In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods for treating, ameliorating or protecting (preventing) an individual or a patient against a disease, an infection or a condition responsive to an increased paracrine polypeptide level in vivo comprising: providing a paracrine polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid or gene operatively linked to a transcriptional regulatory sequence; or an expression vehicle, a vector, a recombinant virus, or equivalent, having contained therein a paracrine-encoding nucleic acid or gene, and the expression vehicle, vector, recombinant virus, or equivalent can express the paracrine-encoding nucleic acid or gene in a cell or in vivo; and administering or delivering the paracrine polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid or gene operatively linked to a transcriptional regulatory sequence, or the expression vehicle, vector, recombinant virus, or equivalent, to an individual or a patient in need thereof, thereby treating, ameliorating or protecting (preventing) the individual or patient against the disease, infection or condition responsive to an increased paracrine polypeptide level.

This invention relates to the treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF). More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide compositions and methods useful for the treatment of PH-HFpEF employing the use of levosimendan.

Human relaxin-2 as active ingredient in a pharmaceutical composition for treating a subject suffering from cachexia syndrome or cardiac wasting or suspected of being at risk of suffering from cardiac wasting or cardiac decompensation. The application also described methods of diagnosis of cachexia and cardiac wasting and patients suspected of being at risk of suffering from cardiac decompensation. Further described is a patch pump for sc. or iv infusion of relaxin or human relaxin-2.

The present invention relates to a novel gene delivery system and recombinant adenovirus including the relaxin-encoding sequence to enhance transduction efficiency of transgenes, a pharmaceutical anti-tumor composition including the recombinant adenovirus, a pharmaceutical composition having improved tissue penetration potency and a pharmaceutical composition for treating a disease or disorder associated with accumulation of excess extracellular matrix.

This invention relates to the treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF). More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide compositions and methods useful for the treatment of PH-HFpEF employing the use of levosimendan.

The present invention relates to the use of human anti-inflammatory peptides in the inhalatory treatment of inflammatory pulmonary diseases. The invention in particular relates to the use of vasoactive intestinal peptide, C-type natriuretic peptide, B-type natriuretic peptide, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide, adrenomedullin, alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone, relaxin and Interferon gamma for said purposes. Advantageous features of an aerosol containing such a human anti-inflammatory peptide and a method for producing said aerosol are disclosed. The present invention further relates to a kit for inhalatory treatment of inflammatory pulmonary diseases. One aspect relates to treatment of CoViD-19 related ARDS.

This invention relates to the treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF). More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide compositions and methods useful for the treatment of PH-HFpEF employing the use of levosimendan.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases and disorders. In some embodiments the compositions and methods involve administration of a microparticle, or composition thereof that includes an antifibrotic.

Compositions containing MiniVectors and gene therapy uses, including long term repeated gene therapy uses, to treat liver fibrosis or liver cancer.

Disclosed herein are methods of using relaxin polypeptides and analogs, or nucleic acid molecules encoding such polypeptides to treat or inhibit atrial fibrillation.