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6689745 Agent for ameliorating pancreatic function disorder  
Agents for protecting or ameliorating pancreatic cells and tissues which contains as the active ingredient a neurotrophic factor such as BDNF. By using these drugs, degenerative dropout of...
6689365 Single-chain fertility hormones with fsh and LH activity  
Glycosylated or nonglycosylated proteins of the formula FSHβ-(linker 1 ) n 1 -LHβ(1-X)-(linker 2 ) n 2 -α wherein FSHβ is a vertebrate follicle stimulating hormone β subunit or a variant...
6680057 Methods of treating autoimmune disease by administering interleukin-17 receptor  
Isolated receptors for IL-17, DNA's encoding such receptors, and pharmaceutical compositions made therefrom, are disclosed. The isolated receptors can be used to regulate an immune response.
6677428 Mammaglobin, a secreted mammary-specific breast cancer protein  
A purified and isolated DNA sequence and the encoded mammary-specific secreted protein, mammaglobin, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for detecting breast cancer based upon the...
6677300 Treatment of microvascular angiopathies  
The invention concerns the prevention and treatment of endothelial injury and the injury of tissues containing injured blood vessels by administration of angiogenic factors, such as vascular...
6676947 Use of erythropoietin for the treatment of haemochromatoses  
The combination of erythropoietin and calcium, with or without phosphates, is useful for treating haemochromatoses. A method for treating primary haemochromatoses in a patient involves...
6677302 Compositions and methods for the treatment of viral disorders  
This invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of virus infections and other viral-associated disorders. Compositions comprise an inducing agent and an anti-viral agent. The...
6673352 Use of Mullerian inhibiting substance for treating excess androgen states  
The present invention provides a method of treating a condition or disease characterized by an excess of one or more androgens, the method comprising administering an effective amount of MIS...
6673609 Recombinant human erythropoietin with advantageous glycosylation profile  
A method for the production of a polypeptide, the method comprising culturing, under conditions which allow for the expression of DNA encoding SEQ ID NO:2 in an eukaryotic host cell, wherein the...
6663867 Hybrid heterodimeric protein hormone comprising a TNF binding protein and a glycoprotein hormone subunit and method of using same  
A hybrid protein includes two coexpressed amino acid sequences forming a dimer. Each sequence contains the binding portion of a receptor, such as TBP1 or TBP2, or a ligand, such as IL-6, IFN-β and...
6664228 Photoselective marking of biological targets  
A drug delivery system and methods are provided wherein a therapeutic/diagnostic agent or a component of the immune system is directed to particular cells in a selected organ or a specific site....
6663870 Methods for promoting growth of bone using zvegf3  
Methods for promoting growth of bone, ligament, or cartilage in a mammal are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to said mammal a composition comprising a pharmacologically effective...
6660258 Oromucosal cytokine compositions and uses thereof  
Pharmaceutical compositions for oromucosal; contact to stimulate host defense mechanisms in a mammal, having an effective amount of Th1 or Th2 stimulating cytokine, and methods of treatment with...
6660499 DCR5, a BMP-binding protein, and applications thereof  
DCR5, a protein related to DAN (Differential-screening-selected gene Aberrative in Neuroblastoma) and related nucleic acids are provided. Included are natural DCR5 homologs from several species and...
6660257 Circular permuteins of flt3 ligand  
Disclosed are novel flt-3 receptor agonist proteins, DNAs which encode the flt-3 receptor agonist proteins, methods of making the flt-3 receptor agonist proteins and methods of using the flt-3...
6660831 Method for diagnosing and treating dysautonomia and other dysautonomic conditions  
Methods for aiding in the diagnosis of dysautonomic disorders and dysautonomic conditions and methods for treating individuals diagnosed as having a dysautonomic disorder or a dysautonomic...
6656474 Methods of using a neurotrophin and its analogues for the treatment of gastrointestinal hypomotility disorders  
The present invention relates to methods for enhancing gastrointestinal motility. In particular, the invention relates to the use of neurotrophin-3 and its analogues for enhancing gastrointestinal...
6656907 Method of treating gastric ulcer by administration of epidermal growth factor  
New utilities for epidermal growth factor (EGF) are described. In particular, EGF is useful in preventing gastrointestinal colonization by pathogens.
6656475 Growth differentiation factor receptors, agonists and antagonists thereof, and methods of using same  
The present invention provides a substantially purified growth differentiation factor (GDF) receptor, including a GDF-8 (myostatin) receptor, as well as functional peptide portions thereof. In...
6649164 Method for enhancing the functional capacity of dendritic cells  
Isolated ligands, DNAs encoding such ligands, and pharmaceutical compositions made therefrom, are disclosed. The isolated ligands can be used to enhance the functional capacity of dendritic cells.
6649168 Pharmaceutical compositions comprising TGF-beta  
This invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising TGF-β.
6645500 Method for down-regulating osteoprotegerin ligand activity  
The invention provides a novel method for down-regulating the biological activity of osteoprotegerin ligand (OPGL, TRANCE) thereby rendering possible the treatment/amelioration of diseases...
6645504 Bystander suppression of type I diabetes by oral administration of glucagon  
Described are methods for treating or preventing type I diabetes and insulitis by oral administration of the bystander antigen glucagon. The methods involve oral administration of glucagon in an...
6639051 Regulation of epithelial tissue by hedgehog-like polypeptides, and formulations and uses related thereto  
The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating hair growth.
6635256 Glycoprotein hormone compositions comprising two β subunits and methods of use thereof  
Forms of differentially acting glycoprotein hormones are disclosed. These compositions are of the formula β 1 -(linker 1 ) m -α-(linker 2 ) n -β 2 (1); β 1 -(linker 1 ) m -β 2 -(linker 2 )...
6630444 Intestinal function using leptin  
A method for treating a patient that has inadequate intestinal function is described. Administering leptin to a subject increases the intestinal function beyond that for a normal intestine and...
6610302 Anti-tumor activity of Ea-2 and Ea-4-peptide of pro-IGF-I  
Compositions of pro-IFG-I E-peptides for the treatment and amelioration of tumor-producing diseases, and methods for their utilization.
6610285 Cytokine-like proteins that promote cell proliferation  
A full-length cDNA corresponding to an EST (AA418955), which does not show any homology to other proteins in the database but has a weak homology to G-CSF, has been successfully isolated by...
6605286 Delivery of biologically active polypeptides  
Biologically active polypeptides and/or antigens are delivered by administering to a subject a non-invasive or non-pathogenic bacterium which expresses one or more antigens or polypeptides. The...
6593096 Immunotherapeutic agent for cancer containing nucleoidal component of bacterium as active ingredient  
An agent for cancer immunotherapy with independent use, containing bacterial components as an active ingredient, which induces cancer patients to exhibit immune responsiveness, as indicated by the...
6583109 Therapeutic polypeptides from β-hCG and derivatives  
The present invention relates to peptides of one or more portions of the human chorionic gonadotropin β-chain peptides containing a sequence of one or more portions of the β-chain of human...
6583334 Ovariectomized mouse model for human menopause  
A method for determining a response to a biologically active agent in ovariectomized lower test mammals is described. The mammals are divided into those which have an early time post ovariectomy...
6579525 Pharmaceutical compositions comprising erythropoietin for treatment of cancer  
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising erythropoietin are provided for treatment of cancer, particularly for treatment of multiple myeloma. Erythropoietin was found to be effective for inhibition...
6572851 Method for suppressing or treating drug-induced nephropathy  
The present invention provides a novel drug for relieving drug-induced nephropathy and acute hepatopahy containing a midkine (MK) family protein such as pleiotrophin (PTN). The MK family proteins...
6572866 Nerve growth factor as a vaccine adjuvant  
A vaccination method utilizes a pharmaceutical combination for enhancing vaccine effectiveness. The method utilizes an immune response-triggering vaccine capable of stimulating production in an...
6569434 Vascular endothelial cell growth factor C subunit  
Vascular endothelial cell growth factor C subunit DNA is prepared by polymerase chain reaction techniques. The DNA encodes a protein that may exist as either a heterodimer or homodimer. The protein...
6548065 Interleukin-15 receptors  
There are disclosed Interleukin-15 Receptor (IL-15R) proteins, DNAs and expression vectors encoding IL-15R, and processes for producing IL-15R as products of recombinant cell cultures.
6548066 Immunogenic compositions to the CCK-B/gastrin receptor and methods for the treatment of tumors  
The invention concerns immunogens, immunogenic compositions and method for the treatment of gastrin-dependent tumors. The immunogens comprise a peptide from the CCK-B/gastrin-receptor conjugated to...
6548059 Promotion of proliferation of adult corneal endothelial cells  
Disclosed is a method of stimulating adult corneal endothelial cell proliferation, which includes incubation of corneal endothelium to a mitogen-containing medium and then to an agent that...
6544523 Mutant forms of Fas ligand and uses thereof  
The invention provides for DNA encoding Fas ligand muteins and chimeras and the proteins encoded thereby. The invention further includes the use of DNA and vectors to produce transformed cells...
6541008 Vascular endothelial growth factor-like protein from orf viruses binds and activates mammalian VEGF receptor-2, and uses thereof  
The invention is based on the discovery that a viral VEGF-like protein from the orf virus strain NZ2 and from the orf virus strain NZ10 is capable of binding to the extracellular domain of the VEGF...
6537965 Amino-terminal modified parathyroid hormone (PTH) analogs  
Disclosed are novel parathyroid hormone (PTH) peptide derivatives. In particular, the invention relates to PTH derivatives having amino acid substitutions that confer PTH-1/PTH-2 receptor agonist...
6537554 Nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences of secreted proteins involved in angiogenesis  
Novel angiogenesis/anti-angiogenesis secreted proteins and the nucleic acid sequences which encode them are disclosed by the present invention.
6534634 Diagnostic agent and method to determine pregnancy in ruminants  
The present invention relates to diagnosis aids and processes for detecting pregnancy in ruminants based on the relaxin-like factor detectable in ruminants. Antibodies against the relaxin-like...
6531134 Mammalian milk growth factor  
A mammalian milk growth factor (MMGF) having the following amino acid sequence or substantially homologous sequence:...
6528050 Growth factor homolog zvegf3  
Polypeptide growth factors, methods of making them, polynucleotides encoding them, antibodies to them, and methods of using them are disclosed. The polypeptides comprise an amino acid segment that...
6521234 NL3 TIE ligand homologue  
The present invention concerns isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel TIE ligands NL2, NL3 and FLS139, the proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, as well as methods and means...
6518246 Pharmaceutical composition and method for the treatment of neoplastic cells  
A pharmaceutical composition and method, for treating human or non-human neoplastic disorders, e.g. colorectal disorders, comprising the administration of pharmaceutically effective amounts of...
6509165 Detection methods for type I diabetes  
Proinsulin peptide compounds that modulate an immunological response by T cells of Type I diabetic subjects are disclosed. The proinsulin peptide compounds of the invention are preferably derived...
6509313 Stimulation of immune response with low doses of cytokines  
A method of activating the immune system of a subject comprises the chronic administration of low doses of an agent having cytokine activity, including natural and recombinant cytokines, fragments,...
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