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The invention concerns the use of ligands of peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors (PTBR) in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases involving cyst formation and in particular polycystic kidney disease. The invention further concerns the treatment of hypertension accompanying polycystic kidney disease, and pharmaceutical compositions and articles of manufacture for the treatment of diagnosis of the target disease or condition.
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Certain appropriately substituted forms of pyrimidine and triazine are useful in the treatment to conditions associated with enhanced TGFβ activity.
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The invention is directed to methods to inhibit p38-α kinase using compounds comprising a phenyl or thienyl coupled through a piperidine or piperazine nucleus to an indole residue wherein the indole residue mandatorily has a substituent on the ring nitrogen which is an amino or substituted amino group.
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The invention concerns methods of treating fibroproliferative disorders associated with TGF-β signaling, by administering non-peptide small molecule inhibitors of TGF-β specifically binding to the type I TGF-β receptor (TGFβ-R1). Preferably, the inhibitors are quinazoline derivatives. The invention also concerns methods for reversing the effect of TGF-β mediated cell activation on the expression of a gene associated with fibrosis, comprising contacting a cell or tissue in which the expression of such gene is altered as a result of TGF-β mediated cell activation, with a non-peptide small molecule inhibitor of TGF-β, specifically binding a TGFβ-R1 receptor kinase present in the cell or tissue.
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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 endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF).
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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 endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF).
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The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating hypertension. The methods generally involve administering a factor which increases angiogenesis and/or vascular permeability. Compositions for use in the methods are also provided.
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The present invention provides methods that can be used to identify beta -amyloid reducing compounds. The present invention is based on the use of organotypic brain slice culturing methods to simultaneously access to toxicity and beta -amyloid reducing activity of a test compound.
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The invention concerns a new secreted factor encoded by clone P00188_D12, and other mammalian homologues and variants of such factor, as well as polynucleotides encoding them. The invention further concerns methods and means for producing such factors and their use in the diagnosis and treatment of various cardiac, renal or inflammatory diseases.