The present invention pertains to fields of biochemistry and molecular biology, relates to an αO-superfamily conotoxin peptide, pharmaceutical composition thereof, preparation method and use thereof. The present invention further relates to a propeptide of the conotoxin peptide, nucleic acid construct thereof, expression vector and transformed cell thereof, and fusion protein thereof. The present invention further relates to a method for blocking acetylcholine receptors as well as a use of the conotoxin peptide in the manufacture of a medicament. The new αO-superfamily conotoxin peptide of the present invention is capable of specifically blocking acetylcholine receptor (nAChRs) (e.g., α9α10 nAChR), and NMDA receptor (e.g., NR2C NMDAR), and has activity for treatment of neuralgia, addiction, and activity for treatment of chemotherapy of cancers, breast cancer, lung cancer, wound healing, epilepsia, ischemia, and thus is promising in the manufacture of analgesic, a medicament for treatment of addiction, and a tool drug for neuroscience.

Methods of treating anemia in chronic diseases where IL-6 is elevated using IL-6 antagonist antibodies are provided.

The present invention relates to a compound formula (I): ##STR00001##
and to salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 X, and Y have any of the values defined herein, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of CBP and/or EP300. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various CBP and/or EP300-mediated disorders.

Provided are compositions and methods for improving diaphragm function in a patient. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering to a patient or contacting a diaphragm skeletal muscle fiber with an effective amount of a skeletal muscle troponin activator or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Likewise, compositions and methods are also provided for increasing the function, activity, efficiency, sensitivity to calcium, or time to fatigue of skeletal muscle in the diaphragm. In some embodiments, the patient receiving such administration suffers from diaphragmatic atrophy.

In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for treating various disorders and conditions in mammals, including chronic disorders in which there is a presence of an abnormal microbiota or an abnormal distribution of microflora in the gastrointestinal tract. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides liquid preparations or formulations derived from a human fecal material (e.g., a stool) processed, e.g., filtered and/or centrifuged, such that all bacteria, fungal spores and viruses are removed, but retaining the native biologically active molecules from the fecal material and bacteriophages. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides a “rough-”, “incomplete-” or medium-filtered microbiota which still comprises native physiological components or nutritive agents for the bacteria, e.g., retains native biologically and nutritionally active components. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides a highly filtered or substantially purified microbiota in combination with, or having added back, a liquid preparation or formulation of the invention. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions or formulations where the bacteria, or microbiota, component has been cultured, or cultured under anaerobic conditions, or harvested, stored and/or cultured under anaerobic conditions. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides various additives, compositions and donor restrictions for treating these disorders and conditions.

Disclosed is a method of treating a RIP1 kinase-mediated disease or disorder which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that inhibits RIP1 kinase and at least one other therapeutically active agent to a patient in need thereof.

The present invention is directed to methods of treating hepatorenal syndrome by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a thromboxane A.sub.2 receptor antagonist to a patient in need thereof. The present invention is also directed to methods of treating hepatic encephalopathy and cerebral edema by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a thromboxane A.sub.2 receptor antagonist to a patient in need thereof.

The present invention relates to an agent for effectively suppressing an increase in a blood acetaldehyde level. More specifically, the present invention relates to an alcohol metabolism promoter comprising glycogen obtained from a Veneroida bivalve.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions of metadoxine and physiologically compatible active derivatives thereof, and their use for decreasing symptoms of alcohol consumption as well as in the prevention of alcohol consumption related symptoms in subjects in need thereof.

Imidazo ring systems substituted at the 1-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, methods of making the compounds, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.