulate aspects of the immune system, including modulation of Th1 and Th2.