The present invention relates to combinations of a DGAT inhibitor and a peroxisome proliferator-activator receptor (PPAR) agonist or a prodrug thereof. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such combinations, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said combinations as well as the use as a medicament of said combinations. The present invention also relates to novel DGAT inhibitors. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as well as the use as a medicament of said compounds.

Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds which inhibit cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE). Also described herein are methods for using such CSE inhibitors, alone or in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from CSE inhibition.

The present invention describes novel heteroaryl butanoic acid derivatives that are good drug candidates especially with regard to leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H). The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said novel heteroaryl butanoic acid derivatives, methods of using said compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing the said novel compounds.

Methods of treating, or at least inhibiting the onset of, urate transport failure are provided. The methods can include a step for detecting variations in genes that encode ABCG2 protein. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, R113X, Q126X, Q141K, F208S, G268R, E334X, S441N, L447V, S486N, F506SfsX4, R575X, and/or C608X, it can be concluded that the subject has a factor that is capable of inducing urate transport failure, or a state or disease attributable to that failure. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, it can be concluded that, unlike the other SNPs, there is a possibility that the subject does not possess such a factor because, although this variation itself does not lead to a change in urate transport capability, said variation is related to linkage disequilibrium with other SNPs.

The present invention relates to antibodies directed against TrkA receptor and their uses, including humanized anti-TrkA antibodies. More specifically, the present invention relates to humanized anti-TrkA antibodies with enhanced inhibitory properties comprising a heavy chain variable region, a light chain variable region, a human light chain constant region and a variant human IgG4 heavy chain constant region which exhibit altered exchange properties.

The present invention provides an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof with binding specificity for human interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein (IL1RAP) wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment is capable of inhibiting the binding of antibody ‘CAN04’ to human IL1RAP. The invention further provides the use of such antibodies or an antigen-binding fragments in the treatment and/or diagnosis of IL-1 associated diseases and conditions, including cancers such as acute myeloid leukemia and melanoma.

In some aspects, described herein are cell culture media that are useful for in vitro culture of mammalian cells. The culture media contain a variety of small organic compounds that are found in normal adult human blood. Also described are methods of using the culture media for a variety of purposes. Also described are methods of treating cancer.

Provided are a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, a drug for improving vascular endothelial function, and an excellent therapeutic or prophylactic drug for diseases associated with xanthine oxidase such as gout, hyperuricaemia, and for diseases associated with vascular endothelial functional disorder containing a compound represented in a formula (I) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Provided are a heterocyclic compound, a preparation method and the use thereof in medicine, and particularly involved are a heterocyclic compound for preventing and/or treating hypemricemia and gout, a preparation method and the use thereof in medicine. In particular, provided are a compound as shown in formula (I) and/or formula (II) or a tautomer thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method therefor and a method and the use thereof for treating hypemricemia and gout. ##STR00001##

Disclosed in the present invention is use of lysozyme in the preparation of a drug for preventing or treating a uric acid-related disease, a drug for reducing uric acid, and a drug for promoting uric acid excretion. Also disclosed in the present invention are a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a uric acid-related disease, a pharmaceutical composition for reducing uric acid, and a pharmaceutical composition for promoting uric acid excretion, and a method for preventing or treating a uric acid-related disease, reducing uric acid and promoting uric acid excretion.