Abstract:
There is disclosed a peptide mixture suitable for eliciting an immune response. It comprises a first and a second peptide, each corresponding to a fragment of the RAS protein. Each of the first and second peptides comprises a region of at least 8 amino acids which includes position 13 of the RAS protein. Each of said regions of the first and second peptides independently has at least 6 amino acid residues, other than at said position 13, which are identical to the corresponding region of the RAS protein. Each of the first and the second peptides has a point mutation at the amino acid corresponding to said position 13. The point mutation of the first peptide is different from the point mutation of the second peptide.
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods for providing prognosis, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in a subject, including a sports-related concussion. The invention further relates to assessing the severity of brain damage resulting from mTBI in a subject, including in a subject who has not undergone a CT scan following the injury. For example, the methods of the invention can be used to determine the suitability for someone who has suffered a sports-related injury to return to play that sport. This invention also relates to methods of predicting risk for developing brain damage and long-term dysfunction in a subject having suffered mTBI.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in sepsis patients and in patients at risk for sepsis. In particular, the invention relates to using assays that detect one or more biomarkers as diagnostic and prognostic biomarker assays in such patients.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of treating a subject in need thereof comprising classifying the subject into functional group FG1, FG2 or FG3, wherein i) when the subject is classified into the FG1 functional group, (A) the level of OPN or the activity of OPN in said subject is increased; (B) the subject is not treated with a brace; or (C) a combination of (A) and (B); and ii) when the subject is classified into the FG2 or FG3 functional group, (A) the level of OPN or the activity of OPN in said subject is decreased; (B) the subject is treated with a brace; or (C) a combination of (A) and (B).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in sepsis patients and in patients at risk for sepsis. In particular, the invention relates to using assays that detect one or more of WAP four-disulfide core domain protein 2, Hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 1, Interleukin-1 receptor-like 1, and Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 as diagnostic and prognostic in such patients.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing myeloid malignancy comprising determining the presence of a mutant allele of the calreticulin gene. Also genomic sequences, cDNA sequences, mRNA sequences and protein sequences of the mutant calreticulin are subject of the present invention. Further, the invention relates to medical uses of inhibitors of mutant calreticulin.
Abstract:
Provided are methods for determining the amount of thyroglobulin in a sample using various purification steps followed by mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve purifying thyroglobulin in a test sample, digesting thyroglobulin to form peptide T129, purifying peptide T129, ionizing peptide T129, detecting the amount of peptide T129 ion generated, and relating the amount of peptide T129 ion to the amount of thyroglobulin originally present in the sample.
Abstract:
A method for measuring an amount of analyte in a whole blood sample comprises: - measuring the haematocrit level of the whole blood sample; - measuring an amount of analyte directly in the whole blood sample; and - calculating an amount of analyte corrected according to the relationship: D p = P a (D ST , D H ) where D p is the corrected amount of analyte, D ST is the measured amount of analyte, D H is the measured haematocrit level, and P a is a non-constant polynomial having a degree greater than or equal to 1, the indeterminate values of which are the measured amount of analyte D ST and the measured haematocrit level D H , and the polynomial coefficients of which are dependent on the analyte.
Abstract:
The invention relates to inhibitors of the NHR2 tetramerization and their use as tumor therapeutics (e.g. against acute myeloid leukemia (AML)), cytostatics, and diagnostic agents.