摘要:
The present invention relates to agents inhibiting the interaction between CFH and CD11b/18. The present invention also relates to the use of said agents, in particular for treating inflammatory disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration.
摘要:
Methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of seizures and epilepsy. It is shown herein that leukocyte recruitment plays a key role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Treatment with an agent that inhibits leukocyte recruitment has therapeutic and preventative effects in blocking recurrent seizures and epilepsy. The agent is a a selective antagonist, which binds to an adhesion molecule being a selectin or a ligand thereof, such as P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1.
摘要:
Methods for treating and reducing the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, including, without limitation Alzheimer's disease, are provided. The methods of the invention reduce or deplete neutrophil/myeloid cells in the region of the brain by blocking neutrophil/myeloid cell adhesion and interaction with the vascular endothelium, by blocking infiltration of neutrophil/myeloid cells into the brain, by reducing motility of neutrophil/myeloid cells in the parenchyma, by blocking Aβ-induced activation and adhesion of neutrophil/myeloid cells, and/or by blocking Aβ-induced integrin activation, degranulation and/or ROS release in neutrophil/myeloid cells.
摘要:
Methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of seizures and epilepsy. It is shown herein that leukocyte recruitment plays a key role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Treatment with an agent that inhibits leukocyte recruitment has therapeutic and preventative effects in blocking recurrent seizures and epilepsy. The agent is a a selective antagonist, which binds to an adhesion molecule being a selectin or a ligand thereof, such as P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods of treating and preventing Staphylococcus aureus infection and/or a condition resulting from a S. aureus infection a subject that involves administering a CD11b inhibitor. The present invention further relates to a non-human transgenic animal expressing human CD11b and its use in methods of identifying novel therapeutics for the treatment and prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infection and/or a condition resulting from a S. aureus infection.
摘要:
Provided is a method for enhancing the efficacy of cancer vaccines, such as tumor vaccines. The method involves administering to an individual who is in need of therapy for a tumor an anti-cancer agent and an agent that causes depletion of myeloid cells and/or inhibits recruitment of myeloid cells to the tumor. The effect of the anti-cancer agent on the tumor is greater relative to the effect of the anti-cancer agent in the absence of the anti-myeloid cell agent. Also provided is a method for identifying candidates for the therapy. This approach involves determining if an individual has a tumor characterized by undesirable myeloid cell proliferation and/or tumor infiltration and/or myeloid cell recruitment to the tumor, and if such determination is made, designating the individual as a candidate for the therapy. In one emobidment, the identification of the individual as such a candidate is followed by the therapeutic approach.
摘要:
The present application concerns restoring antigen binding during humanization of antibodies through the selection of repaired hypervariable regions rather than through framework changes.