Abstract: Methods for preventing, treating, and/or reducing the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a subject in need thereof and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of phenylmethimazole, methimazole derivatives, and/or tautomeric cyclic thiones to the subject. The pharmaceutical composition includes phenylmethimazole, methimazole derivatives, and/or tautomeric cyclic thiones formulated for administration to a subject for the prevention or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Abstract: Methods for preventing, treating, and/or reducing the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a subject in need thereof and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of phenylmethimazole, methimazole derivatives, and/or tautomeric cyclic thiones to the subject. The pharmaceutical composition includes phenylmethimazole, methimazole derivatives, and/or tautomeric cyclic thiones formulated for administration to a subject for the prevention or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Abstract: Treatment of autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases associated with overexpression of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) as well as Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and/or TLR3/TLR4 signaling in nonimmune cells, monocytes, macrophages, and/or dendritic cells in association with related pathologies. The use of phenylmethimazoles, methimazole derivatives, and tautomeric cyclic thiones for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases associated with TLR3 as well as TLR4 and/or TLR3/TLR4 cellular signaling in association with related pathologies is disclosed. Methods of treating a subject having a disease or condition associated with abnormal TLR-3 as well as TLR-4 and/or TLR3/TLR4 cellular signaling in association with related pathologies are also disclosed. The present disclosure also relates to the treatment of autoimmune-inflammatory pathologies and chemokine and cytokine-mediated diseases associated with TLR overexpression and signaling.

Abstract: Treatment of autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases associated with overexpression of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) as well as Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and/or TLR3/TLR4 signaling in nonimmune cells, monocytes, macrophages, and/or dendritic cells in association with related pathologies. The use of phenylmethimazoles, methimazole derivatives, and tautomeric cyclic thiones for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases associated with TLR3 as well as TLR4 and/or TLR3/TLR4 cellular signaling in association with related pathologies is disclosed. Methods of treating a subject having a disease or condition associated with abnormal TLR-3 as well as TLR-4 and/or TLR3/TLR4 cellular signaling in association with related pathologies are also disclosed. The present disclosure also relates to the treatment of autoimmune-inflammatory pathologies and chemokine and cytokine-mediated diseases associated with TLR overexpression and signaling.

Abstract: Described herein is a method, and compositions useful with the method, of analyzing a tissue from a subject. The method includes contacting a probe conjugate (10) including a probe molecule (12), to a biological tissue 146 from a subject. The probe conjugate (10) is contacted with the biological tissue (14) under a well defined and easily controlled force field(s) and that tends to result in an interaction between the molecular probe (12) and the tissue (14) and/or tends to disrupt such interactions. The resulting interaction of the molecular probe (12) with the tissue (14) is then quantified. The analytical methods may be useful for diagnostic and prognostic applications as well as in the discovery of novel drug delivery systems and novel therapeutic substances and targets.

Abstract: It is now recognized that chronic inflammation is an important risk factor for the development of cancer. The proinflammatory cytokine IL-6 is implicated in cancer because it is important for the activation of STAT, a key regulator of cancer growth, survival, metastasis, immune evasion and angiogenesis. Increased IL-6 and Stat-3 exists in vitro in pancreatic cancer, malignant melanoma, papillary thyroid cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer cells with high basal expression of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and Wnt5a. IL6/STAT3 activation, mediated by overexpressed TLR3 signaling, appears important in the tumor growth process, it may increase Wnt5a signaling, and be associated with increased cellular growth and migration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases associated with overexpression of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) as well as Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and/or TLR3/TLR4 signaling in nonimmune cells, monocytes, macrophages, and/or dendritic cells in association with related pathologies. This invention also relates to the use of phenylmethimazoles, methimazole derivatives, and tautomeric cyclic thiones for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases associated with Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) as well as Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and/or TLR3/TLR4 signaling in nonimmune cells, monocytes, macrophages, and/or dendritic cells in association with related pathologies. This invention also relates to treating a subject having a disease or condition associated with abnormal Toll-like receptor 3 as well as Toll-like receptor 4 and/or TLR3/TLR4 signaling in nonimmune cells, monocytes, macrophages, and/or dendritic cells in association with related pathologies.