Provided herein are compositions containing dehydrated placental tissue particulates, methods of making the compositions and methods for treating various musculoskeletal disorders and other conditions using such compositions, including osteoarthritis (OA), degenerative disc disease, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, and pain associated therewith.

Provided herein are compositions containing dehydrated placental tissue particulates, methods of making the compositions and methods for treating various musculoskeletal disorders and other conditions using such compositions, including osteoarthritis (OA), degenerative disc disease, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, and pain associated therewith.

The disclosure discloses a new anti-metabolic disorder FGF analog and an application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of medicines. According to the disclosure, modification is performed based on an FGF19 mutant NGM282 to obtain a new FGF19 analog, which has the effects of being more long-acting and stable compared with NGM282, can better ameliorate liver impairment and correct diseases such as metabolic disorders, obesity, overweight, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and dyslipidemia and has no side effects of elevated cholesterol and dietary decline caused by the original FGF19 mutant NGM282 in a therapeutic process.

The present application relates to a method for inducing neurogenesis in an aganglionic or hypoganglionic segment of the distal colon of a human subject suffering from an enteric neuropathy such as Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) or intestinal hypoganglionosis through the administration of an effective dose of recombinant Glial cell line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) polypeptide into the distal colon of the subject. The method also permits to correct the imbalance of nitrergic and cholinergic neuron subtypes located upstream of the aganglionic or hypoganglionic segment and restore distal colon function (e.g., motility and epithelial barrier) in the subject.

The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a growth factor and methods of treating or preventing of eye diseases using the growth factor and compositions thereof.

The invention provides a method of treating interstitial cystitis that applies therapeutic exomes to the bladder of a patient through intravesical administration. Unlike the intravesical administration of stem cells, the intravesical administration of exosomes permits a therapeutic amount of paracrine-active growth factors and cytokines to be applied to bladder tissue before they can voided by urination.

The present invention relates to a protein having G-CSF-like activity comprising a) one or two polypeptide chains; b) a bundle of four α-helices; and c) two or three amino acid linkers that connect contiguous bundle-forming α-helices that are located on the same polypeptide chain, wherein each amino acid linker has a length between 2 and 20 amino acids. The invention also provides for a polynucleotide and a vector encoding the protein of the invention, host cells comprising said polynucleotide, a method for producing the protein of the invention and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the protein of the invention. The invention further relates to uses of the proteins of the invention as a research reagent and the use of the protein and/or pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as a medicament, e.g., for use in increasing stem cell production, for use in inducing hematopoiesis and/or for use in mobilizing hematopoietic stem cells.

The present invention relates to a protein having G-CSF-like activity comprising a) one or two polypeptide chains; b) a bundle of four α-helices; and c) two or three amino acid linkers that connect contiguous bundle-forming α-helices that are located on the same polypeptide chain, wherein each amino acid linker has a length between 2 and 20 amino acids. The invention also provides for a polynucleotide and a vector encoding the protein of the invention, host cells comprising said polynucleotide, a method for producing the protein of the invention and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the protein of the invention. The invention further relates to uses of the proteins of the invention as a research reagent and the use of the protein and/or pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as a medicament, e.g., for use in increasing stem cell production, for use in inducing hematopoiesis and/or for use in mobilizing hematopoietic stem cells.

Object of the present invention is a drug delivery system comprising a decellularized corneal stroma scaffold having dispersed within and/or bound to its surface microparticles containing at least one pharmaceutically active molecule dispersed in a matrix having a composition consisting for at least 70% of polylactic co-glycolic acid (PLGA).

The described invention identifies endothelial cells within the perivascular niche as a crucial component in driving bone marrow (BM) inflammation and HSC dysfunction. We demonstrate that crosstalk between ERK-MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways within the endothelium plays a key role in modulating the outcomes of chronic inflammation. Sustained activation of the MAPK pathway selectively within the endothelium of adult mice leads to inflammation-induced HSC dysfunction including loss of engraftment ability and a myeloid-biased output. HSC defects caused by endothelial MAPK activation are completely resolved upon simultaneous inhibition of endothelial NF-κB signaling. The described invention identifies Stem Cell Growth Factor alpha (SCGF) as a niche-derived factor that suppresses BM inflammation and enhances hematopoietic recovery following myelosuppressive injury.