Methods are provided for producing a PEGylated interleukin 11 (IL-11) tby treating a recombinant IL-11 PEGylated with an equimolar to low molar excess of PEG carrying an amine-reactive group to achieve a highly pure monoconjugate preparation, which provides improved half-life in serum while having desirable therapeutic activity and presenting fewer side-effects. Most preferably, the IL-11 is an N-terminally truncated human or humanized IL-11 and has a 20 Kd or 40 Kd branched PEG moiety, Y- or comb-shaped in particular, coupled to the N-terminal amino group. Such compounds are characterized by substantially increased stability in serum and sustained biological activity while exhibiting significantly reduced plasma expansion.

Methods of treating and preventing metabolic disease through inhibiting interleukin 11 (IL-11)-mediated signalling are disclosed, as well as agents for use in such methods.

The present disclosure relates to the field of drug technology, specifically to an active polypeptide compound, which is Y-ID-X or X-ID-Y; wherein Y is a PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist or an osteoclast inhibitor; ID is a peptide bond or a linker in the molecule, which links X to Y; and X is an osteogenic growth peptide receptor agonist, a bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell irritant or a hematopoietic stem cell irritant. The present disclosure also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and use of the compound and the pharmaceutical composition in the preparation of a medicament for preventing, treating or alleviating diseases or disorders related to osteogenic defects or bone mineral density decreasing.

Compositions are presented that include a recombinant IL-11 PEGylated at equimolar to low molar excess of PEG to achieve a highly pure monoconjugate preparation, which provides improved half-life in serum while having desirable therapeutic activity and presenting fewer side-effects. Most preferably, the IL-11 is an N-terminally truncated human or humanized IL-11 and has a 20 Kd or 40 Kd branched PEG moiety, Y- or comb-shaped in particular, coupled to the N-terminal amino group. Such compounds are characterized by substantially increased stability in serum and sustained biological activity while exhibiting significantly reduced plasma expansion.

Methods of treating and preventing metabolic disease through inhibiting interleukin 11 (IL-11)-mediated signalling are disclosed, as well as agents for use in such methods.

Methods of treating and preventing hepatotoxicity through inhibiting interleukin 11 (IL-11)-mediated signalling are disclosed, as well as agents for use in such methods.

IL-11Ra antibodies are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the IL-11Ra antibodies, and methods using the IL-11Ra antibodies.

IL-11 antibodies are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the IL-11 antibodies, and methods using the IL-11 antibodies.

The present invention relates to methods, kits and compositions for expansion of embryonic hematopoietic stem cells and providing hematopoietic function to human patients in need thereof. In one aspect, it relates to kits and compositions comprising a Notch agonist, one or more growth factors, and, optionally, an inhibitor of the TGF pathway. Also provided herein are methods for expanding embryonic hematopoietic stem cells using kits and compositions comprising a Notch agonist, one or more growth factors, and, optionally, an inhibitor of the TGF pathway. The embryonic hematopoietic stem cells expanded using the disclosed kits, compositions and methods include cells derived from an embryo (e.g., aorta-gonad-mesonephros region of the embryo), embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, or reprogrammed cells of other types. The present invention also relates to administering the embryonic hematopoietic stem cells expanded using a combination of a Notch agonist, one or more growth factors, and, optionally, an inhibitor of the TGF pathway to a patient for short-term and/or long-term in vivo repopulation benefits.

The present invention relates to: a fusion polypeptide in which an anti-inflammatory polypeptide and a ferritin monomer fragment are bound; and a pharmaceutical composition for treating inflammatory diseases, containing the same as an active ingredient and, more specifically, to: a fusion polypeptide in which an anti-inflammatory polypeptide is fused to an N-terminus and/or a C-terminus of a ferritin monomer fragment from which a portion of a fourth loop and a fifth helix, of a human derived ferritin monomer, are removed; and a use thereof for treating inflammatory diseases. As in the above, the fusion polypeptide, which has an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and in which an anti-inflammatory polypeptide is fused to an N-terminus and/or a C-terminus of a fragment of a human-derived ferritin monomer, can fuse two types of anti-inflammatory polypeptides, acting through different mechanisms, into a nano cage and administer the same, and thus the fusion polypeptide can exhibit an excellent effect in the treatment of inflammatory diseases including sepsis.