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The present invention is directed novel compounds which are derivatives of minocycline or doxycycline, pharmaceutical compositions containing same and use thereof in lowering excess IgE levels in a mammal suffering from a disease where IgE is pathogenic.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method of lowering excess IgE levels in a mammal suffering from a disease where IgE is pathogenic which method comprises administering to said mammal an IgE lowering effective amount of a tetracycline such as minocycline or doxycline. It is also directed to a method of monitoring the effectiveness of a drug in lowering the concentration of excess IgE in plasma in a mammal suffering from the disease in which IgE is pathogenic which method comprises making a first determination of the concentration of IgE in the plasma of said mammal at an initial time; administering to said mammal the drug; making a second determination of the concentration of IgE in the plasma of said mammal after the initial time and after administration of the drug and comparing the values obtained from the first and second determinations, such that if the value of the second determination is higher than or about the same as the value of the first determination and above a threshold level, then the dosage amount of the drug administered to the mammal is increased; otherwise the dosage amount is maintained.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for diagnosing a subject suffering a pathological condition characterized by parvovirus infection by detecting the presence of IgE anti-Parvovirus B 19 antibodies.
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A microbial ethyl esther sophorolipid derivative with no acetylated groups produced by Candida species, for treating and preventing sepsis/septic shock. The method of producing sophorolipids is through microbial resting cells of Candida bombicola. The sophorolipids obtained from resting state cultures are isolated as a complex mixture of compounds and then decanted as a dense oil from the culture broth, subsequently washed to remove free fatty acids. Secondary chemical transformation via base catalyzed hydrolysis is used to reduce the 8 possible structural sophorolipid species to a single moiety, the 17-L-[(2′-O-b-D-glucopyranosyl-b-D-glucopyranosyl)-oxy]-cis-9-octadecenoate de-acetylated free acid. The compound acts primarily through decreasing inflammatory cytokines and eliciting other synergistic anti-inflammatory mechanisms by blocking TLR4-CD14 upstream of the inflammatory signaling cascade. The compound can be administered either intraperitoneally or intravenously at single or multiple doses of 5-30 mg/kg of weight in solvent media or in capped nanoparticles, preferably within 48 hours of sepsis inception.