METHOD FOR THE PRESELECTION OF DRUGS FOR PROTEIN MISFOLDING DISEASES

    公开(公告)号:EP3324186A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-23

    申请号:EP16199792.9

    申请日:2016-11-21

    IPC分类号: G01N33/68

    摘要: The invention provides a method that gives direct information about the intervention of a potential drug on the secondary structure distribution of a target biomolecule, i.e., for a disease with misfolded protein, such as neurodegenerative diseases. The secondary structural change is monitored by vibrational spectroscopy. The method can be applied for prescreening of drug candidates for targeting of specific biomolecules. The effect of the drug on the secondary structure distribution is monitored label-free in real time and provides thereby direct information about the efficacy of the potential drug.

    COMBINED ASSAY FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    公开(公告)号:EP3324187A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-23

    申请号:EP16199805.9

    申请日:2016-11-21

    IPC分类号: G01N33/68

    摘要: The invention provides a combined immuno-infrared assay for the differential diagnosis and sub classification of Alzheimer's disease into different disease stages. The method can be applied for assured disease diagnostics and patient stratification. The assay considers the label-free detection of the change within the Amyloid-beta peptide and Tau protein secondary structure distribution in bodily fluids. This secondary structure change from native to ß-sheet enriched isoforms appears years before clinical disease manifestation. Now, the combined method utilizes this shift for diagnostics based on liquid biopsies.