摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of qualifying ovarian cancer status in a subject comprising: (a) measuring at least one biomarker in a sample from the subject and (b) correlating the measurement with ovarian cancer status. The invention further relates to kits for qualifying ovarian cancer status in a subject.
摘要:
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a fragment of Serrate protein or a derivative or analog of said fragment, or comprising a derivative or analog of a Serrate protein, or comprising a protein comprising such a fragment, derivative or analog, the fragments, derivatives, analogs and proteins being characterized by the ability in vitro, when expressed on the surface of a first cell, to bind to a Notch protein expressed on the surface of a second cell. The invention also relates to chimeric proteins comprising said Serrate fragments joined via a peptide bond to a protein sequence of a protein different from the Serrate protein, and to nucleic acids encoding said fragments of a Serrate protein, and encoding said chimeric proteins. According to the invention, said fragments, derivatives, analogs, and proteins, said chimeric proteins and said nucleic acids may be used as a medicament, for example, in treating or preventing malignancy in a subject.
摘要:
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a fragment of a Delta protein or a derivative or analog of said fragment, or comprising a derivative or analog of a Delta protein, or comprising a protein comprising such a fragment, derivative or analog, the fragments, derivatives, analogs and proteins being characterized by the ability in vitro, when expressed on the surface of a first cell, to bind to a second protein expressed on the surface of a second cell, which second protein is a Notch protein or a second Delta protein. The invention also relates to chimeric proteins comprising said Delta fragments joined via a peptide bond to a protein sequence of a protein different from the Delta protein, and to nucleic acids encoding said fragments of a Delta protein, and encoding said chimeric proteins. According to the invention, said fragments, derivatives, analogs and proteins, said chimeric proteins and said nucleic acids may be used as a medicament, for example, in treating or preventing malignancy in a subject.
摘要:
Methods and compositions for detection of microbial contaminants in peritoneal dialysis solutions are provided. A novel cause of aseptic peritonitis is provided--aseptic peritonitis associated with gram positive microbial contamination of a dialysis solution. Peptidoglycan is a major component of a gram positive bacterial cell wall and thus can serve as a marker for gram positive bacteria. In this regard, testing for peptidoglycans can be utilized to effectively prevent peritonitis in patients that use the peritoneal dialysis solutions, such as peritoneal dialysis solutions that contain a glucose polymer including an icodextrin and the like.
摘要:
The present invention provides immunoassays which are highly specific for detection in biological samples of methamphetamine and other drugs of abuse of the methamphetamine group such as ecstasy and other ecstasy class drugs. More particularly, competitive assays are provided comprising: (a) contacting said sample with (i) a pseudoephedrine/carrier conjugate in which pseudoephedrine is linked via its hydroxyl group to the carrier and (ii) an antibody which is capable of binding both one or more drugs of the methamphetamine group and said conjugate; and (b) determining whether the binding of said antibody to said conjugate is reduced by the presence of said sample, a reduction in binding being indicative that the sample contains a methamphetamine group drug.
摘要:
A method of evaluating a carbohydrate in a sample. The method includes providing a low valency carbohydrate binding ligand, providing a glycoconjugate which includes a label, and a carbohydrate moiety, contacting the low valency carbohydrate binding ligand and the glycoconjugate with the sample, determining the extent of binding of the low valency carbohydrate binding ligand with the glycoconjugate, the binding of the low valency carbohydrate binding ligand with the glycoconjugate being correlated with the amount of carbohydrate in the sample.
摘要:
Compounds of methamphetamine derivatives having a meta-substituted alkyl linker on the benzene ring and a protective group on the nitrogen of the methamphetamine hapten. Such compounds have the structure (I) wherein R1 is an alkyl linker comprising 2-15 carbon atoms and 0-6 heteroatoms, R2 is a leaving group, and R3 is a protecting group. Compounds having the formula (II), wherein R1 is an alkyl linker comprising 2-15 carbon atoms and 0-6 heteroatoms and R2 is a polysaccharide or a microparticle. Immunoassays for determining metamphetamine in a sample and test kits for use in determining methamphetamine in a sample.
摘要:
A method capable of even with respect to, for example, any biological sample containing multiple compounds, not only confirming the presence of a compound having been converted to a phosphoric acid monoester (peptide, sugar, etc.) among them but also easily identifying the molecular weight thereof; and an additive for mass spectrum measurement which can be used in this method. In this method, use is made of a complex compound exhibiting extremely high coordination capacity for phosphoric acid monoester groups, configured of a single zinc isotope, and multiple mass spectrum data are collected and compared with each other.