Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of vaccination or immunization, in particular therapeutic vaccination, and diagnosis. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits capable ofeliciting a protective immune response against polyoma virus JC (JCV) are disclosed, which may be used e.g., for therapy or for prevention of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and/or progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (PML-IRIS). Individuals in danger of such PML or PML-IRIS may, e.g., be immuno-compromised or immunosuppressed patients or patients having an autoimmune disease eligible for immunosuppressive treatment. The invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one CD4+ epitope of a JCV protein and to therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic uses thereof.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method are disclosed for evaluating an input polynomial (p(x)) in a (possibly trivial) extension of the finite field of its coefficients, which are useful in applications such as syndrome evaluation in the decoding of cyclic codes. The apparatus comprises a decomposition/evaluation module (110) configured to iteratively decompose the input polynomial into sums of powers of the variable x, multiplied by powers of transformed polynomials, wherein each transformed polynomial has a reduced degree as compared to the input polynomial, and to evaluate the decomposed input polynomial. In another aspect, an apparatus and method of identifying errors in a data string based in a cyclic code are disclosed, which employ the Cantor-Zassenhaus algorithm for finding the roots of the error-locator polynomial, and which employ Shank's algorithm for computing the error locations from these roots.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in a patient, com detecting, in a sample obtained from said patient, junction plakoglobin (SEQ ID 001) or a polypeptide related thereto. It further relates to devices and kits for detection of junction plakoglobin.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及用于诊断患者心血管疾病的方法,其在从所述患者获得的样品中检测连接蛋白(SEQ ID NO:001)或与其相关的多肽。 它进一步涉及用于检测结合红血球蛋白的装置和试剂盒。
Abstract:
A method for synthesizing a complex having the formula: [L3MO3]" wherein L3 represents a tridentate ligand, M represents a metal selected from Tc an Re, and n is a charge from -2 to +1, the method comprising: a) reaction of pertechnetate or perrhenate with a reducing agent and L3, or b) reaction of pertechnetate or perrhenate with a Lewis acid and L3, wherein the synthesis (a) or (b) is carried out in an aqueous medium.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of treating scleroderma. The method consists in the upregulation of miR-29 by administration of miR-29 or a miR-29 upregulator which elevates circulating and/or intracellular concentrations of miR-29. The invention likewise relates to the use of miR-29 for such a treatment, and the use of miR-29 for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of scleroderma.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to paromamine-based compounds according to formula (I) having selective antimicrobial activity directed at ribosomal 16S RNA. Furthermore, the invention is directed to the use of said compounds for preparing a medicament, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for preparing said compounds.
Abstract:
A novel method of identifying and obtaining molecules interacting with neurodegenerative, neurological or neuropsychiatric disorder-associated proteins is provided, which is suitable for drug screening and drug development. Furthermore, drugs and drug targets for the therapeutic intervention of neurodegenerative, neurological or neuropsychiatric disorders, in particular Alzheimer's disease are described.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a process for preparing olopatadine or a salt thereof, comprising:. (a) reacting 11-oxo-6,11-dihydroxydibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid, a Wittig reagent selected from the group consisting of 3-dimethylamino-propyltriphenylphosphonium halides and salts thereof, and a suitable base, under Wittig reaction conditions, to provide a reaction mixture containing olopatadine; (b) adding an amount of water sufficient to protonate residual ylide present in the reaction mixture to provide a hydrolyzed reaction mixture; (c) adjusting, if necessary, the pH of the hydrolyzed reaction mixture, or aqueous phase thereof, to a pH of about pH 12 or higher to convert excess 3-dimethylamino- propyltriphenylphosphonium halide, or salt thereof, into 3-dimethylamino- propyldiphenylphosphine oxide; (d) extracting the solution of step (c) with a suitable solvent to provide a solution containing a diastereomeric mixture of olopatadine and (E)-11 -[3-dimethylaminopropylidene]- 6,1 l-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid and having a substantially reduced amount of 3- dimethylamino-propyldiphenylphosphine oxide; (e) adjusting the pH of the solution obtained in step (d) to a pH between pH 4 and pH 5 to provide acid-addition salts of olopatadine and (E)-11-[3-dimethylaminopropylidene]- 6,1 l-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid; (f) extracting the acid-addition salts of olopatadine and (E)-11-[3- dimethylaminopropylidene]-6,l l-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic with a water-miscible solvent selected from the group consisting of (i) n-butanol; and (ii) mixtures of methyl-THF and a C1-C4 alcohol; provided that if the selected solvent is a mixture of methyl-THF and a Cl - C4 alcohol, then the solution is evaporated and the residue is taken up in n-butanol/water; (g) concentrating by azeotropic distillation the n-butanol/water solvent containing the acid-addition salts of olopatadine and (E)-11-[3-dimethylaminopropylidene]-6,11- dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-acetic acid; and (h) fractionnally crystallizing the acid-addition salt of olopatadine.
Abstract:
The present invention provides novel polymorphic and pseudopolymorphic forms of Trandolaprilat, including crystalline Trandolaprilat Form A, crystalline Trandolaprilat Form B, crystalline Trandolaprilat Form C, crystalline Trandolaprilat Form D, crystalline Trandolaprilat Form E, and mixtures thereof. The invention also provides novel methods for producing Trandolaprilat, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Trandolaprilat, and polymorphic and pseudopolymorphic forms of Trandolaprilat, pharmaceutical compositions including one or more novel Trandolaprilat compounds and methods for treating high blood pressure and/or cardiac insufficiency using one or more novel Trandolaprilat compounds.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of metal tricarbonyl compounds of the general formula [M(CO),L,]', wherein M is rhenium or technetium or an isotope thereof and L is a ligand, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of cancer that is both radiotherapeutic and chemotoxic when a radioactive metal is used and chemotoxic when cold rhenium or macroscopic amounts of long-lived Tc-99 is used. The medicament is in particular chemotoxic by causing intrastrand linkages in DNA. In a specific embodiment at least one of L is not OH2. The invention further relates to novel compounds of the general formula IM(CO)3XIX2X3]+and their use, wherein M is rhenium or technetium or an isotope thereof and at least one of X1. X2 and X3 is a monodentate ligand; or two of X, X2 and X3 are part of a bidentate ligand and the other one is optionally a monodentate ligand.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及通式[M(CO),L,]'的金属三羰基化合物的用途,其中M是铼或锝或其同位素,L是配体,用于制备治疗药物 当放射性金属被使用时既放射治疗又具有化学毒性,并且当使用冷铼或宏观量的长寿命Tc-99时具有化学毒性。 该药物特别是通过在DNA中引起链内连锁的化学毒性。 在具体实施方案中,L中的至少一个不是OH 2。 本发明还涉及通式为IM(CO)3 XIX 2 X 3] +的新化合物及其用途,其中M为铼或锝或其同位素和X1中的至少一种。 X2和X3是单齿配体; X,X 2和X 3中的两个是二齿配体的一部分,另一个是任选的单齿配体。