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6013252 Method promoting conception by administering IL-8 or MCAF  
Leukocyte chemotactic factors such as interleukin-8 and MCAF, and inductive substances therefor were revealed to have proconceptive activities. These activities include promoting ovum growth and...
6008188 Cytokine potentiator and pharmaceutical formulation for cytokine administration  
A cytokine activity enhancer comprising an ethanolamine derivative of the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, or comprising it along with cytokine or a cytokine production promoter;...
6004548 Analogs of pluripotent granulocyte colony-stimulating factor  
Disclosed are novel polypeptides possessing part or all of the primary structural conformation and one or more of the biological properties of a mammalian (e.g., human) pluripotent granulocyte...
6001606 Polynucleotides encoding myeloid progenitor inhibitory factor-1 (MPIF-1) and polypeptides encoded thereby  
There are disclosed therapeutic compositions and methods using isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a human myeloid progenitor inhibitory factor-1 (MPIF-1) polypeptide (previously termed MIP-3...
6001806 Interferon stimulating protein and uses thereof  
This invention relates to the use of the baculovirus glycoprotein, Interferon Stimulating Protein (ISP) (also known as gp67, gp64 EFP, or gp64), or the gene sequence encoding ISP, to stimulate...
6001803 Composition of c-kit ligand, GM-CSF, and TNF-α and method of use  
A pharmaceutical composition which comprises the c-kit ligand (KL) purified by applicants or produced by applicants' recombinant methods in combination with other hematopoietic factors and a...
6001649 Chemokine NC28 (monocyte chemotactic protein-3, MCP-3) polypeptides and their recombinant production  
A new chemotactic cytokine, NC28 or Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-3 (MCP-3), is provided. Fragments of the cytokine comprising its 13 C-terminal amino acids also exhibit chemotactic activity. The...
5997857 Co-administration of interleukin-3 mutants with colony stimulating factors  
The present invention relates to human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) variant or mutant proteins (muteins) functionally co-administered with other colony stimulating factors (CSF), cytokines, lymphokines,...
5997860 Ex-vivo expansion of stem cells using combinations of interleukin-3 (IL-3) variants and other cytokines  
The present invention relates to human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) variant or mutant proteins (muteins) functionally co-administered with a other colony stimulating factors (CSF), cytokines, lymphokines,...
5998378 Compositions for the inhibition of TNF hormone formation and uses thereof  
Compounds having proteolytic inhibitory activity useful for treating diseases, particularly as applied to the treatment of sepsis, AIDS or autoimmune diseases, resulting from a decrease in the...
5998370 Agents for the prevention and/or treatment of radiation-induced disorders by administrating TCF-II  
The use of Tumor Cytotoxic Factor-II (TCF-II) enables the prevention and/or treatment of radiation-induced disorders.
5993810 Method of softening or ripening the cervix of a female mammal using collagenase  
The present invention relates to the use of collagenase and/or one more substances which stimulate the production of naturally occurring collagenase in the cervix to induce labor in a female...
5993798 Oncoinhibin and methods of pharmaceutical use  
The present invention provides a novel human cytokine termed Oncoinhibin. The protein Oncoinhibin is secreted by human erythroblastoid cells, has a molecular weight of approximately 28 kDa and...
5989538 Mpl ligand analogs  
Mpl ligand analogs having one or more changed glycosylation sites as compared to a naturally occurring mpl ligand sequence of a corresponding number of amino acids are disclosed. The invention also...
5989537 Methods for stimulating granulocyte/macrophage lineage using thrombopoietin  
Methods for stimulating granulocyte/macrophage lineage cells using thrombopoiet in are provided. The methods provided may be used to stimulate granulocyte/macrophage progenitors and neutrophils in...
5985261 Use of thioredoxin-like molecules for induction of MnSOD to treat oxidative damage  
A method to increase cellular MnSOD production in an animal to treat oxidative damage by administering a protein having a thioredoxin active-site in reduced state. A composition and a method to...
5985263 Substantially pure histidine-linked protein polymer conjugates  
Substantially pure histidine-linked protein-polymer conjugates and processes for their preparation are disclosed. The processes include contacting a protein with an activated polymer under...
5985613 Use of an "immunodeficiency-virus suppressing lymphokine (ISL) "to inhibit the replication of viruses, in particular of retroviruses  
An isolated polypeptide which inhibits the replication of retroviruses in peripheral blood lymphocytes and i) is encoded by the DNA sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or complementary sequences; or ii)...
5985290 Purified pancreatic tumor cell lines and related compositions and method  
The present invention provides a method of treating cancer comprising (a) obtaining a tumor cell line, (b) modifying the tumor cell line to render it capable of producing an increased level of a...
5981472 Methods for treating diseases  
Herein is provided a method for identifying extreme stressors which may become causative agents responsible for syndromes characterized by premature progressive cell loss or cell over growth in an...
5980887 Methods for enhancing angiogenesis with endothelial progenitor cells  
In accordance with the present invention, EC progenitors can be used in a method for regulating angiogenesis, i.e., enhancing or inhibiting blood vessel formation, in a selected patient and in some...
5977323 Method of purifying Gro β or Gro α protein using antibodies  
Two novel cytokines which are involved in an inflammatory response (inflammatory cytokines) are disclosed. The inflammatory cytokines have been isolated from activated peripheral blood, preferably...
5976523 Method for healing compromised tissues using pyrimidine derivatives  
The present invention provides a method for the screening of a wound-healing agent, which comprises determining a substance to be active as a wound-healing agent on the basis of potentiation or...
5977310 Peg-modified HGF  
This invention relates to a PEG-modified HGF (Hepatocyte Growth Factor), namely HGF modified by polyethylene glycol. The PEG-modified HGF of the invention has a prolonged clearance in vivo,...
5976522 Lymphocyte chemoattractant factor and uses thereof  
Disclosed is a substantially pure antibody which specifically binds a LCF polypeptide and methods of using such antibodies.
5972331 Crystalline interferon alpha for pulmonary delivery and method for producing the same  
A method to prepare crystalline interferon alpha suitable for aerosol formulation either for systemic or topical (inhaled) drug delivery. The bioavailable interferon is in the form of crystalline...
5968548 Use of liposome encapsulated cirprofloxacin as an immunotherapeutic drug  
Liposome-encapsulated quinolones and specifically liposome-encapsulated ciprofloxacin dramatically enhances macrophage functions, induces NO production and augments the production of cytokines,...
5968905 Stimulation of nerve growth and/or vitality  
The protein, cholinergic neuronal differentiation factor (CDF), also known as leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), is described, together with the use of the polypeptide to stimulate neuron growth and...
5968501 Hepatocyte growth factor--induced proliferation and differentiation of erythroid cells  
Hepatocyte growth factor stimulates proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells, most preferably burst-forming unit-erythroid cells. The hepatocyte growth factor may be obtained from...
5961969 Stable circulating histamine levels  
Methods for obtaining beneficial stable levels of circulating histamine are disclosed for use in methods for enhancing natural killer cell cytotoxicity. In such methods, a beneficial level of...
5958413 Use of antibodies to TNF or fragments derived thereof and xanthine derivatives for combination therapy and compositions therefor  
A combined preparation for simultaneous combined, simultaneous separate, or sequential use in the therapy of prophylaxis of disorders associated with undesirable high levels of TNF, e.g. septic or...
5945511 Class II cytokine receptor  
Novel receptor polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and related compositions and methods are disclosed. The polypeptides comprise an extracellular domain of a cell-surface...
5945096 Method for recombinant production of biologically active polypeptides  
Polypeptides, polynucleotides, fragments thereof, and monoclonal antibodies thereto are provided for antigen-specific and antigen-non-specific glycosylation inhibiting factor and a method for...
5942220 Inhibitor of cytokine activity and applications thereof  
Described herein are compositions that have prophylactic or therapeutic applications for disease resulting from the production of cytokines, and preferably the cytokine IL-6, wherein the...
5942222 Methods of treating granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cell-derived blood cell dysfunction  
The present invention relates to the identification of promoters of myelopoietic blood cell production. In particular, an agent has been discovered that enhances myelopoietic colony stimulating...
5942221 Recombinant primate granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor  
A method for preparing and isolating a transformation vector containing CSF/cDNA is described. The method comprises: preparing RNA from a cell that produces CSF; preparing polyadenylated messenger...
5939388 Methods of administering BMP-5 compositions  
Purified BMP-5 proteins and processes for producing them are disclosed. The proteins may be used in the treatment of bone and/or cartilage defects and in wound healing and related tissue repair.
5939063 Modified forms of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor as antagonists  
The present invention relates to modified and variant forms of haemopoietic growth factors (HGF) capable of acting as antagonists to the corresponding native haemopoietic growth factors and their...
5935565 Method for increasing the level of stem cells in peripheral blood  
A pharmaceutical composition which comprises the c-kit ligand (KL) purified by applicants or produced by applicants' recombinant methods in combination with other hematopoietic factors and a...
5935929 Methods for treating interstitial lung disease by using interleukin-9 and its antagonists  
A method for the treatment and prevention of immune disorders and fibrosis associated disorders is disclosed. The method involves administering interleukin-9 in an effective amount to the subject....
5936067 Macrophage inflammatory protein variants  
The present invention provides a Stem Cell Inhibitor (SCT) protein which comprises at least one amino acid alteration from its active form which protein does not significantly aggregate but which...
5932208 Compositions and methods for the use of such compositions in human therapeutics, characterized by the association of a muramyl peptide with a cytokine  
A therapeutical composition for use in humans, comprising a combination of at least one natural or recombinant and preferably human cytokine with at least one muramyl peptide selected from those...
5932207 Complex active ingredient for the production of biological parts, especially organs for living organisms: method for the production of the same and its use  
An active ingredient complex to promote the growth of cells, tissue and/or organs is disclosed. The complex comprises the following form ingredients: a structural component, a recruiting component,...
5932537 Method for attenuating a cellular response to IL-1  
Medicaments and methods of using the same are disclosed for treating or preventing diseases resulting from undesirable cell adhesion of IL-1 receptor positive cells to biological materials,...
5932703 Macrophage derived chemokine and chemokine analogs  
The present invention provides purified and isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding a novel human macrophage-derived C--C chemokine designated MDC, and polypeptide analogs thereof. Also provided...
5928635 Process for producing active agent complexes  
The invention relates to a process for producing active agent complexes from at least one initial complex having components in which the initial complex is caused at least partially to assume a...
5928639 Immunotherapy of cancer with allogeneic lymphocytes  
Methods have been discovered for treating minimal residual disease following removal of most or a substantial fraction of malignant cells from a cancer patient. An autologous stem cell transplant...
5925343 Canine granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor  
Canine granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (caGM-CSF) corresponding to that found in canine serum and/or tissues, structural variants thereof, genes that encode these materials,...
5922573 IL-1 receptor antagonists with enhanced inhibitory activity  
DNA molecules that code for IL-1 antagonists with improved biological activity arc described. DNA molecules coding for improved IL-1 antagonists inserted into expression vectors and host cells...
5919757 Aqueous pharmaceutical preparations of G-CSF with a long shelf life  
Aqueous pharmaceutical preparations of G-CSF are disclosed that are stable on storage and a buffer selected from the group consisting of a salt of citrate, maleate, a combination of phosphate and...