Abstract:
The present invention refers to a method of treating tumor growth and metastasis in a mammal, the treating comprising administering allogeneic effector cells together with trifunctional bispecific or trispecific antibodies or a combination thereof having the following properties: a) binding to a T cell b) binding to at least one antigen on a tumor cell c) binding via their Fc portion in the case of trifunctional bispecific antibodies or via third specificity in the case of trispecific antibodies to Fc receptor positive cells; the antibodies redirecting the allogenic cells away from host tissues in order to substantially reduce or avoid a graft versus host disease.
Abstract:
Halogenated aliphatic carboxylic acids, salts and/or oligomers or polymers thereof, which exhibit a devitalizing effect of neoplastic tissues, are disclosed. Methods and uses that utilize these compounds for the treatment of medical conditions associated with a neoplastic tissue are also disclosed. Further disclosed are methods and uses that utilize these compounds for reducing or abolishing blood and lymph as well local dissemination of malignant neoplastic cells during a surgical removal thereof, thereby preventing recurrences and distance metastases, and/or inducing immune response to potentially malignant, pre-malignant and/or malignant cells. Further disclosed are novel oligomeric forms of halogenated aliphatic carboxylic acids, pharmaceutical compositions containing same and uses thereof.
Abstract:
A composition comprising bone marrow cells (BMC) and demineralized bone matrix (DBM) and/or mineralized bone matrix (MBM) and optionally comprising bone morphogenetic protein/s (BMP) and/or other active agents, particularly for use in the transplantation of mesenchymal progenitor cells into a joint and/or a cranio-facial maxillary bone, for restoring and/or enhancing the formation of a new hyaline cartilage and subchondral bone structure. The composition of the invention and method of treatment employing the same may be used for the treatment of hereditary or acquired bone disorders, hereditary or acquired cartilage disorders, malignant bone or cartilage disorders, metabolic bone diseases, bone infections, conditions involving bone or cartilage deformities and Paget's disease. The composition and method may further be used for the correction of complex fractures, bone replacement and formation of new bone in plastic or sexual surgery, for support of implants of joints, cranio-facial-maxillary bones, or other musculoskeletal implants, including artificial implants. The method of the invention may further be used for treating damaged joints or degenerative arthropathy associated with malformation and/or dysfunction of cartilage and/or subchondral bone. A kit is provided for performing transplantation into a joint or a cranio-facial-maxillary bone of a mammal of the composition of the invention.
Abstract:
The present invention refers to a method of treating tumor growth and metastasis in a mammal, said treating comprising administering allogenic effector cells together with trifunctional bispecific or trispecific antibodies or a combination thereof having the following properties: a) binding to a T cell b) binding to at least one antigen on a tumor cell c) binding via their Fc portion in the case of trifunctional bispecific antibodies or via third specificity in the case of trispecific antibodies to Fc receptor positive cells said antibodies redirecting the allogenic cells away from host tissues in order to substantially reduce or avoid a graft versus host disease.
Abstract:
Serious hematologic malignancies are treated through high dose or lethal chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy conditioning regimens followed by rescue with allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) or autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). These myeloablative/lymphoablative (M/L) treatment regimens involve the elimination of both the patient's hematopoietic stem cells and T-lymphocytes, often leading to serious complications including graft versus host disease (GVHD). The claimed invention addresses some of these problems by providing a conditioning regimen that is designed to eliminate the patient's T-lymphocytes while retaining a functional population of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). This non-myeloablative/lymphoablative (-/L) conditioning regimen involves the administration of one or more agents such as purine analogs (e.g., fludarabine), alkylating agents (e.g., bisulfan, cyclophosphamide), or anti-leukocyte globulins (e.g., anti-T lymphocyte globulin). After this, a donor-derived allogeneic stem cell preparation is administered to the patient. Patients treated according to the claimed invention develop donor-specific unresponsiveness and relatively fewer complications as compared to standard M/L conditioning regimens. The claimed methodologies should prove useful in the treatment of a number of hematologic malignancies such as chronic myelogenous leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Abstract:
The invention provides an intracoronary stent coated with a quinazolinone derivative of formula (I), wherein n is 1 or 2, R.sub.1 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, nitro, benzo, lower alkyl, phenyl and lower alkoxy; R.sub.2 is a member of the group consisting of hydroxy, acetoxy and lower alkoxy, and R3 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkenoxy-carbonyl, and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, for preventing restenosis after angioplasty.
Abstract:
The invention provides a composition for attenuating neovascularization crising administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: ##STR1## wherein: n=1 or 2; R.sub.1 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, nitro, benzo, lower alkyl, phenyl and lower alkoxy;R.sub.2 is a member of the group consisting of hydroxy, acetoxy, and lower alkoxy, andR.sub.3 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkenoxy-carbonyl;as an active ingredient therein, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Abstract:
The invention provides a composition for attenuating mesangial cell proliation, comprising an amount of a compound of formula 1: ##STR1## wherein: "n=1 or 2"R.sup.1 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, nitro, benzo, lower, alkyl, phenyl and lower alkoxy;R.sub.2 is a member of the group consisting of hydroxy, acetoxy, and lower alkoxy, andR.sub.3 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkenoxy-carbonyl;effective to attenuate mesangial cell proliferation and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof.
Abstract:
The use of an anti-MS quinoline-3-carboxamide compound comprising the structure of formula (I), optionally with substituents for the H.sup.1-9 hydrogen, or a salt of said compound where (a) ------------- represents that there are two conjugated double bonds between atoms comprised by the dashed line (only formula I), (b) the hydrogens H.sup.7 and H.sup.8 are attached to different atoms selected from X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and the nitrogen atom in the quinoline ring, (c) X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are independently selected from an oxygen atom or an NH.sup.9 group, said X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 being bound by a single bond to the ring when carrying H.sub.7 or H.sub.8 and by a double bond when not carrying H.sup.7 or H.sup.8, for the manufacture of a composition intended for the treatment of conditions associated with MS. Also described are treatment regimens for MS patients. The particularly preferred compound is roquinimex or a salt thereof.
Abstract:
The invention provides an anti-fibrotic composition, comprising an amount a compound of formula I: ##STR1## wherein: n=1 or 2R.sub.1 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, nitro, benzo, lower alkyl, phenyl and lower alkoxy;R.sub.2 is a member of the group consisting of hydroxy, acetoxy, and lower alkoxy, andR.sub.3 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkenoxy-carbonyl;effective to inhibit collagen type I synthesis as active ingredient therein.
Abstract translation:本发明提供一种抗纤维化组合物,其包含一定量的式I化合物:其中:n = 1或2 R 1为氢,卤素,硝基,苯并,低级烷基, 苯基和低级烷氧基; R2是由羟基,乙酰氧基和低级烷氧基组成的组的成员,R3是氢和低级链烯氧羰基的成员; 有效抑制I型胶原合成作为活性成分。