摘要:
A method of inhibiting viral respiratory infection in a mammal in need of same, includes administering an effective amount of 2-[2-(5-carbamimidoyl-benzofuran-2-yl)-vinyl]-H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxamidine or the Bis-N-hydroxyamidine prodrug thereof, prior to viral infection, or therapeutically following viral infection, to inhibit that viral infection. The compound selectively inhibits Caspase 2 and/or 8 as to prevent infective viral particle release. It is optionally administered IV, IP, orally or via other conventional administration routes in a dosage range of 1 ng/kg-200 mg/kg of body weight.
摘要:
A method of inhibiting viral infection in a mammal in need of same, includes administering an effective amount of at least one of the compounds of FGI-103 which are represented by 273, 365 and 510 either prophylactically to prevent viral infection, or therapeutically following viral infection. These compounds appear to selectively inhibit Caspase 8 as a method of preventing infective viral particle release. They can be administered IV, IP, orally or via other conventional administration routes. The compounds are highly effective, requiring relatively low dosages on the order of 1 ng/kg-200 mg/kg of body weight.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods and compositions designed for the treatment, management, and/or amelioration of an infection, in particular an intracellular pathogen infection, such as a viral, bacterial, protozoa or fungal infection. In particular, the present invention provides methods for treating, managing, preventing and/or ameliorating an infection where the expression of EphA2 is upregulated in infected cells (e.g., infected epithelial cells), said methods comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of one or more EphA2/EphrinA1 Modulators. In accordance with the present invention, such methods may also comprise the administration of one or more therapies other than an EphA2/EphrinA1 Modulator. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising EphA2/EphrinA1 Modulators, and optionally, one or more prophylactic or therapeutic agents other than an EphA2/EphrinA1 Modulator, and the use of such compositions in the treating, management, prevention and/or amelioration of an infection. Further provided by the invention are articles of manufacture and kits comprising an EphA2/EphrinA1 Modulator of the invention, and, optionally, other prophylactic or therapeutic agents (e.g., immunomodulatory agents, anti-viral agents, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-bacterial agents, anti-fungal agents, etc.).
摘要:
The present invention is directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of metastatic disease. The compounds of this invention have specificity for EphA2, an epithelial cell tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed in metastatic tumor-cells. The compounds used in accordance with this invention may be provided in a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of metastatic disease.
摘要:
Caspace inhibition provides inhibition of viral infection across a wide collection of caspaces and viruses. Caspace inhibition, the prevention of the formation of active caspaces, can be achieved either through gene therapy, protein binding an inhibition, or through small molecule administration. Examples for small molecule inhibition allow the formation of a pharmacaphore to identify more and more active small molecules.
摘要:
Method and kits are provided for the detection and diagnosis of metastatic disease. More particularly, the methods and kits employ compounds that can detect EphA2, a specific epithelial cell tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed in metastatic tumor cells. In one embodiment the compound is an antibody capable of binding to an epitope of EphA2.
摘要:
EphA2 T-cell epitope are provided herein. The epitopes include peptides corresponding to specific fragments of human EphA2 protein containing one or more T-cell epitopes, and conservative derivatives thereof. The EphA2 T-cell epitopes are useful in an assay, such as an ELISPOT assay, that may be used to determine and/or quantify a patient's immune responsiveness to EphA2. The epitopes also are useful in methods of modulating a patient's immune reactivity to EphA2, which has substantial utility as a treatment for cancers that overexpress EphA2, such as renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The EphA2 epitopes also can be used to vaccinate a patient against EphA2, by in vivo or ex vivo methods.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods and compositions designed for the treatment, management, or prevention of a hyperproliferative cell disease, particularly cancer. The methods of the invention comprise the administration of an effective amount of a composition that targets cells expressing an Eph family receptor tyrosine kinase, such as EphA2 or EphA4, for the treatment, management, or prevention of hyperproliferative diseases, particularly cancer. In one embodiment, the method of the invention comprises administering to a subject a composition comprising an EphA2 or EphA4 targeting moiety attached to a delivery vehicle, and one or more therapeutic or prophylactic agents that treat or prevent a hyperproliferative disease, where the therapeutic or prophylactic agents are operatively associated with the delivery vehicle. In another embodiment, the method of the invention comprises administering to a subject a composition comprising a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an EphA2 or EphA4 targeting moiety and a therapeutic or prophylactic agent that treats or prevents a hyperproliferative disease. In yet another embodiment, the method of the invention comprises administering to a subject a composition comprising an EphA2 or EphA4 targeting moiety and a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an agent that treats or prevents a hyperproliferative disease, where the nucleic acid is operatively associated with the delivery vehicle. Pharmaceutical compositions are also provided by the present invention.
摘要:
EphA2 T-cell epitope agonists are provided herein. The agonists include peptides corresponding to specific fragments of human EphA2 protein containing one or more T-cell epitopes, and conservative derivatives thereof. The EphA2 T-cell epitope agonists are useful in an assay, such as an ELISPOT assay, that may be used to determine and/or quantify a patient's immune responsiveness to EphA2. The agonists also are useful in methods of modulating a patient's immune reactivity to EphA2, which has substantial utility as a treatment for cancers that overexpress EphA2, such as renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The EphA2 agonists also can be used to vaccinate a patient against EphA2, by in vivo or ex vivo methods.
摘要:
The present invention relates to novel non-human primate receptor tyrosine kinases. In particular, the present invention relates to Rhesus EphA2 and Cynomolgus EphA2 nucleotide and amino acid sequences.