Abstract:
Therapeutic regimens for administration of BAFF antagonists for treatment of immunologic and related disorders are described. Regimens involve a short-term BAFF antagonist administration course followed by an extended no-treatment period prior the round of administration.
Abstract:
The invention provides chimeric clotting factors comprising an activatable clotting factor and an enhancer moiety. The activatable clotting factor allows the chimeric clotting factor to be activated at the site of coagulation. The enhancer moiety can additionally improve procoagulation activities of the chimeric clotting factors. The chimeric clotting factors can further be improved by fusion to a half-life extender, which improves a pharmacokinetics property of the chimeric clotting factor. The invention also includes methods of making and methods of using these chimeric clotting factors.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to Death Receptor-6 (DR6) antagonists and methods of their use in improving motor neuron disease. Novel affinity enhanced anti-DR6 antibodies are also provided. The invention also pertains to methods of identifying additional anti-DR6 antagonists.
Abstract:
Compounds of formula (I) wherein: X is —O—, —S(O)r—, —CH2—, or —NR—, wherein r is 0, 1, or 2; X1, X2, and X5 are each independently CR7 or N; one of X3 or X4 is C and is attached by a single bond to -L-, and the other is CR7 or N, provided that no more than three of X1, X2, X3, X or X5 are N; Ring A is monocyclic C5-6scycloalkyl or a 5- to 6-membered monocyclic heterocyclyl comprising from 1 to 5 heteroatoms independently selected from N, S, or O; wherein Ring A is further optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 R4; provided that Ring A is not morpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl or tetrahydro-2H-pyranyl; L is a bond, —O—, —NR—, —S(O)n—, —CH2—, or —C(O)—, wherein n is 0, 1, or 2; 1 2 L1 is an C1-8alkylene, C3-scycloalkylene, —CH2-L2-, or a 3- to 8-membered heterocyclylene comprising 1 to 5; R1 is C6-20alkyl or a monocyclic C3-8cycloalkyl; wherein said C3-8cycloalkyl is substituted with at least one R6 and may be optionally substituted with from 1 to 5 additional R6 substituents, wherein R6 for each occurrence is independently selected; and R2 is —C(O)OR3, —C(O)N(R3)—S(O)2R3, —S(O)2OR3, —C(O)NHC(O)R3, —Si(O)OH, —B(OH)2, —N(R3)S(O)2R3, —S(O)2N(R3)2, —O—P(O)(OR3)2, or —P(O)(OR3)2, —CN, —S(O)2NHC(O)R3, —C(O)NHS(O)2R3, —C(O)NHOH, —C(O)NHCN, —CH(CF3)OH, —C(CF3)2OH, or a selected heteroaryl or heterocyclyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, can modulate the activity of one or more SIP receptors and/or the activity of autotaxin (ATX).
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides protease-activatable procoagulant compounds comprising a procoagulant polypeptide, e.g., a procoagulant peptide and/or clotting factor, and a linker comprising a protease-cleavable substrate (e.g., a synthetic thrombin substrate) and a self-immolative spacer (e.g., p-amino benzyl carbamate). Upon cleavage of the protease-cleavable substrate by a protease (e.g., thrombin), the self-immolative spacer cleaves itself from the procoagulant polypeptide such that the polypeptide is in an underivatized and active form. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treating bleeding disorders using the disclosed compounds, methods of enhancing in vivo efficacy of procoagulant polypeptides, methods of increasing the efficacy of proteolytic cleavage of compounds comprising procoagulant polypeptides, methods of activating procoagulant polypeptides, and methods of releasing a procoagulant polypeptide from a heterologous moiety such as PEG.
Abstract:
Endogenous Sp35 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination (Negative Regulator). Molecules that block endogenous Sp35 function, such anti-Sp35 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for Sp35, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous Sp35 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies. The invention further provides methods of promoting oligodendrocyte survival and myelination in a vertebrate, comprising administering to a vertebrate in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-Sp35 antibody.
Abstract:
Monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to M.96. Also included are methods of using these antibodies to treat mammals having or at risk of having 006-mediated diseases, or to diagnose % Q mediated diseases.