Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080221120 | Modulation of Aquaporin in Modulation of Angiogenesis and Cell Migration - The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations, and methods for modulating angiogenesis and/or cell migration in a subject having a cellular proliferative disease (e.g., cancer), or a disease or condition amenable to treatment by enhancing cellular proliferation and cell migration (e.g., angiogenesis), by modulating the activity of an aquaporin, such as aquaporin-1. The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more of compounds that modulate the activity of aquaporin-1. | 09-11-2008 |
20080311041 | Water-Soluble, Fluorescent Compounds for Detection of Potassium Ions - The invention provides chromoionophore compounds comprising a triazacryptand (TAC) K | 12-18-2008 |
20080318984 | Compounds Having Activity in Correcting Mutant-Cftr Processing and Uses Thereof - The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for correcting cellular processing (e.g., folding, trafficking, or post-translational modification) of a mutant-cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (e.g., ΔF508 CFTR) that are useful for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more aminobenzothiazole-containing compounds, aminoarylthiazole-containing compounds, quinazolinylaminopyrimidinone-containing compounds, bisaminomethylbithiazole-containing compounds, or phenylaminoquino-line-containing compounds of the invention, or an analog or derivative thereof. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319008 | Compounds Having Activity in Increasing Ion Transport by Mutant-Cftr and Uses Thereof - The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for increasing activity (e.g., ion transport) of the mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (mutant-CFTR), e.g., ΔF508 CFTR, G551D-CFTR, G1349D-CFTR, or D1152H-CFTR, that are useful for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more phenylglycine-containing compounds or sulfonamide-containing compounds of the invention, or an analog or derivative thereof. | 12-25-2008 |
20090048207 | HYDRAZIDE-CONTAINING CFTR INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for inhibition of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) that are useful for the study and treatment of CFTR-mediated diseases and conditions. The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more hydrazide-containing compounds, and may additionally comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients and/or adjuvants. The methods of the invention comprise, in certain embodiments, administering to a patient suffering from a CFTR-mediated disease or condition, an efficacious amount of a hydrazide-containing compound. In other embodiments the invention provides methods of inhibiting CFTR that comprise contacting cells in a subject with an effective amount of a hydrazide-containing compound. In addition, the invention features a non-human animal model of CFTR-mediated disease which model is produced by administration of a hydrazide-containing compound to a non-human animal in an amount sufficient to inhibit CFTR. | 02-19-2009 |
20100130571 | CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR PROTEIN INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for inhibition of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) that are useful for the study and treatment of CFTR-mediated diseases and conditions. The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more thiazolidinone compounds, and may additionally comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients and/or adjuvants. The methods of the invention comprise, in certain embodiments, administering to a patient suffering from a CFTR-mediated disease or condition, an efficacious amount of a thiazolidinone compound. In other embodiments the invention provides methods of inhibiting CFTR that comprise contacting cells in a subject with an effective amount of a thiazolidinone compound. In addition, the invention features a non-human animal model of CFTR-mediated disease which model is produced by administration of a thiazolidinone compound to a non-human animal in an amount sufficient to inhibit CFTR. | 05-27-2010 |
20110119775 | HYDRAZIDE-CONTAINING CFTR INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for inhibition of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) that are useful for the study and treatment of CFTR-mediated diseases and conditions. The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more hydrazide-containing compounds, and may additionally comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients and/or adjuvants. The methods of the invention comprise, in certain embodiments, administering to a patient suffering from a CFTR-mediated disease or condition, an efficacious amount of a hydrazide-containing compound. In other embodiments the invention provides methods of inhibiting CFTR that comprise contacting cells in a subject with an effective amount of a hydrazide-containing compound. In addition, the invention features a non-human animal model of CFTR-mediated disease which model is produced by administration of a hydrazide-containing compound to a non-human animal in an amount sufficient to inhibit CFTR. | 05-19-2011 |
20120101143 | Compounds Having Activity in Increasing Ion Transport by Mutant-CFTR and Uses Thereof - The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for increasing activity (e.g., ion transport) of the mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (mutant-CFTR), e.g., DF508 CFTR, G551D-CFTR, G1349D-CFTR, or D1152H-CFTR, that are useful for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more phenylglycine-containing compounds or sulfonamide-containing compounds of the invention, or an analog or derivative thereof. | 04-26-2012 |