Disclosed is a method for the treatment of AD, wherein an immune stimulating pharmaceutical composition comprising an aluminium salt is administered to a patient having AD or having a risk to develop AD in an effective amount.

Disclosed is a method for the treatment of AD, wherein an immune stimulating pharmaceutical composition comprising an aluminium salt is administered to a patient having AD or having a risk to develop AD in an effective amount.

The present invention provides peptide compounds that regulate the complement system and methods of using these compounds. The invention is an isolated, purified peptide of 30 amino acids derived from human astrovirus protein, called CP1. The invention is directed to peptide compounds that are peptide mimetics, peptide analogs and/or synthetic derivatives of CP1 having, for example, internal peptide deletions and substitutions, deletions and substitutions at the N-terminus and C-terminus, and that are able to regulate complement activation. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions of therapeutically effective amounts of the peptide compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient for treating a disease or condition associated with complement-mediated tissue damage.

This disclosure demonstrates that inhibition of Sirt5 can suppress malignant transformation of cells. Therefore, methods of treating cancer based on inhibition of Sirt5 are disclosed.

This disclosure demonstrates that inhibition of Sirt5 can suppress malignant transformation of cells. Therefore, methods of treating cancer based on inhibition of Sirt5 are disclosed.

Provided are methods for disrupting biofilms and/or preventing the formation of biofilms. Further provided are random-sequence peptide mixtures for use in disrupting bacterial biofilms. The random-sequence peptides include hydrophobic and/or cationic amino acids, and the ratio of the total hydrophobic and cationic amino acids in the mixture is predefined.

Provided are methods for disrupting biofilms and/or preventing the formation of biofilms. Further provided are random-sequence peptide mixtures for use in disrupting bacterial biofilms. The random-sequence peptides include hydrophobic and/or cationic amino acids, and the ratio of the total hydrophobic and cationic amino acids in the mixture is predefined.

A method of treating cancer in a subject, including: providing a subject having a plurality of cancer cells; and administering to the subject, a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including: an HDM-2 binding component; and a membrane resident component, the membrane resident component bound to the HDM-2 binding component. Also provided are a method of selectively necrosing cancer cells, a method of causing membranolysis in cancer cells, and a cancer treatment composition.

A method of treating cancer in a subject, including: providing a subject having a plurality of cancer cells; and administering to the subject, a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including: an HDM-2 binding component; and a membrane resident component, the membrane resident component bound to the HDM-2 binding component. Also provided are a method of selectively necrosing cancer cells, a method of causing membranolysis in cancer cells, and a cancer treatment composition.

The present invention provides peptidic TGF-β antagonists capable of inhibiting TGF-β signaling and disrupting the biochemical events that promote fibrosis and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. The peptidic TGF-β antagonist may contain from 11 to 28 amino acid residues (for instance, may consist of from 12 to 16 amino acid residues) and may have the following structure (II):

NH.sub.2′ETWIWLDTNMG-Xaa.sub.1-Y′COON  (II)

wherein Xaa.sub.1 is any amino acid and Y is a peptide having from 0 to 9 amino acids.

The peptidic TGF-β antagonists can advantageously be used for the prevention, treatment, and/or alleviation of the symptoms of a condition associated with an increase in TGF-β activity, including fibrosis (such as fibrosis of the skin, liver, lungs, and heart, among others) and cancer (including various carcinomas, such as squamous cell carcinoma, sarcomas, and metastatic cancers).