Provided are compounds described by the Formula I: ##STR00001##
wherein: R.sub.1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic group having from 5 to 22 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of the functional groups: ##STR00002##
and salts thererof; n is from 0 to 4; and R.sub.3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Also provided are compositions comprising, and methods of use of, the compounds of the present invention.

Provided are compounds described by the Formula I: ##STR00001##
wherein: R.sub.1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic group having from 5 to 22 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of the functional groups: ##STR00002##
and salts thererof; n is from 0 to 4; and R.sub.3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. Also provided are compositions comprising, and methods of use of, the compounds of the present invention.

The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.

The present invention relates to a novel p62 ligand compound, a stereoisomer, hydrate, solvate or prodrug thereof, and a pharmaceutical or food composition for preventing or treating misfolded protein diseases comprising the same as an active ingredient. The p62 ligand compound according to the present invention can be usefully used as a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of various proteinopathies by activating selective autophagy in cells and thus selectively eliminating in vivo proteins, organelles and aggregates.

The present invention relates to a novel p62 ligand compound, a stereoisomer, hydrate, solvate or prodrug thereof, and a pharmaceutical or food composition for preventing or treating misfolded protein diseases comprising the same as an active ingredient. The p62 ligand compound according to the present invention can be usefully used as a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of various proteinopathies by activating selective autophagy in cells and thus selectively eliminating in vivo proteins, organelles and aggregates.

The present invention relates to chimeric (preferably, bifunctional) compounds, compositions comprising those compounds and methods of treating cancer in a patient or subject, especially including metastatic cancer where cancer cells exhibit overexpression (heightened expression) of cell surface urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (urokinase receptor) compared to normal (non-cancerous) cells. The compounds preferably covalently bind to the urokinase receptor and recruit native antibodies of the patient or subject where the antibodies can selectively degrade and/or deactivate targeted cancer cells through antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis and/or antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) against a large number and variety of cancers, thus providing cancer cell death and/or an inhibition of growth, elaboration and/or metastasis of the cancer, including remission and cure of the patient's cancer.

The present invention relates to chimeric (preferably, bifunctional) compounds, compositions comprising those compounds and methods of treating cancer in a patient or subject, especially including metastatic cancer where cancer cells exhibit overexpression (heightened expression) of cell surface urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (urokinase receptor) compared to normal (non-cancerous) cells. The compounds preferably covalently bind to the urokinase receptor and recruit native antibodies of the patient or subject where the antibodies can selectively degrade and/or deactivate targeted cancer cells through antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis and/or antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) against a large number and variety of cancers, thus providing cancer cell death and/or an inhibition of growth, elaboration and/or metastasis of the cancer, including remission and cure of the patient's cancer.

Imidazole-based compounds as hepatitis C virus (HCV) inhibitors. The compounds have an imidazole core that is disubstituted via amide links. Also described are a pharmaceutical composition incorporating the imidazole-based compound, a method of preparing these compounds, and a method for using the pharmaceutical composition in the treatment of HCV infection.

The present invention relates generally to therapeutics targeting the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis, including its proteases arginine gingipain A/B (Rgp), and their use for the treatment of disorders associated with P. gingivalis infection, including brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. In certain embodiments, the invention provides compounds according to Formula I, as described herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

The present invention relates generally to therapeutics targeting the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis, including its proteases arginine gingipain A/B (Rgp), and their use for the treatment of disorders associated with P. gingivalis infection, including brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. In certain embodiments, the invention provides compounds according to Formula I, as described herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.