A peptide for regulating fat metabolism is described. The peptide is selected from the group consisting of: YLGASVPSPDPLEP (SEQ ID NO: 1); YLNNGLGAPAPYPDPLEP (SEQ ID NO: 4); PDPLEP (SEQ ID NO: 14); and PSPDPLEP (SEQ ID NO: 16).

A peptide for regulating fat metabolism is described. The peptide is selected from the group consisting of: YLGASVPSPDPLEP (SEQ ID NO: 1); YLNNGLGAPAPYPDPLEP (SEQ ID NO: 4); PDPLEP (SEQ ID NO: 14); and PSPDPLEP (SEQ ID NO: 16).

An in vitro microfluidic intestine on-chip is described herein that mimics the structure and at least one function of specific areas of the gastrointestinal system in vivo. In particular, a multicellular, layered, microfluidic intestinal cell culture, which is some embodiments is derived from patient's enteroids-derived cells, is described comprising L cells, allowing for interactions between L cells and gastrointestinal epithelial cells, endothelial cells and immune cells. This in vitro microfluidic system can be used for modeling inflammatory gastrointestinal autoimmune tissue, e.g., diabetes, obesity, intestinal insufficiency and other inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders. These multicellular-layered microfluidic intestine on-chips further allow for comparisons between types of gastrointestinal tissues, e.g., small intestinal duodenum, small intestinal jejunum, small intestinal ileum, large intestinal colon, etc., and between disease states of gastrointestinal tissue, i.e. healthy, pre-disease and diseased areas. Additionally, these microfluidic gut-on-chips allow identification of cells and cellular derived factors driving disease states and drug testing for reducing inflammation.

A compound of the following general formula [I]:

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wherein each symbol has the same meaning as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical use of the same in treating organ transplant rejection, graft versus host reaction after transplantation, autoimmune disease, allergic disease and chronic myeloproliferative disease.

The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the ALAS1 gene, and methods of using such dsRNA compositions to alter (e.g., inhibit) expression of ALAS1.

The present invention relates to developing customized therapies for a disease or condition in a subject. In particular, the present invention relates to aptamer-based compositions and methods for identifying, modulating and monitoring drug targets in individual with a disease or condition, and further composition and methods for identifying and selecting protein targets for drug development.

The present invention relates to ethanediamine-heterocycle compounds that are able to act as inhibitors of PRMTs (protein arginine methyltransferases) for treating cancer and other diseases mediated by PRMTs.

The present invention relates to ethanediamine-heterocycle compounds that are able to act as inhibitors of PRMTs (protein arginine methyltransferases) for treating cancer and other diseases mediated by PRMTs.

This invention refers to a probiotic composition consisting of the bacteria Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus casei and Bifidobacterium longum, preferably of the strains L. rhamnosus CECT8361, L. casei CECT9104 and B. longum CECT7347, and its use as an antioxidant. This composition is particularly useful in the treatment and/or prevention of damage, at the molecular level, caused by oxidative stress, preferably during high intensity physical exercise.

The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Compounds of Formula (I) are CD38 inhibitors, which can be used to treat a disease or condition in a subject that benefits from an increase in NAD.sup.+ or to treat a mitochondrial disorder in a subject. Such disease or condition is a muscle structure disorder, a neuronal activation disorder, a muscle fatigue disorder, a muscle mass disorder, a metabolic disease, a cancer, a vascular disease, an ocular vascular disease, a muscular eye disease, or a renal disease. The present description discloses the synthesis and characterisation of exemplary compounds as well as pharmacological data thereof (e.g. pages 30 to 135; examples 1 to 61; table). Such an exemplary compound is e.g. N-((1r,4r)-4-(2-methoxyethoxy) cyclohexyl)-5-(thiazol-5-yl)-1H-indole-7-carboxamide (II).

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