Gw-501516

Gateways to Clinical Trials is a guide to the most recent clinical trials reported in current literature and congresses. The data in the following tables have been retrieved from the Clinical Trials Knowledge Area of Prous Science Integrity, the drug discovery and development portal, https://integrity.prous.com. This issue focuses on the following selection of drugs:[188Re]-HDD; A-179578, adalimumab, AK-602, albumin interferon alfa, alfimeprase, amelubant, anakinra, anti-CD2 MAb, APD-356, aripiprazole, atvogen; Bimatoprost, bimosiamose, BLP-25, brivaracetam; Caspofungin acetate, cilansetron, CMV vaccine (bivalent), conivaptan hydrochloride, Cypher; Darbepoetin alfa, darifenacin hydrobromide, D-D4FC, decitabine, dnaJP1, doranidazole, dronedarone hydrochloride; Efalizumab, efaproxiral sodium, emtricitabine, Endeavor, entecavir, erlotinib hydrochloride, escitalopram oxalate, etoricoxib, etravirine, ezetimibe; Fampridine, fenretinide, ferumoxtran-10, forodesine hydrochloride; Gantacurium chloride, gemi-floxacin mesilate, Glyminox, GW-501516; HBV-ISS, hepavir B, human insulin, HuMax-CD20, hyaluronic acid, HyCAMP; Icatibant, IDEA-070, IGN-311, imatinib mesylate, insulin detemir, insulin glargine, insulin glulisine; Lapatinib, lasofoxifene tartrate, LB-80380, liarozole fumarate, liposome encapsulated doxorubicin, lumiracoxib, LY-570310; MC-1, melatonin, merimepodib, metanicotine, midostaurin; Natalizumab, nicotine conjugate vaccine, NYVAC-HIV C; Patupilone, peginterferon alfa-2a, peginterferon alfa-2b, peginterferon alfa-2b/ribavirin, pelitinib, Peru-15, pexelizumab, PHP, pimecrolimus, prednisolone sodium metasulfobenzoate; Recombinant alfa1-antitrypsin (AAT), retigabine, rHA influenza vaccine, rifalazil, rofecoxib, rosiglitazone maleate/Metformin hydrochloride, rostaporfin, rosuvastatin calcium, rubitecan; Selenite sodium, semilente insulin, SMP-797, sorafenib; Talampanel, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, TER-199, tiotropium bromide, torcetrapib, treprostinil sodium, TTA; ValboroPro, valdecoxib, val-mCyd, valtorcitabine dihydrochloride: XP-828L...

OBJECTIVE: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) ligands, widely used in type 2 diabetes treatment, have variably been shown to promote or prevent colon tumor formation in animal models and cell lines, but their role in normal human colon is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine PPAR expression and function in normal human colonic epithelial cells and tubular adenomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Short-term cultures of normal human colonic epithelial cells were established from biopsies obtained in 42 patients with normal colonoscopy...

OBJECTIVE: To study the potency of 2 peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) agonists, 15-deoxy-Delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J(2) (15-deoxy-PGJ(2)) and rosiglitazone, to modulate the expression of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in rat synovial fibroblasts. METHODS: Levels of messenger RNA for IL-1Ra and PPAR isotypes (alpha, beta/delta, gamma) were assessed by real-time polymerase chain reaction in rat synovial fibroblasts exposed to 10 ng/ml of IL-1beta...

1. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-activated transcription factors that have been proposed to regulate inflammation by antagonising the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signalling pathway. We investigated the role of PPARs using synthetic agonists in murine models of airway inflammation, and addressed the possible effect on NF-kappaB signalling in vitro using a human epithelial cell line, A549. 2. Sensitised BALB/c mice exposed to an aerosol solution of ovalbumin had an increased number of airway eosinophils, neutrophils and lymphocytes...