Abstract:
Uses and applications derived from the discovery of a novel binding site of IKK-β, such as method of screening a therapeutic agent as drug candidate for treating cancer, inflammation, or other diseases/disorders, are provided.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for authenticating age of longer-lived vascular plants based on microstructural data obtained either destructively or nondestructively and based on implementation of at least one model to determine growth-year of different cultivars.
Abstract:
One example embodiment relates to a method of increasing bioavailability of silybin in a person. The method includes providing silybin and a flavonoid to the person, wherein the flavonoid is tangeretin or baicalein. Another example embodiment relates to a method of treating chronic liver disease in a person by administering silybin and a flavonoid to the person to treat the chronic liver disease.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an in vivo platform for identifying and determining therapeutic or prophylactic activity of test compounds in delay-type hypersensitivity (DTH) and other inflammatory or cancerous diseases mediated by activation of IKK-βC46A mutants. The in vivo platform of the present invention is a non-human transgenic mammal, e.g., a mouse model, with a site directed mutagenesis at a cysteine residue replaced by alanine in IKK-β protein kinase. The site directed mutagenesis is introduced by a specially designed targeting vector containing a transversion in exon 3 of the Ikbkb genes encoding the IKK-β. The present invention also provides methods for generating the transgenic mammal and for determining and identifying compounds that can inhibit activation of IKK-βC46A mutants.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for identifying a therapeutic drug candidate for preventing and/or treating hypoxia-related heart disease. The present invention also provides a kit for screening a therapeutic drug candidate for preventing and/or treating hypoxia-related heart disease.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel compound derived from ginsenoside Rh2, the preparation methods and the use thereof in treating cancers.