Provided are a novel agent for inhibiting metastasis of human cancer cells, and a novel agent for determining whether target cells are cancer cells or not in a human. A human cancer cell metastasis inhibitor including human dicalcin or a partial peptide thereof, and a human cancer cell determination agent including human dicalcin or a partial peptide thereof.

The present invention is related to compositions containing extracellular vesicles (exosomes) and methods of using the same for increasing lifespan of fetus, viability of fetus, or viability of newborn, for treating inflammation in uterus and/or fetus, for delaying preterm birth, or for treating a condition related to inflammation in uterus and/or fetus, wherein the extracellular vesicles comprising a nuclear factor kappa beta (NF-κB) inhibitor and a photo-specific binding protein.

The present invention relates to therapeutic use of calreticulin in treatment of angiogenic eye diseases. Different treatment methods and pharmaceutical compositions comprising calreticulin are disclosed.

The present application provides for the use of S100A8 or S100A9 homodimer or S100A8/A9 heterodimer in the prevention or treatment of a NF-κB-associated postnatal inflammatory disorder in a newborn subject. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising S100A8 or S100A9 homodimer or S100A8/A9 heterodimer and an in vitro method for evaluating the risk of a newborn subject for developing a NF-κB-associated postnatal inflammatory disorder.

Therapeutic proteins for inducing apoptosis in cells and method for using such proteins are described. The protein, e.g., a chimeric protein, has a host peptide fused to a more stable BH3 domain peptide. The host peptide may be Calbindin D9k, a N-terminal or C-terminal half-domain of Calmodulin, Parvalbimin (“Pa”), an amino acid sequence variant thereof, or a modified variant thereof. The BH3 domain may be Bim, Bid, Bad, Bik, Bmf, Hrk, Puma, or Noxia. Moreover, various conjugates may be attached to the chimeric protein, including a folate and polyethylene glycol.

This document provides methods and materials related to treating cancer. For example, methods and materials for using particles (e.g., nanoparticles) containing (a) one or more molecules having the ability to bind to a cancer cell (e.g., a human breast cancer cell) and (b) one or more molecules having the ability to bind to an APC (e.g., a human macrophage) to treat cancer are provided.

The invention relates to therapeutic and cosmetic uses of calreticulin including reducing eliminating wrinkles and/or fine lines, tissue repair and reconstruction, repairing damaged and/or cartilage, stimulating regeneration of an epidermal appendage, enhancing phagocytosis of bacteria by phagocytes within a wound, treating a wound in a patient suffering delayed wound healing, treating a corneal wound, and treating or preventing a surgical adhesion.

CPNE7 protein or a nucleotide encoding for CPNE7 protein, or compositions containing the CPNE7 or the nucleotide and their uses are disclosed. The protein, nucleotide, or composition is useful for preventing or treating fatty liver disease. The CPEN7 protein regulates the expression of the SREBF1 (SREBP1) gene or a gene encoding the same. The composition can be a pharmaceutical composition or a quasi-drug composition, a health functional food, or a dietary supplement, which is suitable for preventing or alleviating fatty liver disease.

The invention relates to therapeutic and cosmetic uses of calreticulin including reducing eliminating wrinkles and/or fine lines, tissue repair and reconstruction, repairing damaged and/or cartilage, stimulating regeneration of an epidermal appendage, enhancing phagocytosis of bacteria by phagocytes within a wound, treating a wound in a patient suffering delayed wound healing, treating a corneal wound, and treating or preventing a surgical adhesion.

Compositions for inhibiting the aggregation of a granin from a non-toxic low molecular weight form to a toxic high molecular weight aggregated form and/or dissociating a high molecular weight aggregated form to a low molecular weight form are provided. Such a composition typically includes one or more active compounds or agents, which may also be referred to herein as disaggregation compounds. Using the compounds and compositions described herein, methods of i) modulating, inhibiting or preventing the interaction of granins with metal ions, ii) modulating, inhibiting, preventing the aggregation of granins or dissociating aggregated granins, iii) reducing or inhibiting cell toxicity, iv) treating or preventing dementia or Alzheimer's disease, and v) preventing or treating Parkinson's and/or Huntington's diseases are also provided.