Diabetes Patents (Class 514/6.9)
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Publication number: 20140154192Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): (I) or salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 Z, and X have any of the values defined herein, as well as compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds and compositions are useful for treating neurodegenerative disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAInventors: Robert Vince, Swati Sudhakar More
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Publication number: 20140155324Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides exhibiting metabolic-modulating as well as immunomodulatory properties, nucleic acids encoding them, compositions comprising them, and methods of treating metabolic disorders and/or immune-related disorders comprising their administration and to their use in preparing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment, amelioration, prophylaxis or delaying the onset of at least one of a metabolic disorder and an immune-related disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: TWO TO BIOTECH LTD.Inventors: Tamara Sandler, Orly Devary
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Publication number: 20140155315Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I? (SEQ ID NO: 1): X1-X2-X3-R—X5-X6-X7-X8-X9-X10-X11-X12-X13??I or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Frédéric Zecri, Kayo Yasoshima, Philipp Grosche, Jun Yuan, Hongjuan Zhao
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Publication number: 20140155323Abstract: A polypeptide, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the polypeptide are provided. The polypeptide is as defined in the description, can bind to insulin receptors, and is effective in reducing blood sugar, reducing glycated hemoglobin, and ameliorating hepato-renal disorders caused by diabetes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Tin-Yun HO, Chien-Yun HSIANG
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Publication number: 20140154271Abstract: Methods of treating individuals with a glucose metabolism disorder, and compositions thereof, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Maria Deato, Hong Yang, Daniel David Kaplan
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Patent number: 8741836Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence which is an analogue of pramlintide, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these polypeptides, and these polypeptides for use as medicaments.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Lauge Schaeffer, Thomas Kruse, Henning Thoegersen
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Publication number: 20140147421Abstract: The present invention provides substantially purified peptide portions of adipokine polypeptides, including, for example, Clq/TNF-related protein-12 (CTRP12), a functional homologue or function fragment of CTRP12, and a fusion polypeptide comprising any of the above.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Inventors: Guang William Wong, Zhikui Wei, Jonathan M. Peterson
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Publication number: 20140148382Abstract: The present invention is directed to peptide compositions and methods of using the peptide compositions to treat prediabetes, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Yuqing E. Chen, Changyong Xue, Jifeng Zhang
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Patent number: 8735350Abstract: Reversible pegylated drugs are provided by derivatization of free functional groups of the drug selected from amino, hydroxyl, mercapto, phosphate and/or carboxyl with groups sensitive to mild basic conditions such as 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) or 2-sulfo-9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (FMS), to which group a PEG moiety is attached. In these pegylated drugs, the PEG moiety and the drug residue are not linked directly to each other, but rather both residues are linked to different positions of the scaffold Fmoc or FMS structure that is highly sensitive to bases and is removable under physiological conditions. The drugs are preferably drugs containing an amino group, most preferably peptides and proteins of low or medium molecular weight. Similar molecules are provided wherein a protein carrier or another polymer carrier replaces the PEG moiety.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoram Shechter, Matityahu Fridkin, Haim Tsubery
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Publication number: 20140142023Abstract: The invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one FGF-21 (fibroblast growth factor 21) compound, at least one GLP-1R (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor) agonist and optionally at least one anti-diabetic drug and/or at least one DPP-4 (dipeptidyl peptidase-4) inhibitor for the treatment of at least one metabolic syndrome and/or atherosclerosis, in particular diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity and/or adipositas. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one FGF-21 (fibroblast growth factor 21) compound, at least one DPP-4 (dipeptidyl peptidase-4) inhibitor and optionally GLP-1R (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor) agonist and/or at least one at least one anti-diabetic drug for the treatment of at least one metabolic syndrome and/or atherosclerosis, in particular diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity and/or adipositas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SANOFIInventors: Mark Sommerfeld, Hans-Ludwig Schaefer, Oliver Boscheinen, Paul Habermann, Ercole Rao, Matthias Dreyer
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Publication number: 20140142022Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventors: Frederic ZECRI, Andrei GOLOSOV, Philipp GROSCHE, Kayo YASOSHIMA, Hongjuan ZHAO, Qi-Ying HU, Hidetomo IMASE, David Thomas PARKER
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Publication number: 20140142036Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a DPP-4 inhibitor that is obtained by using a food as a raw material and that is suitable for oral ingestion from the viewpoints of flavor and absorbability, and a composition for the prevention and/or amelioration of diabetes which contains the DPP-4 inhibitor. The present invention provides a DPP-4 inhibitor obtained by treating an azuki bean or a kidney bean with a microorganism or a proteolytic enzyme produced by the microorganism. In particular, a preferable DPP-4 inhibitor can be obtained by hydrolyzing an azuki bean with a koji mold or a proteolytic enzyme derived from the koji mold to fragment a protein in the azuki bean.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Yuji Tominaga, Shinichi Yokota, Hozumi Tanaka, Hideyuki Kishida, Masayasu Kitagawa, Hiroshi Tachi, Toru Ota
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Patent number: 8729017Abstract: Provided herein are peptides and variant peptides that exhibit enhanced activity at the GLP-1 receptor, as compared to native glucagon.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology CorporationInventors: Richard D. DiMarchi, David L. Smiley, Bin Yang
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Patent number: 8722849Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence which is an analogue of pramlintide, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these polypeptides, and these polypeptides for use as medicaments.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Lauge Schaeffer, Thomas Kruse, Henning Thoegersen
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Patent number: 8722620Abstract: The present invention is related to insulin derivatives having a side chain attached to an ?-amino group of a Lys residue present in the A-chain or to an ?-amino group of a Lys residue in the B-chain.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Charlotte Harkjaer Fynbo, Ib Jonassen, Thomas Børglum Kjeldsen, Peter Madsen, Patrick William Garibay, Janos Tibor Kodra, Thomas Hoeg-Jensen, Tina Møller Tagmose
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Patent number: 8716221Abstract: The present invention discloses a modified exendin or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the modified exendin comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID No. 17 and the amino acid sequence has a higher stability than the non-modified exendin of SEQ ID No. 4. These compounds are useful in treating type 2 diabetes as GLP-1 receptor agonists.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Wuxi Grandchamp Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aifeng Lv, Changan Sun, Yali Wang
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Publication number: 20140121153Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polypeptide comprising (a) the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 21; or (b) an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 21, and to therapeutic treatments based thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2014Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: Tamara SANDLER, Orly DEVARY
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Publication number: 20140120097Abstract: The present invention relates to novel therapies for treatment of new and existing type 1 and type 2 diabetes, PreDiabetes, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood, and diseases of insulin deficiency, beta cell deficiency, insulin resistance and impaired glucose metabolism. In particular, the present invention identifies common peptides within the human Reg1a, Reg1b, Reg3a and Reg4, as signaling peptides for beta cell generation acting through the human Reg Receptor on the surface of human pancreatic extra-islet tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventor: Claresa Levetan
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Publication number: 20140121156Abstract: Nutritional products, compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods of use are disclosed for the prevention, suppression and treatment of anemia and/or diabetes and its various associated comorbidities. Uses of Ergothioneine to neutralize free radicals and/or cytokines, reduce oxidative stress, prevent inflammation, stimulate red blood cell production with increased levels of hemoglobin, and/or stabilize iron in its normal 2+ charge for proper oxygen binding and carrying are further disclosed. The extraction of Ergothioneine from whole food sources and bacterium for use in nutritional products, compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and treatments is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Entia Biosciences, Inc.Inventor: Marvin S. Hausman
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Patent number: 8710003Abstract: A milk protein hydrolysate which is preferably caseinoglycomacropeptide and/or a whey protein in a bioavailable form is used for the manufacture of a composition for the treatment or prevention of diabetes or syndrome X. The invention also relates to a method of treatment or prevention of diabetes or syndrome X utilizing such compositions, a method for assessing proglucagon gene expression and GLP-1 release by a cell line derived from an adenocarcinoma of human caecum.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Raylene Alison Reimer, Christian Darimont-Nicolau, Katherine Mace, Sandrine Gremlich, Jean-Richard Neeser
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Patent number: 8710000Abstract: The present invention relates to novel human insulin derivatives which are soluble at physiological pH values and have a prolonged profile of action. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such derivatives and to methods of treating diabetes and hyperglycaemia using the insulin derivatives of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Patrick William Garibay, Thomas Høeg-Jensen
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Patent number: 8710002Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for increasing diabetes resolution in a diabetic patient having undergone gastric restrictive surgery, entailing use of active agent that produces an incretin-like effect in the patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Inventor: Michael Rothkopf
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Patent number: 8710017Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for in vivo and in vitro targeting. A large number of targeting peptides directed towards human organs, tissues or cell types are disclosed. The peptides are of use for targeted delivery of therapeutic agents, including but not limited to gene therapy vectors. A novel class of gene therapy vectors is disclosed. Certain of the disclosed peptides have therapeutic use for inhibiting angiogenesis, inhibiting tumor growth, inducing apoptosis, inhibiting pregnancy or inducing weight loss. Methods of identifying novel targeting peptides in humans, as well as identifying endogenous receptor-ligand pairs are disclosed. Methods of identifying novel infectious agents that are causal for human disease states are also disclosed. A novel mechanism for inducing apoptosis is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemsInventors: Wadih Arap, Renata Pasqualini
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Patent number: 8710001Abstract: PEGylated, extended insulins are insulins which, compared with human insulin, has one or more extensions extended from the A1, B1, A21 and/or B30 position(s), said extension(s) consist(s) of amino acid residue(s) and wherein a PEG moiety, via a linker, is attached to one or more of the amino acid residues in the extension(s). PEG is polyethyleneglycol. Such PEGylated, extended insulins have higher bioavailability and a longer time-action profile than regular insulin and are in particular suited for pulmonary administration and can, conveniently, be used to treat diabetes.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Peter Madsen, Thomas Børglum Kjeldsen, Tina Møller Tagmose, Palle Jakobsen
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Publication number: 20140113857Abstract: The invention provides structurally-constrained peptides by hydrocarbon stapling of a BCL9 HD2 helix for use as a therapeutic agent. The invention further provides methods and kits for use of the structurally-constrained peptide of the instant invention. The invention is based, at least in part, on the results provided herein demonstrating that hydrocarbon stapled helical peptides display excellent proteolytic, acid, and thermal stability, restore the native helical structure of the peptide, possess superior pharmacokinetic properties compared to the corresponding unmodified peptides, and are highly effective in binding to ?-catenin in vitro, in cellulo, and in vivo, disrupting the BCL-9/?-catenin interaction, and thereby interfering with deregulated Wnt/?-catenin signaling for therapeutic benefit in a variety of human diseases including human cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Loren D. Walensky, Ruben Carrasco, Gregory H. Bird
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Publication number: 20140105911Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the prevention or treatment of one or more vascular complication(s) in a subject at risk of developing diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance and/or hyperglycemia or a subject suffering from diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance and/or hyperglycemia, wherein an amount of a composition effective to inhibit, repress, delay or otherwise reduce expression and/or activity and/or level of TXNIP and/or an amount of a composition effective to induce, enhance or otherwise increase expression and/or activity and/or level of TRX is/are administered to a subject in need thereof. The present invention also provides methods for identifying and isolating modulators of TXNIP expression and/or activity and/or level and/or TRX expression and/or activity and/or level for use in such therapeutic and prophylactic methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Martin Kean Chong Ng, Louise Lorraine Dunn, Andrew Buckle
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Publication number: 20140105898Abstract: This invention relates generally to methods and agents for modulating adiposity-related conditions. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of TRAIL death receptor agonists, including nucleic acids such as TRAIL polynucleotides, peptides and polypeptides including TRAIL polypeptides, TRAIL DR agonist antigen-binding molecules, TRAIL DR peptide agonists as well as small molecule TRAIL DR agonists in compositions and methods for treating or preventing adiposity-related conditions such as obesity, diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Istituto Di Ricovero E Cura A Carattere Scientific Materno-Infantile Burlo GaroInventors: Merlin C. Thomas, Giorgio Zauli, Paola Secchiero, Bruno Fabris, Stella Bernardi
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Publication number: 20140105896Abstract: The present invention relates to fibronectin-based scaffold domain proteins that bind to myostatin. The invention also relates to the use of these proteins in therapeutic applications to treat muscular dystrophy, cachexia, sarcopenia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, COPD, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and fibrosis. The invention further relates to cells comprising such proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins or fragments thereof, and to vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANYInventors: Sharon CLOAD, Linda ENGLE, Dasa LIPOVSEK, Malavi MADIREDDI, Ginger Chao RAKESTRAW, Joanna SWAIN, Wenjun ZHAO
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Publication number: 20140107027Abstract: Methods, compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and kits are described for treating or preventing amyloid-related disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: BHI LIMITED PARTNERSHIPInventors: Xianqi Kong, David Migneault, Isabelle Valade, Xinfu Wu, Francine Gervais
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Publication number: 20140107020Abstract: The present invention relates to fibronectin-based scaffold domain proteins that bind to myostatin. The invention also relates to the use of these proteins in therapeutic applications to treat muscular dystrophy, cachexia, sarcopenia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, COPD, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and fibrosis. The invention further relates to cells comprising such proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins or fragments thereof, and to vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANYInventors: Sharon CLOAD, Linda ENGLE, Dasa LIPOVSEK, Malavi MADIREDDI, Ginger Chao RAKESTRAW, Joanna SWAIN, Wenjun ZHAO
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Publication number: 20140107022Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric protein that includes an N-terminus coupled to a C-terminus, where the N-terminus includes a portion of a paracrine fibroblast growth factor (“FGF”) and the C-terminus includes a C-terminal portion of an FGF19 molecule. The portion of the paracrine FGF is modified to decrease binding affinity for heparin and/or heparan sulfate compared to the portion without the modification. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including chimeric proteins according to the present invention, methods for treating a subject suffering from diabetes, obesity, or metabolic syndrome, and methods of screening for compounds with enhanced binding affinity for the ?Klotho-FGF receptor complex involving the use of chimeric proteins of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: New York UniversityInventors: Moosa MOHAMMADI, Regina GOETZ
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Patent number: 8697647Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel, selectable hybrid polypeptides useful as agents for the treatment and prevention of metabolic diseases and disorders which can be alleviated by control plasma glucose levels, insulin levels, and/or insulin secretion, such as diabetes and diabetes-related conditions. Such conditions and disorders include, but are not limited to, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, insulin-resistance, obesity, and diabetes mellitus of any kind, including type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Inventors: Odile Esther Levy, Michael R. Hanley, Carolyn M. Jodka, Diana Y. Lewis, Christopher J. Soares, Soumitra S. Ghosh, Lawrence J. D'Souza, David G. Parkes, Christine M. Mack
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Patent number: 8697646Abstract: The invention relates to crystalline peptide keto epoxide compounds, methods of their preparation, and related pharmaceutical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Onyx Therapeutics, Inc.Inventor: Pasit Phiasivongsa
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Patent number: 8697643Abstract: A conjugate that includes a drug covalently linked to a polymer. Upon administration, the conjugate is digested by an enzyme that is present at the site of administration thereby releasing a therapeutic agent. The conjugate may demonstrate substantially the same pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic behavior as the drug itself. A material for controllably releasing a conjugate in response to the local concentration of a molecular indicator. The material includes a plurality of conjugates and a plurality of multivalent cross-linking agents. The polymers of the conjugates include an analog of the indicator within their covalent structure. The multivalent cross-linking agents include cross-link receptors that interact with the indicator analog and thereby cross-link the conjugates.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: SmartCells, Inc.Inventors: Thomas M. Lancaster, Matthew Nalewanski, Todd C. Zion
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Patent number: 8697632Abstract: Prodrug formulations of insulin and insulin analogs are provided wherein the insulin peptide has been modified by an amide bond linkage of a dipeptide prodrug element. The prodrugs disclosed herein have extended half lives of at least 10 hours, and more typically greater than 2 hours, 20 hours and less than 70 hours, and are converted to the active form at physiological conditions through a non-enzymatic reaction driven by chemical instability.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology CorporationInventors: Richard D. DiMarchi, Binbin Kou, Shujiang Cheng
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Patent number: 8691755Abstract: The present invention relates to modified forms of C-peptide, and methods for their use. In one aspect, the modified forms of C-peptide comprise PEGylated C-peptide derivatives comprising at least one PEG group attached to the N-terminus, which exhibit superior pharmacokinetic and biological activity in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Cebix ABInventors: Sheri Barrack, James Callaway, Michelle Mazzoni
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Patent number: 8691760Abstract: Use of an isolated peptide comprising an amino acid sequence being no more than 25 amino acids in length, the amino acid sequence comprising at least one aspartate or a homolog thereof, the peptide having an Insulin-Degrading Enzyme (IDE) inhibitory activity, for the manufacture of a medicament identified for treating a disease selected from the group consisting of diabetes, obesity, hyperglycemia, retinal damage, renal failure, nerve damage, microvascular damage and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Ramot at Tel-Aviv UniversityInventors: Dan Frenkel, Adi Kopelevich, Veronica Lifshitz, Tali Benromano, Nofit Borenstein
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Patent number: 8691949Abstract: The present invention provides a composition (a blood glucose increase inhibitor) that has an effect of lowering blood glucose level in a hyperglycemic patient and that is therefore used to reduce blood glucose level in the patient. The present invention further provides a composition that is used to prevent or treat diseases caused by hyperglycemia, in particular, diabetes and diabetic complications (a composition for preventing or treating diseases caused by hyperglycemia, an antidiabetic), based on the above-mentioned effect. A feature of the present invention is using a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of Leu-Ser-Glu-Leu as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: MG Pharma Inc.Inventors: Kyoichi Kagawa, Chizuko Fukuhama, Chunning Tong, Yuka Sasakawa
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Patent number: 8691759Abstract: Novel acylated insulin analogues exhibiting resistance towards proteases can, effectively, be administered pulmonary or orally. The insulin analogues contain B25H and A14E or A14H.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Peter Madsen, Thomas Boerglum Kjeldsen, Thomas Hoeg-Jensen, Palle Jakobsen, Tina Moeller Tagmose, Janos Tibor Kodra, Patrick William Garibay
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Publication number: 20140094409Abstract: Brain prorenin and the (pro)renin receptor (PRR) have a functional role in the development of hypertension. The present disclosure presents functional PRR antagonistic peptides (e.g., PR10, PR20, PR30, and PR40). In addition, modified peptides comprising one or more thioether-bridges that are stable and strong PRR antagonists are also provided. Methods for treating and preventing hypertension, including neurogenic hypertension, and diabetes with a PRR antagonist are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventor: Yumei FENG
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Publication number: 20140093519Abstract: Disclosed are methods of expanding populations of pancreatic cells or inducing the generation of pancreatic progenitor cells in a subject or in culture using a therapeutically effective amount of a TWEAK receptor agonist. These methods may be used to treat diseases or conditions where enhancement of pancreatic progenitor cells for cell replacement therapy is desirable, including, e.g., diabetes and conditions that result in loss of all or part of the pancreas.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventor: Linda BURKLY
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Publication number: 20140094408Abstract: A dietary supplement or medicament comprising a substance including the chemical structure of bicyclo [3.2.1]octan or the chemical structure of kaurene. The medicament is useful for the treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension and/or the metabolic syndrome. The possible substances include steviol, isosteviol or stevioside.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventors: Kjeld Hermansen, Soren Gregersen, Per Bendix Jeppesen
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Publication number: 20140094406Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric protein that includes an N-terminus coupled to a C-terminus, where the N-terminus includes a portion of a paracrine fibroblast growth factor (“FGF”) and the C-terminus includes a C-terminal portion of an FGF21 molecule. The portion of the paracrine FGF is modified to decrease binding affinity for heparin and/or heparan sulfate compared to the portion without the modification. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including chimeric proteins according to the present invention, methods for treating a subject suffering from diabetes, obesity, or metabolic syndrome, and methods of screening for compounds with enhanced binding affinity for the ?Klotho-FGF receptor complex involving the use of chimeric proteins of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: New York UniversityInventors: Moosa MOHAMMADI, Regina GOETZ
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Publication number: 20140094400Abstract: The invention relates to novel pharmaceutically-useful peptides, in particular cyclic peptides that are agonists of the AngII type 2 receptor (AT2 receptor). The invention further relates to the use of such peptides as medicaments, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their production.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: LANTHIOPEP B.V.Inventors: Louwe De Vries, Sieger Adriaan Nelemans, Rick Rink, Antonius Jacobus Marinus Roks, Gert Nikolaas Moll
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Publication number: 20140088005Abstract: The invention relates to a derivative of a GLP-1 analogue, which analogue comprises a first K residue at a position corresponding to position 27 of GLP-1(7-37) (SEQ ID NO: 1); a second K residue at a position corresponding to position T of GLP-1(7-37), where T is an integer in the range of 7-37 except 18 and 27; and a maximum of ten amino acid changes as compared to GLP-1(7-37); wherein the first K residue is designated K27, and the second K residue is designated KT; which derivative comprises two albumin binding moieties attached to K27 and KT, respectively, via a linker, wherein the albumin binding moiety comprises a protracting moiety selected from HOOC—(CH2)x—CO— and HOOC—C6H4-0-(CH2)y—CO—; in which x is an integer in the range of 6-16, and y is an integer in the range of 3-17; wherein the linker comprises an element of the formula —NH—(CH2)2—(O—(CH2)2)k—O—(CH2)n—CO—, wherein k is an integer in the range of 1-5, and n is an integer in the range of 1-5; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amide, or esteType: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: NOVO NORDISK A/SInventors: Birgit Wieczorek, Jane Spetzler, Thomas Kruse, Lars Linderoth, Jacob Kofoed
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Publication number: 20140087995Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence which is an analogue of human amylin, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these polypeptides, and these polypeptides for use as medicaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: NOVO NORDISK A/SInventors: Kirsten Dahl, Lauge Schaeffer, Thomas Kruse
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Publication number: 20140086981Abstract: Peptides of general formula (I): R1—Wn—Xm-AA1-AA2-AA3-AA4-AA5-AA6-Yp—Zq—R2 their stereoisomers, mixtures thereof and/or their cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a preparation process, cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions which contain them and their use in the treatment and/or care of conditions, disorders and/or diseases which improve or are prevented by PGC-1? modulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: José María García Antón, Nuria Almiñana Domenech, Antonio Vicente Ferrer Montiel
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Publication number: 20140088004Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Joseph W. Harding, John W. Wright, Caroline C. Benoist, Leen H. Kawas, Gary A. Wayman
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Publication number: 20140088006Abstract: Stem cells are mobilized from bone marrow by administering an amount of Phe-Pro-His-Phe-Asp-Leu-Ser-His-Gly-Ser-Ala-Gin-Val (SEQ ID NO: 1) effective to mobilize the stem cells. This method is useful for promoting preservation, repair, or regeneration of bodily tissue, or revascularization, in a patient in need of such treatment. Alternatively, the mobilized stem cells can be collected for transplant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Wellstat Therapeutics CorporationInventors: Irena Tsyrlova, Fawn Petty, Reid W. Von Borstel, Julian Reading
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Patent number: 8680051Abstract: A composition for the prevention or treatment of type I diabetes in a subject, said composition comprising a GABAergic and incretin exemplified by GABA and GLP-1/Ex4. These are optionally provided together in a single composition to promote beta-cell regeneration prevent beta-cell apoptosis and control autoimmunity for the prevention and treatment of T1D in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Inventors: Qinghua Wang, Soltani Nepton