The Rockefeller University

Amgen Inc.

The Scripps Research Institute

Other

The Rockfeller University

Samuel D Wright

Richard J Ulevitch

Peter S Tobias

John C Mathison

Henri Stephen Lichenstein

Mark M Wurfel

David Edwin Lyons

Shao-Chieh Juan

Peter Eric Hailman

Elaine I Tuomanen

Linda Owers Narhi

Mark Matsuo Wurfe

Henri S Lichenstein

Anne Hermanowski-Vosatka

The present invention concerns a method of treating sepsis comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of anti-CD14 antibody molecules. A therapeutic composition comprising anti-CD14 antibody molecules in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient is also contemplated.

Methods and compositions for ameliorating the symptoms of sepsis

The present invention concerns a method of treating sepsis comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of anti-CD14 antibody molecules. A therapeutic composition comprising anti-CDl4 antibody molecules in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient is also contemplated.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for neutralizing lipopolysaccharide, and treatment of gram-negative sepsis based therein. Accordingly, the invention is directed to a composition of homogeneous particles comprising phospholipids and a lipid exchange protein, such as phospholipid transfer protein or LPS binding protein. The lipid exchange protein is characterized by being capable of facilitating an exchange protein of lipopolysaccharide into the particles. In a specific embodiment, exemplified herein, the lipid particles are high density lipoprotein particles comprising apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I), a phospholipid, and cholesterol or a lipid bilayer binding derivative thereof. In a specific example, the phospholipid is phosphatidylcholine (PC). In a specific example, the ratio of phosphatidylcholine:cholesterol:apolipoprotein A-I is approximately 80:4:1. The levels of LPS exchange protein activity in a sample from a patient provides a diagnostic, monitoring, or prognostic indicator for a subject with endotoxemia, gram-negative sepsis, or septic shock.

Compositions for neutralization of lipopolysaccharides

The invention relates to anti-inflammatory polypeptides comprising soluble CD14 related polypeptides having amino acids at position 7-10 that are different from the native sequence or having amino acids 1-14 deleted.

Anti-inflammatory CD14 polypeptides

The invention relates to a novel human serum protein referred to as AFM, which has one or more activities in common with human serum albumin, human a-fetoprotein, or human vitamin D binding protein and which has an apparent molecular weight by SDS-PAGE of 87 kd; variants thereof; and related genes, vectors, cells and methods.

Afamin: a human serum albumin-like protein

The invention relates to anti-inflammatory peptides that are based on peptide regions 7-10, 11-14, and 57-64 of CD14.

Anti-inflammatory CD14 peptides

The present invention concerns a method of treating CD14-mediated host inflammatory response to LPS often associated with sepsis comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of anti-CD14 antibody molecules. A therapeutic composition comprising anti-CD14 antibody molecules in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient is also contemplated.

The invention relates to a novel human serum protein and nucleic acid referred to as AFM, which has one or more activities in common with human serum albumin, human a-fetoprotein, or human vitamin D binding protein and which has an apparent molecular weight by SDS-PAGE of 87 kd; variants thereof; and related genes, vectors, cells and methods.

Afamin: a human serum albumin-like gene

Antibodies to the lipopolysaccharide bonding opsonin septin

The invention is concerned with the discovery, isolation and purification of an agent or factor named herein the CR3 modulator or CMF-1 that is synthesized by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in response to agonists which enhance CD18 activity. The CR3 modulator binds to CD18 and activates its adhesion-promoting ability. The CR3 modulator appears to be transiently produced by PMN as an acidic amphiphilic lipid. The CR3 modulator can be assayed by adding dilutions of a CR3 modulator -containing solution to resting PMN and observing the ability of CR3 to mediate binding of erythrocytes coated with C3bi (EC3bi). The isolation of the CR3 modulator, its biological and physical properties and diagnostic and therapeutic uses are described.

Leukocyte-derived CR3 modulator, integrin modulating factor-1 (IMF-1)

The influx of leukocytes into the lung and other organs during sepsis or other infectious or non-infectious trauma can be inhibited by the administration of anti-CD18 monoclonal antibodies. Such inhibition results in a prevention and/or diminishment of organ damage in inflammations and especially in endotoxic shock and adult respiratory distress syndrome.

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Samuel D Wright