Abstract:
The present invention includes methods for treating Niemann-Pick Type C disease through administration of inhibitors of acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase 1 (ACAT1). ACAT inhibitors are used to treat symptoms of Niemann-Pick Type C disease and prolong survival of patients with the disease, either alone or in combination with other treatments.
Abstract:
The present invention is a method for identifying compounds that are allosteric and/or other novel ACAT inhibitors that is based on the novel finding that pregnenolone is a substrate for ACAT; esterification of pregnenolone by ACAT is dramatically activated when cholesterol is present in the assay. The method comprises measuring the esterification of pregnenolone by ACAT under two different conditions: with cholesterol, or without cholesterol. This method can be used to test and categorize various candidate ACAT inhibitors as allosteric or other novel ACAT inhibitors, or it can be used in high-throughput screening for identifying such ACAT inhibitors.
Abstract:
Each of a method for determining a parasitic capacitance and an apparatus for determining the parasitic capacitance provides for an experimental correlation within a parasitic capacitance model of a series of conductor layer nominal dimensions and spacings with a process related deviation to provide a series of conductor layer actual dimensions and spacings. The method and the apparatus further provide for determining the parasitic capacitance while employing the conductor layer actual dimensions and spacings. The parasitic capacitance is thus determined with enhanced accuracy.
Abstract:
A new method to determine a parameter of a damascene interconnect in an integrated circuit device is achieved. Drawn dimensions and local pattern density of a damascene interconnect are extracted in an integrated circuit device. A parameter of the damascene interconnect is calculating using the drawn dimensions and the local pattern density to select a per unit value from a set of per unit values measured over a range of drawn dimension and pattern density combinations. The method may be used to improve the accuracy of extracted damascene metal line resistance and parasitic capacitance.
Abstract:
This invention pertains to purified, biologically active acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and to nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) encoding acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase. The nucleic acid, or a fragment thereof, may be ligated with an expression vector and transfected into cells to express acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase activity in intact cells and in cell-free extracts.
Abstract:
This invention pertains to purified, biologically active acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and to nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) encoding acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase. The nucleic acid, or a fragment thereof, may be ligated with an expression vector and transfected into cells to express acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase activity in intact cells and in cell-free extracts.
Abstract:
The present invention features methods for decreasing the size and density of amyloid plaques, decreasing cognitive decline associated with amyloid pathology, and treating Alzheimer's disease by selectively inhibiting the activity of Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1, but not Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 2.
Abstract:
The present invention provides LMCD1 cancer markers, and methods, compositions, and kits for their use. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, and transgenic animals comprising one or more LMCD1 mutations, and methods for their use in characterizing, diagnosing, and treating cancers, and for identifying potential therapeutics. The invention also provides cancer therapeutics.
Abstract:
The present invention features methods for decreasing the size and density of amyloid plaques, decreasing cognitive decline associated with amyloid pathology, and treating Alzheimer's disease by selectively inhibiting the activity of Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1, but not Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 2.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) design method includes providing a design layout defined in a plurality of grids; simulating a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process to an IC substrate with a patterned structure defined by the design layout, generating a dielectric thickness and a metal thickness on one of the plurality of grids; extracting a capacitance based on the dielectric thickness on the one of the plurality of grids; and extracting a resistance based on the metal thickness on the one of the plurality of grids.