摘要:
The invention relates to an in vitro method of diagnosing congestive heart disease by quantifying hBNP in a sample. The method comprises: contacting a sample of the biological fluid with a first antibody, wherein the first antibody is monospecifically reactive to an hBNP fragment; forming a complex comprising hBNP in the biological fluid, the first antibody and a second antibody, wherein the second antibody is immunoreactive with hBNP or the first antibody, and wherein the second antibody comprises a label; and determining the amount of hBNP in the sample by quantifying the label in the complex.
摘要:
A method is described for producing a peptide having a pI above 8 or below 5 wherein the peptide is expressed as a fusion protein in which it is linked to a fusion partner through an acid cleavage site. The peptide is released from the fusion partner by acid cleavage in the absence of chaotrope. The fusion partner and its acid cleavage products, if any, have a net charge sufficiently different from that of the desired peptide to allow isolation of the peptide by ion-exchange chromatography.
摘要:
A method is described for producing a peptide having a pI above 8 or below 5 wherein the peptide is expressed as a fusion protein in which it is linked to a fusion partner through an acid cleavage site. The peptide is released from the fusion partner by acid cleavage in the absence of chaotrope. The fusion partner and its acid cleavage products, if any, have a net charge sufficiently different from that of the desired peptide to allow isolation of the peptide by ion-exchange chromatography.
摘要:
The invention is directed to methods to inhibit TGF-β and/or p38-α kinase using compounds of formula (1) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R3 is a noninterfering substituent; each Z is CR2 or N, wherein no more than two Z positions in ring A are N, and wherein two adjacent Z positions in ring A cannot be N; each R2 is independently a noninterfering substituent; L is a linker; n is 0 or 1; and Ar' is the residue of a cyclic aliphatic, cyclic heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic moiety optionally substituted with 1-3 noninterfering substituents.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a rpocess for making 2-substituted pyridopyrimidones. In particular, 2-substituted pyridopyrimidones are made through the single step reaction of suitable acid derivatives with desired derivatives of amidines.
摘要:
The present invention provides assays to identify compounds that affect microglial cell activation, and specifically assays to identify compounds that affect secretion of cytokines from these microglial cells by modulating PGE 2 -mediated activity. The assays of the invention include assays for testing microglial cell activation by contacting microglia with compounds that modulate β-amyloid PGE 2 -mediated activation, which can be identified by cellular activity such as secretion of cytokines, e.g., TNF-α and IL-1α. The effect of the candidate compound can be determined by comparing the effect with a control culture which is not contacted with the compound, or by comparing the effect with a standardized profile.
摘要:
A method is described for producing a peptide having a pI above 8 or below 5 wherein the peptide is expressed as a fusion protein in which it is linked to a fusion partner through an acid cleavage site. The peptide is released from the fusion partner by acid cleavage in the absence of chaotrope. The fusion partner and its acid cleavage products, if any, have a net charge sufficiently different from that of the desired peptide to allow isolation of the peptide by ion-exchange chromatography.
摘要:
The invention concerns methods for improvement of lung function 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.