摘要:
Diagnostic methods for the detection of multiple myeloma (MM) and the identification of high-risk patients with multiple myeloma-related plasma proliferative disorders, such as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), likely to progress to active MM are described. The diagnosis is based on the determination of concentrations of bioactive IL-1ß produced by bone marrow plasma cells of these patients. Also described are therapeutic methods for the treatment of MM and for the chemoprevention of the progression from disorders such as MGUS and SMM to active MM, involving the administration of inhibitors of IL-1ß.
摘要:
An agent, composition and method for the treatment, prophylaxis and/or diagnosis of proliferative disorders, which is highly and efficiently absorbed at the site of abnormal cellular proliferation is disclosed.
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The invention provides a method of preventing, delaying, or reversing the progression of Alzheimer's disease by administering an Aβ42 lowering agent to a mammal under conditions in which levels of Aβ42 are selectively reduced, levels of Aβ38 are increased, and levels of Aβ40 are unchanged. The invention provides methods and materials for developing and identifying Aβ42 lowering agents. In addition, the invention provides methods for identifying agents that increase the risk of developing, or hasten progression of, Alzheimer's disease. The invention also provides compositions of Aβ42 lowering agents and antioxidants, Aβ42 lowering agents and non-selective secretase inhibitors, as well as Aβ42 lowering agents and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. The invention also provides kits containing Aβ42 lowering agents, antioxidants, non-selective secretase inhibitors, and/or acetylcholinesterase inhibitors as well as instructions related to dose regimens for Aβ42 lowering agents, antioxidants, non-selective secretase inhibitors, and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
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The invention provides methods and materials for diagnosing an angina condition in a patient. Specifically, the invention provides methods and materials for classifying an angina condition as either stable or unstable. In addition, the invention provides methods and materials for determining an individual's predisposition to have a stable or unstable angina condition. The invention also provides kits for classifying an angina condition as either stable or unstable as well as kits for determining an individual's predisposition to have a stable or unstable angina condition.
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A fusion polypeptide comprising an antibody or a fragment thereof is provided. The fusion polypeptide is useful in a therapeutic composition to treat multiple myeloma.
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The invention provides methods of treating living cells with PNA oligomers such that the oligomers cross a biological barrier and engender a biological response. The invention provides methods for screening potential PNA oligomers for the ability to engender a sequence specific biological response. The invention also provides methods of identifying the function of polypeptides and of determining the relative turnover rate of functional polypeptides.
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The present invention relates to a combination of (a) an ATP-competitive inhibitor of Bcr/abl kinase activity and (b) a tyrphostin analog, and the use of said combination or product for the treatment of bcr/abl-related diseases.
摘要:
This invention features methods of enhancing immune responses in mammalian subjects and in vitro methods of enhancing the response of a T cell. Also embodied by the invention are methods of receiving and preventing the induction of energy in T cells.