The invention provides compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising nucleic acids encoding the serine/threonine kinase PIM-1, and methods for making and using them; including methods for inducing cellular proliferation, and protecting cardiac cells from hypoxia and cellular apoptosis. The invention provides compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising nucleic acids encoding PIM-1, and methods for enhancing the regenerative potential of stem cells in the heart.

The invention provides compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising nucleic acids encoding the serine/threonine kinase PIM-1, and methods for making and using them; including methods for inducing cellular proliferation, and protecting cardiac cells from hypoxia and cellular apoptosis. The invention provides compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising nucleic acids encoding PIM-1, and methods for enhancing the regenerative potential of stem cells in the heart.

Disclosed in the present application is a compound of formula (I) as defined herein as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound. Further disclosed in the present application is the use of such pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases, namely inter alia for use in the treatment of cancer, metabolic, inflammatory, autoimmune and viral diseases. The compounds disclosed herein are inhibitors of MNK1 and/or MNK2 kinases.

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