Abstract: This invention discloses a new conjugate compound that comprises at least one HA oligomer derivatized through one thiolated linker, whereby it binds to at least one metal nanoparticle, such as, for example, a gold nanoparticle. Moreover, it discloses methods of obtaining it, as well as the use thereof in a cosmetic treatment, and cosmetic compositions that contain them.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods, compounds, compositions and vehicles for delivering 3-amino-1-propanesulfonic acid (3APS) in a subject, preferably a human subject. The invention encompasses compound that will yield or generate 3APS, either in vitro or in vivo.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods of use for compounds in treating, reducing the incidence, reducing the severity or pathogenesis of an intestinal disease or condition in a subject, including, inter alia, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to Novel 1,4-benzothiepin-1,1-dioxide derivatives with improved properties, method for producing the same, drugs containing said compounds and use thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to Novel 1,4-benzothiepin-1,1-dioxide derivatives which are substituted with fluorine, method for producing the same, drugs containing said compounds and use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing 1,4-benzothiepin-1,1-dioxide derivatives substituted with benzyl groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to anionic oligosaccharide conjugates that may be used to mimic the structure and/or activity of the anionic bioactive molecules known as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs).

Abstract: The invention relates to anionic conjugates of glycosylated bacterial metabolites that may be used to mimic the structure and/or activity of the anionic bioactive molecules known as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the conjugates. Such conjugates are useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disease conditions and in particular chronic disease conditions such as inflammatory (including allergic) diseases, metastatic cancers and infection by pathogenic agents including bacteria, viruses or parasites.

Abstract: This invention discloses a new conjugate compound that comprises at least one HA oligomer derivatised through one thiolated linker, whereby it binds to at least one metal nanoparticle, such as, for example, a gold nanoparticle. Moreover, it discloses methods of obtaining it, as well as the use thereof in a cosmetic treatment, and cosmetic compositions that contain them.

Abstract: This invention provides low molecular weight lipid-GAG and phospholipids-GAG conjugates and methods of use thereof in suppressing, inhibiting, preventing, or treating a pathogenic effect on a cell, including, inter alia, infection with intracellular pathogens.

Abstract: Manufactured hyaluronic acid products are used in numerous surgical applications including viscoelastic supplementation for the treatment of osteoarthritis, however, traditional sterilization techniques result in the breakdown of such high molecular weight viscoelastic biopolymers and are thus unsuitable. Disclosed are processes for obtaining concentrated sterile solutions of high molecular weight biopolymers such as hyaluronic acid. The processes include filter sterilization with a dilute preparation of the biopolymer, and concentration of the dilute filter sterilized biopolymer by ultrafiltration to a desired concentration.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to sulphated compounds comprising at least one glycosidic amine group, and polysaccharide, oligosaccharide, peptide and protein derivatives comprising such compounds, and mixtures thereof. The present invention is also directed to methods of synthesising such compounds. Such compounds may bind to a range of proteins, find application in methods of modifying, or testing for a modification in the level of a cytokine in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro, and find application in the treatment and/or prevention of inflammation, an inflammatory disorder, a proliferative disorder, an immune disorder, an angiogenesis-dependent disorder, a sensitivity disorder, an adverse endocrine reaction, a degenerative disorder, wound healing, depression, and other diseases and disorders.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from an obstructive respiratory disease, including the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof, in an amount effective to treat the subject suffering from an obstructive respiratory disease.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a dermatologic condition, including, inter alia, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, and seboreic dermatitis, the method includes the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof, in an amount effective to treat the subject suffering from a dermatologic condition.

Abstract: The invention relates to the compound of the formula (A) and also to its physiologically acceptable salts.

Abstract: Novel methods of synthesis of chelator-targeting ligand conjugates, compositions comprising such conjugates, and therapeutic and diagnostic applications of such conjugates are disclosed. The compositions include chelator-targeting ligand conjugates optionally chelated to one or more metal ions. Methods of synthesizing these compositions in high purity are also presented. Also disclosed are methods of imaging, treating and diagnosing disease in a subject using these novel compositions, such as methods of imaging a tumor within a subject and methods of diagnosing myocardial ischemia.

Abstract: A synthetic oligonucleotide comprising a C-5 methylcytosine and which recognizes and binds an allosteric site on DNA methyltransferase thereby inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity is disclosed. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a synthetic oligonucleotide of the invention. The composition is useful for inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity, thereby inhibiting the methylation of DNA. The composition can be a pharmaceutical composition useful for treating disorders associated with methylation defects, such as cancer and certain developmental disorders. Also disclosed is a method of inhibiting methylation of DNA. The method involves contacting a DCMTase with a synthetic oligonucleotide of the invention in the presence of the DNA, thereby resulting in an enzyme/synthetic oligonucleotide complex. The presence of the complex prevents catalysis, thereby inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity.

Abstract: The invention provides novel methods for treating disease based upon the medicinal use of lipids and phospholipids covalently bound to physiologically acceptable monomers or polymers. Phosphatidylethanolamine moieties conjugated to physiologically acceptable monomers and polymers (PE conjugates) manifest an unexpectedly wide range of pharmacological effects, including stabilizing cell membranes; limiting oxidative damage to cell and blood components; limiting cell proliferation, cell extravasation and (tumor) cell migratory behavior; suppressing immune responses; and attenuating physiological reactions to stress, as expressed in elevated chemokine levels.

Abstract: The invention provides novel methods for treating disease based upon the medicinal use of lipids and phospholipids covalently bound to physiologically acceptable monomers or polymers. Phosphatidylethanolamine moieties conjugated to physiologically acceptable monomers and polymers (PE conjugates) manifest an unexpectedly wide range of pharmacological effects, including stabilizing cell membranes; limiting oxidative damage to cell and blood components; limiting cell proliferation, cell extravasation and (tumor) cell migratory behavior; suppressing immune responses; and attenuating physiological reactions to stress, as expressed in elevated chemokine levels.

Abstract: Oligosaccharides including those usable as anti-inflammatory agent or anti-allergy agent, represented by the following general formula (3): wherein R10 and R11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or —SO3M where M represents a proton or a monovalent cation, Ac represents an acetyl group, R12 represents a hydrogen atom or an anomeric substituent (a 6-O-sulfated N-acetylglucosamine residue, an alkyl group, a glycerol residue, an O-alkylglycerol residue, a cholesterol residue, a cholestanyl group, a ceramide residue, a phospholipid residue, a biotin residue, or a peptide residue), and Z represents an oxygen atom or —NHCO—.

Abstract: This invention provides smooth muscle cell proliferation inhibitors of formula I having the structure wherein Y is C or N; where n is 0-3; X is R1, and R2 are each independently, hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, halo, acetyl, phenyl, CF3, CN, OH, NO2, NH2, alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or alkoxynitrile of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R3 is hydrogen, acylamide of 2 to 6 carbon atoms or alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each, independently, acyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, benzyl substituted with R1, and R2; or benzoyl substituted with R1 and R2; R9 and R10 are each, independently, acyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the R9 and R10 groups on the 4′ and 6′ positions of the maltose may be taken together to form a cyclic acetal which may be substituted with alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, two alkyl groups each having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, pyridine substituted with R1, phenyl substituted with R1, benzyl substituted with R1, 2-phenylethyl substituted

Abstract: This invention provides smooth muscle cell proliferation inhibitors of formula I having the structure wherein Y is C or N; where n is 0-3; X is R1, and R2 are independently, hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or halo, acetyl, phenyl, CF3, CN, OH, NO2, NH2, alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or cyanoalkoxy of 2 to 7 carbon atoms; R3 is hydrogen, acylamide of 2 to 6 carbon atoms or alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each, independently, acyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, benzyl substituted with R1, and R2; or benzoyl substituted with R1 and R2; R9 and R10 are each, independently, acyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the R9 and R10 groups on the 4′ and 6′ positions of the maltose may be taken together to form a cyclic acetal which may be substituted with alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, two alkyl groups each having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, pyridine substituted with R1, phenyl substituted with R1, benzyl substituted with R1, 2-phenylethyl substituted wit

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): Fm(—A1)(—Bn)(—Wo) wherein F is a colorant-signal molecule with a maximum absorption value ranging from 600-1200 nm; A is a &bgr;-amyloid plaque binding biomolecule; B is a &bgr;-amyloid plaque binding colorant; and W is a &bgr;-amyloid plaque binding hydrophilic low-molecular structural element. The invention also describes the use of these compounds in in vivo an din vitro diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease by means of near infra-red radiation (NIR radiation) as a constrasting agent in fluoresecence and transillumination diagnosis in the NIR range. Diagnostic agents containing said componenets are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically modified mutant protein including a cysteine residue substituted for a residue other than cysteine in a precursor protein, the substituted cysteine residue being subsequently modified by reacting the cysteine residue with a glycosylated thiosulfonate. Also, a method of producing the chemically modified mutant protein is provided. The present invention also relates to a glycosylated methanethiosulfonate. Another aspect of the present invention is a method of modifying the functional characteristics of a protein including providing a protein and reacting the protein with a glycosylated methanethiosulfonate reagent under conditions effective to produce a glycoprotein with altered functional characteristics as compared to the protein. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of determining the structure-function relationships of chemically modified mutant proteins.