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Jack A. Elias

Jack A. Elias, New Haven, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100247538IL-18 and Protein Kinase R Inhibition for the Treatment of COPD - The present invention encompasses compositions and methods directed to preventing, inhibiting, or treating inflammation, alveolar remodeling, or cell death in lung which results from elevation of IL-18, IFN-γ, or PKR where the methods of the present invention comprise administering an IL-18 inhibitor, an IL-18Rα inhibitor, and IFNγ inhibitor, a PKR inhibitor, and any combination thereof to an individual experiencing inflammation, alveolar remodeling, or cell death in lung. The present invention further encompasses a method of alleviating exacerbations of COPD frequently caused by viral infection by administering inflammation, alveolar remodeling, or cell death in lung to a patient with COPD at risk of developing a viral infection or who has acquired a viral infection.09-30-2010

Jack A. Elias, Aichi JP

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20100216865MicroRNA COMPOSITIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF VEGF-MEDIATED DISORDERS - The invention provides methods of treating diseases caused by the over-production of a VEGF polypeptide by administering miRNA or miRNA inhibitor compositions to decrease at least one activity of a VEGF polypeptide.08-26-2010

Jack A. Elias, Woodbridge, CT US

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20090148539Methods, compositions, and kits relating to chitinases and chitinase-like molecules and inflammatory disease - The present invention includes compositions and methods for the treatment of inflammatory disease (e.g. asthma, COPD, inflammatory bowel disease, atopic dermatitis, atopy, allergy, allergic rhinitis, scleroderma, and the like), relating to inhibiting a chitinase-like molecule. The invention further includes methods to identify new compounds for the treatment of inflammatory disease, including, but not limited to, asthma, COPD and the like. This is because the present invention demonstrates, for the first time, that expression of IL-13, and of a chitinase-like molecule, mediates and/or is associated with inflammatory disease and that inhibiting the chitinase-like molecule treats and even prevents, the disease. Thus, the invention relates to the novel discovery that inhibiting a chitinase-like molecule treats and prevents an inflammatory disease.06-11-2009
20090149410Methods, compositions, and kits relating to chitinases and chitinase-like molecules and inflammatory disease - The present invention includes compositions and methods for the treatment of inflammatory disease (e.g. asthma, COPD, inflammatory bowel disease, atopic dermatitis, atopy, allergy, allergic rhinitis, scleroderma, and the like), relating to inhibiting a chitinase-like molecule. The invention further includes methods to identify new compounds for the treatment of inflammatory disease, including, but not limited to, asthma, COPD and the like. This is because the present invention demonstrates, for the first time, that expression of IL-13, and of a chitinase-like molecule, mediates and/or is associated with inflammatory disease and that inhibiting the chitinase-like molecule treats and even prevents, the disease. Thus, the invention relates to the novel discovery that inhibiting a chitinase-like molecule treats and prevents an inflammatory disease.06-11-2009
20090155266Methods and Compositions Relating to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and TH2 Mediated Inflammatory Diseases - The present invention includes compositions and methods for the treatment of a Th2 mediated inflammatory disease, relating to inhibiting a VEGF. The invention further includes methods to identify new compounds for the treatment of a Th2 mediated inflammatory disease, including, but not limited to, asthma and the like. This is because the present invention demonstrates, for the first time, that expression of VEGF induces asthma-like phenotype and that inhibiting VEGF reverses the phenotype. Thus, the invention relates to the novel discovery that inhibiting VEGF treats and prevents an Th2 mediated inflammatory disease.06-18-2009
20090162347METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS RELATING TO CHITINASES AND CHITINASE-LIKE MOLECULES AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASE - The present invention includes compositions and methods for the treatment of inflammatory disease (e.g., asthma, COPD, inflammatory bowel disease, atopic dermatitis, atopy, allergy, allergic rhinitis, scleroderma, and the like), relating to inhibiting a chitinase-like molecule. The invention further includes methods to identify new compounds for the treatment of inflammatory disease, including, but not limited to, asthma, COPD and the like. This is because the present invention demonstrates, for the first time, that expression of IL-13, and of a chitinase-like molecule, mediates and/or is associated with inflammatory disease and that inhibiting the chitinase-like molecule treats and even prevents, the disease. Thus, the invention relates to the novel discovery that inhibiting a chitinase-like molecule treats and prevents an inflammatory disease.06-25-2009
20090202533TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF TH2 MEDIATED DISORDERS - The present invention provides a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of T-helper type 2 (Th2)-mediated disorders using antagonists of IL-11.08-13-2009
20100104570Semaphorin 7A Plays a Critical Role in TGF-Beta1-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis and Alveolar Destruction - The present invention provides methods of treating a subject diagnosed with, or at risk for developing, pathogenic fibrosis, particularly pulmonary fibrosis. The method of the invention comprises administering to the subject a compound or composition which inhibits semaphorin (SEMA) 7A, SEMA 7A receptors, or downstream effectors. A SEMA 7A inhibitor comprises an antibody, a soluble SEMA 7A receptor, an siRNA, a ribozyme, an antisense, an aptamer, a peptidomimetic, a small molecule, a soluble receptor, or any combinations thereof.04-29-2010

Patent applications by Jack A. Elias, Woodbridge, CT US