Abstract:
Methods are provided for stem cell therapy using inhibitors of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). Inhibition of LPA may be direct or indirect; particularly preferred direct inhibitors of LPA are antibodies to LPA, including humanized monoclonal antibodies to LPA. Such inhibitors are used in combination with stem cells for the treatment of injuries, diseases, or conditions amenable to treatment by stem cell therapy.
Abstract:
Methods for administering combinations of compositions comprising anti-S1P antibodies or antibody fragments and modulators of sphingolipid metabolic pathway enzymes are described. Such methods allow aberrant or undesirable levels of S1P to be reduced in patients known or suspected to have a disease or disorder correlated with aberrant S1P levels, and thus will be useful in treating such diseases and disorders.
Abstract:
Compositions and methods for producing monoclonal antibodies and their derivatives reactive against bioactive lipid targets are described. These compositions include derivatized lipids, each of which comprises a bioactive lipid that having a polar head group and at least one hydrocarbon chain (e.g., a lysolipid such as lysophosphatidic acid or sphingosine-1 -phosphate) in which a carbon atom has been derivatized with a pendant reactive group; immunogens made by linking a derivatized lipid to a carrier moiety (e.g., a carrier protein, polyethylene glycol, colloidal gold, alginate, or a silicone bead); monoclonal antibodies and derivatives produced by immunizing an animal with such an immunogen; and therapeutic and diagnostic compositions containing such antibodies and antibody derivatives. Methods for making such derivatized lipids, immunogens, and monoclonal antibodies and derivatives, methods for detecting such antibodies once generated, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using such antibodies and derivatives, are also described.
Abstract:
Compositions and methods for producing monoclonal antibodies and their derivatives reactive against bioactive lipid targets are described. These compositions include derivatized lipids, each of which comprises a bioactive lipid that having a polar head group and at least one hydrocarbon chain (e.g., a lysolipid such as lysophosphatidic acid or sphingosine-1 -phosphate) in which a carbon atom has been derivatized with a pendant reactive group; immunogens made by linking a derivatized lipid to a carrier moiety (e.g., a carrier protein, polyethylene glycol, colloidal gold, alginate, or a silicone bead); monoclonal antibodies and derivatives produced by immunizing an animal with such an immunogen; and therapeutic and diagnostic compositions containing such antibodies and antibody derivatives. Methods for making such derivatized lipids, immunogens, and monoclonal antibodies and derivatives, methods for detecting such antibodies once generated, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using such antibodies and derivatives, are also described.
Abstract:
Monotherapies and combination therapies for treating hyperproliferative disorders are described, as are compositions for performing such methods.
Abstract:
Methods for preventing or treating pain are provided. Such methods comprise administering to a subject (e.g., a human subject) an antibody or antibody fragment that binds LPA. The antibody may be a humanized monoclonal antibody.
Abstract:
Methods for preventing and treating pain are provided. These methods involve administering to a subject, including a human subject, an antibody or antibody fragment that binds LPA. Preferably, antibody is a humanized anti-LPA monoclonal antibody, or an antigen-binding fragment derived from such an antibody.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compositions that comprise an anti-SIP monoclonal antibody, antibody fragment, or derivative in a carrier, particularly a buffered, hypertonic aqueous solution, as well as to kits containing such compositions, and methods for using such compositions for treatment of diseases and conditions associated with SlP.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to anti-SIP agents, for example, humanized monoclonal antibodies, and their uses for detection of SIP or for treatment of diseases and conditions associated with SIP.