The present application discloses a method of testing for efficacy of a potential drug agent against cancerous cells in a mammal, including generating the cancer cells in a mammal; contacting the cancer cells with a potential drug agent by administering the potential drug agent to the mammal; and measuring effect of the potential drug agent on the cancer cells, wherein reduction of number of cancer cells in the mammal is indicative of efficaciousness of the potential drug agent against cancerous cells.

The present invention relates to polymeric nanoparticles comprising a pharmaceutical combination, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods for treating certain diseases comprising administering these polymeric nanoparticles to a subject in need thereof.

The present invention relates to polymeric nanoparticles comprising a pharmaceutical combination, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods for treating certain diseases comprising administering these polymeric nanoparticles to a subject in need thereof.

Interleukin (IL)-33 is a critical regulator of allergic airway inflammation in the lung and is released by stressed or damaged epithelial cells. Here, Applicants show that alveolar macrophages regulate epithelial alarmin expression via CLEC-2 (C-type Lectin-like Receptor-2), which binds to PDPN (podoplanin). Therefore, CLEC-2/PDPN interactions are critical for regulating type 2 immunity in the lung and modulating expression of the epithelial alarmin IL-33. Methods are disclosed for therapeutic and screening applications. Novel therapeutic targets in alveolar macrophages and epithelial cells are disclosed.

The present invention provides a composition and method for treating an allergic disease. The composition comprises a ligand for asialoglycoprotein receptor 1 (Asgr1). The allergic disease may be atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, urticaria, allergic asthma, allergic conjunctivitis, allergic gastrointestinal inflammation, or anaphylactic shock. The allergic disease may be caused by house dust mites. The present invention also provides a method for determining if a test compound activates human Asgr1.

An infant formula milk powder is rich in milk fat globule membrane protein, phospholipids, and oligosaccharides. A preparation method includes using raw cow milk as raw material, cleaning and pre-sterilizing raw cow milk, adding MFGM-rich whey protein powder, α-lactalbumin powder, galactooligosaccharides, polyfructoses and other ingredients into the pre-sterilized raw cow milk, and performing pre-sterilization, homogenization, sterilization, concentration, and spray drying. By means of formula adjustment, the contents of biologically active substances having special functional components such as MFGM-protein, lactoferrin, α-lactalbumin, total galactooligosaccharide, total polyfructose, sialic acid, total phospholipid, sphingomyelin, lecithin, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylethanolamines, phosphatidylinositol, ganglioside, triglyceride and diglyceride in the infant formula milk powder are increased, thereby facilitating the colonization of probiotics in the intestinal microbiota of an infant, especially significantly enriching lactic acid bacteria in an intestinal tract, while reducing unclassified bacterial family and other miscellaneous bacteria.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying mucous membranes. In particular, the present invention relates to treating diseases associated with mucous membranes by changing the intrinsic chemical composition and/or physical features of a target mucous membrane.

Bacterial species acting as biomarkers for obesity in domesticated cats and/or dogs are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing and/or treating cats and/or dogs having obesity or a predisposition to obesity as well as methods of screening for agents to treat or prevent obesity.

Provided herein is a biodegradable polymeric nanoparticle formed of hybrid block copolymers comprising a di-block copolymer methoxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(lactic acid) (m-PEG-PLA) and/or a penta-block copolymer poly(lactic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(propylene glycol)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(lactic acid) (PLA-PEG-PPG-PEG-PLA). Also provided herein are methods of preparing biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles.

The disclosure provides, in various embodiments, methods of treating fungal infections in subjects in need thereof, methods of attenuating virulence of fungi (e.g., in subjects in need thereof), and methods of inhibiting formation of fungal biofilms on surfaces (e.g., living or inert surfaces) with mucin glycans, tautomer, stereoisomer and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The disclosure further provides, in various embodiments, mucin glycan compositions, such as synthetic mucin glycans and defined mucin glycan compositions.