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Compounds and compositions are provided that bind to the CCR4 chemokine receptor and which are useful for treating diseases associated with CCR4 activity, such as contact hypersensitivity.
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The invention encompasses nucleoside compounds, compositions comprising the compounds and methods for treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations of mRNA by administering these compounds or compositions.
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The invention provides methods and compositions relating to an IλB kinase, IKK-β, and related nucleic acids. The polypeptides may be produced recombinantly from transformed host cells from the disclosed IKK-β encoding nucleic acids or purified from human cells. The invention provides isolated IKK-β hybridization probes and primers capable of specifically hybridizing with the disclosed IKK-β genes, IKK-β-specific binding agents such as specific antibodies, and methods of making and using the subject compositions in diagnosis, therapy and in the biopharmaceutical industry.
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The invention provides methods and compositions relating to CPF proteins which regulate transcriptional activation, and related nucleic acids. The polypeptides may be produced recombinantly from transformed host cells from the disclosed CPF encoding nucleic acids or purified from human cells. The invention provides isolated CPF hybridization probes and primers capable of specifically hybridizing with the disclosed CPF genes, CPF-specific binding agents such as specific antibodies, and methods of making and using the subject compositions in diagnosis, therapy and in the biopharmaceutical industry.
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The invention provides compounds, compositions and methods relating to novel arylsulfonanilide derivatives and their use as pharmacologically active agents. The compositions find particular use as pharmacological agents in the treatment of disease states, particularly cancer, psoriasis, vascular restenosis, infections, atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia, or as lead compounds for the development of such agents.
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The present invention provides nucleic acids and polypeptides for IRAK-4, a novel member of the IRAK family of protein kinases. Members of the IRAK family are indispensable signal transducer for members of the IL-1R/Toll family of transmembrane receptors, including IL-1 receptors, IL-18 receptors and LPS receptors. IRAK-4 sequences from human and mouse are provided, as are methods for identifying compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases.
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The invention provides promoter specific and promoter non-specific screening assays for identifying an inhibitor of a pathogenic nucleic acid polymerase activity, e.g., an RNA polymerase derived from a phatogenic infectious organism such as a bacterium, protozoan or fungus. Generally, the methods involve forming a mixture of nucleotide, a polynucleotide template, a pathogenic polymerase, and a candidate inhibitor of polymerase activity, where at least one of the nucleotide comprises a detectable label. In a preferred embodiment, a membrane apparatus (10) having two filters extending transversely across a well, and positioned between the top, tube containing half (11) of the apparatus (10) and the bottom, drip director containing half (15) of the apparatus (10). The top filter (13) is initially hydrophobic and capable of retaining liquid media and is rendered water permeable by contacting it with an organic solvent. The bottom filter (14) is hydrophilic water permeable and efficiently passes liquid media while retaining micro-beads during vacuum filtration.
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Modulators of PPARη activity are provided having formula (I): in which the symbol Ar represents an aryl group; the letter X represents a divalent linkage selected from the group consisting of =C1-C6alkylene, -(C1-C6)alkylenoxy, -O-, -C(O)-, -N(R11)-, -N(R11)C(O)-, -S(O)¿k?- and a single bond, in which R?11¿ is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, heteroalkyl, and arylalkyl and the subscript k is an integer of from 0 to 2. The letter Y, in formula (I) represents a divalent linkage selected from the group consisting of alkylene, -O-, -C(O)-, -N(R12)-S(O)¿m?-, -N(R?13¿)-S(O)¿m-N(R?13)-, -N(R12)C(O)-, -S(O)¿n?-, a single bond, and combinations thereof in which R?12 and R13¿ are members independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, heteroalkyl and arylalkyl; and the subscripts m and n independently integers of from 0 to 2. The symbol R1 represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, -CO¿2R?14, -CO(R)14, -C(O)NR15R16, -S(O)¿p-R?14, -S(O)¿q?-NR?15R16¿, -O-C(O)-OR17, -O-C(O)-R17, -O-C(O)-NR?15R16, -N(R14¿)-C(O)-NR?15R16, -N(R14¿)-C(O)-R17 and -N(R14)-C(O)-OR17, in which R14 is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl and arylalkyl, and R?15 and R16¿ are members independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl and arylalkyl, or taken together with the nitrogen to which each is attached from a 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring. The symbol R17 represents a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl and arylalkyl. Additionally, for the R1 groups described above, the subscript p is an integer of from 0 to 3, and the subscript q is an integer of from 1 to 2. The symbol R2 represents a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl and arylalkyl. In another aspect, the present invention provides compounds of formula (I), as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds described above for the treatment of conditions such as type II diabetes and obesity.