摘要:
The present invention describes compositions of thymus derived peptides and uses therefore in diagnostic methods and for the treatment of diseases associated with reduced T helper cell counts, diseases such as infection, e.g., HIV infection and other viral infections, parasitic, and bacterial infection, AIDS, ARC, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, asthma, allergy, dermatitis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease/irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, Psoriasis, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Systemic lupus erythematosus, transplant rejection and cancer.
摘要:
Several types of cancer cells are treated with specialized therapies, as they have specific properties such as steroid-dependant, especially estradiol-dependant growth. Breast cancer and colon cancer cells often depend to some extend on estradiol-mediated growth signals. Therefore, especially breast cancer patients are routinely tested for the presence of estradiol receptors by immune histology. If the estradiol receptor is present usually an anti-estradiol therapy is used to eradicate the tumour and to prevent rezidives. However to a certain extend this therapy does not work and it would be an advantage to know this as early as possible, thereby not to loose any time with wrong therapy concepts. Therefore a better predictive marker to diagnose steroid-dependant cancer cells is necessary, which is provided by this invention. Prothymosin alpha (PTA) can be measured in tissue samples and plasma of breast cancer and colon cancer patients and indicates, whether the estradiol pathway is functional and consequently whether anti-estradiol therapy may be successful. PTA can be a surrogate for estradiol receptor detection by immune histology, can be a marker to monitor resistance of cancer cells towards anti-estradiol therapy and has the advantage to be determined from easily accessible patient samples such as serum or plasma. Claimed are PTA peptides and nucleic acids, binding agents therefore, test kits and diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions.
摘要:
The present inventors have discovered that humans have a gene that encodes a novel protein of the thymosin β family. This novel protein, herein referred to as thymosin β15, has the ability to bind and sequester G-actin, like other members of the thymosin β family, but unlike what is known about other members also directly regulates cell motility in prostatic carcinoma cells. A cDNA of the human thymosin β15 gene (SEQ ID NO: 1) and having deduced the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2) was isolated. The present inventors have shown that the enhanced transcripts (mRNA) and expression of the thymosin β15 gene in non-testicular cells has a high correlation to disease state in a number of cancers, such as prostate, lung, melanoma and breast cancer, particularly metastatic cancers. Accordingly, discovering enhanced levels of transcript or gene product in non-testicular tissues can be used in not only a diagnostic manner, but a prognostic manner for particular cancers.
摘要翻译:本发明人已经发现人类具有编码胸腺素β家族的新蛋白质的基因。 这种称为胸腺素β15的新型蛋白质具有如胸腺素β家族其他成员结合和螯合G-肌动蛋白的能力,但不同于已知的其他成员也直接调节前列腺癌细胞的细胞运动性。 分离人胸腺素β15基因(SEQ ID NO:1)的cDNA并推断出氨基酸序列(SEQ ID NO:2)。 本发明人已经表明,非睾丸细胞中增强的转录本(mRNA)和胸腺素β15基因的表达与许多癌症如前列腺,肺,黑素瘤和乳腺癌中的疾病状态具有高度相关性,特别是 转移性癌症。 因此,在非睾丸组织中发现增强的转录物或基因产物水平不仅可以用于诊断方式,而且可用于特定癌症的预后。
摘要:
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the aforementioned polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders involving any one of these human nucleic acids and proteins.
摘要:
The present invention describes compositions of thymus derived peptides and uses therefore in diagnostic methods and for the treatment of diseases associated with reduced T helper cell counts, diseases such as infection, e.g., HIV infection and other viral infections, parasitic, and bacterial infection, AIDS, ARC, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, asthma, allergy, dermatitis, type 1 diabetes mellitus, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease/irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, Psoriasis, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Systemic lupus erythematosus, transplant rejection and cancer.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods for the stratification of individuals suffering from cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to the finding that PTA-fragments allow the discrimination of cancer cells being susceptible to an anti-endocrine therapy from cancer cells not susceptible to said therapy. Thus, PTA-fragments can be a surrogate for estradiol receptor detection by immune histology, can be a marker to monitor resistance of cancer cells towards anti-estradiol therapy, can be used to monitor rezidives and can be used to determine the status of dedifferentiation, e.g. the state of cancer cells. PTA-fragments have the advantage to be determined from easily accessible patient samples such as serum or plasma. The present invention further encompasses specific PTA peptides and nucleic acids, antibodies therefore, test kits and diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions.
摘要:
The present inventors have discovered that humans have a gene that encodes a novel protein of the thymosin β family. This novel protein, herein referred to as thymosin β15, has the ability to bind and sequester G-actin, like other members of the thymosin β family, but unlike what is known about other members also directly regulates cell motility in prostatic carcinoma cells. A cDNA of the human thymosin β15 gene (SEQ ID NO: 1) and having deduced the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2) was isolated. The present inventors have shown that the enhanced transcripts (mRNA) and expression of the thymosin β15 gene in non-testicular cells has a high correlation to disease state in a number of cancers, such as prostate, lung, melanoma and breast cancer, particularly metastatic cancers. Accordingly, discovering enhanced levels of transcript or gene product in non-testicular tissues can be used in not only a diagnostic manner, but a prognostic manner for particular cancers.
摘要翻译:本发明人已经发现人类具有编码胸腺素β家族的新蛋白质的基因。 这种称为胸腺素β15的新型蛋白质具有如胸腺素β家族其他成员结合和螯合G-肌动蛋白的能力,但不同于已知的其他成员也直接调节前列腺癌细胞的细胞运动性。 分离人胸腺素β15基因(SEQ ID NO:1)的cDNA并推断出氨基酸序列(SEQ ID NO:2)。 本发明人已经表明,非睾丸细胞中增强的转录本(mRNA)和胸腺素β15基因的表达与许多癌症如前列腺,肺,黑素瘤和乳腺癌中的疾病状态具有高度相关性,特别是 转移性癌症。 因此,在非睾丸组织中发现增强的转录物或基因产物水平不仅可以用于诊断方式,而且可用于特定癌症的预后。
摘要:
The present disclosure provides a method for determining whether a patient's immune system can be modified through stimulation of thymus function. In a preferred embodiment, sex steroids are ablated in the patient, and the resulting production of thymic factors is monitored. In particular, the level of these factors in the patient's blood stream is observed. In another embodiment, the level of new T cells is monitored. An early response, such as within hours or days of the ablation, indicates that the patient's thymus is disposed to regeneration through sex steroid ablation.