TSX Exchange Symbol: RVX
CALGARY, Jan. 2, 2014 /CNW/ - Resverlogix Corp. (TSX: RVX) today
announced that a publication titled "RVX-208, an Inducer of ApoA-I in
Humans, Is a BET Bromodomain Antagonist" was published on December 31st 2013 in the international, peer-reviewed, open-access online
publication PLOS ONE Journal. The publication was authored by
Resverlogix staff in combination with collaborators from Xtal
Biostructures Inc. in Maryland USA.
This publication is the third recent publication discussing the unique
attributes of RVX-208. In October 2013 the Structural Genomics
Consortium, in conjunction with a group of University of Oxford UK
scientists, published a work titled "RVX-208, an inhibitor of BET
transcriptional regulators with selectivity for the second
bromodomain". This paper was a peer reviewed publication in by the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America.
"The Structural Genome - Oxford paper was viewed by us as an extremely
important publication as it confirmed by an external group for the
first time that RVX-208 was the first known selective BET inhibitor
thus highlighting Resverlogix' technological lead in the bromodomain
space," said Donald J. McCaffrey, President & CEO of Resverlogix.
In August 2013 a third publication in the Cell Journal, titled "BET
Bromodomains Mediate Transcriptional Pause Release in Heart Failure",
used RVX-208 as one of the BET inhibitors that confirmed the potential
for BET inhibitors as therapeutic targets in heart failure. The authors
of this publication were primarily from various divisions of Harvard
Medical School.
About RVX-208
RVX-208 is a first-in-class small molecule that inhibits BET
bromodomains. RVX-208 functions by removing atherosclerotic plaque via
reverse cholesterol transport (RCT), the natural process through which
atherosclerotic plaque is transported out of the arteries and removed
from the body by the liver. RVX-208 increases production of
Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I), the key building block of functional high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles and the type required for RCT.
These newly produced, functional HDL particles are flat and empty and
can efficiently remove plaque and stabilize or reverse atherosclerotic
disease. Post-hoc analysis of recent clinical trials data showed that
RVX-208 significantly reduces coronary atherosclerosis and major
adverse cardiac events in patients with CVD who have a low level of HDL
and elevated CRP, a population with unmet medical need. ApoA-I may also
exert beneficial effects in Alzheimer's disease and Diabetes Mellitus.
About Resverlogix
Resverlogix Corp. (TSX:RVX) is a clinical stage biotechnology company
developing compounds involving ApoA-I production. RVX-208 is a
first-in-class small molecule in development for the treatment of
diseases such as atherosclerosis, Diabetes Mellitus and Alzheimer's
disease. RVX-208 is the first BET bromodomain inhibitor in clinical
trials. Resverlogix's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange
(TSX: RVX). For further information please visit www.resverlogix.com. We can be followed on our blog at http://www.resverlogix.com/blog.
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diseases such as atherosclerosis, Diabetes Mellitus and Alzheimer's
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Company Contacts: |
Donald J. McCaffrey
President and CEO
Resverlogix Corp.
Phone: 403-254-9252
Email: don@resverlogix.com
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Kenneth Lebioda
SVP Business & Corporate Development
Resverlogix Corp.
Phone: 403-254-9252
Email: ken@resverlogix.com |
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