Abstract:
The instant invention involves the use of a combination of preparatory steps in conjunction with mass spectroscopy and time-of-flight detection procedures to maximize the diversity of biopolymers which are verifiable within a particular sample. The cohort of biopolymers verified within such a sample is then viewed with reference to their ability to evidence at least one particular disease state; thereby enabling a diagnostician to gain the ability to characterize either the presence or absence of said at least one disease state relative to recognition of the presence and/or the absence of said biopolymer.
Abstract:
Disclosed are nucleic acid molecules encoding novel DKR polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides, and methods of using these molecules.
Abstract:
The present invention describes an enzyme showing glutathionylspermidine synthetase-activity and being distinct from known enzymes with similar activities in several physicochemical parameters, a novel process to isolate said enzyme from Crithidia fasciculata, tools for the production thereof in genetically transformed organisms, and its use as a molecular target for the discovery of trypanocidal drugs.
Abstract:
An active peptide consisting essentially of 7 to about 30 residence and having a sequence that corresponds to a conserved domain of an HIV protein is disclosed, as is a multimer containing that peptide, an aqueous composition containing the multimer and methods of using and making the same. The aqueous composition containing an immunologically effective amount of an active peptide multimer, when introduced into an immunocompetent host animal in an immunologically effective amount, is capable of inducing cellular immunity against the native HIV protein to which the active peptide of the multimer corresponds in sequence, but is not capable of inducing production of antibodies that immunoreact with that native HIV protein.
Abstract:
The protein tyrosine kinase receptors, designated Rse and HPTK6, have been purified from human and/or murine cell tissues. Rse and HPTK6 have been cloned from a cDNA library of a human liver carcinoma cell line (i.e., Hep 3B) using PCR amplification. Provided herein are nucleic acid sequences encoding Rse and HPTK6 useful as diagnostics and in the recombinant preparation of Rse and HPTK6. Rse and HPTK6 are used in the preparation and purification of antibodies thereto and in diagnostic assays.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to purified and isolated novel TSLP polypeptides, the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, fragmented peptides derived from these polypeptides, and the uses of the above.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel semisynthetic cyclosporin analogs of Formula (I): 1 X is absent, nullC1-C6 alkyl-, or nullC3-C6 cycloalkyl- Y is selected from the group consisting of: (i) C(O)nullOnullR1, where R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, optionally substituted with halogen, heterocyclic, aryl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 alkylthio, halogen-substituted C1-C6 alkoxy, or halogen-substituted C1-C6 alkylthio; (ii) C(O)nullSnullR1, where R1 is as previously defined; (iii) C(O)nullOCH2nullOC(O)R2, where R2 is C1-C6 alkyl, optionally substituted with halogen, C1-C6 alkoxy; C1-C6 alkylthio, heterocyclic or aryl; (iv) C(S)nullOnullR1, where R1 is as previously defined, and (v) C(S)nullSnullR1, where R1 is as previously defined; B is -nullAbu-, -Val-, -Thr- or -Nva-; and U is -(D)Ala-, -(D)Ser-, nullnullOnull(2-hydroxyethyl)(D)Sernull-, nullnullO-acyl(D)Sernull- or nullnullOnull(2-acyloxyethyl)(D)Sernull-.
Abstract:
Secretory Protein-48 (Zsig48), polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides, antibodies which specifically bind to Zsig48 and anti-idiotypic antibodies. Zsig48 polypeptides cause leukocytes to proliferate and thus can be used to elevate leukocytes in cancer treatments and in immunosuppressed patients.
Abstract:
The invention relates to novel peptides which are able to form gels in solutions, which gels have favourable properties in that, under specified conditions, they can be made to switch from a gel state to either a fluid state or a stiffer gel state
Abstract:
Cyclosporine derivatives are disclosed which possess enhanced efficacy and reduced toxicity over naturally occurring and other presently known cyclosporins and cyclosporine derivatives. The cyclosporine derivatives of the present invention are produced by chemical and isotopic substitution of the cyclosporine A (CsA) molecule by: (1) Chemical substitution and optionally deuterium substitution of amino acid 1; and (2) deuterium substitution at key sites of metabolism of the cyclosporine A molecule such as amino acids 1, 4, 9. Also disclosed are methods of producing the cyclosporine derivatives and method of producing immunosuppression with reduced toxicity with the disclosed cyclosporine derivatives.