Abstract:
La presente invención se refiere al empleo de inhibidores de Ia actividad y/o expresión de Ia isoforma endotelial de Ia enzima NO sintasa (eNOS) en Ia preparación de un medicamento para aumentar Ia velocidad de regeneración de nervios periféricos lesionados en un sujeto en necesidad de dicho tratamiento. Asimismo, contempla el empleo de vectores que dirigen Ia expresión de los inhibidores de eNOS en Ia fabricación de dichos medicamentos, Io que permite acelerar Ia recuperación de Ia comunicación neuromuscular tras Ia lesión mediante una sola aplicación por inyección intraneural.
Abstract:
A treatment for SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock in a mammalian subject by utilizing a method and therapeutic agent for inhibiting the binding of particulate iNOS to cells. The agent takes the form of a cellular receptor antagonist.
Abstract:
The instant invention provides methods for treating a solid tumor in a subject comprising modulating nitric oxide production in the tumor to normalize tumor vasculature and administering an anti-tumor therapy to the subject. The invention further provides methods of treating a solid tumor in a subject comprising selectively increasing cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) or cGMP dependent protein kinase G production in the tumor vasculature to an amount effective to normalize tumor vasculature and administering an anti-tumor therapy to the subject.
Abstract:
The invention provides methods and materials related to heart valves and the treatment of valvular heart disease. Specifically, the invention provides non-murine heart valve cells and heart valve cusps as well as methods for making heart valves. The invention also provides methods and materials for (1) slowing heart valve degeneration, thrombosis, and calcification, (2) treating carcinoid heart disease, (3) identifying inhibitors of heart valve degeneration, thrombosis, and calcification, and (4) determining the safety of drugs.
Abstract:
Use of an agent (I) that stimulates production of nitric oxide (NO) or prostacyclin (II), for treatment or prevention of intimal hyperplasia in a blood vessel is new. Also claimed are: (1) implants containing (I), and (2) a device for delivering a therapeutic agent (A) to a blood vessel comprising a body that can be sealed around the vessel and includes (A) which, during use, is in contact with the adventitial surface of the vessel.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a catheter containing an inflatable balloon, which is at its perifery provided with hollow extensions that communicate between the outside of the balloon and the lumen of the catheter for use in the gene therapeutic treatment of local disorders by transfer of a desired gene to a target cell or tissue being part of or being located in the vicinity of a blood vessel. The catheter is preferably the Infiltrator3 catheter.
Abstract:
Recombinant adenovirus comprising a gene coding for an NO synthase, its use in the treatment of restenosis and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions.
Abstract:
A human tissue inducible nitric oxyde synthase cDNA clone is disclosed. A process for preparing this cDNA clone coding for human tissue inducible nitric oxyde synthase and for expressing the human tissue inducible nitric oxyde synthase protein are provided.
Abstract:
The application generally relates to bioproduction of molecules of interest in micro- organisms, more particularly in microalgae. In particular, the application relates to methods for increasing triacylglycerol production in micro-organisms, in particular in microalgae, using recombinant micro-organisms which have been genetically engineered to produce or overproduce nitric oxide (NO) and uses thereof.
Abstract:
It is demonstrated herein that nNOS-µ is an important modulator of muscle function, and that the loss of nNOS-µ contributes to pathogenesis in neuromuscular diseases, including DMD. Furthermore, the impact of the restoration of cytoplasmic and sarcolemma-localized nNOS-µ on mdx skeletal muscle pathology and function is demonstrated. Accordingly, provided herein are compositions, including therapeutic and pharmaceutical compositions, comprising nNOS-µ fusion proteins and derivatives thereof, and methods of treating neuromuscular disorders using such nNOS-µ fusion proteins.