The invention provides composition having an osmolality of at least 1200m Osmol for use as a medicament for the inhibition of tendon adhesion formation. The compositions of the invention may comprises a sugar phosphate, such as mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) and/or glucose-6-phosphate (G6P). Composition comprising M6P are particularly favoured. The compositions may improve tendon repair by increasing the quality of replacement tendon formed after injury, and may be well suited to administration by injection.
The invention provides the use of mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) in the manufacture of a medicament for the improvement of tendon repair after injury, wherein the medicament comprises M6P at a concentration of at least 500mM. The medicaments of the invention may be useful in decreasing tendon adhesion formation after injury, and additionally or alternatively, in improving the quality of replacement tendon formed after injury. The medicaments may preferably be for administration by injection. The medicaments may be useful in improving tendon repair after an injury selected from the group consisting of : sharp trauma injury; blunt trauma injury; traction injury; torsion injury; crush injury; lacerations; ruptures; bicep tendon rupture; penetrating injuries; surgical injuries; sports injuries, such as mallet injury; and degenerative conditions, such as trigger thumb or repetitive strain injury.
The invention provides the use of mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) for use as a medicament for promoting the restoration of peripheral nerve function after injury. The medicament may comprise M6P at a concentration of at least 500m M, such as a concentration of between 00m M and 2500m M. Medicaments of the invention may be used to promote the restoration of conduction velocity of the injured nerve, and/or to promote axon growth in the injured area. Medicaments may be administered prior to injury, or after an injury has occurred. The medicaments may be provided by injection, such as epineural injection.
There is provided the use of mannose-6-phosphate, or a salt, precursor or analogue thereof, for providing and/or maintaining a consistent skin colour, particularly to reducing redness of skin. There is also provided the use of mannose-6-phosphate, or a salt, precursor or analogue thereof, as a skin improvement agent for providing a cosmetic effect and mannose-6-phosphate, or a salt, precursor or analogue thereof, for use in treating normal or damaged skin, wherein damaged skin is skin that has been subject to epidermal and/or dermal damage.
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The present invention provides TGF-β3 for use as a medicament for provision to a scar to bring about the non-surgical improvement thereof. The medicaments may preferably be injectable medicaments. The invention also provides corresponding methods of treatment. A suitable amount of TGF-β3 to be provided may be between about 100 ng and 10,000 of TGF-β3 per centimetre of scar to be non-surgically improved, and is preferably about 500 ng or 1000 ng of TGF-β3 per centimetre of scar to be non-surgically improved. The scar to be improved may be a scar of the skin. Scars to be improved may be between 2 and 6 months post-wounding. Improvement using the medicaments or methods of the invention may reduce the redness and/or contrast of the scar.
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING EFFICACY OF MEDICAMENTS
A method and apparatus for determining the efficacy of a medicament for the treatment of wounds or scars. The method comprises selecting first and second scarring site portions wherein said first scarring site portion has been treated with said medicament. A pair of images comprising a first image of said first scarring site portion and a second image of said second scarring site portion is generated, and the pair of images is displayed. A recording element comprising first and second recording portions is provided, wherein said first recording portion comprises a plurality of first points indicating that scarring in said first image is less severe than scarring in said second image, and said second recording portion comprises a plurality of second points indicating that scarring in said second image is less severe than scarring in said first image, each of said first and second points having different associated values. Data identifying one of said points is received and used to determine the efficacy of said medicament.
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MEDICAMENTS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF SCARRING
Provided is the use of an agonist of a GABAA receptor for use in the prevention, reduction or inhibition of scarring formed on healing of a wound. Also provided is a method of preventing, reducing or inhibiting scarring formed on healing of a wound, in which a therapeutically effective amount of an agonist of a GABAA receptor is administered to a patient in need of such prevention, reduction or inhibition. The GABAA receptor agonist used may be an agonist specific to the GABAA receptor, such as Gaboxadol (7-tetra hydroisoxazolo[5, 4-c]pyridin-3-ol), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The scarring to be prevented, reduced or inhibited may be scarring formed on healing of a wound of the dermis.
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The invention provides new methods of treatment using TGF-β3 to inhibit scarring in humans, and TGF-β3 for new uses in the inhibition of scarring in humans. In a first incidence of treatment each centimetre of wound margin, or each centimetre of a site at which a wound is to be formed, is provided with between approximately 350ng and 1000ng of TGF-β3; and in a second incidence of treatment, occurring after a wound is formed, and between 8 and 48 hours after the first incidence of treatment, the wound is provided with an amount of between approximately 350ng and 1000ng of TGF-β3 per centimetre of wound margin in which scarring is to be inhibited. The amount of TGF-β3 provided may be the same in each incidence of treatment. The amount of TGF-β3 provided per centimetre in each incidence of treatment may preferably be approximately 500ng. The TGF-β3 may be provided by intradermal injection. Also provided are kits and methods of selecting an appropriate treatment regime for inhibiting scarring associated with the healing of a human wound.
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The invention provides new methods of treatment using TGF- β 3 to inhibit scarring in humans, and TGF-β3 for new uses in the inhibition of scarring in humans. In a first incidence of treatment TGF-β3 is provided to each centimetre of a wound margin or each centimetre of a site at which a wound is to be formed in a first therapeutically effective amount; and in a subsequent incidence of treatment TGF-β3 is provided to each centimetre of wound margin in a larger therapeutically effective amount of TGF-β3. The incidences of treatment occur between 8 hours and 48 hours apart from one another. The TGF-β3 may be provided by intradermal injection. Also provided are kits and methods of selecting an appropriate treatment regime for inhibiting scarring associated with the healing of a human wound.
The invention provides new methods of treatment using anti-scarring agents to inhibit scarring in humans, and also provides anti-scarring agents for new uses in the inhibition of scarring in humans. In a first incidence of treatment an anti-scarring agent is provided to each centimetre of a wound margin or each centimetre of a site at which a wound is to be formed in a first therapeutically effective amount; and in a subsequent incidence of treatment the anti-scarring agent is provided to each centimetre of wound margin in a larger therapeutically effective amount. The incidences of treatment occur between 8 hours and 48 hours apart from one another. The anti-scarring agent is preferably not TGF-β3. The anti-scarring agent may be provided by intradermal injection. Also provided are kits and methods of selecting an appropriate treatment regime for inhibiting scarring associated with the healing of a human wound.
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NR4A AGONISTS ( 6-MERCAPTOPURINE) FOR INHIBITION OF NON-OCULAR SCARRING
Provided is the use of an agonist of a member of the nuclear hormone receptor NR4A subgroup in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention, reduction or inhibition of scarring in a non-ocular tissue. Also provided is a method of preventing, reducing or inhibiting scarring in a non-ocular tissue, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agonist of a member of the nuclear hormone receptor NR4A subgroup to a patient in need of such prevention, reduction or inhibition. The NR4A agonist may be 6-mercaptopurine. The medicaments and methods may preferably be used to prevent, reduce or inhibit scarring in the skin. The medicaments and methods of the invention may be used to accelerate healing of wounds.
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SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 3 FOR USE IN THE INHIBITION OF SCARRING
Provided is secreted Frizzled Related Protein 3 (sFRP3), or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, for use as a medicament for the prevention, reduction or inhibition of scarring. The scarring may be associated with the healing of a wound, or with a fibrotic disorder. The scarring may be associated with surgical wounds. The scarring may be scarring of the skin. The medicament may be a topical medicament, and may be suitable for local injection. Also provided is a method of preventing, reducing or inhibiting scarring, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of sFRP3, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, to a patient in need of such prevention, reduction or inhibition.
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Provided is secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 3 (sFRP3), or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, for use as a medicament for accelerating wound healing. The wound may be a skin wound. The wound may be a surgical wound. The medicament may be a topical medicament. The medicament may be for local injection. The medicament may increase the rate of contraction of a treated wound. Also provided is a method of accelerating wound healing, the method comprising providing a therapeutically effective amount of sFRP3, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, to a site where wound healing is to be accelerated.
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Provided is WIF-1, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, for use as a medicament for accelerating the healing of wounds. The medicament may be a topical medicament, and may be an injectable medicament. Wounds the healing of which are to be accelerated may be skin wounds. WIF-1, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, may be used to accelerate re-epithelialisation of wounds. Also provided is a method of accelerating the healing of a wound, the method comprising providing to a site in need of such accelerated healing a therapeutically effective amount of WIF-1, or a fragment or derivative thereof.
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Provided is WNT3A, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, for use as a medicament for accelerating wound healing. Also provided is a method of accelerating wound healing, the method comprising providing a therapeutically effective amount of WNT3 A, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, to a site where wound healing is to be accelerated. The medicaments and methods of the invention may be of particular use in accelerating the healing of skin wounds.
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Provided is WNT3A, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, for use as a medicament for the prevention, reduction or inhibition of scarring. Also provided is a method of preventing, reducing or inhibiting scarring, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of WNT3A, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, to a patient in need of such prevention, reduction or inhibition. The methods and medicaments of the invention are suitable for use in the prevention, reduction or inhibition of scarring arising as a result of healing of a wound, or scarring associated with a fibrotic disorder. The methods and medicaments disclosed are of particular use in preventing, reducing or inhibiting scarring of the skin.
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PROMOTION OF WOUND CONTRACTION WITH A COMPOUND THAT PROMOTES OESTROGENIC ACTIVITY
The present invention provides a compound that promotes oestrogenic activity for use as a medicament for the promotion of wound contraction. Such medicaments may provide an amount of the compound that promotes oestrogenic activity equivalent to that promoted by approximately 400ng of 17β-oestradiol, per centimetre of wound, or cm2 of unwounded tissue, to which the medicament is administered. Methods of promoting wound contraction are also provided.
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MEDICAMENTS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING WOUND CONTRACTION
Provided are antagonists of FXR activity for use as medicament for the prevention, reduction or inhibition of scarring. This use may preferably be to prevent, reduce or inhibit scarring formed on healing of wounds. The invention also provides corresponding methods of treatment. Preferred antagonists of FXR activity include guggulsterone (Z); guggulsterone (E); a scalarane; 80-574; and a 5α-bile alcohol. In advantageous embodiments, up to 32 &mgr;M of the antagonist of FXR activity may be provided per linear cm of wound, or cm2 of a wound or fibrotic disorder, over a 24 hour period in order to inhibit scarring.
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MEDICAMENTS AND METHODS COMPRISING A COMPOUND THAT PROMOTES OESTROGENIC ACTIVITY FOR WOUND HEALING
The invention provides a compound that promotes oestrogenic activity for use as a medicament, wherein the medicament comprises said compound provided in an injectable carrier solution, the injectable carrier solution comprising an alcohol and a phosphate buffer. Such a medicament may provide between 0.005 &mgr;g and 4&mgr;g of the compound that promotes oestrogenic activity per wound centimetre. The concentration of phosphate may be between 1 mM and 50 mM. The concentration of the alcohol may be between 0.17 M and 1.71 M. The medicaments of the invention may be provided at a wound site for the acceleration of wound healing.
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MEDICAMENTS AND METHODS COMPRISING A COMPOUND THAT PROMOTES OESTROGENIC ACTIVITY FOR WOUND HEALING
There is provided a compound that promotes oestrogenic activity for use as a medicament for administration in an amount to provide per cm2 of the administered area a level of oestrogenic activity equivalent to that provided by up to 300ng of 17β-oestradiol, for accelerating the healing of wounds. Such a medicament may be formulated to provide an amount of oestrogenic activity equivalent to that provided by between Ing and 300ng of 170-oestradiol per cm2 of the administered area; an amount of oestrogenic activity equivalent to that provided by between 20ng and 300ng of 17β-oestradiol per cm2 of the administered area; or an amount of oestrogenic activity equivalent to that provided by between lOOng and 200ng of 17β-oestradiol per cm2 of the administered area. The medicament may accelerate the healing of wounds by promoting re-epithelialisation of the wound.
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LXR- ANTAGONISTS FOR THE PREVENTION, REDUCTION OR INHIBITION OF SCARRING
Provided is an antagonist of LXR activity for use as a medicament for use in the prevention, reduction or inhibition of scarring. Corresponding methods of treatment are also provided. It is preferred that the scarring to be inhibited is scarring associated with wound healing. Preferred antagonists of LXR activity include fibrate esters (such as fenofibrate ester; bezafibrate ester; gemfibrozil ester; clofibrate ester); geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, Riccardin F, an auto-oxidised cholesterol sulphate, Wy- 14643, 7- ketocholesterol-3 -sulfate, and 5a, 6a-epoxycholesterol-3-sulfate. hi advantageous embodiments between about 13 pmoles and about 2 nmoles of the antagonist of LXR activity may be provided per linear cm of wound, or cm2 of a wound or fibrotic disorder, over a 24 hour period in order to inhibit scarring.
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Provided is a method for the expression of a TGF-β in a plant. A chimeric nucleic acid sequence comprising: (1) a first nucleic acid sequence capable of regulating the transcription in a plant cell of (2) a second nucleic acid sequence, encoding a TGF-β, and adapted for expression in the plant cell; and (3) a third nucleic acid sequence encoding a termination region functional in said plant cell is introduced into a plant cell and the plant cell grown to produce TGF-β. The nucleic acid sequence may preferably be adapted for expression in a plant chloroplast. It is preferred that the TGF-β is TGF-β3, whether full length or in the form of an active fragment.
Provided are methods, kits and arrays for use in determining whether a scar of interest is keloid or non-keloid in nature. These determine keloid or non-keloid nature based on comparison of gene expression in the scar of interest with expression in a control sample. If expression of at least one gene, selected from the group of genes set out in Table 1, is decreased in a sample representative of gene expression in the scar of interest compared to expression of the same gene (or genes) in the control sample this indicates that the scar of interest comprises a keloid.
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Provided are methods, kits and arrays for use in determining whether a scar of interest is keloid or non-keloid in nature. These determine keloid or non-keloid nature based on comparison of gene expression in the scar of interest with expression in a control sample. If expression of at least one gene, selected from the group of genes set out in Table 1, is increased in a sample representative of gene expression in the scar of interest compared to expression of the same gene (or genes) in the control sample this indicates that the scar of interest comprises a keloid.
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Provided are methods, kits and arrays for use in determining susceptibility to keloid formation. These determine susceptibility based on comparison of gene expression in a patient of interest with expression in a control sample. If expression of at least one gene, selected from the group of genes set out in Table 1, is increased in a sample representative of gene expression in the patient compared to expression of the same gene (or genes) in the control sample this is indicative of a susceptibility to keloid formation.
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Provided are methods, kits and arrays for use in determining susceptibility to keloid formation. These determine susceptibility based on comparison of gene expression in a patient of interest with expression in a control sample. If expression of at least one gene, selected from the group of genes set out in Table 1, is decreased in a sample representative of gene expression in the patient compared to expression of the same gene (or genes) in the control sample this is indicative of a susceptibility to keloid formation.
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There is provided the use of WNT5A, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for use in the prevention, reduction or inhibition of scarring. There is also provided the use of WNT5A, or a therapeutically effective fragment or derivative thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for use in the prevention and/or treatment of a fibrotic disorder. Further aspects relate to methods by which scarring may be prevented, reduced or inhibited, and by which fibrotic disorders may be prevented and/or treated. Therapeutically effective amounts of WNT5A, or its fragments or derivatives, that may be used in the medicaments or methods of the invention are also provided.
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USE OF ANTAGONISTS OF CXCL13 OR CXCR5 FOR TREATING WOUNDS OR FIBROTIC DISEASES
The invention provides the use of an antagonist of CXCL 13 or CXCR5 activity in the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and/or inhibition of pathological scarring; as well as the use of such antagonists in the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and/or inhibition of fibrotic disorders; and the use of such antagonists in the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of a chronic wound. Medicaments or methods of the invention are particularly suitable for use in keloids or venous ulcers. Suitable antagonists of CXCL1 3 or CXCR5 activity may be any compound capable of inhibiting the CXCL13/CXCR5 signalling pathway. The invention also provides a model of aberrant wound healing, which may lead to pathological scar formation, or to chronic wound formation.
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The present invention concerns a method for folding a Transforming Growth Factor Beta, or a functional analogue thereof, into a dimeric, biologically active form. The method involves adding solubilized, unfolded monomeric growth factor to a solution containing 2-(cylcohexylamino)-ethanesulfonic acid (CHES) or a functional analogue thereof and a low molecular weight sulfhydryl/disulfide redox system. The solution is then incubated under conditions suitable for generating dimeric biologically active Transforming Growth Factor Beta.
The invention provides TGF-β3s, or fragments or derivatives thereof, wherein the alpha- helix-forming domain between amino acid residues (58) and (67) of full-length wild type TGF-β3 comprises at least one alpha-helix-stabilising substitution. The invention also provides TGF-β3s, or fragments or derivatives thereof, wherein the Glycine residue at position (63) of full-length wild type TGF-β3 is replaced with Proline. Further still, the invention provides TGF-β3s, or fragments or derivatives thereof, comprising a substitution of the Glutamic acid residue at position (12) of full-length wild type TGF-β3 and/or the Arginine residue at position (52) of full-length wild type TGF-β3. The invention also provides medicaments and methods of treatment using such TGF-β3s.
There is provided the use of monomeric TGF-βs, or there fragments or derivatives, as medicaments. These medicaments preferably comprise monomeric TGF-β3, or fragments or derivatives thereof. The medicaments provided may be used in the acceleration of wounding and/or the inhibition of scarring, in the promotion of epithelial regeneration, or in the prevention and/or treatment of fibrotic disorders.
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Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations; surgical and wound dressings; anti-scarring preparations; wound healing preparations; anti-fibrotic preparations; none for personal care products or toiletries. Education and training services all in the area of biotechnology, bioscience, pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, medicine and veterinary science; information relating to the aforesaid provided online or on the Internet. Scientific and industrial research in the area of biotechnology, bioscience, pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, medicine and veterinary science.
