The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating disease and disorders associated with pathological calcification or pathological ossification by modulating the level or activity of NPP1 or a mutant thereof, or a mutant NPP4 modified to exhibit ATP hydrolase activity similar to the hydrolase activity of NPP1.

A recombinant microorganism for producing 2,3-butanediol consisting of selecting at least three groups from uridine diphosphate glucose phosphate uroglycan transferase gene (galU), acetyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene (acoA), acetyl phosphate transferase gene (pta), adenosine glucosylphosphate transferase gene (glgC), lactose dehydrogenase gene (ldhA), and phosphodiesterase gene (pdeC) which were modified.

The present invention provides a novel fusion polypeptide containing a catalytic domain of NPP1 fused to a targeting moiety, nucleic acids encoding the fusion polypeptide, a vector containing the nucleic acid integrated thereinto, a host cell transformed with the vector and Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the fusion polypeptide.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating coagulation through modulating the level or activity of ENPP4.

The present disclosure provides, among other things, vectors for expression of ENPP1 or ENPP3 in vivo and methods for the treatment of diseases of calcification and ossification in a subject.

A method of synthetizing cyclic oligoadenylates using a novel catalytic activity of a protein possessing the Palm domain, such as the Cas10 protein, and using such compounds for activation of proteins possessing the CARF doman, such as the Csm6 protein.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating disease and disorders associated with pathological calcification or pathological ossification.

The present invention provides a method of treating myointimal proliferation by administering a recombinant human soluble ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase (hsNPP1), active fragment or fusion protein thereof.

The present invention provides methods for improving cardiovascular function in a human patient (e.g., reducing hypertension), as well as methods of treating a cardiovascular disease, by administering a recombinant human soluble ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase (hsNPP1), active fragment or fusion protein thereof.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating diseases or disorders associated with pathological calcification or pathological ossification. In certain embodiments, the diseases or disorders are selected from the group consisting of Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy (GACI), Idiopathic Infantile Arterial Calcification (IIAC), Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL), hypophosphatemic rickets, osteoarthritis, calcification of atherosclerotic plaques, PXE, hereditary and non-hereditary forms of osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, hardening of the arteries occurring with aging, calciphylaxis resulting from end stage renal disease and progeria.