摘要:
Synthetic bodies having a thee-dimensional structure, sized and shaped to resemble apoptotic cells and apoptotic bodies, and comprising phospho-amino acid-side group carrying entities such as beads, are provided. They can be administered to a patient, to alleviate a variety of disorders such as T-cell mediated disorders (autoimmune conditions), inflammatory disorders neurodegenerative disorders and endothelial dysfunction disorders.
摘要:
The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the protease peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the protease peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the protease peptides.
摘要:
The invention provides isolated nucleic acids that encode human angiomotin-like protein (AMLP1), including two isoforms, and fragments thereof, vectors for propagating and expressing AMLP1 nucleic acids, host cells comprising the nucleic acids and vectors of the present invention, proteins, protein fragments, and protein fusions of the novel AMLP1 isoforms, and antibodies thereto. The invention further provides transgenic cells and non-human organisms comprising AMLP1 nucleic acids, and transgenic cells and non-human organisms with targeted disruption of the endogenous orthologue of the AMLP1 gene. The invention further provides pharmaceutical formulations of the nucleic acids, proteins, and antibodies of the present invention, and diagnostic, investigational, and therapeutic methods based on the AMLP1 nucleic acids, proteins, and antibodies of the present invention.
摘要:
Polypeptides that contain zinc finger-nucleotide binding regions that bind to nucleotide sequences of the formula CNN are provided. Compositions containing a plurality of polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides and methods of regulating gene expression with such polypeptides, compositions and polynucleotides are also provided.
摘要:
This invention relates to newly identified polypeptides which have zinc metalloprotease activities and are referred to as IGS5, and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, to their use in therapy and in identifying compounds which may be stimulators and/or inhibitors which are useful in therapy, and to production of such polypeptides and polynucleotides.
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The invention concerns methods for detecting, identifying and/or screening compounds in particular for use in treating cancers and certain neurodegenerative diseases related to dysfunction in tumour suppression regulation and/or apoptosis, in the biological chain of p53, said methods being based on interaction between TSAP6 and its binding partners identified in the present invention.
摘要:
The present invention provides the enzyme and enzymatic procedures for cleaving the null secretase cleavage site of the APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells and cell isolates and assays. The invention further provides a modified APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells, and cell isolates, and assays that are particularly useful for identifying candidate therapeutics for treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
摘要:
Here we describe the molecular identification of a cDNA encoding a novel serine protease we have termed D-G. The deduced amino acid sequence, and it's alignment with other well characterized serine proteases clearly indicates that it is a member of the S1 serine protease family. We have found that the protease D-G mRNA is widely expressed in several tissues throughout the body including epidermis, fibroblasts, keratinocytes, colon, small intestine, stomach, lung, kidney, bone marrow, lymph node, thymus, ovary, prostate, uterus and spinal cord. Interestingly, this protease contains a hydrophobic stretch of amino acids which is a putative transmembrane near the NH2-terminus. Thus, this serine protease is thought to be synthesized as a type II integral protein. We expressed a soluble form of this novel human protease by inserting the portion of the protease D-G cDNA, encoding the catalytic domain, in a zymogen activation construct designed to permit the generic activation of heterologous serine protease catalytic domains. The result is an active preparation of protease D-G that has an activity against a subset of amidolytic substrates. This enzymatically active protease D-G preparation is now amenable to further biochemical analyses for the identification of physiological substrates as well as specific inhibitors.