The present invention provides in certain embodiments compositions comprising at least one CD200 inhibitor, and methods of reversing or modulating immune suppression in a patient having a disease or disorder arising from abnormal cell growth, function or behavior, which method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof a CD200 inhibitor composition.

A method of treating post-surgical edema includes a step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject identified a risk of post-surgical edema. The pharmaceutic composition include a retinoic acid component selected from the group consisting of 9-cis retinoic acid, geometric isomers of 9-cis retinoic acid, metabolites of 9-cis retinoic acid, substituted derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. An implantable pellet including the retinoic acid component is also provided.

A method of treating post-surgical edema includes a step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject identified a risk of post-surgical edema. The pharmaceutic composition include a retinoic acid component selected from the group consisting of 9-cis retinoic acid, geometric isomers of 9-cis retinoic acid, metabolites of 9-cis retinoic acid, substituted derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. An implantable pellet including the retinoic acid component is also provided.

The present invention relates to the treatment of AML. The inventors previously discovered a new epigenetic biomarker in a cohort of CN-AML patients; this consists in a strong enrichment in the H3K27me3 histone mark located on a 70 Kb part of the major histone cluster 1 (HIST1) that separates patients into two distinguishable groups defined as H3K27me3HIST1.sup.low and H3K27me3HIST1.sup.high. Patients harboring the H3K27me3 HIST1 epigenetic mark had a better event free survival. This first observation suggests that H3K27me3HIST1.sup.high patients may develop a less aggressive disease. Molecular characterisation of H3K27me3HIST1.sup.high patients showed that the linker histone H1d, but not the other histone H1 subtypes, was down-regulated in the H3K27me3 HIST1high group of patients. H1d knockdown primed ATRA differentiation, as assessed on CD11b/CD11c markers, morphological and gene expression analyses. These results suggested that targeting H1d could help to reverse the adverse immature phenotype of the H3K27me3 HIST1low group into the more favourable one of the H3K27me3 HIST1.sup.high group of patients and thus could be a good target in AML. Thus the invention relates to an H1d inhibitor for use in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in a patient in need thereof.

The present invention relates to the treatment of AML. The inventors previously discovered a new epigenetic biomarker in a cohort of CN-AML patients; this consists in a strong enrichment in the H3K27me3 histone mark located on a 70 Kb part of the major histone cluster 1 (HIST1) that separates patients into two distinguishable groups defined as H3K27me3HIST1.sup.low and H3K27me3HIST1.sup.high. Patients harboring the H3K27me3 HIST1 epigenetic mark had a better event free survival. This first observation suggests that H3K27me3HIST1.sup.high patients may develop a less aggressive disease. Molecular characterisation of H3K27me3HIST1.sup.high patients showed that the linker histone H1d, but not the other histone H1 subtypes, was down-regulated in the H3K27me3 HIST1high group of patients. H1d knockdown primed ATRA differentiation, as assessed on CD11b/CD11c markers, morphological and gene expression analyses. These results suggested that targeting H1d could help to reverse the adverse immature phenotype of the H3K27me3 HIST1low group into the more favourable one of the H3K27me3 HIST1.sup.high group of patients and thus could be a good target in AML. Thus the invention relates to an H1d inhibitor for use in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in a patient in need thereof.

Aortic valve calcification is a condition in which calcium deposits form on the aortic valve in the heart. These deposits can cause narrowing at the opening of the aortic valve. This narrowing can become severe enough to reduce blood flow through the aortic valve—a condition called aortic valve stenosis. The inventors have shown that retinoic acid decreases calcification and osteoblast-like phenotype in valvular interstitial cells (VICs). More particularly, RARα activation reduces calcification and osteoblast-like phenotype in VIC. On the contrary, ALDH1A1 inhibition increases calcification and osteoblast-like phenotype in VIC. Thus the results prompt to consider that use or retinoic acid receptor (RAR) agonists would be suitable for the reversing, preventing or delaying calcification of the aortic valve.

Aortic valve calcification is a condition in which calcium deposits form on the aortic valve in the heart. These deposits can cause narrowing at the opening of the aortic valve. This narrowing can become severe enough to reduce blood flow through the aortic valve—a condition called aortic valve stenosis. The inventors have shown that retinoic acid decreases calcification and osteoblast-like phenotype in valvular interstitial cells (VICs). More particularly, RARα activation reduces calcification and osteoblast-like phenotype in VIC. On the contrary, ALDH1A1 inhibition increases calcification and osteoblast-like phenotype in VIC. Thus the results prompt to consider that use or retinoic acid receptor (RAR) agonists would be suitable for the reversing, preventing or delaying calcification of the aortic valve.

The instant invention relates to combinations of the compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof with other active pharmaceutical ingredients (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of hematological malignancies.

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The instant invention relates to combinations of the compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof with other active pharmaceutical ingredients (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of hematological malignancies.

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Provided herein are novel isotretinoin formulations that provide an enhanced targeted dermal delivery system for the drug isotretinoin with improved thermodynamic activity using no to a small level of ethanol relative to existing isotretinoin gel products, and methods for treatment of ichthyosis and other skin conditions using the same.