METHOD FOR EVALUATING ARTICULAR JOINT THERAPEUTICS

    公开(公告)号:US20180267062A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-20

    申请号:US15986326

    申请日:2018-05-22

    Inventor: Kevin J. Ruff

    Abstract: The invention provides a method for determining the efficacy of compositions used to treat articular joint conditions in mammals. The method includes measuring the change in levels of one or more cartilage degradation biomarkers in a mammal from before exercise and after exercise, then administering a composition used to treat articular joint conditions to the mammal, and measuring the change in levels of one or more cartilage degradation biomarkers in the mammal from before exercise and after exercise.

    ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE

    公开(公告)号:US20170096457A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-06

    申请号:US15311667

    申请日:2015-05-15

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating or inhibiting inflammation in a subject by administering an anti-inflammatory protein to the subject. In some embodiments, the protein has at least 80% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1 or fragments thereof. Also disclosed are methods of identifying anti-inflammatory compounds by determining the effect of test compounds on inflammation in zebrafish gut. In some embodiments, germ-free zebrafish or zebrafish inoculated with a single defined bacterial strain are contacted with one or more test compounds and a marker of inflammation in the gut is measured and compared to a control. Recombinant vectors including a nucleic acid encoding the anti-inflammatory protein (such as a nucleic acid encoding a protein with at least 80% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 or fragments thereof) operably linked to a heterologous promoter are also disclosed.

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