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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158642 | Carbamate compounds which inhibit leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4 Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, su... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8138272 | Preparation of polymer conjugates of therapeutic, agricultural, and food additive compounds This invention provides an improved synthesis of polymer conjugates of formula (I), of agricultural, therapeutic, and food additive compounds. In particular, a process is described for the preparation of conjugates by treat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8124350 | Methods and products for evaluating an immune response to a therapeutic protein The invention relates to methods and products for the identification of a clinically significant immune response in subjects treated with a therapeutic protein. A first aspect of the invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying a clinically signific... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7993627 | Methods for determining whether a compound alters the amount of at least one αβ (X-41) peptide and the amount of either total αβ or at least one αβ (X-40) peptide produced by a non-human mammal This invention provides methods of screening compounds for their ability to alter the production of Aβ(x≧41) alone or in combination with Aβ(x≦40). The methods involve administering compounds to cells, specifically measuring the amounts of Aβ(x≦40) and Aβ(... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7977368 | Pyrazolopyrrolidines as inhibitors of gamma secretase The invention provides compounds of Formula I wherein A, Y, R1, R1a, R2, and R2a are as described in the specification. Compounds of Formula I are useful in treating and/or preven... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977316 | Prevention and treatment of amyloidogenic diseases Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preventing or treating a number of amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, prion diseases, familial amyloid neuropathies and the like. The pharmaceutical compositions include immunologically reactive... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7968547 | Heteroaryl, heterocyclic and aryl compounds which inhibit leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4 Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, su... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7939657 | N-substituted benzene sulfonamides Disclosed are N-substituted benzenesulfonamides for use in treating or preventing cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's Disease. In Formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, R3′,... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7928203 | Chimeric, humanized, or human antibody 2A4 Methods useful for effecting prophylaxis or treatment of amyloidosis, including AA Amyloidosis and AL amyloidosis, by administering peptides comprising neoepitopes, such as AA fragments from a C-terminal region of AA, and antibodies specific for neoepitopes of aggre... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7919088 | Treatment and delay of onset of synucleinopathic and amyloidogenic disease The invention provides improved agents and methods for treatment of diseases associated with synucleinopathic diseases, including Lewy bodies of alpha-synuclein in the brain of a patient. Such methods entail administering agents that induce a beneficial immunogenic ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910333 | Antibodies to alpha-synuclein The invention provides methods for detecting alpha-synuclein. The invention also identifies preferred epitopes of alpha synuclein for use in such detection, and provides antibodies specifically binding to such epitopes. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906556 | Methods of treating amyloidosis using cyclopropyl derivative aspartyl protease inhibitors The invention relates to novel compounds and methods of treating diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with amyloidosis. Amyloidosis refers to a collection of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with abnormal deposition of A-beta protein. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901683 | Methods of inhibiting amyloid toxicity The present invention features methods and compositions for inhibiting amyloidogenic protein toxicity, inhibiting formation of an amyloidogenic protein deposit and/or treating amyloidogenic diseases by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of one or more... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7888291 | Substrates and assays for β-secretase The present invention is directed to novel substrates for Hu-Asp. More particularly, the invention provides peptide substrates and fusion polypeptide substrates comprising a β-secretase cleavage site. Methods and compositions for making and using the peptides are d... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7858642 | Substituted hydroxyethylamine aspartyl protease inhibitors The invention relates to novel compounds and also to methods of treating at least one disease, disorder, or condition associated with amyloidosis using such compounds. Amyloidosis refers to a collection of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with abnormal... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7829303 | Ligand screening method using a crystal of beta secretase The x-ray crystal structure of BACE or BACE-like proteins is useful for solving the structure of other molecules or molecular complexes, and identifying and/or designing potential modifiers of BACE activity. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829087 | Methods of treating cognitive impairment Methods and compositions for suppressing amyloid-mediated inhibition of long-term potentiation (LTP) are provided. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820687 | Pyrimidinyl sulfonamide compounds which inhibit leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4 Disclosed are compounds, which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a human or animal subject such as a... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816114 | Methods of using crystals of beta amyloid cleaving enzyme (BACE) Methods of using monoclinic crystals of human beta-secretase (BACE) having unit cell dimensions of a, b, and c, wherein a is about 81±20 Å to about 101 Å, b is 103±20 Å, c is 100±20 Å, and α=γ=90°, and β is 105°±10° for crystals of symmetry P2... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812123 | Alzheimer's disease secretase The present invention provides the enzyme and enzymatic procedures for cleaving the β secretase cleavage site of the APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells and cell isolates and assays. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811769 | Methods for aiding in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by measuring amyloid-β peptide (x-≧41) and tau This invention provides methods useful in aiding in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The methods involve measuring the amount of amyloid-β peptide (x−≧41) in the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient. High levels of the peptide generally are inconsistent with a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807167 | Administration of agents for the treatment of inflammation A method of chronically reducing a patient's pathological inflammation via the administration of an agent that specifically binds to an alpha-4 integrin or a dimer comprising an alpha-4 integrin is disclosed. The agent provided must have a binding affinity such that... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806980 | Method for crystallizing human beta secretase in complex with an inhibitor An inhibitor bound form of human beta secretase, also known as memapsin 2 and BACE, particularly in a glycosylated form as expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), HEK293 cells, or in insect cells as part of a Baculovirus expression system has been crystallized, an... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803739 | Substrates and assays for β-secretase The present invention is directed to novel substrates for Hu-Asp. More particularly, the invention provides peptide substrates and fusion polypeptide substrates comprising a β-secretase cleavage site. Methods and compositions for making and using the peptides are d... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7763632 | Pyrimidinyl amide compounds which inhibit leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4 Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a human or animal subject such as as... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7759382 | Acylated amino acid amidyl pyrazoles and related compounds This invention is directed to acylated amino acid amidyl pyrazoles and related compounds of Formula I. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical formation comprising such compound or in a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof. The invention is furth... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7754712 | Bridged N-cyclic sulfonamido inhibitors of gamma secretase The invention provides N-cyclic sulfonamido compounds and salts of Formula I: wherein A is as described in the specification and R1 and R2 combine to form a [3.3.1] or a [3.2.1] ring system, where the ni... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7745454 | Alpha amino acid derivatives-inhibitors of leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4 Disclosed are certain alpha amino acid compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7741328 | Heteroaryl, heterocyclic and aryl compounds which inhibit leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4 Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, su... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7732609 | 5-(arylsulfonyl)-pyrazolopiperidines The invention provides N-cyclic sulfonamido compounds of Formula I wherein A, B, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3 and R3a are as described in the specification. Compound... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7732183 | Method for refolding enzymes The invention provides methods for efficient recombinant expression, refolding, and purification of Beta-site APP cleaving enzyme (BACE) polypeptides. In various aspects, the method includes the steps of expressing a recombinant construct in bacteria, dissolving inc... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7727996 | Carbamate compounds which inhibit leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4 Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, su... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7718413 | Glycosylation variants of BACE Human BACE polypeptides having modifications to the N-linked glycosylation sites including one or more of the following amino acid substitutions: S174I, N223A, N153Q and N354S. DNA sequences, vectors, and host cells for producing the polypeptides. Crystalline protei... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7700309 | Methods for aiding in the diagnosis of alzheimer's disease by measuring amyloid-β peptide (X->41) and tau This invention provides methods useful in aiding in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The methods involve measuring the amount of amyloid-β peptide (x-≧41) in the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient. High levels of the peptide generally are inconsistent with a d... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7674599 | Methods of using antibodies to detect alpha-synuclein in fluid samples The invention provides methods for detecting alpha-synuclein. The invention also identifies preferred epitopes of alpha synuclein for use in such detection, and provides antibodies specifically binding to such epitopes. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674597 | Signaling intermediates in an in vitro model of Alzheimer's disease The invention provides a novel human protein, FISH adaptor protein, involved in amyloid β-protein-mediated cell death. Also provided are methods for modulating amyloid β-protein-mediated cell death using agents that interfere with the activity of FISH adaptor prot... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7645780 | Acetyl 2-hydroxy-1, 3-diaminoalkanes Disclosed are compounds of the formula: where variables Z, X, R15, R2, R3, and Rc are defined herein. Compounds disclosed herein are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and ar... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7635775 | Sulfonylquinoxalone derivatives and related compounds as bradykinin antagonists Disclosed are sulfonylquinoxalone acetamide derivatives useful as bradykinin antagonists. ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7608749 | Monitoring APP cleavage in transgenic rodents comprising an APP Swedish mutation The invention provides transgenic non-human animals and transgenic non-human mammalian cells harboring a transgene encoding an APP polypeptide comprising the Swedish mutation. ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7601528 | Crystallization and structure determination of glycosylated human beta secretase, an enzyme implicated in alzheimer's disease An inhibitor bound form of human beta secretase, also known as memapsin 2 and BACE, particularly in a glycosylated form as expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), HEK293 cells, or in insect cells as part of a Baculovirus expression system has been crystallized, an... | 10/13/2009 |