摘要:
The invention provides a method for aiding the diagnosis or prognostic monitoring of Alzheimer's disease in a subject, said method comprising; providing a sample of blood obtained from said patient; assaying the amount of gelsolin present in said sample; comparing the amount of gelsolin present in said sample to a reference amount of gelsolin present in a sample from a healthy subject, wherein detection of a gelsolin level in the sample from said patient which is lower than the gelsolin level in the reference sample indicates an increased likelihood of Alzheimer's disease in said patient. Other markers are C1 protease inhibitor and ceruloplasmin. Both blood samples and tissue samples have been investigated.
摘要:
We disclose a method of preparing a conditioned cell culture medium, the method comprising the steps of: (a) culturing a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC), a descendent thereof or a cell line derived therefrom in a cell culture medium; and (b) optionally isolating the cell culture medium; in which the mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) is obtained by propagating a cell obtained by dispersing a embryonic stem (ES) cell colony, or a descendent thereof, in the absence of co-culture in a serum free medium comprising FGF2.
摘要:
The invention relates to a glucose binding protein comprising amino acid mutations relative to the wild type sequence at the following positions: (i) H 152, (ii) A213; and (iii) L238 wherein the mutation at position H 152 is H152C. The invention further relates to such a glucose binding protein comprising the mutations H152C, A213R and L238S, in particular when linked to an environmentally sensitive dye such as badan.
摘要:
The invention relates to A method of making a polypeptide comprising at least one N ε -methyl-lysine at a specific site in said polypeptide, said method comprising (a) genetically directing the incorporation of R-N ε -methyl-lysine into said polypeptide, wherein R comprises an auxiliary group; and (b) catalysing the removal of R from the polypeptide of (a). In particular the invention relates to such a method wherein genetically directing the incorporation of R- Nε-methyl-lysine into said polypeptide comprises arranging for the translation of a RNA encoding said polypeptide, wherein said RNA comprises an amber codon, and wherein said translation is carried out in the presence of an amber tRNA charged with R-N ε -methyl-lysine.
摘要:
The inventors have made the surprising discovery that SGK1, a serine/threonine kinase previously described as being involved in regulation of cellular sodium homeostasis, has a novel and unexpected function in the differentiation and function of a specific subset of CD4 T cells, the TH17 lineage. Described herein are methods and compositions for modulation of TH17 cell differentiation, proliferation, and/or function that rely upon modulating the activity or expression of SGK1. Such methods and compositions are useful in the treatment of disorders including autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, and cancer.