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Anti-CTGF - HIF Cytoprotection - HIF Anemia - Collagen/Gelatin


Anti-CTGF

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  • Browne 2007 - A Targeted cDNA Microarray Identifies Cytoskeletal Regulatory Proteins as Transcriptional Targets of Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF)/CCN2: Implications for Diabetic Nephropathy.

  • Gaffney 2007 - FG-3019 modulates CTGF-mediated mesangial cell adhesion and cytoskeletal signaling: implications for anti-CTGF directed therapeutic intervention.

  • Peruzzi 2007 - Urinary Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Excretion in Patients with Renal Allograft.

  • Nguyen 2007 - Plasma connective tissue growth factor (CTGF; CCN-2) predicts end-stage renal disease and mortality in type 1 diabetic nephropathy.

  • Adler 2006 - Dose-escalation phase I study of FG-3019, anti-CTGF monoclonal antibody, in patients with type 1/2 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria.

  • Jaffa 2005 - Elevated CTGF Levels are an Independent Risk Marker of Diabetic Vascular Disease.

  • Langsetmo 2005 - Anti-CTGF Antibody Therapy With FG-3019 Prevents Diabetes-induced Increase in Vascular Complications in Streptozotocin (STZ) Treated Rats.

  • Usinger 2005 - FG-3019, a Neutralizing CTGF Monoclonal Antibody, Provides Renal, Metabolic and Cardio-Protective Effects in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Mice.

  • Qi 2004 - Connective Tissue Growth Factor Differentially Mediates Transforming Growth Factorbeta1 Induced Fibrogenesis and Immunomodulation.

  • Nieuwenhoven 2004 - Beneficial Effect of Dual Blockade of the Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) on Urinary Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Nephropathy.

  • Lopez 2004 - Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Activates Nuclear Factor-kB (NF-kB) in Tubulo Epithelial Cells.

  • Roestenberg 2004 - Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Expression Level in Podocytes Relates to Glomerular Basement Membrane (GBM) Thickening in STZ-Induced Diabetes Mellitus.

  • Roestenberg 2004 - Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) Plasma Levels Correlate with Plasma Creatinine Levels in Patients with Type I Diabetes Mellitus (DM).

  • Roestenberg 2004 - Upregulation of Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF) in Glomerular Epithelial Cells of Mice with STZ-Induced Diabetes Mellitus.

  • Flyvbjerg 2004 - Long-Term Renal Effects of a Neutralizing Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF)- Antibody in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Mice.

  • Wang 2004 - Amelioration of Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) Induced by Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion (IR) in Rats with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) by Treatment with FG-3019, a Monoclonal Antibody Against Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF).

  • Mageto 2004 - Safety and Tolerability of Human Monoclonal Antibody FG-3019, Anti-Connective Tissue Growth Factor, in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

  • Ito 2003 - Human Urinary CTGF (CCN2) as a Predictor of Progression of Chronic Renal Diseases.

  • Mannon 2003 - Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF): A Biomarker of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy (CAN).

  • Leask 2000 - Control of CTGF Expression by Fibroblasts: Role of IFNgamma, TNF-alpha and the Proteasome.


    HIF Cytoprotection

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  • Heyman 2007 - Activation of Hypoxia Inducible Factors (HIF) Ameliorates Hypoxic Distal Tubular Injury in the Isolated Perfused Rat Kidneys (IPK).

  • Bernhardt 2007 - Donor Pre-treatment with a HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor Improves Function and Increases Long-Term Graft survival in an Allogenic Rat Transplant Model.

  • Wang 2006 - Renoprotective and Therapeutic Efficacy of the HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor FG-4539 in Experimental Ischemia-Reperfusion Induced Acute Kidney Injury.

  • Langsetmo 2006 - Inhibition of HIF-Prolyl Hydroxylases with FG-4539 is Neuroprotective in a Mouse Model of Permanent Focal Ischemia.

  • Guo 2004 - Improvement of Kidney Function in a Rat Model of Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Treatment with a Novel HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor.

  • Nwogu 2000 - Inhibition of Collagen Synthesis Improves Left Ventricular Function (LV) After Myocardial Infarction (MI).


    HIF Anemia

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  • Frohna 2007 - Preliminary Results from a Randomized, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of FG-4592, a Novel Hypoxia Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor, in Subjects with CKD Anemia.

  • Bernhardt 2007 - The prolylhydroxylase inhibitor FG2216 stimulates EPO production in nephric and anephric dialysis patients - evidence for an underutilized production capacity in liver and kidneys.

  • Guo 2007 - HIF-PH Inhibitor, FG-4592, Treats Anemia and Prevents Elevation of SBP in Uremic Rats.

  • Hsieh 2005 - Chronic Intermittent Administration of HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor Significantly Induces Erythropoietin and Increases Total Hemoglobin in Normal Rhesus Macaques.

  • Günzler 2005 - FG-2216 Increases Hemoglobin Concentration in Anemic Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

  • Wang 2005 - Induction of Renal and Extra-Renal Erythropoietin Production by Orally Bioavailable HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors.

  • Klaus 2005 - Induction of Erythropoiesis and Iron Utilization by the HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor FG-4592.

  • Langsetmo 2005 - FG-2216 Corrects Anemia and Improves Iron Utilization in a Rat Model of Anemia of Chronic Disease: Comparison to Darbepoetin.

  • Seeley 2005 - FG-2216: Tumor Progression Studies and Correction of Anemia of Chronic Disease in Xenograft Models.

  • Liu 2005 - Novel and Beneficial Pharmacodynamic Properties of Endogenous EPO and 'Complete Erythropoiesis' Induced by Selective HIF Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors.

  • Wang 2004 - Stimulation of Erythropoiesis and Treatment of Anemia in Rodents by Oral Administration of FG-2216, a Novel HIF-Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor.

  • Langsetmo 2004 - Effect of FG-2216 on Anemia and Iron Transport in a Rat Model of Anemia of Chronic Disease.

  • Klaus 2004 - Novel Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors Overcome Inflammatory Cytokine-Mediated Suppression of EPO Secretion.

  • Urquilla 2004 - Upregulation of Endogenous EPO in Healthy Subjects by Inhibition of HIF-PH.

  • Urquilla 2004 - Upregulation of Endogenous Erythropoietin (EPO) in Healthy Subjects by Inhibition of Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) Prolyl Hydroxylase.


    Collagen/Gelatin

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  • Yang C, Hillas P, Tang J, Balan J, Notbohm H, Polarek J. Development of a recombinant human collagen-type III based hemostat. J Biomed Mater Res. 2004 Apr 15;69B(1):18-24.

  • Yang C, Hillas PJ, Baez JA, Nokelainen M, Balan J, Tang J, Spiro R, Polarek JW. The application of recombinant human collagen in tissue engineering. BioDrugs. 2004;18(2):103-19.

  • Olsen D, Yang C, Bodo M, Chang R, Leigh S, Baez J, Carmichael D, Perala M, Hamalainen ER, Jarvinen M, Polarek J. Recombinant collagen and gelatin for drug delivery. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2003 Nov 28;55(12):1547-67.

  • Olsen 2003 - Development of Recombinant Human Gelatin for Use as a Stabilizer in Biopharmaceuticals.

  • Oulu 2002 - Plants as Factories for Therapeutic Structural Proteins.

  • Helsinki 2002 - Plants as Factories for Therapeutic Proteins.

  • Spiro 2002 - Recombinant Human Collagens for Tissue Engineering Applications.

  • Baez 2001 - Use of Transgenic Plants for the Production of Structural Proteins.

  • Baez 2001 - Characterization of Hydroxylated Human Recombinant Collagen From Transgenic Systems.

  • Yang 2001 - Characterization of Hydroxylated Collagen in Tobacco Cell Culture.

  • Ruangpanita 2001 - Gelatinase A (MMP-2) activation by skin fibroblasts: dependence on MT1-MMP expression and fibrillar collagen form.

  • McCombe 2000 - Inhibition of the Fibroblasts of the Flexor Tendon and its Synovial Sheath Using a New Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor.

  • McGowan 2000 - BMP-1 Processing of Laminin-5 Controls Migration of Human Epithelial Cells.

  • Olsen 2000 - Development of Recombinant Human Gelatins and Specific Molecular Type Human Gelatins.

  • Olsen 2000 - Expression and Characterization of Recombinant Human Gelatin Fragments.

     

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