University of California

House Ear Institute

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.

House Research Institute

Tomas Ganz

David J Lim

Elizabeta Nemeth

Haa-Yung Lee

Paul Webster

Ali Andalibi

Jian-Dong Li

Piotr Pawel Ruchala

Michael E Selsted

Robert I Lehrer

Yigal Paul Goldberg

Kiweon Cha

Lan Lin

Christopher John Murphy

Ted W Reid

James S Cullor

Mark J Mannis

Gloria Preza

Bradley A Foster

Leon Kautz

Chun-Ling Jung

Disclosed herein are antibodies that specifically bind human erythroferrone and assay methods for detecting and/or measuring human erythroferrone, analogs of human erythroferrone, and fragments thereof. Specifically, the methods comprising using an antibody as a capture reagent and an antibody as a detection reagent for detecting or measuring a detectable label of the at least one detection reagent bound to the erythroferrone polypeptide that is bound to the capture reagent. Further disclosed are the sequences of antibodies.

Immunoassay for human erythroferrone

Disclosed herein are peptides which exhibit hepcidin activity and methods of making and using thereof.

Modified mini-hepcidin peptides and methods of using thereof

Mini-hepcidin peptides and methods of using thereof

The pharmaceutical composition and a method of treatment of infectious diseases, such as otitis media, paranasal sinusitis, labyrinthitis and meningitis are described. The composition comprises EP2E or homologues thereof.

Use of antimicrobial proteins and peptides for the treatment of otitis media and paranasal sinusitis

Disclosed herein are hemojuvelin-specific siRNAs that vary hemojuvelin mRNA concentration. Also disclosed herein, GPI-hemojuvelin positively regulated hepcidin mRNA expression, independently of the IL-6 pathway, whereas soluble hemojuvelin (s-hemojuvelin) suppressed hepcidin mRNA expression in primary human hepatocytes in a log-linear dosedependent manner. Disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating diseases of iron metabolism and hepcidin expression or hepcidin levels.

Competitive regulation of hepcidin mRNA by soluble and cell-associated hemojuvelin

Disclosed herein is a composition and a method for the treatment of otitis media and paranasal sinusitis using human defensins, lysozyme and/or lactoferrin as a new class of non-antibiotic antimicrobials. From studies of otitis media and paranasal sinusitis, it was observed that certain innate immune modulators were important in the bodies response to the infection. Therefore, these innate immune modulators, lysozyme, lactoferrin, and defensins were tested for use as a non-antibiotic treatment for infection, particularly infections such as otitis media and sinusitis.

Disclosed herein is a method for the treatment of otitis media and paranasal sinusitis using human defensins, lysozyme and/or lactoferrin as a new class of non-antibiotic antimicrobials. From studies of otitis media and paranasal sinusitis, it was observed that certain innate immune modulators were important in the bodies response to the infection. Therefore, these innate immune modulators, lysozyme, lactoferrin and defensins, were tested for use as a non-antibiotic treatment for infection, particularly infections such as otitis media and sinusitis.

A method for treating cutaneous and corneal wounds as well as certain microbial-related diseases comprises topically applying a defensin peptide to the affected tissue. The compositions comprise a natural, synthetic, or analog defensin molecule having both a mitogenic activity capable of stimulating cell growth and an antimicrobial activity capable of inhibiting the growth of a wide variety of pathogens. In addition to therapeutic use, the defensins are useful as mitogens in cell and tissue culture media.

Defensin peptide compositions and methods for their use

Novel microbicidal compositions are provided which find use as preservatives, disinfectants, antigens and the like. Particularly, cationic oligopeptides of up to about thirty-five amino acids are provided having amino acid sequences substantially comparable to the amino acid sequences of cationic oligopeptides produced by macrophage. A conserved framework structure is provided.

Cationic oligopeptides having microbicidal activity

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Tomas Ganz