Abstract:
The present invention relates, in part, to compositions and methods for enhancement of an immune response by partial mTOR inhibition, e.g., with low, immune enhancing, doses of an mTOR inhibitor, such as RAD001.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to methods, kits and compositions for preventing or treating age-related conditions or metabolic disorders. The fusion polypeptides of the disclosure include FGF23 or an active fragment thereof. In one embodiment, the fusion polypeptide comprises (a) a polypeptide comprising fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), or a functionally active variant or derivative thereof, wherein FGF23 has a mutation at one or more of the positions Q156, C206 and C244; and (b) either a modified Fc fragment having decreased affinity for Fc-gamma-receptor and/or increased serum half-life, or a polypeptide comprising at least one extracellular subdomain of a Klotho protein, or a functionally active variant or derivative thereof; and, optionally (c) a linker. The Klotho fusion proteins are useful in the treatment and prevention of a variety of age-related conditions and metabolic disorders. In another embodiment, the fusion polypeptide comprises a FGF (such as FGF23), or a functionally active variant or derivative thereof and a modified Fc fragment, or a functionally active variant or derivative thereof. In various embodiments of the fusion polypeptides, FGF23 has mutations which decrease aggregation and protease-mediated cleavage.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to myostatin or activin antagonists, dose regimen and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, for the treatment of sarcopenia, in particular age-related sarcopenia. Especially, the myostatin or activin antagonist bimagrumab was found to be beneficial in the treatment of older adults with sarcopenia with respect to increasing their skeletal muscle strength and function.