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6169068 Pulmonary administration of soluble complement receptor-1 (sCR1) and its derivatives  
A method is disclosed for treating diseases or disorders involving complement by pulmonary administration of complement inhibitory proteins such as soluble complement receptor type 1 (sCR1). The...
6168785 Biological applications of new peptides of IL-2 and derivatives and use as therapeutic agents  
The invention relates to the use as therapeutic agents of IL-2 peptides and derivatives having biological activity and anti-IL-2 antibodies which mimic or modulate the biological activities of...
6165459 Methods for suppressing myeloid cells with chemokines  
Described are preferred processes and compositions for suppressing myeloid cells in mammals. Preferred processes and compositions involve the use of chemokines in synergistic combinations or while...
6162426 Use of G-CSF to enhance the immune system in neonates  
The invention relates to the use of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) to enhance the immune system in neonates by increasing the Absolute Neutrophil Count and/or increasing the Fc γ ...
6162427 Combination of G-CSF with a chemotherapeutic agent for stem cell mobilization  
The invention relates to the use of G-CSF in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent (in particular, cyclophosphamide) to produce a pharmaceutical preparation for boosting the mobilization of...
6162787 Methods for treating arthritis using collagen type II, glucosamine chondroitin sulfate, and compositions  
The invention describes compositions and methods for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. The compositions comprise insoluble, native collagen Type II in a particular form in...
6159711 DNA encoding rantes peptide fragments and methods of treatment with the fragments  
Modifications to RANTES can result in the modified polypeptide acting as a RANTES or MIP-1α antagonist. Such antagonists can be used in therapy to reduce inflammation. They are also useful in...
6159174 Method of using lectins for therapy of diseases transmittable by sexual contact  
In order to prevent conception and/or the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) one or more lectins capable of binding sperm and/or the pathogenic microorganisms responsible for STD's are...
6159460 Method for treating interleukin-1 mediated diseases  
The present invention provides methods for treating interleukin-1 mediated diseases including arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, sepsis and septic shock, ischemia injury, reperfusion injury,...
6159463 Lymphocyte chemoattractant factor  
Purified DNA encoding LCF and the recombinant proteins expressed from such DNA are disclosed. In addition, the invention provides methods for suppressing an LCF-CD4 interaction and screening...
6156301 Use of interleukin-7 to stimulate proliferation of hematopoietic cell precursors  
Mammalian Interleukin-7 proteins (IL-7s), DNAs and expression vectors encoding mammalian IL-7s, and processes for producing mammalian IL-7s as products of cell culture, including recombinant...
6156300 Point mutants of N∇2 CSF-1 and carboxy truncated fragments thereof  
A colony stimulating factor, CSF-1, is a lymphokine useful in regulating the immune system. is a lymphokine useful in overcoming the immunosuppression induced by chemotherapy or resulting from...
6153195 Method of delivering drugs to cells specific for an HL-60 lectin  
Pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of autoimmune conditions include as an active ingredient a soluble lectin having a molecular weight of about 14 kilodaltons or a fragment...
6150326 Means for treating autoimmune diseases and method for the treatment thereof  
Trophoblastic β-I-glycoprotein (TBG) is used as a means for treating autoimmune diseases showing suppressors immunodeficit. A method of treating of autoimmune diseases comprises the administration...
6150327 Conjugate of an active agent, a polyether and possibly a native protein regarded as acceptable by the body  
This invention relates to the use of a conjugate comprising an active substance and a native protein which is not recognized as foreign protein for the production of a pharmaceutical preparation...
6150331 Human growth hormone-containing aqueous pharmaceutical composition  
Provided is an aqueous pharmaceutical composition comprising human growth hormone wherein said human growth hormone is dissolved in a benzalkonium chloride-containing, slightly to weakly acidic...
6150461 Carriers targettable to organ  
A carrier for delivering a foreign substance to a target organ which comprises a graft copolymer in which hyaluronic acid is grafted on a polymer composing main chain, wherein the main chain has a...
6146658 Prodrugs, their preparation and use as pharmaceuticals  
Glycosyl-spacer-drugs compounds (prodrugs), their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals are described.
6143331 Pharmaceutical composition which is stable during storage and contains a thymus extract  
The invention concerns a process for preparing a pharmaceutical composition of thymus factors which displays immunomodulating and anti-inflammatory properties and is stable during storage. The...
6138680 Method for destroying retinal pigment epithelial cells  
A method for destroying retinal pigment epithelial cells in an eye in order to prevent the occurrence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy. A solution containing a basement membrane binding agent...
6133230 Method and pharmaceutical composition for chondrostimulation with a prostaglandin (e.g. misoprostol) and TGF-β, optionally in combination with IGF-1  
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a prostaglandin such as misoprostol and TGF-B in amounts sufficient to stimulate production of chondrocyte matrix is disclosed which exhibit therapeutic...
6126933 Methods of treating inflammatory bowel diseases by administering IL-11  
Provided by the present invention are topical formulations of Interleukin-11 and methods for treating a variety of disorders, including inflammatory bowel diseases (e.g., Crohn's disease,...
6120760 Growth/differentiation factors of the TGF-β family  
The invention provides DNA sequences encoding novel members of the TGF-β family of proteins. The TGF-β family comprises proteins which function as growth and/or differentiation factors and which...
6121233 Methods for the inhibition of cancer metastasis mediated by endothelial adhesion molecules  
Methods and compositions are disclosed for the inhibition of cancer metastases mediated by endothelial adhesion molecules. The present invention discloses that sialyl Le a and di-sialyl Le a ,...
6117837 Inhibiting proinflammatory cytokine production  
There is disclosed a method for helping to prevent miscarriages during pregnancy, comprising administering an effective amount of a fetuin polypeptide.
6110891 Lectin compositions and uses thereof  
This invention provides methods for: the control of mucosal cell proliferation; the reduction and/or treatment of damage caused by a cell-damaging agent; and for the reduction and/or treatment of a...
6107272 Modified polypeptides with altered biological activity  
The invention relates to novel modified polypeptides, with or without variations in noncoding regions, with altered biological activity. The invention discloses methods of preparing the modified...
6106832 Treatment of individuals exhibiting defective CD40L  
There is disclosed a method of detecting a mutation in a CD40 ligand gene, comprising isolating nucleic acid from an individual, selectively amplifying nucleic acid derived from the CD40 ligand...
6106828 Conjugation of polypeptides  
The present invention provides polypeptide conjugates with reduced allergenicity comprising a polymeric carrier molecule having two or more polypeptide molecules coupled thereto. The invention also...
6103234 Composition comprising an antibody to macrophage-derived inflammatory mediator (MIP-2)  
An inflammatory cytokine is disclosed which has been isolated from cells that have been incubated with a stimulator material. The inflammatory cytokine comprises a protein that is capable of...
6100235 Methods of treating immune and inflammatory response with IL-17 receptors  
Isolated receptors for IL-17, DNA's encoding such receptors, and pharmaceutical compositions made therefrom, and methods of treatment using the IL-17 receptors are disclosed. The isolated receptors...
6096300 Treatment of myeloproliferative disease with exodus chemokine  
The present invention provides purified and isolated chemokine protein, fragments and polypeptide analogs thereof, antibodies thereto, and materials and methods for the recombinant production...
6096327 Cosmetic compositions containing human type serine protease inhibitors for revitalizing the skin  
Cosmetic compositions and methods are provided for revitalizing the skin especially where it is placed in an environment which can cause injury to the skin. The compositions contain an effective...
6096705 Inhibition of agonist-specific desensitization of β2 adrenergic receptors  
The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting desensitization of a cell to the effects of a compound. The method comprises contacting the cell with an agent capable of inhibiting...
6093417 Composition to treat ear disorders  
A topical ear composition that uses penetration enhancers to diffuse the therapeutic agents through the tympanic membrane into the middle and inner ear for the purpose of reducing the inflammation...
6093694 Antitumor active substances  
By extracting hot water-insoluble and ethanol-insoluble components of the fruit body of Agaricus blazei Murill belonging to the genus Agaricus with 5% ammonium oxalate aqueous solution, degrading...
6093693 B cell activation  
A novel protein purified from bovine colostral whey and isolated nucleotide sequences encoding the protein. The isolated bovine protein has homology with human CD14 and murine CD14 and so is...
6090776 Morphogen treatment of organ implants  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for enhancing viability of organs and living tissues to be transplanted in a mammal. The methods and compositions provide a...
6089234 Method for destroying residual lens epithelial cells  
A method for destroying residual lens epithelial cells in an eye in order to prevent the occurrence of posterior chamber opacification. A solution containing a basement membrane binding agent...
6090777 Method to reduce myocardial injury during acute myocardial infarction  
A therapeutic or prophylactic treatment method of acute myocardial infarction, comprising administering exogenous C1-esterase inhibitor, alone or in combination with other drugs, to a patient with...
6087328 Coupling of unmodified proteins to haloacyl or dihaloacyl derivatized polysaccharides for the preparation of protein-polysaccharide vaccines  
A method for preparing a conjugate, and preferably a protein-polysaccharide conjugate, includes functionalizing a first moiety (e.g., a polysaccharide) with one or more pendant haloacyl groups....
6087335 RNase-CV (Coriolus versicolor)  
A method of obtaining a novel polypeptide from a crude extraction product of polysaccharide peptide Coriolus versicolor comprising: a) boiling a water soluble powder of polysaccharide peptide...
6087329 CD40 ligand polypeptide  
There is disclosed a polypeptide (CD40-L) and DNA sequences, vectors and transformed host cells useful in providing CD40-L polypeptides. More particularly, this invention provides isolated human...
6083926 Water soluble vitamin B.sub.12 receptor modulating agents and methods related thereto  
Vitamin B 12 receptor modulating agents capable of modulating cell surface receptors by affecting the cell surface receptor trafficking pathway are disclosed. The vitamin B 12 receptor modulating...
6083911 Arenavirus receptor and methods of use  
Disclosed is a method for inhibiting the binding of an arenavirus to a cellular receptor. The method involves providing, in soluble form, a reagent comprising α-dystroglycan or a portion thereof,...
6083910 Therapeutic uses of resolved intact or clipped native-sequence PDGF-BB dimers  
Methods for improving purification and quantification of platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) proteins having structural heterogeneity are provided. Preparation of substantially pure isoforms of...
6083906 Method of regulating nitric oxide production or arthritis with soluble IL-17 receptor  
Methods for regulating levels of nitric oxide are disclosed. The methods utilize IL-17 receptors, which may be used in conjunction with inhibitor of IL-1 and/or TNF.
6080589 Neisseria meningitidis capsular polysacchride conjugates  
Capsular polysaccharides containing multiple sialic acid residues, particularly the Group B polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis, are modified by chemical reaction to randomly introduce pendant...
6077823 Method for reducing tissue damage associated with ischemia-reperfusion or hypoxia injury  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for alleviating tissue destructive effects associated with the inflammatory response to tissue injury in a mammal. The methods and...
6077822 Drug salts  
It has been found that sugar acid salts represent beneficial controlled release forms for basic organic drug compounds. Examples of appropriate salts include mono, di, oligo and polysaccharide...