Embodiments of the disclosure concern compositions and methods of use related to particular c-kit+ mesenchymal cells, including cardiac stem cells, obtained from a pediatric or neonatal individual. In specific embodiments, the cells, or conditioned medium or partial or total secretomes thereof, are provided in an effective amount to an individual in need thereof.

The present invention provides a hydrogel platform using, as a substrate, hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugated to a pyrogallol (PG) moiety. The HA-PG conjugate of the present invention can be rapidly crosslinked by two different methods, in each of which an oxidizing agent is used or a pH is adjusted. The hydrogel of the present invention can not only have excellent biocompatibility, but also can have efficiently controlled physical characteristics such as a crosslinking rate, elasticity, and adhesive strength, depending on each crosslinking method. On the basis of such excellent stability and functionality, the hydrogel of the present invention can be used in various fields including drug delivery, biopharmaceutical materials such as a wound healing agent or anti-adhesive agent, medicines, and cosmetic products.

Angiopoietin-like 4 (Angpt14) is a secreted protein that inhibits lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity and promotes lipolysis in adipocytes. The present methods provides compositions comprising ANGPTL4 FLD and variants thereof of methods of using such compositions to protect a subject diet-induced obesity without affecting plasma TG levels, and, in an exemplary emobiment improve glucose homeostasis. The invention provides compositions comprising Angpt14 FLD and variants thereof and methods of using these compositions as a therapeutic agent against metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

The invention provides a method for treating cancer in a subject or a method of inducing an anti-tumour effect including reducing tumour volume, inhibiting or slowing tumour growth, inhibiting tumour progression, altering the metabolic activity of a tumour, inducing quiescence of a tumour, inhibiting or reducing metastasis, inhibiting or reducing tumour invasiveness, reducing tumour weight, reducing tumour neovascularisation, improving time to disease progression (TDP) and/or improving survival, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of angiogenin or an angiogenin agonist.

The invention provides a method for treating cancer in a subject or a method of inducing an anti-tumour effect including reducing tumour volume, inhibiting or slowing tumour growth, inhibiting tumour progression, altering the metabolic activity of a tumour, inducing quiescence of a tumour, inhibiting or reducing metastasis, inhibiting or reducing tumour invasiveness, reducing tumour weight, reducing tumour neovascularisation, improving time to disease progression (TDP) and/or improving survival, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of angiogenin or an angiogenin agonist.

The invention relates to a protein material includes angiogenin and/or angiogenin hydrolysate in an amount of 2 to 15 mg/100 mg, and lactoperoxidase and/or lactoperoxidase hydrolysate, in the mass ratio to angiogenin and/or angiogenin hydrolysate of 0.3 to 20.

The invention relates to a protein material includes angiogenin and/or angiogenin hydrolysate in an amount of 2 to 15 mg/100 mg, and lactoperoxidase and/or lactoperoxidase hydrolysate, in the mass ratio to angiogenin and/or angiogenin hydrolysate of 0.3 to 20.

The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I) which are multimeric forms of a monomeric binding peptide linearly bonded to PEG moieties to form the multimers. The multimeric forms stimulate angiogenesis and promote wound healing. The disclosure also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the multimers, including compositions suitable for topical or systemic administration.

The present invention in various aspects and embodiments involves pharmaceutical compositions prepared by contacting a candidate α- or β-integrin-binding molecule, or panel thereof, with an integrin heterodimer, and quantifying heterodimer disruption by the candidate molecule. An integrin-binding molecule, or derivative thereof, that disrupts the integrin heterodimer is selected and is formulated into a pharmaceutical composition for administration to a subject, e.g., who has a disease or disorder related to abnormal vascularization.

The present invention in various aspects and embodiments involves pharmaceutical compositions prepared by contacting a candidate α- or β-integrin-binding molecule, or panel thereof, with an integrin heterodimer, and quantifying heterodimer disruption by the candidate molecule. An integrin-binding molecule, or derivative thereof, that disrupts the integrin heterodimer is selected and is formulated into a pharmaceutical composition for administration to a subject, e.g., who has a disease or disorder related to abnormal vascularization.