摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the effect of in vivo administration of Cathepsin S inhibitors by measuring accumulation of an intermediate degradation product of invariant chain (Ii), in particular the p10 Ii fragment, in blood of dosed patients.
摘要:
A method for capturing a saxiphilin to allow for detection, characterisation, isolation an/or purification of said saxiphilin or its ligand, comprising: (1) providing a PST conjugate comprising a PST moiety bound via a linker through a site other than the binding site for saxiphilin directly or indirectly to a biotin moiety; (2) exposing the PST conjugate to a sample putatively containing said saxiphilin to create a reaction mixture and to (strept)avidin; and (3) allowing binding through the PST moiety to the saxiphilin and through the biotin moiety to (strept)avidin to form a captured PST complex.
摘要:
Assessing fetal health and maturity, and the integrity and health of the amnion, is effected via protein profiling of vaginal fluid, thereby to identify various abnormal conditions during pregnancy. This approach also provides a means for gauging the duration and/or magnitude of intraamniotic/fetal inflammation that occurs during pregnancy.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the effect of in vivo administration of Cathepsin S inhibitors by measuring accumulation of an intermediate degradation product of invariant chain (Ii), in particular the p10 Ii fragment, in blood of dosed patients.
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The present invention relates to the use of Cystatin in predicting onset of migraines. The invention also relates to the use of Cystatin as a vasodilatory agent. The invention also relates to antagonists to Cystatin for use in preventing and treating migraine attacks.
摘要:
A method for screening a cysteine protease inhibitor of which cysteine protease inhibitory activity is enhanced in the presence of endogenous polyvalent metal ion, which comprises treating a cysteine protease with a test compound in the presence of the polyvalent metal ion, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating apoptosis-associated diseases, which contains as the active ingredient a cysteine protease inhibitor of which cysteine protease inhibitory activity is enhanced in the presence of endogenous polyvalent metal ion.
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A method for diagnosing or prognosing Alzheimer's disease in a subject, or determining whether a subject is at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, comprising: determining a level, or an activity, or both said level and said activity, of transcription product and/or a translation product of (i) a cystatin C gene or (ii) a polymorphic variant of a cystatin C gene in a sample from said subject; and comparing said level, or said activity, or both said level and said activity, of said transcription product and/or said translation product to a reference value representing a known disease or health status, thereby diagnosing or prognosing Alzheimer's disease in said subject, or determining whether said subject is at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
摘要:
The present invention concerns a polypeptide comprising the N-terminal fragment of a cystatin, and/or a cystatin expression inducer for use for the treatment of sterility and/or infertility, and a method of diagnosing and/or predicting sterility and/or infertility of a subject and/or of a couple of subjects, which method comprises measuring the level of at least one cystatin in a biological sample of a male subject and/or measuring the level of at least one cystatin in a biological sample of a female subject, and optionally measuring further the level of at least one cathepsin in a biological sample of said male of female subject.
摘要:
Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, or determining kidney transplant rejection or an associated disorder in a mammal are described. In particular, methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, or determining kidney transplant rejection or an associated disorder using measured concentrations of a combination of three or more analytes in a test sample taken from the mammal are described.