MODULATION OF THE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE PATHWAY FOR ORAL HEALTH

    公开(公告)号:US20230068887A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17948184

    申请日:2022-09-19

    摘要: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment or prevention of diseases and conditions associated with or characterized by at least one of xerostomia and periodontal disease by modulation of the nitric oxide synthase pathway are provided, as are animal models and drug screening methods. Such modulation may be achieved by the administration of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) or its prodrugs and/or salts. Treating and preventing xerostomia can have the downstream effect of also preventing periodontitis, dental caries, parotid gland enlargement, inflammation and fissuring of the lips (chelitis), inflammation or ulcers of the tongue and buccal mucosa, oral candidiasis, salivary gland infection (sialadenitis), halitosis, and cracking and fissuring of oral mucosa.

    METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

    公开(公告)号:US20220372544A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17872674

    申请日:2022-07-25

    发明人: Amosy M'KOMA

    摘要: Methods and materials are disclosed for testing biomarkers in a subject suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are described herein. Such detection can be useful for diagnosing and treating ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), two forms of IBD that are otherwise difficult to distinguish. The method includes measuring the level of one or more of several biomarkers, including HD5 or MMP-7, which are expressed differentially in patents with UC and CD. A treatment may be based on the determination of whether the subject has ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.

    TARGETED HD5 ANTIBODY AND ASSAY METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

    公开(公告)号:US20210278417A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US16622259

    申请日:2018-06-20

    IPC分类号: G01N33/68 C12Q1/6883

    摘要: A targeted DEFA5 antibody is disclosed herein. The targeted DEFA5 antibody has a high degree of specificity with DEFA5 protein, particularly with peptide sequences of the P, B, and/or M binding sites of the DEFA5 protein. The targeted DEFA5 antibody may be incorporated into an assay for diagnosing and treating ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease in a subject suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. The assay may be provided in a kit. The targeted DEFA5 antibody may be used in a method for measuring the level of DEFA5 or DEFA5 expression in a sample collected from a subject, and determining, based on the level of DEFA5 or DEFA5 expression, whether the subject is suffering from ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease. A treatment may be based on the determination of whether the subject has ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease.

    MODULATION OF THE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE PATHWAY FOR ORAL HEALTH

    公开(公告)号:US20200276201A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16876181

    申请日:2020-05-18

    摘要: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment or prevention of diseases and conditions associated with or characterized by at least one of xerostomia and periodontal disease by modulation of the nitric oxide synthase pathway are provided, as are animal models and drug screening methods. Such modulation may be achieved by the administration of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) or its prodrugs and/or salts. Treating and preventing xerostomia can have the downstream effect of also preventing periodontitis, dental caries, parotid gland enlargement, inflammation and fissuring of the lips (chelitis), inflammation or ulcers of the tongue and buccal mucosa, oral candidiasis, salivary gland infection (sialadenitis), halitosis, and cracking and fissuring of oral mucosa.

    METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

    公开(公告)号:US20200149087A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-14

    申请号:US16571034

    申请日:2019-09-13

    发明人: Amosy M'KOMA

    摘要: Methods and materials are disclosed for testing biomarkers in a subject suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are described herein. Such detection can be useful for diagnosing and treating ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), two forms of IBD that are otherwise difficult to distinguish. The method includes measuring the level of one or more of several biomarkers, including HD5 or MMP-7, which are expressed differentially in patents with UC and CD. A treatment may be based on the determination of whether the subject has ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.

    ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
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    发明申请
    ANTIVIRAL AGENTS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190309298A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US16436696

    申请日:2019-06-10

    IPC分类号: C12N15/113 A61P31/14

    摘要: An antiviral agent is provided, having a phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer with an antisense sequence to a portion of a genome of a strain of Zika virus (ZIKV). The antiviral agent finds many uses, such as in a pharmaceutical composition, a method of treating ZIKV-mediated disease, a method of preventing ZIKV-mediated disease, a method of reducing or preventing the replication of ZIKV in a host cell, a method of controlling the spread of ZIKV in donated tissue, a treated tissue sample, and in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention or ZIKV-mediated disease.

    Methods for diagnosing and treating inflammatory bowel disease

    公开(公告)号:US11427852B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US16571034

    申请日:2019-09-13

    发明人: Amosy M'Koma

    摘要: Methods and materials are disclosed for testing biomarkers in a subject suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are described herein. Such detection can be useful for diagnosing and treating ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), two forms of IBD that are otherwise difficult to distinguish. The method includes measuring the level of one or more of several biomarkers, including HD5 or MMP-7, which are expressed differentially in patents with UC and CD. A treatment may be based on the determination of whether the subject has ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.